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SUBSCRIPTIONS l|l ADVANCE Vogp «Ub*cHjiUon Is piyiMo IN ■OPd vince and you will save delays oy complying with thlc rule. SEMI-WEEKLY edition VOL. X. No. 81. THOMA8VILLE, GEORGIA, TUE8DAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1922. SEATS AT OPENING OF BRITISH HOUSE Lloyd George and Lady As- tor Among Those Obtaining Choicest Seats in Parlia ment — Scene Was Most, Unusual. London, Nor. 20.—The rush ot mem bers to the House ot Commons to obtain seats tor the opening session ot parliament today, was the biggest since the war. Long before the doors were opened a small crowd had gath ered to “peg claims" for favored places. Lady Astor and Lloyd George were among those obtaining coveted seats. Lloyd George's seat was re served by a deputy but Lady Astor personally seized her seat. CAIRO HAN DIES FROM WOUNDS INFLICTED BY J. L POWELL AT LAKE IAH0NA SATURDAY NIGHT Dr. J. B. Palmer, Mrs. Nell Adams, Mr. T. J. Dyson and T „ „ Rhetta Heeth-a Colored Nurse Arrested Late Sunday ^J^V^ctteFatally Shot Afternoon on Warrants Sworn Out By Night Sergeant Hughes, Charging Murder.—Case of Mistaken Identity Palmed by Those Involved.—Hearing to be Held Soon. KILLED MOORE CASE FROM BRUNSWICK STANDS A startling sensation was sprung In | tions. which he claims is very easy BRITI8H PARLIAMENT OPENS. London, Nov. 20.—Parliament, which Ireland, with the exception ot a part of Ulster Is not represented And In which the Labor party to bo {he chief contender for recognition as tho opposition, opened this afternoon. After re-electing John Henry Whit ley, Speaker of the House, the body Adjourned to receive the King’s for Pul assent to Its choice of a speaker. WET FORCES TO BE STATE TOR ACTIVITY Association Opposed to Pro hibition Meets in Conven tion to Lay Plans for Fur ther Inroads on the Volstead Act at Next Election. St. Louis, Mo., Nov. 20.—Steps to organize the wet forces of every state to Obtain modification of the Volstead act, will be discussed at a two day meeting of the National Association Opposed to the Prohibition Amend ment which began here today. Predictions were made by the dele gates that the liquor question proba bly will be the principal Issue In the next presidential election as a result of claims being made that the wets won a sweeping victory In the recent general election. DUBLIN EXECUTIONS DENIED London, Nor, 20.—The Evening News today printed a dispatch from Dublin saying It was rumored that Ersktne Childers and eight othbr un identified men had been executed. Shortly afterward, however, It recelv etl another dispatch saying the Tumor was officially denied. local court circles Sunday afternoon late, when warrants charging murder were Issued against Dr. J. B. Palmer, Mrs. Nell Adams, Mr. T. J. Dyson anil Rhetta -Heeth, a colored nurse In this city, presumably In connection with the finding of a dead child In thb branch near the Country Club Wed nesday morning, November 15tb. The warrants were issued by Night Ser geant John Hughes, who gave out no statement today, concerning the mat ter, except that he believed the evi dence which had been presented to him by outside Investigators, was suf ficient to justify the action. The par ties In question were arrested last night and are in jail pending legal ac tion. They have asked for an imme diate commitment hearing through their attorneys, Messrs. Cheshire, Ti tus and Moore. Solicitor General Hay Is absent In Valdosta this week and this hearing may be delayed. As the matter stands now the parties cannot be balled as Lite charge Is murder. Dr. Palmer has stated to attorneys that he is Innocent of the charge and has had nothing whatever to do with anything even remotely connected with the baby fouhd near the Cottntry Club. He stated tbat be waa called to see a Mrs. Nell Adams at the Tos co -Hotel on November 9th, and that he fohhd her condition serious enough to'warrant taking steps to assist her; that everything done was medically correct and tbat no legal steps can be taken which will Justify any charge of Illegality In the matter. He only asks tbat an Immediate bearing be given so tbat be can prove Ms asser- and feasable to do. Mrs. Nell Adaihs was a visitor to ThomasVUIe last Week, coming here November 9th, six days before the body was found. A phone -message to the Tosco Hotel stated tbat she would be there and asked that a room be re served. The recipient of tbe mes sage does not know from whoih It sage. The woman came la early at night with a negro nurse and has re mained there until yesterday after noon when she was taken to the jail The hotel people do not know What nurse came with Mrs. Adams, but Rhetta Heeth, well known about Thomasvllle as a bedside nurse and a very competent one, had been there attending her and Dr. Palmer had charge ot the case. Mrs. Adams Yeg- stored from WaycroSs, but Who Is said to be a resident of Thomas coun ty, stated to aftofneji's tbat the as sertion of Dr. Palmer was In every way correct and that the baby found was In no way connected with her case. Just what connection Mr. Dy son had with the case, or whether he was supposed to be Involved In the disappearance ot the child Is not known. OtFlng to the prominence of the psrttes, thb cate has attracted wide spread Interest throughout this sec tion. Attorneys for Dr. Palmer state that It will be a case of mistaken Iden tity In every respect, It the evidence they have collected Is to be believed, sad tbat the parties will be vindicated of this cnargo when court action Is taken, which will be as soon as prac ticable. By Havana, Fla., Man at That Popular Hunting Place —Circumstances Not Clear. —Powell Arrested. POISONED FIVE HUSBANDS ASSERTS PROSECUTOR IN NOTED CHICAGO CASE Chicago Women Accused of Making Away With Theii Spouses by Poison Route Soon to Be Tried in Court For Crimes. CHINESE BUCCANEERS ATTEMPT TO TAKE SHIP Hong Kong, Nor. 20.—Sixty-five Chinese buccaneers, travelling as passengers aboard the British steam- Chicago, 111, Nov. 20.—Investiga tion ot the alleged poison murders of relatives for which Mrs. TUlle KUmek and her cousin, Mrs. Mellle Stermer- Koulik, are held In the county jail was begun by the grand jury today. Prosecution officials said they would ask five Indictments for mur der. Mrs. Kllmek’s present husband Is said to be la a hospital suffering from poison. this port yesterday, seised the ship while a few miles out The pirates held the ship for thirteen hours, be ing finally driven away after a spir ited hatUe In which two were klllod VENIZELOS WILL PLEAD CHARITY TO GREECE AT LAUSANNE MEETING Former Greek Premier Will Ask Aid for Thousands of Thracian Refugees. —Turk Delegates in Arrogant and Boastful Mood. er Sul-An, when she left Macao, for and several wounded. ,TN YOUH BOMB tKefe’g I some room—maybe yours or - the kiddies, living 1 room, ditt- - ling room or kitchen—where iron’d like to change the color of the woodwork, That’s the place and job for [What’s more, youcan have your favored color scheme •—mahogany, walnut, moss green, cherry, light or 'dark - _ Dak or any of tlx^SHkg gna^flff, TOm tome in and let tu show / you what you can do with i<| ” rlu*. We're the (FZXALI* ctore. MASH-MILT0N DRUG "A Good Place to Trade.” Phones 405 and 106 CO. Lausanne, Switzerland, Nov. 20. — Greece presents a sad spectacle the Lausanne conference. Former Premier Venlzelos Is expected here to plead Greece's case before the peace conference. His plea will be chiefly for charity—for bread and shelter which Is considered necessary to save tbe lives ot the hundreds of thousands of refugees who were driven from Thrace by tho victorious Turks. Turkey Is so boastful and Is mak-. ing such extravagant claims that she apparently believes she Has defeated all the allies rather than Grocer, alone. The first of the leading delegates to arrive was former premlor Venl zelos of Greoce, who was followed shortly by Premier Mussolini of Italy wearing the Fasclstl tri-color In I buttonhole. Premier Poincare ol Mr. Jim Legette, of Cairo, was shot on Lake Iamobla Saturday night and died Sunday In Tallahassee at a hso- pital, Where he had been taken. Mr. J. L. Powell, of Havana, Fla., Is held In Tallahassee for murder. He has waived a committment bearing pend ing the session of court next week. The circumstances surrounding tbe killing are not clearly known and many rumors and reports.are being circulated regarding the affair. It seems from the most available evi dence that Mr. Jim Leggette, Mr. John Elkins and one of Mr. Elkins' sons, Mr. Albert Miller and a negro man from Cairo, had a camp on the lake preparatory to the shooting season’s opening today. Mr. J. L. Powell, of Havana, and hts son-in-law, Mr. Spencer Barber, of Cairo, and one ot Mr. -Elkins' boys-came down about 11 o’clock that night and tbe crowd went on a 'possum hunt. After their return It Is stated that one'Of tbe Elkins boys unci Mr. Burlier were engaged Ira tusale and tha’t Mr. Powell came out of a room and seeing what must have appeared to him to have been a fight, in which his son- in-law was hAHig heated, be shot 'at his assallhnt. The load of shot from a shot gun entered the right side ot Mr. Leggette*! stomach, causing a wound from Vrhich he would have died. There was a report current that some of the men In the party had been drink ing and when ttreyfound tbat their friend and party member had been •hot were frightened and toft tbe scene. * Mr. Miller returned to Cairo at ones and notified Mr. Leggette’s brother, who went to tbe scene about 5:30 o'clock. He found hlB brother alone on the ground bleeding freely and In dying condition.. He was taken to Tal- ahassee at once, and died later In the day, about 1 o’clock. Mr. Spencer Barber and Mr. Powell, -with several of the other men In the party, were taken to Tallahassee and the coroner held an inquest this morn ing. The verdict was that the de ceased came to his death at the hands of J. L. Powell and the sumo was pro nounced wilfull murder. Mr. Powell was held for the court action on the charge of murder and the others were released from custody. Mr. Leggette was well known lh this section, being with his brother In charge of the Ford agency at Cairo. He was unmarried. His body was taken this afternoon to Naylor, where funeral services will be held. Many Thomasvllle people know the family, Mr. Leggette’s mother having at one time been a resident of this city. Prominent Thomasville Man Had Neck Broken in Wreck Of His Car on Thomasviile- Moultrie Road—Body Tak en to Cochran, Ga. for Burial Supreme Court Over-ruled Motion on Appeal.—Moore Guilty of Attacking Woman And Crowd Was Excluded From Courtroom, Washington, D. C„ Nov. 20.—The declsldn of the state courts of Georgia holding Bill Moore, guilty of criminal attack and Imposing a sentence ot ten to twenty years, will stand, ihe Supreme Court today dismissing the appeal which was recently arguon. Moore waB tried In the Brunswick courts, where Moore alleged be re ceived an unfair trial because Ihe general public was excluded from Ihe room. SOMERSET COUNTY GRAND JURY STARTS HALL-MILLS MURDER PROBETODAY Mr. Dave Harvard was killed Frl day afternoon about dusk while driving his car from Moulti:e to Thomasvllle. The accident occurred six and a halt miles from Thomasville, Just south"of a slight curve tn the road. The car swerved from the road and evidently struck the left bank with full force, shattering one wheel and turning around toward Moultrie. Just at what time the accident oo curred or what catisod it, will never be known. Mr. Harvard was perfectly well and was coming home after a day's trip to Colquitt county on busi ness. A negro man working In the fields dear, heard tbe crash and went to the scene. Seeing Mr. Harvard pinned beneath the steering wheel as the car lay close to the bank, turned slightly from the force ot the Impact, he Is said to have gone Immediately for aid, being unable to extricate Mr. Harvard. Pedpla coming along the road soon found him, however, before tbe negro returned, and he waB extracated and transferred to a Ford car to bo brought to town. Later Mr. A. G. Robi son Came along with Mr. E. Jack Smith and they took Mr. Harvard Into Mr. -Robison's car, Mr. Smith sitting on the back seat and holding him. Mr. Harvard was still alive when they started oft but died on his way to town. His neck was broken. The negro stated to some parties that Mr. Harvard called to him when he came up and asked to bo taken out but it Is not known whether this Is true or not. He was alive when taken into Mr. Robison's car. but uncon- ple went thr(ragh th0 country ln a cllr SEAT MRS. FELTON IN TOE SENATE Session Was Adjourned In Shdrt Time After Assem bling by Vice President — Ship Subsidy Message Will Come Tomorrow. Somerville, N. J., Nov. 20.—Tho Somerset county grand jury with the aid of special state prosecutor Mott, today began an Investigation of the murder Of tbe Rev. Hall and Mrs. Mills, now a mystery ot nine weeks' duration. Somervllis, a town Of foitr thousand persons, Is not enthusiastic over Its place ln the limelight. Citi zens believe that Middlesex county should foot tho bill as It was Middle sex citizens who were murdered. LOWE MURDER TRIAL STARTS IN COLORADO Washington, D. C., Nov. 20.—Con- grest convened at noon today for the special session of two weeks called by President Harding for considera tion of the administration ship sub sidy bill, upon which he Is expected to address a Joint session tomorrow. The program of both Houses has been arranged to permit adjournment out of respect to the late Senator Watson of Georgia and Representa tive Nolan of California. MR8. FELTON’S STATU8 STILL PUZZLES LEADERS Washington, D. C., Nov. 20.—Mrs. W. H. Felton, of Georgia, waited In tain for an hour and a half In the Senate chamber today to learn .wheth er Senate leaders would permit her to take her sent as the first woman Senator, In view of the recent election of "Walter F. George, as her succes sor. After much scratching of heads over the problem, the Senate mana gers decided to lot decision go over until tomorrow. Greely, Col., Nov. 20.—Bert Lowe, accused of killing his sister-in-law on July second, at his home here, today was placed on trial. The state con tends that Lowe put the woman to death and then set fire to the house. COMMERCIAL CONGRESS MEETS IN CHICAGO Chicago, 111., Nov. 20—The fifteenth annual convention of the Southern Commercial Congress was scheduled to open hero this afternoon with France, followed by Lord Curzon and j three-day session devoted to discus- Emile Barrere ot the French delcga- | eton of Southern agricultural, trade, tlon entered next. INCREASE IN COST OF FOOD lexport and Immigration problems. Ambassadors, ministers and consuls j of many nations are on the program. dicatod^lncrease of ' two^per Zt to ^^EVACUATEt^ADRIANOPLE the retail cost of food to the average family In the United States during the month ending October 16th, was reported by the Bureau of Labor sta tistics of the Department of Labor, Adrianople, Nov. 20.—French evac uation of Adrianople has been post poned until November 25th, because the Turkish gendarmerie and officials base on prices of forty-three articles who had arrived here were tnsuffl- ln fifty-one cities. clent In number to take over the city. scious. It la believed that the force ot the Impact ot the car with the bank broke hts neck. Slight bruises were found on his band and bnck but these could not have caused any material Injury. Physicians examined him and stated that in their opinion hla neck had been brokon from tho sudden force ot tbe car as It struck tho bank. Mr. Harvard was not a fast driver but had complained for a short time regarding the steering apparatus of the car. This, however, was found to be In good shape. It Is suspected that In turning the slight curve at that point In tbe road the car gat away from him and dove straight tor ths bank. He Is believed to have been running at a rate ot speed close to thirty miles per hour as the road along there Is very good. The sudden death of this well known salesman brought sorrow to many peo ple throughout this part of the state. Mr. Hatvard has been a resident 6! this city for more than ten years. He was born tn Laurens county, fifty-three years ago, and ts survived by his wlfa and three children, Mrs. R. L. Whipple, of Cochran; Air. Ralph O. Harvard, ot Richmond, and Mr. Dave Harvard, Jr., of Miami. Mr. and Mrs. Whipple and Mrs. Harvard’s brother, Mr. O'Berry, of Cochran, came to Thomasville last night In their car to bo with Mrs Harvard. The sons will be at Cochran tomorrow. There were short funeral services at tho residence on Jefferson street Sat urday at 2 -obloek, after which the body was taken to the train and shipped to Cochran, where interment took place Sunday at 10 oclock. An escort of Masons consisting of D. Roy Hay, rep resenting the Shrlue Club; P. C. Searcy, representing the Knights Templar, and Dr. Oreer, representing the Blue Lodge, accompanied the body. Mrs. Harvard and Mr. and Mrs. Whip- SPECIAL FOR Friday and Saturday ONLY One lot Women’s and Growing Girl’s Brown Calf one strap pumps with welted soles and low rubber heels* These are good wearing and good looking shoes. Price- in this sals. Better Hurry Smith-Harley Shoe Co. - For some years Mr. Harvard has been an enthusiastic and prominent member ot tbe Masonic fraternity, bp lug more actively Identified with tho work ot Alee Temple Of the Shrine, for which he has been traveling ambassa dor for several years and which he rep resented at the Imperial Council three years ago. For the past fifteen years or more he has represented Frank and Com pany ot Savannah, ln this territory, end was known to many people throughout South Georgia and North Florida, which territory he covered. He was a very active citizen and loved Thomasvllle, being always ready and willing to do his share to any progres sive for the uplifting and upbuilding of the city. His untimely death conies as a severe blow to many warm friends and especially to his family, all ol whom are devoted to him and spent as much time as possible with him, and he with them. Many beautiful wroaths were sent by several of the local Masonic organiza tions, and others, and many were r» celved from friends ln this ctly before the body was taken away. METHODISTS BEGIN TO ARRIVE IN WAYCROSS FOR THE CONFERENCE Minister and Laymen Al ready on Hand in Large Numbers for Opening of the South Georgia Conference In That City. Waycross, Ga., Nov. 20.—Metho dist ministers and laymen are begin* nlng to arrive Iri this city for tbe an nual South Georgia Conference of thb Methodist Episcopal Church, South, which opens here Wednesday morning. Important meetings of the boards and committees will be held tomorrow. New missions, church extensions, finance and other boards will Ibe re created and members of the Board's will be elected to fill those whose terms of office have expired. HURT IN AUTO ACCIDENT MAN SUES FOR DAMAGE Savannah, Ga., Nov. 20.—Attorneys for F. J. Durdon, who was struck last Thursday by an automobile, have fil ed suit for 325,000 damage.-) tn the city court. Durden Is now ln a hospi tal where his condition Is considered serious. The cult was filed In less than forty-eight hours after the acci dent occurred. Another feature ot the case Is that two persons are al leged to be owners ot the car. 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