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VOL. 91. NO. 62.
Associated Prase 8arvlea
ATHENS, GA., SUNDAY, APRIL 15, 1921
N. E. A Sarvlea
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GOVERNMENT WIDENS
SUGAR PRICE PROBE
Officers Arranging Get-
Together Meeting of Its
Agentij Here on June
3th.
splenwFprogram
being prepared
Many Men Refuse
To Pay Poll'Tax
For Wives Here
Athens League of Voters
CaJJ For Clarke Women
to Become Eligible For
Voting.
Many Clarke county men are de
clining to pay the poll tax of
their f wives when they make their
annual visit to the tax collector’s
Company Occupies Lead-
„ *;,# • T aaita»u«i visit IU Ulf LUX COIlfL’IOr S
ing Position in insurance office, it is learned by the Athens
World As Result of Effi- WJSE ...
cient Management.
At the same time the League is
sued a call to the women of the
city and county to see if their
poll tax has been paid up-to-date
in order that they may vote in
the coming city election when five
aldermen and a mayor will be
ctascn by the voters.
Those who did not pay poll tax
in 1022 .may do so by calling at
the office of the tax collector. The
The Southern Mutual, one' of the
oldest and most successful of the
mutual fire insurance companies
of the entire, country, will cele
brate its 75th anniversary at the
next annual meeting of the policy
holders here on June 5th.
The officers of the company are
arranging a get-together meeting. enuer iur payment ui taxes anu- atrents
„1 the aganta J J ntere . st L n K »'il! L remain open for six weeks. , ''Saturday the inquiry was briad-
Inquiry Carried on Quiet- i
ly and Known Only to j
Firms Involved and Cus-j
tomers. ■ ;
(By As&ocitaed Press.) i
NEW Y 0 R K.—The govern-'!
ment’s investigation of the high;
price of sugar which had been |
centered upon the transaction of |
the New York Coffee and Sugar
Exchanges during February was
widened Saturday to include all
transactions in sugar in. the per*
iod between January 1 and April
1, 1923.
For the past two weeks, it was
learned Saturday, agents of the
Department of Justice have been
examining the' February transac
tions oi several of the largest
brokers and dealers in sugar pay
ing particular attention to the
names and addrosses of buyers of
large sugar contracts.
The inquiry has been carried on
quietly and was known only to the
firms concerned and their custom
ers whose permission was asked
program will, be worked out be
tween now npd the time of the
meeting. , .
The company is one or the old
est of its kind in the country, be
ing chartered by the Georgia
legislature in 1847. It started
business in 1848, with headquar
ters in Griffin-lor the first year.
The incorporators were; J. G. Hill,
William Kreeihan, A. A. Robinson,
H. K. McKay, James U. Parsons
and William M. Morton, and their
associates and auccesaors. Mr.
.Morton was the only cltiien of
Athens among the incorporators
and he was also the first agent In
Athens and one of the first local
directors; '
The company was moved to
Athens* in 184* and a new set of
oiiicers was elected as follows
Asbury Hull, president and treas
urcr; James U. Parsons, secretary;
William W* Clayton, E. L. New
ton, Jojmt H- Newton, Albon
Chase, John I. Huggins. A. Brad-
ford. W. Letcher
How many times do we have to
register?
When was the law passed allow
ing women to vote?
From Judge Horace M. Hojden
and the tax receiver the League
has obtained the following infor
mation regarding those questions:
,„ lu , . Mitchell, Wil
liam M, Morton, Dr. Henry Hull
and Dr.- E. H. Wsre. directors for
Athens, and fifteen non-reiident
directors. 1 ■ . -
Billups Phinixy' is president of
the comvanw and has been since
1904 when (he succeeded W. W.
Thomas. He has been a director
since 1890.
A. E. Griffith is the oldest man
in point of service connected with
the company in Athens and when
the 7Sth Anniversary is observed
he will celebrate his fiftieth anni
versary with the company. He
became associated with the com
pany in 1873 and in 1894 was made
secretary-
So effjicently has the business
of this company been managed
that it occupies an envihble posi
tion in the insurance world and
wherever It baa agents this com
pany* is always sought eut as the
one favoted. The present direc
tors of the company ere: Arthur
E. Griffith. Billups Phinisy, Ham-
ilton McWhorter, Charles H.
Phinisy, John W. Morton, Charles
M. Snclling, Andrew C. Erwin,
Robert Pv White, Edward R-
Hodgson, Jr., David C. Barrow, all
C W « nZ , » J i in most Ca8CS bcf0r6 their nameS
ember for piyment of taies ami - losed ,u thc *°v.mment
rill remain open for six weeks. .
asked hi >t w?me^* a SiJ ! h ha ,!„ «!!!!" i cne d to include all transactions in
asked by women such questions 8ugar j„ the first quarter of 1923
r.» and the entire list of brokers of
I (he Now York Coffee and Sugar
* Exchanges received letters from
David A. L’Lspcrance, special as
sistant to Attorney General
Daugherty requesting detailed in
formation of all transactions dur
ing that time as promptly as pos
isslm
, IfITEDJO N. 0.
Received Invitation to Ad
dress Veterans of ’61-’6o
But She Was Unable to
Attend.
Miss Mildred Rutherfdrd was- in*
vlted to New Orleans last week to
address the convention of Confed
erate Veterans In session there but
she was'unable to attend and wtred
her regrets with her appreciation
for the Invitation.
In speaking of the invitation one
of the New Orleans papers said:
“Assistant Adjt. 0«n. A. U. Booth
of New Orleans, declaring that he
would resign his position rather
thun see uny attempt to “gag’* her
If she were to come here and speak
the trutliH of Southern history, of
fered a resolution Inviting Mist
Mildred L. Rutherford of Athens.
On., historian general of the United
Daughters of the Confederacy, to
| address the reunion, and, providing
| that the Invltution be telegraphed.
The resolution was adopted unu-
vote and
Women may vote in city, state,
county ana national, elections.
They must pay fl poll tax at
the regular time, in order to be
eligible to vote,
Payment of the $1 poll tax each
year after having once registered
automatically keeps the name on
the books.
The law requiring women to
pay poll tax was passed by the
legislature in 1921 and went into
affect in 1922.
Women do not have to pay poll
tax unless they wish to vote but
their taxes must be paid in full
before they can vote.
According to information're
ceived by the League of Voters in
many instances when men get
rekdy to pay their own taxes
they decline to pay the poll tax
for their wife stating that "she
does not want to vote.”
Chattering Is
Sickness Now;
Woman Has It
_ •
CtJLUMBUS, O.—Physicians
nt the Sawyer Sanitarium at
Worfilngton, near here, arc
puszled over the strange malady
of Mrs. Yfilllam Montgomery,
twenty-two of Logan. Ohio, ad*
mitted to the wanltarlum after
an attack of "‘talking sickness"
following Influenza.
Mrs. Montgomery has talked
almost Incessantly for ten days.
She has a high temperature and
Is extremely restless.
(J. S. COMPTROLLER! WOMAN’S STORY SAID TO HA VE LED
'LAYS 001’LI TO 1 ™ INDICTMENT OF MYSTERIOUS
SECIETADY UMPTRANGERS IN CHAPMAN ESCAPE
TO HELP ’SELVES
Will Pay Occupation Ex
penses From Money%id
Goods Seized in Ruhr, Is
Stated.
» (By Associated Press.)
PARIS.—The French and Bel
gian gopemments decided Satur
day, at a conference of their mfn-
! Tells Naval Head That
i Even Cabinet Officers-
Must Bow Before His
Authority.
DISPUTE OVER
PAYING SAILOR
Comptroller General Says
He Intends to Make All;
Departments Comply;
With Ruling.
•
I
Lost Children, Hunted 44 Hours,
Found Locked In Deserted Stall
YOUNGSTOWN, O.,—Locked In a deserted market stall for forty-
four hours, while thousands of residents of Warern. O., sought them,
three little children were discovered and returned to their pros
trated mothers.
The rescued children are Margaret ,wnilama, five; her brother,
Johhny, three, and Theresa Sandford, three. Almost exhausted
through hunger snd fear, tear-slalned and begrimed, they were
found by two searchers, who followed a "hunch” that the missing
children accidentally might have been locked up lu tbe market
house.
The Warren police, all the Boy Scouts and several thousand
cltlxens had practically abandoned all their business since Tuesday,
am) devoted themselves,So a search for the three babies | The rivers
had been dragged and every clue Investigated.
When they were found, the children had almost worn through
thc toes of their booths by frantic kicking at the doors of the
market stall.
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON.—J. M. McCarl,
of Nebraska, who two yearH ago,
quietly took up the duties of the
nc»:y created office or comptroller
General of Jhe U. 8.. Saturday laid
down the law to Secretary Dcnby
lu eupport ot ills claim that even
cabinet officers must bow beforo
the authority of his office in fiscal
affairs. j
At the same time Secretary Den-1
Is’tcrs~here7 to . reimburse them-1V pn>i;n/oo to take to .the attorney
selves for the Ruhr occupation’out k™era for an opinion on the ques-
and monev! Hon of how far the authority of I —
tho c omptroller general legally cx-. Wilson Is Opposed to'Har- 1 Austin Stack, Former
tnn.tu into the administration. -- ~ * — — - - - — - - — * -
seized froln Germans.,
The two allies again emphasized tends
.their determination to evacuate
jthe Ruhr only as the Germans
come forward with the payments
due,.
Any balance left over after the
military fend the engineering ex
penses arc paid will be turned In
to the reparation fund for the
benefit of all the allies.
Merchandise seized will first be
applied on orders already placed
with Germany under reparations
schedule for the German payment
in kind, the French and Belgians
filling their own orders by com
pulsion should that method be
come necessary.
Once these individual repara
tions are filled, the seised mer
chandise will be sold under Joint
Franco-Belgian control and the
roceeds will be used with con
Marriage All Right After i .'nlmounly by a standing
That, Asserts Instructor j “"T,” lnvllll(1 „ n ..„ t mi,.
in Matrimony At Uni-1 Rutherford:
versity of California.
New Orleans. La..
| April 1, 1922.
! '‘Miss ‘ Mildred Rutherford,
j Th« Villa, Athena, Oa.
“Be it resolved the greetings ol
the United Confederate Veterans
an, Columbus; Robert
rlacon; M. A. O’Byrne,
words advises students ‘to refrain
ta• from matrimony until the prospec-
Guaby JoV<t*n (Tnliimhiiit? “SLS; tlve husband has at least 12.600.
J. Tuytyry
Savannah.
HAS AN OLD
UlARTBU CLAUSE
Under tbe charter tbe company
waa authorized to “insure against
loss by f|re and water, lives of
slaves agiinst death, and lives of
. * hite persons,” and for many
years the officers undertook to
conduct those different depart
ments, but 'discovered that only
the fire insurance department was
profitable, r and eliminated the
others.
The company enjoyed unprece
■looted success—bfter it adopted
thc cash prehtium and annual div
idend plan In 1865—and returned
dividends to its members running
from 10_per cent to 82 per cent,
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Census Bureau Says Con
sumption During March
Greatest in History of
the Industry.
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON.— New records
in cottoh manufacturing were es
tablished daring March when
more cotton wss consumed than <•■
any other month during the his
tory of the Industry.
The total consumption Was six
hundred add twenty three thous
and one hundred and five bales
of lint,’or more than one hundred
thousand bales larger than the
consumption in March a year .ago,
the census bureau reported.
New reebrd .excedi the prev
ious rpcord made in 1917 by al
most eight thousand bales.
BERKELEY, Cdl.—"Advice to
Hie Lovelorn,” by Baldwin Woods,
dean of the University of Califor
nia summer school in cold, cruel i
words adviseq students ‘to refrain MJi> Lewis Rutherford.
historian general of the United
Daughters of the Confederacy that
the United Confederated Veteran!
earnestly and cordially Invite hei
to addreaa them In convention at
New Orleans that the Adjutant Gen
eral of thtf U. C. V. shall at once
^end these resolutions to Mlsa Mil
‘This j dvice muy sound unronmn
tic,, byt Jove’s own sweet dream
can flourish more readily when th<
proper financial goal la reached.”
declared the educutor. who has won
the title of “Instructor In Mutri-
rnony/
"The youfflr man who finds him*
self with nothing more than a cul*
lege diploma and a ‘promise' of r
Job should not plunge headlong in
matrimony,” he says. “The aver
age man twenty-tWo years old can
command a salary of 9159 a month
"If the girl Is worth while and
has real Interest In her prospective
husband, she will not hesitate 'to
wait for him. And if the man it
worth while he will not wish hit
bride to be deprived of anythina
tb which she has beeif accustomed
for the privilege of marry him.
'A mun earning 9150 a month can
and should save 960. That is of
course if he continues his frugal
college habits and does not have hit
fling at expensive clothes and
amusements.
‘At twenty-six this roan should
have saved 92,600; Theh he mar
ries. His wife is in accord with
his ambitions—and I think om
the bleslngs of co-educution
that it lesds to marriage between
couples of the same training—they
will go on saving.'
VETERANSCLOSE
ANNUAL REUNION
WITH BIG PARADE
(By Aeeedattd Prom.)
NEW ORLEANS.—Trulnm deput
ing througboua Saturday, many of
them running In (event section,
emptied New Orleans of the great
throngs of grny-clnd veterans and
visitors who nttended the thirty-
third annual reunion here ot the
United Confederate Veterans,
which closed yesterday with the
vetenns’ pande. Mony of tbe old
soldiers declared the reunion, and
especially the pande, one of the
greatest In tbe history of Its or-
ganfuvcfoa. u
dred Rutherford, Athena, Ca., and
report to this convention ut the
earliest moment unanimously adopt-
LEE DELEGATION
FI
Athenians Will Leave on
Tuesday Morning For
National Good Roads
Show.
Practically half of the fifty
Athenians appointed to attend
the National Good Roads Conven
tion in Greenville, S. C„ will at
tend. according to announcement
from the Chamber of Commerce
Saturday.
President Hugh W. White, ap
pointed fifty men and women to
attend the convention which
opens Monday and will be follow
ed by the annual session of the
Bankhead Highway Commission.
Chairman J. II. Griffeth and
County Commissioners J. M-
Hodgson and Hugh W- White, to
gether with Couhty Clerk Tate
Wright and Homer Nicholson,
county engineer, will leave Mon
day for the convention.
A motorcade will leave Athena
Tuesday morning early to attend
the convention one day. The party
will leave from in front of the
Georgian hotel at 6 o’clock and
those who have not engaged a way
to attend are requested to notify
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pi , .,
fiscated money, cash obtained from
fines and other receipts to pay
expenses of thn. occupying forces
as prior claims, only the surplus
going to the reparations commis
sion.
PLOT ON LONDON
0
Raids Made By Scotland
Yard Turn Up Docu
ments Revealing Plot In
volving Destruction.
(By Associated Press.)
PHILADELPHIA.—F o r ir
orkings of the navy department. -, diflgfs SchCH16 FOP Con*
Many navy officers and enlisted; ditional Adhesion Recent
men have complained navy depart- » T ol...,.
ment officials said thati.Mr. McCarl j Letter onOWS.
•md In effect overruled formal
naval orders.
Mr. M^Carl’s action, constituting
n warning to all government president Wilson is opposed to the
■i.-tu.rtments ‘ hat e "-. plan of President Hnrding for
“conditional” American adhesion
enmo through a letter he address- to a permanent court of Interna-
ed to the navy secretary In whlih tional Justice eatabllahed at The
he asserted that so long ns he Hague, under the auspices of' the
ruled on matter* mtii.ti Ms juris- 0 r Nations
diction Ills authority under the law * -
could be questioned by no official * , re Jl Drt ,ent , JJ* ” y . tae
or the executive branch of govern- Philadelphia Public Ledger in a
Kent. copyrighted dispatch from Wash-
The controversy over Mr. Mc-,ington.
Carl's authority came to a head. The dispatch states that Wll-
through a protest of Secretary son's first ’ formal expreaalon on
Donby against the comptrollers international affalri, since the ad-
tullng In minor case Involving an! ministration submitted its plan to
overpaying ot an enlisted man. {the senate- waa embodied in a
Mr. McCarl Instructed the navy de- letter from the former praildent
partment disbursing officer to gel | to Arthur Roue# of Kentucky,
the money back. Secretary Denby chairman of the Democratic Con-
oppoaed the aolon as 'Interfer- gressional ^Committee in reply to
ence” with his deiiartment. “ —
(By Associated Prete.)
LONDON —Documents which re
vealed plots involving the distrac
tion of life and property tn Lon
don are reported to have fallen, Into
the handa of Scotland Yard an d
result of raids Friday night on
residences and resorts of Irish wo
men suepected of eing Republican
supporters, It was learned Satur
day.
Among plana said to have been
brought to light were plots to at
tack London's lighting power
sources, underground power sta
tions and other (lots to release
Irish prisoners, from London pris
ons and projected attempts on the
lives of high police officials.
M is stated that the plots bed
huge ramifications In Great Brit
ain, particularly In London and
had reached such a stage that the
delay of one more week by tbe po
lice officials might have resulted
in tbe scheme being put In opera
tion.
Among plana waa found one for
the attucklng and killing of police
officers in their own homes. A
iromlnenu cabinet minister ot
ATHENS UN TO
ATTEND PJ.A. MEET
Large Delegation Will Go
to Atlanta Convention.
Teachers Will Attend
Educational Meet.
an inquiry from Rouse,.
Lawrie Scores
In Appearance
. At the Palace
Singer Makes Hit in
Song Selections At Mov
ing Picture Theatre Last
Night
Cabinet Minister of Irish
Republicans Captured in
Mountain Fastness.
(By Associated Press.)
LONDON—Irish Fred State troop*
Saturday captured Austin Stack,
former Republican Minltaer of
Home Affairs, according to a dis
patch which was later confirmed
by officials at Dubllq. ^
The Free State headquarters
State that It la Impossible us yet
to deny or confirm the report of
the capture and arrest of the Count
esa Market vies, another of the Re*
publican leaders, who with Dan
Breen and others are said tv be
hiding in tbe mountains near Tip
perary.
’Eamrnr'de Valera, tbe ehief ot
the Republicans* hM been In hiding
for several days in the deaolate
mountain faaineaa near Tipperary
and the Free 8tate troops have
made a very extensive and exhaus
tive search for him, which has so
far proved In vain.
Time and again De Valera has
b4en thought to be In danger'of
Certain capture, with the hands of
the law almost touching 'him. only
Identity of Woman Must’
Remain a Mystery Until
Trial of Two Men Takes
Place. .|j
MEN SAID TO HAVE
CRIMINAL RECORDS
Chapman Is Said to Have
P1 a n n e d to Sail For
Paris on Easter Sun
day.
Did Gerald Chapman, the bandit
that escaped from St. Mary's hos
pital after being captured In Mad
ison county where he waa shot
twice before taken, expect by thin
time to be in gay "Faree"?
From information that has leak
ed out in conectlon with the in
vestigation It seems that he did.^He
is alleged not to have convened
very freely with anyone while con
fined at the hospital but it seem*
that there were quiet momenta
when he '‘loosened** up in his con
versation and when in one of these
talkative moods one day he is al
leged to have divulged soms of hi 1
plans, among them being partial
details of his escape from the At
lanta penitentiary and hie plans tb
catch a boat from New York on
Raster Sunday for Europe, hit*
destination being Paris. '
Certainly his plans were tempor
arily knocked Into a cocked ha-:
but it may be that since lie made
his second escape he has reached
a boat and Is now soraowheru on
the briny deep headed for other
fehores. . .a
Following the indictment here ny
the Federal grand Jury lato Thurs
day afternoon two men, Abe Sil-
verstein and Dominick Didato,
were arrested in New York charg
ing them with being implicated in
the escape of Gerald Chapman,
"Millionaire mall bandit” from St.
Mary’s Hospital somethlme during
the night of April 4tb.
Sllversteln and Didato are the
men who aro alleged to have been
in Athens bn that day and (planned
and pfobably executed the escape
of chapman from the building.
TWENTY-THREE
WITNESSES CALLED
For the leafing Before -tlio grand
Jury Thursday twenty-three wit
nesses were called to testify before
that body but only a small Dum
ber of tbemo were actually beard
by tho jurymen.
Both hten are said to
by some means or other to esesp# I criminal records, one of them
and muke his way to freedom and' »*o»t of <Iio federal penitentiary
In Atlanta only a few month,
where be was sent/ on a narcotic
charge. They roggsterted, at the
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The annual state convcntoins of
^rgST^aW-AaScUtoS: I rnb.ra.d.lpp-r.neeofM.Ju,.
will take place in Atlanta next )J n l^arle, former MetropbUtan
week. A large number of dele-|°J* r “ "*?* er * n< ? blg^lme vaude*
gates representing both of these vl11 headliner, who rendered zey-
organizations arc expected to go —' * h«.
from Athens.
Tuesday will be the opening
day for the P«rent-Teacher Asso-
ciatlov This meeting will last
until Thursday. Friday, the Geor
gia {Educational Association will
meet.
Those expected to go from Ath
ens as representatives of thc
eight Parent-Teachers Associa*
tions ait*: Mrs. K. B. Hudson,
President; Mrs. W. P. Warren.
Mrs. Preston Broks, Mrs- J.. Phil
Campbell, Mrs. E. R-, Hodgson,
Mrs. E. C. Weston. Mrs,. A. C,
Hancock. Mrs. R. S. Pond, Miss
Nell Shockley, Mrs.. F. G.. Birch-
more, Mrs., Paul Smith. Mrs. G.
A. Booth, Mrs. Hanrie W. Dews.
Included among those who will
attend the Georgia Educational
former’regime la also declared to Association are Chancellor* David
have been marked for attack and C. Barrow and Prof. J,. S,. Stew- j lo |< n „
his name found on the ‘ death art.
era! selec|ions and charmed his
audience with his magnificent
voice.
Mr. Lawrie, as Is generally
known, is in charge of the singing
at the revival meeting at the First
Methodist church, and there being
no services set for Saturday night,
consented to appear at the Palace—
n<d In u professional capacity, at
he explained, but merely in an ef
fort to entertain and, as he added
l>arentheti<?tlly. In the hope that
"If you like my singing, perhap*
you will come over to the church
during the meeting and be bene
fited by Dr. GoodeH'e sermons.”
Hit." j Chancellor Barrow will deliver
Knowledge of some ot these plots an address at this convention, Fri-
was gained several weeks ago. Idav-
but th e authorities decided to wait j Jn order that every teacher in
until further evidenof rfecould be Athens may have the opportunity
gathered before acting.
Proposes to Partner
During Dance Contest,
And She Accepts Him
of attending the Educational Con-
iference the public schools of Ath- v «
•ens will close Friday.
And. It also will be interestlqg
movie tmtrons und music lovert
that Mr. Lawrie will ap- alleging
pear a;<ain at the Palace next Sat- with tne
there to harasa the Free Staters
from a mate distance.
De Valera was known to be cor
Tiered with his companions in the
mountains, and al ithe exits, by
which it was possible for him to
escape were cloudy watched, as thc
troops began the hun£ for theii
"‘man." But once more De Val<
,era proven too smart for his ene
mien and his hiding place remain*
a mystery, though tbe troops have
not given up the search or the hope
of catching him.
Austin Stack was captured whlti
hidipg In a deep ditch In the moun
tains near Clonmel, which Is in th«
distHct where Liam Lynch, now
.dead was captured.
Woman* 65, Asks
$25,000 For Love
BALTIMORE.—Partners lor for
ty hour* In the non-atep dancing
contest now In* progress «,■ the
Garden theater ballroom, E. Olas-
snr and Mlsa Myrtle Smith de
cided to-become partner* tor life.
They ere to be married. This much
Olaaaer admitted Saturday, smiling
through a two-day growth of beard
which had sprouted while the dane
has been In prog re... And Mias
Smith, smiling up at) Olaaaer, says
abe Is willing to take him and
dance with him for yean Instead
of hours—beard and all.
Olasser proposed to Miss Smith
after they had been dancing to
gether for several hours.
This pair, with twelve other
couple*, are trying to break the
record of 92 hours and 19 minute,
net at Cleveland this week.
ITALY STUDY!
DEBT TO AMERICA
ROME —The Julian government
according to an official statement
issued, i.H studying the question of
the war debt to the United States
and even has gone, to the extent
'of exchanging views with other
debtors of America, especially
France, although no general
agreement between such debtor
nations and the United States is
anticipated.
A special commission on the
subject may he appointed later, it
Is said, hut there are no plans at
present for the formation of such
a body, ' . _ ...
Texan Divorcee Says That
Aged Lover Has Broken
His Promise to Marry
Her.
DETROIT.—Declaring that she
gave him all her companionship
during the three yean since he
defrayed her divorce expense, and
he refuied to go through
.... marriage which he him-
•<’lf is said to have proposed, Mrs-
Miry Elizabeth Base, <6, filed a
925,000 breech of promise suit
against S.'Vincent Burbank, 84.
In her bill Mrs- Bale charge*
whlh h» handle, hi, theme,. Man- that Burbank spent the days in
Vuhg with u seat and | her company at a furnished flat
which he rented for her, but that
he always returned to his own
home for the night.
She baked pastries for him and
prepared other good things td eat,
'she alleges, and she lived in the
DEFENDANT WINNED
OF DAMAGE SUIT
Superior Court Will Re
sume Session Monday,
Taking Up the Criminal
Docket For Trial.
lay night. His 1m a rich baritone
»lce ot extraordinary volume and
ire tonal quality, thm beauty ol
hlch Im eccentua**! hX the
rmth and the artistic manner in
Igrir and won much > applause
while hi* treatment ot “Mother Ma-
cree," sung with rare tenderness
nn<t Mweetnesa, denoted the in
terpretative ability of the artist
which he is.
.Mr. Liiwrlc, in the courw of hi, ho P« that >omt day she might be
come his bride.
Burbank proposed marriage to
her March 1. 1922, Mrs. Base al
leges, but later steadily refused to
carry out hia promise. Her cha
grin can be soothed by not less
than 925-000, she says.
Mrs. Base says Burbank de
frayed the costs of , her divorce
suit, in Texas, three yean ago- He
then induced her to come to De
troit, she says, and placed a fur
nished flat at her disposal- He
introduced her to hu friends as
his wife, she charges, altbouglL no
marriage , ceremony had tgicen
place,
Mrs. Bax,’, first husband was
William M. Baza, whom aha mar.
riad March 28, 1919, in her home
town in Texas.
explanation of his spi*earance,
tho Palace stage (he quit
stage aa a profesison In January
and lieeame engaged In churelt
work) stmkfl reminiscently of dlf.
ference In the quality of theatrical
entcrtalnihent today and twenty
years ago when he first began his
professional career, and comptt
mentel Athens In that It haa in
the Palace a beautiful place
clean amusement where the entire
ramfiy may go for dlverelon with'
out the slightest apprehension of
anything being presented that is
the lesst hit offensive or dietaate-
ful- an endoraom,-t which, he
said, could not be truthfully voiced
of the places of amusement fifteen
or twenty yeare ago.
W. J. Barrett, who Uvea on No-
catcheo creek In Sandy Creek dis
trict can contlndo to dam up tho
r„.„ |4N__ _£ Oyi creek wkhout having to pay bln
rrom iVl&ll or 04 uncle, T. H. Barrett damage ttaero-
■ Sfor. - * • •
This le tho result of the 91000
damage suit In Superior Court
which ended lu a verdict for tbs
defendant.
Doth plaintiff and defendant
residents of Sandy Creek district.
Their farms are located on No-
cnfchoe creek on the Nowherei
mad. W. J. Barrett Uvea above T,
H. Barrett. He has a mill aod has
erected a dam across the creek.
Occasionally thc dam fill, up
and It becomes necessary far tho
owner (o open the flood gates to
1«V1 the sand out According to T.
H. Barrett the sand from “W. J.V*
dam has filled up the run of .
creek In hi, place erasing the bot
toms to become soggy nnd wet
unfit for cultivation. He brought
suit for damages again it his
nephew for 91,000.
Superior court will re-conv..u<4
Monday morning at 9 o'clock wt
Judge Fortran presiding. Tho grai
Jury will also re-convene nnd w
probably make its presentments aa
the only business before it whei
It took recess Thursday was tb
semi-annual Inspection of tha
county department*. *r*
MAY TRY • r r'j
SEAGRAVES
The criminal docket will he tak-. J
on up Monday with Che probabin
trial of Harvey Seagrapes. indicted
for murder of Paul Smith; and Je;
Graham, who la'under fndfetmt
for assault and battery growing <
of charges y Miss Ora KeHt
that Graham knocked
down, when she went to collect'll
debt of several hundred J " 1 '
owing her.
Tho traverse Jury list for J
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