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FQRTY-FIRST YEAR.—NO. 255.
EDGE MURDER IS SOLVED
Jensie McCullough Tells Story of Killing
U. S. Refuses to End
Miners Injunction
BOSTON POLICE'
STRIKE SMASHER
GIVEN HUGE VOTE;
KY. REPUBLICAN
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Huge Dry Victory In
Ohio—New Jersey
Democratic |
(By Associated Press.)
More complete returns today on 1
the off year elections yesterday did
not change the outcome in any im
portant respect. The smashing vic
tory of Governor Coolidge, Republi
can, governor of Massachusetts, re
elected by the largest vote every
polled by a gubernatorial candidate
in that state, shared honors with the
equally decisive dry victory in Ohio,
as the most striking results in the i
voting.
Kentucky swept into the Republi- J
can fold in the governorship fight,
but today’s returns made certain!
that New Jersey was back on the ’
Democratic side. Maryland is still :
in doubt.
KENTUCKY REPUBLICAN
BY HEAVY MAJORITY.
LOUISVILLE, Ky., Nov. s.—With '
ten counties missing out of 120, the !
unofficial returns early today gave '
Edwin P. Morrow, Republican, a ma- i :
jority of 23,579 over Gov. James D. ,
Black, Democrat, in the race for ‘
governor of Kentucky. Indications ‘
are that the state-wide prohibition
amendment has been defeated.
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OHIO PILES UP
HUGE DRY VOTE.
COLUMBUS, 0., Nov. s—(By As
sociated Press) —Ohio voted yester
day to remain in the dry column by
a majority which may reach three
times the size of that by which it
voted prohibition a year ago, ac
cording to incomplete figures early
today. The state also voted by a '
big majority to uphold the action of
the legislature in ratifying the fed
eral prohibition amendment !
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NEW JERSEY BACK IN r
DEMOCRATIC FOLD.
TRENTON, N. J., Nov. s.—(By
Associated Press.) —Edward I. Ed- j
wards, Democrat, was elected gover- j
nor yesteray over Newton Bugbee,
Republican. y
COOLIDGE ELECTED BY ‘
GREAT MAJORITY.
BOSTON, Nov. 5. —Governor Cool- < t
idge, republican, was re-elected by I
an overwhelming plurality over Rich
ard H. Long, democrat. Coolidge’s
majority had reached more than 111,-
000, with only 45 precincts missing,
out of 193 in the state.
Gov. Coolidge’s iron-handed handl
ing of the recent police union strike j
in Boston was an issue in the elec- j
tion. J
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ROOSEVELT’S SON
ELECTED TO ASSEMBLY. r
NEW YORK, Nov. s.—Returns re- c
ceived from the legislative election e
in New York show no change in the
political complexion of the senate,
the democrats gained three seats in
that body of the legislature.
Lieutenant Colonel Theodore Roose
velt did as his famous father by being ■
elected to the assembly. He was great- i
ly elated over his victory, which he I
America Needs the Red Cross; The Red Cross Needs You
CAN’T ACCEPT
PROPOSAL OF
LABOR, SAYS
PALMER’S AIDE
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Means Long Fight Say
Union And Labor
Leaders
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WASHINGTON, Nov 5. (Py
Associated Press.) —The government
I canont accept the proposal of organ
| ized labor to end the coal strike by
vacating the injunction proceedings
agdinst the officials of the United
Mine Workers, Assitant Attorney
General Ames, in the absence of At
torney General Palmer, announced to
day.
“The government could not aban
don its position,” he said, “because
the strike is in violation of law.”
The refusal of the government to
vacate the injunction means a lang
fight in the coal fields, while with-I
drawal would have opened the way for
settlement within 48 hours, according I
to Edgar Wallace, legislative repre-'
sentative of the United Mine Work-!
ers. t
Labor leaders were plainly dis-;
turbed by the news of the govern-!
ment’s decision. They, as well as the ;
operators, agreed it would keep the j
strike going for some time.
28 ARRESTED IN
STEEL STRIKE RIOTING.
YOUNGSTOWN, 0., Nov. s.—(By!
Associated Press.) —Twenty-four wo-j
men and four men were arrested to
day when rioting was resumed at the
plant of the Youngstown Sheet Tube
Co.
The women threw pepper in the (
eyes of officers.
KENTUCKY OPERATORS
ASK FOR PROTECTION.
WASHINGTON, Nov. s.—(By
Associated Press.) —Request for fed
eral troops to guard the coal mines
was made today by Kentucky opera
tors who conferred with Fuel Ad
ministrator Garfield. Threats made
against the continuance of operations
necessitated protection to insure con
tinued production, it was stated.
PRESENT MAXIMUM COAL
PRICES TO STAND.
WASHINGTON, Nov. s.—(By
Asosciated Press.)—There will be no
cnange at present in maximum coal
prices fixed by the government, Fuel
Administrator Garfield told a delega
tion of operators today.
LOCAL SPOTS
Good Middling 38 3-4 cents.
NEW YORK FUTURES.
Prev.
Close Open High Low Close
Dec 37.25 37.50 38.27 37.84 38.10
Jan.' 36.70 37.25 37.75 37.35 37.43
Meh 36.30 36.75 37.25 36.80 37.03
May
regarded as especially significant, be
cause he became the father of a son
election day.
ROLPH RE-ELECTED
SAN FRANCISCO MAYOR.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. s.—(By
Associated Press.)— Mayor Rolph,
Jr., was re-elected yesterday, defeat
ing former Mayor Eugene Schmitz,
labor leader.
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PUBLISHED IN THE HEART OF
(Mr. World: “How Do I Feel? All Riot!’’
LADIES AND MEN
UNITE IN PLANS
FOR PLAYGROUND
Civic Organizations To
Map Program At Fri
day Conference.
A definite movement for acquiring
* public playground for the chil
dren of the community was launched
this morning at a conference at the
Chamber of Commerce between Mrs.
Frank Sheffield, of the Woman’s
Club, several other members of the
club, and officers and members of
the Chamber of Commerce. The
meeting was held at the suggestion
of the ladies, the playground hav
ing been a subject which the Wom
an’s Gibb has been agitating for
three years in the face of obstacles
and apparent disinterest.
As a result of the meeting this
morning, a plan was evolved for the
amalgamation of all civic bodies in
the movement. The Woman’s Club
is to invte the other ladies’ organiza
tions of the city, including the U.
D. C., D. A. R., Music Study Club,
etc., and the Rotary Club and Cham
ber of Commerce will attempt to in
terest the men of the city in the
movement.
Several talks were made at the '
meeting, which took the form largely
of an informal discussion. J. Rals
ton Cargill, a commissioner of the
Chamber of Commerce and a mem-1
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 5, 1919.
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Every citizen who has the best interests
of this community at heart is expected to
be at the meeting at the courthouse at 3
i o’clock Thursday afternoon for the or
ganization of a packing plant.
Good speakers, plenty of “pep,” and
real action are on the program. It’s
every man’s meeting.
If it is necessary, make a sacrifice to be
there. You’ll find it worth it.
bcr of the playground committee of
the Rotary Club, reported that the
club had had the subject under dis
cussion. He mentioned the Hill
property of six acres, lying in the
southeast part of the city, on which
a large residence building is located,
as an ideal spot for a playground,
and stated that it was to be sold at
public outcry shortly, and that quick
organization might result in the pos
sibility of this property being ac
quired for the purpose.
Many Advantage*.
He pointed out its many advan
tages, among them the ample acre
age for various types of recreation
for the youngsters, and the com
modious house, which might easily be
remodeled and be turned into a
community house, now a great need
here.
H. O. Jones, former chairman of
the local War Camp Community
board informed the meeting that the
Comn/unity Service stood ready to
co-operate in a playground move
ment without expense to the com
munity by furnishing several ex
perts’ services for several months in
getting systematic recreational work
started here.
When Mr. Jones was questioned
closely as to whether or not the
Community Service could not be de
pended upon to assist financially in
the acquisition and equipment of the
playground, which Mr. Jones said he
could not answer, because he did not
know, Prof. J. E. Mathis, superin
tendent of the public school, ejected
a new spirit into the meeting with
(Continued on Page Eight.)
By Morris
WALTER WILSON,
WHITE MAN, IS
HELD FOR DEED
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Henry Binyard, Negro Taxi Driver, Who Carried
Slayer To Scene Os Crime, According To Ne
gress’ Story, Also Held; Lena Coolidge, Negress,
Fourth Prisoner In Connection With Killing.
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The mysterious murder of Joel Edge on the night of September
24 has at last been cleared up.
This was the statement today of Sheriff Harvey, who stated that
he had the slayer of Edge in j»il and all evidence in hand ready
to go Io trial. The slayer, he said, was Walter W. Wilson, a white
man, who beat Edge to death with a black jack on the Rylander road
east of Americus. The motive was jealousy. Edge at the time Was
driving into the country with Jensie McCullough and Lena Coolidge,
two mulatto women. Wilson had been living with the Coolidge wo
man, according to the evidence, and when he discovered her gone
from her home in the East Bottoms near Jensie McCullough's home
he secured an automobile uptown and started in pursuit. He over- •
took the buggy with Edge and the two women not far beyond the
city limits. He pulled Edge from the buggy and beat him to death,
while the women, in fright, jumped from the buggy and ran through
the woods and fields back to the city.
Not only is Wilson in jail, charg
ed with the murder, but the Coolidge
woman and Henry Binyon, a local
negro taxi driver, who is said to have
taken Wilson on the murder trip, are
also in jail. Jensie McCullough has
been in the county jail since short
ly after the discovery of the crime.
All are charged with murder, but it
is believed that eventually only Wil
son will be held for the killing, the
others being only material witnesses.
The whole story was told by Jen
nie McCullough, first to Judge J. A.
Hixon, of the law firm of Hixon &
Pace, whom she secured as her coun
cil on condition that she tell the
whole truth, and later in the pres
ence of Judge Hixon an I Sheriff
Harvey According to information,
her story has since been corroborated
in every detail She said she recog
nized Wilson as the man who pulled
Edge from the buggy and beat him,
and Binyon as the driver of the car
in which Wilson rode.
The Coolidge woman is said to
have refused to talk to the officers.
Binyon is said to have denied that
he drove the murder car, but officers
say he probably will tell a different
story at the trial.
The present whereabouts of Wil
son are known only to the officers.
He is not in the Sumter county jail,
and, it is said, will not be brought
here for the present. He was arrest
ed in another part of the state after
he had disappeared from here, fol
lowing the murder, and it was some
time before he could be located
Evidence Came Slowly.
Jensie McCullough told her story
several weeks ago, but it was only
recently that sufficient corroborative
evidence- to warrant an arrest was
found by the authorities Accord
ing to the McCullough woman, she
was present when Edge was killed.
She flew from the scene immediate
ly, however, according to her story,
and had no part in disposing of the
body where it was found on the
roadside about a mile distance from
where Edge was first attacked, mak
ing her way into Americus on foot
and creeping into her home in the
early morning hours, where soon af
terward she was joined by Lena Coo
lidge, her hat broken and her waist
torn, as though she had been fight
ing. The Coolidge woman, Jensie Mc-
Cullough says, endeavored to per-
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EDITION
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
suade her to say that two white men,
and two negroes were the men who
attacked Edge.
The night ride which ended in the
death of Edge was begun, the Mc-
Cullough negress told the authori
ties, on Strife street, near the home
of E. D. Sheffield, where she found
Edge and Lena Coolidge waiting for
her after her return from a visit to
the business portion of Americus,
where she declared she went to avoid
filling an engagement with Edge to
accompany him to his home in the
country. Edge came into Americus,
she said, to carry her and Lena Coo
lidge to the Rylander farm, where
the two negro women were to visit
Edge and another white man.
None Were Drinking,
None of the party were drinking,
according to the McCullough woman,
but Edge spoke sharply to her for
failing to fill her engagement when
she came along Strife street and
saw Edge and Lena Coolidge sitting
in a buggy near the Sheffield home,
and only a few feet from Church
street, a respectable residence thor
oughfare. She promised then she
would return in a short while and
join Lena and Edge, and this she de
clared she did after first going into
her home and pretending to retire.
Edge and Lena Coolidge were in a
buggy on Crawford street midway
between Strife and Mayo when she
got into the buggy, she said. Edge
drove directly east to the city limits,
turning to the right just beyond the
East Americus school house and go
ing thence into the Rylander road,
at a point not far distanct from
where the murder was committed.
The party were riding along at a
reasonable speed, according to the
woman, when the sound of an auto
mobile approaching was heard. Lena
Coolidge, it was said, immediately
became nervous, but this was not
noticed by the McCullough woman
until after the car came within hail
ing distance of the buggy. Then a
voice from within the car called to
Edge to stop. No attention was
paid to the command by Edge, and
the car shot past the buggy, only to
stop across the road a short distance
away. Being unable to pass the au
tomobile parked crossways in the
road, Edge stopped and, according
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