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VOL. XXXII.
FAYETTEVILLE, GEORGIA, APRIL 7, 1922,
NUMBER 38
A. O. BLALOCK
MAKES PUBLIC
HIS PLATFORM
As Commissioner He
Will Work for Agricul
tural Co-operation and
^ Better Marketing Sys
tem.
Announcing his candidacy for Com
missioner of Agriculture for the State
of Georgia, A. 0. Blalock, of Fayette
ville, issued a statement, regarding his
platform and qualifications Saturday.
Mr. Blalock’s platform includes co-
operatioh between the State Agricul
tural College and the Department of
' Agriculture, better marketing for farm
products, business administration in
the department and no increase in tax
ation for the farmer.
Mr. Blalock, who was collector of
Internal revenues for the United
States government up to the begin
ning of the Republican administra
tion, stated^ that he had always been
closely associated with the farmers
and their conditions.
Blalock’s Statement.
The statement follows:
‘‘To the People of Georgia:
“In presenting this my formal an
nouncement as a candidate for Com
missioner of Agriculture, I feel it to
be due the people that I make a
plain statement of my purposes in
seeking the office, and also give a
foreword regarding the policy which
will be observed in 4he administration
of the Department of Agriculture, if
I should be chosen to direct its af
fairs.
^“Since early manhood I have been
identified in a practical way with the
farming interests of my section and
am familiar with farm life in all its
phases. Through personal contact, as
welj as from hard experience, I am
fcMRlllRT w’th the fa rmers’ prob
lems. As Commissioner of Agricul
ture I would employ every resource
at my command in dealing with these
problems, to the end that agriculture
ap an industry may be assured of its
rightful place and dignity as one of
the great factors in the world’s com
merce.
“One of the first steps in this di
rection, as it relates to the situation
in Georgia, would be to bring about
closer relations between the Depart
ment of Agriculture and the State
College of Agriculture. The college
is a State' institution, and there is
every reason why the agencies and
activities of the department and those
of the college should be co-ordinated,
not only for the benefit of the farming
interests, but as a needful public ser
vice. That they have not been more
closely affiliated in recent years is
to be deplored.
Stands for Harmon/.
“If the fault for this lack of har
mony rests with the Department of
Agriculture it would be one of my
ficst duties, if elected, to ascertain the
cause and correct it. In times of de
pression and distress such as the
farmers of our section have experienc
ed the past two years, it is more
important than ever that every agency
and every movement organized for
the purpose of relieving this situation
be given all the aid that can be legally
provided.
“The Agricultural Department, the
College of Agriculture, the State ex
periment stations and the twelve dis-
| trict agricultural colleges were estab-
j lighed to promote and safeguard the
ricultural interests of the^State, and
I if they will co-operate in the work
for which they were created they fell
| short of their duty.
“This co-operation should embrace
I in its activities, in one unified sys
tem, the various institutions named,
all working together for the develop
ment of the State’s agricultural re : „
sources, her live stock industry and
I other affiliated enterprises upon which
| our prosperity depends.
“Profitable marketing of the larm
iers’ products is one of the big prob
lems of the day, and no better solu
tion seems feasible than is provided
I through co-operative organization,
(when all agricultural agencies are in
(harmony an intelligent, effective, mar
keting system can be inaugurated
|that will furnish an outlet for crops
jf every character, at stable and satis
factory? prices.
Business Methods.
“I entertain old-fashioned notions
ibout business and business methods
land there is no reason why a de
partment of our State jgovernment
3hould not be conducted in accord
ance with the rules and principles
that govern the management dt any
other business. As Commissioner of
Jture I would employ the same
lethods and apply the same princi-
Dies in administering the affairs of
lie department as I would observe in
conduct of my own business, and
•o doing would strive to make it
of the greatest usefulness possible to
the farmers of Georgia.
“With his fields scourged by the
cotton pest and staggering under
debts which through no fault of his
he is, for the time, unable to pay, it
is hurtful and unfair to add to the
farmer’s tax burden at a time when
he needs all the relief he can get.
The most careful economy shouldi be
exercised, certainly to the extent of
cutting off useless employees and re
ducing expenses wherever possible
without hurt to the service.
“With the foregoing brief outline of
my policy and purposes and promising,
if elected, an economical, businesslike
administration of the Department of
Agriculture, I respectfully submit my
candidacy to the people of Georgia,
subject to the State primary.
“A. 0. BLALOCK.
“Fayetteville, Ga., April 1, 1922.”
FAYETTE COUNTY
Board of Education Plans
for County Wide School
Equipment.
The Board of Education of Fayette
county, having the best interests of
the people and the children of Fayette
county at heart, have decided that the
only way 'to provide for the interests
of the children is to bond the county
for the purpose of building school-
houses and to provide that the funds
derived from such issue shall be in
the hands of a bond commission, con
sisting of some of the best citizens of
the county; that a burvey be made of
the needs of the county by state and
national experts in rural education
and the proceeds of the bond issue be
spent in accordance with the result of
this investigation.
The day of good roads and good
schools is at hand. Our neighbors
have secured some of these benefits
and are striving for more. The people
of Fayette county have not taken
these steps in the past fc 1 the simple
reason that ttt{sy%.-i^>-.ieV<&' i«#en ask
ed to do big things for themselves
The children of Fayette county de
serve the best that a. wise expenditure
of reasonable amounts can get for
them.
Our schools are on the up-grade. We
must put our shoulder to the wheel
and push to the top. It will require
the co-operation of every man that
loves his county, and his state, and
who wants to see that his children
have a part in the inheritance which
is theirs, if the great work is to be
done. Our bonds are as good as any
body else’s. Our children are. as good
as anybody else’s. Failure to ask in
the past has been the cause of our
failure to receive.
Details of the plan will be announc
ed later. Suffice it to say that the
issue proposed will be no larger than
necessary tol build or to acquire build
ings sufficient to care properly for
all the children of Fayette county that
the expenditure of the bonds derived
from such an issue would be in the
hands of a bond commission composed
of some of our best citizens who would
have the county surveyed by experts
in rural education, as good as the
state and nation can provide and would
spend the funds only after a study
of the results of this survey.
The date and time and other details
of the proposition will be announced
later, though it is certain that no
date in the immediate future is con
templated, in order that the full im
portance and bearing of the issue may
be carried to all the people.
State of Georgia,
Executive Department,
Atlanta,
March 28, 1922.
Whereas, it is a matter of common
knowledge that [approximately $100,-
000,000 pen year is expended by Geor
gia consumers for food products from
other states, the greater part of which
it is possible to produce or manufac
ture more economically in Georgia;
and,
Whereas, this loss to Georgia from
year to year should be turned back to
stimulate production on Georgia farms,
increase the output and enlarge the
payroll of Georgia industries, induce
new people and inew! capital to seek
locations and investments among us,
to aid in the development of our limit-'
less resources; and,
Whereas, as the women of Georgia,
through the agency of the Georgia Fed
eration of Women’s Clubs, comprising
an army of 50,000 of Georgia’s most
representative women, have set out to
bring about a closer relation between
producer, manufacturer and consumer
in an honest, co-operative study, there
fore, I Thomas W. Hardwick, governor
,of the State of Georgia, do hereby des
ignate and proclaim the week begin
ning May 22, 1922
“MADE IN GEORGIA WEEK,"
and earnestly solicit, in behalf of the
Georgia Federation of Women’s Clubs,
the official aid of the mayors and of
ficials of Georgia municipalities and
counties, the co-operation of the
Georgia Association, the Geor
gia Manufacturers* Association, and
other statewide civic and commercial
organizations in the development of a
greater Georgia.
Done at the capitol in the city of At
lanta, this 28th day of March, in the
.year of our Lord one thousand nine
hundred and twenty-two, in the one
hundred and forty-sixth year of the
Independence of the United States.
(Signed)
THOMAS W. HARDWICK,
Governor.
By the Governor:
S. G. McLendon,
Secretary of State.
SENATOR DAVID
Favors Bonds for High
way System.
Senator A. B. David of Gordon coun
ty is highly in favor of a state bond
issue for the construction of a system
of state highways as designated by the
present state highway map.
Senator David says he will support
a bond issue that can be retired by
the automobile license fees and gas
oline tax, but‘that there must not be
even a shadow of any increase in the
present tax rate. Pooling the above
funds to retire a bond issue is posi
tively the, only way the citizens of av
erage age can ever have> good roads
in their lifetime. Also, it is our only
hope of getting the millions of fed
eral aid appropriation to Georgia for
road purposes.
By the bond plan, the people who
own automobiles and trucks and the
consumers of gasoline would be the
ones who yrould pay the entire bond
issue, and they would pay no more
than they are now paying. The 5,500
miles of state highway that would be
constructed would save the owners of
automobiles and trucks in Georgia
$12,000,000 annually in less upkeep and
depreciation of cars. /
MADE IN
GEORGIA WEEK
TO BE OBSERVED
CITIZEN'S INTER
VIEW ON CLEAN-
U P WEEK
“I am heartily in favor of a Clean Up
and Paint (Up campaign, here, like
those that have become an annual civic
institution in thousands of other Amer
ican cities in recent years, and I be
lieve something should be done at once
to start it going,” says Mr. See Right.
“The best evidence of proper com
munity pride is the interest shown in
matters of this kind. It is our duty
to promote conservation and produc
tion in every way possible—to conserve
health and property as well as the
more sentimental civic ideals, and to
promote business and industry, as well
as community pride, that all may be
enabled as well as urged to advance
our natipnal and our personal prosper
ity.
“Cleanliness, thrift and civic pride
are the essentials not only for homes
and towns beautiful, but for those that
ar,e kept safe from the ravages of dis
ease, fire and weather.
“Cellars and attics should be clear
ed of the accumulations of trash ( and
fire risk, and liberal coats of paint
should be applied wherever the rav
ages of the elements have begun to
get in their work on the outside, while
walls and floors are made sanitary
by paint and varnish.
“The work of paint and painteijs in
bringing cheerfulness and color and
hygiene to the home is discounted,
however, if the rear yard is left to
afford a hiding place for disease breed
ing trash and refuse.
“All the insurance and fire preven
tion people ought to help arouse in
terest in this campaign, for the na
tional fire loss through preventable
fires is about $250,000,000 a year,
though even the annual fire los sis ex
ceeded by the annual loss through the
lack of painting, says Prof. H. H. King,
who has conducted paint tests for sev
eral years for the people of Kansas,
at the Kansas Agricultural College.
Indeed, it would seem that property
owners generally should be deeply in
terested in such a campaign, for ap
parently the time will never come
when present buildings can ever be re
placed for anything like their original
cost.
"I repeat that I am heartily in fa
vor of a real, continuous campaign to
Clean Up and Paint Up and Keep it
Up—not any mere six-day effort. It
should be started as soon as possible.”
CLEAN-UP
CAMPAIGN
Whereas, Mayor Searight has pro
claimed a “Clean-Up Campaign” for
the city of Fayetteville, April 10th, to
April 24th, inclusive, the Civic Com
mittee of the Fayetteville Woman’s
Club pledges all possible assistance in
the work.
We love our town best when we can
find pride in it. When we cannot find
proper pride in our own little city, is
it not our fault? Fayetteville is a pret
ty little town. (The arrangement of
the streets and public square is supe
rior to many towns of its size. There
are a great many lovely trees in Fay
etteville. They should be well pre
served and their number increased. It
is remarkable when one thinks of it
how greatly a few shrubs and flow
ers, grass, etc., contribute to the ap
pearance of a home or street. Are
your premises an asset to the beauty
of your town?
Not only do we wish a pretty town,
but a CLEAN town, a town of healthy
people, — health spells efficiency not
only today, but to mororw. Are you
sinning against your own family,
lag^inst your, community?
There is no reason why Fayetteville
should not be one of the most beautiful
of the cleanest towns of the state.
It depends on every citizen of the
town to do his or her part. Let us,
be loyel to Fayetteville. Let us dress
her up in the garments of beauty and
cleanliness. We may not have much
money, but we can give our children
a clean, wholesome town if we will.
These things come not from full pock
ets, but from full hearts.
The Civic Committee has appointed
the following ladies to act as chair
men of streets.
Main Street—Miss Beauty Griggs.
Cemetery Street and Fairburn Street
Mrs. J. A. Lester.
North Railroad Street—Miss Ethel
Eastin.
South Railroad Street and Church
Street—Mrs. Allen.
North Fayetteville—Mrs- Jl/ij Ad
ams.
Senoia Street—Mi;s. McLucas.
School House Street—Miss Lora
Perry and Mrs. Edd Dixon.
The Boy Scouts will be asked to
aid in the work.
The Mayor and Council will see
that all garbage is removed. If yours
is overlooked phone Miss Lora Perry,
chairman; Mrs. Ingram or ( your street
chairman.
At the close of the campaign the
Sanitary Department will conduct a
thorough inspection of the town. A
certificate will be given all persons
with sanitary premises and list will ne
published in order that all may know
the true condition of our town.
CIVIC COMMITTEE,
WOMAN’S CLUB,
Miss Lora Perry,
Miss Ethel Eastin,
Mi;s. J. A. Lester,
Mrs. McLucas.
Mrs. Fife,
Mrs. Turnipseed,
Miss Beauty Griggs.
MRS. L. A. INGRAM, President.
Basketball Badinage.
Kansas paper: “Bilisburg’s basket
ball Belles bear Burlington’s basket
ball Beauties. Blondes, brunettes,
beautifully bedizened by basques,
bloomers, belts, buttons. Bugle iilows
—bout begins— backbones bend, bod
ies. bump, buttons burst, ‘belts break.
Boosters bellow lioisteroiftly. Beauties
bulfet bail briskly, but bouncing Belles
bear battle’s brunt by busy bursts be
yond blocking. Both bunches battle
bravely, but Belles, being better
bumpers, beat Beauties badly. Bravo.
Blllsburg Belles, bravo!”—Bostou
Transcript.
Discovery of Borax.
The wonderful preservative powers
of borax were first discovered In Yel
lowstone park, Wyoming. A wander
ing prospector in that desolate though
picturesque region came across the
body of a horse, which, although it
must have died long before, was per
fectly whole and sweet Looking
around for an explanation of the phe
nomenon, be found that the animal
was covered with a layer of fine dust,
which proved to be borax. He saw
the commercial value of his discovery,
and sold the secret to a large packing
firm In Chicago.
The Japanese Schoolboy.
In Japanese schools ihe physVnl
development of a child is given as
much attention as bis mental devel
opment. On warm days be strips to
the waist and his teacher watches him
closely ns lie works. If he** breathes
improperly, lie is corrected: if lie is
round-shouldered or tin I-chested, he is
given special exercises; 'if be is too
thin a special diet is recommended.
As in the United States, every child
must go to school when lie is six years
old. He receives a six years’ course
in morals, reading, arithmetic, gym
nastics. and poetry.
CONGRESS MOVES
TO END STRIKE
\TTORNEY GENERAL REITERATES
GOVERNMENT’S “HANDS
OFF” POLICY.
BORAH ATTACKS OPERATORS
Borah, Charging Breaking Of Contract,
Says “Drastic Action” May
Be Demanded
Washington.—A congressional effort
it settlement of the coal strike, partic
ularly as It involves the bituminous
fields, has been begun. Chairman
Nolan of the house labor committee
has been authorized to telegraph Invi
tations to a number of representative
operators and officers of the opera
tors’ association in the central com
petitive field to attend a meeting with
the miners’ union leaders in Wash
ington April 10, and attempt to reach
an agreement.
At the same time Senator Borah, Re
publican, of Idaho, took occasion to
say in the senate that “drastic public
action" might be demanded, and to
charge the operators with contract
breaking in precipitating the strike.
A possible dibergence between the
views of members of congress and
those of the administration, however,
was seen when Attorney - General
Daugherty issued a statement that
“the government is not undertaking
to do anything in the present situa
tion of the coal matter,” declaring
that “men have a right to quit work
and men have a right to employ other
men,” that the public was not menaced
with coal shortage, and that it was
the duty of local authorities to main
tain order.
The house committee action came
after its members had spent two days
listening to discussion of the strike
from the miners’ viewpoint by John
L. Lewis, president of the United Mine
Workers. Mr. Lewis assured the com
mittee he would advise his associates
to negotiate with any “representar
tive group" of operators from the cen
tral field, which includes Ililnois, In
diana, Ohio and western Pennsylva
nia, even though not all of the Oper
ators could he induced to deal again
with the union.
The union, he insisted, would not
and could not settle with disputes in
other states until this basis had been
established for a national wage level.
CHARGES ANTI-SALOON
MEN CONTROL HOUSE
finkham Says League Controls House
And Congressional Inquiry
Would Be Futile
Washington.—Demand for investiga
tion by the department of justice of
charges that the Anti-Saloon League of
America *had failed to report cam
paign expenditures as required under
the corrupt practices act was made
in the house recently by Representa
tive Tinkham, Republican, of Massa
chusetts.
Making the charges himself, Mr.
Tinkham declared it would be "abso
lutely futile” to expect an investiga
tion by congress because of “the com
plete control of the house by the Anti-
Saloon League and its abject obedi
ence to the dictates of the league.”
Mr. Tinkham charged specifically
that the league had violated the cor
rupt practices act by not making re
turns from 1910, the year of the law’s
enactment, until 1920; by not giving
the names and addresses of all persons
receiving $10 or more in the returns
filed by Wayne B. Wheeler, its gen
eral counsel, “under protest” in 1920
and by the non-reporting under the
act of branches of the league in West
Virginia, Maryland, Wisconsin, Colo
rado, Oregon and Iowa.
Ask For Action In Bergdoll Probe
Washington.—Thl house has been
urged by three former service mem
bers to call up the report of the com
mittee which investigated the escape
of Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, draft
dodger, and adopt either the majority
or minority views. As a step in the
fight to bring about action. Represen
tative Lineberger, Republican, of Cali
fornia, obtained permission to reprint
the report in the Congressional Rec
ord.
Reduction On Hardwood Rates Given
Memphis, Tenn. — A reduction
amounting to three and a half cents per
one hundred pounds in hardwood lum
ber rates from southwestern produc
ing territory to Central Freight asso
ciation and Eastern Trunk Line ter
ritory. has been granted by the inter
state commerce commission, according
to information received at the office
here of the Southern Hardwood Traf
fic association. A similar reduction on
soft woods to a more limited territory
has been allowed, it was also an
nounced
m ubjiu mwiWMS U.S. BANK
OF FARM CREDITS
Ulster Citizens Express Fear That Sinn
Fein Army Along Border Can
not Be Controlled.
Belfast, Ireland.—Despite the Irish
peace agreement signed one night re
cently in London, violence continues
in UlBter province. Four men, two
of them policemen, were shot down
in the streets. Tremendous damage
was done by a series of incendiary
fires in the business district. One
bomb was thrown.
A member of the Ulster constabu
lary was killed and another wounded
when a detachment of Sinn Feiners,
armed with rifles and a machine gun,
ambushed and attacked a police patrol
at Newry. The attackers escaped.
Rebel troops of the Irish Republican
army held up a train near Newton-
Cunningham and burned a quantity of
. ,Vi»us, says a dispatch from London
derry.
Other rebels ejected loyal members
of the Irish Republican army from
• .• harracks in Cardenagh and Mo-
ville. The Swilley hotel at Moville was
commandeered by the raiders.
News of the peace agreement was
received in Belfast with mixed senti
ments, the Unionists expressing doubt
as to whether troops of the Irish Re
publican army can be controlled along
the Ulster border.
SIAMESE TWINS DIE,
BAFFLING FAMOUS DOCTORS
One Sister Follows Other To Death
In Few Seconds—Operation
Was Refused.
Chicago.—Josefa and Rosa Blazek,
the “Siamese twins,” died at a hospi
tal here. Josefa’s death occured first
and was followed in a few seconds
by the death of her sister. Physicians
declared that in the event of the death
of one of the sisters the other would
die quickly, as their brother, Frank
Blazek, had refused to permit an op
eration which would sever their bod
ies.
The twins had ’ een in the hospital
ten days. Josefa was 111 with yellow
jaundice, and that was followed by
pneumonia. Shortly before her death
Rosa was afflicted with bronchitis.
Preparations had been made for the
severing operation, and the physicians
were ready to make every effort to
safe the life of at least one of the
women.
Hope of saving the life of Josefa
was finajly abandoned according to Dr.
B. H. Breakstone, chief of the surgi
cal staff at the hospital.
“I tried to get the consent of the
brother to operate to save the life of
Rosa, but he refused to give his per
mission,” the physician added.
Doctor Breakstone explained that a
delicate operation would have been
necessary. Before their death he had
expressed the opinion that the physio
logical affinity of the twins was so
vital that if one should die the other
might also succumb before the band
of flesh and bone that joins them
could be severed.
CREATION OF FEDERAL INSTITU.
TION SIMILAR TO RESERVE
BANK SYSTEM
TO GIVE LONG-TERM CREDITS
Senate Bill Would Give Farming Inter
ests Same Credit Facilities As
Those Of Commerclaiists
British Miners Support U. S. Miners
London.—The British Miners’ Union
is going to give its support to the
American miners in their national
strike, which begins April 1. The Brit
ish coal miners, however, will not take
any action to stop the shipment of coal
to the United States unless the United
Mine Workers of America request it.
This information comes from Vernon
Hartshorn, M. P„ head of the South
Wales Miners’ Federation and a mem
ber of the executive committee of the
Miners’ Federation of Great Britain.
Washington.—Creation of a federal
institution similar to the federal re
serve bank system to provide long
term credits for farmers was pro
posed in a bill Introduced by Senator
Simmons, Democrat, of North Carolina,
former chairman of the senate finance
committee, which was later referred
to that committee. The bill would
set up an agricultural banking system
with regional districts and other at
tributes of the federal banking sys
tem.
Establishment of a “national agri
cultural credits corporation,” to ab
sorb the war finance corporation, with
$500,000,000 capital for a revolving
fund, all to be subscribed by the gov
ernment, was proposed under the bill.
Loans would run from one to three
years. The governing body would be
a board of five members, headed by
the secretary of agriculture, appoint
ed by the president and confirmed by
the senate.
Senator Simmons told the senate hie
bill would give farming interests the
same credit facilities that commer
cial interests receive from the federal
reserve system. Mr. Simmons said
his plan was a “sound, workable and
well-balanced system of financing the
agricultural operations of the country."
It would provide for farmers “bank
ing and credit facilities comparable il
not equal to the federal reserve sy»
tem,” he said.
MONTREAL CHURCH GUTTED
BY BLAZE; LOSS $500,OOC
Blaze Was Second Within A Fe>*
Days—New York Church
Also Burns
Montreal.—The Church of the Sa
cred Heart, one of the largest religious
structures in the city, was recently
destroyed by fire, with a loss of $500,-
000.
Scores of spectators narrowly es
caped death when the 175-foot spire
crashed. The crowd had broken
through police lines, when the steeple
was seen to sway. Then came a mad
dash for safety.
The church, of Gothic design, was
built twenty years ago. Its Interior
was noted for its richly decorated altar
and carved pews.
The blaze was second within a few
days to raze a Canadian church.
New York.—While firemen were
fighting flames in St. Ann’s Catholic
church, men, women and children
knelt in the streets nearby and prayed
that the blaze would be kept from
spreading. The fire was extinguished
with slight damage. Overturned can
dles started the fire, it was said.
The Senate Approves Pacts On China
W’ashingtou.—The senate completed
its part of the arms conference pro
gram by giving its approval to the
last two articles of the group of seven
admitted to It for ratification. On the
final ratification roll calls the affirma
tive expression of senate opinion was
all but unanimous. Not a single vote
was cast against the far eastern treaty,
drawn to guarantee a new bill of rights
to China, and there was only one dis
senting voice when the constitutional
“advice and consent” was given for
revision of the Chinese tariff..
Deficit In Income Tax Receipts Shown
Washington.—If the already immense
deficit in income tax receipts con
fronting the treasury keeps mounting.
Republican leaders admit that con-
gres may be called on to provide ad
ditional new tax legislation before the
end of the present session.
$35,000 Salaries Refused By House
Washington—The house puts its
foot down firmly on a proposal to pay
salaries of $35,000 to four shipping
board officials, refusing by a unani
mous vote to approve the conference
report on the independent offices ap
propriation bill, which would have
authorized payment during the coming
fiscal year of salaries of between $11,-
000 and $25,000 to six employees in
addition to the four who would re
ceive $35,000.
Makes First Leg Of Ocean Flight
Lisbon.—The Fairey hydro-aeroplane
(a 400-horse power machine), which is
flying from Lisbon to Brazil, reached
the Canary islands, 1,000 miles from
here after a flight of eight hours, and
reported “all well.” Two Portuguese
officers are making the flight, Pilot
Coutinho and Captain Seadura. After
examining their machine and repairing
any defects which may have developed
during the first leg of the flight, they
are expected to take advantage of the
first favorable weather to go on to the
Cape Verde Islands.
Artist And Author Stage Fist Duel
San Francisco.—Harry Leon Wilson,
nationally known author and play
wright, and Theodore Criley, artist,
fought a duel, according to a story
printed in the San Francisco Exam
iner. There were no clashing blades
nor silver mounted pistols. It was
fought in a sheltered glen near Car
mel, an artist colony, 70 miles south of
here, on the Pacific coast, and at day
light, the traditional hour of duels.
The weapons were fists, encased in rid
ing gloves and backed, in Wilson’s
case, with a weight of specially trained
bone and muscle.
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Marine Suspected In Woman’s Death
Norfolk, Va.—A United States ma
rine is being held under observation
at the baracks here in connection
with the death of Mrs. Ruth Mercer,
whose body was found on the beach
at Ocean View. No arrest has been
made, but Norfolk detectives have vis
ited the barracks and after securing a
partial identification of him as the man
with whom it Is claimed the young
woman was last seen, it is said, asked
that he be not allowed to leave the
reservation. His name could not be
learned from the police
