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VOL. 90 No. 309 Associated Press Dispatches ATHENS- GA., SATURDAY MORNING, JANUARY 6,1923
FARMERS TAKE STEPS TO
MARKET SWEET POTATOES
Decision to organize a Sweet Potato Growers As
sociation and to make a survey of the soil in Clarke
county for the purpose of advising farmers what!
special crops to grow this year, were outstanding !
features of the Farm Bureau meeting here Friday
afternoon. Claude Tuck presided-
I It was iilso decided to have com- 1
I mittccs representing- the farmers,
i merchants and bankers to meet
and discuss plans for aiding the
farmers in raising and marketing
LARRY GANTT’S
DAILY COLUMN
Miss Rutherford’s
Scrap Book
By T. LARRY GANTT .
I am indebted to my good freind
Miss Millie Rutherford for a copy
„f a neat publication of 28 pages
.ntetled 'Miss Rutherford’s Scrap
bonk—Valuable Information about
,he South," Volume X. January,
19.3.
Like all that emnates from the
,,en of this gifted lady, this little
vubllcation is a literary gem of
great interest and intensely South
ern. in so few pages {t aeems im
possible to condense ao much in
formation pertainlpg to our South
-, a nd. I have read many histories
„f the War Between the States
and the causes that brought on
ru. great conflict, but in this
pamphlet I secured more Informa-
rion and authentic facts In de
fense of our section than I could
rull from these many volumes, by
ho greatest writers of the histori
ans of their generation.
And as a prologue to my sketch,
lot me say that Miss Rutherford
has enlightened me. that when we
speak of that struggle at “the
civil War," or the "War of Seces-
we are in error and do In
justice to the cause for which our
soldiers took up arms in 1SS0 and
Mfird for four years. Neither
was it a war of rebellion. It
was "the War Between the
Slates,-’ for the non-seceding
States made war upon the seced
ing States of the United States to
fcrco them back In the Union.
_ eon
TV
RENEWS
CAUSES
special crons. These committees
opend until the next few days
it was stated.
Weekly meetings of the Farm
Bureau -will be held for the first
few months of the year at least, it,
was decided. These meetings will
be for the purpose of discussing
one particular crop. The first com
modity meeting, as they will be
called, will be held next Tuesday
afternoon at the court house at
which time peanut growing will be
discussed. Those interested in
growing peanuts will be at the
meeting and men who have suc
ceeded in making money on the
crop the past season will be there
to give their experiences.
The meeting to organize the
Sweet Potato Growers Association
will be held in the Chamber of
Commerce headquarters Tuesday
morning, January 17.
REDUCEDlTES FOB
BIG FARM MEETING
klss-ifiutherford: say* -please .
it s»*«i«rt»8aPinfcF » '•*s*^*:
ot course in my limited spapo
I cannot do even partial justice to
this publication. The editor re-
iews the causes that load to the
war between the States and In n
b-w words throws a great flood of
light on subpects that for a cen
tury before the Struggle began to.
agitato our Republic. I gained
from this little- volume some valu
able facts that I did not before
thoroughly understand, i would
like to see this "Scrap Book"
made a text book In evsry South -
n school, and even men familiar
with history would be benefited
and enlightened by reading It.
in her summery of causes that
led the war between the States.
Mias Rutherford briefly takes up
and explains « the following, and
-•ho clinches her every statement
With facts and data: Jealousy on
the part of the Free States lest
the Slave 8tate# would have great
er imwor In Congress, 8, Fear
lost the Louisiana Purchase (1803)
would Increase the number of
slave States. 3. The invention of
the cotton gin, which gave great
prosperity to the South on account
of free labor. 4. The Missouro
Compromise an unconstitutional
wet. limiting slave territory. A.
The tariff acts, 1828, 18J2 and 1888,
unjust to the agricultural States
>f the south and unconstitutional.
«. The war with Mexico, which
tcsulted In injustice to the South
m siring territorial posaeealon.
: The unjust distribution of mon
ey In the treatury. I. Refusal to
stand by the Omnibus hill In re
gard to returning the fugitive
'laves. 9. Continued violation of
the slave .trade la after 1808. 10.
Tho election of Abraham Lincoln
without an electorial vote from
Ihe south, 'll. The anti-South par
tv that put him In power gave no
l" pc of justice to the 8 uth. 18.
The refusal to give forts on South
f, rii states soil; an agreemuit en-
tered into when the forte were
i-uili. Then John Brown's crime:
t'ncie Tom's Cabin: the Wlltnor
I'rovtso: Kansas-Nebraska bill;
and more anuses.
Bach of the above greievaoces
against the South le briefly re-
-irwed and made plain.
Miss Rutherford shows that the
•'-'-uth was paying Into the treas-
ur' two-thirds of the money there;
vet the soldiers of the RevoluMon
"ere pr.id three times the amount
• f pensions In the North that tney
- ere In the South. The same un-
'■‘t'tallty in favor of the Norm ap-
Phed to road building. light houg-
• and all internal improvements.
SECEDED
REPEATEDLY
■-ii-' shows that Massachusetts
’"peutedly threatened to secede
f "tn the Union and form a Nor-
lh "n Confederacy, and the right
1 a sovereign State to secede
• as never denied or questioned
■til the secession of south oere-
l « Alexander Hamilton stood
(Continued On I’sge Six.)
Rotary Club Committee
Secured Reduced Rail
road Rates To Confer
ence Here January 22-27.
Reduced railroad rates from all
points in Georgia to the big farm
ers conference here January 22-27
has been secured through the ef
forts of the Rotary Club commit
tee advertising the meeting, It, whs
announced Friday
i
>e one ana onc-ipi—
That is, the round trip can.be
made for three-fourths the regu
lar round trip rate. ,
Athens business men are adver
tising the big conference in letters
and cards sent to peonlc through
out this section as well as by pla-
cards which the Rotary club com
mittee has had printed.
23 Dead In Crash
Of River Bridge
KELSO. .Wash.—With the num
ber of known deaths In the disas
ter caused by the collapse of a
bridge here Wednesday increased
to two the list of missing persons
early Friday stoqd at 28.
Harry Klrd, one of the Injured
died Thursday eight and Oeo. O.
McDonald died of Injuries Thurs
day.
The list of missing was being
compiled with difficulty. Checks
by. employers of transient labor
continued to add names of men
who had failed to reappear for
work.
Up to Friday, morning none of
the bodies bad been recovered
but the arrival of grapplers from
Portland was ordered to facilitate
the flndlng of the dead in Die
Cnwlltt river.
i
R. B. Rounsaville
Visiting Here
Mr. R. B. Rounsaville, special
representative of the Aspironal
laboratories, is a visitor to the city
in the interest of this well known
preparation for coughs and colds.
Mr. Rounsaville is well known here
being a graduate of the Universi
ty and since his college days he
lias visited here often. He is on a
tour of the country in the interest
of. his company and expects to
visit many of the eastern states,
where Aspironal enjoys a large
sale.
Single Copies 2 Cents Daily. 5 Cents Sunday.
SE AO RAVES HELD TO GRAND JURY
CHARGED WITH MURDER OF SMITH
IICADE MADE
BY NEGROES BEING
FOUGHT BY WHITES
Armed Negroes Hold
House Which Whites
Tried All Night to Enter,
But Failed.
ATTACK ON WOMAN
BEGAN THE TROUBLE
All Fla. Stirred By Race
Warfare. Thousands
Rush to Scene of Bitter
est Fighting.
GOVERNROR TO AID
IF NECE88ARY
TALLAHASSEE, Fla.—Gov
ernor Hardee of Florida, when
informed by the Associated
Press early Friday of the out
break at Rosewood immediate
ly made efforts to get In touch
with the authorities at Rose
wood to determine whether
store order. The calling out ot
troops would be necessary to ra
the units of the Florida National
Guard depends on how serious
the civil authorities view the
situation, the governor said.
[nvai
Alleged Masked Activi
ties There.
Four Are Killed
And Several Hurt
In Train Wreck
LACLEDE, Mo. — Wrecking
crews were busy Friday clearing
the wreckage resulting from the
head on collision early Thursday
nlfcht of two Chicago, Burlington
and Quincy freight trains bttyeen
Meanville and Laclede. Mo.,, in
which four trainmen were killed
and several Injured.
The dead: .
B. N. Barclay. 60 enf> n ** r ot
the train No. IS: B. F. Erdman 52
engineer of train No. 72; p.-W.
Birmingham. 20 brakeman No 72,
N. R. Wilson. 30, fireman. No. 13.
Clyde Moling, fireman of number
72 and Ernest Wood, brgkeman
of number 7* .
t Tdw-r- ,, ‘ “ -- s
-Hot*
torn'up.
BASTROP, La —Legal represent
atives of the state ot Louisiana
were ready Friday for Its Inquisi
tion under civil process into
masked band depredations in More
house parish, but with state troops
standing by to step Into the gap at
any time should any emergency
arlse to warrant the assumption by
the military or the police powers
of the perish. The hearing w!U
open at this o'clock Friday morn
ing.
Bastrop, parish seat, was quiet,
but with an air of suppressed ex
citement. A detachment of cavalry
Is stationed across the roadway
from the parish court houst., a ma
chine gun unit Is'on guard at the
court house and n'msrbine gun de
tachment is guarding the parish
prison and a company of inf.imry is
encamped within a stone’s throw
of the court building. At Mer Rouge,
headquarters of a detail of depart
ment or Justlco Investigators who
hare assembled evidence which is
expected to result In sensational
disclosures nnd wholesale arrests,
another Infantry company and a
cavalry detachment is on duty.
With this background everything is
In readiness for the open hearing
Into masked mob operations at
whose door is laid the responsibil
ity for the kidnapping snd slaying
of Watt Daniels and Thomas Rich
ards and other butrages of lesser
Importance.
COCO AND ATTORNEYS
HAVE ARRRIVED
Cost of Living in Ger
many Increased in Dec.
PARIS.—French military'author
ities at Montmarte wore tor hgvo
reported 4II troops to form In their
ration or confer*
w
A. V. Coco, state attorney 'gen
eral, and his corps ot assistants are
here to conduct the Inquiry. Imme
diately after the arrival of Mr. Coco
yesterday he announced the ap
pointment of Howard Warren, state
senator, of Shreveport, as Ms spe
cial assistant Mr. Warren will act of „
In conjunction with Mr. Coco and I ley Baldwin, chancellor ot the ex
T. S. Walmsley, O. S. Oyon and I chequer, and Montagu C. Norman,
Paul A. Sompayrac, assistant at- governor of the Bank of England,
conference NTParts was announced.
LONDON.—The Daily News said
the engagement of the Prince or
Wales to the daughter of a Scottist
peer would be announ. ed within
three mcnthB.
WASHINGTON.—The treasury
department reported ’-ecolpts from
Import duties at the customs houses
during 1922 aggregated $468,000,(100
or $163,000,000 more than for 1921.
BERLIN.—The cost of living in
Uermany increased 63.6 per cent in
December.
LAUSANNE.—An opinion *was
expressed In silted circles that 'he
breakdown of the premiers’ confer
ence would stiffen the attitude of
the Turks who would seek to profit
by the division among the a’>|es.
NEW ORLEANS.—Rear Admiral
Singer, U. S. N., retired, who was
injured In an accident, died.
BmnsToi to
T
IN CAPITAL CITY
,F
EJIUKS PAY
Sittriiiv ItMawy-WifiSh
QTTER CREEK. Fla.—(Ey The
Associated Press)—Two white men,
two negro men and one negro wo
man are known to be dead while it
: is believed there are many bthor
I casualties as a result ot race trou
ble Thursday nlcht and early Fri
day at Rosewood, 12 miles from
here.
With the exception ot three
buildings, the entire village waa
burned by a mob shortly after da<-
break, according to available re
ports here.
at She Could Count on
Support of Belgium and
Maybe Italy.
- ROSEWOODrPla.—(By
ROclated Press)—Hundreds of cit
izens were early Friday preparing
to renew their efforts to smash a
I barricade behind which 26 or more
! heavily armed negroes are making
free to handle ' a stand here In a small hut Two
the reparation, question .coord-
blacks are believed slain In tho
fighting which took place early
Thursday night
PARIS—France,
Ins to her own formula turned
Friday to the task of making Ger
many pay. The French govern
ment apparently has tho support
of Belgium and is less certain of
Italy's aid.
Premier Polncalre will discuss
Belgium cooperation with Pre
mier Theunls before the latter
returns to Brussel; Friday even
ing. He also planned to have u
talk with Mr. Bonar Uw prior to
the British Prime Minister's de
Deputised posses and citizens,
said to be numbering in the thou
sands were pouring Into this vil
lage early Friday morning. Many
cars heavily laden with armed men
have arrived, some coming from a
distance of about 76, miles.
All night long dtlsens surround
ing the hut kept up a heavy fire
and at Intervals volleys of lead
were fired from behind the barri
TRIAL WITNESSED BY LARGE
CROWD AND CONSUMES ENTIRE
DAY, ENDING AT 8 O’CLOCK
.Harvey Seagraves, night watchman at the Sea
board Air Line railroad station here, Friday was
bound over to the Clarke county grand jury on a
charge of murder of Paul Smith, following prelimi
nary hearing before Justices Milton Thomas, J. P.
Nunnally and Thomas A. Holbrooks. , V
The trial, which began at 10
o’clock Friday morning continued
until 8 o’clock Friday night when
the decision of the court waa
reached.
The defense contended that Soa-
graves shot Smith in self defense,
putting up several witnesses to
bear out this contention. The' wit
nesses testified that Smith had
.threatened the life of SeagrmvSs
in their presence charging that the
nightwatchman was instrumental
in charges of theft being made
tgainst the yardmaster in federal
court
BE SETTLED THRU
U. S. Government, With
Break Up of Paris Con
ference Pins Hope in
State Secretary.
British Deny That U. S.
Called An International
Parley to Meet At Wash
ington.
WASHINGTON.—The American
government, with the break up of
the conference ot the allied prem
iers In Paris, appeared Friday to
be pinning Its hopes for a settle
ment ot the reparations crisis,
largely upon the adoption by the al
lied governments of the plan sug
gested by Secretary Hughes In his
recent New Haven sp och.
Put forward as an alternative to
attempted forcible collections In
Germany sbouIJ the crisis reach a
point regarded here si now meas
urably approached,- Mr. Hughes’
proposal would refer the raps ra
tio: s question for advisory scorn-
rneiidatina both as to tho amount
Or, many can pay end the method
Ot payment to an intern .- '• nil
KILLED
SUNDAY
Smith woa shot Sunday night Vfc
the S. A. L. station. A coroner’s
jtiry freed Seagraves the follow
ing day and immediately after the
hearing Seagraves was re-arrest
ed on a warrant charging murder
issued at the instance of F. G.
Strother, brother-in-law of tho
slain man.
The court room was packed with
people from the time .the trial
opened until the court’s rendered
a decision.
BEGINS WITH
LIVELY TILT
Wolver M. Smith and Austin
Bell represented the state iri the'
absence of Solicitor Dean, who is
ill, and John B. Gamble end Judge
George C. Thomas represented the
defense.
Immediately upon the call of the
case one'of the liveliest tilts ever
witnessed in a justice court hero
developed when Attorney Smith
announced that his client chal
lenged the right of Justice Mil tun
Thomas to sit on the case since
That Secretary Hughes' sngges- his father, George C. Thomas; wag*
tlon was offered “In order to leave one of the attorneys, charging that
several doors open” to th.i premiers (father and eon were associated in
tn event of an emergency was the.the practice of law as a partner-
only authorisijd comment on the:ghip and ell fees were divided
situation coming from the state 'equally
department, Mr Hughes having j Thl ,' challenge brought forth
I! ere inu.S «ree nn suIT™' 80me he » ted «8Uments and L.
Dennis Penny, young attorney for-
mlBftfon with the sanction of the with Thnmnit
parture for London. It was un- ( c *de. At the first break of dawn
derstood, however, that the Lau
sunno conference would be the
subject-of this conversation.
It Is regarded here a« probable
that Premier Polnc.lro will take
as the basis for action uguinst
Germany the recent decision of
the reparation* commlssoln in ad
judging Germany In default in her
deliveries of wood. In a few days.
It is confidentnlly 'believed the
commission.' will also find Ger-,
many has defaulted In her coal de
liveries.
Sir Jpbn Bradtxiry. British mem
the whites were preparing to rush
the houso from all aides. Author
ities believe unless the negroes will
surrender "they will bo emoknd
out.” '
At an early hour the number of
negro deed could not be estimated
but the hut is said to be riddled
with bullets from Its flooring to the
roof.
TWO KNOWN
TO BE DEAD
The dead white are. Henry An-
" ,r “ 7" „ ”T.«i 0 n is iald to ‘‘I®’" 1 ’ superintendent of the Cum-
Ilave adriwd PresMent narthou” Lumber tompany’s sawmill.
WASHINGTON.—’Members of the
Washington to take up with Ara-
Washlngton take up with the 'Am
erican commission the funding of
Great Britain’s war-time debt ot
more than four billion dollars, were
putting Into final shape Friday de
tailed data bearing on their aide
of tho funding problem preparato
ry to the formal discussion which
he will not attend the meeting
next Tuesday at which tho Coal
deliveries and Germany's request
for a moratorium will be taken up. i ' -JL.J
m.1- I I, . h.M tn I.Vonrh ULlBr UlOCi.
nnd Boley Wtlkerson, of Sumner.
The wounded are: A man believ
ed to be R. J. Odom, of Jackson
ville, employqed at a box factory at
gover.-.ment if Invited to do so.
With the present moratorium on
reparations payments not explrt.-ig
un'tl Januarv 16. there la believed
to be yet time for a decision abroad
to examine tbe possibilities of the
American suggestion.
CONFERENCE IN
WASHINGTON DENIED
merly associated with Thomas
and Thomas in his practice, was
put on the stand to verify tho con
tention of the state’s lawyers.
Some amusing chatter passed bo-
tween the witness and Judge
George Thomas and everyth i me
from flattering compliments to
the lie wee passed around before
a ruling waa finally made by the
three justices, who conferred, that
LONDON.—(By The Associated IW. Milton Thomas was qualified
Press)—The Berlin correspondent to sit on the case.
of the Cemtral News seys he I'vcni
from a well Informed source "that
In accordance with the request
made by the British'on Wednesday
the United States government in
tends to call an International con
ference In Washington next week
to consider the reparations dead
lock.
The correspondent pointed uui
inch a conference would come tn
time to save the French from the
necessity ot taking separate action.
The British foreign office Frt-
STATB OFFERS - H
4 WITNESSES
After this tilt, which consumed
over half an hour, the first wit
ness waa called by the state, jhjt
witness waa J. B. Thnrmand who •
testified that tie was in the sit
ting room of the depot when tho
shooting took place, heard the .
shot and in three or four minutes
went outside and saw Smith; on
tha sidewalk. He also testified I
dav afternoon denied It ;iai »e- “ """
quested the Untted_8tate. to call .SgL 1 *
an International conference on rep- 1"*°“
r.rations as reported by the Central | “®“® K ere asked him on >ro»* ex-
News correspondent.
This decision !»’ held in French
circles as an Indication that Great
Britain Intends to abstain from
participating in tbe affairs of the
commission. - »
Sepheus Studitill. of Rosewood.
Warner Kirkland, of Rosewood.
The bodlea of Andrews and Wit
kerson lay all night where they
fell. No one was able to venture,
so hot was the fife from behind tbe
barricade, to rescue them. Andrews
leaves a wife and three children
and Wllkerson a wife and five chil
dren.
The hut wee tn total darkness
Since the arrival Thursday night I L, T 1 throughout the night but effort* of
the commission headed^by aStEST .?5£ i *!
PRE8ENCE OF BRITI8H
MINISTER IMMATERIAL s
The presence or absence of the
« et under British ^Minister as Immaterial is
until next week. , , polnUd out | naBK , u cn as the nfa-
tomey generals.
•Mr. Coco would not venture an
estimate of the time which mignt
be required to complete the tn->es-
I tlgatton. He Indicated that ih» I
question as'to whether the oidal
grand jury would be impanelled af
ter the hearing was a matter yet
to lie determined.
Only one man thus far Is being
held on charges of mUrdcr In cnn-
there had been no official state
ment as to what program the <ora-
mlssion was prepared to present os
a basis for discussion.
Members of the American com
mission also declined to discuss the
situation.
As to the advisability ot seek-
Ink any changes in the debt fund
ing act to give the American com
mission more latitude in the nego-
nectlon with the kidnapping and'JL liEtTii''IL. °* °l ,ln,on
killing of Daniel, and Rlch.ri.-T.
J. Burnett, -a carbon plant worker
who is in Jail be.re.
Dr. B. M. McKoin, forme" mayor
of Mer Rouge, who was arrested
In Baltimore In connection with the
death ot the two men and later re
leased from that charge with the
understanding he would return to
Louisiana was expected to mrdve
here Friday to oftsr tssttmonr to
prove he had no connection KPh
the Morehouse kidnapping.
The hearing will be presided o/er
Odom of the sixth
court.
ury officials and some members of
the commission.
Reports persisted Friday that the
first step by the foreign delegation
would be to attempt to establish
the confirmation of the American
commission and os a basis fur later
calculations tbe approximate annu
al amount Great Britain can pay.
CLOTHIER DEAD
. MONTCLAIR, N. J.—Frank S.
Turnbull, president of Rogers,
Peet A •Company, New York dotb-
jters, died here Friday.
must only be confirmed at next | ricade m - et wlth Vheavy fire. The
week's meeting to become opera- negroes seemed well suppplled with
ttve. Sir John Bradbury cast the | ammunition, most of It being back-
only dissenting vote on the ques- ;
tlon of the default. - | sheriffs and their deputies frtm
If Oermany Is officially declar- j neighboring counties arrived here
ed to be behind in her coni de- rounding towns have been placed
liveries, only the phyeical' mant- 1 during the early morning while In
testations of coercion would he the meantime negro Tillages In snr-
necessary. These steps it le be--1 under heavy guard and martial taw.
lieved will no doubt Involve the l W8B warned. At Sumner and Bron-
mliltary ocupation of at least part; BO n armed men are patrolling the
of the Ruhr Valley. j itreets. No real outbreaks other
It appears rather uncertain that , than at this place hare been re-
“the polite disagreement" netween | ported.
France and Great Britain will be i
limited to the reparation qu5s- 1 ATTACK ON WOMAN
tione. . BEGAN THE TROUBLE
Nothing could be more fatal than ,
to Imagine, says The Journal, that i Since Monday this section ot
France could for Instance trull j Florida baa been stirred as the re-
behind the British at Lausanne, j suit of an alleged criminal attack
amination.
The next witness put up by the
state was a youth named Roy Ja;-
rett who proved • dramatic wit
ness and seemed to take a delight
LONDON—The Dally Telegraph .in telling what he knew of the'
supporting the government, says: 'shooting. He claimed to havo
It will b* recognised in neutral seen the affair from the waiting
BRITISH PAPER8
COMMENT ON BREAK
France's policy, this newspaper
■aye is based on freedom of ac
tion and cannot be divided into
compartments.
French opinion echoed by the
press remains moderate. It le the
expression of hope that tho cor
dials will be resumed as before
tbe war with each party maintain
0** J i.'—a —w —
upon a young white woman at
Sumner. Three negroes are alleged
to have taken pert In the attack.
Monday night one negro was shot
to death when be la said to have
admitted to a mob he bad trans
ported one of the wanted negroes in
a wagon.
Early Thvnday night a report
(Continued On Page Biz.)
atates and with apodal clearness
in the United States In taking the
stand he baa taken at Paris.’
premier Bonar Law has been fiaht
Ing the battle of every pedple to
whom .general pacification and
settled internal conditions are ob
jects of supreme Importance.”
Tbe Dally Chronicle says 'if the
French occupy the Ruhr th*y will
act in Isolation. Doubtless pres
sure ot outside opinion will he
exerted. Americans *wiU not be
disposed to periplt the floating of
any loana, and of cour B e. shall not
remit the French debts when
French money Is being wasted
ruminaKurope.” ^ the plst0 | was pointed din
vrettabWnd ^urv ■erious'dMnv** in llis d(racti » n ' All he heard
rn AnLin r-encvT the exclametion, “O, lordy.”
In Anglo-French relations and w u 1 _a
room door, where he was watching
a yellow cab drive off with a
trained nurse who had attracted
his attention. He said he heard
no conversation between Smith
and Seagraves before the shot was
fired but before Smith died ho
exclaimed, “O, lordy, Harvey, you
have got me, I’m dying.” f,:
On cross examination be show
ed further interest in the, yd!•• ■.'
cab and occasioned a . ripple of-
langhter in the crowded court
room.
Newt Williams, colored, testi
fied that he saw the shooting and
[ran as soon‘as the shot was fired
as the pistol was pointed directly
forsees, besides tbe obvious ef
fect on the German economic
situation peril for French finance
and French prestige.
The Times declaring that tbe re
suit will be received with r e "l
grief in Great Britain expresses
deep concern at the “risks France
has taken upon herself.”
Criticising the French action
the paper continues:
"The whole fabric of peace in
grave danger. Ws cannot but re
gard the Position of Franco her
self with anxiety; She could not
but bav* benefltted from the In-
aRtfBfea re
distress of Ettrope.
W. M. Langford testified brief
ly about as the other witnessed
that he heard no conversation be
fore the shooting but heard ' a
groan afterwards. Ail testified it-
was raining but quiet otherwise.
All the witnesses questioned oh;
the point testified ' they saw no
one search the body of Smith and'
remove a. weapon.
SEAGRAVES’
STATEMENT *
Wjih,iji*. conclusion, .of Lang-
ford’a. testimony >tha state rested
ind Attftrncy .vqinble announced
hat the defendant would make
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