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COTTON:
Market Closed
Holiday.
A CONSOLIDATION OF THE SUNDAY ISSUES OF THE ATHENS BANNER AND THE ATHENS HERALD
THE WEATHER! t ” Jy
Fair with probable frost*. Tern
s' ’
peraturg normal.
VOL. 91, No. 14 Full Associated Press Leased Wire Service.
ATHENS, GA., SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 24, 1922.
Single Copies 2 Cents-Daily. 5 Cents Sunday.
SPECULATORS IN CONTROL
OF COTTON HEFLIN SAYS
!E HEINE Ml
BE ENJOYED HERE
BUB sun
Th no-Fourths of Crop
Now Out of Farmers’
Hands, Asserts Alabam
ian in Senate.
LESS THAN TEN
MILLION BALES
Cotton Growers Are Not
[' Getting a Price That
Will Yield a Fair Profit,
He Says.
WASHINGTON.—Declaring that
cotton c onsumption figures for No-
emheras announced Friday by the
government Indicated a possibility
xlmustlon of the American cot-
lon -supply by next June. Senator
Heflin, democrat, Alabama assert-
Ihe nenate Saturday that the
present price of 26 cents a pound
lor the produce showed "conclus-
thnt the speculators have got
control of the market and are de
pressing the price."
“We have produced another
small crop,” nald the Alabama sen
ator. "and during the month of No
vember we consumed here at home
and exported to foreign countries
1.435,898 bales of American cotton.
world’s cotton crop Is short
and the demand for American cot
ton is constantly Increasing.
ESTIMATE LE88
THAN 10 MILLIONS
"The government estimates the
present crop at less than ten mil
lion bales; If tlw eansaspHilliA*-
manci tor November conUnuca
through December and on to Au
gust. 1923, the present cotton sup-
ply w ill be exhausted early In June
ol next year and the world will be
to face with a cotton famine.
"In spite of the fact that the cot
ton crop Is small and the world
demand for American cotton le
great, the cotton producers of the
Vnlted States are not getting a
price that will yield them a fair
i milt. The commissioner of agri
culture of the state of Texas, the
largest cotton producing Btate tn
the Union says that It cost the
farmers of Texas about 26 cents a
pound to produce the present crop.
"Three-fourths of (he crop has
gone out of the hands of the fanner
at a price below 26 cents a pound.
The law of supply and demand
warrants 30 cents and more.
Old Santy Has Not Lost
His Popularity and Lit
tle Folks Await His Ar
rival.
OLD TIME SPIRIT
REIGNS IN N.
Y.
Salvation Army Workers
Distribute About 25,000
Bags. Even Animals Ob
ject of Benevolent and
Cheerful Spirit.
Athens was preparing Saturday
to enjoy Christmas Day, Monday,
to the, fullest. Despite tlie bad
Weather earlier In the week, holi
day shopping was very brisk, much
better than many anticipated. An
usual the toy departments of the
vftrious stores did a big business.
Purchase of useful gifts foi pres
ents was also noticeable.
The ixipularlty of Santa Claus
has net waned one whit and many
an Athens girl or boy will toss
Impatiently on the be<( tonight
awaiting the visit of the Jolly old
fellow. Yesterday the relief or
ganizations were busy preparing
baskets for distribution among the
less fortunate today and Christ
mas Day. Eveev effort will bo j
made to make thls,a happy Christ
mas to everyone. L
CHRISTMAS SERMON
Editor Banner-Herald: <
Will you permit me to preach a little Christmas Sermon to my
self and others?
I take as my text Philippians 4:8. "Whatsoever things are true,
whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever are just, whatsoever
things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things
are of good report, if there be any virtue, and if there be any
praise, think on these things.”
These words of the great apostle to the Gentiles have such an
import of encouragement and cheer to all of us in these days of
doubt, misgiving, apprehension and distress.
When, the apostle was in prison the words that came to him from
Heaven were, “Be of good cheer.’’ Heaven sends to each ef us in
this day who are in prison either actually or by disease or dis
tress the same words, “Be of good cheer.’*
In 1864 Chief Justice Lumpkin in responding to a memorial to
the young members of the bar who had given their lives to'the Con
federate cause, with the sound of cannon in the pending conflict al
most in his ears, concluded his remaks in these words, “I have but
one reflection to offer on this sad occasion. It is not enough that
the great conflict in- which we are engaged has sprung from the
spirit of liberty, but it must be maintained in the spirit of fra
ternity. In this last bond lies the secret of our success.”
“I beg you, then cultivate everywhere, at the bar, in the social
circle, in the popular assembly, on the field, in the legislative halls
brotherly kindness, in honor prefering one another. In this spirit
the revolution was inaugurated. Let it me maintained until its suc
cessful termination.”
If the learned Chief Justice could rise to such heights while the
conflict was in progress, why may not we do so, nearly seventy
years after it has ceased. •
Let us take the words of the Chief Justice' as our inspiration and
let the New Year be the beginning of our conquest of all sectional,
racial and religious hatred.
If wc can but conquer ourselves then the cause for which our
fathers fought qan be no longer described as lost, as it can be truly
snid to hvae had a “successful termination.”
ANDREW J. COBB.
ELKS DISTRIBUTE
MISS HILDA MEADOW
Happiness in Many Fam
ilies in Clarke and Ad
joining Counties.
Many a home In Clarke anil ad-
: Joining counties will be made hap-
CHRI8TMA8 IN NEW YORK. s “4 py today through the good cheer
NEW YORK—A Salvation Army I committees of the Athens Elk
lassie climbed the rickety stairs j , d
A gtoup of Elks Vaa busily en-
250 BASKETS TODAY ADMITTED T 0 B A R
Athens Lodge Will Cause First Woman to Gain Ad-
oi a tenement In the lower East,
side Saturday to a room where I
)E
RURAL CREDITS BE
II
Strong Disposition to Fa
vor Extension of Maxi
mum For Short Loans.
Committee Also Believed
to Favor Lower Interest
Rates to Farmers.
Washington — The Rural
i':,mi credits hearing of the sen-
■le hanking committee, now In re *
ress until next Wsdensday have
reached a point where the commlt-
iee members are'beginning to form
‘tetinlte opinions on pending farm
"i Hits extension bills, there have
keen several informal discussions
"t -ditch It appeared that upon
- n i. outstanding features of pro-
i>. srd legislation there w*s a ten.
■h’ncy toward general agreement.
Members of the committee say
de-re is a strong disposition to
■ r an extension of the present
" "'imum period for the short
lime loans which Federal Reserve
1 ■- may rediscount. At pres-
• nt rediscount Is limited to three
''■ ■ihs for commercial and six
months for farm paper. Some
"mittee metiers believe that the
1 - av he modified eel that nine
" nths farm loan paper will be
< "■ available for rediscount
-1 oral members of the commit-
i"' 1 "iso have shown themselves
'irrssed with the need of lower
' rest rates, especially in the
m stiues, but were agreed that
'.‘■iie the agricultural industries
■"Id i>e materially aided by a
h create the Federat government
'powerless to extend such rs-
■■■'. and that the farmers must
' •ok to their state government*
1 r assistance in that direction.
un aged blind woman ant alone.
The Salvation nrmy wishes you
a merry Christmas and leaves
this little gift to help you enjoy
the spirit of the day. she said,,
placing a huge bag in tbe old wo- j
marfs lap.
About the same time, on upper
Fifth avenue, art Indulgent father,
wae trying to sneak a 115,000
silver trimmed roadster Into the
garage, to help his only daughter
’’enjoy the spirit of the day.”
Somewhere . In between > these In
cidents perhaps lay the typical
Christmas spirit- It Is certain
that the "spirit 6f the day" de
scends on New York with all its
old time fervor.
t crowds swarmea tnrough the
shopping districts, intent on ad
ding a few more millions to the
quarter billion dollar .Christmas
bill that the merchants reported
father Knickerbocker a« having
already run up.
Horses Get Theirs.
Salvation army workers dis
tributed about* -25,000 Christmas
bags of food, clothing, good cheer
and toys workers for other or
ganisations were busy on similar
errands.,' ‘ _ _ . .
Street veudenf Rid a heavy busi
ness In yuletlde mlscellaney.
The Humane society^ had at
Christmas tre* for dogs. On It
were bung fancy neck bands and
dog disculu and sweet cakes ga
lore.
Women workers from tho Hu
mane society stopped every team
that passed on seventh avenue and
fed the horses apples and carrots.
Then they presented the drivers
with gloves and bags of specially
prepared feed for the horses’
Christmas dinners,
FIFTEEN INJURED
El
gaged all day Saturday Ailing the
baskets which will be carried to
about two hundre&api) fifty homes
including T'omes’jflccuirlei by
negroes who are In Used.
The baskets will be delivered
beginning at * (Mltfek-• 43andar
morning. Ross’’ Creokmorc. ex
alted rider of the Athens lodge
urges that air members who have
automobiles aid In distributing the
baskets. A large number of Elks
who have cars volunteered at the
meeting Friday night but those
who were absent are clso urged to
he at the (Holman building by 10
o’clock this morning,
The Elks have been distributing
good cheer baskets at Christman
since their* organisation In Ath
ens. This year they are giving
away baskets Ailed with food,
some of the articles being design
ed to last a medium sized family
for at least oha-wcek.
Each basket contains a sack of
flour, fbur pound beef roast, side
mittance in Clarke Coun
ty. Daughter of Jurist.
Miss Hilda Meadow enjoys the
distinction of being the Aret wo
man admitted to the bar irn Clarke
County.
Judge Blanton Fortaon of
Superior court Saturday signed
the order admitting the young
woman to practice in the state
courts. She passed the examina
tion held December 13.
Miss Meadow ia a, graduate of
George Washington University.
She Is a daughter of Mrs. Dawid
W. Meadow of Athens arid a Sitter
of Will King Meadow, well
young attorney. - Hies Mi ... -
father wae Judge David W. Mea
dow. prominent Jurist wl|t> died s
few years ago. Judge Meadow pre
sided over the northern Judicial
circuit.
Cigarettes Set
Fire to Dresses;
Girls Burned
PHILADELPHIA, Pa.—Three
.young women were suffering from
burns Saturday received when the
flimsy costumes worn at the archi
tect bail given by students of the
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Aria
Death Stalks
Home With
Absalom
BUCKINGHAM, PA.—The
candle that has burned every
Christmas eve in the window
of Frank and "M;s” Hamp
ton’s little . Bucks oounly
farm house for the last twenty
years to gre*% tho nrodigral
son will not be lighted Sun
day night.
Twenty years ago Absalom
Hampton left home to seek
his fortune. Each Christmas
eve a candle was set in the
window of the little faim
house to welcome him home,
but he never returned. This
year a letter was received by
his aged parents from their,
boy. He was coming home.
-ffl-
Tho span of twenty years
made no difference.
largest turkey was killed and
the candle was put in the
window ready to be lighted
tomorrow night. A neighbor
told Father Hampton of the
strange incident on the road.
A stranger had been found
paralyzed in the ditch and had
4ied without revealing his
identity.
There was something
familiar about the description
of the strang who was
found in the ditch. Tbe
Hamptons hitched up their
teamand drove to the
morgue*
“Ms” and "Pa” Hampton
identified the dead man as
their son for whom th c y had
watched tot and waited
twenty years. Absalom was
within seven miles of his *
home when death overtook
him.
FORMER OFFICER ARRESTED IN %
LOUISIANA KIDNAPPINGjCASE
many Mi will
LAUSANNE CONFERENCE TAKES
TWO STATES RESPITE; HOPE FOR
EARLY SETTLEMENT MOUNTING
8ANTY VISIT8 “COACHER”
Coach Stegeman found in his
"Stanta Claus stocking" this
morning a gift from twenty-four
Athens friends In the nature of
a handsome Hamilton twenty-
three-jewel watch, given to him
in appreciation of the high re
gard these friends hold as well
as carrying greetings of the,
season.
After displaying It tb John
and Joan, the twins, he attached
It to the right-hand end. of a
vest chain and was off to New
York to attend the meeting of
the Coaches’ National associa
tion. ’ . .
meafc grits, cogee, sugar, oranges. Friday night Ignited from cigar-
bananas, apples, nuts, raisins, milk, ettes of young men. One of them,
bread, can of tomatoes, cako and 1 Miss Helen Walker, was treated at
a quart of fee cream. I» hospital. Mrs. Inei Livingston
Delaney, a dancer who has a stu
dio jhere, was burned about the
arms and shoulders. Mlsa Isabel
Vaughan also was burned.
Mias .Vaughan and Mrs. Delaney
were among a group around a table
talking wjien almost simultaneous
ly their gowns began to blase. Four
young artlsta-ln the group beat out
the-, flames with their hands.
About an hour later Miss Walk-
No Cold Weather -
Is In Sight
Is
WASHINGTON.—“There
cold weather In sight.”
Thus the government weather
forecaster Saturday morning set at
reBt any anxiety that may exist as| ers costume caught fire.
to Yuletlde weather prospects. i
Although frost was reported this BY AIR TO NEWPORT
morning In northern .and central!
Florida, the forecast for the next, NEW YORK.—New Yorkers who
two days, as announced today, I spend their vacations at Newport
calls for somewhat higher temper- ' have over-subscribed funds for an
atures in the south Atlantic and airplane service for Week-ehd trips
east Oulf states.
TJie path was cleared-today for
was reported that the disturbance
central off tbe North Carolina coast
yesterday morning had moved
northeastward and Is now centered
in the vicinity of Cepe Breton Is
land.
next summer. Vincent Aetor and T.
S. Taller are in charge'of the pro-
Californian Dtffelares Plan
Would Dump Europe’s
Economic Ills Into Am
erica’s Lap.
WASHINGTON—The proposal of
'Senator Borah, republican, Idaho;
. for an economic and disarmament
conference to be called by Presi
dent Herding wee assailed Satur
day night by Senator-Johnson, re-,
i publican, California, who said In
a public statement that the plan
would "dump into America's lap the
| economic Ills of Europe and the
— .. . reparations muddle.”
Paymaster of goal Com-
pany Killed By Bandit hreach In the ranks of thi^ssnate
Ac Wo Drew Gun ;"Irrecondlables" over the Borah
Jib ne urew uun. proposal now pending on amend-
„ meat to the navel appropriation
Party Escaped in Big ! MU, Senators Borah and Johnson
Ailin Altai* Ctnoinfrl r- * re steadfast allies throughout
AUIO Alter Staging I , ong flght against the League
’SttBsaSSfiC liif Nation* and (wuuiqv other goes -
lions of foreign " and democratic
PITTSBURGH, Pa—Rosa Den-'pollcy they have acted together,
nls, paymaster for the Pittsburgh! Other* of the Irrcconcllables*
Coal Company, was mortally t^SenatoVllorah’* amend-
wounded and 120,000 stolen by | ment which I* to come before the
masked bandits on a lonely road > senate when It reassembles next;
ten miles south of this city Sat- j Wednesday *nd Senator John.-
urday. The robbers eecaped. Den- »°n s public attack
nis died while being taken to a as meaning at least ttat Senator
hospital * Borah had not consulted with coK
Dennis was riding our' a motor- leagues before offering tbe pro
cycle In front of an automobile P°e«L , . .
which carried the Christmas pay-1 The administration a attitudeito-
roll for the Harrison mine at Bead-1 ward U>* amendment has not been
ling and was guarded by company disclosed 1 , but *en®to republican
clerks. As they drove through a I leaders ere expected to confer with
hollow In the hlfls two masked men • President Harding before it comes
stepped into the road and without to a vote. Senator Watson, repubil-
warnlng emptied their shotguns at jean, Indiana,.discussed the amend-
Dennls, who waa knocked off hie ment with the president Saturday
machine. They were quickly Joined | but said he did not learn Mr.
by four other masked men who Harding’s position. After the White
opened fire on- the automobile dam-1 House visit, however, the Indiana
aging the steering gear. senator said he would not support
SHOT IN BACK I the amendment in Its present form
DRAWING HI8, GUN I but would favor "reservations” de-
They drove the clerks from tho daring against cancelling Europe’s
car and while one seised the money debts to America and-also against
others were busy wrecking the
mechanism of the paycar and the
motorcycle. At that moment ono
of them noticed that Dennis, who
was bleeding from a dozen buck
shot wounds was trying to draw
his gun. The tmndit grabbed him,
rolled him over and fired hi* shot
gun Into Dennis ‘back.
Almost Immediately a big auto
mobile came tearing down the road
and stopping picked up the bandits
commitments under the treaty, of
Versailles.
The democratic position on tho
plan also is in the making. Ofost
of the democrats have been.expect
cd to give it their support in
other democratic quarter* the Bo :
rah plan H hailed a* an endorse
ment of thp democratic position
for American co-operation in Euro
pean settlements. '
Prolonged discussion of the Bo-
Christmas Week Has Set
Conference Back Rather
Than Forward, It
Said.:./
Customs Tariff, Very Vi
tal to United States, One
of Principal Difficul
ties.
LAUSANNE.—(By This Associat
ed Press)—The Near Eastern con'
ferenco has taken a brief Christmas
recess, until Tuesday afternoon and
there Is a general hope among the
delegateu that tne two days respite
will aid the conference leaders in
finding paths of wisdom and prog-
resa.
Christmas week has set tbe con
ference back rather than forward.
The problem of the Straits which
seemed on the verge of a satisfac
tory settlement waa placed In peril
A hey ultimatum from the Turtle
tnat tf they could not obtain their
desires on several points, especial
ly with reference to a non-aggres
sion pact in favor of tbe Turlp,
they would not acceiR interna
tional control for the passage of
warships, has prevented settlement
of the 8traiU question.
SEEKING
80LUTI0N
The Lausanne big four—Carson,
Barrero, Garroni and Ismet Pasha-
are frying to find a eolation‘out-
tente statesmen have said to Tur-
slde the conference halls. The en-
key: “We will give you your guar
antee of non-aggression but such
a pact will obligato the powers to
be responsible that you will not be
attacked; therefore give our inter
national cpmmlssion jurisdiction
over the passage of ship* through
the 8tralta, but also over the xones
of demilitarisation. Responsibility
Implies' authority to prevent dis
aster.”
The Turks say that foreign su-
pervtstrrr over Turkish zones woul i
violate Turkey’s sovereignty. Lord
COIUEI
SUITE
Machine Guns Were
Mounted on Jail Satur
day Afternoon; National
Guard Enroute Also. '
[open hearing i
J JANUARY FIFTH
Autopsy Shows Men Were
(Flogged and Some Bones
Broken Before They
Died.
I BASTROP,-Le.—A former More
house parish deputy, T. J. Burnett,
lot Spyker, La., was arrested late
Saturday by order of Attorney Oea-
jeral A. V. Coco .and placed in tbe
parish jail hero charged with mur
der in connection with the death
of two men who authorities charge
were the victims of white-robed
and masked men who kidnapped
five on the Bastrop-tMer Rouge
road last August. • u ' ,.i
The- attorney general Intimated
Ithis wae the, first of the many ar
rests promised in tbe state’s effort*
| o lift the Morehouse parts kidnap
ping mystery of last August The
Imflclal was quoted as saying otherj
arrests will follow as the lnyeatigg/l
tlon proceeds. - . „ --
Machine guns were mounted oh J
the jail Saturday 'afternoon. Those
arrested will'face the open hear
ings ordered Saturday by the attor
ney general to begin In the parish
court house on January 6, under
guard of state troops.
GUARD ON WAY v*
TO TOWN. - Vj
Ytfo Mfln'roe National Guard, ,)n
I duty, at, Ms* Rouge In connection
with the efforts > locate tho bodies
of Watt Daniels and Thomas Rich
ards, alleged victims of the mob
Curzon, who will eat , his plum folded their tents Saturday after-
mi, 1,11 ng at Lausanne, tastead of In noon and aro enroute here to Join
London, may win Ismet Pasha over
tp a compromise during ttje Christ
ina* holidays. . >
There are' other great confefeUc
away,
Sheriffs of Allegheney and
_ . Washington counties sent posses to
the coming fair holiday when it Ject. Plane* will'leave New York the sons of the robbery while Pitt*-.
J * J — burgh policemen were stationed tm
ell roads leading into tbe city.
and the money and rove rapidly rah and eimlllr amendments 14 pre
dicted generally.
Fridays and Saturdays and return
Sundays and Mondays. The time t
the trip one way will be an hour
and a quarter. By train the trip
takes six hours. Newport is 226
miles by train.
ROCKY MOUNT. N. C.—(By the
Asodated Press) — Fifteen pas sen
gert were injured early Saturday
when eight car*, including four
sleepers and the engine of Atlan
tic Coast Line Railroad train No.
12 from Jacksonville to New York
whs derailed near LuCama.
Two of the Injured. Mrs. F. L.
Glass, Laurel .Mississippi, whose
back wap hurl pod Mamie Riddle.'
negro, Haeford. N. C„ who was euf
tering from .nervous shock were i
brought to a hospital here. The.
others. Injured only slightly, were
given attention by physicians at
Lucama. S
Officials after an investigation;^
advanced the theory that the i '3"
wreck was caused by a broken
rail. The fact that r*> one of the
250 passengers waa geriouely hurt
as the fast train left tbe track,
struck an embankment and bound
*d back to the rdadbed waa laid
by official* "to be almost miracu
lous.” All of the cars were of
steel construction.
BANDITS AT DANCE
INDEPENDENCE, Kan*. — Five
masked bandits lined up about ISO
dancers and spectators in a- dance
hall hare Friday night, taking
about 1400 and between 10 and 15
watches. _
NO HERALD MONDAY;
NO BANNER TUESDAY
The entire personnel of The Banner-Her- '$ £
aid organization will be given a full holiday ^
CHRISTMAS DAY
Monday, December 25th.
Consequently, there will be no Herald is- .j \
sued Monday afternoon, and no Banner j '
Tuesday inoming.
COTTON GROWERS TO
Tl
Georgia Association Mails
Out $500,000 in Checks
to Members For Christ
mas.
• ——.
ATLANTA, Ga.—Members of tho
Georgia Cotton Growers' co-opera
tive association wilt receive Christ
mas checks aggregating approxi
mately $600,000, It was stated hero
Saturday. These checks represent
a second advance of 310 a bale to
members desiring en advance, it
ws* said.
The payment being made, brings
the advance np to a total of 14
cents per pound. According to an
nouncement of the association an
other and more substantial advance
will be made to all members some
time tn March or thereabouts.
WILL FLY NEXT YEAR
BUENOS AIRES — (By the As
sociated Prase) — An attempt to
fly. around the world will be'start
ed next June by Capt. Pedro zan-
ni, Argentine army aviator, it was
announced Saturday.
the New Orleans machine gun com
pany and tho Alexandria Infantry
company tented on tho court house
and Jail square.
An Inquest was conducted behind
closed doors at Mer Rougo this
afternoon over tho bodies cnit up
by Lake LaFourchc Friday after
unidentified dynamiters had made
an effort to removo them froip
their watery grave of four months.’
Tho finding* at the lilquest were
not nnnounced. •
orntjals, declared! thfcro satis
fied with the Identification of the
bodies ns those of Daniels »nd
Richards. Tho bodies wfero viewed
by dezuna of relatives and friends
during the day.
Now Orleans pathollglste. con
ducted an autopsy to dctefjnino
how the men camo to their death’.
They declared the examination re
vealed that tho men had been flog
ged and Bomo hones broken be
fore (hey died. They refused to
reply to the question whether -tire
men were killed before hound wlTh
wlrcx weighted down, and thrown
into the Lake, or whether they
were thrown Into the lake nlive
and died of strangulation.'” !
That the autopsy was consider
ed of most vital importance in tbe
prosecutions of those which will be
charged with the murder Was in
dicated by tho attorney General
who declared that "every scar and
mark counts.” • '
Whether tho Coronor*-.jury
handed down the name of (he man
ordered arrested. Saturday after
noon was not learned.
Department of Justice Investlga-
.m. . have frequently declared they
ATLANTA, Qa.-—More than 800 had a list bf the' names of those
aUUmiHymMaattlMh lOCPected With the kidnapping
difficulties—-capitulation* and cus
toms tariff, and tbe latter mnu nev-
be settled at Lausanne. iWth
respect to capitulations, which the
Turks desire to be rid of, the al
lies and the United State* are tak<
ing a firm attitude. They lack con
fidence in the Turkish judiciary and
woud be loath to haVe their citlseus
tried in purely Turkish courts. The
issue i» sharp and clear, and a
solution of. this vital problem has
npt’yst appeared. - v
The tariff question Is vital to
the United'State* which, like Tur
key, 'desires to make a ’general
Turko-American treaty of com
merce. Tbe Turks seem unchange
ably determined to abolish the for
eign courts and assert that their
Judges, some of whom are grsdu
ates of 'American law schools, are
unbiased and capable.
OF i» ANNUITY
Survivors of Policy Hold
ers Will Get Checks Ag
gregating $$5,000 This
Christmas.
families, mainly In the southeszt, , w , w „„ lne Kia
fes£L < S2S!!f:JSrft2S5 SMS-.
'Real Estate. Dealer Re
lieved of Accessory
Charge in Death of For
mer Atlantian.
RICHMOND. Va.—The charge
against J. Mosby West, Richnioda
real estate dealer, of- being an
accessory in tbe killing of Mrs.
Thelma Richardson was dismissed
in police court Saturday but he wae
held as a material witness under
1600 ball. Thomas- Pollard. Insur
ance dealer, charted with the kill
ing was bound over to the coonty
grand jnry, ball of <10,000 la hir
case being permitted to stand.
Mrs. Richardson, a former *te
nogropber to Pollard, was killed
November ll in front of Pollard’s
bome. where the police were told
she had gone In company with
West ______
i MAY DIE FROM BURNS
ALBANY, Qa. — Mr*. Annie Mc
Donald, wife of W. W. McDonald,
who is an employe of the street
department of the city, was serious
ly and perhaps fatally burned Sat
urday when her clothing .ignited
while the was dressing one of her
small children at their home, . 126
Brood street here- ’-
the supreme, lodge pf-the Masons'
Annuity Fraternal Insurance asso
ciation which was placed in the
hands of a receiver here several
month* ago, Those who will receive
the checks areesurvivors of policy
holders. ’ • •
The checks will bo the first pay
ment they have received since last
December when they were notified
bVbfttcer* of tbe. association that
the: monthly. payments would no
IlMir be-' available. Judge, George
Roll rtf rttlfrtn • miiinHr giinoWnp
Unknown Parties
Killed Fruit Man
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(Heated liocdcl men of Mississippi
and Arkansas as well as Louisiana
were implicated. The bodies were
turned over to n committee com
posed of relatives and friends late
Saturday.
MAY START -jl
TROUBLE y ■ >>
Many believe the surrender of
tho bodies to tbe kill and' the de
parture of troops may kindle the
"VIL dutbrrak between tbe hostile campiD
^.^d tae CiMn. tmount-' napping* 0086 8,,,Ce Ue Au »“ t
sources of the orEanlxnMon. £? “ ttWSStK
direction of Governor Parker pre
pared a chain of circumstantial evi
dence outlining events 'preceding
the kidnapping as well as the
movements of tho mob on the fatal
night which will bo tho basis of
the- prosecution, it has been re
ported.
Trouble started ;ln Morchouso
last summer when an alleged at
tempt was made to assassinate Dr.
C\ II. MeCoin, rormer mayor ot Mer
Rouge. • • h/
Dr. McColn fn discussing the
ncldent dcclated he was summon
ed,by telephone one night to go to
a certain place on a professional
call. While enroute to the call he
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SAVANNAH. Ga.—A coroner's
jury Saturday Investigated the kill
ing of John Kekenoe, who was shot
by .unknown parties in hie fruit
store on Bull street Thursday. The
verdict we* that Kekenoe caqie
to hie death at the hands of un
known parties. The jury held the
killing to be murder. The police say
they have ceased to work on the
theory that robbery was the motive
for the killing. Thsy suspect it was
done tn a spirit ot revenge.