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MRS. SOUTHARD
GERM CARRIER
(Continued From Page One.)
went to Honolulu with him when he
was transferred a short time later.
This is the unusual /natrimonial
history of Mrs. Southard that th ■
state has dug up—in impersonal
facts, uncolored by the charges of
the prosecution:
MARCH 17, 1912—Married Rob
ert Dooley. Dooley’s brother Ed
came to live with, them. On May
3, brothers took out insurance policy
for $2,000, naming Lyda beneficiary.
On August 9, 1915, Ed died and Lyda
received face of policy. Next day
Robert and Lyda applied for joint
$2500 policy, to be paid to survivor.
On Oct. 1, a month and a halt later,
Robert died. Certificate showed
scarlet fever as cause. On Nov. 15
Lyda’s daughter died. Scarlet fever
was given as the cause.
JUNE, 1917—Married William G.
McHaffie applied for SSOOO insur
ance policy, payable to Lyda. Six
teen months later he died. Lyda re
ported flu and black diphtheria as
cause. McHaffie’s policy lapsed just
before his death.
MARCH 19,1919 —Married Harlan
C. Lewis. On June 14 Lewis applied
for SSOOO insurance Twenty
six days later he died. Th? doctor's
certificate said cause was acute gas
tro-enterritis. Lyda collected the
policy.
AUGUST 10, 1920—Married Ed
ward F. Meyer. Next day Meyer
took out a policy for SIO,OOO and
made a will bequeathing $12,000
worth of property to Lyda. Twenty
eight days later he died after an ill
ness of a few days. Typhoid fever
was given as the cause in doctors’
certificates. Two attempts were
made to collect the SIO,OOO policy
but the money was held up.
NOVEMBER 26, 1920.—Married
Paul Vincent Southard, her present
husband, at Los Angeles. Tele
graphic advices from Honolulu
where Mrs. Southard was arrested,
say Southard stated he had applied
for a SIO,OOO insurance policy, but
that his application for so large a
policy was rejected.
State'• Statement.
This is the unbiased record. This
is what Prosecutor Frank L. Steph
en has to add to it:
“We do not credit Mrs. Souhard’s
claim that she thinks she is a typhoid
carrier, and that it was this that may
have caused her husbands’ deaths.
Regardless of what doctors’ certifi
cates showed, we have fohind proof
of arsenic poisoning. What is more,
all the nien revealed the same symp
toms, and they were not the symp
toms of typhoid.
“We will claim that arsenic was
obtained by an extracting process
from fly-paper. And the evidencei
will show that quantities of fly-pa
per were found hidden near where
two of the men died.’’
Bodies Exhumed.
After the state investigation was
begun, the bodies were exhumed and
scientific analyses made.
Lyda approaches the climaxing
chapter in her strange matrimonial
serial cheerfully. Whatever her in
ner thoughts may be, she views the
coming ordeal with outward clam.
Physically she shows the strain, of
course, but she greets callers and
jailers with a smile.
Against the amazing chain of cir
cumstantial evidence that the statel
has drawn up, Mrs. Southard thus
far has submitted only her claim of
having doctors’ certificates as proof
of the cause of her husbands’ deaths.
She has made only one public state
ment. That was given out through
her attorneys and declared her inno
cence.
New
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*«• of Fall
Early, you will say.
Sure, Pinkston’s is al
( ways early with the
VS.new, whether it be
x shoes or suits.
< Wichert & Gardiner
have sent up a hand-
Brown Brogue f u ] o f slippers f rom
buckled rump I i i • i
orders placed with
$11.50 them for the coming
Mat Kid Strap 1 season.
Beaded
$12.50
Black Calf Strap Maybe V g ° mg
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Louis Heels
$ll.OO
PINKSTON’S
DID CARP BREAK HIS HAND? PROOF.
X
■ >
Several gentlemen from Missouri have demanded evidence to prove
Carpentier broke his right hand whe n he socked Dempsey in the jaw in
the second round of their fight. Well, here it is! The fracture is shown
(x) at the base of the thumb.
HUDSON STILL
DENIES GUILT
(Continued from Page One.)
obeyed their orders and were cut
ting one of the melons on the ba?k
j porch.
He then ordered his wife to go to
the lot, according to this theory, and
went into the house to beat the chil
dren for cutting the melons, and his
anger becoming uncontrollable, 1 gor
his pistol from between the mattress
of the bed and shot them both to
death.
Another theory is, that if the wo
man’s story as told to Mr. Black is
true, Hudson had been plotting for
some time to kill the children, desir
ing to get rid of them as a trouble
some incumbrance. Those holding
to this theory point to the statement
of the woman that Hudson had fre
quently threatened to beat the chil
dren to death, and also to kill her if
she repeated his threats to anyone.
There are others who belive there
is something more to the story than
was told by the mother of the boys
to M. Black. With a view to leaving
no stone unturned to go to the but
tonr of the deplorable tragely, of
fleers are continuing their unrein!'
ting effort? to nig up every possible'
clue that may lead to a solution of’
the crime in its every important de
tail.
Following her confession to Mr.
Black, Mrs. Hudson repealed the!
tragic story to Deputy Sheriff J. A.
Denson and a newspaper man, in the
presence of Mr. Black. Then it was
. that the startling development in the I
investigation of the crime was report-!
ed to Sheriff Tarver, who decided
that it was best not to make public I
the fact that Mrs. Hudson had made!
a confession, or even to inform Hud-1
son of it, until sufficient time should!
elapse to get him away for fear of I
an attempted lynching. This fear
was based Sheriff Tarver stated, on I
expressions that had been heard in !
the community ever since the crime!
had been discovered, and was intensi
fied by reason of the fact that, un
der Georgia law, wives and husbands'
ars not permitted to testify either
for or against each other in criminal
trials.
In the opinion of many, this may
make it almost impossible to obtain
a conviction of Hudson, unless he
should himself confess. Under such
circumstances it had been whispered
about, and had come to the sheriff’s
ears, that lynching was the only way
to mete out justice to the alleged
slayer of the two little boys.
Deputy Sheriff Denson was in
structed not to tell Hudson of the
alleged confession of his wife until
■ after they had gotten well underway
towards Macon. It was thought pos
sible that Hudson, under these cir
cumstances, might make a confession
to the deputy, for there had been
signs the last day or so of the pris
oner’s weakening. He had asked sev-
I eral times, it is stated, if it was true
I that his wife had “gone back on him,”
: and he seemed several times on the
I verge of talking about the crime.
| When the officers left the jail with
l Hudson to take him to the train he
seemed to be in the depths of despon
i dency, and acted almost like a man
lin a stupor. He did not say a word
I when the officers went to his cell to
. get h;m and escort him to the wait-
I ing automobile.
I Now that Hudson has been remov
ed to Macon, the public is anxious-!
ly awaiting further developments, i
! some believing he will eventually
i make a statement throwing light on
j the tragedy. It is expected that,
! unless unforeseen developments arise
5 in the case, Mrs. Hudson will con
! tinue to be held in the Dougherty
! county jail under the warrant charg
! ing her with participation in the. inur
! der until the grand jury meets and
| makes whatever disposition it decides
| to make in the case.
In the meanwhile the local officers
, propose to continue their search fori
! clues which will throw additional
light on the deplorable affair.
‘No Place Like Home,’
Savs Rotary Delegate
Rev. Silas Johnson, who was sent
as the official representative of the
Americus Rotary club to attend the
international convention of Rotary
at Edinburgh, Scotland, arrived home
Friday, and hi:, first remark on reach
ing the Times-Recorder office Sat
urday was “there is no place like
home.”
Mr. Johnson wore a deep coat of
tan on his face, the compliments of
the winds and the waves as he came
over on the liner, but his physical
condition was splendid and he stated
that the experience had been won
derful to him from every standpoint.
He stated that the weather was
terrifically hot the first of the week,
especially when the ship struck the
Gulf stream, when it was too uncom
fortable to remain inside and too hot
to remain outside.
Mr. Johnson will fill the pulpit of
Lee Street Methodist church Sunday
morning and evening.
Smoking was introduced into Scot
land as an antidote for rheumatism
ard ague.
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drug stores. 917 t
FOR DOGS —Cure guaranteed. Van
Wyck’s Black Tongue Remedy. For
sale at drug stores. Ask the man
who loved his dog enough to try it.
16-6 t.
WANTED—Live wire man or wo
man to take orders in Americus for
Liberty Raincoats and Gabardines.
Wolff made $321,000 the first month
without experience. Big commis
sions in advance, no delivering or
collecting. Sample coat and selling
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Dayton, Ohio.
FOR SALE—June budded Joe Sha
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before placing order. Hooks Motor
Co. 16-14 t
FOR SALE—Oak, hickory and pine
lumber, cut to order, or will trade
for hogs, cattle, corn or velvet beans.
Southview Stock Farm. Phone 3202.
Aug 3
FOR SALE—Cucumbers for pick
ling. Phone 181. Bragg’s Mar
ket.—l3-3L
FOR SALE—Queen Quality Kleck
ley Sweet; Halbert Honey Melons;
Honey" Dew Cantaloupes; tomatoes,!
Roasting Ears; Okra; Butterbeans,
fresh every morning; delivered.
Phone 420.—15-2 t.
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So Savs Burleson, Until
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Money Presses
BERLIN. July 16.—(8y Associat
ed Press.)—A. S. Buneson, former
United States postmatter general,
who has returned to Berlin after in
vestigating the commercial, industrial
and financial conditions of Poland,
Austria and Czecho-Slovakia, is of
the opinion that there is little hope
of selling Europe large quantities of
cotton and other raw materials un
til Germany and other countries of
Central Europe balance their bud
gets and make definite arrangements
to discontinue the issuance of paper
money and to retire that currency
until its vblume is only three times
that of their gold reserves.
“I can't see any indication that the
statesmen of Central Europe are fac
ing their problems frankly and try
ing to formulate plans which get at
the fundamental problems and might
insure the resumption of the indus
tries and the renewal of the export
trade,” said Mr. Burleson. “It is not
reasonable to talk about foreign
loans to Central Europe as long as
printing presses continue to
pour out paper, money without any
! gold guarantee or any prospect that
I it will be retired.
“Germany is in far better condi
tion than the other countries of Cen
tral Europe, and I personally believe
Germany would improve its exchange
situation very speedily if it would
stop issuing paper money and levy a
tax over a period of 10 years to
guarantee its retirement of and the
creation of a larger gold reserve.
Foreign bankers want to see definite
plans before they take a chance on
the countries of Central Europe.”
Makes Lot Blossom
And Earn Pin Money
Women seeking some means to
earn a little pin money for their
own spending would do well to emu
late the example of Mrs. A. J. Wil
liams, who resides on Forrest street.
Early this spring Mrs. Williams
moved to the old Lockett home on
Forrest street, with its ample acre
age about it, and set about immedi
ately planning how she might make
the place blossom like the rose, not
merely with flowers to put in a hang
ing basket on the porch, but with
melons and fruits and vegetables of
all kinds.
Saturday Mrs. Williams sent to the
Times-Recorder office one of 'he
finest Kleckley Sweet melons of the
season. This melon has many com
panions which will find their way into
the homes of Americus to be enjoyed
by familiies who have not the space
to raise their own.
Aside from both water melons and
cantaloupes, Mrs. Williams has an
abundance of fresh butterbeans, to
matoes, okra, roasting ears, and oth
er vegetables of the midsummer sea
son.
As soon as one product is market
ed, Mrs. Williams sets about; plant
ing other crops which will come into
the. markets in the course of the
summer, thus affording a constant
source of revenue.
She has made a complete reforma
tion in the lot, growing flowers in
connection with the produde. Health
is the result of her outdoor exercise.
' as well as a contended mind and a
happy spirit.
Mrs. Williams has produced not
. only sufficient for the family con
sumption, but she has canned and
’ preserved for winter use as well.
WANTED—MISCELLANEOUS
! WANTED —Two or three furnished
rooms for housekeeping, by couple
I without children. Close in. Reason
able. Phone 57, Souther Field —13-4 t
WANTED —Good slip shucked )ear
corn, Fulghum seed oats not weath
er - stained and seed rye. Quote low
est price there and send small sample.
V. R. Bush, Albany, Ga. —13-30 t.
WANTED—Two or three rooms fur
nished for light housekeeping.
Phone 36 between 8:00 a. m. and 11
a. m.—l4-3t.
ELECTRICAL wiring and repairs.
T. J. Wallis, Jr., phone 556.—28tf
AGENTS WANTED
OUR NEWLY improved reversible
waterproof aprons, table cloths,
luncheon sets in beautiful designs are
wonderful sellers with big profits.
Write us. Bergen Manufacturing
Co., 413 Locust St., Philadelphia.
Penna.—l 6-11.
WANTED—Young women who are
interested in preparing for the
stage or movies, write for mforma
tion, sending self-addressed envelope
to Box 157, Birmingham, Ala.—l6-lt
FOR RENT.
FFOR RENT—-Five-room house, Lee
street. R. S. Broadhurst. 14-ts
FOR RENT—Three-room unfurnish
ed apartment up stairs, to couple
without children. Modern conven
iences. Possesion July Ist. See Mrs.
C. A. Chambliss, 315 Barlow street.
| —25-ts.
FOR RENT—Two rooms with con
necting bath for light housekeep
ing, to couple without children. I).
T. Jennings.—ls-3t.
MONEY TO LOAN
■ FARM LOANS—Low Interest rate
1 and good terms, W. W. Dykes.
LEGION TO KEEP
UP BONUS FIGHT
To Be Waged With Re
newed Vifjor, Savs
Emery
CHICAGO, July io.—Tne fight of J
the American Legion for the soldier
bonus bill will be continued with re-!
newed vigor, declared Maj. John Em-1
ery, national commander of the i
Legion, in commenting today on the
sidetracking of the bonus bill in the I
senate.
“We consider President Harding j
all wrong in his attitude,” he said. i
“Why, the senate committee in its
report declared untrue the claim that
the Sweet bill and adjusted compen
sation program would bankrupt the|
treasury.
SOLDIER BONUS
PUT TO SLEEP
WASHINGTON. July 16.—The ad
ministration won its battle in Con
gress Friday afternoon when the sen
ate, responding to President Hard
ing’s recent request re-committed the
soldiers’ bonus bill indefinitely to the
finance committee.
The vote for re-committal was 41
to 29„ and was interpreted by Dem
ocrats to mean the “death” of the bill,
but Republican leaders to mean post
ponement for only a few months with
no substantial loss to war veteran
beneficiaries.
Both parties divided on the roll
call, nine Republicans voting against,
while eight Democrats joined the
bulk of Republicans for re-committal.
Republican losses on the vote were
offset by Democratic accessions, as
two more Republicans were paired
against re-committal and three more
Democrats for the motion.
The Democrats voting fo’ - re-com
mittal were Dial, Glass, King, Sim
mons, Swanson, Underwood and Wil
liams. The Democrats voting against
were: Ashhurst, Broussard, Cara
way, Culberson, Fletcher, Gerry, Har
ris, Harrison, Heflin, Hitchcock. Jones
(New Mexico), Kendrick, McKellav,
Pitman, Robinson, Sheppard, Stan
ley, Walsh, (Mass.) Walsh, (Mon
tana) and Watson (Georgia.)
A motion of Senator Kenyon, Re
publican, lowa, to have the bill j
brought back at an early date was |
rejected 69 to 7. Senator Pittman.
Democrat, Nevada, thereupon an
nounced he would make a motion ev
ery week hereafter to bring back the
bill from the committee,
Evangelist Ramsey
Is Eagerly Heard
(Contributed.)
A large audience listened eagerly!
to Evangelist Ramsey at the court |
house last night as he discussed the'
vital subject of “The Scriptural
Heart and How It Is Changed.” I
Nothing was taken for granted. The
Bible statement was read and con-'
elusions drawn only in light of the!
Scriptures. The heart as mentioned
in tne Bible is found to be the in
tellect, sensibilities, will and consci
ence of man. The facts of the Gos
pel presented and producing belief
changes the intellect, the motives of I
the Gospel change the sensibilities or .
emotions, the sense of need of salva- 1
lion causes the will to act, and obedi
ence changes the conscience. God I
changes the heart by faith but faith !
rests upon evidence, evidence’ act !
ing upon the heart moves it as it 1
is always moved by emotion, and the j
will determines the future action of
the individual and causes obedience
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to the new course of chosen action.
The meeting will continue on next
week. All the usual services on Sun
day. B.ble school at 10:00 and com
munion and preaching at 11:00 a. m.
A baptismal service at McMath’s mill
at 4 :00 p. m. and the preaching hour
at 8:00 at night. The subjects are:
“The Characteristics of True Dis
cipleship” and “The Devices of
Satan.”
Pincers with shear handles have
been invented for crushing crab and
lobster shells.
BETHSEDA COLORED CHURCH.
The committee on assignment of
services for Bethseda Baptist church
will meet Sunday afternoon at 3
o’clock at the church. Every mem
ber of the church is expected and
urged to be present Sunday night to
receive his assignment for the year's
work.
M. REDDICK, Pastor.
Mine cars were first used in Eng
land in 1588. ‘
Wirt
■piffi
Would you slight the
health of your children ?
A lot depends upon your
child’s health—in fact his
whole future happiness.
Nature decrees milk as a
food for all ages.
We have made nature’s best
food ready for use.
PINES DAIRY
Phone 501
Butter
Butter Milk
Sweet Milk
IT PAYS
\ TO HAVE YOUR SHOES
REPAIRED HERE.
Expert workmanship and the best material obtainable make
this shop the logical place to bring or send your shoes. If you
do not live in Americus mail them to us. Any brand of Shoes
Accepted for Repair.
Also Dry Cleaning and Pressing by Experts
PHONE US
749
WE CALL FOR AND DELIVER.
Americus Shoe Repair & Dry Cleaning Co.,
THERON JENNINGS, Mgr.
(Opposite Turpin's Garage.)
SATURDAY, JULY 16, 1921.
TodseNews-
MASONIC MEETINGS.
A called meeting of M. B. Council
Lodge No. 93, will be held Thurs
day night at 7:30 o’clock, at which
the Master’s degree will be conferred
Americus Lodge, No. 13, will hold
its regular meeting Friday night at
o’clock. The Master’s degree will
be conferred.
Wells Chapter, No. 42, -will hold
its regular meeting Monday night at
8 o’clock. A full attendance of mem
bers is desired. Past Master and
Most Worshipful Master degrees will
’qe conferred.
j
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Last Week?
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BUTTERNUT
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