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VOL.
No. 284 Associated Press Dispatches
ATHENS, GA., SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 2,1922
Single Copies 2 Cents Daily. 5 Cents Sunday,
LAHRY GANTT’S
daily column
I Cotton Best |
Money Crop!
1.
13 SENATORS MEET
WITH U FOLLETTE
MATRIMONIALLY INCLINED
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1. I.AHUV GANTT.) j Session “Behind Closed
n„, suitwp of Mr. j. a j Doors” Held At Capital
Friday When Ideas Are
Talked.
ith tin- peanut farmers in'
nmntiPH an' wild about this I
, r(1 p anil will this coming i
,,,1 largely into the busl-
.. ami inost conservative | OPEN SESSION FOR
i ll! me that a farmer 1 800 SATURDAY
ell t<
fat the
hi.- faith ti
Mi
investigate a lit
k 'thu nremlty j La Follette, Republican,
says he has a| an( j Huddleston, Demo
crat, of Alabama, Head
New Party Move.
.■ 11h Georgia and tho soil |
: hut section >S much better
| tn the growth of the pea-I
than U|> the country in our redj
v land. Mr. Morton says he hasj WASHINGTON—Thirteen sena-
cn 'his 111,1 ’* 7a * r ‘ r ' a ' and ho torg anfl tweniy-s:x repreBonta-
^of“ n ton Ve ”r“Scre, tlve8 ' servlDK and cloctnd ’ partlcl -
I f„r tedious work it takes about 'pated In the Progressive oonfer-
n ,. J0 h cost and labor to grow once, hold here today. The meet-
I gather peanuts ns cotton. j ing was called by Senator LaFol-
fOTTON lotto., Republican, of Wisconsin.
BETTER .and Uopresentatlve Huddleston.
in. finds that even with a short “ . ., . .
,. 0 tton crop he had rather risk the Democrat, of Alabama, and was
staple than peanuts. And they you hold behind closod doors,
cannot count on remunerative; An unofficial bloc was formed.
,.ice for the peanut, for he has 1 "Although tlicfo had been! no
known them to become a drug on! annoU ncemcnt of the legislative
s ssA’Zm mss —— •• - ■» r—
into raising peanuts and thus ocer- ference was cxpccteu to adopt re
stock the market you ore going to' solutions outlining a definite pro-
sec some awful sick farmers when
the market next years opens.
The price of peanuts like every
thing vise is regulated by the law
of supply and demand and of
course the demand for these nuts
i? limited. They arc not worldwide
■ommodity like cotton. And then,
cheap labor in Africa and most all
other countries grow peanuts.
Mr. Morton does not question
any statement made by Mr Gillon
nply gave'me his views when
I asked for them. Mr. Morton says
cotton is the money crop for the
South and we can never find any
thing to take its place. But I will
visit Maxeys and interview
Mr. Gillen and get his figures and
dots.
Building Will Consist of
Ten Class Rooms And
Library. Captain Bar
nett Directing Work.
gram for the progressive "bloc"
Tho secret conference was preli
minary to u public session here
Saturday of Nutlona? progressives
with accomodations for toil, which
Is expected to tokc up the program
adopted Friday. Both meet ngs
nre being held under the auspices
of the peoples leglBlutive service,
which will tender dinner Satur- j
day night to the progressive sona-
tors, representatives and governors
attend, ng.
Eight republicans, four demo-
crats and one farmer-laborlte
were on the list of senators for to
day's conference whllo nineteen
republicans and seven democrats
were on the list of representatives, j
A number of members of congress
fn addition to those announced'are
:ted to ati
Dan Cupid Reaps] I
Big Toll Here in 1 ^
November
COMING YEAR MADE
Enthusiastic Meeting
Work on the now Chuso street
school building has begun. It was
irarneil Friday at tho office of
J. W. Harnett, city engineer.
The building will consist of ten
i lass rooms, together with library.
Work on the building will bo
larceny af-
docket will he resumed.
Carrib Walton? negress was
„ ,, . , _ .. , .- ; tried for having wltlskoy on nvo
Held At Baptist Cnurcn. counts. Ho was sentenced to pay
National Renresenta- * 75 ,lne and aervo ‘»°l ve months
national nepieseilUl probation sonatenco In one caso
tives Make Addresses, j und payment of |25 fine and
o-..' 1 twelve months probation In tho
Special rrogiam. other, win scott, site*Agio wn-
Hams was acquitted or I
An enthusiastic , mooting of tho i t , r trust.
Y. W. C. A. was hold Friday night |
at the First Baptist church at
. _ - , _ which time plans (or the now
under direction of Captain Bar- year wero dincussod.
It having been decided not MJii Ebortha Roolofe and Miss i
m turn tho contract over to a (Ada Starkweather, representing,
ixiildlng company. | the national organisation were
: t ;, f: !r.!drd e ^? U th?n7VwCl5‘™ ie B 8 n<l del,ver0d fn,0r " ad -| EATONTON, Ga.-(.Special to
school bond Issue voted last May. ™ bespeclal program was nr-. the Banner-Herald.—)Miss Elsie
The Other will bo eroded on! L b y Mrs p f C, nk Llnscomb An ‘hony, 16-year-old daughter of
I.umpkin street. ! S? Me "7wo I Dr '. " a '**r Anthony, Methodist
geants. one by the Girl Reserves «tabtor,J^U^twnSfcrred^to
and anothor by members of tho
University Y. W. C. A.
Mrs. Russell Everett, formerly
Miss Ruth Vick, tho secretary
gavo a detailed report of tho work
in Athons. Mrs. John R. White,
president of the association also
mado a report.
Nineteen marriage licenses were
issued to white couples during the
month of November, an increase of
several over tho number of the
previous month.
. Those to whom licenses were Is
sued wore:
Carlton Seagfeves and Annie Leo
Roberts. V. O. Hawkins and Kath
erine White. Sylvester Stephens
. , ... land Mattie Lee Sn-.'th. fowls L.
City. Court recessed Friday until i nates and Gusslo Godfrey, J. C.
.Momiiry morning at which' time Lamb and Ossie Broom, Bertram
trial of enses on the criminal Bottomley and Olga May Reeves.
Owen Maxwell and Ruby Hanson,
George Dunnnhos and A'.ile M. Aa
ron, Edward Thllenlus and Martha
Eugenia Hardeman, E. O. Smith
Citjj Court Recesses Fri-
Mokiing.-
Criir.inal Dot ket At That
Time.
Elsie Anthony
Painfully Hurt
Motor ‘Seventeen*
In Lead Friday
a large number ol motorcycloa
pa-'Mil through Athens Friday af-
1 moon enroute to Atlanta on the
I'ixntu Journal endurance run.
Tlic first machine, number .17,
wast'd through at ten minutes of
f"«r o'clock and othors camo
iiirough later.
Forty motorcycles left Atlanta
Thursday for Columbia, S. C., go
ng by Augusta and returning by
Athens.
Signs Will Warn
Machine Drivers
ikiw arimoniHhing motorists to
• Slow will be placed near
<>f the city schools.
’•]'* bifsns have been printed and
1" placed in the school dls-
:> Saturday. I
D/XVS TlLU
CUBKIWE:
The liveliest legal constable elec
tion ever held in the, 216th militia
district, Athens, takes place here
Saturday while elections will be
held In other districts of the coun
ty where opposition haB develo- j unavoidable,
cd to those now in office. , Dr. Anthony, his wife and chil-
The voting precincts in this dis- | dren arc tonight in Eatonton,
trict will be at the court house and > where the daughter Is under the
the Mulberry Street Church, Ma
con, was painfully injured near
here Thursday when nn automo
bile driven by B. ty. Hunt, local
banker, crashed jnto Dr. An
thony’s car, in which were three
children, Mrs. Anthony and the
minister. Mrs. Hunt wasf in her
husband’s car. All escaped injury
except Miss Anthony, who suffer
ed lacerations about the face.
Dr. Anthony’s car was demolish
ed, and Mr. Hunt’s was badly
damaged.
The accident occurred ten miles
out of this city, on tho Dlxio
Highway, Mr. and Mrs. Hunt were
returning from a visit to tL ...
famous Anderson home, and at a
sharp curve the two machines col
lided. Tho bend at that point is
Bald to form almost a right angle,
and the accident is reported to
have been, under the circumstances
end Evon Lenora Dooley, D. F.
Wilson and Minnlo I. Davis, Speed
McCurry and Inez Swann, Jessie
Strickland and Maude Voiles,
Thomas J. Cono and Glyntook Mc
Kinney, Leonard G. Peaso and Lila
Schley, W. Henry Smith and lEI-
eanor Singleton, O. O. Pledger and
Salllo M. Chadwick, Miller C. Wal
ton and Mary Virginia Howell, Sid
ney Kirby and Ruby Bates.
Athenian's Hear
Voice Recognized.
A large number or Athenians
heard an announcement of tho
Presbyterian Laymen’s Movement
given through Tho Atlanta Journal
radio broadcasting station Friday
bight by Dr. Marlon Hull, promi
nent Atlantlan and former Athons
man.
STARTS TROUBLE
IN MEXICO CITY
After Fierce Struggle
Thanksgiving Night At
City Hall, Federal
Troops in Charge.
FIERCE INVECTIVES
HURLED AT RULERS
Initial Plans Were to
Stage Peaceful Demon
stration, But Labor Join
ed and Became Violent.
Athens Ladies Will Some Day Cook
Biscuits By The Heat of The Sun, -
According To Smithsonian Expert
Dr. R. P. Stephens, of the University of Georgia,
was .Friday elected first president of the Georgia
Academy of Science. The Academy opened its first
session here Friday morning. "21-
other officers elected were; pr»
1200 ARE HOMELESS
NEWSERN, N. C.—(By The
Associated Press.) — Twelve
hundred people are homeless
and two hundred residences, two
churches, two warehouses, and
several stores have been de
stroyed in a fire which Friday,
swept twenty blocks here with
a loss estimated at over a mil
lion dolars.
Tho blaxc was reported aa be
ing under control early Satur
day morning.
MEXICO CITY. Mex.—(By The
Associated Press)—federal troops !
guarded a badly battered municipal )
building Friday while the city
counted the casualties of a pitched I
battle between tho police and a I
mob which attempted to storm the
building Thursday night. The death
list as a result of tho fighting stood
at seventeon Friday, while eighteen
are known to havo been seriously
wounded and three slightly hurt.
The city, after a night of wild ex
citement found its main plaza be
fore the municipal building a sham
bles of broken glass, timbers and
stone—evidence of the angdr of
the mob which forced Its way Into
the building half an hour after tho
police rifles had taken their toll.
The trouble, whlcn lasted for
more than six hours, started when
a crowd marened to ciie clt; ha'
protest against the aldermen, who
are held responsible for conditions
leading to the water famine. The
demonstration was Intended by the
labor unions that organized it as a
peaceful protest and several hun
dred persons paraded the down
town streets before proceeding to
the hall to voice the'- sentiments
against the city government. These
protestants were reinforced along
the route and when * v - municipal
building wns reached *’•« crowd
numbered more than 2,000.
CAPT. EHRHARDT IS
BERLIN.—(By Tho Associated
Press)—Official reports from Mu-
nish state that Capt Eberhardt. a
prominent leader in the Kapp re
volt, was arrested Thursday at tho
request of the supreme court and
transferred to Lelpsic.
T. P. Branch, of the Georgia Insgtt-
tuto of Technology, vice president;'-
Dr. H. Fox, of Mercer, secretary
and treasurer. The following trill
compose the executive committee;
Drs. T. H. McHatton, of the Dnl-
■ versity of Georgia, C. H. Boggs ot
the Georgia Institute of Tech-
I nology, W. 3. Nelms, of Emory
University, B. M. Hall, of Atlanta,
and S. W. McCallie, state geolo-
jgist.
Athons cooks may aome day be
baking blscnita by the heat ot the
sun, according to Dr. C. ft Abbott,
assistant director of the famous
Smithsonian Institute at Washing
ton.
Scientists at an observatoiy
station on Mr. Wilson lb Califor
nia are cooking by the heat from'
tho ray’s of the sun now, the
speaker declared.
Dr. Abbott delivered an illustrat
ed lecture before the Goorgta
Academy of Science last nlgbt at
the University of Georgia. The
Academy opened Its first session
since organization here Friday
‘morning at which time Dr. W. F.
Watson delivered a lecture on
“Photograph With Natural Len-
INVECTIVES HURLED
AT ALDERMEN
Its word*—by hurling stones and
other mlsBiles. When one leader
suggested that the ball be entered
the demonstrators made a concert
ed rush forward. The police fired
over the heads of the crowd which,
however, did not check Us courtie.
The police fired pointblahk with
deadly effect.
Tho demonstrators retired car
rying the dead and injured-
But In half nn hour they re-
ov!r°fto‘ Genian p“o“ turned and aeverel of their ^num-
radio and others heftrd it at homes Jet ?. 8
where seta are Installed. Dr.
Hull spoke clearly and distinctive
ly and his voice was easily rec
ognized by thoso who knew him.
White Way Will Be
Ready By Xmas
Mr. Mfko Costa states that ma
terial for the white way has ar
rived and is now being installed. A
great deal of work Is to bo done,
but It Is hoped to havo it complet
ed by Christmas.
It is planned to colebrato this
‘ I enterprise In a fitting manner and
... . ~ . , - Invito all friends from nolgbbor-
Nineteen cases for violation of i ng coun try and towns to visit Ath-
the traffic ordinance were docket- e ns for tho celebration. This will bo
ed by Athens police Friday. Twen- ono of the brightest and most up-
t.v-scveu cases were dockoted to-dato white ways in tho south
Thursday. Most of those served and will be a great attractfon for
with copies of charges Thursday the city,
and Friday were for running cars I
without tail lights and turning in
the middle of the block.
Tho police aro going after every
violator of the a refinance now and
every car seen on the streets, out
side the fire limits, after night with
no tall lights burning has a rase
dockoted against tne owner. This
section of the law has not been en
forced here In a year or two and it
is estimated that nix out of every
ten cars In the city were without
tall l'ghts when the present round
up started. However, owners wero
given notice in advance end the po
lice department say that It seems
that only a fine will convince somo
people that the law is now being
* VOU OUWOf 6«E AlfiT,
EVBB^qi/aiiaBSlWfJWjai,
l C*0i IUJJP Tt« tMS> <•'
N. -
those ol'glble in the general elec- i care of a physician. Huge crowds ■ enforced,
lion of November win be eligible I of Eatonton people aro paying |
to vote. There '-ire nine candl- j hourly visits to tho bedsido and — ^ ..
dates in tho field tu tho 21 ,th dis-1 expressing to the minister mill Hoppe v lallDWQ Fnr
trict rot the places now hold by | Mrs. Anthony .their sympathy. 0 ' ,w ’ vtamma A LSI
H, E. Wood and H. D. Huff. ; For the past two years assign-
Itber candidates are Weldon I cd' to an Athens charge, Dr. An -
iWooo, deorge Mnyne, Dr. Strlck-, thon; at the recent South Ceor-
Pope Pius Busy
Preparing Message
Killing His Wife
ROM E.—(By the Associated
Press.)—Pope Pius has been work
ing hard on his Allocution and his
Encyclical. The former will be
delivered in secret consistory
December 11. The latter, which
comprises the program' of his pon-
tifficate, is addressed to all the
Roman Catholic Bishops in the
world. It was originally meant
for the consistory, but Its issuance
has been postponed to a date not
yet determined. Tho pontiff wish
es to revise the text, repolish the
style and introduce modifications
and additions suggested to him by
events throughout the world.
land. W. H. Sheffield. Jack Gor-|Rl a conference was transferred to | WALLA WALLA, Wash.-James
. —. -,—. «. ii the Florida'conference, but Bishoplv —
don. Arthur Tuck ami Lloyd Mil
lor.
There is also opposition In the
Wintervlllc district where Jerry
Plttard and E. Johnson arc now
serving and in Sandy Creek.
The polls In Athens will open at
*.30 and close at 6:40. city time
and the managers named by Ordi
nary Orr are Frea aicEntyre. S.
i W. Ueaery and George S. Crane-
amendment carries
MELBOURNE.' Australia. — In
the Australian legislative assem
bly Fr“ “
nttywMtf'pnll
tWcial
:
w.
hall and set fire to Its contents.
Valuable documents, some ot which
dated back soveral centuries, wore
tossed Into tho streets nnd the city
records were given to the winds.
By this time fedoral troops had
arrived but the intruders wore not
ejected before the building had
bcon tired In many, places and the
furniture wrecked. A lino of hoso
which the fire department was able
to bring Into play despite the water
shortage, wan successful In hold
ing back the crowds outside.
Captain Eberhardt us commander
of a marine brigade was Instru-
fneni.il in ensi.:.ug the lato Dt.
Wrifi.ang Kapn, president of tho
Fatherland part, te force tho with-
■Irv.vt of the Eli*. - government In
March 1920. Subsequent to tho flit
ting rev me of D-. Kapu as chancel
lor. i'i.nisin Eherh ‘t escaped be
yond fhe Jurisd'.'.'ioa of IF- su-
m- court whl M tried s-veral of
the leaders of the Kapp revolt.
Since then he has been variously
reported in Austria and Munich.
His name has been mentioned In
connection with the assassination
of Mathias Ersberger in do Hombiir,
1921, and with the murder of Dr.
Walter Rathenau test June. Dr.
Rathenau's assassins were -id to
belong to a eemt-political organiza
tion composed of mimMre if i'sp-
taln Ehrhnrdt's brigade, lie tet
morning.
Wier Grocery Co.
Opens Saturday
TELLS OF
EXPERIMENTS
Dr. Abbott’s address followed a
banquet to the visiting scientists
at the Georgian Hotel.
In hta address teat night the
eminent scientist told of experi
ments jM>ing carried on by tne ae-
trological deportment of tho
8mithsonian Institute..
The subjeat of the address was
“Heat of the Sun and Other
Stars.”
Some day the coal fields may
give out and people must find a
substitute for nuking heat as gen
eration of electrical power is de
pendent upon fuel. The experi
ments being made by the govern
ment may develop a way to har
ness the rays of the eun and stare
and store np enough energy to Tun
tho machinery of the world.
Abbott said.
8P0RADIC ATTEMPT8
ARE CONTINUED
Sevoral sporadic attempts to con
tinue tho demonstration were made
in tho succeeding hours, but whon
the demonstrants returned to tho
attack they found a cordon of sov
eral hundred soldiers before the
building and contented themselves
with jeering and hooting.
Thus baffled In their attempts to
re-enter the hall, several small
groups of citizens marched through
the streets committing minor dop-
redatlons.
They called on all the newsponer
fflces and hooted and yelled before
the residences of the city officials.
Thu residences of all aldermen
.•ere also under the protection of
federal troops.
It was said Friday that the city
election scheduled for next Sundny
would be postnonod In vldw of
Thursday night's occurrence and
the suggestion was made In many
quarters that the federal govern
ment take over the city adminis
tration temporarily.
Harding Asked to
Support Measure
Early this morning the doors of
a new grocery store will be thrown
open to tho public and the high
est grades ot groceries, fruits and
vegetables will be found at tho
corner of Lumpkin and Washing
ton streets. In tho store room
formerly occupied by the Whitten
Grocory Co.
Tho new concern will be known
as the Wler Grocory Co., and un
der the direction of Mr. C- Y. Wlor,
the people ot this city and section
may rest assured that' only the
host will bo sold and at prices in
keeping with quality. Mr. Wlor is
one ot the best known grocery
men in the Btate.
Ho gas had several years ex
perience In that lino of business
both as a merchant and a travel
ing salesman. Ho Invites the pub
lic and his fricn« , " *- call today
where they will find a complete
stock of fresh and high grade
groceries.
U. S. Exports Are
On Rising Tide
L. Mahoney, convicted of killing
N. Ainsworth almost imme-jhls elderly bride for her money,
diately re-assigned him to the faced death on the gallows at the
Georgia body and appointed him ; state penitentiary here Friday. The :
t0 »_ 8 ® rve Mulberry Street penitentiary authorities would not.
Church. At the time of tho acci- comment on the report from Seat-
dent he and his family were en tie that .Mahoney had dictated a
route to Wrightsville to visit sov- |confession to his attorney,
oral days with relatives. Mrs. 'Mahoney was beaten to
•Mr. Hunt, president or tho Mid- death and her body stuffed Into a
die-Georgia Bank of Eatonton. Is trunk.
also head of the State Horttcultur- \ The trunk was recovered from
al Society and laat Summer was j Lake Unloa In Seattle more than a
tenaerod the degree of Doctor of, year ago. Mahoney had previously
Science by the State University been under arrest In Seattle on
at Athens. He and Mrs. Hunt have suspicion that he had knowledge of
expWssed their deepest regret that bis wife’s mysterious disappear-'
Spanish War
Vets Organize
the near-tragedy should have oc
cofred. ' .
Wonder that only one of the
seven Deraons Boejamed injury was
PXpWnovQ generally.
nee. The evidence against hlm- wk*
circumstantial.
Through the trial and appeal*
Mahoney maintained be wee innn-
cent.
ATLANTA, Ga.—A statewide
organization of veterans of the
Spanish-American war was ef
fected in Atlanta yesterday with
the election of John P. Haunson,
Atlanta, well known attorney, as
state department commander.
Other officers elected were: C.
K. Fletcher, of Augusta, Senior
vice commander, and H. J. Mc
Guire, of Savannah, junior vice
oommandcr.
It was voted to hold a state
reunion each year on July 4, the
of the first reunion to be
later, ' --v ,1-
NBW YORK—An appeal to
President Harding to stand by the
Dyer-Anti lynching bill was made
Friday in a telegram sent to
James W. Johnson, secretary of
the national association for the
for the advancement of colored
people. The telegram also sent to
the twelve Republican leaders in
the senate.
WASHINGTON—The rising tide
of American exports appears to be
underway, according to a state
ment Friday by Dr. Julius Klein,
director of the bureau of foreign
and domestic commerce of the de
partment of commerce who declar
ed that the factors entering Into
tills country foreign trade “por
tend a most favorable ruture.”
Tho director nosed that the to
tal of $372,ouv,u0u in exports la
October, the largest since March
1921, marks a progressive Increase
and shows the trend definitely up
ward. Tho importance of foreign
trade to the country la more and
more widely recognized as a Na
tional asset Dr. Klein declared.
The Argentine government in
sending out weekly wenther fore
casts baaed upon measurements, of
heat variations of the sun made
by the U. 8. government stations
located in Chile. Two other sta
tions are maintained by the Insti
tution, ono In Arizona and anothor
In California, on top of ML Wil
son.
The stations are 4,000 mites
apart The cooking appartus re
ferred to In tho beginning of the
story la on ML Wilson. Dr. Ab
bott saya heat la procured by heat
ing oil from the reflection or the
ana’s rays .on a cylindrical mirror.
Ordinary motor oil 1s used as it
moat get twice as hot as water
before It will boil. Of course tho
method of coking by the sun’s
rays 1s crude now but It will be
developed, Dr. Abbott stated.
The best from one star shining
over Georgia Is equal tojborao
power and one horse power ot en
ergy is found In twenty square
feet upon which the snn shines
he paid, and If the ray’s .of the
aun were harnsaaed from twenty
to fifty thonsand horse power
could be developed dally la,tho
world.
The heat of the sun is
being used in Egypt tor, power
purposes, he said.
PROGRAM
8ATUROAY
Saturday morning the session
will begin at 8 o’clock St which
time Dr. A- 8. Edwards will road
a paper on ”<)uanutire Results of
Teaching.” . - -“ t .-.
Dr. R. M. Harper will road a
paper on ’’Regions With Stagfaant
Populations In the United States.”
Utber subjects discussed will be:
"Srlflnro - RArvint " ne • r* n
Silent Tribute Is
Paid to Members
Science Service,” by Dr. C.’ IL
Fountain.
"ExacUng Square Root of In
tegers,” Dr. D. F. Barrow. • •
''Excavations In The Ebly
Und” by Dr. W. A. Shelton - '
“Phylogenlr Criteria * In Tho
Trichoptera." Dr. Joseph Krarka.
New Methods For Tho Prepara
tion of Silver Hypo Nitrite,” Dr.
Alfred W. Scott
’’Southeastern U. S. A. Source
of Material for the experimental
analysis of gigantic danger‘of
species and races," Dr. Henry
Fox. j .
Silver Service Is
Sought ForD.A.R.
WASHINGTON — Representa
tive Byrnes, democrat 8outh Caro
Una, introduced a bill Friday au
thorising the delivery to the South
Carolina Daughters of the Ameri
can revolution for exhibition amt
preservation the silver service
used on the battleship South Caro
lina. ■ .
SAVANNAH. Ga.—For the first
time probably in the hidtory ol the
Savannah board of trade, the mem
bers Fridny stopped at tho trading
hour to pay n silent tribute of re
spect to one of tliel! members.
Walter F. Krumer. who represent
ed the Rosin nnd Turpentine ex
port company died suddenly yes
terday, and Friday when the Navul
stores trade met, motion wa» made
and carried that alt present stand
In silence for ono mlnuto in re
spect to his memory. This was
done.
Thieves Set Fire
To Texas Town
FT. WORTH, Texas.-First set
ting fire to tho business district,
bandits robbed the post office at
Brownfield, Terry county, of cur
rency, silver and stamps, Thurs
day nOon, according to,information
received here Friday, j ‘,
While the fire sprekd, the ban
dits battered their way into the
post office, smashed the cash
drawer and then fled as citizens
assembled to fight the - flames.
Later.a posse, overtook the ban
dits end’
‘ho
captured two or j
them.
*500,000 FIRE
-MON TREAL.—T h ^ building
housing the Leva! Dental and
Veterinary College, affiliated with Much of the money wa# recovered,
tbe tjnireraity. of Montreal mu Thiz is the second time recently in
d S!5? 3 ^L. b3r business district of the
shortly before midnight The tee*,-town has been set, fire by ban-
«* pieced *-*500,000, dte. The'fire iq* will be small,
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