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SAW FATAL SHOT
Captain Charlie Scaprraves, chief
of detectives at the city hall,
found a negro Wednesday who
l says he was an eye witness to th©
fatal shooting of C. T. Moon, an
other negro, -'near Elberton street
on the night of December 25th.
The negro is Ed Dean and in a
statement made to Detective Sea-
graves reveals that at least two
other negroes witnessed the shoot
ing. , _
Dean named Cliff Ealey, the ne
gro lie did not Enow also and
a3 the fnurderer and told, in a
brief way, how it happened. He
Screen Actress
Here Tuesday
P. M. In Person
Admirers of the screen work of
Olga Petrova will have the oppor
tunity. of seeing the beautiful
Three Columbus, l n
Police Are Fired
3ani Bailey Goes:
ijiTo Shoe Centers
THB AT
COLUMBUS, Ga.—Three mem
bers of the Columbus police de
partment were discharged "for (he
good of the department" when
Sam Bailey, head of the shoe de
partment of Michael Brothers, left
Thursday for St. Lotus gnd Chica
go where he goes to visit the shoe
English-Polish actress personally
Henry G. Ragland, police chief, late centers and also to attend the na
Wednesday began to reorganise t. Is tlonal shoe convention, one of the
The White Peacock" that
comes to the Colonial Tuesday
evening, January 9th.
It is amazing that a woman of
Petrova’s personality should ever
submerge that magnetism in the man.
work of the silent drama. And
yet, the author-actress is planning
now to return to New York to
produce the play ih pictures.
Like the title of many books and
plays, “The White Peacock” con
veys little meaning so far as the
actual play itself is concerned. A
force, according to an announce-1 largest trade organizations of its
iSiiicWPK'
Installation of
Shorter Head
Chancellor David C. Barrow of
the University represented Geor
gia at the installation ceremonies
Tuneful Music In
; “As You W6r0”
Blanche Ring, who has made
maiur songs popular, has a new
budget of popular songs in “As
You Were,” her new musical com
edy which comes to theColonlal
ment made at headquarters.
| kind In the country. More than one
In Rome Thursday morning when «>eatre Saturday evening, January
President Blocker was formelly In- 13>
told Mr. Sengraves that he and romance in three acts, the play
another negro whose first name is has a Spanish setting which is
Alvin but whose last name he did typical. Petrova secured the plans
not know (believed by Mr. Sea-
graves to be Alvin Jones) went to
Moon’s store for some tobacco and
that Moon was found sitting in
the room talking to another ne
gro he did not know alos and
while the four of them were there
together Ealey came in and spoke
to all of’them except Moon and
Moon didn’t speak to him. He
further stated "Unit he soon re-
__ marked' to Alvin that they had
better go andafollowed Ealey out
of the place but before they got
hardly out of the door Ealey stuck
a gun by them and fired the shot,
that killed Moon,
for these in Spain where she
spent several weeks before writ
ing the play, absorbing the atmos
phere of the country and its peo
ple. In the second set, Revette’s
Those dropped from the depart- thousand delegates and over 300
ment: Arthur S. Moore, detective, I manufacturers will attend this
A. G. Reese, member of vice squad,' meeting and Mr. Bailey will come
anfl W. A. Newman, plain clothes i hack with a knowledge of the last
ion. word In shoe styles and while away
No plans toward discharging oth-: will place orders for the very lat
er members of the department have est models.
yet been made, according to Chief j He will be away about two weeks.
Ragland.
Material Here
Farmer Charged ; „ .,
With Killing Heri For New Bridge
WISCONSIN RAPIDS,, Wla.—Pre ' „, AH the bridge material for the
litnfnary hearing of John Magu- River street bridge has arrived and
son. farmer, charged with murder workers are busy placing the struc-
lu connection wl'h the death of Place. If the weather per-
Mrs. James Chapman, killed by
mlt8 this work should be finished in
..... *. .j explosion bomb sent through the ! *° ur or nJ' 0 K wee ^ 8 *he
studio IS in exact reproduction of t0 her huabani i. wns called ? tr00 ‘ wl ", be °! ,cned for hea 'T
a comer of the studio of the Span-; tor Thursday. The accused man agan '
ish artist Senor Gonzales Bilboa. I retained counsel desnlte nmvloua i Before summer the hill beyond,
idea of the actress is far removed j
from melo-drama. She writes and i Virtnrv Nntne
acts to interest the mentality of ’* c t° r y 1NOICS lO
the most vehement feelings, pas
sions and love. Naturally, Petro-
ducted into the office of president
of Shorter college.
Chancellor Barrow was one of
the speakers on the program and
among the distinguished o.'ur.- tors
there were: President Weaver of
Mercer University, Macon; Presi
dent Qulllian Wesleyan, Macon; Dr.
Lewis D. Newton of the Christian
Index; Dr. John D. Mell, of Athens,
and Dr. Arch C. Cree.
Governor-Elect Clifford Walker
was also one of the principal spenc
ers.
Mrs. Bell, Wife of
Inventor, Is Dead
va is the central
play, but she has
figure in
not made
After this he alleges that Moon mistake of depending entirely on
her own extraordinary ability to
pulled off his hat and ran, throw-
ii
ng the gun over a fence nearby
into thq yard where it was found.
Alvin went back into the house
and efimo out saying, “He’s
dead” or words to that effect and
the two left the place and didn’t
‘give notice of the affair.
Detective SeagTavcs is making
an effort to locate the third negro
present? and also to determine who
the Alvin is.
A coroner’s inquest placed the
killing pn Ealey immediately after
Moon was found and the believed
slayer had already skipped and
the finding of an eye witness con
firms the verdict returned by the
coroner,
make “The White Peacock” the
success that it is. She has excel
lent support in such artists as
Be Redeemed
Before Maturity
down and paved while the road
out towards Danieisville will also
be hard surfaced for a mile or two.
Captain J. W. Barnett and County
Engineer H. K. Nicholson are work
ing together In supervihing the
erection of this bridge.
WASHINGTON.—Retirement of
all outstanding victory notes In ad
vance of their maturity date, May-
20, has been made possible by tho
treasury which announced it would
redeem the notes on presentation
Mitchell Harris, Robert Blister, »
H. McCullum, Ludmilla Toret- Tor redemption^ h d b d
The treasury announcement w(M
zka, Doris Carpenter
Walters.
.The voice of Petrova, with the
permit redemption of about 3850,-
000,000 of notes which have not
N. Y. Emerging
From Snow Storm
slightest foreign accent, conveys been called, it is said,
every shade of emotion, the frank- i n addition the treasury Is walt-
ne« with which things usually I i ng t0 pay $226,000,000 to holders
dealt with in innuendues are call-1 of notfes which were called for re
ed by thier real names is some-;tlrement December 15 and have m t
times startling but in no wise of- been turned in.
“Eve” WU1 Be Here
Only One Night
In witnessing tho process of
“EVE,"-it Is said that Johnny Get*
f has every audlenco to the point ot
exhaustive laughter—a riot of
laughter—the kind that makes tho fY.i-inorativn
eyes stream, and tho ribs ache. V" - Ve
The entrancing musical score In
cludes every phase of lilting har-
mony.-from the Jazzlcnl to the
classical, the kind that keeps
haunting your memory after you
hnve left the theatre. Seats for
this popular attraction' tre now
on sale at the box offlco. The
company will play an engagement
of one night at the Colonial thea-
tro TbursJay January 11th.
fensive.
The Sclwyns, who are sponsors
for the play, have given it an un
usually colorful and beautiful set
ting.
Rise In Cotton
Price Increases
Farm Activities
Gentlemen smoko Sidman cigars
clear Havanas, delicious aromatic
■ —■price 5c. Henson Bros. Full-
ight, distributors. — Advertiso-
nent.
So Easy to Drop Cigarette
Cigars or Chewing Habit.
No-tvIWo has helped thou
sands to break the costly,
shattering tobacco hnblt
ever you have a longing for
smoko nr chew, Just place a harm-
ion Nd-To-Bac tablet in your
mouth Instead. AH dnlre atop*
. Shortly , th* habit is completely
broken, and you are better oil men
tally, physically, financially. It’s so
'cany, so simple. Get a box of No-
To-Bac and If It doesn't release you
from alt craving for tobacoo Is
-any form, your drudrift will re
fund your money without question
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O r ganiza
tions Doing Good Work.
Sales of Fertilizer Are
Boosted, Is Report.
ATLANTA.—High prices for
cotton have v encouraged active
farming operations for the coming
season in the southern states slid
there is an increasing demand for
farm labor, according to the semi
monthly crop summary issued
Wednesday by the Bureau of Ag
ricultural Economies of the U. S.
Department of Agriculture.
Co-operative organisations are
reported active and there is indi
cation of increase in the sale of
fertilizers the report recites:
The reports summarizes various
crops as follows:
Wheat is making splendid
growth without damage from cold
weather.
Winter oats, with increased
acreage in Georgia and South
Carolina particularly is experienc-
. ing normal growth in the low-
1 lands.
Conditions of alfalfa and clover
is exceptional.
There is an exceptionally large
Although no official statement
was made, tonight’s treasury an
nouncement was regarded as indi
cating that 1st program of refinanc
ing and of taking care of the wait
time loans was progressing satis
factorily.
The treasury, It la shown. Is able
to handle such of the victory notes
as are offered for retirement in ad
dition to meeting the' call to pay for
the 1918 Issue of war savings
atamps which matured January 1. It
was said tonight that about $6,000.1
000,000 of the war savings stamps
were outstanding. The first day’s
redemptions aggregated about
$100,000,000. Since most of the
stamps are tnrned in through post-
offices, officials expected there
would be some delay before all
were passed on to tbe treasury foi
final redemption.
NEW YORK—By using ere™
mechanical device and with more
than a thousand men recruited dur
ing the night working at record
pace New York early Thursday
wasiemerging from the snowstorm
which grinrcJ the city Wednesday
night. S:uw fell heavily from dusk
to about midnight. Surface and el
evated lines were operated on "rush
hour” schedules through tho night
so that the tracks might be kept
elear and there was little delay to
office workers this morning nr, a
result. Incoming ships anchored
outside the harbor during tVa blind
ing snowstorm prepared o dotk
this morning.
WASHINGTON. — Messages of
condolence and tribute to her ca-
were being received from
host of friends and admirers Thurs
day of Mrs. Alexander Graham Bell,
widow of the famous inventor, fol
lowing her death here Wednesday
night at the home of her daugh
ter, dire. David Fairchild. Mrs. Bell,
63, passed away after a long Ill
ness.
It was presumed that the widow
would be burled beside tbe grnVe
of her husband at the Bell summer
home, "Beinn Brash,” Nova Sco
tia.
Remember those old favorites
like "In tbe Good Old Summer
Time,” "The Belle of Avenue A,”
"My Irish Molly O.” "Waltz Me
Around Again Willie,” and the two
which she made famous "Rings on
My Fingers and Bells on My Toes”
and ‘fYlp-I-Addy?" Miss Ring will
sing some of these old Songs its
Well as new ones when she plays
here. Starring with her 1b Charles
Winnlnger, one of the best liked
comedians on the stage today.
BAYER” when you- buy Aspirin
City Tax Assessors
Begin Their Work
Unless yfcu see the name “Bay- cept only “Bayer" package, which
are nSt P gett?ng the genuine Bayer j C ° ntain ‘ P . r0P ? r “ on »- ***
product prescribed by physicians 1>oxea 01 twelve tablets cost few
MIAMI.—J. Breckwith, vice-
president of the Florida East Coast
railroad, died.
The city tax assessors, A. M
Dobbs, chairman, G. S. Crane and
J. H. Patman, have started on their
rounds of annual Inspection and
valuation of the real estate of tbe
city.
Following the canvass the as
sessments will be made and then
the public will be given an op
portunity to appear before them
and make protests where it Is be
lieved that a revaluation is due.
Mr. Dobbs, the chairman, states'
.hat the assessing board has no -t
policy as to any ldwerlng or rais
ing of the values over previous
years and that each piece of pror
erty will be valued according tj
what It Is believed to be worth.
Some will be lower and some will
be higher, he said.
by physicians
over twenty-two years and proved [cents. Druggists also sell bottles
safe by millions for colds, head- of 24 and 100. Aspirin is the trade
ache, toothache, earache, neu,{mark of Bayer Manufacture of
ralgia, lumbago, rheumatism, neu- j Monoaceticacidester of Salicylica-
ritis, and for pain in general. Ac- 1 cid.—Advertisement. -
WILLIAMS TRANSFER & STORAGE CO.
The largest trucks in town—Out of town orders
our specialty—Prices very Moderate.
PHONE 148
CHILD’S COLD
For Sore Feet
Impersonater of
“Peg O’ My Heart”
v Seen In This City
Laurette Taylor, the colorful star
of "Peg O’ My Heart,” sent her
double to Athens Thursday as an
accompaniment to the picture at
the Paltce. /
All day Thursday a local Impor-
sonater could be seen on the
street, wearing the country get-
up and carrying that Peg bandbox
and dog that «o many who saw
tbe stage production readily recog
nlzed. >•
T
Charles L. Padgett
Atty. At Law
- 210 Shackelford Bldg.
Special Attention To Collections
Indicted For Arson
Because He Burned
House Wife Occupied
MACON. Ga.—Charged with bav-
. . - _ * n K *et fire to the house of his wife
North rifJnHna™™* J ' B - Ne,bltt - a fonner Canadian
over half of North Carolina. soldier, hue hern imiirtog th.
Tobacco sales indicate a short
North Carolina crop, the price is
around 31 cents.
Florida truck crops, especially
celery, are looking well.
North Carolina sweet potato
soldier, has been Indicted by the
Bibb county grand Jury for arson.
Officers says they learned that
Nesbitt had been on a protracted
spree and that when refused admis
sion to the house he broke In, sat
urated the place with kerosene and
crop is biggest on record while applied the torch. Nesbitt denies all
the Georgia stock in curing houses
is below last season. *
Florida Irish potato growers are
beginning to plant.
! Feeding stock was necessary in
North Carolina.
E KAY
-THB SMILING PAINTER"
Fin*. Painting and Interior
- Decorating
Phone 280, Athens, Ga.
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•CRAIG ORR
Landscape Contractor and
Nurseryman
(Licensed and Bonded)
B ,m trial Trees, Plants and
rubs. Carr’s Hill.
Phone 308-J.
Don’t Help Begggrs,
But Send Them to
Red Cross Office
There Is a city ordinance In Ath
ens against begging but despite
this occasionally some beggar
makes a house to house canvass,
putting up a pitiful tale, and of
course has many things given him.
The Red Croes discourages the
giving of anything to beggars and
will Investigate any case of this
kind that comes before it and Miss
Phillips, who has charge of the of
fice here now, requests that people
do not give to- boggart but refer
them to the Red Cross and an In
vestigation will be made as U- the
merits.
Another way ot handling such
cases is to report them to tbe po-1
lice department. 1
knowledge of the affair.
Peterson’s Ointment
To the millions of users of Pet
erson’s Ointment, Peterson says,
"Don't fail to use it for sore, in- 1
flamed, aching feet; it does the
work over night." Best for piles,
old sores, ebzema, itching and
pimply skin. All druggists, 35c,
60c, $1.00, $2.50, $5.00 (Adver
tisement.)
Hurry! Move Little Bowels with
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Whatever else you give your,physician he will praire you for I
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Each package of “Diamond
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, Isn’t it funny 7
THAT A MAN WHO THINKS
HE IS A BUSINESS MAN
Will get up in the morning
From an advertised mattress,
Shave with an advertised razor
And put on advertised underwear,
Advertfsed hose, shirt, collar, tie
and shoes,
Seat himself at the table and
Eat advertised breakfast food,
Drink advertised coffee or substitute,
Put on ,an advertised hat,
Light an advertised cigar,
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TURN DOWN ADVERTISING! ’ •
ON THE GROUND ; /
THAT
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