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’S A HARD, HARD WORLD.
It’s tough to be a heavy champ,
In training for a fight.
You have to rise each morn at six
And go to bed at night.
FORTY-THIRD YEAR.—NO. 130.
U. S. READY TO OUTLINE POSITION ON MEXICO
MOTHERS START
MOVE TO CHECK
3 ■ 4 A. M. DANCES
Atlanta Mass Meeting
1 akes Up Dangers
lo Young
ATLANTA, June 7.—Mothers of
Atlanta’s younger social set, aroused
to action by dances and other enter
tainments which last until 3 or 4
0 clock in the morning and by reports
that liquor is being brought to the
dances by some of the boys, will
gather in mass meeting this after
noon at 4 o’clock at the Atlanta Wo
man’s club on Peachtree street to dis
cuss and formulate plans to abolish
the late dances and that their sons
and daughters are in bed at a reas
onable hour.
Formal call for this meeting was
issued by Mrs. B. M. Boykin, presi
dent of the Atlanta Woman’s club,
and Mrs. Alonzo Richardson, vice
president of this organization, after
consultation with'Nnembers of the ex
ecutive board, following urgent calls
to Mrs. Boykin from a number of
club women whose sons and daugh
ters are members of the college set.
In addition to the invitation to the
women, Mrs. Boykin extended an in
vitation to representatives of the col
lege clubs and fraternaties of col
leges in and around Atlanta, who
have given dances during the past
year and have issued invitations for
commencement dances during the
present season, to (send represent
atives to the mass meeting, who will
be qualified to give the younger set’s
side of the situation.
This is the first time iri the history
of Atlanta that a mass meeting has
been called for such a purnose and a
large crowd is expected there.
Started By MntJ’iers.
This meeting, to which every wo
man in the citv is invited, was call
ed by Mrs. Boykin and Mrs. Richard
son after a number of mothers of
members of the younger set had call
ed the former and asked her to do
something about the late hours that
the voting people of the “teen” age
are keening in Atlanta.
At the meetings ways and means
will be considered of nutting a stop
to all-night parties and dances from
which the young folks do not start
home until 3 o’clock tn the morn
ing. Early morning automobile
rides are also to come under the ma
ternal taboo. ♦
In calling the meeting Mrs. Boy
kin stated that for the past three or
four weeks mothers of the members
of the school and college set have
been calling her, and have asked her
to call a meeting. Mrs. Boykin stat
ed that she was afraid that some of
the mothers did not realize the dan
gers their sons and daughters were
subject to at these late parties. She
further pointed out that it was the ,
consensus of opinion among the
mothers, that if they trot together and
formulated some definite plans, an
nounced to their sons and daughters
that the dances would have to close
at a reasonable time, and then take
the matter up with those in charge
of the dances or other entertain
ments, the mothers’ organization
would get results.
Must Talk In Homes.
“While we. as mothers and citi
zens. are talking law and order in
our city and state, we, as mothers
and citizens, must talk law and order
in our homes, must teach our chil
dren to respect laws and maintain
order, no matter where they go.
“If we go about ft in the right
way, make it our business to find out
more about th eparties and dances to
which our children go,- we can soon
Incompetence and Corruption In
Atlanta Police, Probers Report
ATLANTA, June 7.—Police Chief
Beavers, Detective Chief Poole and
seven others, including Detectives
Shaw and Waggoner, were found
guilty of incompetence by the “bun
co” investigating committee of city
council, in its report to council Mon
day afternoon.
After the report was read, coun
cil voted unanimously to postpone its
consideration for two weeks.
A summary of the report follows:
That the police and detective de
partments are “seething with poli
tics” and the police board, therefore,
should be abolished.
That the police force be under- im
mediate control and supervision of a
a chief of police elected by city coun
cil “from within or without” the
ranks of the force.
That the detective department be
abolished and officers in plain
clothes from the police department
assigned to this work.
That an assistant: chief of police
be elected on merit tfroni the ranks.
That the practice of allowing cash
bond to be put up at police station
be discontinued and all cases be
heard by the recorder and either
found guilty or discharged.
That no rewards be permitted po
licemen, but go into the city treas
ury instead.
That three police sub-stations be i
established. , j
That an up-to-date filing system
be established at police station.
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3 MILLION GIFT
TO VANDERBILT
NASHVILLE, June 7.—Announce
ments of a gift of $3,000,000 com
ing in equal parts from the General
Education Board of the Rockefeller
corporation and of the removal of
the Vanderbilt School- of Medicine
from South Nashville to the west
campus featured the meeting of the
university board of trustees today.
put a stop to late hours, which un
dermine the health of our sons and
daughters.
“Take, for instance, what has been
done in Athens by the efforts of
mothers and authorities in that city,”
stated Mrs. Boykin. “If a boy who
has been drinking is found on the
floor, the management immediately
closes the dance. In that event one
boy has disregarded the laws of his
city and state by taking a drink of
whisky, breaks up the entire dance,
and if the same boy is guilty of such
an offense a second time, the boys
and girls who enjoy dancing will see
that "he is not asked. Another plan
now' in effect in Athens is this: If 1
a boy has taken a drink in the after
noon, he cannot go on the dance floor
at night. He is either barred at the
door or put off the floor in the event
the drink is detected in any way.
“This is, indeed, a forward move
for Athens, and I think the town and
those who worked such a plan are to
be congratulated.
“Another thing that I would like
to call to the attention of the moth
ers is the large number of automo
bile accidents since Christmas, in
which young men and women under
-20 years of age, have been serious
ly injured. It is appalling.”
f That the civil service be abolished
j in favor of the merit system.
s That the fee system be abolished
and county officers be paid salaries.
1 That no proceeds from the sale of
- “whisky cars” go to officers, but into
/ the city treasury instead.
That policemen be paid a living
i wage and their present salaries sub
stantially increased.
Chief Incompetent.
i Specific findings follow:
That Chief Beavers, while an “up
right, Christian gentleman, whose
honestly and integrity is unquestioni
able,” is not competent to be chief
of police.
That Chief of Detectives Poole has!
been negligent, incompetent and “in
discreet” in associating with Floyd
Woodward.
That the close relations between
Floyd Woodward, “his attorney” and
the police department were “very pe
culiar.”
That while the committee did not
believe the evidence of Nat McWhort
er, they were “forced to believe the
graft charge” against Detective
•Payne because he could not explain
his big bank deposits.
That Detective West was incompe
tent. i
That Detective Shaw in to ’
find the “bunco exchange” on West
Peachtree street, was incompetent, i
That Officers Jones and Whatley,
in their conduct of the case of Lamar :
and Holley seeking to arrest Abe (
Powers, were “grossly incompetent.” 1
That Detective Waggoner’s con- <
THE
SgfLPUBLISHED IN THE HEART OF
British Coal Miner
Delegates Summoned
LONDON, June 7. (By Associat
ed Press.) —-The executive body of
the coal miners union today issued
a call to delegates of the organiza
tion to meet in conference Friday to
consider the strike situation.
HOUSEfOVOTE
ON PEACE FRIDAY
WASHINGTON, June 7.—After a
conference today with President
Harding, Republican Leader Mon
dell said the Porter resolution to
terminate the state of war with Ger
many and Austria would be called
in the house Thursday and voted on
Friday.
Tinnlate Plant Loss
Is Put At $3,000,000
PITTSBURG, June 7. Loss by
fire which partially destroyed the
plant of the McKeesport Tinplate
company late last night, was estimat
ed at nearly $3,000,000 by officials
of the company today. Approxi
mately 1500 men were thrown out
of work temporarily.
WALTER RYLANDER BACK.
Walter Rylander, who went to
New York a couple of weeks ago to
inspect and book legitimate plays
for the coming theatrical season at
the Rylander theater, returned home
early this morning. Mrs. Rylander
remained in the East visiting. Mr.
Rylander will have some announce
ments to make shortly concerning the
success of his trip.
It duct, in making affidavit in the
I Strossnider case, was “not proper.”
I That Officer E. L. Arthur also|
• was “incompetent” and that both him
and Waggoner, in the Strossnider
• case, were “entirely too close to
Floyd Woodward and his attorney.”
: That in the Nick Carter case Chief I
■ Beavers “demonstrated his absolute
incompetency.”
That Henry Smith, principal wit
ness against Councilman Al H. Mar
tin, was successfully impeached, and
the evidence,was not suf dent to
sustain charges against .the council
| man. The committee recommends
i that, if Solicitor Boykin has more
I evidence along this line, he take it
before the grand jury and have Mr.
Martin indicted.
For Continuation.
In conclusion, the committee’s re-;
port stated that it might have heard ,
more evidence and that it hoped fu- 1
ture grand juries will continue in-;
vestigations against various individ
uals involved in the bunco probe. j
The report, describing of!
the prohibition law in Atlanta, said
that members of the committee have;
been solicited to buy whisky at Broad ;
and Forsyth streets, and that such
conditions, together with the opera
tions of the bunco ring here for three
years; were due largely to lack of | •
diligence by police and detectives. | ;
If the departments are pruned up I i
and the “bad and faulty branches I
cut away,” states the report, the coin* (
mittpe is confident the rest of the' .
departtnelitwillflouriSh. •
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AMERICUS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 7, 1921
INDICT TWENTY
DOOLY NEGROES
Trials Growing Out Os
Riots To Begin Wed
nesday
VIENNA, June 7 Twenty ne
groes, including two women, were
indicted Tuesday at a special term of
the Dooly county Superior court on
the charge of murder in connection
with the racial clash at Byromville
on the night of May 17, in which
one white man and one negro were
killed, and four other blacks wound
ed. Four no-bills were rturned.
! Trial will begin Wednesday.
County officers do not deny the
report that they have secured confes
sions from several of the blacks to
the effect that Fate Chapman, the
I negro ring leader, who was wounded
in the fight, plotted it is said, with
them to barricade themselves in his
house, located in the negro section of
Byromville, in an effort to trap Po
liceman Cunningham, shoot him down
and then “shoot up” the small peach
city.
The negroes will face the charge of
slaying L. C. Davis, Jr., of Somer
ville, N. J., a member of the depu-'
tized posse organized by Sheriff Vin
son, Davis being killed when he rush
ed the house of Chapman’s under
heavy fire in an effort to break
through the barricade and drive the
blacks out into the open. A load of
buckshot almost severed his right leg
from his body. He died the'following
day in a Cordele hospital.
xThe trouble began over an attempt
of Policeman Cunningham to collect
city taxes from Fate Chapman. The
hegro, it is said, refused to make any
settlement. In the scuffle that fol
lowed the negro was slightly wound
ed by the officer. During the night
Chapman called his followers togeth
er to get revenge on the officer and
the riot started. The negroes had
sufficient ammunition stored in the
house, besides a number of shot guns,
pistols and rifles, it is said, to last
about three days. The fight lasted
for several hours before they sur
rendered.
The state will be represented by
Solicitor General Joe Wall, Watt
Powell, Henderson and Davis, and
E. B. Dyse. The des<ndants will be
represented by William Harvard and
I Gilbert Robinton.
Fatal Feud Results
From Children’s Fight
> VIDALIA, June 7.—W. M. Gal
brath, aged 45, is dead, and his son
in-law, Tom Tippets; Cicero Mat
thews and his son, Fred Matthews,
are not expected to live as the result
of a shooting melee Monday at Cen
ter church, near Vidalia, in Toombs
county. A brother of the dead man,
Tom Galbraith , and the latter’s son
i in-law, Manning Booth, disappeared
after the shooting. They were short
| ly afterward arrested in Lyons and
held in jail there in connection with
the affair.
Trouble between the two families
had been brewing for several weeks
as the result of a fight staged be
tween the two small grandchildren of
Cicero Matthews and the children of
William Galbraith. The fracas, it is
said, occurred at a nearby district
school and it was a typical school boy
affair with no injuries done to any
of the combatants.
Dr. C. P. Davis left Tuesday for
Atlanta to attend the annual state
convention of dentists.
COUNTY BOARD
NOT WILLING TO
DROP TREASURER
Otherwise It Concurs In
Grand Jury Recom
mendations
The county board concurs in the
recommendations of the recent grand
jury concerning all county offices
being put on salary basis instead of
kept on fees, in its recommendation
for a combination of the offices of
county tax receiver and tax collector,
but dissents from the grand jury's
recommendation that the office of
county treasurer be abolished. The
board was in its regular monthly
session at the court housq/ Monday
and among other things adopted a
resolution to that effect.
As at first drawn the resolution
contained provision favoring abolish
ing the ofiL-e of county treasurer as
recommended by the grand jury, but
lengthy discussion of the proposal
resulted in elimination of this pro
vision. It was stated Tuesday by
a member of the board that it was
decided that, should the fee system
be abolished in other offices as rec
ommended, more work would entail
upon the treasurer by reason of his
receiving the flood of fees that would
come in from the various offices,
keeping the the receipts from all
these sources properly tabulated,
and checking up on the various of
fices, making it undesirable to at
tempt to do without a man for this
.duty. It was conceded that in small
counties the duties of treasurer
might be handled satisfactorily by a
bank, but it was thought entirely
improbable that such an arrangement
would be satisfactory in a county
of this size and importance.
The resolution, which included a
proposal to .return to the city a
strip of land joining the city on the
west of Spring street, originally
placed in the county by the city to
secure construction of two bridges
by the county, follows:
“We endorse the recommendation
of the grand jury requesting our rep
resentatives to have an act passed
putting all • our county officers on
salary basis, and to consolidate the
office of tax receiver and tax col
lector.
“We also ask our representatives
to have an act passed putting strip
of land from Central railroad west
over Muckalee creek to top of hill
back into the incorporate limits of
Americus, Ga.”
The county board took from the
table the request made last month
by members of the Carnegie Library
board for an increase of monthly
donation for maintenance of the li
brary and granted an additional al
lowance of $25 monthly, making the
j total now SSO.
1 The board also voted to do certain
! repair work on the city hospital by
i use of convict forces.
Wanted: 10,000 Men 16 to 35 to
Take Vacation at U. S. Expense
Want to spend 30 glorious days
this summer as the guest of the Unit-
States War Department, with every
expense paid?
Want a new khaki uniform, ex
cellent food and living accommoda
tions, medical and dental treatment
—all free?
In short, do you want to be a min
ute man, 1921 model?
If you do, here is the chance:
Congress has erected a Citizens Mil
itary Training Camp in each of nine
different states. Operating under
the auspices of the War Department,
these constitute part of a na
tional system of training for the na
tional defense.
It is planned to bring together
young men of all types, both native
and foreign born; to develop closer
national and social unity; to teach
the privileges, duties and responsi
bilities of American citizenship, and
while teaching them, to give them a
thoroughly good time.
The War Department plans to
show the public that camp instruc
tion during the 30 days this summer
will not only be to the liking of
younger brothers, but that it will de
velop them physically, mentally and
morally.
The camps are the direct out
growth of the Plattsburg, New York,
camps of 1913-14-15. Now, as then,
the government announces that it is
a patriotic privilege to train in these
camps.
A certificate of character is neces
sary. This may be given the appli
cant by a schoolmaster, clergyman,
priest ol rabbi. Only physically fit
young men will be accepted, and
they must have passed their sixteenth
birthday. The age limit is 35 . .
Applicants must have average gen |
era! intelligence, but no educational;
qualifications are prescribed or re-j
quircd
Each .ani idate must file a ce’/ifi-;
catefrom a qualified physician set
ting forth that his health and
stientgh are adequate.
Candidates will be required to sub
mit to vaccination unless they can
present a doctor’s certificate show
ing that such vaccination and inocu
lation has been administered within
the last three years.
. To enlist fill sjcqpnapany-,
ing coupon. Then send it to the Mil-
CARTOONETTE
BsZ >
GOODBYE!
MILLION FLOOD
RELIEF STARTED
Resolutions In Both
Houses of Congress—
-52 Known Dead
WASHINGTON, June 7—One mil
lion dollars would be made immed
iately available for relief work in the
flood district of Colorado under reso
lutions introduced simultaneously to
day in the senate and house.
KNOWN DEAD AT
PUEBLO ONLY 52.
PUEBLO, June 7.- The known
dead from Friday’s flood in Pueblo
totalled fifty-five today when three
additional bodies were recovered. No
burials will be held for several days
because of impassible conditions of
the roads to the cemeteries.
With plans made for a complete
census of the destitute, the establish
ment of a refugee camp and the in
stallation of a complete field hospital
systemization and centralization of
relief work in the flood district 1 e
gan in earnest tyday.
10 Indicted For Big
Fraud In Oil Stock
PHILADELPHIA, June 7—lndict
ments charging ten men with obtain
ing between $600,000 and $750,000
by selling stock in the Penn Burk
Burnett Oil Co., of Fort Worth, Tex.,
on promises of dividends yielding 24
per cent yearly, were returned yes
terday by the Federal grand jury
here. They are alleged to have op
erated under the name similar to an
other concern, the Burk Burnett Oil
Co., with a view of deceiving the
investing public.
’APPLICATION FOR COURSE IN CITIZENS’ MILITARY
TRAINING CAMP
,< *
Fill out and address Headquarters, Fourth Corps Area, Fort
j McPherson, Ga.
\ NAME *-
? (Print your name on this line)
I STREET -'
CITY AND STATE .C,
AGE RACE
PREVIOUS MILITARY SERVICE ~
' CITIZEN OF UNITED STATES? -, :
\ OCCUPATION :
; date-.».—:
(Signature.)
tary Training Camp Association, No.
19, West 44th Street, New York, or
to the same association in the Mail
ers’ Building, Chicago.
After receiving the coupon the
camp association, acting under direc
tion of the War Department, will
send the applicant an official applica
tion blank, containing six qeustions.
On the blank will appear a space for
I the certificate of character to be fill-
I ed in, as well as a space for the doc
| tor’s certificate.
This blank quickly filled and dis
patched the candidate will be advis
ed whether or not he accepted. If
accepted, the applicant will be fur
nished firstclass transportation to the
camp site, or, if the candidate pre
fers to pay his own fare, he will be
reimbursed in cash upon his arrival
al headquarters.
Ten thousand young men are ex
pected this year. The course will
be known as the “Red Course.” It
is announced that next year two oth
er courses.’will be open, known as the
“Blue” and the “White,” which will
enable the young man to graduate
from one to the other, thus giving
him 90 days for real fun and joy.
I THAT WAS SIMPLE—TRY THIS. ***’
A square island is 21 feet, on all four sides, from 1
the square land surrounding it. How can a man <
get to the island with two boards! one 19 feet long, <
and the other 18 feet long and both one-half foot ;
wide?
Answer to yesterday’s: 9. (Example: 9x2 equals
18 and the sum of 1 and 8 is 9.
OBREGONREPLY
TO RECENT NOTE
BEFORE CABINET
Mexican President Calls
It Mere Exchange Os
Ideas
WASHINGTON, June 7. For
mal announcement of the policy of
the American government in regards
to Mexico is expected to be made
late today by the State Department
on a basis of the cabinet’s discus
sion t<»day of the reply of President
Obregon to the American communi
cation. . 4 gg,
The cabinet meeting was devoted
largely to discussion of Obregon’s re
ply and relations with the Dominican
republic. It was indicated develop
ments in regard to San Domingo
might be expected shortly.
OBREGON REFUSES
TO GIVE OUT NdTE.
MEXICO, CITY, June 7—Mexico’s
answer to the United States’ com
munication relative to recognition
has been delivered to Charge Sum
merlin, President Obregon stated last
night. He added that the notes pass
ed between Washington and this city
constituted a “mere exchange of
ideas on international topics.” He de
clined. however, to make public the
text of Mexico’s answer.
Fire Insurance Firms
Agree To Regulations
NEW YORK, June 7.—The Lock
wood investigating committee today
suspended its investigation into Fire
insurance companies after Samuel
Untermyer, committee counsel, an
nounced that forty-three leading
companies had agreed to certain rec
ommendations for legislation which
would eradicate objectionable prac
tices.
Zionists Repudiate
Officials; Many Quit
CLEVELAND, Jui’ie 7.—Repudia
tion of the administration of the
officers of the Ametican Zionist or
ganization by the annual convention
early today resulted in the resigna
tion of the president. Judge Julian
Mack, of Chicago, six other officers
and thirty-five to fifty members of
the national executiye committee.
Peter Schweitzer, treasurer, was the
only incumbent to retain his posi
tion.
T ranscontinental
Melon Rates Down
CHICAGO, June 7.—Transconti
nental railways announced today re
duction in rates on carload shipments
of vegetables, melons and apples.
The country is divided into nine
corps areas and the camp in each
will accommodate approximately
1100 men. Their locations and the
dates of their opening follow:
FIRST ARMY CORPS AREA, for
New Hampshire, Vermont, Massa
cusetts, Rhode Lsland and Connecti
cut, at Camp Devens, Mass., open
ing Aug. 1. „
SECOND ARMY CORPS AREA,
for New York, New Jersey and Dela
ware, at Plattsburg barracks, N. Y.,
opening August 7.
THIRD ARMY CORPS AREA, for
Pennsylvania, Maryland and District
of Columbia, at Camp Meade, Md.,
opening August 1.
FOURTH ARMY CORPS AREA,
for North Carolina, South Carolina,
Georgia. Florida, Alabama, Mississip
pi, Tennesaeee and Louisiana, at
Camp Jackson, S. C., opening July
18.
FIFTH ARMY CORPS AREA, for
Ohio, Indiana. West Virginia and
Kentucky, at Camp Knox, Ky., open
ing Julv 21.
SIXTH ARMY CORPS AREA, for
Michigan, Wisconsin and* Illinois, at
Camp Grant, 111., opening July 21.
(Continued On Page Two.)
PRICE FIVE CENTS.