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DAILY TIMEUNTUPIIISC. THOMASVILLE. GEORGIA SATURDAY AFTCRNOON DECEMBER 2*. 1H1 \ Superb Showing of Attractive Gift Goods. CIGARS CHRISTMAS CARDS CAMERAS CLOCKS BRUSHE8 ATOMIZERS CANDY CIGARETTES LEATHER GOODS PIPES FLASHLIGHTS THERMOS BOTTLES rtjflVORY GOODS * -»-Manicure 8ET s FOUNTAIN PENS SHAVING SETS STANDS tND TOYS BOOKS STATIONERY (J ® T "i ® INGRAM DRUG CO. X Nunnally's Whitman’s Hollingsworth’s Can a3iSiS-S-5r>Si5r5->r3-Si>)>Si : S-3'5iS->5-S-5iSi^ ! BECLOUDED PICTURE To All Our Friends A Merry. Merry May Your Heart Be Filled With Joy and May the Approaching New Year Bring Wealth and Peace. USi* — Hi.il & san MEAT MARKET Phones 14 and 15 In the business 25 y«*r*. OF AMERICAN AID FOR EUROPEAN COUNTRIES KILLINd OF QASTON WAS INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUCTHERACT (Contlnaeq trom page one) •worn, said that examination showed that the negro apparently was in good | health, exespt (or gun shot wounds In left bsck Just below rib margin and coursing upward and Inward toward lining. Wound also In left burdock and another wound In right thigh In back. Right thigh was broken. All wounds were from the back. Per formed operation, and found Internals bad been spilt and took out buck sbot Washington, D. C., Dec. 23.— The situation relative to extension o£ American aid toward a European reparations settlement continued yes terday to present a badly beclouded picture, on mhich little light was thrown any quarter. American officials reiterated their denials of government backing at the present stage of the American com mission plan sponsored by commercial leaders, and of various published statements regarding the direction In which American opinion was tending. llut there was no clear-cut denial that high officials in Washington had discussed the commission proposal earnestly among temselves and with others, and no one attempted to give the impression that the United States government would be displeased should the negotiation result in an- agreement. In all of their negative comment on the subject State Department authori ■med most anxious to deny that the government itself, despite the touch it is maintaining with the situation was in any way a party at the present time to the plan of the Chamber of Commerce of th* United States. It was said flatly that — > the American government, at the 1 present stage of the discussions, has no connection with the commission (HL PRESIDENTS BEFORE SENATE COMMUTE FOR 1NVESUGAU0N OF PRICES * Washington, D. C., Dec. 23. Affairs of two oil companies—1 Prairie Oil and Gaa and the Standard of New York—were delved into yesterday by the Senate oil investiga- tion, James E. O'Neill and H. C. Folger, as the principal witnesses. Inquiry into the identity of the larger stockholders of the two ___ pursued at length through ; inder ~the"*skln"near left shoulder, questions by Gilbert E. Rowe, attor* j gaId thtt , n hI> oplnIoil the negr0 ney for the committee, and brought rfled from the gun §bot woundl , from Mr. O’Neill that eight interests owned thirty-seven per cent, of the stock of this company, and from Mr. Folger that four interests held ap proximately 35 per cent of his co- orporation's stock. Mr. O’Neill gave the eight princi pal stockholder! of the Pairie Oil and Gas Company with the percentage of their holdings to the total outstand ing stock as Edward S. Harkness, three per cent.; Northern Finance Corporation, four per cent.; John D. Rockefeller, Jr., 12 per cent; A. M. Harkness, three per cent.; trustees of the Henry H. Houston estate, a little than one per cent.; General Education Board, about eight per cent.; LatTra Spellmen ''Rockefeller Memorial, tWee per cent, and the Rockefeller Institute of Medical Re- seach four per cent. Mr. O’Neill was questioned closely by the committee attorney and also by Chairman LaFollette as to the rea son that prices for crude oil posted in the mid-continent field by the five leading buying companies had risen and fallen almost simultaneously during 1921 and 1922, but declared that it could not be considered un usual and was a natural process. The Prairie Gas and Oil Company president declared in the course of nis testimony that production of crude oil in the Tlnited States had reached its peak and thaT within ten years American refiners would be forced to get" at least 50 per cent of their supply from foreign countries Cash dividends amounting to $85,- 050,000 and stock dividends of 400 per cent, on a capitalization of $75,- 1911 by the Standard of New York, iccording to a compilation presented to the committee by Mr. Folger, who added that during the same period his -mpany had paid $75,500,000 in Educator Shoes For Children Welt Soles, full stock Calf and Kid Brogue Leathers. Sizes Prices $3.00 $3.25 $3.50 5 to 8 .. 8</j to II .. n</ 2 to 2 .. It would pay you to put good warm shoes on your child- MITCHELL SHOE CO. North Broad Street plan, which contemplates creation of n body of experts to inquire into the ability of Germany to pay reparations Furthermore, one official indicated that if the commission plan ever came to the point where a proposal for its acceptance could be made through diplomatic chanels, the Unit ed States would not be the power to make that proposal. It was pointed I out that treaty rights are involved in the reparations difference and that no formal offer to mediate would ■ he in place from any government ex- jeept on the solicitation of the govern ments Involved in the controversy. | As this commission plan now is ex- 'pinined here, the commission would be a wholly unofficial body so far as I the Washington government it con cerned and would have only to do iwith reporting its findings as to Ger- ImanjN economic ability to pay. What nctual figure would he fixed on a repa I rations total would of eourse he a .matter that the aTITcd governments | must decide for themselves. But ■ with the economic report on Ger- ■ many available known to represent I the views of industrial experts with out any national bias, it haa been the hope of sponsors of the American commission plan that there coaid be an estimate at to the amount of Ger man payments which would finally settle the question. I The only inkling as to the hopes of ! the American government in its ef- I forts to find a way to reparations settlement waa a prediction made The figures did not take account of the stock dividend of 200 per cent, cently declared and now being paid. Mr. Folger denied that the Mag- nolilia Petroleum Company was a subsidiary of the Standard of New York, but in response to question by Mr. Roe said the Standard of New York owned 825,000 sharea out of he 1,100,000 shares of the Magnolia oinpany, or 68 per cent. He explained that the stock waa mrchased by the Standard company From himself and the late John D. A rcii bold. The committee at the conclusion uf Mr. Folgert testimony adjourned mtil after Christmas when it will car certain experts of the Stihdkrd of New York. Boy Scouts, Attention- All members of the Boy Scouts requested to be at the Y. M. C. A. building at 6:46 o'clock Sunday after noon, In full uniform, to march to the house and take part In the! carol singing. yesterday that if it ever Became possible to announce any official plan t would be found to be a very peculiar proposal liking any quality Anything that is being done officially n the way of jjetting a clear under- itanding of governmental attitudes abroad, it waa indicated waa aimed at auch a conception of the problem be solved. Dr. Wall, after being duly sworn, •aid that upon examination he found wound under left rib. bne in right thigh and one In left hip. Right ]eg was broken. Upon operation he found the entrails had been split and ex tracted a buck shot Just under shoul der In front. Said all wounds entered from the back. Said he told the negro that he waa In a serious condition and If there was anyone he wished to be told anything. Negro said he wished his wile was there. Said he made no statement, but Mr. Henry waa there and made one, which the negro did not deny. Said the negro waa suffering much pain and was in no condition make a statement. Mr. J. R. Cochran, after being duly sworn, said that be and Mr. Henry went below Metcalfe, having had re ported to them that thera was a la of whiskey being handled In that ae< tion, and went over to Mrs. Lillie' place, and were walking across an ol field when they saw a house with smoke coming out of chimney and smelled whiskey. They approached the house and after getting enough they stopped and saw a negro bending over the fire place, with a still on the fire. Saw no one else In the house. Saw the negro look In the direction they were standing. Mr. Henry started around the house In the direction of the back door. The negro ran out the back door across the field and Mr. Henry ran after him. Mr. Cochran aald he followed about thirty of forty yards behind Mr. Henry. Said he saw Mr. Henry get his left foot hong In soma honeysuckle vines and fell and his gun fired. Said It waa Winchester shot gun. loaded with back shot, that Mr. Henry waa carrying. Said after Mr. Henry reached the ne gro, Henry told him to get up. Tha negro said ha could not get up, he was shot. Said he heard Mr. Henry aay that ha would not have shot you tor anything. Said his gun went off as ha stumbled In the Vines. Said he told to stay here and he would get tha which was some distance away. He stayed until Henry returned. They put the negro In the car, searched the house and found some whiskey and some beer. Cut. up the still and brought In some of the whiskey. Mr. Henry’s statement: Said cocked his gun as he approached tha house, not knowing what would take place. Started around to the back of the house, saw the negro running, ran after him, forgetting to uncock hie gun. Thought he would throw It down but thought aome one elee might be In the house and wonld pick It up and ■hoot him. Ran on through aome honeysuckle vine* and brlara, bled and the gun fired. Said he was carrying the gun nnder his left arm when he stumbled and don't remem ber whether the muzzle was up or down. Said he regretted the accident very much and after bringing the ne gro to the hospital told the doctors to do their best for him. The Jury found the following ver dict: We, the Jury, sworn to Investigate the cause of the death of Paul Gaaton, after being duly aworn, find that he came to hla death from gun shot wounda In the hands of Joe Henry and find the same to be Involuntary man slaughter, In the commission of Copyright 1922 Hart Schaffeer & Man A Mens Store’s Christmas Message to Women You know how hard It I. to chooo. gift, for Mon. Tho problem Olw.,0 wool... Itaolf Into -oomo- thing to wear,” and then begins the frantic last minute search. j : Porhop, you havon't kept In clo» touoh with Mon'. Myles, and you-r. not pull. our. what to Ml.oL WE HAVE THE CORRECT SUITS AND OVERCOATS — IN THE NEWEST STYLES FOR MEN, YOUNG MEN AND BOYS ; . HART SGKAFFNER A MARX SUIT OR OVERCOAT IS THE BEST GIFT AND THE MOST WELCOME THING YOU CAN BUY A Gift the wh'ote family can get together on. WE WISH YOU A Bright and Happy Christmas and a Prosperous New Year PHONE 300 Headquarters for Hart Schaffner and Marx Good Clothes transacting some routine business and flem by adjourning until next Wednee- Thle the 22nd day of December, 1122. Representative Myers, of Mon- (Signed) 8. W. DAVIS, Foreman, WM. H. PLATT. J. W. LANIER, H. A. WHIDDON. LUKE LANGFORD, T. L. LENT. SENATE ADJOURNS OVER CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS Washington, D. C„ Dec. 22—Attar tana, read the Christmas editorial, tha 8enat« today began its holiday vaca* We Wish You A Bright and Happy Christmas THOIBLLE ICLlJfG. CO. PHONE*. : Christmas A time of good cheer, a season of happiness, an occasion of , Gifts Our variety to select from in novelties or wearables While making your selection look “us over” Neel Brothers dty, at which time th, bstu approprls- tlon, hill win bo taken ap Mt en sued until It I* dtipiwTnL - Why Not Eat Fresh JERSEY BUTTER While You Can The Supply Is Plentiful At Present Pringle Company Christmas Suggestions We have a complete assortment of CIGARS IN BOXES OF 25 AND 50 Good enough for any man. —ALSO— Perfumes, Toilet Waters, Face Powders, Hair Brushes, Combs, Etc. Thomas Drug Store - _. Otd.Reliable. Droggfsts