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Newspaper Page Text~—y» —- VOLOE 9; Number 4 Prosecution Ends In Norris Case Defense Attacks State’s Witnesses; Arguments Begin Monday. Austin, Texas, Jan. 27.—The pros ecution closed its case at 11:25 this morning in the trk'l of the Rev. J. Frank Norris for the slaying of Dex ter E. Chipps, wealthy lumberman. The state rested after the testimony of rebuttal witnesses. The defense at once placed on the stand a number of witnesses in su rebuttal in an effort to impeach the testimony of several state’s wit nesses. A young school teacher, Miss Melba Bullock, who formerly lived in Fort Worth, was the state’s chief witness today. She arrived at the First Baptist church in Fort Worth just a few minutes after Chipps was <hot by Norris. She testified to the eneral effect that Norris was calm after the killing. C. D. Rogers testified that H. H. Rans had told him a few minutes after the shooting that Norris had remarked, “I’ve killed a man.” Arguments will begin Monday. The defense asked a delay to per- mit the arrival of two witnesses. Court adjourned with the under standing that it would reconvene later if the witnesses had arrived. Court and attorneys were to con fer during the afternoon on the judge’s charges to the jury. ' Miss Bullock stood while testify ing because she said she could talk better standing. She told Marvin Simpson, defense attorney, that she did not see an elderly woman come down the stairway as she was going up. She testified she didn’t hear Dr. Norris say. “I’ve killed me a man.” SIX OF FAMILY DIE AS TRAIN HITS AUTO Rockford, 111., Jan. 27.—Zella Knight, 13, was the only member of a family of seven alive Monday, fol lowing the wrecking of their auto mobile by a fast Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul passenger train on the south side of Rockford, at a grade ^crossing. I. S. Knight, 40; Mrs. Knight, 38; Zolla, 5, Nellie, 4; Elease, 11, and Clinton, 8. All came here only a few weeks ago from Red Boiling Springs, Tenn. TWO LOCAL RESIDENTS FIGURE IN SMASH-UP Loyd Huff and U. W. Mackey of this place, escaped serious injuries by a narrow margin, early Tuesday morning, while motoring to their work in Lansing. According to reports a large truck was parked on the pavement, on the ■ide of the hill near the Hick’s farm. A car coming from the west turned out to pass the truck, at the lame time that the car driven by Mr. Huff came to the top of the hill. The lat ter’s vision of ths truck wa« obstruct ed by the aforesaid car, and it is ■aid, before they caul* apply their brakes, they had crashed into the truck, completely wrecking their ma chine. Although neither of the oc cupants were thrown out, they were badly shaken up. Mr. Mackey** face wai severely cut, while Mr. Huff escaped injuries The wrecker waa called, and the machine i« now In a garage for re pairs.—Wilm., (Mich.,) Enterprise. REVIVAL AT WAYNESVILLE Revival services will he begun at Waynesville Methodist church Sun day Jan. 30. Rev. Harvey Hysell of Charleston West Virginia, will ar rive Monday and will do the preach ing. Mrs. Hysell, who was before her marriage Miss Nellie Townsend, of Waycross, will play and sing. Services will be held at night only, beginning promptly at 7:30. Come hear the old-time gospel preached. NOTICE The Sunday School Convention of the Hickox district of the Piedmont association will be heli with the Hickox Baptist church, Ue sth Sun day in January 1917. we hope that each church in this district will be represented. All cordially Invited. M. G. DAVIS,Tastor. Advertise In The Brantley Enterprise * J ' THE BRANTLEY ENTERPRISE' CT DIREi SUCCESSOR TO THE BRANTLEY COUNTIAN—THE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF BRANTLEY COUNTY, GEORGIA—THE ONLY NEWSPAPER IN THE COUNTY. Mrs. Chaplin Fails To Get Federal Aid U. S. Can’t Help Her Obtain mony, Charlie Broke. Washington, Jan. 27. —Mrs. Lita Grey Chaplin was officially informed today that the treasury department could not help her in her efforts to collect alimony from the funds of Charlie Chaplin, which are tied up by tax suits instituted by the govern ment. Chapplin Is Wobbly. New York, Jan. 27. —Described as penniless, weak, wobbly and without money enough of his own to hire a taxi, Charlie Chaplin today was hop ing that his difficulties with the government over his income tax returns would be settled within a few day's. His attorneys were arranging to post a bond to meet the government’s claim for $1,135,000 in back income taxes and so release from liens more than SBOO,OOO of Chaplin’s New York assets. It was said unofficially at the internal revenue collector’s office that so far as this district is concern ed the matter would be adjusted by Monday. “I don’t know what it all means,” Chaplin remarked on his return from a short automobile ride in Central Park, his first venture outdoors since his nervous breakdown here a week ago. “I’ve just got up out of bed, and ’m still pretty weak and wobbly, t’s all very confusing. I’m just try- ng to complete a picture and make some money.” Chaplin, said Nathan Burkan, his attorney, would be absolutely penni less and unable to hire a taxi if it were not for his friends. This same temporary poverty, he said, has caus ed considerable loss to his two pic- ture companies, the activities of which have been curtailed by lack of operating funds. “Chaplin has no desire or design to treat the government unfairly,” said Mr. Burkan. “He has always paid his taxes and the companies have always paid theirs, but the government thinks back taxes are due and we are perfectly willing to insure it against loss by posting securities.” Burkan explained chat Chaplin’s withdrawal from an account here Thursday was not to forestall the government’s liens, but to meet stud dio expenses here. Although details of a conference between Chaplin’s attorneys and cus tom house officials were not made public, it was said that Chaplin’s pur pose in preparing for a settlement of the government’s claims was not in order that he might leave the United States, but in order to resume his business. A section of the revenue law provides that no alien shall leave the country unless he has complied with all obligations Imposed by the income tax law. • Chaplin is a British subject. Burkan explained that Chaplin’s recent transfer to New York of mon ey In banks In California, where the actor’s estranged wife has tied up his assets, waa to pay for the com pletion of Chaplin’s new picture. Burkan »ald he did not think Chap- lin would do any work here person ally, as he planned to do, but would return to California to defend his wife’* suit. ALBANI SCOUT HEAD GOES TO WAYCROSS Albany, Ga., Jan. 24.—James H. Glllon, executive of Nochaway Coun cil, Boy Scouts, has tendered his resignation to W. B. Haley, presi dent of the council, and will move to Waycross to engage in the insurance business, he has announced. Mr. Gillon came to Albany in April, 1925, to take charge of the Boy Scout work in the Second Congressional District, succeeding W. M. Bagby, who went to Savannah. Nochaway Council was the first rural Scout council organised In America. Of ficers are expected to announce Mr. Gillon’s successor in a few days. COOK MAN IS FINED FOR SHOOTING FISH Moultrie, Ga., Jan. 27.—Con victed in Colquitt Superior Court on a charge of shooting fish, Dan Tillman, Cook County man, was NAHUNTA, BRANTLEY COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 27th, 1927. Seven Killed In Toledo Explosion Two-Story Brick Building Wreck ed By Gas Blast Toledo, 0., Jan. 27. —Seven known dead was the toll of a gas explosion which today demolished a two-story brick building at I)oint Place, a sub urb. Four persons were injured. The dead: Mrs. Fred A. Kleis, Fred A. Kleis, Anna Conrad, Donald Becker, five years old, Thomas Hunter, Irene Ruth Ebert, 7; Mrs. Thorpe, 60. The injured: Blanche Jennings, 46, both legs broken; Phylis and Buddy Roach, both cut and bruised; John Butler, truck driver, minor cuts and bruises. Firemen said the explosion result ed from a leaking gas main. The gas in the building had been turned off during the morning while repairs were made and was turned on again shortly before noon. Two blasts were heard about thirty seconds apart. The building which contain ed a grocery store, pressing club and barber shop, was completely demoli shed and the occupants buried in the burning wreckage. The shock was felt in Bayview Park, two miles distant. Mrs. Blanche Jennings, who lived in an apartment on the second floor, and Fred Kleis, proprietor of the gro cery store, both seriously injured, were among the first taken from the wreckage. John Butler, repair ing an automobile tire in front of the store, was also buried beneath the wreckage. A scene of confusion confronted those who raced to the spot. The smoking mass of brick, steel and wood, burst into flames before any one could enter it. Butler, his au tomobile afire, was in the stree. Firemen and ambulances were called but it was more than an hour before headway was made against the fire to permit any search for the victims. fined $25 and costs. The case against Tillman was made by County Game and Fish Warden Sam Norman, who claimed that he saw Tillman shoot a big trout in Little River. It was one of the first cases of its kind ever tried in Colquitt County. Why ^o They oAhvays Feel So Good? KILLFUL lasting—right! Fine leatb. ers, expertly cut and stitched—right! And don’t forget the linings. Smith Smart Shoe linings axe highest quality. They're fitted snugly, trimmed cleanly and sewed with a double stitch. They won't gar baggyj^theyJ'won’t wrinkle. SmithSmaitShw —and we fit them to ***** W. D. O’Quinn Clo. Co. Waycross, - - - Georgia. Thornton Located In Atlantic City Learned of Wife’s Death From Philadelphia Paper Atlantic City, N. J., Jan. 27.— John C. Thornton, husband of Mrs. Ruby Thornton, who was shot to death near Birmingham, Ala., Wed nesday with A. B. Moore, a railroad official, has been in Atlantic City since November, police announced today. Local police were asked by Bir mingham authorities to locate Thorn ton and they found him working as a clerk in a store and living with his brother, D. S. Thornton. Thornton said today that he had been notified of his wife’s death and had received word from Birmingham police that he was not suspected of any connec tion with the crime. He said that Moore had been a neighbor of his before he came north. Thornton’s presence in Atlantic City on the night of the crime was corroborated by his brother. “John has been living at my home since last November,” he said. “He told of the shooting in our home town, but no one guessed then Ruby v.; s one of the victims, because they nad not been identified. When he did learn that it was her, he wanted to take the first train to Birming ham, but we advised him to stay here, which he did. The shock did not seem to affect him until yester day, when he broke down. He is at a loss to give a motive. We under stand that John and his wife were on good terms and that Ruby and the little girl were coming here in a month or so.” “I first learned of my wife’s death in a Philadelphia newspaper,” John Thornton sold. “Later we received telegrams that she had been shot with this man Moore, whom I knew and who was a neighbor. I have been living in Atlantic City since November. I left Birmingham in search of work. I stopped off here to see my brother, then continued on to New York. I could find noth ing to do there, and returned to my brother’s home here. It was my in tentions to bring my wife to At lantic City. Advertise In The Brantley Enterprise VF;* Stay Smart "QUALITY MEN’S WEAR” .Hudson Malone Will Head Club Albany, Ga., Jan. 27. —Hudson Malone will be the next president of the American Business Club of Albany, having been elected by the membership to succeed H. L. Taß man. Other officers elected are R. E. L. Spence, Jr., first vice president; Agnew Hilsman, second vice presi dent; Dave Gortatowsky, treasurer; Wade Hester, Frank Faulk, T. P. Malone, Agnew Hilsman and H. L. Tallman, board of governors. The new officers of the club will be in stalled at a ladies’ night meeting at Hotel Gordon the night of February 17. Arrangements are in charge of a committee composed of C. D. Tounsley, chairman; Frank Faulk, Jamep Patterson and Kirk Wagen seller. ‘PAPA’ FACES ‘PEACHES’ IN COURT, HE SAID Peaches and Daddy In Statements Carmel, N. Y., Jan., 27.—“ Daddy” Browning and “Peaches,” his flap per bride, had this to say Monday regarding their widely advertised separation suit: Daddy—“l feel that I am entitled to a seperation and that I will be granted it. My wife has admitted she left me and has no intention of returning. That ought to ’ be enough.” Peaches—“l’m not a bit nervous about going into court. I intend to simply tell the truth about the man who so shattered my dreams. For the things he said about me, I don’t care—but I will never forgive him for what he said about my mother.” Court House, Carmel, N. Y., Jan. 27.—The Browning separation trial was adjourned here Monday at 11:33 a. m. until Tuesday morning at 10 o’clock, -when court will be held at White Plains, N. Y. Justice Athur Seeger made this announcement after only two witnesses had testifi ed. There was a possibility that the trial will come back to Carmel to hear rebuttal testimony for Edward W. Browning. “Peaches” side will be presented at White Plains Tuesday. With a grand flourish, accompanied by loud hand-clapping, the celebrated sep aration suit of “Peaches” and “Dad dy” Browning got under way before an intensely interested audience. A moment before court was called to order at if o’clock, "Daddy” made a delayed entry into the court room. His entrance, like that of a leading man at a play, was the signal for a wild outburst of hand-clapping from the women in the audience. As “Daddy” Browning turned and bowed and smiled to his women ad mirers, Judge Seegar rapped his gavel on the bench and annoanced: “Such demonstrations as these will have to stop. If anything else of this kind happens I will be forced to clear the court room.” The elderly millionaire’s child wife, “Pe<ehea," had preceded “Dad dy” into the court room by 10 minutes. She and her mother, Mrs. Carolyn Heenan, were sitting at counsel table conversing in whisper ed tones to her lawyer, Henry Eps tein, a young bespectacled man, when “Daddy” made his dramatic entry. “Peaches” was swathed in a lux urious brown sable coat with a pur ple flower on it. She wore a blue cloche hat. Her court demeanor was subdued, in contrast to the con fident pose assumed by her 52-year old husband. Immedately court was opened, Epstein, counsel for “Peaches,” made a motion that the trial be held secret and that the press be excluded. John E. Mack, of Browning’s lo gal staff, backed up Epstein’s mo tion and also asked that the trial be secret. FIDELITY. Touch but with gentlest finger the crystal that circles the Ma riner’s Guide— To the East and the West how it drifts, and trembles and searches on every side! But it comes to Its rest, and its light lance poises only one self-same way. Since ever a ship spread her mar velous sea-wings, or plunged 11.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE Death Scores At R. R. Crossing Ten Members of Baylor’s Basket* ball Team Round Rock, Texas, Jan. 27.—The cream of Baylor University’s athletic talent was wiped out here today when a fast International-Great Northern Railroad train crashed into a motor bus and took the lives of ten and injured five, one of whom is not expected to live. One of the party of twenty-two Dave Cheavens’ !was missing tonight. Coach Ralph R. Wolf and his bas ketball players were scheduled to meet the University of Texas Long horns tonight at Austin. They had completed all but twenty-two miles of their trip from Waco to the state capital in the University’s parlor bus. The driver apparently did not see the train until it was practically upon the bus crossing the tracks. The big machine was turned, but too late, the locomotive crashing into it amidships and dragging and tossing bodies of the dead down the tracks. Joe Potter of West, freshman, the official driver of the machine, was driving at the time of the accident, it was determined tonight, although there had been reports that Coach Ralph R. Wolf was at the wheel. Wolf escaped injury. Potter was taken from the scene of the wreck suffering from shock. Six of the students were killed outright, two died at Taylor, Texas, and two in an ambulance en-route to Georgetown, eleven miles away. SLAYER IS TAKEN TO AWAIT DOOM AT GEORGIA PRISON Lafayette, Ga., Jan. 27.—Marshall Reed, who in August, 1925, shot and killed Deputy Sheriff Clayton Hearn, has been sent to the prison farm at Milledgeville, where he will pay the penalty of his crime on Friday, January 28. Reed was accompanied to Mill edgeville by Sheriff L. W. Harmon and Deputy Sheriffs Hayes and Bor ders. The latter was left at the prison farm to guard the prisoner until the date of the execution. The prisoner has maintained silence dur ing his long stay in jail. On the evening of August 29, 1925, Reed and a woman by the name of Louise Pobasco went to Rossville from Chattanooga to at tend church. Reed parked his car near the restaurant, where Deputy Hearn worked, and remained in the car while the woman went inside the church on the opposite side of the street. When she returned Reed had gone to sleep, and when, she roused him from his slumber, he be came Infuriated and began beating her over the head. Her screams at tracted the attention of the people in that vicinity and Deputy Sheriff Hearn rushed to her assistance ,and asked Reed what he meant by such conduct. Reed shot Hearn through the breast and the wounded man sank to the ground, dying before an ambulance eould be brought to the place. Reed made his escape, but later surrendered to Chattanooga officers and was brought to Lafayette, where he was tried In the Walker Superior Court and where he received the death penalty. The case was car ried to the Svpreme cAurt, the Prison Commission and later to the Governor, but all upheld the decision of the lower court. Reed is the first man to be sent from Walker County to the death chair. While the weather forecaster fore casts, old Jupiter Pluvius broadcasts. No one seems intelligent enough to get up a sensible intelligence test. her swan breast through the spray. For north points the needle! Ye look not alone for the sign of the lode-star; the lode-stone, too lendeth cheer; Yet one in the heavens is estab lished for ever, and one is compelled through the sphere. What! and ye cMld not the flut tering magi x that seemeth to fly its trotn. Yet even now is again recording its fealty’s si^lt oath— As North points ife Needle! —From “The ^elected Poems of Edith M. ThomaZ”