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SUBSCRIPTIONS IN ADVANCE Vour subscription I* pays bis in ad- vanes and you will save delays by complying with this rule. SEMI-WEEKLY EDITION OFFICIAL OMAN Of the City of Thomasvflfe and die County of Thonui. VOL. X No. 89. THOMA8VILLE, GEORGIA, TUE8DAY, DECEMBER 19, 1922> $1.00 PER ANNUM WALLACE REID IS Famous Movie Actor Report ed by Wife to be Very Low And Death Has Been Ex pected for Past Several Days, —Heart Very Weak, $200,000 TAKEN DENVER MINT ITS AT Los Angeles, Cal., Deo. 18.—Wallace Held, motion picture actor. Is now on the verge of death, and for several days has not been expected to live, according to his wife, In an Interview 1n the Los Angeles Examiner, given at a Hollywood sanitarium last night A statement by physicians said the actor’s condition Is delicate, with rising temperature and pulse with heart action weak and Irregular. It Is said he Is suffering either from a complete exhaustive condition or in fluenza. STEAMER LITHUANIA AGROUND IN THE BALTIC Copenhagen, Dec. 18.—The Danish steamship Lithuania, which left New York on December sixth, for Danzig with a cargo of passengers, Is report ed aground on Bornholm Island In the Baltic sea. WOMAN CLAIMS TO HAVE BEEN DRIVEN .OUT OF KISSIMMEE BY KOKLOX Arriving in Jacksonville She Says She Was Given $100 By Two Men, Alleged Mem bers of Klan and Told to De part on First Train. SUPPOSED VICTIM OF BULLET RETURNS TO TELL STORY OF HERRIN MASSACRE AT TRIAL Dan O'Rourke Believed To Have Been Killed By Herrin Rioters Will Tell Story of Massacre to the Court Now Trying Five Men. Marlon, Ill., Dec 18.—Shot down and left to die on a lonely roadside, Dan O'Rourke, returned today to tell his story at the trial of five men charged with murder In connection with the Herrin riot. O'Rourke's re turn from the shadow of the grave was announced <by the prosecution In open court this morning. O'Rourke was one ot six men whom other witnesses have testified were shot down before the Herrin ceme tery ofter they had been marched through the town by a singing and Jeering mob. Three Bandits, With Reserve Force in Background Stage Spectacular Robery When Money Was Being Trans ferred to Reserve Bank in That City. — Guards Fired On Fleeing Bandits and Po lice Get Busy. — Wounded Guard Will Probably Die. LOWER TEMPERATURES IN MIDDLE WEST AND ARE COMING SOUTHEASTWARD Jacksonville, Fla., Dec. If;.—A wo man who sold she was -Mrs. A. n. Yo der, of near Kissimmee, reported tc the police upon her arrival here on the morning train today from the South Florida city that two men. who said they were members of the Ku KIux Klan gave her one hundred dol lars yesterday, and told her to lcavo the town on the first train. Sho did so, taking with her, her nine year old daughter. HARNESS WINDS TO MAKE ELECTRICITY IS NEW ENGLISH SCHEME London, Doc. 18.—A plan to har ness the winds and make them pro duce electricity for the rural districts has been presented to the ministry of agriculture. The scheme Involves erection on hilltops, low Ibulldlngs from,the sides ot which will project huge wings. These wings will be apun by wind horizontally Just above the ground. Tho proponents of the plan assert that unlimited amounts of electricity can be obtalnod this way at minimum cost. Generally Bad Weather and Intense Cold is Reported From That Section and the Weather Bureau Says it is Headed Eastward. Chicago, III., Dec. 18.—Temperatur es lower than previously reported this winter in the northwest, uppor Lake region, the great control valleys and the middle and west gulf states and locky mountain region, were record ed last night and today as another cold wave spread over the entire greater portion ot the United States. The weather bureau roported that the cold wave has a general southeast erly trend across the middle states. Denver, Colo., Dec. 18—Throe ban dits shot and probably fatally wound ed Charles Linton, Federal Reserve Bank guard and escaped with albout two hundred thousand dollars In cur rency which was being loaded o federal reserve truck In front of Denver mint. Tho funds were being transferred from the mint to the lo cal reserve bank. The robbers’ car drove up to the mint ns the gold was being loaded and three alighted and began firing. Linton dropped with the first fusllage. (lovernment employes returned the fire but the robbers acted too quick ly. While the robbery was going on, a second car loaded with masked men armed with shotguns and rifles stood twenty feet oway, apparently propar ed to give aid to the bandits If need ed. As the robbers fled, the guards In side the mint fired from windows. The entire Denver police force was called Into action Immediately In an effort to apprehend the robbers. ION JACK T! TAKEN DOWN FOR THE LAST TIME IN DUBLIN Fitting Ceremonies Accom pany the Raising of the Flag Of the Irish Free State on lOUlg. , — cahy Salutes British Flag. ANNUAL BIRD SUPPER AT NASHVILLE, GEORGIA UNION OF CENTRAL AMERICA WILL NOT BE DISCUSSED FORMALLY Washington, D. C., Dec. 18.—The proposal that the Central American conference meeting here discuss a program looking to a poltlcal union ot the five Central American repub lics, went by the hoard today when the conference resumod Its sessions after receiving formal Instructions from all the governments Interested. The five nations decided against considering the union proposal by a vote of three to two, gj— New Line of Candies CHOCOLATE COVERED NUT8 AND FRUIT8, 49c POUND ASSORTED CHOCOLATE8 49c POUND CHOCOLATE COVERED CORDIAL CHERRIES, .. 69c POUND Good as sny Dollar Candy at half the prleo.A trial will convince. Crispy Nuts and Favorsd Fruits. A full pound in each box. lack Homer JNUTS & FRUITS A delicious treat that's worth a dollar but coats only 49 Cent* Sold only at Jack Horner Headquarters. MASH-MILTON DRUG CO. “A Good Place to Trades" Phones 105 and 106 Nashville, Ga., Dec. 18.—Ar rangements have been completed tor tho annual bird supper of the Nashville Chamber ot Commerce on Thursday. This Is a big event here each your. Hundreds of roasted quail are served in an Improvised banquet hall In one of the large tobacco warehouses. Tho women of the city prepare the meal and prominent men ot the state have been Invited to speak. It is hoped to have Gov ernor-elect Walker attend the affair Thursday. LONDON PAPERS DO NOT THINK LOAN TO GERMANY BYU.S.ATALL PROBABLE Opinion of English Corres pondents in This Country is Accepted by Conservative Journals as Forecasting the Ultimate Outcome. London, Dec. 18.—Those newspa pers to which the British public lookl or solid and conservative guidance completely reject the Idea of an Amer ican loan to Germany as probable, or In the present conditions aa posslblo. These journals base their skepti cism on long reports from corrcspon dence In the United States who ap pear to have probed Important some es of-Information over the woek end. The possibility of American Inter ventton In Kurope's troubles still on grosses uttentton here. Dublin, Ireland, Dec. 18-f-The Union Jack and the authority It symbolized in Ireland for so many years had gone back to Britain today with last of the British soldlets occupying the Dublin area and In its place over the military posts of this city floated the tri-color of the Irish Free State. Sunday crowds cheering enthusias tically, watched the British military march to the docks with flags flying. Richard Mulcahy, minister of de fense for the Free State government, saluted the British colors, as they came down for the last time. SEAMEN FIGHT TO GET CARGOES OUT OF FROZEN LAKE SUPERIOR Twenty-Seven Lives Report ed Lost When One Vessel Went Aground on Lizard Island.—Captain and Crew Apparently Lost. WHOLESALE ROBBERY ATTEMPTED METCALFE, NEGRO SUSPECTS JAIL Knobs of Safes Knocked Of! In Several Stores, But Loss Was Nil. — Negro, Surren ders and will be Tak£n Back To Mitchell County Gang. A wholesale robbery wasi attempted in Metcalfe Saturday night or early Sunday morning, but the sum total of the damage appears to have been the destruction of the knobs ot the safes In various places In that little city. The attempted robbery was discov ered at about 8 o'clock Sunday morn- Ing, when parties went in Mr. Horne’s store and found where it bad been en tered. Similar discoveries were made In the store of Grover Thomas, H. C. Copeland and Company, the'postoffice and the Bank of Metcalfe. Investiga tion showed that so far as could he learned, nothing of value was taken. The safes of each of these places were tampered with and the knobs to the locks all knocked off with a small axe. Indications pointed to someone who was barefooted and tracks were seen under the window of Horne’s store, whore they had tried to enter. The doors of all of the places were prized open with bars and entry made. Sher iff Davis went to the scene but could make no discoveries that would lead to the Identity of the robber. At 12 o’clock a negro, Garfield Rob- field, surrendered himself to Mr Strickland, superintendent of Mr. L. S. Thompson's place on Lake Iamonla, and stated that he wob an escaped convict from Mitchell county. Sheriff Davis and County Warden Maples, of Mitchell county, went down and got him yesterday nttornoon. This negro Is suspected of being tho robber. He was seen far several days around Met calo previous to Sunday and he wai barefooted. Sault Ste. Mane, Dec. 18—Twenty- three of the twenty-seven 'persons missing since the tug Reliance wont on the rocks at Lizard Island Wednes day, are now reported saved. EARLY REPORTS INC'CATED CREW OF VESSEL LOST Chicago, Ill., Dec. 18.—Men who go down to the sea In ships are fighting an epochal battle across the Icy wav es of Lake Superior to keep naviga tion open beyond the usual time and bring down the lake's last cargo of the year. Already tho tight has claimed a toll of lives with twenty-seven added to the preamble death roll last night when survivors of the tug Reliance, which was wrecked last Wednesday on Lizard Island reached Sault Ste Marie, utter almost incredible hard ships. When the tug was wrecked the captain and twenty-six men put off In a small boat, and nine others in another boat. The captain's party has not been heard from and Is believed to have been lost. IMPRINT OF BARE HAND ONLY CLUE TO MURDER OF AUTOMOBILE DEALER Chicago Man Found Dead From Bullett Wound. Had Gloves on and Suicide The ory is Scouted by Police. — Pistol Found Nearby. SOVIETS ORDER CONSULS TO LEAVE VLADIVOSTOK Vladivostok, Dec. 18.—The Soviet government of Vladivostok which re cently took over administration of the city and curroundlng territory known Chicago, Ill, Dec. 18.—The imprint of a bare hand on his automobile fen der, Is the only clue the police have in their search for -the slayer Ralph Esmond, aged 32* agent of the Chicago Motor Club, who was found shot to death Saturday near Starved Rock. Esmond wore gloves when he was found dead a short distance from his car. His own pistol, with one car tridge discharged was found too far from the body, police say, to admit the possibility of suicide. NOVEMBER EXPORTS REACH HIGH MARK • Washington, D. C., Dec. 18.—Amer ican exports for November reached the highest point of tho year, accord ing to official overseas trade statis tics mnde public by tho Department of Commerce, showing an oxport busi ness totalling three hundred and eigh ty- three million dollars . - The November exports total twelve million dollars greater than tho value of those for October, and $90,000,000 greater than the total for November last year. Compared with November 1913, on Increase of more than $138,000,000. as Primora, has ordored tho consuls of Franco and ton other countries to close their consulates and leave Pri mora within a week. The consulates of the United States, Groat Britain, Italy, Germany and Austria are not included in the order. FROZEN TO DEATH ON CHICAGO STREET Chicago, III., Dec. 18.—Harry T. Graham, fifty-two year old printer, was found frozen to death In a downtwon alley In the threo below zero cold here early this morning. Seventy fires, none ot which were serious, drove many fami lies from their homos last night and early today In this city. WOMEN TRYING TO TAKE UP COLLECTION TO KEEP WAYCR0SS SCHOOLS OPEN 3 OHIO MEN DIE IN GAMP BUILDING FIRE Were Spending Week-End at Resort Near Akron When Flames Caught Them in the Second Story of Flimsy Structure. Making House to House Can vas in Hope of Securing the Necessary Funds to Pay the Teachers and Continue Op eration of Schools. Waycross, Ga, Dec. 18.—Women representing tho various civic or ganizations of this city, are mak ing a house to house canvass here today in an effort to ralso five dollars for each child in school in order to keep the schools open and pay the teach ers their salaries for December. The canvass was decided upon upon following an announcement by the Board of Education of its Inability to ralso funds to meet the necessary expenses. It is hop ed by the womon to raise several thousand dollars. Akron, O., Dec. 18.—Three promS nent Massilon men, one of them a city official, were burned to death and four others were seriously Injur* ed yesterday when flames destroyed the cottage in which they were asleep at Little Wadsworth on Portage Lake reservoir south of here. The light structure of the cottage becoming a blazing wall, cut off the escape of the men who were sleeping on the second floor. The men had been spending the weekend «t the cottage. AMERICANS ADDICTED TO DRUGS FORCED TO LEAVE MEXICAN SOIL Mexican Lower California is Deporting Undesirables To day and Sending Them Back To The United States, Says Announcement. BIG FIRE IN CHARLOTTE AND FORTY FIRMS ARE HEAVY LOSERS Big Building Housing The ater and Many Offices Gut ted by Flames Yesterday And Individuals Suffer Big Losses. Calexico, Call, Dec. 18.—-Mexi can Lower California, just across tho international line from here today began deporting Americans addicted to drugs as undesirable citizens, in accordance with the announced intention of the Mexi can authorities to rid their soil of foreigners in tho grip of the nar cotic habit. Charlotte, N. C„ Dec. 18.—Approx! mately forty firms and Individuals suf fered losses In yesterday’s fire in tho business section of Charlotte, which destroyed the Trust building on South Pryor street, housing a vaudeville the ater and a number of offices. Esti mates of the loss varied ibetween $360,000 to $400,000. PR0HI ENFORCEMENT DISCUSSED BY HARDING AND GOVERNORS TODAY MARTIAL LAW FOLLOWS ASSASSINATION OF THE FIRST POLISH PRESIDENT Warsaw, Dec. 18.—Martial law be came effective in Warsaw today by proclamation of the Polish cabinet Captain NiewundomskI, the crazed tlst who assassinated President Narutowicz Saturday has been held for trial by court martial. The declaration of martial law has added to the sense of security felt by tho people who, with General Pllsud- ski as established chief of staff of the army and General Slkorski as premi er, await the convocation of parlia ment Wednesday for the selection of president. Washington, D. C, Dec. 18.—The enigma of prohibition enforcement was discussed by President Harding with a group of state Governors today as a beginning toward his announced policy of working out a definite divis ion of enforcement responsibility between tho federal and state gov ernments. The conference took place over a luncheon at the White House. TENNESSEE RIVER RISING RAPIDLY TODAY. Florence, Ala., Dec. 8.—Tho Tennes see river has registered a rise of four feet in tho last twenty-four hours, and is still rising at the rate of two Inches per hour. The gauge at Flor ence bridge this morning stood thir teen feet and five inches above the low water level and a further rise ot at least two feet is anticipated. force of men worked yesterday and last night reinforcing tho coffers at the Wilson dam in which work la being done { 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 kerchiefs, 35c to $1.25. Men's fine Cotton Hand kerchiefs, 15c to 35c. Men's all Silk Neckwear, beautiful patterns 50c to $2. Men's extra fine Knitted Ties, “Berkely knit," $2.50 to $3.00 Men's Silk Hosiery, plain and clocked, 75c to $1.75. Men's Plain Lisle, "Hole- proof" all colors 3 prs $1.00 Men's Irish Linen weave, Initial Handkerchiefs, box ed 3 for $1.00 Men's Smoking Jackets, very handsome, $10.00. Men's Bath Robes, Blan kets and Crash, $7.50 to $10 Men's Pajamas, fancy and plain, Outing and Madras, Manhattan and others, $2.50 to $3.50. 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