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THE WEATHER:
Cloudy Thursday; Probably rain
Friday.
J ■ VOL 91, NO. 261
Aaaodatad Prcaa Serried.
ATHENS, GA, THURSDAY, DECEMDER 20, 1923.
A. B. C. Papar.
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200 MEXICAN REBELS DIE IN BATTLE
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Fox Case Expected To Go To Jury Thursday
TRIAL IN CLOSING
STAGES; ATTORNEYS
WAGE HOT BATTLE
ATLANTA.—The case of Philip E. Fox, on
trial for his life, charged with slaying W. S. Co-
hum, is expected to reach tile jury Thursday
afternoon, it was stated when court convened
Thursday morning with the trial in its eighth
day.
Opening Wedesday afternoon of argument by
attorneys representing both sides in the sensa
tional trial of the slayer of William S. Cobum,
the case started on its last lap after having been
in progress for seven days. First argument for
the defense was made by Frank Hooper, Sr.
•i ll. cut la axpactad to roach th«
SEARCH FOR SIMR
OF GIRL AND MOTHER
Jury during Thuraday afternoon.
Attorney Robert B. Allen, of Dal
be. Texan, of counatl for the do.
I.tue, addressed the Jury when
court convened at ( o’clock Thun-
toy morning. Then followed
itrrarea by Hugh M. Dorsey for the
ilrfenee, and the- state's closing ad
dress by Solicitor John A. Boykin.
Judge a. H. Howard's charge Is ex
pected 4o require II minutes.
William Bchlry Howard, asso
ciated with Solicitor John A. Boy.
kin. launched th t’eteaaaetaoinntao
kin. launched, the state's attack
upon Fox by declaring. In connec
tion with th. tollur. ot the defer™,
to cell Dr. Owennby, that f, the law
■eye that alien you have evidence
In your possession nnd do nt pro
duce It the presumption la that the
evidence would ho against yon."
He ridiculed the physical tests
a i..ll#laA weea
Mystery
•hlch nllenleta hays testified Were
used In testing Fox'! nanlty nnd
declared Utat the. staying of Co-
bum wan "the most dastardly,
cowardly, cold-blooded and mercl-|
Ira, murder ever committed by hu-j
msn hands.'*
In reply, Mr. Hooper, of counsel
for Fox, supported the defence's
-attention that tho nlnyer ta In-
sue by doctaring to tho Jury that
"only the mere hulk of Fox* was
trial heforo them.
Solicitor Boqkln told yon Hist
Pox killed Coburn bocnu’Q Coburn
hsd In hta boeeseslnn Incriminating
videnoo against Fog,* be told.
'He has failed to produce It. but
had n tomm/en.M
Jackson County Brings
Total Reward to $700.
Net Tightening Around
Suspected Killer. '
BV DAN MAQIbt-
Banner.Hereld Staff Correa
pondant
JEFFERSON. Da.—More than
one "euro" clue has been grounded |
by Sheriff Ben C. collier end hta
aides In trying to solvo tho mys
tery surrounding the burning of
Mrs. Mag Slmmona nnd her 7-year-
old daughter Rosales last Saturday
night.
Sheriff -Collier has 'traced the
woman and her daughter to the
8. A. L. station In Athene where
they got off the qalnesvIlle-MId-
land local at about 6:1, o'clock
last Saturday night. Then the
trail ends.
Simmons Roams Streets
ROUT INSURGENTS IN
Of Jefferson Mourning
Loss Of Wife and Child
)nly God Can Help Me,” He Sobs. “Little Girl Could
Outsing Classmates in Sunday School and They’ll
Mim Her When Christmas Carols Are
Sung,” Says Her Teacher.
By DAN MAOILL
Ban nor-Herald Staff Correspondent
JKFFERfiON. Oa.—John Sim
mons. now In his lata fifties , la
roaming tho streets of Jefferson
mourning the loss of his wife and
hlr baby, Rosetta.
The mother and child have been
mlas'ng from tho Simmons home
since last Saturday and there is
now no doubt that the bones of a
woman and child found In the
ruins of an abandoned farm house
on the Jefferson-Athens road last
Sunday are those of Slmaioa^
mourned loved ones.
“No one but God can relive me
of my troubles,*' sobbed John
Simmons Wednesday afternoon as
ho told again the story of his
wife's disobedience to his
The above is a photograph of Philip E. Fox’and his wife, taken In
the courtroom as his trial for the murder of W. S. Coburn nears its
close. Fox's counsel pleaded insanity, and has closed its case. The
prosecution’s attack is drawing to an end and the case will likely b*
given to the jury before tne end of the week. Tho picture fchows the
accused in a rather unusual pose as he seldom raises his eyes, keeping
them generally glued to the table in fiont of him. He has looked up
w ~~v— | as Solicitor Boykin brings out tho fact, from a negro maid, that the which resulted In the destruction
fnnmi AKA I murder gun was seen in the possession of Mrs. Margaret Weaver on I of herself and her child. “That In
uxitMi of i tho day before tho killing and that Fox was with her at that time. t what the Bible must have meant
j when It nald, ‘wives obey your
•husbands,*" said John Simmons.
J “My wife nhowed me an unsigned
note *f-i tfvrarVr Tfhlah ska.snlil
me from the daughter,* Bello, In
been unable to pick up a single cite
that would lead to a solution.
“I have dope all I could to help
the sheriff." says Mr. Slmmona.
“1 don’t know where to begin to
search for the man who killed my
wife and my little baby girl. I
only wish I could get my hands on
him. It 4* running me crasy. I
can’t sleep. Every night I close
my eyes and try to force myself
to sleep and I keep on seeing my ( , ,
little girl. She was Just getting] lllgAt.
bta enough tob,. comfort to «... Enrique Colugna, Sec
Obregon Government Will
Not Recognize Rebellion
By Listening to Any
Proposition, Says Offi
cial.
(By Associated Press.)
MEXICO CITY.—Re
bels attacking Villa
Hermosa, capital of the
state of Tabasco, have
been defeated after a
thirty hour battle with
a loss of 200 killed and
more than that number
wounded, according to
an official bulletin is
sued by the war depart
ment lata Wednesday
> think I'll never see her
this earth almost drives
son, William Motes of Jefferson,
who claims having seen Mrs. Sim
mons and Rosnloe get off the train
‘ A off ta a taxicab
failed to Identify at least one
“iuepect" as the man he caw In
Athene last Saturday jil»ht.
Meanwhile Sheriff collier ura
he baa In mind a man who he
thlnke capable ot committing Juit
each ■ crime aa the slating and
burning of Mrs. Slmmona and her
daughter. In addition to fitting tho
deacrlptloo of the atrange peraott
seen In Athena hr Motea Sheriff
Collier aajra be haa Information
which connecte the man with the
Police are trjring to determine U1PT . U .
whether Charier W. Navin, Prince-1 VICTIMS
ton nraduate. fell nr wju pushed} "OlaONcD
ton graduate, fell
from ninth floor of a hotel in j _ _ .a—i..
Philadelphia. Two companftxu he-
were Questioned ! m * n * n< * *“*»• wer« poiaonea oe-
nau u ijffij in” * I
.iposure would have blows over In
sjlill SENTENCED
Oliurn killing waa evidence nf bta|
In auinily.
Utru qucftt ‘° nc<> '^ fora they were put Into the house.
rooms woo wa!aFaWsSs
PROHIBITION FORCES
ACTIVE IN OEKAUB
TO DEATH OT NOOSE
I'KCATUR, Oa-—prohibition of-
tlrcrs and, local authoritlaa hare
Wen art two In DelCalk county for
tit. past frw Wfeka and a tarxa
.mount of whiskey haa been cap
tured front automobiles. The men
.nested. In three cases have bean
wt under a heavy bond and the
■am confiscated. In some ease*
' l-e hoottaggera left their care
*he n attempts to get away from
•h- police proved futile and made
thetr racem Ihe officers than de-
Wr-iylng the liquor and taking pos-
’—ion ,- f the -automobiles. Mort
’hull "SO gallons of whlakey and
twelve pulomobllea have been cap-
'urrd in the last seven days In this
eaunlgg
Eighteen and Nineteen
Year Old Boys Must Pay
Supreme Penalty Fpr
Murder of Underwood.
BUTLER On —Willie Jonea and
Gervle Blood worth were found
guilty Wednesday of the murder of
Howsrd F. Underwood and sen
tenced to hang on Jnnuary II. The
youtha are II nnd II yean old.
An Issue not of guilt or Inno
cence but of the death penalty nr
life Imprisonment developed at the
eloe. of the trial of Jonrs rod
Blood worth when attorneys In the
cane made their arguments before
the trial Jury tale Wednesday af-
Mr. Maxwell of Lexington wax In ternoon.
. Attorney for Ihe defense
knowledged tho guilt or their
clients but plended for tho -ecom
mendation of Ihe Jury for mercy.
The prosecution asked that
house and ths tact that It was at
least 300 yards from the nearest
occupied home. The bouse 1s lo
rated on the Jefferson-Athens
Road at Ctarksboro. It ta not mom
Uun twenty feet from the natloial
highway and tho slain woman and
her child could hivfo been placed
Insldo and the home set on fire
In a few minutes and tho criminal
be off without anyone knowing lb
This. apptrenUy. la Just what hap
pened.
Rewards totalling *700 have be-n
offered by the state and Jackson
county for the arreat or Informa
tion leading to the arreat of the
atayara of tha woman and child.
The ^governor haa authorised a'
tsoo abate reward and Sheriff Col
lier announces the Jackson county
commlsalonera will authorize an
additional $200 reward.
ICIWMINSlSMITH
DISCONTINUED UNTIL AFTER HOLIDAYS
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON.—Unable after twenty-five bal
lots to break the deadlock over the chairmanship of
the interstate commerce committee, the senate agreed
late Wednesday to defer further balloting until after
the Christmas recess of congress, which begins today
and ends on'January 3.
Meantime there will be a renewal
of effort* to unravel the Uncle In
to which the senate waa precipitat
ed ten day* ago but to view of the
failure of an paat prophecies, i
one appeared willing to venture
prediction an to how the problem
finally would be aolved.
Two ballot* failed to show any
material change in the altuatlon.
Senators ■' Cummins, republican,
Iowa, and Smith, democrat. South
Carolina, again ran almost neck and
neck, with Couzens, republican,
Michigan trailing the field, having
the support of only the republican
Insurgents and five other eo-called
liberal* on the majority aide of the
HINDUrMUSLIM
■UNITY HA’S 016
HEM DECLARES
NOTED EDUCATOR
Athen* asking her to come
Bell’e house. I didn’t want her to
go but 1 knew telling her not to
»■" would rot do any good. She
went taking our baby with Im
ahe went to her destruction."
• i • n
day she left. “I waa at the mill
from stx o'clock unill dinner time,
he aald.**
WAS BRIGHT
LITTLE CHILD
retary of the Interior,
BRUTAL
MURDER
Mr. Slmmona walk, (hr atreete
of Jefferson trying to pick up
•omo thread of evidence that
might lead to the solution of the
crime which now elands out as one
of the most brutal as writ as mys
terious that ever shocked Jackson
county. Not only did tho person
who committed the crime slay his
victim., he burned their bodies to
hide the awful deed. So cleverly
did he cover bta tracks that au
thorities working on the cas« have
Mr. Simmons ia the fathtr of
three living children. He married
Mr*. Simmon* about eighteen ye&ri I
ttgit. after, she had been divorced j
from her first husband Brant [
Wage* now living on the Talleseee I
road In Clark county. Mr*. John
i>u*t**r of Athene 1* a child by the
flrat marriage. Heforo her mar*
r(*ft to'Mr. Wage* Mrs. Simmon*
was MI**, Mag ltamsey of Madison
county. Her mother and several
brother* und sisters now live in
Jefferson.
Th little child who was murdered
with its mother was very bright,
her Sunday School teacher told 1
mr "Hhe was a* bright a* a dol- |
lar and could alng better than
anyone in her department,” A. C.
Brown, Jefferson attorney and
her teacher In .Sunday School de
clared. * "I know the little tote
will m(ss her next Sunday when
the Christmas Carol* are sung."
Sh»* was so full of life, ao chipper
and cherry."
Washington had offer
ed to mediate with
those rebelling against
the Obregon govern
ment said “Moxico has
not officially received
any proposition, which -
would have been reject
ed, as it would imply
recognition of the bel
ligerency of the rebels.”
Walkdr to Keep
Up His Fight on
Present Tax Laws.
•h- dly Saturday. 11, aaye ho baa
'touted all or hta land left uncul
tivated hurt year In eat. where he
'■*" uae a reaper and Under.
3ittore
3UOPPING QAYiS
boys be hanged. The immenta
lasted a little more thart two hours
and the case reached the Jury
shortly after • o'clock Wednesday
night.
The state cloced Its testimony
just before the noon
court.
Testimony offered by the atate
during the morning seselon Wed*
needay Included the cross-exam!*
nation of C. E. Benne. editor of The
Butler Herald, hut nothing new
was brought out by counsel fir the
defense.
Chief of Police D. J. of
Reynolds, waa on the stiml during
the morning for the atate and Iden
tified an empty shell on ekhfblt as
Itttng a gun, which was said, to
have been. found In. the pos»esaJpp
of Willie'Jened
Effort, of the dvfenxd do necure
a change venue upon the claim
that the Crime might have hc.n (
immilted over the lln. In Macon 1
Turn to Pace Eight)
Seek Young Bride
In Georgia; Baby
Cries For Mother
Renewed efforts to locate his
21-year-old wife. Mrx. Frances
Payne, are being made by Marvta
Payne, of Chloggo. now vtattlng in
Atlanta, whose oldest son, Louis,
age foar. Is now desperately- III
with pnenmcnle at the homo of Mr.
Peyae’e brother, O. R. Payne, of
103 .Curran street. Mr. Payne de
ctared’ that the child haa cried cov
stantly In hta mother since hit
lilaoaa.
-Mr. Payne Mate* In a leUer to
the Banner-Herald that he came
to Atlanta a few days after the
dtasDpeeraace of Ms wtfe on De
cember 1. thinking that ahe might
have come tooth. Ho thinks thnl
perhaps she was kidnapped, as
ther had had no disagreement, hr
aald, and the was devoted to the
care of their two children. Lonta.
and hta brother, who Is seventeen
months old.
After the second ballot , and
while Senator Lodge, of Maasachu
setts, ihe republicsn feeder, srae
seeking to move for an executive
session, the flood gates were open
ed for democratic oratory for the
flrat time this season. In starting
the discussion, Senator Reed. Dem
ocrat, Mlssonri. referred to the con
tinuous balloting aa -child’s; play"
arid gars notice the! after tha holi
days he would vome for the senate
to proceed to the public' bnrinees
Other democrats charged that the
republican majority waa unable to
(By Associated Press.)
CALCUTTA.—Sir Rabindranath
Tagore, poet and educator haa
condemned the proposed wrecking
of the legislatin' councils, an-i
questioned the possibility of any
adequate self-government ta India
on account of thn difficulties be
tween Hindu and Mohammedans,
Ho advocated the building ap of
new and Independent I mutations
instead of trying to wrack those
now In existence, and held the re
generation Of rural life tt) be more
organise the aenate. Thla brought Important than national reform,
a retort from Itanator Brockhart. Thn on# problem of the day, aald
of Iowa, a republican Insurgent..'** P°®*; wha tha queatlon of Htn-
that the republicans i— ...
•Muslim unity. He coneldered
I da*:
that the leaders of the conntry bad
not yet been able to arrive at any
practical or permanent solution of
rapport Senator Smith at a time
IT CAN BE DONE
Clarke county can control tu
berculosis. It will take time,
money and education and the
support of the clUtons. If Ihe
latter ta not given the fight
cannot continue. Tho cltliens
of the county seem to rcalito
this and are baying Christina!
Seals each day In order to pay
expenses of tho nurse employ
ed by tho Antl-Tubcrculoata
Asroctstlon. Wednesday the
High School P. T. A. committee
with Mrs. W. P. Warren chair
man sold 113-60 worth of Seals.
Thursday the Episcopal church
committee fold Seals wl/h Mrs
Sam Mckeraon In charge. Fri
day Sira. Joels h Billing wtr
captain the American Legion
team in the sale of Christina <
Seals. Vou ire mailing Christ
ma# cards, tetters and packages
»ow. Don’t fail to put Christmas
Seals on all of Ihem. Have you
»een the map giving the local! )r
of the 30 tuberculoila cases in
ciarke ( county? See It by af
means In rsJmer’s main store.
Dont think tuberculosis can't
touch you-
TCBERCCIAJSIS 18 CON-
TAQIOUS. U ‘
Kindergarten
Kids Have Their
(By Aeeeelated Prate)
ATLANTA Oa—Governor Walker
will continue his effort* to have
the tax equalisation act abolltbed.
at the 1134 regular session of the
Georgia General Assembly, It wme
stated at the capitol.
The chief executive ran on ei
platform advocating repeal of the
act and ho* urged thla atep
Meverol messages to the aa—i
last summer and during th* f
extraordinary session. The house
passed a bill rep—ling the lew lest
Vm-ta-h m ■ r : I summer, but th« senate never act-*
Ainas LiXCrCISCS ed on the measure. At the recent
Fifteen Young Athenians
Participate in Program
Given At Lucy Cobb
Tuesday.
when oae. vote would have el feted
SMELL OF WHIBKEY
DOESN’T WARRANT SEARCH
K» l* i>.a
WANT VENIZELOS
JBv Associated Press)
ATHENS—A Kr-oup .representing
i40 oflrers of tb« CJre.k *rmy and
Savy, sent a (rlegram Thursday
SAVANNAH Oa.—.Still further
nphaalaing the sanctity of a prl-
prlvate home. Judge W. H. Barrett
In federal court here recently
ruled the odor of whlakey around
a pure, the Oder of whlakey on
the breath of parsons going In and
out of a place together amounting
In a moral certainty that whlakey
la there doe* not warrant the Is
suing af a search warrant for the
place providing It 1s a private
this problem, and waa thoroughly
conrlncrd that until the question
ha« been effectively solved all ef
forts to establish self-government
will bo waited. He stated empha
tically that he was not one of
those who thought freedom from
foreign rule would Immediately
solve all India’s difficulties.
"Tbs Mibommedani." he con
tinued, "are united Hi ell religious
Dr. Jno. Hammond
Is Dead in N. Y.
Dr. John D. Hammond, 71, well
known In Athens, died In
X. T. several days ago. Dr. Ham
mond was n Methodist preache
and moved to New York state eev
matters, and have a democratic i oral year, ago from Atlanta.
organization. I cannot naderstand, devoted much of hta Ufe. to educa-
why they wish to come to terms Hon and waa prsatdent of several
with tha Hindus who are demoral- denominational colleges
lied w'th Internal divisions and
dlssentions and full of the false
pride of religious aristocracy. Tho
.Muhammadans hare strength la
them and are conscious of It. They
home. The rullnc came In the rase know that the Hindu* are weak. I
of th- rltv «r Havftnnah ver*u. cannot expect' Ihe Mohammrdan*
Melvins Riley when a motion waejto rl*e alm'e (heir nature and 4c-
ma,ie to qua* the ease whleh In-jlrcmlne their relation* with the
solved her home, that of ;i private I Hindu* In a spirit of hrondm'.qded ■
rltlzen.
-ta
eolith.
CEN8U8 REPORT.
(By Aeeoclated Prese)
WASHINGTON—Cot lo ginned
prior 16'December 13 totalled IM*,-
$$€ Including 232.634 round balsa.
17.646 be toe of American Egyptian
and 76J bolea of Sea Island. the
C#n*u* Bureau announced Thura-
Fifteen Athens children of pre
school age participated in the an
nual ChriMJn*n exercises of the
Kindergarten at Lucy Cobb Inatl-
tute Tuesday. The KVidergarten Is
directed by Mies Katherine Park
and MIsh Flora Addlton.
The children who had parts on
the program and who constitute
the enrollment of the KIndergar
ten are Alma Knight. Kntlje Miah
ael, David Harrow, l^enter Boon
Ann© Johnson, Thomas Nickerson,
Dave Paddock, Joe Hawkes, Austin
Cannon, Joana Stegeman, John
Stegemsn, Lee Secrest, Harry
Timm, Jame* Hudson, and John
Moss.
The program carried out fol
lows; Morning Prayer, eneemble;
Santa Claus song, ensemble; Fin*
K»*r plays—-’’Five LUU»* Kqulrr**!*,’
Thoms* Nickerson; "Ball For
Baby,” Austin Cannon; "My Pigeon
House," Harry Tlirtm; "Two Little
FIshe'a," James Hudson; "Merry
Little Men." Alma Knight; "Uttle
Squirrel,” Joe Hawkes; Games to
Music—Playing Indian; Rocking
Horse; The Giant and the ElYes,
Squirrel; Marching.
INTERESTED IfT"
BERQDOL AFFAIR
■lay.
SAVANNAH On —The Chatham
poet of the American Legion will
send a plea to the national ■■■
atate department that the secre
tary of state be requested to eek
the German authorities to release
Lieutenant Griffin recently i
fenced to Imprleontnnt In the that
country for participating In the
attempt to capture Beegdolt. Berg-
doll wa* a notorious draft evader
during the war and Furctnatally
eluded It t
soeslon, the house again passed
the repeal bill. The senate finance
committee recommended the FuU.
bright-Davia bill, which repealed
the law and re-enacted it wltb
numerous changes. An effort by
Donator Johns, an AdminUftratiog
leader to have the senate adopt a
minority report favoring the hones
repeal measure wo* defeated and
the Fullbright*Davis bUl did no#
come rup for passage.
"In three general elections, thd
people of Georgia have overwhelm
ingly expressed their will In favor
of th« repeal of the tax equalisa
tion, tawf” Governor Walker sold
In a message to the senate on the
final day of the recent session.
"The platform of th* people in
the last convention declared for
the repeal of the tax equalization
lew. The present administration
wa* elected on tlia tplatform. K
nm thoroughly convinced that a
large majority of the people sin
cerely desire the repeal of that law.
I am more thoroughly convinced
that there will not be that feeling
of rest, and harmony among the
people which 1* necesanry for con
structive progres* so long sa this
law remain* on the statute books
a* a Niibject of agitation In each
succeeding ye4r."
The capitol spokesman sold he
did not know whether the governor
again would take up hb fight for
an Income tax at the Butt seselon.
When asked If the chief executive
would mak* the report of hi*
special tax commission an issue In
the campaign for re-election. the
spokesman said this was a question
the governor would have to answer
personally. The governor la now
*
:
away on a hunting trip.
TEN INJURED
fBy Aeeeelated Preea.) ' ***
BETHEPDA. O.—Eight or t*f
persons were reported Injured, tw
seriously. When a Baltimo «nd <
passenger train, bound from 1
Chicago split
front of the station here.
O rand Obt»
tm. Wheat
swuekta
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