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Israel Folgom, son of Turner Folsom, made" the direct charge late yesterday to county officers from his plantation in Barney, that his own life and the lives of other witnesses have been in jeop ardy for some time. The McGills were killed 'at 4 o’clock Friday morning on a high way five miles from Adel. Both men were shot from behind. Mr. Folsom declared in his state ment; “They have already tried to kill me, and they will get me soon er or later.” When asked what was meant by “they,’’ Mr. Folsom said that there is an organized plot on the part of some who are friendly to Max Jor dan to see that no one testifies against him when he is placed on trial for his life in Quitman during the November term of superior court. Sherrod McGill and his sen lived in the little town of Barney. The father was 80 years of age and the son 40. They had previously liv ed on a farm owned by Israel Fol som and they had as tenants Max Jordan and his father. Jordan Slays Turner Folsom A few weeks ago Max Jordan shot to death Turner Folsom, the young married son of Israel Fol som. The shooting took place on the farm which was operated by the McGills and on which the Jor dans lived. Mrs. McGill, the wife of Talley McGill, who was killed Friday was the only eye witness to the shooting of Turner Folsom, but, according to the statement made today the elder McGill and his son, Talley, had informed him that Max Jordan had declared, a day before the shooting of Folsom. . -t he wr.s going to kill him. “There were three important witnesses ,in the murder case,’’ . said Isreal Folsom today, “the old man, the son and the son’s wife. The two men told me of the threats against my son by Max Jordan and and the wife of Talley McGill ac tually saw the shooting. I am not guessing about this conspiracy. I absolutely know. They tried to get me night before last. I know the man who called my dog off and shot it. He did not mean to kill tjio cio’’ T s.;.c, i .it it was his * purpose either to frighten it or in jure it slightly, so that it would come back yelpingjuld draw me out of the house was guarded by these conspiractors and my wife’ saw them. One of the men actually n tered my house to get me. “I know enough to warrant my statement and I know the men, but could not convict them in court and am helpless in the matter. I am sitting up at night now guarding -200 bales of cotton at my home, but I know these people are after me and not after the cotton.” Israel Folsom lives in Barney and operates many large planta tions. Ke has friends and relatives throughout this section and is jield in highest esteem. The killihg of his son, Turner Folsom, was a sen sational chapter in the criminal history of the county. Turner Fol som was very popular and himself a large planter. At a preliminary hearing, tne father of Max Jordan, who was charged as being an accessory to the killing, was released, but Max Jordan is now in the Brooks; county jail awaiting trail. The decision is Israel Folsom has ; added new senational interest to [ the twin tragedy this morning on the Adel Road. The two McGills, I hoth of whom are now dead, and John Kogers, father-in-law of the younger McGill, all spent the nieht together in Barney at the McGill home night before last. They left Barney yesterday morning and are said to have spent the day in Way cross, returning last night to the Rogers home in Berrien County. They left the Rogers home Friday morning at 3 o’clock for Barney to attend the dedication of the Bi rney school building. -Hie two McGills were sitting on thd seat of the truck in which they were riding and Rogers was seated in a chair directly behind the two men. Bob Lindsey, a farmer living four miles east of Adel, heard the shooting. He found the truck and ■ --7-'; THE PUBLISHED IN THE~ HE ARTj5f J President Places Responbility on States in Booze Traffic Fisht St 34. 3L 34 • 34. X XXXXrt.X¥*X*X«XMX3£.*3£34 V U 12 BANDITS HOLD UP BANK WATCHMAN ■UN confesses: mi IN MURDEB OF HUSBANUINFEBRUARY May Lead To Discovery of : Body of Broker Missing Many Months paramqurlTnow IN JAIL San Diego Officers Wring Ad mission From Mrs. Schick In Prison Cell SAN DIEGO,' Cal.. Oct. 20.---Dis trict Attorney Chester Kempley to day issued a statement declaring that Mrs. George Schick had made a confession in the county jail. He says that if the confession is sub stantiated by the finding of the body of Mts. Schick’s husband, a real estate dealer who has been missing since February 7, he would file a, charge of murder against E. Drew Clark. Clark now is in jail, together with his wife, charged with forging transfers of the Schick’s property. Others will be involved if the body is found, he said. ZEV AND PAPYRUS H RUNNING TIM Weather Brisk and Clear al Bel mont Track After Several Days’ Rain NEW YORK, Oct. 20.—The day dawned brisk and clear at Bellmont rark, where Zev and Papyrus win run at four o’clock, eastern time, this afternoon. The track was slow as a result of several days rain, which did not subside until late last night. NEGROES ASK FOR FARM DEMONS 1 KAI OK QUITMAN, Ga. Oct. 20.—Ser ious consideration was given by the Brooks county commissioners at their called meeting to the follow in" communication which was sign ed” by many oi the leading negro farmers in the county. We the undersigned, having been appointed by the Brooks County Negro Farmers’ Conference as a committee to confer with you, sol iciting your aid in an effort to se cure the service of an expert farm demonstrator whose duty it will be to work with the farmers in Brooks County, imparting in formation on Modern methods of planting, cul tivating preserving and marketing ia rm products. “We have the assurance that the government will provide such an agent, paying his salary, providing that the county in which we will work will help in taking care of a small percentage of the incidental expense. ■ “We feel that it is an absolute necessity that this method be re sorted to in order to encourage a large percentage of our farmers to remain on the farm. "We therefore ask that the com missioners will make an appropria tion that will enable the negro far mers to have an efficient teacher located who will be in easy reach <>,’ rll the negro farmers in our County.” still sitting on the seat were two McGills. They had been shot from behind and their yoats were badly burned. It seems as though the re volver was held very close to their . bodies. ihe older McGill was shot through the back of the head and also through the body. Young Mc | Gill wag" shot through the back of ; the neck, breaking the neck, and I also through the body, penetrating the heart: All lour of the bullets j entered from the real. Rogers was found about a mile I from the scene of the killing, ap. parently drunk. He was lying in 1 the road. He had a whisky bottle ; and r. recently fired pistol on his I person. The. five shells found at | the scene of the killing fitted the pistol m Roger’s possession. The I two dead men were unarmed. At I the coroners-inquest Friday after noon in Adel the jury returned a I verdict that the two McGills were ' killed by persons unknown but ree i ommended that John Rogers be held in jail pending an investiga tion by the grand jury. Late Friday afternoon Rogers was spirited away from Adel by the sheriff and a deputy. | The McGills will probably be buried Sunday. _ .? AMERICUS, GA., SATURDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 20. 1923 BACKED HOUSE SEES RLL FASHION SHOW IN RYU.NDER THEATER : Frogram Pronounced Best Yet Seen Here—Every Event A Success MANY BEAUTIFUL MODELS Miss Kathryn Williams, of El laville, Wins Award As Queen of Show (By SARAH TOWER) Thiee- gentlemen, whose identi fy will never be disclosed, awarded the basket of Russell roses for the most beautiful of Americus neigh bors, in the beauty contest last night, to Miss Katherine Williams, of Ellaville. With a house packed from roof to basement, the Fall Fashion show of the Americus merchants went off with without a bobble. Walter Page who arranged and managed the affair for the mer chants, gave to his audience one of the most delightful evenings of the year. Long before the curtain rose, ev ery seat was filled. Little Kendal Beavers was the big hit with his song. Mrs. Olin Dixon and Mrs. Hamilton Holt pleased the audience in - the delightful vocal selections ano Mrs. Cham Whit’s violin solo was thoroughly enjoyed. Mrs. Boyd Stackhouse, “daintily attired in negligee,” as the prog ram puts it, in a most delightful dance, was received with the great est enthusiasm. Marjfcret Hooks as French maid wearing satin dress and displaying Pearlman’s hats, was one of the most attractive features of the program. The men’s fashions in which a large number of local young men appeared ; was a ngw event for Amercus and all were received with interest and appreciation by the audience. Bailey’s and Cohen’s displayed an excellent line of men’s clothing —'hats, top-coats, over-coats, prep suits business suits and tuxedos. Pinkstons, Pealman, The Fash ion Shop and Ansley’s display of evening gowns, sport suits, wraps, and street dresses was marvelous, and the girls looked wonderful in them. Miss Tillman, Miss Walker and Mrs. Pealman had just the hat to t go with every costume, and were the prettiest that have ever been seen in Americus. The first showing of junior girts’ dresses in Americus by Ansley’s modeled by Elizabeth Andrews, and the Kiddie costume worn by Little Ruth Eldridge were attractive. Neighboring town DeSoto was rep resented by Miss Duncan, Hunting ton, by Miss Laurie Johnson, Ella ville, by Miss Katherine Williams; Leslie, Miss Myra Sims, and Smith ville by Miss'- Theone Webb. No wonder it was hard for the judges to pick the prettiest girl, because every one of them were beauties. An out of town guest expessed our sentiment when he stated that -‘the Fashion Show was certainly a 'knock cut’ from beginning to end with gorgeous dresses, pretty girls, good-looking men’s clothes, with plenty of good-looking men to wear them couldn’t be beat any where.” Tne merchants that participated in the show were elated over the results, as the show was a credit to Americus as well as themselves, and every one seemed happy and proud ot their community as repre sented last night. • SUGGESTS“TOPS” ATHENS, Oct. 20.—Miss Moina Michael of the faculty of the State Normal School, who is known as the “Poppy Lady” of America be cause it was she who first suggested the flowers as a memorial to the heroes of the World War and who wrote the answer to Colonel Mc- Rae’s poem, “We Shall Not Sleep,” nas suggested the idea of having a bugler blow taps over the grave of the unknown soldier in Arlington cemetery every afternoon at sun set. ■ Her suggestion is that the War Deartment either designate a sol dier,, a veteran of the World War or that congress appropriate a fund to maintain a bugle for this pur pose, still selected from ranks of the World War veterans. SUES STOKES FOR $50,000 CHICAGO, Oct. 20.—-A suit for $50,000 damages against W. E. D. Stokes, of New York, who is suing his wife for divorce in that city, was filed today by one Daniel Jack son. Oniy a praeipe in the suit ] was filed and the identity and the alibgafions in the case have not been ascertained. DR. THORNWELL JACfOBS 1 SAILS FOR HOME TODAY LONDON, Oct. 20.—Dr. Thorn well Jacobs, president of Ogle thorpe University, sailed today for New York on ; the Mauretania. Members of the family of General Oglethorpe saw him off this morn ing and thanked him for reviving' the almost forgotten name of | founder of Georgia. Several of thfe generals relatives favored Dr Jacob’s plan to en shrine the bipdy on the campus of the University at Atlanta, but the great Newphew opposed it. JOHN B.'OMN IS LEGIBN HUB Elected National Commander of Vets on Eleventh Ballot At San b rancisco SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 20. John R. Quinn, of Delano, Kern county, California, was elected na» tional commander of the American Legion at the fifth annual conven tion Friday, on the eleventh bal lot. Quinn was elected when Penn sylvania switched 54 votes from James A. Drain to Quinn on the evelenth ballot, and Indiana switched 26 from Metcalf to Quinn, giving California 502 votes. Five names were before the con ention tor national commander, when nominatibns closed. They were: Wilder .S. Metcalf, of Kaii saas John R. Quinn, of California; James A. Drain, of Washington D. C. Clarehce.R. Edwards, of Bos ton, and William B. Healey, of Pennsylvania. The following national vice commandered were elected: Ryan Duffy, Fon Du Lac, Wis., Thurman Mann. High Point, N. C. William B. Healey, Wilkes-Barre, Pa.; C, M. Stoddard, Arizona and Lester Albert, Idaho. The only other elective office in the Legion, that of national chap lain was filled by Ezra A. Clemons, o* Minnesota, who was elected by acclamation. x St. Paul, Minn., was selected by the delegates yesterday for the sixth annual convention next year after a session marked by the adoption of a number of'important resoultions. UILLIKWffIT II SOUTH'S MILLS ATLANTA, Oct. 20.—Much has been said and written recently about ihe growth of the textile in dustry in the South and the many advantages that obtain in this sec tion over the New England states. But it has remained for E. Howard Bennett, one of the publishers of tshe American Wool and Cotton Ex porter to add the last word in an address' before the Rhode Island ' Purchasing Agents’ Association, : which is being made public here by cotton mill men. Mr. Bennett begins his address by calling attention to a million and a half order that recently was placed in the South by Henry Ford after having considered British and Eastern competition. He then pro ceeds to show that the South is not only coming into accendency in this country, but that it is rapidly tak ing away trade in the Orient that 1 once adhered exclusively to New) England mills. 'I he results is, he says, that there ! are now thousands of looms idle < in the East, with no new develop- : ments in that section, while mil- ; lions of dollars are being invested j in new mills in the South, A group of mills recently were sold at Lancaster* S. C. at a reput ed price of $55 a spindle, says Mr. Bennett, who declares, can offer a Rhode Island mill contain ing 80,0000 spindles for sl2 per spindle, and there are mo fakers Twenty years ago there was prac : tically no cotton goods manufac | tured in this section. Today there i are 15,000,000 spindles in the , South and ip the East., the mills that have moved South and that have be&n built in this sec tion, it is estimated, represent $1,000,000000 of cotton goods and $500,000,000 per annuum in wages At S2O per sinpdle it represents an investment of $30,000,000 and when taxed at an average of S2O • per thousand it represents $6,000, . 000 per year in additional taxes for : this section, to be spent in educa , tion and other things that make • for general progress. And “the worst of it is that this is not his- ■ tory,” says Mr. Bennett, “but is a current condition. The mills are Ijoing South today. MURDERER SHOT AND i BODY PARTLY OMD by miG posse Bungalow Set Fire in Effort to Dislodge Larsen Who Shot Ley on Friday CRAZED WITH LIQUOR Killer Held Off Soldiers And Police Both Until Shot To Death ALEXANDER, Minn., Oct. 20. (By Associated Press) —Edward Larson, age 38 years, the slayer of Jacob Ley, was shot to death by a posse and his body partially burned when his ibungalow was set fir'd' in an effort to drive Larson from cover, early this morning. • Bostemen found the body early when they examined the smoking ruins of the later in the forenoon. Larsen, believed to have been crazed from some bad liquor he had drunk,’ killed Ley Friday when Ley interceded in behalf of Larson’s Wife. f After killing Ley, Larson took refuge in his house, where he held off National Guardsmen and po lice who sought his arrest. LLOiHEOMiST IT LBUOLLE TODAY Spending Week-End With Judge Bingham—No Fubhc tn tertaining LOUISVILLE, Oct. 20.—David Lloyd George, ex-British premier, arrived here today, where he plan ned to be the week-end guest of Judge Robert W. Hingham, pub lisher of the Louisville Times and CourTer-Journal.| The program in his honor does not call for any public functions, ms. reTd mis Iffl ELLAVILLE Burial Will Occur Sunday From Ellaville Baptist Church ,EILAVILLE, Oct. 20.—Funeral services for Mrs. Warren Reid, who died at the family residence on the Americus-Ellaville highway Friday afternon at three o’clock will be held at the Ellaville Bap tist church Sunday morning at. 10 o clock, Rev. H. Johnston pastor of the church officiating. Mrs. Reid had enjoyed excellent health until just a few hours be fore, her death, when she became violently ill with an attack of ap oplexy from which * she never rallied. She was a consistent riiem ber of the Ellaville Baptist church and a' loyal W. T. U. worker. She was deeply interested in all that pertained to the betterment of her community and enjoyed the highest esteem of all her acquain tances. She was well known in Schley county, where she had lived all her life. Mrs. Reid was sixty six years of ; age, Thirty-seven years ago she ; married Warren Reid, who is one I of the most progressive farmers in ; Schley county. He with the follow -1 ing children survive her. Mrs. Wallace Childers, of County Line; ; Mrs. Lester Dykes, of Anderson jville; Misses Dollie, Minnie and I Ora Reid, Allen Reid, of Union [Springs, Ala.; Jackie and Robert Reid, she is also survived by three ! brothers, John H. Allen, of Texas; Aurelius Allen, of Bronwood; and , Bab Allen, of Friendship, Mrs. Reid, on last Wednesday afternoon, uttepded the funeral service of her ' unde. A. Allen at his home here. 'SCARRITT TRAINING SCHOOL TD BE MOVED Methodist Bible school workers hero tiave rec“ived notice that th“ IScarritt Bible and Training schob lof Kansas City Mo., is to be moved It was founded by the late Miss Bennette and for thirty years I has sent out prepared workers not I only to our,own land but to the foreign fields. The new location will tie Nash ville, Tenr., and it v .11 be affiliated with the Geo. Peabody College for ■teachers but with the understand ing that it retain its separate iden -1 tity? The church hopes this is a step forward to bigger and better ice, * ILLINOIS BANDITS GET $15,000 LOOT AFTER BLfflllG OPEN VAULT Night W«tchm«p Held Prisoner While ( ,X eggs Work At Desperate Task OFFICERS ARE IN PURSUIT Telephony ap4 Telephone Wi re s Cut PrevenSlOfficers Learn ing of Affair For Hours Oct. 20. Bandits estimated to JiftVe, number ed 10 or 12 held up ftie night watch man and blew open the' vlrtrit and safe of the first national bank of Oakland, Early today and escaped with $15,000 in currency and bonds Telegraph and telephone wires leadipg into town were cut by the pcrackers. Officers are in pursuit. RELGIC REPARATIONS PLAN TO COBSSION Note Handed Minister by Ger man Government After Its Examination BRUSSELLS, QeL 20-r-(By As sociated Press)—The German gov ernment has handed to the Belgium minister at Berlin a note contain ing the results of an examiation by Belgium experts of the Belgium reperationjs, plans/ The note will be forwarded to the the reparations,commission for immediate consideration. FREE HARRISON: ACQUIT BURGESS Lincoln Sheriff and Deputy Both Pound Not GvJiAty —Jwy trees Burgess LINCULTON, Oct. 20. The jury trying R. L. Burgess, charged with the murder of Frank Cullars, near Lincolton last July 4, late Friday afternoon returned a ver dict of acquittal, having been for an hour in deliberation. oneriff W. S. Harrison, charged with murder in connection with the Cullars, Death, was Friday morning also acquitted. Ihe case was called early Friday morning. The solicitor general made a motion «to continue on ac count of the lateness of the week but the motion was overruled. Os the first sixty jurymen twenty-nine went off for cause, a number of whom assigned opposition to capital punishment. The evidence was practically the same as that adduced in the Har rison trial. Burgess claimed self defense, declaring he was attacked by the Cullars boys, Frank and Wayne, and that in the scuffle both were killed. Dr. A. W, Burch testified he ex amined the wounds of both the Cul lars and found seven gunshot wounds in Frank and five in Wayne Great interest was manifested in the two trials, people coming from distances of fifty and sixty miles and some from South Carolina to attend. BROTHER OF 808 ANGLIN DIES AT OKLAHOMA HOME Edward Anglin, better known as "Dude” Anglin among the old set tlers of the community, died at Oklahoma City Sunday morning. He "as buried in Oklahom City. Mr. Anglin was a guest of Bob Anglin here, a brother of the de ceased. Mr. Ed Anglin had made a suc cess as an oil operator, it is said and he leaves his property to the son of Mr. Bob Anglin, a name sake of the deceased. FARMED DEAD OF HIS WOUND GREENVILLE, Oct. 20.—Ben Hencheliff, farmer living in a re mote section of Meriwether County who was shot and fatally wounded Thursday in a drunken fight with Bunyan Rouden, whom he killed in stantly, died of his wound this morning, Rouden shot him in the • stomach. According to reports, Rouden, a well-to-do farmer, had been on a spree for several days. Yesterday, still drunk, he came to Henchliff’s house, and they quarreled. Rouden [shot first, but Hanchcliff, before collapsing, returned the fire, kill -1 ing Kauder, x^.- 1 ■ WEATHE For Georgia—Fair tonight and Sunday, cooler tonight in East and South portion possibly light frost, exposed places interior in west and north portion. PRICE FIVE CENTS COOLIDGE CALLS UPON STATE EXECUTIVES TO ENFORCE PROHIBITION Each Should Assume Full Share of Responsibility President Tells Governors CONFER AT WHITE HOUSE No Provision in Amendment For States To Surrender Responsi bility, He Declares WASHINGTON; October 20. President Coolidge called on the governors of the several .states to assume their full share of respon sibility for the enforcement of pro hibition laws. Meeting with more than thirty state executives who had responded to his invitation to attend a White House coference on law enforce ment, the president,today flatly de clared that “no provision of eigh teenth amendment or national pro hibition act contemplates any sur render of state responsibility.” The provisions of the amendment and its supplementary statutes are perfectly plain, the president said, in the directions they give both to the president of the nation and .the governors of various states. He added to that country “ought to comprehend that when laws have been made there is, and can be, no question about the duty of execu tives to enfpree them with such in struments and by such means as the law provides for their enforcement.” The president ended his talk with out suggesting any new methods of co-operation between the federal government and states of the uh-' ,on. UOLIDGE MUST EIGHT . g ’ U WIN NVMTNN A1 ION WASHINGTON, Oct. 20.—Pres ident Coolidge will have opposition in the republican national conven tion next year Senator Moses, of New hampshre, chairman of the re publican senate campaign commit tee, .said Friday upon his return from a swing through twelve states west and east, The senator, who conferred with the president during the day on the political situation, added, however, that everywhere he had been he had found a .favor able spirit toward Mr. Colidge with scarcely any leading republi cans who did not take his nomina tion for granted. Governor Pinchot, of Pennsyl vania; former Governor Lowden, of Illinois, and Senator Johnson, of California, were among those men tioned by Senator Moses in connec tion with the presidential nomin ation contest. He would not venture a prediction as to whether Mr. Coolidge would be nominated, say ing it was too early for that. Fliwer King Is Serious. Senator Moses declared that there are today more than “affir matively for Henry Ford for presi dent than for any other one man.” “They are not all of one party,’ he said, “nor are they organized. If Ford accepts the nomination of the farmer-labor party, as he seems in clined now to do, the situation will be somewhat unhappy for the re publicans as I would think that ev ery electoral vote Ford will get will be at the expense of the repub lican party,” Senator Moses said Governor Lowden is conducting an active campaign for the republican presi dential nomination, adding that he has a capable representative in Washington who is undertaking to persuade the republican leaders in the state to stand for uninstructed delegates. - . ... . /■ SENTIMENT FOR FORD GROWING IN GEORGIA A l LANTA, Oct. ,20.—“1t would surprise you,” said C. W. McClure, Atlanta merchant-financier, dis cussing the subject in a hotel lobby here today, “to know just how much Henry Ford sentiment there is in Georgia. I honestly believe there are more Georgians for Konery Ford for pesident today than there are Georgians for any other man, for president. And the Ford ‘boom is growing, too—his star yet is in its ascendancy. Keep your eye on Henry Ford; he may be your next president.” , Mr. McClure is the original spon sor for the Ford-for-President move ment in the South. He urged teh auto magnate to make the race sev en years ago. Mr. McClure was als one of the most active men in the south in the movement to h«ve Ford take Muscle Shoals. 1 FOR SAVANNAH CELEBRATION SAVANNAH’, Oct. 20. The ; navy department at Washington an | nounced recently that naval air i places would be sent to this city as I iuo.tj jjo of aj-e saun|d I ;.qj, -Xbq XABJ4 joj ajnfßai w Naval Aircraft tender right cf the Atlantic fleet. The Wright will go tn Charlpftt.nn fnr New dnv.
