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LIBBY HOLMAN FREED IN SLAYING OF REYNOLDS
JELGIAN DEBT NOTE
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WASHINGTON — (AP), — The’
Belgian government today pre
«ented a note, to the American
.overnment on the debt situation.
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t¢ be simfilar in tenor to notes pre-|
«ented last week by Great Britainl
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AWAITS CONFERENCE I
By JOHN F. CHESTER i
Associated Press Stafi Writer I
ON BOARD PRESIDENTIAL
SPECIAL EN ROUTE TO WASH-]
INGTON —(#)— President Hoover
today approached the W hite
House, prepared, in his own recent
words, to deal ~with the .foreign
debt question’ but “loath to pro-!
cecd with recommendations to the|
congress” until holding a now as-‘
cured conference with President
clect Roosevelt, ) i I
A telegram from the New York‘
sovernor,” acceeding to the Chief
Eyecutive’s request for a White
House parley in which, to seek ul
continuing policy .on war debts,|
armaments and world ecqnomic}
affairs, was received by Mr, Hoo-‘1
or aboard his train last night. I
The message left unsettled. thei
time of the conference and stated’
thit although the President-elect
was willing to discuss these ques
tions, responsibility for their set
tlement must remain with the
President until March 4.
No Comment ‘
Presidential aides told newspa.-f
permen Mr, Hoover ‘had no im
mediate public comment to make
upon the Roosevelt message but
deseribed him as pleased the New
York governor had accepted his
invitation. |
As his train . headed _tpt;oughl
Missouri, Tlllinois, Indiana and
Ohio, IHe Presidént gave thought
2lmost entirely to , foreign . debt
matters and the program for deal
ing with them he hopes to discuss
with his suecessor. ~ A majority of
payments are due one month from!
today unless there is a moratorlurhl
cxtension or default is made. |
iive Earopean cuontries either
have failed to pay or notified the
I'nited States they will be unable
to do so on December 15, while
(ireat Britain and * France have
ked for suspensions ond a re
view of the debt field.
The Presideni has expressed
mself as opposed to cancellation
! any form but has held that the
I'nited States should bhe receptive
to proposals from debtors unable
to pay that would enlarge Ameri
on markets abroad.
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Bootleggers” Now
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Bring Cigarettes
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Over Florida Line
TALLAHASSEE, Fla.— (AT") —
Police here are investigating a
number of recent thefts of tobaccd
2oods on the theory the thieves
ure “hootlegging” the product into
Georgia, where there is'a state to
hacco tax. g
They algo think recent loctings
here may have been the work of
i “bootleg ‘ring” which possibly
tperates in other Florida ecities.
The thefts here have netted from
ew hundred to more than a
thousand dollars worth of cigars
d cigarettes edch
CONFISCATE “SMOKES"
A\TLANTA —(AP)— Offiicials. of
he Georgia Revenue commission
said today they were aware to
licco products were being boot
l'zzed into the state from Klorida
le avoid ‘the state tobacco tax,
nd that they had been making
“'forts to catch the wiolators.
me small lot of cigarets known
to have been bootlegged from
‘ome Florida. point was captured
in Atlanta recently, it was report
¢l by the commission. The cig
drets were confiscated.
Mental Treatmeni
Will Be Discussed '
Here Tuesday at 8
Dr. George L. Hchols, - staff
Member of the State Mental hos
pital at Milledgeville, will speak
here Tuesday night on “Treatment
of Mental Discrders.”
Dr. .Echoly’ .address .Will .be
“ven in the main eclass toom of
the University of Georgia phychol
05y departmient, - first floor of the
Academie building. It will begin at
5 o'cloek.
Successful methods Dr. Echols
tnd other members of the staff
live used in the treatment of va
fious mental disorders at the
state mm will be toldf‘bl
D Eehols in bis address. The
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THE BANNER-HERALD
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s tdtherdndtered formor Utilittes
ezar, in his fight to escape extra
dition from Athens, Samuel Insull,
jr., is:shown as he awaited cus
toms inspection on his arrival in
New York. Annoyed by reporters
questions, Insull refused to discuss
his father's affairs or hopes ' for
liquidation of the vast utility inter
ests the latter headed until their
collapse. He denied, howcver,
had visited his father while in
Athens.
TYPHOON TAKES 100
LIVES NEAR TOKYD
Torrential Rains and 100-
Mile Cale Sweeps Japa
nese Provinces
TOKYO.—(AP)—More than 100
persons were reported dead or
missing Tuesday in the wake of a
12-hour typhoon ithat scourged
land and sea in the Tokye dis
trict with torrential rains and a
100-mile gale. ’ ;
The fishing village of Fukuski
ma prefecture reported 13 motor
boats with more than 100 fisher
men aboard as missing,
The freighter Unkai Maru, ear
lier reported in distress, went
aground on Oshima Tlsland at the
mouth of Tokyo Bay. Fishermen
rescued nine members of the
crew, but the 22 remaining aboard
were feared lost.
The home office early Tuesday
night announced total casualties
ashore werev2B dead, 25 seriously
injured and 26 missing. This <did
not include the loss of life at
sea.
The total number of houses de
stroyed including those burned
totaled 1,637, and those seriousiy
‘damaged 4,413, according to the
hom eoffice figures.
The typhoon zone included the
prefectures of Tokyo, Chiba, Kan
agawa, Shizuoka and Fukushima,
the first four named bearing the
brunt of the damage.
Kanagawa prefecture, including
the cities of Yokohama and Yoko
suka, reported 15 of the deaths
and in Tokyo proper there were
three. Landslides cizimed most of
the victims.,
More than 760 houses were de
stroyed and 2,000 badly damaged
in Tokyo- prefecture, - and -in the
‘capital itself 40,000 houses were
partially and temporarily flooded.
~The' ‘destroyer Ikazauchi ~Was
‘blown ashore but was refloated
ilat_er with only minor damage.
l ~ INROADS OF DEATH
ATLANTA ~—(AP) — The num
ber of Confederate Veterans receiv
ing pefisions decreased by 199 and
widow pensioners decreased by 479
/' b 1931, a report releases
yesterday by state auditor Tom
gk {v"a-.‘ _(- Jx :fi*«'i,
HUNTERS WARNED BY
TWITTY A 5 GAME
SEASON OPENS
. 'ATLANTA —(AP)— Peter S
Twitty, state commissioner of fish
and game urged Georgia hunters a:
the opening of the hunting season
today to:
1. “Handle firearms carefully,”
2, “Shoot game sparingly.”
#. ‘Save some for next year.”
Twitty pointed out that the care.
less handling of a gun for %ven a
fraction of secend might result in
death or serious injury for the hurn
ter, a friend or another hunter.
He said reports from thoughour
the state indicated an exceptionat-
Iy good crop of quail and that wila
turkey and deer are reasonably
plentiful.
He called attention to the fact
thelfl’nve season does not open
until November 20, and that hunt.
ing in the mountain counties of the
state is still prohibited for another
three yoars, ‘
Some 200 hunting license agents
have been named over the state, he
said, to issue licenses in places
where the distance to thé rounty‘
ordinary is great,
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'New Low Mark for
| .
. Infant Mortality
' Shown by Reports
| WASHINGTON.— (AP) — The
| remarkable decrease in infant
Im(n*luIIly during the first 45 years
lthut statfetics have been kept
| was commented upon Tuesday by
| Willard €. Smith of the Census
bureau.
A new low of less than 62 deaths
'lper 1,000 ve births occurred in
1931, as compared . with 100 per
11,000 o WAS e B A
L{ The year 1932, also, Smith said,
(" retrH g~ SOME- EXTENERE SHrOoTa:
ual records in Jow infant death
rates. AR 2
Two Massachusetts cities of
more than 100,000 population, he
reported, could boast flve succes
sive weeks without a siagle in
fant death, .
“From the week ending October
'B, during which New Dedford re-
Iportod but one infant death, for
I;fiw consecutive weeks until Nov
| ember 5, 1932, ..ew Bedford re
[fported no infant deaths,” said
| Smith.
I “Lynn, Massachusetts, also this
Iym‘ experienced five cuccessive
l\\x'(‘](h‘, July 16 to August 13, 1932,
I(\\-ilhuut. a single infant death.”
Guard of 12,000 to
" Pratect Prince on
| \"sit to Ireland
BELFAST, Northern Ireland.—
(AP)—More than 12,000 men will’
guard the Prince of Wales when
he arrives here tomorrow to dedi
'cate the new patliament buildings
'at Stormont.
| Four thousand of them will be
|armed, and all of them are a part
‘of the elaborate precautions to be
'taken for the safety of the helr
'to the British throne during his
itlvree-day stay in the capital
: Only a few weeks ago Belfast
| was the scene of violent street
| fighting, and although this rioting
|was not connected with the
| Prince’s visit, some groups in nor-I
|thern Ireland have .amnouncedl
Itheir hostility to his presence. |
| S 0 complete have been the pre-
Icaution‘ary steps - that the where
'about of the heir to the throne at
iany given moment while in Belfast
will be official secrets. The time
'o( his arrival may not be announ
ced more than a few houms fn ad
’\'@lnce.
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I TREASURY FIGURES
WASHINGTON —(AP)— Treas-
I"F-" receipts for November 13 were
;$4,737.378.39; expenditures $lO,-
1019,635; balance 8669,713,642.67,]
[Ccustoms duties for 2 gays of No-j
ember were $10,966,068.18. |
LOCAL WEATHER I
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Increasing cloudiness proba- }
bly followed by rain Wednes- I
day and in northwest portion
late tonight, warmer in south [
and east central portion Wed- ‘
nesday afternoon, much colder
Thursday.
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RAINFALL
Inches last £4 h0ur5........ 0.00
Total since November 1.... 21
Deficiency since Nov. 1..... 1.19
Average Nov. rainfa11....... 2.89
Total since January 1......“.“1
Athens, Ga., Tuesday, Noveniber 15, 1932.
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The marriage of Miss Gertrude
Emerson of Fuhsing, L. I, te BaIL
iswar Sen at Calcutta, India, has
been announced by the bride's
mother. Miss Emerson is the
author of “Voiceless India,” is a
Fellow of the Royval Geograph'e
Society and was one of the found
ers of the Woman Gecgraphers.
Sen i§ a prominent Indian scien
tist and has studied in Europe and
the Unlté‘&,,@p@es. The couple is
- TODAY’S BEST
~ HUMAN INTEREST
i STORY
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By DALE HARRISON
NEW YORK -~(AP)— Jose
phine, the bambina of Giaeinto
household, is dead; bul despite
the horror of her death, aud
the sadness, her passing has
been something beautiful.
The bite of a rat killed the
12-day old child; a rat that
got into the bed as she slept.
It is not a nice picture, but
wretched poverty owns "o
silken bassinets.
The city of New York did
what it could. The efforts of
its doctors were futi'e The
child died, anud the city hos
pital sent its cold formal tele
gram of notification to Silvio
Giacinto, That, too, wias trag
edy, for the Giacintos did not
have 27 cents to pay for the
telegram.
The neighbors managed that.
Twenty-seven cents is not so
easy these days down there on
East 12th street, but they‘q;an
aged, X
But in her tiny coffin, silk
lined, and dressed in white, the
Giancinto bambina seemed to
day to smile. In the few days
she lived, ard in the months
before her coming, misery
(Continued on Page Three)
Mobile Man Acquitted
For “Honor Slaying”
MOBILE, Ala—(AP)—2aymond
Dyson, 27-year-old Fairhope con
gractor accused of murder in the
shonor slaying” of Henry M. But
ler, jr., Mobile social lea)Qer_ has
been freed.
A verdict of acquittal was re
turned Menday afterncon 23 min
utes after -the jury began delib
eration. Dyson -and his “wife,
clasped in one another's arms,
were both crying as the clerk read
the finding.
House Corridors Filled With Moans and
Laughs of Republicans and Democrats
By CECIL B. DICKSON
(Associated Press Staff Writer.)
WASHINCTON. —(AP)—Noises
classified as groans and moans
and others rated as:chortles and
chuckles are reverberating up and
down the corridors of the house
office building these days.
Last Tuesday’s election is the
cause of it ail.
Secretaries of nearly 100 de
feated Republican house members
are makingz the mournful sounds.
The gleeful notes come from sec
retaries of victorious Democrats.
Frequent consolation parties ure
being held in various offices bY
the dejected Republican. conting
ent. Sympathy is exchanged and
plans for the unknown future be
ginning March 4 are dis cussed.
Jubilation is expressed by the
Democrati fi‘m ‘::*;
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FRENCH PROPOSAL
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| GENEVA, Switzerland.—(AP)—|
!Fr‘envh proposals for :n('hio\'in:_:‘f
Idisarmnmem and seecurity, pre
sented vesterday to the world dis-I
armament conference bureau rmva
ibeen general received with a
Igreat deal of geod will but IIw:
i‘(‘:mmcnl is widely heard that xhn;
. plan is tremeéndously complex. |
I The American delegation here !
appears well digposed toward the
French. system, - especially because
the Americans believe it affords o
basis for meeting Germany’s arms
equality demand and getting Ger
many back . into the disarmament
conference. /
Resumpu':on. ‘of that conference
with all “powers represented s
considered: an essentially prelimi
nitary to the success of the disar
mament undertaking. When Baron
Von Neurath, the German forelgn
minister,. comes here for the Lea
gue of Nations council meeting on
Monday of next week strenuous
efforts wil -bea made by represen
tatives of the other great powers
tc reach some agreement on the
{ssue of German equality.
The Italians have informally, ex
pressed a degree of skepticism
over the feasjbility of some of the
¥rench propesals, notably that for
the creation of an international
army under the control of the
League, and that for the malnte
nance of war materials stocks un
der T.eague control
Among the Germans, and in
other quarters also, there is u|
tendency to emphasize the formid
able nature of several questions
raised by the French plan, fo® ex
ample; the procedure which would
be necessary for concluding the]
ukgposed continentalsecurity pacts,
the difficulties of reorganizing na
tional armies as proposed by
France, and*the questions Involvedl
in supervision and inspection ori
the special Internatfional troops
and their equipment./ I
List For Board
Of Directors Is
Announced Here
Names of fourteen Athens bus
iness men. from whom seven new
directors for the Athens Chamber
will be elected Thursday night,
were announced Tuesday.
The seven new directors will be
chosen from the following men:
Jake Hutchins, Milton Lesser, J.
Swanten Ivy, M. N. Tutwiler,
Luther Nelson, W. H. Benson,
Bam Nickerson, W. B. Dozier,
John L. Green, W. R. Bedgood,
Joe Costa, Robert R. Gunn, C. D,
McDorman and Tate Wright.
These men will be elected at the
annual banquet meeting of the
chamber of commerce membership
‘and others interested in the civic
welfare of the city, which will be
held at the Y. W. C. A. Thursday
night at 8 o'clock.
_ A report of the year's work will
he made by Joe Costa, president
and an address; on the relation of
the Board of Regents of the Uni
versity of Georgla system and the!
university here to Athens, will be
made by Hughes Spalding, At
lanta, chalrman of the board. Mr/
Spalding will be introduced by
(Continued on page three.)
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National Scout Leader
. " -
Is Visiting in Athens
Stanley A. Harris, of the Nat
ional Headquarters of the Boy
Seouts of America, New York city,
is in Athens this week in, the in
terest of reorganizing the Athens
Scout council.
| chiding the Republican mourners. |
I As one secretary to a defeated |
Republican of prominence said: |
| “Was it a shock? Il say it|
| was. And my boss, who has neverll
| been wrong before, told me every- |
|thing was all right. 1 wouldn't|
!mind it so much if those smirk- |
{ing little Democratic stenogra
!-phers wouldn’t rub it in.” I
| A veteran secretary to a South
lern Democratie - member answered:
| “Those smug Republicans.
iHumph, I'm glad they got a lick
ling. They thotght they couldn't
|be beaten. They lorded it over us
|for ten years and wused to brag
|that the couatry , wouldn't trust
| the ‘Democrats because they said
|we had an inferiority complex and
jdidi\’t know how to do the job of
|running the government. i
“They are singing a different
I‘“"’ now.” e
BROADWAY SINGER IS FREED
Libby Holman Reynolds and Ab Walker, chafged with murdering
Smith Reynolds,, heir to tobacco millions and husband of the Broadway
singer, today were freed when Solicitor Higgins asked that the charges
against the two be nolle prossed. .The slain husband is shown below.
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CONGUMPTION OF
GOTTON GREATER
Census Bureau Figures
~ Show Increase in Use of
Staple
WASHINGTON.— (AP) —Cot
ton consumed during October was
reported Tuesday by the Census
Bureau to have totaled 502,244
bales of lint and 57,955 of linters,
compared with 491,655 and 61,303
in September this year and 461,023
and 62,815 in October last year.
I Cotton on hand October 31 was
|reported as follows:
in consuming establishments, 1,-
1266,816 bales of lint and 266,866
of linters, compared with 1,087,286
':md 269,404 on September 30 this
‘year, and 1,108,634 and 198,913 on
October 31 last year. I
In pubiic storage - and at com
presses, 9,626,876 bales of lint and
52,364 of linters, ecompared with
7,969,280 and 53,891 on September
30 this year, and 9,460,691 and 39,-
859 on ‘October 31 last year.
Imports during October totalg
4,021 bales, compared with 6,95
in September this year and 2,637
in October last year.
Exports during October totaled
1,008,023 bales of lint and 18,705
(Continued on page three.)
TURNER ABANDONS
FURTHER ATTEMPTS
‘ U PTS
~ I.LOS ANGELES —(AP) — Now
‘the holder of three major aid speed
!,‘.:oods Colonel Rosecoe Turner
|says he doe: not expect to try an
::()lhvr coast-to-coast flight until
;"‘-xt spring. »
I Colonel Turner yesterday addea
la new east-west transconsinental
:rv('m’«l to his t&t when he flew
|from New York to Burbank, a Los
| Angeles surburb, in a 12 hours ana
|3:’. minutes, breaking Lieutenane
[commander Frank Hawks’' record
by 2 hours, 17 minutes. He averag.
ed 208 miles &n hour over the
12540 miles. =2 o 0
A. B. C. Paper—Single Copies, 2c—s¢ Sunday.
INDUSTRIAL PLANT
HERE GIVES 2-DAYS
TO HELP RED CROSS
Its entire plant, from the cut-
ting room to the pressing depart
ment Tuesday was turned over
to the Red Cross by the Joel
Manufacturing company.
Charles and B. P. Joel said that
ithe plant will be turned from reg- |
ular manufacturing for two days
Ifor the benefit of the Red Cross,
One thousand dresses are being
made for the Red Cross to be
distributed to children .whose par- |
ents are unable to buy clothes!
for their families. )
The material for the dresses is
being furnished by the Red Cross
and the labor is being given by
|the employes of the Joel company
who volunteered to give their time
to making the dresses. The com
pany is furnishing the necessary
trimmings for the dresses in addi
tion to its plant, including oper
ating costs. .
More than fifty women were at
work on the dresses Tuesday mor
'ning. They were cut according to
pattern furnished by the Red
'Cross ang each operative in the
plant is enchusiasticlly taking the
dresses through the various stages
,0f manufacture, The finished
dresses, as they come out of the
pressing room, are neatly packed
and each is furnished with a be
coming patent-leather belt, suita
ble for children's wear. 3
‘The officials of the Joel com
pany demonstrated their enthusi
asm in the plan to make the
Hresses ‘without cost to the Red
Cross by giving their full time to
its completion, This company is
the first, it is said, to turn over
its entire plant to assist those
who have been hit by the depres
sion. )
The dresses will he put on dis
play on Clayton street when they
nave been completed.
LEATHERS “VERY
MUCH IMPROVED,”
SAYS NEW REPORT
+ NEW YORK.—(AP)—The con
dition of Milton Leathers, former
Star University of Georgia football
player, who was operated on for
acute apendicitis and later for
peritonitis last week, was reported
as “very much «improved” Tues
day.
Leathers was taken to the Hos
pital for Ruptured and Crippled
ten days ago suffering from acute
apendicitis. An operation was per
formed last Saturday,: periotonitis
set in and another operation was
necessary.
His condition was critical over
ithe week-end but an improve
ment was noted Monday and it
continued through the night. For
a time it was feared he would not
live but it is now believed he will
recover. : .
Leathers' part.*= have been al
most constantly at his bedside
Tgy \.»'.."ly\g\_‘fi*@\ : s,Ae %"E
s;’._‘“ i s_‘v:’ L o T
HSME|
“TORCH SINGER” AND
AB WALKER FREED
BY SOLICITOR
{ WINSTON-SALEM, N. L.
I(AP)--Libby Holman Reynolds,
| former Broadway theatrical star,
'was freed Tuesday of charges @
| murdering Smith Reynolds;: 1 ;
[ millionaire husband, shot to: death
| 4t his home last July. TR
Solicitor . Carlisle Higging an
‘nounced in Forsyth county ‘court
‘that the state of North Carolina
l'would nol-pros the charges against
the former torch singer and also
Ithe indictments against Ab»Wal
!ker of Winston-Salem, close
| friend of the dead Reynolds, joint
ly indicted with Libby. 2GR
Neither Mrs., Reynolds «mnor
Walker ‘was in the co\l%
when the cuse was ended. ~ Bs
were represented by attorneys.
In ordering the motion vecord
ed, Judge Stack directed that the
defendants be discharged and ‘their
bonds released. e
| Judge*Stack said he was not
familiar with the evidence except
I.’as he had read it in the newspa
pers, but if that was all, or nearly
all the state had, he seriously
doubted if it wuold have been
(possible to secure a convictlon’.""
The judge added that if the case
had been brought to trial before
him he would have asked to ‘be
excused because of his frlenafl'x_;fi
with W. N. Reynolds, wealthy
horseman and uncle of the dead
youth.
Higging read a prepared state
ment saying that in asking Tor-a
nol pros he lis leaving the way
clear for prosecution should any
evidence which may be dlscnfi
in the future warrant reopéni
the case. o b i
‘He can bring the two d h
jants to trial merely by appearis
| before a judge and asking that
the case Dbe reopened on the
grounds of newly discovered egi
dence. ,5,‘,}‘?15,,
' Both defense attorneys and
members of the wealthy Bey,m
| family, which inaugurated ' thi
mavement to drop the charges
against Libby and Wutkarm
'pressed approval of the cours
taken by Higgins. Fika
“After a careful investigation in
this case in which the defend
are under indictment for murder,
I am thoroughly satisfied that ¢
have not sufficient evidence o
justify the case In going to ;fi .
I am authorized to say that Sher
iff Transou Scott and Assistant
Solicitor Erle McMichael, both of
{vhom have made caretul‘ln'%?
gations, concur in this opiniviky s
“It, therefore, becomes my dut:
to determine what course the state
shall pursue and likewise. any
other question of human rjudg
ment. There might be an e or 0
judgment. If I proceed t »
" without sufficlent, testimony =
discoveries of additional evidenece
‘hereafter would b 2 of no a@[
“If I pursue the course I have
decided in this case, it there
{khould be additional evidence
“hereafter the state could proceed
to trial. In determining the course
that I chould pursue I have“de
| cided that if I make a mis 7'-.;;
lwill be the one that ledves a, wal
| open for its correetion hereafters”
| Door Left Open g
| “If the defendants are not Buil
!ty, the least the state can do now
lis to stop the prosecution, If they
| are guilty, then the door should
Ihot be closed to a prosecution
| should sufficient evidence to juss
| tify it be avaliable at any tf_e
; hereafter. o
| “It’ will be recalied that practi=
lcally all of the evidence which is
| now available was presented to
lthe coroner’s jury which heard the
testimony and so far as I know, all
| of the witnesses who atiended the
| party. Likewise the evidence of
Ihll persons who were in the house
(Continued on page threé)
I
'BEDGOOD’S NAME IS
LEFT OFF LIST DUE
' TO ERROR MONDAY
Due to a typographical error the
name of W. R. Bedgood was oms=
itted from the list of candidates
for city council that Qu&%
Monday. e
Mr. Bedgood announced his eane
fidacy for the Democratic %
nation for council from the i
ward several weeks ago. aptain
J. H. Rucker is a candidate te
succeed himself from ihe same
ward. teniie
Mr. Bedgood qualified foffi
primary to be held on November
89, and his name should have been
i the list publizhed Monday. %’j
STICKS TO DUTY .. .}
KNOXVILLE, Tenn— Although
beset by an illness that made him
nearly fall from his horse, R.. N.
Biddle, rural mail carrier, finishes
delivering mail and -upheld’ the
slogan of mail carriers, that
“mail must go through.” He slump
ed from his horse at the end '®
route AR ok i