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FORTY-FIFTH YEM—NO. 122
COMMUNISTS HAVE STRANGLE HOLD IN; RUHR
Valdosta Man Murdered By Enraged Black
msm WHILE
STRULLINO IN MOS
WITH WIFE SUNDAY
Four Children of Lowndes County
Couple Witness Enactment of
Awful Tragedy
POSSE IS AFTER MURDERER
Sandy Armstrong Sought by Citi
zens Deputized by Sheriff to
Effect His Capture
VALDOSTA, May 28.—Four small
children witnessed the killing of their
father, C. A. Hunt er, a farmer of ;
Fargo, near Valdosta, late yester
day afternoon by Sandy Armstrong,
a negro, while the farmer and his
wife and children were strolling in
the woods near their home, accord
ing to a report reaching here.
A deputized posse is reported at
noou today to ibe close on the trail
of the negro.
LYMHALLCHAPTEB
D.». B. ELECTS
Mrs. J. E. Wadley Named Regent,
With Strong List of Other
i Chapter Officers
WAYCROSS, May 28.—The regu.
lar May meeting of the Lyman Hall
Chapter Daughters of the American
Revolution, was held at the home of
Mrs. E. D. Dimmock on College Hill.
The usual business session was held
followed by the annual election of
officers. All officers were re-elected
as follows:
Mrs. J. E. Wadley, regent; Mrs. E.
D. Dimmock, vice regent; Mrs. S. T.
Wright, recording secretary; Mrs. D.
M. Parker, corresponding secretary;
Miss Mary L. McKnight, treasurer;
Mrs. H. J. Carswell, registrar; Mrs.
W. C. Parker, historian- Mrs. H. 11.
Burnett, parliamentarian: Mrs. T. S.
Singleton, chaplain; Mrs. Jerome
Crawley, custodian of book.
Mrs. Q. L. Garrett read a very in
teresting paper on “Colonial Spots of
Savannah and the Revolutionary Sol
diers' Graves in Ware County,’’ and
the address of Mrs. Minor, president
general of the D. A. R. to the last
Continental Congress, read oy Mrs.
Dan Lott, was enjoyed.
AMERICUS IWMS
ATTENDHLANTAmET
w Dr. Minor and Bradley Hogg, Of
ficial Delegates, Accompanied
By Strong Delegation
Americus Kiwanians are well rep
resented in Atlanta at the opening
of the Kiwanis International con
vention, which met there this morn
ing. Dr. Carl W. Minor and Brad
ley Hogg are the official delegates
representing the Americus dub, but
they went to Atlanta accompanied by
a large deelgation of Kiwanians,
several of whom will remain there
during the entire four-day session, j
Others will go from here tomorrow
and Wednesday and at the closing
session Thursday night, it is etsi
mated there will be twenty-five
Americus Kiwanians attending the
international meet.
Under the suggestion of the Inter
national the Georgia
delegation has fostered work on deaf
and dumb children as their part of
the program of helping the under
privileged child.. On Tuesday night
Dr. M. M. Stapler, of the Macon
club, will present five or six chil
dren patients who have been under
his treatment. One child is from
Miami, Fla., and another 's from
Alabama. The time the children have
been under Dr. Stapler’s care varies
and the improvement in them is re
markable. It is expected that the
Georgia delegation will enlarge the
scope of the work after the demon
stration.
FORMER VALDOSTA MAN
FLAYS KU KLUX KLAN
VALDOSTA, May 28.—Rev. W. H. |
Wrighton, formerly of Valdosta but j
now pastor of the Baptist church at •
Princeton, West Virginia, preached |
a very interesting sermon recently
on the “Shaking of the Nations,” in ’
which he discussed lawlessness in I
all of its forms. After referring to !
to lawlessness in all of the different
countries and of the great in
creased number of crimes in the
past few years, he paid his respects
to the Ku Klux Klan, which he de
clared should get rid of their mask
or quit calling themselves 100 per
cent Americans, ,
SUMTER JUDGE IN
STRONG CHARGE
RONE COURT TO HEM
nil FOB LINE BM
Spicy Revelations Ex jep ted at
Trial of Breach of Promise
Case Against DeJournette
ROME. Mav 28.—The Coates De
Journette breach of promise suit, ex
pected to be one of the most sen
sational ever tried in Floyd coun
ty, is scheduled to come to trial be
fore Judge Samuel Hart Sibley in
the federal district court here Tues
day morning.
So far, attorney for the prosecu
tion have not renewed overtures
made to the defense a short time
back looking to a postponement.
There is an impression in court cir
cles, however, that an effort to have
the case go over will be made when
it is called for trial. Such a move
will be bitterly fought by the de
fense, it is announced.
Helen A. Coates is suing James
F. DeJournette for $50,000, alleging
that the latter promised to marry
her and then failed to keep his prom
ise. Letters which she claims De
Journette wrote shortly ajfter the
suit was filed, attracted state-wide
attention.
The trial gives promise of being
“spicey” in spots. The fact that t,he
woman in the case is said to have be
come a memeber of a New York the
atrical company, the “Midnight
Rounders,” and the posibility that
the defense may make good its
threats to put the woman’s letters in
evidence, is lending interest to the
affair.
REMAINS OF CURRIE
BURIEBHERESUNOAY
Father of Mrs. E. W. Dcavours
Died in Jacksonville Saturday,
Ased Sixty-Three
The remains of John P. Currie,
who died Saturday night at the fam
ily residence in Jacksinville, Fla.,
were interred in Oak Grove cemetery
Sunday afternoon, the body reaching
here on the Seaboard train and the
cortege proceeding directly to the
grave.
Rev. Milo H. Massey, pastor of the
Central Baptist church here, conduct
ed the obsequies and the pallbearers
were E. H. Lipford, J. T, Atkins, IL
F. Comer, L. Y. Arnold, W. A. San
born and G. W. Walters.
Surviving are his widow, two
daughters, Mrs. E. W. Deavours, of
Americus, and Mrs. E. U. Brown, of
Jacksonville, Fla. One son, L. H. Cur
rie, of Dublin also survives, besides
several brothers and sisters.
Mr. Currie, who was 63 years of
age, was a member of the Baptist
chprch, and was greatly esteemed
among a wide circle of acquaintances.
He was prominent in fraternal circles
being a member of the Odd Fellows
lodge.
CGNGREGATIDN KITS
SUNDAY 111 BIG TENT
Heavy rains coming for thr.ee
nights in succession have cut down
the attendance at the tent meetings
on Jackson street but even with this
handicap many have braved the ele
ments in order to hear forceful les
sons now being presented by Evan
gelist A. B. Lipscomb of Nashville,
Tenn.
On Sunday the First Christian
church adjourned it regular morn
ing service and came in a body to
worship under the tent. The visiting
evangelist expressed his appreciation
of the act of (courtesy. He an
nounced that the meetings would
continue this week with preaching
and song service daily at 8 p m.
The snecial theme for Monday eve
ning will he “Future Recognition”
or ‘Shall We Know Each Otjier in
Heaven.” A large crowd is expected
in view of the popular interest in
the subject.
HELD ON LIQUOR CHARGE.
WAYCROSS, May 26—J. L.
; Marqueen, 20' year old white man,
(and George Edwards, 24 years of
age, are in the Ware county jail on
(a whiskey charge, in connection
I with a recent raid on alleged run
Irunners on the Dixie Highway, in
which a car said by officers to have
contained a quantity of illicit liquor
was captured.
Every Chinese merchant deals
with foreign firms through a “com
prador,” who acts as interpreter and
liaison officer.
THE TIMES-RECORDER
JUDGE LITTLEJOHN
SCORES OIVORCE in
TH TO GRANO JURY
Trouble Lies in Home Training of
Young Men and Young Wom
en, Sumter Jurist Declares
ENFORCE EXISTING LAWS
FiLng of Divorce Action by White
Couple, Once a Sensation,
Now Commonplace
The May term of Sumter Superior
court convened this morning in th*
courthouse, with Judge Z. A. Littb
John presiding and Jule Felton rep
resenting the state as solicitor gen
eral. After jurors had been given
opportunity to file excuses and the
grand and traverse juries organize
ed, Judge Littlejohn began his
charge to the grand jury.
Judge Littlejohn devoted the ma
jor portion of his charge to the
question of divorce. He was em
phatic in stating'that in his opinion
the great number of divorces now
before the courts oC the country
could not be decreased by the pass
age of new laws. He said that the
remedy lies in the homes.
Judge Littlejohn said that he did
not believe we need more laws on
the statute books, nor did he believe
that we have too many laws. What
is needed is the enforcement of the
laws now already on the statute
ibeoks of the state.
“Recently I read of a court in a
certain state giving 225 divorces !r >
275 minutes,” Judge Littlejohn said
to the jury. He did not believe that
this condition could be remedied by
the enforcement of law, stating that
laws do not suppress crime or im
morality. “The trouble! is in the
home—training of young men and
young women.
He said that the young people of
today are getting everything they
want, and wh6n you rear - children
in this manner, they do not know
how to respect authority or law, and
that they know little or nothing of
restraint, or of restricitons or sac
rifices necessary.
Judge Littlejohn stated that when
he began the practice of law as a
young lawyer, the filing of divorce
by a white couple caused a sensa
tion in the community; tiiat today
he had read the startling statement
that in one large city of the country
once out es every five marriages
ended in divorce, whereas 12 or 15
years ago the ratio was only one
to 12.
In charging the jury on prohibi
tion law he stated that in his opinion
the law could not be broken through
ignorance.
He reouested the grand jurors to
pay particular attention to the in
vestigation of offences which are
against the minor laws of the state,
stating that those crimes ( which
come under the head of murder,
burglary, etc., take care of them
selves, but that it is the duty of the
grand jury to investigate the car
rying of concealed weapons, gamb
ling, etc., because it is through the
disobedience of these minor’ laws
that crimes are committed. “In
practically every murder trial you
will find three elements present,” he
said. “That is, whisky, concealed
weapons and cards.”
(Continued on Page Two.)
WAYCROSS SCHOOLS TO
CLOSE ON WEDNESDAY
WAYCROSS, May 28. Next
Wednesday closing exercises of the
Waycross schools will be held at the
high school building, according to
Supt. A. G. Miller. Examinations in
the grammar grades throughout the
city began this morning, he stated.
The senior classes both of junior
and senior high schools of Waycross
are now engaged in rehearsals for
the commencement programs which
they will present on Wednesday
morning and evening of next week.
The junior high commencement ex
ercises will be given at 10:30 o’clock
in the morning, while the senior
high exercises will be held at 8:30
o’clock that night.
While Wednesday will be com
mencement day for the seniors in
the high school, who will have
completed the course that the Way
cross public schools have to offer,
and for the seventh grade of the
junior high school, Thursday will
be promotion day, Mr. Miller said,
and it will be on that day that every
pupil who is qualified to do so will
move up one year.
WEEKLY WEATHER FORECAST
WASHINGTON, May 28. The
weather outlook for the period, May
1281 to June 2, inclusive, for th<l
South Atlantic and East Gulf states,
as forecast by the United State
weather bureau today indicates scat
tered thunder showers, with tem
peratures about normal.
AMERICUS, GA., MONDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 28, 1923
DM AD VISES
HIS FOLLOWERS T 0
END A|ED STRUGGLE
Head o? Irish’Republicans’ Issues
4 General Order to Cease
« Resistance
USELESS TO CONTINUE
Says to Drop Arms Now as Patri
otic as Was Action in Taking
up the Struggle
DUBLIN, May 28.—(8y the As
sociated Press.) —A document adr
dressed by Eamon De Valera to all
ranks in the Republican army call
ing for immediate discontinuance of
armed struggle had been taken by
the Free State authorities from the
captured Republican leader, it was
announced today.
The note declared that further
sacrifices by the Republican army
now would be in vain and a con
tinuance of the struggle would be
unwise in national interests.
The note concludes: ‘laying aside
your arms now is an act of patriot
ism as exalteji and pure as your
valor in, taking them up.”
l dAbeOes
SUDDENLY AT TABU
Well Known Farmer of LaCrosse
Neighborhood Expires Within
Few Minutes
L. D. Rancw, well known farmer oi
LaCrosse neighborhood, died sudden
ly at G o’clock this morning, death
following an acute heart attack, and
ensuing before Dr. J. T. Stukcs, who
was summoned hurriedly, could reach
his sides Mr. Ranew was at breakfast
when seized, and Miss Mary Ranew, a
sister who resided with him, was the
only person present at the time.
Death., Dr. Stukes said, was due to
a heart affection from which the
deceased has suffered during several
months, and for which he recently
had been treated.
Funeral services,will be held from
the family residence at 3 oclock Tues
day afternoon, the obsequies being
conducted by Rev. James B. Law
rence, rector of Calvary Episcopal
church.
Surviving are on sister, Miss Mary
Ranew, and one nephew, C. W. Ra
new, residing near the Ranew home.
Besides there are several nieces.
Mr. Ranew, who was 64 years of
age, was born and reared in the
community in which he spent his en
tire life. He was a prominent farmei
of Sumter county, and was well
known and greatly esteemed among
a wide circle of friends and acquain
tances.
He (had been in failing health
for several years, but his condition
■ wa snot regarded as critical.
Di BREAKS AT MILL
SITE OB 0« ROM
Seal’s Mill Pond Lost When Pres
sure Forces Entire Dam Dur
ing Saturday Night
Hundreds of Americus people vis
ited the Seal’s Mill site today on
the Dawson road, going there to
view the broken mill dam which
went out Saturday night, due to a
rapid rise in the mill creek which
prevented raising the flood gates and
resulted in the total destruction of
the dam itself. The property belongs
to Eugene Salter, and the loss is
.estimated at more than a thousand
dollar?. It is stated the Aam will be
.rebuilt of comffete.
Saturday night at 8 o’clock, ac
cording to reliable information, Mr.
Salter examined the dam and look
ed over the. mill pond, the water
stage at that time being very little
higher than normal. Shortly after
n(idnight the miller went' to the’
dam and attempted ta naifee the
flood gates. The tremendous pres
sure already piled against the gates
prevented this being done, and with
in a few minutes the entire dam
gave way, the water plunging down
stream with a roar that was heard
by many residents in the vicinity.
A large stock of fish held in the
mill pond were scattered with the
breaking of the dam and numbers
of these were taken by fishermen
during today.
COMMISSIONS MEETS
VALDOSTA, May 28.—A meeting
of the Charter Commission, recent
ly appointed in Valdosta to study the
proposed new charter, has been call
ed to meet at the Chamber of
Commerce next Monday afternoon
at four o’clock. The meeting is a
important one and every member of
the committee ought to be on hand.
SENIOR SENATOR
IN ADDRESS HERE
HARRIS ASSERTS FORD
WILL GET SHOALS; TO
BENEFIT GA. FARMERS
Senior Senator Tells of Work Ac
complished in Congress and
Forecasts Future
TOUCHES ON TARIFF LAW
Says He Voted for Peanut and
Oils Tariff to Protect Southern
Farming Interests
At 11 o’clock this morning, after
the grand jury had been organized
and everything made ready to begin
the work of the term, Judge Z. A.
Littlejohn adjourned Superior court
to permit Senator William J. Harris
to address farmers and others gath
ered there to hear him. The court
room was well filled, and Senator
Harris’ remarks were received with
considerable enthusiasm.
“Within less than three years,
Henry Ford will be manufacturing
fertilizer at Mussel Shoals, the
government will be manufacturing
fertilizer there,” said Senator Har
ris.
He spoke first of the farm bloc,
of which he was one of ten senators
to organize, and whichj has since
been running the United States in
the farmer’s interest, despite the
senate leaders. We don’t recognize
the party leaders any longer, Sena
tor Harris sajd, and we can get
what we want through the farm bloc
•because those leaders recognize our
sincerity.
One of the last fights I made at
the close of the sessions of congress
was to include calcium arsenate with
Chilian nitrates on the free list.
Mondel, the Republican leader, pock
eted the bill in the houpe and for
this reason I spoke for ah hour and
a half, when 1 never speak longer
than fifteen minutes at the closing
session, in order to kill enough of
their bills to make them respect our
measures when they come again.
Sometime you have to fight to win
respect from some people The fer
tilizer trust is responsible for the
killing of tha bill, despite the inter
ests of the farmers of the South and
West.
A necan station for experimental
work was secured by forcing the bill
through the conference. Two years
ago, a peach experiment station was
secured for South Georgia; it is lo
cated at Fort Valley. Last year.
A station for experiments in bop
weevil control was established in
North Georgia. Two years ago an
experiment station was located in
South Georgia to do away with fer
mentation in syrup. As your rep
resentative, I have secured more ap
propriations for experimental work
in agriculture and its kindred in
terests than all other senators for
all the states in the South combined.
Congress is the place to do things
for the people and the country; the
hustings is the place for political
speeches. The South has suffered a
groat deal from the so-called fire
eaters. I serve on a special commit
tee of the appropriations committee
that considers all appropriations.
Nineteen times out of twenty, the
recommendations of this sub-commit,
tee are approved by the whole com
mittee. Thi sbody has the direct ex
penditure of five billion dollars a
. year. It direct expenditure of
more money than any other body in
the world. Position on such a com
mittee carries its influence, the
president, cabinet officers and de
partment heads have to come to this
committee for their -money. That's
the way I got these experiments sta
tions When Igoto a cabinet of
ficer Or a department head, he
knows he may need my influence
and help. That how I can help
you. That’s the way to get along
with people; treat them justly. One
of your greatest problems is that
of markets. At a' cost of $125,000
there is now a special wire to At
(Continued on Page Six)
MUST PAY SPECIAL LICENSE
I. B. Small, Sumter county tax
collector has been instructed by
Comptrolelr General William A.
Wright to proceed vyith the collec
tion of' special taxes levied against
hotels, cases and lunch counters. The
tax was recently held constitutional
by the Georgia Supreme court. It
is assessed on a sliding scale, accord
ing to the population of the city
in which the business is located.
TO SEND REPRESENT^? 1 ? ES
PELHAM, May 28.—The Business
and Professional Women's club, of
Pelham, will sponsor an exhibition
of the valuable industries of that
place at the national convention of
the Federation of Business and Pro
fessional Women’s club ia Portland,
Oregon, from June 9to 13 The
manufacturers and business houses
of Pelham been invited to help
make it a Creditable exhibition.
SEVEN BIG BAILROADS
GRANT WAGE INCREASES
New York Central, B. & 0., Great
Northern, N-, C. & St. L. and
Alton to Pay More
NEW YORK, May 28—The up
ward trend in the wages of railroad
labor has given added impetus by an
nouncements of increases on seven
roads. The New York Central,
Baltimore & Ohio, Rutland, Pennsyl
vania, Great Northern, Nashville,
Chattanooga & St. Louis and the
Chicago and Alton railroads have
granted higher scdehules to employ
es in many classes.
The increase in the New York
Central involve an additional annual
expenditure of $1,600,000 affecting
approximately 20,000 men.
The advance wages adwarded by
the Baltimore & Ohio affect
principally shopmen and mechanics.
The total number covered by this in
crease is approximately o',ooo.
The Rutland adjustment, affects
the wages of certain classes of main
tenance of way and shop depart
ments. ,
Increases on the Pennsylvania
railroad will affect some 1,800 cleri.
cal and shopcraft employes, and
range from 3 to 7 1-2 cents an hour.
On the Great Northern certain
classes of maintenance of ya em
ployes were increased 2 to 3 1-4
cents an hour. A row feature of
the increase on the Great Northern
is the seasonal raise for common
labor, 2 cents additional an hour
being paid during the summer
months. ,
The increases on the Nashvilli
Chattanooga & St. Louis affect shop
men only, and amount to 2 and 3
cents an hour.
Maintenance of way employes on
the Chicago and Albany, to the num
ber of 2.500, received increases
which will mean an- annual expendi
ture of SIO,OOO.
treldouslop
LOSS ISJUSTAINED|
E W. Rowland and B. L. Naylor
Say Dooly County Farms
All Badly Washed
E. W. Rowland and B. L. Naylor,
of Americus, made a trip to Una
dilla Sunday, leaving Americus ear
ly in the morning and returning
..ere about 9:30 last The
return trip, they reported, was a
continual series of getting through
washout and making detours to avoid
crossing where bridges had I been
washed away by swollen streams.
The trip from Unadilla here, a dis
tance of approximately 45 miles, re
quired the necessity for crossing at
least one stream over a temporary
bridge, which Messrs. Rowland and
Naylor constructed with £he aid of
five other motorists traveling over
the same road, and who happened
along just as they reached the
stream.
“A tremendous crop loss has been
sustained by Dooly county farmr
ers,” Mr. Rowland said today. “Ev
erywhere we saw water standing in
the fields, with corn dwarfed and
cotton stunted until the plants can
.hardly be distinguished from the
grass growing in the rows. Nearly
I all of the fertilizer has already been
washed away, and there will be a
mighty poor harvest in Dooly coun
ty this fall. Farmers we talked with '
are all discouraged, and many fear ■
it will be necessary to replant their ;
entire cro#s because of the damage
done by recent excessive rains. I
never saw such a dismal prospect in I
my life. In Sumter county fha |
prospect is much better, but in a
number of fields between here and |
the river Sunday we saw’ water
standing in the fields where cotton
and corn had already sprouted, with
the nlants being slowdy drowned
out.”
FINE PROGRAM READY
FOR DISTRICT MEETING
SPARKS, May 28.—A program
of more than ordinary interest has
been prepared for the conference of
the Valdosta district of the Meth
odist church, which convenes in
Sparks this week. All of the church
es in the district will be represent
ed by the pastors and the lay dele
gates and Sparks is preparing to
entertain the visitors with a great
basket dinner on the ground during
the second and last day.
Canada’s Parliament has request
ed that no more British titles ibe
conferred upon Canadians.
Extending about a mile, 3,000
mourners were present at a funeral
'in Derbyshire, England, recently.
"•' ' ’
WEATHER f
For Georgia: Unsettled tonight and
Tuesday; probably local thunder
showers. : $
PRICE FIVE CENTS
OORTMUNO IS CENTER
Os BED RIOTS TODAY Y
IN OCCUPIED GERMANY |
Inhabitants After Night of Terror
Find Communist Elements ' 1
Still Active Today
RED GUARDS SEARCH ALL
Terroristic Methods Preceded by 1
Bitter Fighting Between Cora
munists and Police
ESSEN, May 28—(By the Asso
ciated Press) —Disorders in the Ruhr
on account of strikes and cammun
ist activities appear at present to be
centered in Dortmund where the in- •AH
habitants passed a night of terror jjg
and communistic elements today were
still striving for the upper hand.
Workers’ guards there took vosi
tions in the streets and searched all
passersby ostensibly for firearms, but fl
many complained that their money
and valuables had been taken.
Numerous fights grew out of the
searching, and a large number of
persons were hurt.
Terroristic methods at Dortmund
were preceded by bitter fighting be- fl
tween the communists and f ,e public
at a nearby mine, where communist &
emissaries tried to induce pumpmen tfl
to leave so that the mine could be
flooded.
7 ARE KILLED IN
BOCHUM RIOTING
WERDEN, May 28 —(By the Asso
ciated Press)—Seven persons have S
been killed and 9 wounded since Sat
urday night in clashes between civil- ®
ians and volunteer police on the one fl
side and communists on the other, at
Bochum, which seems to be the storm
center of the disturbances in the
Ruhr. »
Firemen and police are marooned
in fire headquarters armed only with
revolvers, while the communists pos
sess rifles and are otherwise well or
ganized.
MBSITOIS I
BAIN DURING EHY
Sunday Night’s Downpour Precip
itated .49 Inches, According
to Record Kept by Bryan
Almost 9 inches of rain, or to be
exact, 8.80 inches, have been pre
cipitated in Americus during the
month of May to this morning, ac
cording to records kept by Joe M.
Bryan, official weather observer
here. Os this total .49 inches fell J
during the observation period end
ing this morning, or during Sunday M
and last night. These figures indi- j-H
cate an excessive rainfall for the
month, but as yet the average pre
cipitation has not. been greatly ex
ceeded, and a dry spell now might
even result in a decreased annual
rainfall when the final figures are J
totalled up.
At Macon for the 12-hour period
ending at 8 o’clock Sunday night
the rainfall was .37 inches and the
rainfall for the preceding 24 hours
there was 3.48 inches.
All streams in middle Georgia
were out of their banks yesterday fl
because of continued rains. Rail
roads were operated with difficulty
throughout the night, but so frsr
as could be ascertained no serious -fl
damage occurred. Automobilists
found ]-oads almost impassable.
During Sunday and last night a
number of A., B. & A. trains were
detoured over the Seaboard Air
Line and Central of Georgia trades
from Cordele to Oglethorpe, due to
washouts on that line between Lilly
and Byromville, in Dooly county,
where it was said water was running 4l(
over the railroad tracks to a depth of
fifteen feet in esveral places.
A freight train was caught on
the track with washout in front and
behind it and has stood there since S
early last night. The regular pas- J
senger train from Fitzgerald to At
lanta left Cordele at 12:30 last fl
night hut was stopped between Lilly fl
and Byromville. 14 miles from S
Montezuma. After standing on the .fl
track till dav light the train back- •?’.
ed to Cordele, where it proceeded"
to Americus on the Seaboard Air .*
Line and then came to Oglethorpe
on the Central.
L. G COUNCIL HOST TO
HARRIS AT LUNCHEON
Senator Harris was entertained at
luncheon Monday by L. G. Council ‘
in one of the private dining rooms of I
the Windsor hotel. The invited guests
were Capt. John A. Cobb, Judge Z. A.
Littlejohn, J. A. Hixon, N. A. Ray, i
Frank Lanier, John Sheffield, T. O.
Marshall, T. G. Hudson, J. E. Poole, J
R. S. Oliver, Frank Harrold, Lovelace
Eve, Steve Pace. A. E. Hines, Juk' . fl
Felton. G. W. Riley, Rev, J. M. Out- fl
ler and Carr S. Glover.
2 IN 1 SAL ESCHEDULED ,j|
DUBLIN, May 28.--A combined fl
hog and poultry sale is to be held .fl
here on May 31st. There has been
some misunderstanding as to wheth
er they would both be combined into. ..-.eflfl
one, but County Agent J. F. Hart, '1
Jr., very definitely stated that both . ( fl
a hog and poultry .-ale would be held ■