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Investigate Today I To P.osuter Subscribers of - - • f> (1,000 Accident Policy Free. Daily and Sunday—10 Cento a Week. The One Paper In Hoei,Homea-7-The Only Paper la Many floiKTtr^ 7^ Daily and Sunday—10 Cento a Week. WEATHEK: j ifc FAIR AND COOL. COTTON: MIDDLING 23 1.8c ipREVIOUS CLOSE 23 l-8c •f VOL. 11, No. 44 Full Associated Press Leased Wire Service. ATHENS, GA„ THURSDAY EVENING; OCTOBER 19, 1922. Single Copies 2 Cents Daily. 4 Cents Sunday. •i'** 4»*i* •*•••!• +•+ +•* 4'+ *•* ’ *•+ 4i«4 * T'T 1 Briggs Carson, Charged With Murder, May Be Tried Today j* »4 d>e4> ^ {.04 404 4*4 4*d* 4-»^* • +'^ *•+ **♦ 4 , *+ SUE TELLS COURT SUE NEVER RAD TWINS One of Three May * Succeed George I As Prime Minister Many Come to Aid NEW THEORY THAT of Mrs. de Bouchel Six Witnesses in Case of Panin Thornton, Trial For Statutory Offense, Heard. CARSON CASE IS INTEREST CENTER Member of a Prominent South Georgia Family Indicted By Grand Jury For Murder. Indications Thursday morning iu-tv that the case of the State v s. Iiriscs Carson, of Tlfton, former I'lilrerslty of Georgia student, charred with murder will not he reached in superior court here until mld-nftcrnoon .If it is called bo- furt Friday. At 11:30 a. m. there r.ere six defenae witnesses to be examined 111 the ruse of Pnrvln Thornton, white youth, charged with a stat ion..rv offense, and then 'lie re- buttal by the state. Argument by the solicitor ecueral and, counsel In tli,. <ise will follow and It la'oe- lleved that the case will not j.-iidt the Jury until late uternoon. Th" ease against young Carson is holding the center of interest at j tlio present term. Carson was in dicted on a murder count by the j grand jurv. growing out of the ' shooting of a negro. “Denny | White, by the student on tne Mitchell bridge road several months ago. when it was alleged a party of voung men had sought to have the negro procure whiskey for them. It was reported that Car- son had given the negro |10 and sent him off to purchase the whis ker. and that the negro failed to return with the whiskey or the mopev. and after several hours’ search for him when Carson found him pnd called to him in an effort 10 get his money back the negro ran. and (’arson shot at him with fatal effect. It was claimed by Car KSLV-. lYOUNG WIFE ENJOYSJ Bigger Majority ATLANTA.—Final and complete election returns compiled Thursday by |the Atlanta Journal substantial- Incrensed the majority of Judge oml F. George In the senato Detectives Work on Re port That Rector and Choir Leader Were Slain in'Shed. " CHEMIST DOfiS NOT AGREE, THOUGH Some Think Two Were Killed Where Found While’ Others Think the Scene 4 Miles Away. compilation showa that George carried a total bf bounties with a total of 316 -ty unit' votes, le figures show that Govern-! T-Tn«hanH »»rdwick carried 26 counties ! nubu<:luu or- narawicK carried z# counties Accuses , rHi-S with a toui of ss unit votes unu i Mate of Giving Birth to Two Babies and Then r °rTe five counties shifted from Killin g Both of Them. .] thh-Hardwick column to thej_,__ George column by the final com- : SHE DECLARES THEY nilhtion are Bacon. Banks, Jenkins,! ttrpn'n r> i n -g-v t T C! Mitchell and Stephens. WERE RAG DOLLS NEW ORLEANS, Ui— (Special to The Banner-HeraId)—Last week Atlanta. Ga., held the limelight in the jilting of Mrs. Onezima DeBou- chel, beautiful New Orleans society woman. Now it’s New Orleans’ turn. Said to represent tne Candler in terests. private detectives and oth er agents are reported to have been working here, seeking to gath er'evidence against Mrs. De Bouch^ el. Py this, it ds charged, the Can- ...... filers hope to bolster the charges n that he shot only to frighten of impropriety made by Asa G. Can - „ <Uer, mtilionaire cotta cola- king, when he' broke his engagement. ' Even the offices of Mrs. De Bou chers attorneys have beep visited by these agents, it is alleged. Har old Moisc, one of the womans law-, yers, alleges he caught a man leav ing the Moise office with the last letter Candler wrote his ex-fiance. A struggle ensued before Moise Regained the missive, he says. Meantime, New* Orleans is mili- tantly aligned with Mrs. De Bou chel in regard to the cha-ges made against her. Her return from At- negro and cause him to half and r« t urn the money. Young Carson comes from a prominent south Georgia family, and had a splendid record both in his homo town and when in the University. His personal conduct and demeanor during his college career, it is said, had been good, and he was popular with the fac ulty and student body, and the incident out of which his trial will rrow ha a caused great regret to his friends here. Carson is represented by the ‘ nn of Erwin. Envin & Nix. ' NEW BRUNSWICK. N. J.-rDe- tectives began Thursday to inves tigate the newly developed Re port that the Rev. Edward Wheeler Hall, rector of the Episcopal church of St. John the Evangelist and Mrs. Eleanor Reinhardt Mills, choir singer, were murdered «in a shed at Weston Hills, a settlement sev eral miles from New Brunswick and about four miles frenn the Phil lips farm where their, bodies were J found September 16. v J Affidavits containing this new I information were made public by i th£ police'Wednesday almost At the I same time that D,r. John F. An-' J derson, chemist, repotted -to the | authorities that an .antysis of *the blood poaked ground where the HELD D0WNT0WH Defense Declares Hoax Was to Satisfy Hus band’s Ambition to Be a I Father. HAMMOND, Ind.—Apparently en joying the humorous aspects of thc ; inhibitions and Midway| W,ill Be on West Clayton j tors. Mrs. Hazel McNally waited Between Hull and Lump- j Kin btreets. i band and accuser, who says the s* _ . twins she disposed * lust ~~ •* By T Larrv Gantt >■ * ) were her own flesh and-bio * * y not tho sawdust dolls she claims .next Monday October 23rd j they were. ... ■’ln.rkp Cnnntv y a ir beirlns 1 Eleven witnesses had testified ,larke county irair Begins. co Urt began its session to- fr+tia week otters tho people . day and Mrs . McNally IWtened wIth of this entire section a gala time {seeming levity and unconcern to And a. ereat disniav of instructive testimony of how she guards «nd a great, display or instvactivo .'twins" from the prying eyes exhibits. And no Q( clirloll , rttatlvea and neighbor. GIVEN DEATH BLOW Prime Minitser’s Govern- faent Resigns At 4:23 P. M. Thursday Causing Terrific Upheaval. ANOTHER BANG IN TROUBLED ARENA Emergency Conference of* Unionists and General Party Called. Many Res ignations Seen. LONDON.—(By the As.oei- ated Press). — The Lloyd George government has re signed.. If Lloyd George's coalition gov ernment falls in-Britain, one of these three is likely to be his suc cessor as premier: Lord Gladstone (ahoye), *6>ry leader; the Earl of Derby (left below), fcnd Sir James Arthur Balfour (Tight, below). and charge whatever wjlli be ffyade, bodies were found led him to be-r but everything free .. connected ke' WOULD TE8TIFY lieve the murder took place there..,rfth the exhjbita. . ...», THAT SHE KILLED Twn ■"»“« **'»'« nffWowHoi It was- first planned to .Mold the *•-- fair on the Chase Street grounds 'S r ? ll 5 McNally* . the husband; use tenta fov the exbibire. Out 'iA* *183® this idea, has byen abandoned at • t „ rn to tesKfjr that his wife killed the suggestions -or our mecplmuts the twins he. said were born last and others who will make exhibits December, and substituted dolls Two men who' made affidavits said that th«*y heard a woman’s scream and her pleas for meroyv as they passed the Weston shed’about 10:30 pi m. on the night the rector and Mrs. Mills were slain. The men said that they con tinued on their way and that soon after one o’clock in the morning an automobile whizzed past them in the direction of the Phillips farm. ROSIN INCREASES AS WASHINGTON—There ■>tvas a slight decrease in the total produc tion of turpentine but an increase in rosin production in the sea son ending March 31 this year as compkred with st year ago the bu reau of 'the census announced i Thursday. Stocks of turpentine and r rosin on hand at the close of the ;W- Latest picture.*o, Mr.. Onexim* in'l Thos J. Shackelford, while So- . . O. Dean will represent I of socially prominent people, lead I - —„ In ..-nmnn’c olllhs Off* . tit ITlPfi er. tier return uom Junta tyau «be occasion for hundreds | De Bouch.^UbweJ^gnd^inre^) M . . ... .Ji.i4.nt fl*neral tlu* state . , fers in woman’s clubs, etc., to meet - i her at the station and pledge their ‘•Imnrosnrin” Firut Given confidence in her integrity and impresario r irsi Given their aid in refutlng the charges. Through Efforts Leaders New York Musical Life The credit for tho first produc- tion of the English version of •Mozart’s famous opera ‘"^he Im presario,” belongs to he Society of American Singers, and p-atticularly to its president and general man- Walter Wade Hinshhw. fa mous Metropolitan artist. And po- '■uliarly enough it is William Wade Hinshaw who is directing the pres ent successful tour of “The Im presario.” to be heard here-or the **ning of Saturday at Lucy Cobb Mrs. De Bouchel is ,in seclusion here. Meantime, from all over tho south, her friends are rally.ng to her support/ From Memphis comes ntw assist ance in Mr. De Bouchel’s fight to vindicate her honor. George B. Bowling, who was adjutant general of the Sons of Confederate Veterans in 1919 ,say.s he saw Mrs. De Bou chel nearly all the time the Con federate Veterans were- in session in Atlanta.#© says.he is ready to be a witness and testify the charges of impropriety .against her nre raise. if the Sons of Confederate Vote- ran# has come to the defense of Mrs. De Bouchel. season showed considerable dp creases from a year ago. Production for the 1921-22 sea son was.as follows: turpentine 24.308.755 gallons. 1 as compared with 24,429,200' the .pre vious season. By states: Alabama 2,827,782 gallons; Florida 8.298.850; North Carolina 22,186; Sofllh! Carolina 278.080; Georgia 6,977,583; and Texas, 353.297. Rosin 1.654.242 barrels, compar institute. Back in 1916 “The Inipresario” r* reived its New York premier aj Empire Theatre by a; select company of artists, including Da vid Ui8phum, Albert Reiss, Mabel Garrison. Lucy Gates and others* The production literally took New ^ °rk off its feet and it was neces- sar . v to repeat the program sever- “1 tim e8 to packed houses. So fcreat wt.s its success that from it tnore developed an organisation devolved to the presentation of forgotten operatic gems, and this corporation received its bap- * -’n before New York music lov ers that season as “The Society °f American Singers.” „ handsome handbags _ preach tapestry and bits of old SLEEP” LEGION CONVENTION Dr. House Will Try to Se cure Permission to Car- !ry His Experiments Into Big Penitentiary. Dr. Scott, Medical Offi cer, Says Legion Dying Organizatipn, Killed ’v Bonus Veto. InUlnn and Persian fabrics are In 1 and tassels' of Irlng colors are used. They are carried with Kcmi-clrw n (Sm NEW ORYEANS. La.—(By-the Associated Press)—Thc fourth day of the national convention of the American Legion in progress here was marked by the arrival of the fins Amorlran exoe- ing. WUU I CUt-nv-v - * (Turn. To Page Two) Weather conditions at this sea- which she “mothered” four "months, son are uncertain and a wet spell j The defense indicated its inten- would greatly interfer with both | ** on put McNally on the the attendance and might injure « a "<I f c '^ , J ,er 2 ers ‘ 0 “' fi„ st °ry I of conspiracy bew-een herself and ° f s °® d . °. n ' her husltand to work a maternity Besides, that spot is removed Jioax so McNally’s ambition to from the center of Athens and it b«? known a^ain as a father might is desired that oportunity be given ' be appeased. our every citizen to attend. j According to Mrs. McNally, an Secretary Carroll ana his com* ' operation which she underwent in mitte have decided to pull off the made it impossible for her to exhibits on tho down town streets privilege of • which were granted ' April 19 9 ! ‘^‘Vacant I A »' Of‘the witnesses. Wednesday ^a^ten&.e^ we C r°e nS ^: tSaV 1 ® aericullural * in, ‘ > Lloyd McNally, son of the accused dustrlal, livestock, poultry and woman’s husband by an earlier other exhibits. The midway will marriage, said he discovered the connect' up :with the exhibits on alleged doll deception and told his . • father. Mrs. Cleora McNally, Thfe is a -much better and moe Lloyd’s wife, said she had carried satisfactory arrangement. > a* J one of the twins on numerous oc- separate stare-rooms can toe; as- casions and grew suspicious be signed to the different lines, and cause of its apparent lifelessness. it. matters not what the state- of • One of the witnesses, Mrs. Ma weather t)ie exhibits will be hoys- . r y Gi^fiths^ Ihe nurse who waited ed and visitors protected cold or rain. Besides, a much frnm 1 on Mrs. McNally for nine days fol . lowing the alleged birth, testified , - , i that she was not permitted to care better and more satisfying ar- , j or tbo twins, but that on one rangement or exnibits cun bo 1 occasion saw the face of one, made._ Then again, the crowds j which she declared had a nose 'Ill 6e down town and wftile at- , bleed, ed with 1377,344 the previous year. 1 th « ' !llr * a , n an °‘>- By states: AlabaSia .189,405; P , “,? t , y h , to the I , , , i T a<llng ' — .. * - —— 1 And this fair will be a most gratifying and delightful surprise to our friends. Every depart ment,will be filled and the exhib its most interesting and edifying. Florida 549,907:/ Georgia 48T.974; Louisiana 205,854; Mississippi 185,375; North Carolina 1.321; *5onth Carolina 17,142 and Texas 20,264. Stocks on hand March 31: Tur- nentine at stills 1,036.611- gallons; held by consumers 1^35^38. At wood distillation plants M2,488, and at ports and distributing points 1.743,450. Rosin at stills. 499,797 barrels: held by sonsumers 263,488, at wood distillation .plants 19,143, and at norts and distributing points 416,- 579. • -v HOT SPRINGS. Ark:—Dr. E. E. House. Ferris, Texas, * physician, probably will continue his efforts to secure permission to conduct ex periments on prisoners at the fed eral penitentiary at Leavenworth. Kansas, to demonstrate his theory that while under the influence of scopolamine anaesthesia or .during twilight sleep subjects will tell the true tact8 regarding facts of crime with which, they are accused. In addressing the convention here of the Medical Association of the Southwest, Dr. House said that he intended to use every effort to se cure permission to make experi ments on 1.00Q prisoners, taking the stand that this number of experi ments wGL prove his theory to the . (Turn To Pa K o Two) Ag. College Hogs Win In Atlanta ATLANTA.—Three Poland-Chi na hogs, bred and raised at the Georgia State College of Agricul ture, made a clean sweep at the National fat stock, hog and cattle show of the Southeastern Fair in competition with entires from ten states^ according - to awards an nounced Thursday. Competing with hogs of all breeds, the three Poland Chinas harried off Jtbe gran4 championship for a single entry and the same award for the irsst pen of porkers. MUton P. Jar- nlgnn, professor of animal hus- EXHIBITS BY GIRLS AND BOYS One . of'’-the chief features will be the exhibits or the girls and boys Clubs, and they will, be a revelation. From not only Athens but, all;.over the ..county, every club wil( hgve on display Us best, and this exhibit alone will- rich ly W4LA Wt .to the fair. The • boys will •’have displays fixun their .pigs, corn and every other they have organized. It will be a gratifying surprise to the older people to see what our boys, and girls are doing towards progres sive farming, stock raising, do mestic science and other lines. A large store room will be set aside for these young people and you will miss one of the pleasures of your life if you fall to attend the fair next week and see what our boys ahd girls have accomplish ed. And another interesting feature will be , the poultry display not only breeders of improved poultry o-w, anui l iUUIliai UU»- ... , . * V ndry at the college, was pres- > Irom Athens and Cltarko county, ent when the awards were made. | (Turn to page 2.) LONDON, 7:12 P. M.—(By the Associated Press)—An drew Bonar Law has consented to form a ministry in succes sion to the ministry of 'Prime Minister Lloyd George, the Evening News s*yfc it (earns- Ceorge summoned Mr. • Bonar Law asking him to un dertake the task, declares the newspaper, and Mr. Bonar Law agreed to comply. PATERNITY OF CHILD Prominent ,C 1 ti b Man Wants to Know Who Is Father of His Divorced Wife’s Child. ST. LOUIS. Mo—(By the Asso ciated Press)—Henry Herman Laumier. pronS'-nent local clubman and wealthy: real esflite dealer, whose attorneys Wednesday filed petition asking thd circuit court to determine the paternity of child born to his divorced wife. Miss Byrd Shoemaker, could not be reached for a statement Thurs day. A caretaker at his estate in St. Louis county said he was on a hunting trip along the Missouri river. In the petition Laumier stated thst the child was born 23 months LI- talc LONDON.—(By the Associated Press.)—The Lloyd George coali tion received its death blow at the hands of the Conservative party when the Conservative members of jtW house of commons and govern | ment ministers at Uoix-meting in J the Carltpu club Thursday vot^ by • 1 186 to 87 to appeal to # thp country 1 as the conservative party. This ere- ! ates a situation of the greatest po litical 1 confusion and. mcelrtainty ; the country has known * for many years. ; . . The ndxt move c^rtgiii to be qiade will be the resignation' of Austen ; chamberlain and his associates. Lord Balfour aud Lord BLrkenhead, from the cabinet. It is expected * Prime Minister Lloyd George will 1 then present his resignation t6 the king and advise his majesty to.siun-, mon a conservative leader to form a government This course will be taken because the conservatives have the largest number of members <in the bouse of ixpect- •ed to be picked for the task'ts ei ther Andrew Bonar Law or the Earl or Derby. . after his separation from his-for mer wife, Jan. 8, 1918, the day fol lowing their marriage, wltich he said took place while he was intox icated. According to the petition, the The announcement that the Nu- 1 tional Unionist association has is sued a summons for an emergency conference with the general party ■ came with a bang Into the troubled W.th thousands , of orders- piling up and promising to . outdistance pis production, Henry Ford has startled <the automobile iworld by Imndunceing another pride cut his cars. The latest list issued ’numes the lowest prices on Ford in the, history of the Ford ineur jags corn and every other Motor Co., according to C.' club an*«he. rfitls.frpm; the’dubs former Mrs. Laumier was granted | political arena and made everybody a divorce on charges of desertion, jump. \ on June 18 t 1919, and at the trial | No one seems to have been more testified that she had no relations, startled than the government min- as wife with her husband after listers who, learning only through he left her the day following their I the newspapers of the action taken marriage at Salem. Ill. She was; by the association’s executive com ~ granted a settlement of $20,000 by j mittee gathered hurriedly in Down- the petition and her maiden name! ing street Wednesday night to dis- restored. The petition asserted that j cuss the sensational development. Laumier was ‘served with a sutoi- zNothing was learned regarding mons September 30, 1922, to appear 1 their deliberations, but so far ak in the supreme court of New York j known they made no alteratCona in and answer charges brought toy the arrangements for the much ad- Miss Shoemaker for the non-sup- ; vertised meeting of the conseirva- port of thp»:r child. .Herman H. Lau- ! five members of the house of coni- mler. born December 28. 1919. It is • mons and government ministers added in th^ petition that Laumier i planned for Thursday. ,, considers hlk former wife as unfit| -' ei and an improper nelson to have j CONSERVATIVES . ^ i the custodv of a legitimate child-ARE EXCLUDED and reouests tlie court to appoint a guardian for the cb’Ul. If the court! Exclusion of ithe conservative determines the child is his. Lau/ party from the meeting is believed mier asks that the child be awarded ! to have caused the summohing of to him. Uhe general party conference and it Laumier 1*4 47 years old and .Misr Shoemaker 26 She formerly resided In Memnhi*?, Tenn.. and row is said to be l’vjng in New' York. Trussell. of the- Trussell Motor Co. local Ford agents. Ford Was one of the first, if not the first, builder of a low price car, and from tho first has put into his product materials and en gineering skill' that has stood the test and made his cars so widely bought and used that the Ford is termed “The Universal Car.** \ The local dealers are offering the following prices on FordS; Runabout. $269; touring $298; ton truck. $380;-coupe, $530; two door sedan $595: four door sedan a725, all prices F. O. B. Detroit Star ters , on • op«»n cars. $70, demounta ble rims on open cars. $25. Hardwick Thanks . • • Supporters Her. was felt that Thursday’s m«(tin.. with fts limited and selected attend ance was an attempt tp forestall he annual conference of the yon- , -e-vativo party next month. _ . Thursday’s meeting f» expected to ,be prolonged and its outcome is os nnch in doubt as ever/ v Tlie ‘following tolerram‘ u has-been ' " ' cal Har< Idwick sup- received by local porters: “I wish to thank the people of Glarke for their generous support. Please convey to all my friends my do*iip appreciation of their splen did loyalty. •■“THOS. tV. HARDWICK.” FUR 'TRIMMING ,Fur trimmed hats are now being extensively shown. Gray felt hats have brims of gray caracul, or squirrel and black velvet ones are frequently embroidered with bggbt colored silks ahd edged with skunk or mole. Ermine is, of course, lovely on block velvet. i«lf* The supporters of Austen Cliam- , triain declare he is certain to get tf a big - Vote of confidence for* his /] adherence to Prime Minister' Lloyd ' ■George, while his opponents’ say2S that owing to the sudden interveu- » tion of the Unionist association, the '*\ meeting mav not get a chance to :2 decide on the ciuestion for which it was summoned. - vfj Much is thought to depend upon the attitude of Mr. Bonar Law. who thus far has played tho Vole of mystery man. It is stated in ministerial quarter? although Unof ficially that he will attempt to calm the storm by urging a com promise arrangement under, which the two wings of the coalition would ficlit out the elections sep arately but not opnose each other directly ind after *he eWdians ar- Turn To Page Two
