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ATHENS, GA, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 9, 192S.
merits to
Court to Decide j
Savannah Mayor
SAVANNAH, Ga.—The courts!
will have to determine who is to'
be the mayor of Savannah during
the next two years. This became
evident very early Tuesday when
the balloting began to elect a may
or in the regular election following
Dies When Both |
Legs Are Cut Off j
Vote Taken Tuesday Indi
cated That France Be
lieves Germany Has Will
fully Refused.
TROOPS ARE NOW
ATLANTA, Ga. — Franklin M.
Chatman, sawmill worker is dead
from injuries received Monday
when both legs were almost sever
ed-by a'huge circular saw. It Is
said Chatman's clothing became
entangled in Ihe machinery which
threw him into the air, then al
lowing him to fall across the saw.
A fellow worker nearby was un •
able to save him.
ON GERMAN SOIL
Route via Crawford, Lex
ington, Washington and
Thomson, Is Given At-
tention.
Evidence Is Put in Shape
For Prosecution of Band
of Black Hooded Raid
ers.
Vmerican Observer At
Session Declares He
Thinks Burden on Ger
many Too Heavy.
TWELVE WITNESSES
WERE TO BE HEARD
Father and Kinsmen of
1 One of Slain Men on
1 Stand. Identity May Be
j Proved.
WILKES COUNTY
INITIATES WORK
Sand and Clay Road Or
dered By Wilkes Com
missioners. Continuous
Good Route Seen.
WASHINGTON.
way wf masked hand depredations
in Morehouse pariah, several «pOfc.
stootf guard- TucBdprht. tlic vtlandl
ton home neary Mer ' Rouge' and'
; later two soldiers were assigned :
i to guard duty in that section.
The anonoymcus telephone mes-
[ sage was received at the head-
! quarters of Justice agents direct -
j.ing the assembling of evidence in
j the inquiry.
; Miss Hamilton had expect-
Partsh. „
| ed to testify that certain More-
j house parish men had been some
: months ago forced to leave the
1 leave the Parish.
forceas a breach of the Versailles
peace treaty and as “use of might
against a defenseless people."
The German government for the
time being, is Wholly stressing the
American aid in transmitting' offi
cially to the French government!
Secretary Hughes* suggested plan, ;
as disclosed Monday, the. Washing- ‘
as disclosed Monday, the. Washing- ]!
ton government Tuesday could only j
await results. As formally brought |
to the attention of the Paris offi- |
cials prior to the premiers* meet- j
*" — * “ presumably!
Jusserand, I
suggestions j
legal aspects of 'France’s attitude
as based on her treaty prerogatives
.and has not decided the line of ac- .
tion it purposes to adopt in the
extent the French invade the Ruhr.
“France," continued Cuno, “is
trying to cloak hey contemplated
action with the appearance of jus
tice, in that she spreads sanctions
and pledges which are supposed to
have basis in the stipulations of the
j Versailles treaty; yet, even as mon
strous as this Instrument is, it does
not go so far as to permit the al
lies optional impfgnment;tapon Ger
man sovereignty or wilful encroach -
Secretary „ , —_ ,
which also were outlined in his,
New Haven speech, involve no time ,
limit, It was said authoritatively
and the plan thuii still Is before
the French government. The pre
liminary reply; already received
here is regarded as inconclusive
and still leaving the door open to
possible acceptance.
There were growing indications
Tuesday that despite action of the
senate in the resolution express*-
“* ~ that American
PARIS — (By the Associated
Iress) — The reparations com-
mission Tuesday voted Germany
in wilful default in hep coal de •
liveries. The vote was three to
or? sir John Brandbuty, the
British member casting the nega
tive Ballot.
The discng^ion over the default'
question lasted one hour and thiee
quarters, n part of which time
V,1S taken up by the British dele-
KJ-te in Riving hia reasons *hy he
dered the default should not
declared.
* ir Jchn explained he was un-
a>le to vote for the proposition
hecau.se he felt that this action
f°V he matter out «f the hands
of the commission and placed it
under the jurisdiction ot tho gov
ernments. H e believed the ques-
«n c ° u ld well have been handld
. the commission in view of tho
''ireuinstances surrounding thd de-
v l e . ry of ooal »>y Germany last
uiuu cuciu,. i am suing [U uu ngul
' as God gives me the vision ot the
I right, and in this, should there be
{tor the present any misunderstand- 1
i ing In our forces. let those things
■ remain without agitation for the
I present until we have whipped in
the fight against our common en
emy. Then we can. adjust affairs
I within our ranks.”
1. In the course of the meeting, ac
cording to the paper. Goblin Bush
announced:
“We will soon form a committee
to visit Catholic churches in uni
form and show them how strong
we are.”
Hollywood gossips think they see a possible match In Mary Miles
Minter, screen star, and GastonGlass.
; of Watt Daniel and Thomas Rich
ards. state’s attorneys Tuesday re-
sumed their open hearing investi-
fi ; the opinion that American f n at w° ““i'S,
troops should- be withdrawn from ■ Morehouse parish with an event
dozen witnesses on the list expect-
el to be called before the court,
day ended.
That some ot the witnesses to he
heard -might be' able to identify
members of the band was regarded
| as a possibility. None pf those ex-
{amined during the first two days
: of the' hearing could name any of
! the hooded raiders.
I The present investigation was
[ undertaken under the direction of
Governor John M. Parker, who has
been quoted as asserting that Rian
murderers were responsible for the
deaths of Daniel and Richards.
ui «v mui uauuam-
ment on German territory.
MOST SEVERE
METHOD KNOWN
“As a pledge to their demands
n under -the treaty or as security for
There will be called a meeting
at Lexington shortly IumKiAg*' to
wards this end. Oglethorpe’s high
way from Athens to Lbxiujctou
the "Rhine,” officials believed this j d 2 ze ° wltnesses on the list expect-
course. at the present time involv- •
ed such possibilities of misunder- j
standing as to make it inadvisa
ble to follow.
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LONDON — (By the Associated ,
Press) — Frederick Bywaters,
hanged in Pontovllle prison at;
nine o’clock Tuesday for-the mur
der of Percy Thompson qn Octob-
er 4, last ■
Mrs. Thompson was hanged a
few minutes later In Holloway J
jail.
By waters, who made an^
eleventh hhur attempt to save'
Mrs. Thompson by a ••confession”
met his death calmly, * so far as t
reports indicated. .*
Mrs. Thompson had to be car
ried to the scaffold. She collap- (
eed Monday everdng and was in';
the care of physicians throughout j
the night. j
Both the condemned met death *
with protestations of. innocence, j
Bywaters maintained that Mrs. (
Thompson had had no part in the :
Meet Jack Daw’s
New Friends
BOYDEN gives his
PERSONAL VIEWS
W. Hoyden, American
caiiIf Pnla,IVB wlth 0,6 comffitslon
. ! " l « give hi, views, made
lie » * talement pointing ont that
«»Ua,w 8 e . Xpr< ‘" in * “* P*™ 00 * 1
,|,l! s learned authoritatively
ilril, !' ,nok the vlew th * t wUle
Zactually existed In Ger-
0041 deliveries for 1929, the
“Oder which the default
speeki d 9uch that !t required
the.f, 1 00nsi <>cratipn. He decUred
inefi'°‘ als , ln Wnd Germany,
e ? a - w8 _re too great, a
RICHMOND, Var—Development
of vocational instruction in the
public schoola ot the south, with
particular emphasis upon the teach
Ing of agriculture and home econo
mica Is scheduled as the theme 1
for the regional conference to be I
held here this week by delegates I
from 12 southern states under the »
ot voca-
RECESS BECAUSE
OF HOLIDAY
The hearing was resumed Tues
day after a recess since Saturday,
made necessary by a state holiday
Monday. .
J. L. Daniel, father of Watt, who
began his recital ot the Incidents
on the night of August 24, 1 last,
when Daniel and Richards were
kidnapped, was expected to .resume
the, witness stand Tnpsday. Dan
iel Saturday told of being carried
into the woods and lashed with a
leather strap by tho same hand
which kidnapped his son and Rtch-
. Daniel was called to testify after
two pathologists.'Dr. Charles Du
val add Dr. John Lanford, had de
clared that their examination of
the headless and mutilated diddles
of the men showed that they had
bori tortured before they were
killed and thrown into Lake La
'165,281 round bales, counted as
half bales. 28,498 bales ot Ameri-
can-Egyptlan and 5,065 bales of
Sea-Island, the census bureau an
nounced Tuesday. •
To January 1 last year glnnlngs
totalled 7,882.856 running bales,
including of 28,348 round bales
counted as half bales, 30,240 bal«B
'of Ameriean-Egyptlan and 2,106
bales- ot sea Island. Glnnlngs to
January 1, by states follow: Ala
bama 816,388; Arizona 36,692; Ar
kansas 999,202: California 23.611:
Florida 27,311; Georgia 730,589;
Louisiana 243,R12; Mississippi
980,994; I Missouri 184,487; North
Carolina 851,269; Oklahoma 622.-
356; South Carolina 608,031; .Ten.
nesseo 378,890: Texas 3,092,458;
• •a., i t. • ar SSO All ctotnu
auspicies of the board
tional education.
The first session of the confer
ence opened in the hall of the
House <of delegates this morhing
killing of her husband and insist-''
ed that he had slain Thompson lh-
self defense. The woman, in her
last Interview with her family as-
and the formalities of opening the
series of discussions.
A joint -.session of agriculture
and home economics *111 be h&d
Thursday.' - . • . ■ •
Delegates from Georgia and
Texas will report upon home econo
mica work in those states, while
.delegates from Arkansas and Ten-
and Brother
luitted of Charge
Of Murder Tuesday
murder^ in connection with , the
killing of Lee Troup, a negro.
Chief of. Police .Gordon Frpst and
his brother Grady, were acquitted,
when, given iL Preliminary hearing
before Justice of the Peace, I. II.
Hall, secretary H. J. Reynolds and
Benjamin Gillis Monday afternoon.
The defendants claimed that
they were attempting to arrest
Troup at Soperton on Chrlrtmas
day when he resisted and showed
light. The evidence showed that
Troup was shot, by bath defen
dants. Warrants were obtained
by the dead map’s relatives for
the two white men.
; This is an, introduction'to tho
qn4*r people , whom Jack ..Caw
htee'ts'in. liis next adventure:
Jack Daw on
Icicle Isle
Above, in the picture, is one
of the Freezies; at the left, 01’
King Blizzardo, ruler of- the
Freezies; at the right, Jack
Daw himself, and below, one'of
the snowmen.
The first chapter of this new
Jack Daw adventure is on the
comic page today. ’ , j
nessee will tell of the work they
are dolnr along agricultural lines.
Training in child care, home
making and negro education are
three of the most important sub
jects listed for consideration of
tho women delegates attending
the meeting of the home economic
forces.
General discussions of health
work and state programs for im-
provpment of home conditions, es
peclally in the rural communities
WliAT FIGURES
SHOW
; jpw*|
Figures compiled- by Dr. Wil
liam H. Guilfoy of New York city,
covering kn average portion of‘its
population, show an interesting
trend of improvement in reference
to deaths due to cywhosis of the
liver, a disease attributable' in 95
cases oui, of every hundred direct
ly to the use of alcoholic drinks.
In 1910 there were reported
1,400. deaths from this disease; in
•/. u aci *on oy the French rra«* - uv -' ...
■-foment were purely specula- publisher, opened tile annual con-
’ I' was impossible to give vention of the national ailverUsing
on*' inform atlon concerning I commission of tho Associated Ad-
lt f'ratl°n of that kind. French, I vertislng Clubs of the ''°f' d -
; 1 "' 1 Italian engineers are J portont matters of department 1 -
act on dort ’ 11 * as 8aid - ready | ic# were discussed at an all daj
, ( ‘ 01 orde fs from, Paris tod it I executive session. ,
00 “reret that they would be | The delegates are to be recaivei
(Turn to Page Five) I by President Harding tomorrow.
K. P. MEETS IN MACON
MACON, Ga.—Officers . ot tho
grand lodge, Knights j>t Pythias,
will hold a conference' In Macon
January 30 to discuss plans look
ing for the betterment of the or-
d 1T; f as said - The Brand lodge
, hold its annual conclave in
Macon May 16.