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FORTY-FIFTH YEAR.—NO. 236
WE PIH HERE;
• CULLEI)FORK MU
BE EMI BOGY;
First Simmering in Municipal
Politics Expected To Fellow
Announcement of Date
FOUR MEN TO BE ELECTED
Probable That One or More La
dies May Offer For Places
On Aldermanic Board
The City Democratic committee j
in'session here Tuesday morning I
ordered a white primary held on j
November 13, for the selection o. j
four aldermen, three of whom are
to be elected for full ternfs of two j
years each. The fourth niembci j
iif the' aldermanic board will sue-1
reed E. J. Witt, who resigned a!
few days ago, following his decis
ion to remove his residence from |
Americus. j
It is expected, said one member!
of the executive committee follow
ing the meeting, that at least one, j
and probably more, ladies will be (
tandiriaes in the coming primary.;
»»-•'Rules and regt|lU)'ions adopted
by the committee to govern the pri
mary, are as follows: — fj—
He it Resolved by the Democratic
Executive committee of the City of
Americus, in called meeting as
sembled:
First:-r-'That a white democratic
primary Lie and the same is nereDv
called to be held on November 13th,
Did ;, under he following rules and
r .gelations, for the purpoose of
nominating three aldermen for a
regular term of two years each,
and also for the purpose of elect
ing’ one alderman to the unexpire 1
term of E. J. Witt, resigned. It is
further tesolved that the three
nominees receiving the highest ma-i
jority \4pte in said primary shall be
declared nominated as eanddatos
for the office of alderman for the
full terms of two years each, and
the nominee receiving the lowest
majority vote in said primary shall
be declared nominated as a candi
date for the unexpired term of E.
J. Witt, resigned.
Second:-—lt is further resolved
that the polls be opened at the
regular place of holding the gen
eral elections for the City of Amer
icus, and shall remain open be
tween the hours of 6 o’clock A. M.
and 6 o’clock F. M. on said No
ven ber 13th.
Third:-—lt is further, resolved by
tlie authority aforesaid that the
Clerk and Treasurer of the City of
Americus be and he is hereby in
structed and authorized to open
a registration book which shall be
open to the names of all white citi
zens of Americus, who have resided
and made their home m the City
of Americus for six months immed
iately proceeding November 13th,
1923, and have paid taxes due for
the year 1922. Said book to be
opened October 17th, 1923 at 8
o’clock A. M. and remain open until
3 2 o'clock Noon, and to be opened
again on the same day at 2 o’clock
I‘. M. and remain open until 5
o’clock P. M., and shall be opened
between' said hours each day
thereafter until November 7th,
1923 inclusive. From which said
registration book a qualified list
of registered voters , shall be pre
pared showng the names of those
persons entitled to vote in said
primary.
Fourth:-—lt is further resolved
that a notice of the opening of
said registration book .shall be
published in the Americus Times-
J uca ii'oni October
19th to November 7th, inclusive.
Fifth:—Be it further resolved by
the authority aforesaid than aii
entrance ice of $20.00 be deposit
'd with the chairman of the Exec
utive committee (Robert C. Lane)
by each candidate not later than 12
o clock Saturday, Noverilber 3td,
the expenses incident to holding
192.!, for the purpose of defraying!
said primary, quid in the event
there should be a surplus amount,
el’ cr .said expenses have been paid,
a pro rata refund shall be made to
each candidate as soon after said
primary is held as is possible. No
candidate shall be qualified to
have lus name entered on the ballot
Us pc used in said primary until
.'■aid $20.00 deposit j s made, and
who does not qualify under Section
I>\KC* 9 and 7 of the Chatter of
the City oi Americus.
. 1 MLn:- Le it further resolved by
thej aU'.n.my aioresaitl, that saiil
I>i ini ary shall be held by five per
.sot.i', all citizens of Americus, two
(d .whom shall bo freeholders, two
"--C y. and one notary public
■ * C'ticicl Justice of me p, a( . c 01
jit i'ce of the pence, ni' of wuom
j, renia "' at th- pollr between
-''V'"" s designated above
Jhi members of t.*.e ExeeirP-..
committee all of whom were Ureal
are If.
. T 1 A 1). Gem
Ila 2 j ‘ ’’ ;i '” l H. B. \
DRY WEATHER hurts
CROPS IN CHATTOOGA
-see®**-.,**
” nj,?' .rrv
Chattooga 'count
that the Into corn and turning! .
have been ruined Wells '■ i <
and small streams are .h’yin- «o
and ln many sections ; :i niero ■ ,
. l ; ,‘ u ,n K water for their .Nook Ti'iir
in- travoV ro * ,U } V 'V . ly' t ma k-'
"V 1 “"comfortable and ro’d
ly dangerous, i u 1
iMJWWiI
PRISON USIIBIMB
iKBEDID DUTIES'
i Convicted and Sentenced, He i
Begins Sentence After High j
Tribunal Declines Plea
jWiDS NTEREST IN HEARING |
Victim Was Prominent in Politics
; and Civic Affairs in Com
munity Where Killed
I TALBUTON, Oct. 16.—Major H. j
I Coart, whose conviction and sen- j
j tonce to life imprisonment for the j
} murder of A. B. McNiece, superin- j
j tenuent of Talbot county schools I
recently affirmed by the Supreme |
j court, left today for the state farm
|to begin serving his sentence.
'SicimrasEB 1
FUR mTEUPTi
[LIED BT CBSPI?
General Manager Ferree Takes
Up Matter'With Supt, Bald
win in Vigorous Manner
POWER OFF 43 MINUTES
Private Telephone Line Ware
Across Transmission Line
Caused Interruption
A fortydhvee minute interrup
' tion in power and lighting service !
here Monday afternoon was due to 1
the action of a Central of Georgia
section crew felling a private tele- j
phone pole throwing its wire across ;
the Albany-Americtiz-Cordele traps- j
mission line, according to _an an- ;
nouncement authorized this morn- j
m : by R. P. Ewing, superintendent!
of the South Georgia Utilities Com- |
many here. The interruption was i
due entirely to ’the act of the sec- j
tion crew, states Supt. Ewing, and j
ibe N matter is being handled direc ;
with Supt. Henry Baldwin, of the !
railroad company, in order to pre- j
vent similar iytetUPUons in fu!- j
sure - . -v
According to information m pos
session of Supt. Ewing, the section
crew were engaged in burning off
rubbish along the Central right of
wav. and the telephone pole was
felled during their operations.' In
order to prevent the pole falling
across the railroad tracks. Supt.
Ewing says he is informed, the sec
tion crew pushed the pole in an
opposite direction, causing it to
c s the telephone tnd electric
transmission line and resulting in
-interrupted service here, at Smith
vine and Cordcle. The alleged in
cident occurred at Forrester, in
Lae county, where the railroad and
l ansmission lines’ rights of way
are practically parallel over quite
a distance.
Immediately the telephone and
high-voltage wires became crossed,
said Supt. Ewing .this morning, the
entire 44,000 volt charge carried j
on the wire: of his company were
sort into the telephone circuit,
probably damaging, a number of in
struments along the line before the
automatic - switch could effect a
cut-out of the current at Albany,
j Fortunately, no otic was hurt by the
;■ of the wires, so far as had
been learned up to noon today.
HEART OF DixieT^-jA^
jGOLF STORM LOSES 1
FORCE US IT PASSES
|II AT HEW ORLEANS.
1 Passed Into Interior In Louisiana
| During Last Night Without
Doing Great Damage
! DAMAGE ON COAST SMALL
Cruel Fury of Sterna Dissipated
j During Dangerous Hurricane
As Sea
|- NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 16.—The
I Gulf storm which moved rapidly
j northeast during the night, taking
I on hurricane proportions, apparent
; ly passed inland somewhere east of
New Orleans today and its
force as it sped overland. The dam
age along the coast was apparently
small.
IfMmk
RUDER \l BEAD
John Keed Porter, Last Mem
ber of Notorious Party Suc
cumbs To Death
DAYTON, Ohio. Oct. 16.—John
Keed Porter aged 85, ia-.-t surviving
member of the famous An dire wf
raiding party of civilians, died here
last night.
IMfiIES
DIE? HEART TROUBLE
■More Than‘2o Years in Con
gress, Benjamin Humphries
i Succumbs to Heart Attack
GREENVILLE, Mips-, Oct. 16.
i Benjamin Grubb Humphries, lor
! more than 20 years member of con
gress irom the third Mississippi
j district, died suddenly at his home
i here. Death was due to heart trou
j ble.
i HOKE SMITH FAVORS
REMOVAL OF REMAINS
ATLANTA, Oct. 16—Former U.
S. Senator Hoke Smith called on
the secretary of state to give a
warm endorsement of the plans of
Or. Thornwell Jacobs for removing
the remains of General Oglethorpe
from England to Georgia which he
founded and interring them on the
grounds of the university in At
lanta which bears his name, ac
cording to Washington dispatches
received in Atlanta.
The state department and Secre
tary Hughes, the dispatches stated
said they are in full sympathy with
the etiorts of Dr. Jacobs and said
they can be relied upon to give
it their support.
TYBEE PAViNG STREETS.
SAVANNAH, Ga. Oct. 16—Hav
ing recently authorized and sold
considerably more than SIOO,OOO
in bonds for paving work this week
at Tybee is rapidly progressing in
permanently paving the principal
streets of the resort town. Many
other improvements are to be
mr.de.
AiViELK’USD, GA., TUESDAY A FTEKNOON, OCTOBER 16, 1920,’
Wffl ILL SWEEPS
TllMßm
Raging Flocus Caused By ..Un
precedented Rite of Rivers
and Streams Spread Terror
CREST NOT REACHED
With Part of City Inundated and
Rains Fulling People Await
Fate in Genuine Terror
—P
OKLAHOMA CiTY, Oct. 16.
A catastrophe iiood gripped Okla
homa City today.
With virtually the etire south
side inundated and flood waters of
the North Canadian river rising
rapidly and creeping relentlessly
upward ipoi-i the lowlands early to
day, lapping every threshold of the
retail business center of the city,
with every prospect that the crest
of/ high water will not. be reached
lor some time, residents of the
ciy are anxious.
The raging torrent, swollen to
unprecedented proportions by the
rains of the four days, broke
through .the municipal reservoir
ten miles west'of the city early to
day, and llung a nine-fool wall of
water to spread further disaster to
the already stricken Unloads on
the south aide of the c!Ha
National guardsmen arepatrofi
img tlie stricken district. No loss
’ of life has yet been reported, but
many persons are imperiled.
Every hospital in the city is fill
ed with refu.v.hile bread and
col ice lire-- • an- formed and gave
sustenance to those forced to
abaiipcn their knags.
Later in the day it was official
ly repotted thai v.atcr at the res
ervoir had droppe d six feet, and al
though recp'.eu in .he city, it war
taken its an indication for the time
that the ere.’, oi the Hood had
ben reach, .
Tandemcnium resigned for a
time" as thousands of refugees
clogged up the town r.tretes. All
public budding have been turned
• itlo emergency hospitals.*
INTER UK dAN SERV ICE
SUSPENDED.
lntcrurtiaj. syrvi.y from Okla
*
due to weakening of the bridge
over the Norm Canadian river at
the city' reservoir. The tracks are
under water for some distance.
i'ttc kingtown and Capitol Hill
surburbs south of town, were iso
lated late yesterday with the ex Op
tion oi one strec-t car bridge which
was still being used by pedestrians
This was expecteijL) be closed.
' Keilef work was on in full force
as ear,illy after family fled from
their homes in the path of the -
fieod. All boats at pleasure re
sorts lakes in the city were com-,
mandered by the city manned with
firemen and other city employees
who are searching the lowlands for
refugees.
Railroads throughout the flood
ed area, have sustained heavy
losses. MJes oi track have been
washed away and many bridges
damaged or destroyed. Traffic
out of Oklahoma City except to
the north and northeast, is virtu
ally remoralized.
Both approaches to the South
Canadian river bridge of the St,
Louis, San EVancisco railway at
Mustang have gone out.
A report from El Reno this morn
:ing ; aid that the river swept the
gauge away at 18 feet and had
beer, rising) since. The water there
Yva.; four feet higher than in June
Wire communication from Okla
homa Ci y with all points north
and west of Canton is impossible
today.
A crew of nearly lUO workmen j
were fighting today to save the j
Oklahoma City water supply.
At El Reno the water and gas j
supply has already been cut off by |
the flood.
Danger to the business section
here is due to the fact that the
river makes a wide bend, skirting
the city to the north. A straight
course through the city v. ould pass
almost uirectly down Main street,
the principal business thooughfare
if the city. •
CHICAGO PARK DYNAMITE
DAMAGE ABOUND $5,000
( AGO Oct. 16—Damage in
excess of $5,000 was caused by the
explosion of a dynamite time bomb
at the entrance of the Cubs base
ball stadium here .early’ today.
Police attribute the act to mem
bers* o unions alleged to be op
posed to, the Landis labor ward un
der which the stadium was erected
iast year.
DR. STUKES CALLED
TO MOTHER’S BEDSIDE
Dr. J. T. Situkes, Mrs. Stakes and
Mrs, J, W ,( Edwards left Monday
night I ng, S. C., where Ih*..
- has .heon called by the ser
ious illness of his mother.
Telegrams received by Dr. Stukes
not] >e ! him of her serious condi- s
tion, due to nervous prostration,
and other members of the Flukes
family have also been called-
He will return to Americus Sat-j
urday night. ___ J
OWSLEY MAKES HIS
FAREWELL ADDRESS
i .. - —-
Retiring Legion Commander
Urges Comrades to Facet
Future Fearlessly
BAN FRANCISCO Oct. 16. Alvin
M. Owsley, retiring national com
mander of the American Legion,
in his farewell address today be
fore the organizations national c in
vention, called upon the mmi of
the Legion “with patriotic hearts
pure as gold, to respond! in this
four fraught with many possibili
ties and laden with whispers of im
pending danger.
“There is no back sliding fori the
Legion away from the original no
pose of its founding,” he said,
“and the constitution of the Uni d
States, which is the supremd law of
the land, must be upheld and-de
fended by you.
“ “Law and order will be kept and
preserved: right proclaimed and
proudly assorted the Master of
Might.” Mr. Owsely declared. “Tlie
memories of our sacrifices as Com
rades must be carefully conserved
and the well being, happiness t ml
prosperity of all sanotif:”<E* l y our
devotion to mutual helpfulm
‘ Our immense treasure oft:
ional resources mu g, not lie wo - mi
away in profligate exp* r.xris.i for
individuals for profit and hernfit
accruing to groups and combination
of capital that sometime! 1 y ac
quire and keep vast, hold;/
. .against-the public policy and com
mon good. Let 11s then inaugura 0
and freely support an 'extenrivc*
program for the conservation of
our natural resources; reclamation
of waste lands, where homes, farms
and expression of individualism
can be built and establish'd 1. me
and give fullest protection - on
national forest reserves and parks
and the development of bur water
ways, rivers and canals,
“The wild animal, ’ : o define : y
", pant of American history, is List
parsing out, so much so we m; \ say
is nearly extinct. Our bird life has
been slaughtered and des roved oil
so extravagant a scale that they
are rarely to be seen; our site; , ;
brooks, rivers and .lakes once fill
ed with fish are stage 1 • or fi : ■ 1
out and empty. Attention wisely
riven to protection of fores
field—closed season for animals:
and birds —encouragement to the
state and nation for their bre ’dine
and propagation' and the veMtx king
of til our wu, ors with l i h v ill
a. large measure giva_.needed.eiu*
ployment to numerous work-, rr
and draw to the Legion ac
knowledgement from right tbi:, .-
ing men and women of our . on
trolling desire for unselfish labors.
modTorckway
IN-BERUtEXCrT
Dears Were Closed When Vast
Throng Rushed In, With Po
lice in Charge of Situation
LUNDON, Oct. 16.—A mob tried
to force its way into the Berlin
stock exchange this morning, says
a x eneral News Dispatch fron tiu-
Uerman capital. The doors *..
promptly closed and the poll,
took up the task of dealing wuh it
tacking throngs.
ONIONS ADDED TO
TRUCKING PROGRAM
SYCAMORE, Oct. 16.—-In com
pliance with a request from the
Turner Comity Farm Bureau that
the farmers do a small trucking
Dusincss during the mil, eleven
tarn,vis -have agreed to pi: -;t :.n
acre each in Bermuda onions and
Trolessor Buggan, teacher of agri
culture in Ashburn High School,
lias signed up for ten aditional
acres to be devoted to Bermuda
j onions.
‘GOLFITIS MAY BE
' CONTRIBUTORY TO DEATH
CHICAGO, Oct. 16—If an indi
vidual dies W’.Vhile playing golf it
is reasonably certain thaL ii is not
the l’alut of* the game but the play
er, Dr. Herman N. Hundesen, I ■ . it
commissioner, said in a belle,:in
made public tonight comment ing on
recent reports that fifteen golfers,
50 years of age or older, dm > i
dead ia England while playing, a.id
reports that a number of America/:
also succumbed.
••t.ollities,” he said, ‘may be con
tributavy* to death, hut ill, l actu .i
cause is a diseased golf player.”
MANY DIVORCES
AT HENS, (ia. Oct. 19*—Thirteen
decrees for divorces wore granted
in one day recently in Clarke
county Superior court. Even at
this rate Clarke county lias fewer
divorce suits on the docket than
at any time ’since'the war. A -'
the final decree ; fciv-n v.*i
to Mrs. Hannah Be* , b: 1
merly Miss Hannah Joel, wwho
#t"-d h, ■ bu- b:> >td .!■; L -
prominent furniture dealer ~f thi
city, for divorce.
GAME INSPECTOR APPOINTED
ism NS WICK, Ga., Oct. '
Robert T. Bunkley, who for a 1
%>er of years has served as an of-:
fieer in the fish and gam.* denari
ment, has recently ben r i:• I
led special inspector of tie 1
ment for Brunswick and, ad
jacent territory,
DP. JACOBS EMUS,
PdISTHMEiIISi
11 DEI. BGLEIPBRPE
Respect For English Sentiment
1 Causes Dean To Make
/ Decision
TO I ENGLISH SOIL
f Remark Not To Be Disturbed
; 4'- VTo Remain Forever In
■* and Os His. Birth
- ' LONDON, Oct. 16.—1 n defer
sentiment, Dr.
i*ornwell Jacobs has decided to
■ ivi .a:,,., the request of Ogle
, il’ol- >■ University that the body of
G wi ll Oglethorpe, founder of
Loo. gin, be transferred to a pro
rine on the campus of the
* g bearing his name in
Atlanta.
• s leer, ed that I)r. Jacobs was
lo.i ~! by Rev. Leslie Wright, rec
to. Gig,iiham church, to aban
) 'Lb 1 ;Lin in view of the grow
;-ion. He was also prob
'•lucaced by strong opposi
. lish *He
1 *,, ~ urn to the United
.State:, at on e.
LEKltilfllEß
lILSCHBDLHBIIBfi
New Assistant Editor of Clem*
C’tjlleije Publications,
: 1 jig Splendid Work
■I. L, • : M.-rritt, of Americus,
' ■■■ ' .*), a.minted assistant agricul
: » i'*.. in the division of pub
!" n • ,:! ; e::d(ju*irters at Clem
( ■ ' .J. C. He,s a graduate
■ d ■ . ... 1-iigh School and of
*.;>•! . '.ate College~of Agri
v, in re lie completed also
com* V- in agricultural
L -l an i in photographic art.
dig. ’>• 'in ha.-i jilready entered
upon his duies ■ in * ’this im
po tain !’o.-:l with Clemeon College
,-he United States department
of Agi’iculture.
GQUNTY READY
n IG CELEBRATION
AT i.ANTA, Oct. 19—Flans have
ip .ed by the citizens of
■ age and Decatur county for
on of fheir centennial
on October 17-22.
iu 1823 Georgia was still large
i.’oiitier. Where now the Flint
! .• •• to join its sister pilgrims
I : the Gull', primeval forests em
j ,1.: d tin. farms and cities to fee
: id c. 1 ,> d. the ring of the prio
' neer ax dying away in green soli
tudes.
Many a settler bore scars of In
dian ' gluing; many a grandshire
told hcVarthside tales of his Col
■ ni .1 ; Revolutionary adventures
' I.;>t four years since the
; :*.h” had set the world buz
>t steamship to cross
a::, and a full decade
:> i; . Suite's first railroad was
to he chartered.
a almost a quarter of
a ( i uy in the future. The re
in George M. Troup, last of
1 . ia go' ernors to be clee
.. ! i. the Lt'gislaturc and first to
;■!>. ted -by the people triumphed
th as.'agonist, John Clark, in
1. that Decatur county re
, meies a,id bounds.
CHIEF' BRAGG ASKS THAT
MOTORISTS DRIVE SLOWLY
11
I Chi.-f John T. Bragg today asked
1 Ti. Vi::ies-Recorder to request all
■ driving past the intersec
, ;i- ■! :,i Church and Lee streets to
(L v< slowly and make as little
, , , p, T ie. George,B. Tur
* 11., v.ho resides there is des
s i IT, and it is desired to re
' :! . . traffic noises to a mini
-1 mum in an effort to benefit his
t , conuitem, chief Bragg said.
r CAN CROP HEAVY
1 ITIO.MASVILLE, Ga. Oct. 19—
R " is f'om all parts of the coun
-1 from observations near the
Ciou that heavy crops of
1 V.LI be gathered here this
sample «nf the heavv
Mr. A. D. Little ,of this city,
si !*.-> ex pc -ted to gather 10,000
;i s c of well matured nuts
l rem * 1 reo hundred trees on a
1 :al he owns near here.
SUCCEEDS CUNNINGHAM
8 WANNAIT, Ga Oct. 16—Lee
L Jv.’i . has been elected to
' t r I Alaylew Cunningham as
) t of the Savannah-Chat
!• i "..ni of education. Mr. Myers
ha (■ ■ n'lmber of years been a
»: i and recently
•vi 1 s ,i• 1- M. A. O’Bryne was
I chosen vll chairnian to suucceed
i Nr My ci*
CIVIL WAR VET FOUND DEAD
1 \ I • \ND, ().. Oct. 16—Two
civil War veterans,
v, 78, and Horace W.
7 I "cis founud dead in a
; iur the Ohio Soldiers and
IS ' !,.*■. i ; : c at Sandusky today.
I | I* J bcun dead since last I
'lc T ,-di y, according to |
!) • S. J. I cblico, coroner of Erie
County. __ __ _
WEATHE
For Georgia—Showers tonight
and Wednesday, not much change
in temperature.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
ISUITER COllf Hill
{WORK HIGH PRAISED
Bl KISS CRESSWEIL
State Worker bays Demonstra
tion Work In Community
Well Organized
MANY WOMEN AT MEET
Hear Discussion of Rural Work
By Miss Cresswell, Director
Os Work in State
Miss Mary E. Creswell, state di
rector of extension work and di
rector of home economics at the
University of Georgia, was in
Amercus Saturday, meeting wikh
Miss Bonnie Parkman, Sumter
home economics agent, andl the wo
men of the home demonstration
council formed earlier in the year
by Miss Parkman. The meeting
was held in the home economics de
partment in the chamber of com
merce, and was largelgy attended
by interested women throughout
the county.
Every organized club commun
ity was represented, these, t>ei»g
Pleasant Grove, Fidelity, Concord
Shiloh and New Era. During tho
summer the women of the council
have worked in co-operation with
Miss Parkman and her canning
clubs' for the betterment of rural
work in the county, and splendid
reports were read from each club.
Kotowing a short business ses
sion, sandwiches and tea were sew
ed, made by the home demonstra
tion club and recipes therefore ex
chaned.
Miss Creswell than addressed the
meeting, telling first of her grati
fication at the splendid work ac
complished by Sumter county, it
being the last, organized demon
stration club of women.
“The work of the home coun
cil,” said Miss Creswell, “is for the
purpose of oranizing thd women
throughout the state in home’ work,
for the betterment and beautifi
cations of the farm homes and the
surrounding grounds, arid to assist
the young club girls in their can
ning club work. The home council
women are doing fine work
throughout the state and soon ev
ery county will be thoroughly
awake to the importance of this
branch of home economics. Work
on the farm must be made attrac
tive to the young people, for it is
these young pqogle who must later
take up the responsibility of con
ducting homes of the farmer boys
who are now fitting themselves for
agricultural work.”
Miss Creswell complimented
Miss Parkman for her thorough ef
forts in rural work and in the com
plete co-opoeration between the
young clubs of the county and the
home demonstration council.
KILLSAGEDWIFE
THEN SHOOTS SELF
Cleaning Gun, O. M. Rhodes
Accidentally Shoots Wife,
Then Commits Suicide
COLUMBIA, S. C. Oct. 16.—0/
M. Rhodes, 99 years of age, and a
quarry worker,, and his 97 year old
wife, were found shot dead in their
home in the surburbs. According
to reports, Rhodes accidentally
killed his wife while cleaning his
gun, and then overcome by the
r tragedy, committed teiicide.
i
I AUTO RUNS WIDL;
ONE DEAR;4 HURT
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COLUMBIA, S. C.; October 16—
. One child was killed and four oth
. ers injured here Sunday when an
. unoccupied automobile plunged in
i to a group of children playing on
tho sidewalk, after a sevdTtty-five
yard dash down a steep hill.
Lanneau S. Crawford, Jr., 5 years
old, was the child killed.
B. R. Swigert, Jr., 11, was re
‘ ported semi-conscious early today,
while Claudius Crawford, 8, and
Harold Crawford, 18 months, and
; Jacob O. Cannon, 7 years, are not
thought to be fatally hurt.
, The automobile was parked by
1 D. A. Sandifor, its owner, on a park
; street for some time, he said, before
1 it started to move off down sho
stee-v hill, toward where the child
ren were playing. His own grand
son was playing in the machine and
he removed him, taking him into
he house before the uncontrolled
’ flight of the car began. He could
; not explain, ho said, what caused
■ the machine to move.
PLANTING HOME TREES
BKINGS LARGE PROFIT
KPAKTA, Oct. 16.—W. P. Be
man planted a fe\V pecan trees
around his home here about fifteen
years ago. This Mil! he will gather
and market at least fourteen hun
dred pounds of large Stewart paper
shell nuts. W. T. Macken, local
granite and marble contractor who
is a neighbor of Mr. Beuian will
| market about the same amount,
j Each of these citizens will easily
get pecans that will net them sl,-
999 each. ,