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OFFICIAL OMAN
Of the City of ThomasviHc
and the County of Thorna*.
VOL. X. No. 83.
THOMA8VILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1922.
$1.00 PER ANNUM
FAILURE OF STATE TO PRESENT EVIDENCE
Absence of Solicitor General Hay Caused Prosecutor To
Ask for a Continuance Which Was Denied by the Jus
tice Presiding Before Large Crowd in Court House Sat
urday—Case Postponed Until 3 O'Clock and on An
nouncement That State Was Not Ready, the Prison
ers Were Freed.—Congratulations Offered by Many
Friends at Conclusion of the Session. — Mrs. Adams
Ill and Could Not Appear at Afternoon Session.
FOUR MIDDLE WESTERN STATES
SNOW IN THE SOUTH
FIRST TIME THIS SEASON
The preliminary hearing in the the incarceration of these parties with
charge of murder made against Dr. out recourse, unless thru such a proce-
J. B. Palmer, Mrs. Nell Adams, Mr. J. dure. He said that the law stated
E Dyson, and Rhetta Heeth, was post., clearly that an abortion by any meth-
ponedto 3:00 p. m. Saturday b y! »d whatever was only a misdemeanor
Judge Gandy at the session, which be- j under the law. This, of course, Is
gan at 10 o'clock, the court house be- Predicated on the theory that Ufa was
Ing practically filled when the parties ”<* destroyed after such an operation,
at interest came Into the court. I He also stated that he had hoard that
. .. . , ...... "Invisible government” was responsi-
Mr. D. Roy Hay appeared In behalf ., ... ... ,, . ,,
ble partly for this prosecution and If
no It had committed an Irretrievable
of Solicitor General Hay, who stated
blunder, for the parties, one and all.
that he had not known of the time set
ontll ho read It In the paper yesterday ^ lnnocent q( ^ charge , odged
afternoon, and that he was attending aga|ngt „ f „ „ It conceraea
to a matter of court business In Tlfton ^ caje of ^ baby - toani on tha
today at 10 o'clock an engagement he MontlcelIo road or , a any other way
bad had for several weeks and which ^ case
he did not feel he could break. Mr. j ' . ^
Hay asked a continuance until Mon-! Defendant. Released en Bond
day or later In the week at such Uma The defendants were admitted to a
as he could get away from the Lown- nominal ball by Judge Gandy until the
des court ■ hearing could be held at 3 o’clock this
Attorney Make. Heated Statement !“ fternoon - Tho , ° u . r l . d8par ‘ ed ,r °”
. . the court room until tho hearing could
Mr. Titus went Into a somewba be he , d , ater> gly)ng a nomIna , bond
heated statement of hla effort, to get to the aherIff , n whose dIscretlon aa
a hearing, citing the nature of the tQ (he amount (a , he matt0Pi was , e „
crime charged and the fact that the Judg() Qandy
law provides that men shall be ac- _ . ...
, . , ., , 1 Justice C. T Gandy this afternoon
corded the right to a hearing as soon 1 ’
aa possible, as this Is the only means
formally ordered the four defendants,
by which they can secure freedom. He agal f f° m 8 wa " an ‘ was sworn
stated he had tried to get a habeas «■* '» l Po,,ce “« Hu ^ 3 '
.... .. w „ . . murder In connection with the finding
corpus petition through and failed and .
' . . .. Thnmil of a baby’s body near the Country Club
had talked with both Judge Thomas , . .. . . _
sad Solicitor Hay in regard to the mat, a8t w f ek ' be " i “‘** 8d from “ y
ter. Ho urged that tho matter b. lmp08ed by th88B Wlrr *“ t “-
taken up at once, stating that he know a ' l8r n thB pr888CUt ' oa '
. . .. ^ f through Attorney D. Roy Hay, an-
beyond any doubt that the parties * .
were entirely free from any form of nounced thla.ft.rnoon at the So dock
guilt and that they were entitled to »ess.on of tho court that Solicitor
JJ. .General Hay was In Tlfton but would
• e r er y. t come tQ Thomasvllle as Soon ns pos-
Mr. Roy Hay was not disposed t°- Blbl0 He asked that It bo carried over
•argue the case either one way or the tQ Monday
•other, appearing only in behalf of bis.
brother, the solicitor, to urg. a oon . j Attorney Titus stated that the ludge
tinuaaco. Mr. Hughes, who awor. out had pna8ed j °" tbat “-".uance this
the warrants, was present and stated morning and hat he would Insist that
that ho desired until Monday. This the four be released from Jeopardy Jm,
wa, denied and Judge Gandy ordered mellately. The prosecutor decided
the case to proceed, but later granted bat h8 co “ ldaot 8n 8r lnto f tbe hea ,T
a continuance until 3 oclock Saturday i 1 ”* atanc8 of tbe
afternoon - ^ ‘jcltor general and Judge Candy then
During 'the procedure Judge Gandy ruled them fre8 ' Mr ' Tltu * announced
stated that he was going to do hl» ' that Mr8 ' AdamB was 111 ,rom 018 ef ‘
duty fully and completely. He did fects ot ber Incarceration and the
not care to try this case, but when «i hearlnB thls morn,ng and 8tated tbat
was presented to him ho wanted to'<to V* her in J»U would Jeopardise her
fulfill every obligation the law lm-: I,te '
posed upon him. He urged every per Court Room Crowded
son In the court room to bow their J The court room was crowded for the
heads In a silent prayer to God that hearing, every available seat being
he might make the right decision, and taken and the galleries fairly well
Immediately thereafter aanounced filled. Many frlonds congratulated the
that the trial must proceed.
REV. 0. B. CHESTER
ASSIGNED TO THE LOCAL
’ METHODIST CHURCH
Rev. C. R. Jenkins, Presiding
Elder Thomasville District
And Rev. I. P. Tyson, As
signed to Other Churches,
According to Telephone Re
ports From Conference.
It was reported by telephone Monday
that Rev, C. I. Jenkins, presiding elder,
and Rev. I. P. Tyson, of tho local
Methodist church, have received other
assignments for the coming year. This
nows was received from Waycross,
where the conference is in session, but
a full list of the assignments was not
available until late Monday afternoon.
Rev. C. R: Jenkins, rormer president
i ot Wesleyan College, was sent to St
Luke's Church at Columbus, and the
pastor ot that cnurch, Rev. J. A. Thom
as, goes to Wesley Monumental at Sa
vannah. Rev. I. P. Tyson gets the
presiding elder's position in the Coe
dele circuit, and Rev. O. B. Chester;
comes to the ThomasvlUo district as
Presiding Elder. Rev. Paul W. Ellis
recently Presiding Elder ot the Ma
con District will be In charge of the
Thomasvllle Methodist Church.
Mr. Jenkins, who agreed to furnish
the Times-Enterprlse with a full and
complete report of the aaslgnments as
soon as they were Issued, has been 111
for several days and waa naturally In-
caplcltated tor that service. Tho news
ot hla illness came too late to seure a
detailed report before the paper went
to press. Many friends of Mr. Jenkins
are delighted to know that he la Im
proving rapidly and will soon be out
again.
These changes will be known with
much lntorest throughout this section
of the state, involving as they do, sev
eral of the outstanding and most capa
ble ministers In the conference. Thom
aarllle suffers the loss ot two splendid
men and feels sure that it is securing
the service of others, who will giv.
the sama amount of spirit and energj
to tbe work, when they come here.
Danville, Va., Nov. 27.—Snow which
| started to fall at four oclock this
I morning, by eight, bud given the en-
Considerable Property Dam-1 tire town its first blanket ot white
age IS Reported from Mis- i tM » J ,ear - Indications were that tii
souri, Illinois and Indiana- f , reezlng speU would laat ,or several
When Shock Topples Chim- ‘ ** 5S '
neys, Break: Crockery and | gjjjp SUBSIDY MEASURE
FOUGHT FOR FOREIGN SHIP
FOLKS SAID AN OFFICIAL
Generally Scares People.
St Louts, Mo., Nov. 2T.—Consider
able property damage was caused by
earth tremors of moderate Intensity
In Eastern Missouri, Southern Illinois,
Western Indiana and Northwestern
Kentucky last night, according to re
ports. The tremors shook buildings
and homes and -toppled over chim
neys, broke windows and knocked
Cbinaware from shelves, and frighten,
ed residents In tour states.
MORE EARTH SHOCKS
ALONG CHILEAN COAST
UNRESTRICTED SALE OF
;1.'-
fell. 1-—'*
LaSenera, Canela, Vicuna. Mlncha,
Ovalio and Patrla were all in tho line
line of tbe tremors, but no great dam
age was done. At elqul, lq the prov
ince of Coqulmbo, the shock, whlcj
occurred at 8:65. severe. Among
bther places |b« telegraph office wi.s
VESSELS IS DFNIFn -recked. At Plagultas, thg parish
' • ” ' ■ church and tho telegraph office word
much damaged.
Washington. D. C., Nov. 27.—With
out a record vote the House today
eliminated from tho administration
shipping bill, tbat section which would
have permitted the shipping board to
sell any vessels of tho government’s
merchant fleet, without advertising
or competitive bidding.
THREE DIE IN ILL. WRECK
Carbondalo, III., Nov. 27—Three sec
tion employes of the Illinois Central
j partial at interest after the conclusion | ■were killed today naor Ozark, thirty
Declares Abortion s Misdemeanor [of the judge’s orders. Judge Gandy ml,ea southeast of here, when a
Mr. Titus' argument was confined to stated that fn case the state saw fit | fro, sht train collided with tlio section
tho situation resulting from the arrest, the matter could be taken before the gmployes' motor car.
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MASH-MILTON DRUG
MACSWINEY ADVISER
COMES TO THE U. S,
Dublin, Ireland, Nov. 27.—Transfer
to the United States at Father Domi-
nice who was spiritual adviser of Ter-
once MacSwlney at tho timo ot the lat
ter's death, was decided upon at the
triennial election of tho Franciscan
order hero a fortnight ago and has no
political significance, according to a
statement Issued by tbe Franciscan
priory of this city. Father Domlnlce
is bound for New York aboard the
liner Adriatic.
They Think They Have a
Right to the Pastures They
Have Been Getting Rich on
He States, in Address at
Milwaukee Today.
Milwaukee, WIs., Nov. 27—British
and other foreign shipping interests
and Journalists are engaged In a stud
ious campaign of misrepresentation
and propaganda to de.'eat the Amer
lean ship subsidy bill, Edward C.
Plummer, commissioner of the United
States Shipping Board, declared to
day In an address prepared for deliv
ery before the middle west merchant
marine and foreign trade conference.
"They have feeding their cattle tn
our pasture so long that they've come
to think they own the land,” he as
serted.
THIRTY-FOUR LIVES TURKEY PHI TO
LOST III COLLISION
NEAR 0EIRRDS HIRES REGARD TO NE1 EAST
Launch and Ferryboat Collid
ed and Picnickers Were
Drowned, Being Sucked Un
der Before a Rescue Could
Be Affected.
Buenos Aires, Nov. 27-—Thirty-four
lives were lost in a coDfsIon Sunday
London Papers View With
Some Surprise the American
Statement Issued to Parties
At Interest—Curzon Would
Support U. S. Policy.
Lausanne, Nov. 27.—The Turkish
delegates to the Near East conference
ovenlng between a launch and ferry- today prepared the way for Turkey'*
Santiago, Chile, Nov. 27.—Another
series of earth tremors has shaken a
very considerable area along the
Chilean coast, covering largely the
zone which suffered most from the
earthquake of two weeks ago.
A strong shock was felt here at 8:50
o’clock yesterday morning. It lasted
about a minute but did no damage.
National tolegraph advices report
shock at 8:50 at Vallenar, which as
sumed the Intensity of a quake, the TIpDMAN HIVORTF
walls of several houses falling. The UlYUIYUi
residents were panic stricken, but so
far as is known there were no casual
ties. Tbe shock was repeated later
with no less intensity. The first shock
lasted two minutes;- the second one
minute. :
Advices from Huasco, timed 8:45 a
m., reported tbe sea coming In over
the lowlands slowly, but later advices
reported that It had subsided to nor
mal level.
At Coptapo, which suffered severely
In the previous earthquake, two strong
shocks wero felt yesterday -between 9
and 10 o’clock, the seismograph at thq
Lyceum registering an earthquake o!
seventh degree Intensity. A few walls
MUDDLE APPEARS NEAR
FULL SETTLEMENT
llroat fn the Parana river near Zarate,
northwest of this elty.
The launch, which was filled with
picnickers, many of them children,
struck the ferryboat while going at
full speed. The launch hit tho larg
er craft at the over-hang of tho bow
under which tho smaller boat disap
peared. So far as Is known there
were only three survivors of tho ex
cursion party and members of the
launch crew.
AUTO CONCERN IN CLEVELAND
INVOLVED IN BIO THEFT
grand jury when that body met so
that juitlce might be secured In tho
event the state saw fit to continue the
efforts started by the present prose
cution.
The general Impression prevails in
tho community that the defendants
1 had nothing whatever to do with the , ,
. ;of a prominent Cleveland nutnmob le
Jbaby found on the MontlcelIo road, as ! „ A „
at first claimed by them, and that it la
Chicago, HI., Nov. 27.—Mr.-t. Blanche
Brimmer, second wife of Prof. John
P. Tiernan, possesses a marital status
at least as tangled as that ot hor hus
band for a day. according to revela
tions she made boforo returning to
Marshalltown, Iowa, where she plan
ned to set about learning whothr,
she was entitled legally to accept
Tiernan In the Crown Point ceremony
of Saturday.
Tho couple partod when Informed
that tbolr marriage was rendered Ulo-
gal by annulment ot Tlorjaq'a div
orce from his wife at South Bend, Ind.
and when they learned that Mrs. Brim
mer's prior marriage stutus was be
clouded, jj was revealed that she hud
married n second husband without ob
taining a divorce from hor first one,
and later her second husband died,
TIERNAN AND HIS WIFE
WILL BEGIN LIFE ANEW
South Bond, I.nd., Nov. 27.—Dis
missal of court actions now pending
wore sought today by John P. Tier-
nun, following his return to his wife
and tholr home hero yesterday. With
the suits dismissed, it wns said the
couple and their three children, in
cluding the infant whoso pnternity
was charged to Harry l’oulln, local
haberdasher by Mrs. Tiernan, would
hide away in New York state to be
gin life anew.
TIERNAN AND WIFE MAKE UP
Chicago, Nov. 27.—John P. Tiernan,
CHINESE EMPEROR
TO WED AT ONCE
Deposed Monarch Will Wed
Princess Whom He Has
Never Seen, According: to
Reports From Pekin.—Cere
mony Lasts Several Days.
Pekin, China, Nov. 27—Hsunn Tung
aged 17, deposed hoy emperor of
China, will be married next Friday,
according to the customs of the old
Manchu dynaety to a Chinese prin
cess one year his junior, upon whose
face he h,»s never gaiod. Tho first
glimpse- of her, the Princess Kun
Chltv$i| will come when she Is unveU
e$ during the ceremony which start*
qt tflur oclock Friday morning end
lasts for several days. , {
LAFOLLETTE SAID U. S.
WOULD WELCOME THIRD
PARTY TO THE FOLD
People Have Spoken Twice
To Major Parties and if He
Had to Speak it Would
Mean New Effort by the
Progressives.
Phoenix, Arlz., Nov. 27.—Senator
LaFollette of Wisconsin, told him In
tho course of a long distance tele
phone conversation from Washington
that the peoplo had spoken twice to
tho majority parties and that if it had
to speak again, it would be to wel
come a third party. George W. p.
Hunt, Governor-elect of Arizona said
hero today. •
He may send n representative to
tho meeting of Progressive leaders
called by Senator LaFollette at Wash-
former Jaw Instructor at Notre Dame j ington, on December second, but will
University and figure In the Tiernan-
Poulln paternity suit, returned yester
day to bis home in South Bond to at
tempt to straighten out the legal tan
gle caused by hla divorce last Thurs
day, his remarriage two days later and
the vacating of his divorce decree last
night on the plea of his first wife that
not attend himself, Hunt said.
fight for abandonment of tho Bpecfal
extra-tcrrttortal privileges enjoyed by
foreigners .by distributing copies of
the famous "National Pact." Thl*
convention was adopted by the Turk
ish national assembly and embodiea
the Ottoman demands at Lausanne.
Article six o: this pact Insists that
Turkey’s complete Independence le
necessary for tho country’s national
development and that every Judicial
and financial restriction Imposed
from without will be opposed.
LONDON PAPERS COMMENT
ON AMERICAN 8TAND
London, Nov. 27.—The statement of
Ambassador Child nt Lausanne Satur-
urday is the outstanding feature of
the London newspapers this morning,
which having no Sunday Issues, take
the first opportunity today to discuss
what some term "Dramatic American
Intervention," and tho “American
Bombshell."
Although some regard the ambassa
dor's pronouncements as intended to
give notice of American determina
tion to hare a share In the Mosul oil
fields, this view Is not universally
put forth and several influential pa
pers treat the Child's declaration as
a timely welcome.
ENGLAND WILL SUPPORT
AMERICAN “OPEN DOOR" POLICY
Lausanne, Nov. 27.—Lord Curzon,
Brltis hforelgn secretary, today au
thorized an official statement to thq
press, that England supports the
American ‘'open door" policy iln Tup
key and regards the San Remo agree-’
ment for division of the Mosul oil
district as null and void,
U. 8. AND TURKEY MAY
MAKE SEPARATE TREATY
Paris. Nov. 27.-—Preparation of a
separate treaty between Turkey and
the United States is under consider*
atlon at Lausanne, says a dispatch to
Temps. Tho correspondent suggests
that this Is perhaps the subject of
yesterday's long conversation between
Richard Washburn Child and Ismet
Pasha.
AMERICANS WILlTGET FIRST
CHANCE AT TURK OIL FIEL03
Lausanne, Nov. 27.—The Mosul oil
fields are a part of Turkey proper and
when tho ttmo comes to make oil con
cessions tn foreigners in that rich dis
trict. the Americans will get tha
first chance, a Turkish envoy to the
peace conference told tho Associated
Press today.
"Wo need American capital In Tup
key and prefer to deal witli Americana
(Continued on Pago 3)
distributing company and (21.000
i , .... . . negotiable securities which detectives
| an cntlreiy different case, t I. fur- ialm Ulcy Faw the man , tcal tfom
,‘her believed that hi. case I. one In the o(nco „. „ 10
which no Illegality Is Involved, at least | An a8 , ociate of tho man dec|ared
of the kind that was claimed In tho be would not prosecute him, The man
court procedure. Prosecutor Hughes : woa heId on a tcehnlca , charR0 for ln .
I has not given out any statement of the vestlgatlon. Tho pollco refused to
evidence on which tha warrant was reveal the names of the parties con-
I based. icernod.
Cleveland, O.. Nov. 27.—The police
early today were holding an officer j he had deceived her.
Meanwhile, Mrs. Blanche BrJmmor.
whom Tiernan married at Crown
Point, Ind., Saturday, after a short
mall courtship, was speeding back to
her parents la Iowa, and her two
young children by two former mar
riages. She said she would seek to
pernove any question regarding the
legality of her divorce from her second
(Continued on page three)
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