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4 4 1 —^ 4- 4 4 4 ^ 4* +—^ t ^—4- 4^4 4—4 4—4 4—4 4—4'* 4—4 4—4 Bankers and Merchants Adopt Plan to Aid.Farmers in This Section l 1 'l 1 A -T. .f. -t. * i * *’ —*i* •f* *1* *1" i i i i' A A T 4—4 4—4 IS CHARGED Kitchen, Democrat Leader, Improved ’Skeleton Found H OFFICIALS OF Near Atlanta * !>!■. AnclreW M. Soule Out lies to Score of Leaders Situation As It Exists Today. 5 ESSENTIALS TO GROWING COTTON l> of Calcium Arsenate Alone Will Not Save Sta ple. Other Measures Are Suggested. BY CHAS. E. MARTIN The conference of bank ers and business men tailed to meet in Athens SCOTLAND NECK, N. C.—Much i Improvement whs shown Wedngs- j day morning in the condition of (Representative Claud I Kitchen,( demqcratic leader in the lower | house of congress, who has been I seriously All at his hbme ( here since | Sunday suffering with pneumonia, according to attending physicians. I — SLVTo P rm™ tu wedn«day res m “g n , Georgia Representative He spent a very comfortable night KeneWS H.1S OhRrgGS 01 and his family icei very much en-1 Prohibition Violations in House Address. ATLANTA, Ga.—The finding of a ! skeleton in a clump of woods, near {Decatur a few miles from Atlanta y i Tuesday is still a mystery. The {couraged over his condition today. bones are believed to be the skel- I eton of a man dead for weeks and {possibly months. T,he skull and parts of clothing were found n.ear- by. There were no indications that the man had met a violent death. pfjj.cera of DeKalb county who conducted an investigation, said. SAYS DIPLOMAT IMPORTS THE STUFF Atlanta Declares Many Big Men At Capital Turn “Devilish Bottle to Their Lips.” WASHINGTON.—Withdrawal of the American troops from the Rhine was ordered Wednesday by President Harding. In announcing WASHINGTON.—The spotlight of bootlegging rumors and'charges FROM BALLOT, WINS SHI WEST , SAVANNAH, Ga. — At ten o’clock Wednesday morning the which has been hovering over;®* ewar * managers in the munici- Washington had shifted back to the I P al election held Tuesday, in which - - , . . capitol Wednesday with the declar- j * here was a contest for Mayor be- Wcdnesdity WQVpi&fS?-. tQ msldent deemed 1 the aUon by Representative Upshaw, tween Murray M. Stewart, the and Thomas Richards she LOS ANGELES. Cal.—(By The artists. riUniw ilhe farming Sltua- time expedient lor the recall of the democrat, of Georgia, on the floor i inCumbent and democratic nominee w&b-forced to leave her home near Associated PressX—Douglas Pair.- |- The United Artists’ organization . n fforces now at Coblenz. {of the house that “bootleggers nly! and Paul E - Seabrook whose name Mer Rouge and was deported from banks and Mary Pickford, his wife, now consists of Miss Pickford, Mr. non. especially With indication; that .no time ?Lir iwnuht * was Placed on the official ballot j the state by “the Ku Klux.” as the first step in a plan to enter Fairbanks, Charlie Chaplin, David ,,. Y p fn the cotton and would be lost it was made known I , “ ’ , * T.' by his supporters, after' his fail- She named Dr. B. M. McKoin, -Upon independent production and Wark Griffith and Charles Ray, and ", C t0 ln . e that thetransport St'Mlhlel would m6n in Washington.” j ^ ^ 5 • " ‘ former mayor of Mer Rouge, ami distribution of cinema films-maoe the new plan involves closing the lli'li V. CCVil conditions, J 9ave jj ew York. *We(lnestlav or | With opportunity for reply by j q y n * party of men who she teatricowtkp | by other leading actors of the Griffith studios on Long^ Island, N. WN 'll tended bv more Thursday to bring home he hulk of house'members’to Representative I had ref,:8e<1 *° slsn the election j.. Pik .. Kirkpatrick as two of the screen have offered Jackie eoogan, Y. and the return toaos Angeles. dULtiucu UJ the Rhine forces. A few small de-. Tjnshawi sneech in which he de-1 r6 ‘urn3 showing that Seabrook j party of men who she testified child film actor, a contract for four i Mr. Fairbanks stated thpt Jackie than a score of prominent ^p^nts will be left for a short ‘ . . L, " “ ‘ „ ,had won by a majority of the came to her mother's home one; pictures, and have announced Coogan Wednesday would be of- - - ' 1 '• , ” rod h, ‘ ,nrn *" 1 „ . . JV , night, took her away and put her i idans for an expansion of the Uni - fered a contract with the United oies c^hl. it is exnecieu i n,s n hn nP d trsin fnr Mttio Arir ted Artists organization, the' Los Artists, calline for a cash advance ST1TE IB PREPARED Fairbanks Heads New Picture Co. SEIZURE OF Mile With His Wife, Mary Pickford, Will Be Producer- Testimony Offered At Hearing Tuesday of Such a Nature to Impli cate Klansmen. KLAN IS ON TRIAL SAYS ATTORNEY Dr. Evans of Atlanta Is sues Statement Defend ing K- K. K- and Its Lofty Purposes. j BASTROP, La.—(By The Associ ated Press)—Addie May Hamilton, kpown as “daughter of the Klan,” declared on the witness stand in the open hearing investigation Wednesday into the^laying of Watt i)aniel and Thomas Richards she waB forced to leave her home near Mer Rouge and was deported from TO BE FIRST ACT French • Military Units Will Move Into Germany Wednesday Midnight or Thursday AM. BELGIAN AID IS RUSHED TO FRONT Final Order Was Delayed By Belated Reply From Mussolini of Italy. Order ’ Maintained. PARIS.—(By The Associated Press)— 1 The last formalities re garded as necessary before the French troops enter the Ruhr val ley as penalties for default In de liveries in kind by Germany under the treaty of Versailles were set for Wednesday afternoon. It was arrange^ that Premier Poincare would inform the German govern ment through Dr. Wilhelm Mayor, he German ambassador in Paris and through the Freiy.h ambassa dor at-Berlin of the'measures he purposed taking, beginning.Thurs day. Simultaneously with the giving i of these modifications It was gr- a short RV.n, mainly bankers, tfine to^elosejrot JBnal settlements Upsliaw’e speech in which he de dared he would turn over to en- ,. , involved^in” the'withdrawai.~Sdc- ! forcemeat authorities all evidence from the surrounding ter- retar * Hughes also attended the : placed in his hands of liquor drink- rterv iriiarent to Athens, conference at the White House :leg by government officials Includ- r.icn adjacent, U> auiciio. preceded the disclosure that! ln K members of the Benate and the Hugh H. Gordon, Jr.,. the troops we re to be withdrawn ’house, cut off by adjournment Im- president of the Commer- practically at once. : cial bank of Athens, pre- ! ABOUT 1.000 j expected Wdnesday. Because the tl tucop house was not “a justice court the the meeting ! . ; Georgia representative said “he The American forces remaining I would not make public names of in that area number about 1,000 I senators and representatives^ who men. and it was indicated that the <1° not practice the prohibition withdrawal, order would be carried ' v bjch votes profcsB, and he out as soon as the American Com- I had not threatened this in his pre- mander. Major Geperal Allen, could *joos Speech on the subject, he said, make the necessary arrangements ! because he did ndt brandish a for winding uo finally the affairs j sword, but made an appeaL of the army of occupation. L u ,_ - • A resolution favoring such with-. ® H drawal was adopted Saturday by ! OFFICIALS , the senate but it was not apparent I * and other* it wa* deduct- 1 Wednesday how far It had contrib- Outside of the membership of .A k 1 it S 1 WaS luted to the president’s decision or Jfe senate and house. Represents- od by those present that 1 how far the administration had, Uve Upshaw declared he had-aeen si r:.._ —i^ en Influenced by the situation; some of the highest, officials in hrought about by the French move-1 Washington lifting the devilish men into the Ruhr valley. bottle to their lips." In the evidence The date of actual withdrawal was preparing to tum In, he said of the forces will be left to the he would include the names of a sided over and discussions were en tered into by practically everyone in attendance. After listening to Dr. A. M. Soule, president of the State College of Ag riculture; Harold Hulme, prominent local fanner, at least five essentials "ere necessary to the srowing of cotton under hoi! weevil conditions, that the application of calcium arsenate is only one of these essentials and is hardly effective if ,tihe other four are neglected. These essentials are as fellows: First—Proper prepara- bor. of ground, deep ploughing, etc. Second — Proper sielec- tion of seed as to quality- s faple. yield and early Rrowtb. . Third—intensive fertil ization , r j4-: Fourth — Intensive cul- hration. Fifth—Use of calcium arsenate as poison. war department Officials of the state and war de partments refused flatly to make an explanation of the decision ,to‘ recall Major General Allen and his forces other than to repeat that it was considered expedient to com plete at this time American with drawal from Europe. Secretary Weeks was called to the White House early Wednesday and the purpose of tho government to withdraw the troops was dis closed before his return to the war department. It was learned that formal orders had not as yet been sent to General Allen to begin the homeward movement, although he has knowledge of the plan for darly evacuation and is prepared to move on short notice. ’ ' J v ^Ese are lie -nerally agreed thit all necessary and that fallacy that cotton conld 1 merely uponthejipplica- al «-ium arsenate without lv Jlris beln S employed. Ear- th* seed is to be de- ,1 hy the aeason ' u ***** Plan. » J at lt ^ waa »<> avail to ivarm R nn ' tbe ground became ^ the other TO TOUCH AT SAVANNAH will make a new legal issue. It is possible ‘the * Seabrook forces will try to force the Stewart managers to sign* the returns un* der a mandamus proceeding. The returns are supposed to bo con solidated and presented to the election board by noon Wednesday. It seems certain this will not be done as at 11 o’clock there wa3 no indication that the $tewart manag ers were going to sign up. The supporters of Judge Sea- brock were very active today in getting votes in tho boxes. The women supporters of Seabrook were especially active. The ne groes were voted in some instances under the giddance of the Sea brook supporters. But little time was spent at the polls by the ne groes after voting. Something more than 1,000 negroes are sup posed to have voted, but this is uncertain as there was no sepera- tion of the votes by the races. Seabrook running as an indepen dent after his name had been de aboard a train for Little Rock, Ark., ted Artists organization, the' Los Artists, calling for a cash advance the home of her sister. The young i Angeles Times stated Wednesday of $600,000 and a guarantee of 60 woman gave her age as 17. j The expansion plans contemplate per cent of the profits of the first j the production under the gupervis- four pictures he would make at the BASTROP, La.—The state stood ! ion of Mr. Fairbanks and Miss j Fairbanks-Pickford studio. Four ready Wednesday to press in rigid ; Pickford cf feature films by eight j years ago Jadkie Coogan received manner investigation into charges I or nine of the most popular screen $75 a week, it was said, made by officials implicating form- ! ! T members of the Ku Klux Klan in the torture and slaying of Watt Daniel-and Thomas F. Richards last August with the resumption of the open tearing Wednesday. The testimony offered Tuesday by former klansmen of Morehouse parish, which Attorney General Co co said “definitely fixed the Klau s position in the present investiga tion of the outrages in Morehouse” is only a small part of the evidence the state has to offer, according to this official. | The attorney general stated that I , the testinvony offered r uesiay “re- j vealed in a positive way that Klan 1 WASHINGTON.—The report of leaders were involved i:i a most the house judiciary committee on active manner in the strife which i Us investigation of the impeach- led up to the shocking tortures and j raent charges brought against At- III HOUSE REPORT murders of two Mer R >uge citi- I’tomey General Daugherty by Rep- ne wouia mciuae me names oi a njed nlilC a Qn the* offirini iTniTnt zenB.” 1 resentative Kellar, republican, Min- high official, not a diplomat, who j was eleCted Mavor of savannah bv I AsserUng that there U a 4 dual, nesota, was submited Wednesday returned from abroad some time majority of 1 792 vor P « nut nature” to the invisible empire. At- to the house by Chairman Volstead. * 1 ° UUl 1 tnrnn,, rin/in nnIJ lllhatha, I* nrlll ha solloil im returned from abroad some time a "majority votes" out of I ■'atare” to theTnvisIbie empire.At- ' ago with more than a score ot 7 , 9 i 8 votes In ihirteen boxes of the ' torney General Coco said that “the Whether it will be called up for ..... nt fnrniun Honor m.rk.ri . sCventeen in | klan is on trial and the klan will action by the house has not yet cases of foreign liquor marked, “Ton the heels ot asser- manag- «» <“> 8WCT ” tions by the local police authorities * r Lores' I BARE WORKINGS been determined. that they had found indications defeated candidate in 16 OF ORGANIZATION that liquor consigned to some of j °L 1 re J u8ed eo count ORGANIZATION the embassies and legations was finding its way into the illicit fic here. Representative Upshaw declared in his speech the problem of “use and abuse" of such liquor importations was one that “calls for delicate but firm treatment.” He declared a former attache of the state department had suggest ed to him that a “polite, forceful nnfn” hv tho sorrfltnrv nf ntntn on The transport St. Mlhiel .will re turn to the United Stbtes either from Antwerp or Bremen, and will touch first at Savannah, Ga., where the headquarters and serrtre corn- eighth infantry, with nibdjc^ per- panies and one battalion of the i sonnel. will be landed. The second landing of troops will he at Charleston. S. C-. where one battalion together with two battal ion sections of bea^quarters and service companies will disembark. IN 8ECONb DAY . RICHMOND, Va.—TJie confer ence of agricultural and home eco nomic forces Entering lta ,. °° d day's session here Wednesday waB prepared to hear an address on "prenatal care” hy Mra- Wdgevard, vocational dlrector-of Norfolk. Dis cusslons also will be held moth er craft courses and how club worn- note*? by the secretary of state on the subject would cause a “ready and universal response” from all diplomatic officers here of willing ness t6 aid in enforcement ot the law. Hearing* On K. K. K. . Being Ousted From * Kansas Is Begun KANSAS CITY. Kansi—Hearing of thp Kansas ouster suit against g e Ku Klnx Klan was to begin the atate supreme court Wed nesday with C. B. Griffith, newly pworn tn attorney general repre senting the case for the state brought by Richard J. Hopkins, for mer attorney general,, and now a member of the supreme court. Attorneys for the defense in an swering brief Hied with the court, have contended that the defendants named are not officers of the klan. The suit to oust the klan from me '! >U " K h'antf The variety of mintd l!„, C ‘° son shou,d bo deter- the Seabrook ballots. Several hours later Judge Meldrim. after application by Seabrooit’s counsel t$> the Superior court for an in junction to prevent Stewart man agers’ from interfering, ordered ihe count to proceed in thirteen boxes. The count in the other four boxes was held up by com plications on account of the man agers failing to agree. • “The high spots” of the report are the resolution adopted Tues- i day by the committee virtually SAVANNAH HAS A NEW-RECORD Savannah has hung up a new re- J. F. Norseworthy and E. C. An- dl ™ 1 “‘ ng charges as unsup draws, each on the stand at Tues- P orted by evidence and the finding days session testified that they," 1 the special sub-committee, ap- U. S. FAVORABLE TO' PUN FOR BRITISH DEBTSETTLE1NT JVASHINGTON.— Negotiations looking to tAe refunding of Qreat Britain’s four billion dollars debt to the United States were resum ed Wednesday With the American debt commission * apparently . pre ranged for orders to go forward to General' DeGoiitte to' send:to Essen a sufficient force to assure:the pro- • tection of all allied .engineers and agents who have been entrusted with applying the measures decided upon 'by the French ioverameht, and which are disclosed fully. It is stated: in the modification to 'Hie German government. These meas ures comprise the .collection of the German coal^ tax for al ^P account, the seizure of state forests to be’ exploited for the benefit of the rep arations fund, and the collection of customs duties on exports In for eign money. The French foreign otflce insist-, ed Wednesday ihat the word “oc cupation” was only rrplicnMe to the operation in the Ruhr. Tire French troops there, it was said will not exercise the prerogatives of forces of -military occupation further.than may be found necessa ry tp furnish protection to allied agens and assure tpe proper facil4 itiea for the* performance <>t their 1 work. t . - SZ'S i They will substitute themselves for German authority in no other direction than application ot *the penalties outlined in the pstifica- tien to Germany, it was declared. •••' •• 'CJSSffltfJ MUSSOLINI MESSAGE BEING AWAITED PARIS — (By tne Assoclted pared to agree if necessary upon J Press) .— The time for lifting the a tentative settlement based upon curtain in the latest act. of the more liberal terms as to time and I war drama—the French- Invasion interest than those prescribed hy the Ruhr—was still a'seoret- Wednesday, although the "actors interest than those prescribed by congress. Should such a plan be worked out it could not become' effective, however, until formally approved by’ the House and Sen ate. Representative Burton, republi can, Ohio, a member of the AiAer- uo/8 session lesuuea mat uiey i , , r ~ -- * ~ were former members of the klan i» rove d by the committee, that theiican commission told the House and bared alleged workings of the’house had authority to puijlsh Mr.:Tuesday that the.British commis organization in Morehouse parish. Kellar by imprisonment Or other-Ision had not asked for any leeway Andrews is a brother of W. C.: w,se for bis refusal to obey a sub- beyond the 25 year maximum per- Andrews, who testified previously Pbena issued after he had with- that he was whipped until he was drawn from the case, numb by the band which kidnapped , The comm ittee report said there D ais’i * nd • R,c b? rd ^„ . 1 was no "merit” to Otr. Kellar's Addle May Hamilton, deported elat that he was not obliged to TOman of Mer Rouge was expected ; opd to the subpoena since it to take the principal role in Wed- ' , - - - -- ■ was served on .him while a repre- MSday-a open hearing session of „ entat | ve ln congress and added: Morehouse parish's hooded band iod for payment and the four and one-quarter per cent minimum in terest rate fixed by congltess, but he gave notice that it was entirely probable that some proposition would come before congress re garding the settlement of the British debt. At the same sime, a White House spokesman said the.adminis- the state followed reports of al- roursw leged activities of-the Ku Klux aid in vocational education, Klan in southern Kansas and hitter centering on gen- verbal attacks upon if by former sented. COrd In the m “ .<*ui»uuuiio paru house there norlLil! ! m Ufder mystery. i “Your committee Is of the opln- nuw« spoaesman saia ine.aaminis- for three conte«T.d e i , ^.. t ,^ e bal ot * ! M iss Hamilton is alleged to have ion that Mr, Kellar was legally re- Itrttion had become convinced on W. L Grayson. l b ! en orll « rea deported from the quired to obey aald subpoena; that I the basis of the preliminary nego- superior court i« ,Li?* k of ,he I state of Louisiana and sent to the house of representatives pos- 1 tiatism between the American'and Firrthe has Jim ? e ^ ome ot 8 relatlve ln Uttle 868888 «>a power to cause him to British commission that ™w»uld first me. , C88t ,n the Rock, Ark.: with orders that she be arrested and confined in prison be impossible' to' effect a settle- I,”-” vI?L- Cong ™ 8,, J n the first '.could return to her moter in iMer,until he shall consent to testify, - ■ '■ ----- 8 s - e " - Rouge by permission of officials' such confinement not to extend be- of the Morehouse chapter of the Ku yond the term of this congress and Klux Klan. . power to otherwise. deal with him According to witnesses who tes- iso as to%compel obedience to the titled the young woman was one of summons.” many persons, both white '. and ; black, ordered deported £om this There was no suggestion as to parish. ;how the* Minnesota representative Whether her deportation will be ' might be dealt with otherwise than linked with 4he deaths of Watt 1 by imprisonment nor was there, any Daniel and Thomas F. Richards,! recommendation that the house whose bodies were found floating take any action against him. in Lake LaFourche, a fortnight ago j Some committeemen favor the es- aftw the two men had been kid-' taplishment of a precedent In this napped by men wearing black . case, but it was a foregone conclu- hoods on'August 24, last, will prob- jSion that if he' matter were taken ably.be brought put Wednesday. - i ttp oh the floor there would be a Other witnesses summoned to long and bitter fight against adopt- testlfy are “Nip” Echols, .Robert :ing the committee view as an es- (Turn to Page Five) l (Turn to page six) district between r Lee Moore, democrat and and Don H. Clark, republican. Clark contesting the election of Moore. Then there are the ballots used In the municipal primary on De cember 12, -when Murray M. Stew art defeated James M. Rogers for the nomination of Mayor. Rog ersliled a contest and lost. The last election contest was that of Tuesday i^hen Stewart and Paul E. Seabrook ran. These ... .. ^ fan. These ace me SST-SaL*- eu * u ?'» 8 «' 8d ’"p J C0Urt brder as to Jb*t sksU be done with them. This is the Orat tune so many elec tions m contested cases have been time 8 e ' P ae ot the c'srk at one ment of the eleven billions of dol lars of war debts within the limita tions la^d down by congress. The executive, was represented as feel ing that a settlement should be made with the British on the best terms possible. At the treasury Tuesday it was reiterated that tha British Mis sion had as yet suggested ho pro posal as a basis of settlement. Members of the American com mission rather expected a proffer to be forthcoming' Wednesday. r .0816 \ Mrv Artfe Small, ana children. India and- Artie will return tO;At lanta Thursday after a visit of several weeks to her parents, Captain and Mrs. J. W. Barnett; , were in. their ‘Places., with thdir parts well learned under the tute r lase of the French military com- mand Every preparation for the" final order to “go ahead’’ has been made with clock-like procession. The concensus of opinion, here Wednesday morning was that tne advance woulcl.not be^in until mid night Wednesday night or-.earUf •niursdiy. Various, i reasons werfp ottered in support of this - belief, 'chieff imong them helpg the fact that ‘the foreign t office had not -‘re« ceived Premier' ’Mussolini’s r^piy to M. Poincaire’s proposal tmi Italy | join France and* Belgium in form Ally notifying Germany .'of their intention to impose penal-* ties. r Notice, that the troops, would leave* s their’ Loncentrationpoint for Essen Wednesday night or Thursday , morning was. expected to W forthcoming-’ as 11 Soon as the Italian Premier's answer was re ceived. ~ It was generally understood that the plan aa It stood Wednesday called first of all for sending en gineers into the Ruhr to take over * certain mines.' These experts will be adequately but not ostentati ously* escorted by the military, it is thought that the distraint will increased, in preparation to snJi- Getmany-s failure to stfe satisfac- , : OD - -qjhe -.military escorts will be quartered on the outskirts of an.v towns so occupied and tho soldiers . (Turn to Pag, Five) ■ i