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WEATHER
For Georgia Partly cloudy to
■lf Thursday, local thunder
vers; cooler in north portion.
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LANCASTER SCENE OF BITTER KU KLUX CLASH
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UEEENSE WINS FIRST
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mtBMURDFRTRIAL
Judge Caverly Rules Against
State in Permitting Alienists
to Testify in Case
STATE CASE IS CLOSED
Court Decided Mitigating Cir
cumstances May Be Shown;
Insanity Can’t Be Introduced
By Associated Press
CHICAGO, July 30. The
state closed its case and the de
fense today started testimony in
a hearing to determine the pun
ishment of Nathan Loepold, Jr.,
and Richard Loeb for the kid
naping and murder of Robert
Franks.
Justice John R. Caverly, the pre
siding judge overruled objection of
the state’s attorney to testimony of
the defense alienists suggesting if
the insanity question is raised, it is
the duty of the court to appoint a
jury to determine that fact. The
judge rules that the defense would
not be permitted to go into the evi
dence of insanity, but could show
mitigating circumstances.
CROWE SAYS HE WILL
DEMAND JURY TRIAL
CHICAGO, July 30.—A new ele
ment was introduced into the trial
of Nathan Leopold, Richard Loeb
here late when Clarence
A. Darrow, chief counsel for the
k defense, announced that Dr. Wil
f'liam A. White, superintendent of
St, Elizabeth’s hospital, Washington
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BftHNSEN FAILS
Friends of State Veterinarian
Win Skirmish in Senate Over
Status of Office
ATLANTA, July 30.—Several
phases of activity of the State De
partment of Agriculture were un
der discussion by the Senate'Tues
day, a pitch of heated debate be
ing reached upon one issue—the
bill to limit the term of office of
the State Veterinarian, now ap
pointed by the Commissioner of
Agriculture, and otherwise to re
strict the office as virtually to
eliminate Dr. Peter F. Bahnsen,
present State Veterinarnian.
Friends of Dr. Bahnsen, lauding
his work in tick eradication and de
scribing his administration as ‘fear
less,’’won the skirmish, succeeding
i na vote to agree with the report
of the Senate committee, which re
ported adversely on the bill. The
vote practically kills the ebill for
this session.
An effort to disagree with the re
port of the committee, launcehed by
Senator Moore , precipitated a
'igorous debate, advocates of the
bill urging that under the existing
system the State Veterinarian holds
Practically a life tenure.
The Senate heard the report of
the special joint committee ap
pointed last year to investigate
charges against Commissioner
Brown and his administration as
made by Representative Stewart, of
Atkinson. The charges, involving
accusations of political play, fav
oritism and irregularities in the con
,'luct of the department, were term
by the committee as ‘petty and
frivolous.” Wide circulation was
given to the roptr at the time of
>ts preparation months ago, so that
>ts reading Tuesday became merely
a routine detail.
Following this action, the Senate
undertook consideration cf the bill
Providing for change in the method
°f oil inspection in Georgia, which
r ow is effected under direction of
the Department of Agriculture,
’brough local inspetcors in each
county. The bill is designed to pro
'tde 12 inspectors who are to de
mote all their time to the work and
to cover the entire state.
This being another blow at-the
existing organisation of the State
“Partment of Agriculture, ength”
debate was forecast for the meas
ure.
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IN THE /PJnWp HEART OF piXIE
Caverly Decides Alienists May Testify
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GEORGIA CROP OUTLOOK IS ENCOURAGING
TRAVEL HOMEWARD
BOUND WITH UNCLE
SAM’S FLYERS
Watch this may as it marks the
homeward jvwrwcy of our
’round-thsjkorld flyers.
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KIRKWALL .ORKNEY ISLAND
KIRKWALL, Orkney Islands,
Scotland, July 30. —American round
the world’ fliers, homeward bound,
arrived from Brough, England, at
3:10 o’clock this afternoon, thus
completing the first leg of their
itrans-Atlanfic journey via Iceland
and Greenland to India Harbor
Labrador.
WEATHER IDEAL FOR ’
COTTON OF
DEPARTMENTSTATES
Plant’s Growth Very Good,
Condition Fine and Fruiting
Well Over Entire State
WEEVILS HELD IN CHECK
Abundant Sunshine Aiding Poi
son to Keep Weevil Damage
at Minimum in Georgia
By Associated Press -•
WASHINGTON. July 30.
Georgia crop weather conditions
as summarized by the Depart
ment of Agriculture shows fre
quent showers have been slight
ly detrimental in the South, with
a moderate drouth prevailing in
the North and Northwest. The
weather is gcncraly ideal for cot
ton.
Cotton growth shows very good,
condition fine, fruiting well.
The first bale from Colquitt
county was ginned on July 28.
Poison and abundant sunshine are
holding tH- weevils in check, though
there has been some increase and
damage where showers fell.
Upland corn needs rain, but the
crop is practically laid by and
fodder pulling has already begun.
BOND HEIETTS
PLACED AT 5»
Reman Man and Wife Accused
of Murder of Miss Hoffman
Held Following Hearing
CHATTANOOGA, July 30.—W.
H. Bennett and his wife were order
ed bound over for the grand jury
late Tuesday afternoon at the close
of their preliminary hearing on
charges of murder in connection
with the disappearance of Miss Au
gusta Hoffman from theier home
here nine years ago.
Their joint bond was fixed at
$7,500
The affidavid was presented at
the preliminary hearing of Bennett
and his wife, both of whom are
charged with murder in connection
with the mystery. Miss Hoffman,
Bennett’s aunt, was living with him
when she dropped from sight in
1915.
STATE RESTS CASE
IN TRIAL OF CHANCE
STATESBORO, July 30. The
state rested the case against R. H.
Chance, on trial here charged with
the murder of Watson Allen, near
Millen, in 1921. Twenty witncscs
were examined.
BRIGHTER PROSPECTS
FOR PRODUCTION OF
COTTON NOW FIT
Business Review of Federal Re
serve Bank Says ‘Seasonal
Lull’ Being Experienced
LABOR SHORTAGE EXISTS
Increased Use of Poison Has Re
duced Number of 801 l Wee
vils Now in Fields
By Associated Press
ATLANTA, July 30.
Brighter prospects for the sea
son’s production of cotton at this
time than was true two or three
months ago; material improve
ment in condition of all agricul
tural crops being noticeable in
June and early July, while in
most lines of business there is
being experienced “a seasonal
lull,” said to be usual at this
time, is evidenced in the July
monthly business review cover
ing the agricultural and financial
conditions of the Sixth Federal Re
serve district, issued here today.
The cotton, crop is said to have
improved from 65.6 per cent of
normal
on June 25, in the report made by
the department of agriculture, ac
cording to the review, while all
states in the sixth district, with the
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MOULTRIE BOY HANGS
UP NEW GOLF RECORD
MOULTRIE,, July 30.—Leonard
Shaw, Moultrie boy, who is attend
ing Palmer School of Chiropractic
in Davenport, Jowa, hung up a new
record on the last nine holes of one
of the golf courses there according
to a newspaper story,, part of
which follows:
“By shooting six birdie s and
three pars for a 33 total, L[, O.
Shaw set a new record Sunday af
ternoon for the last nine holes of
the Credit Island course.”
LID TO GO ON AT
MOULTRIE SUNDAY
MOULTRIE, July 30, The
chances are that there will be con
siderable shopping around in Moul
trie and the other towns of the
county late Saturday afternoon and
tonight The fact is sucii a step
seems to be in order for the lid
goes on tighter Sunday than it has
ever been clamped on in this city
and nearby points before.
Sheriff Bedrd has announced
that in compliance with the grand
jury’s recommendation as included
in that body general presentments
calling for a“strict enforcement of
the Sunday laws,” he is going to
see that every body turns aside
from his or her daily vacation. This
interpreted means that nothing is te
be sold or any work performed.
WEALTHY VIACON
WOMAN DISAPPEARS
TAMPA, Fla., July 30.—Local
police late Tuesday were following
every clew in an effort to solve the
mystery surrounding the disappear
ance of Mrs. M. L. Dickson, said to
be a wealthy young widow of Ma
con, Ga.
R. L. Dickson, borther-in-law of
the missing woman, was arrested
Tuesday in connection with her dis
appearance.
Mrs. Dickson is said to have come
to this city from Macon Thursday
night with her brother-in-law to in
vest in business here. She regist
ered at a local hotel and made ar
rangements to meet her brother
in-law the following morning, ac
cording to the story told police. She
left the hotel the following morning
to look at an apartment, so the story
goes, and she has not been seen
since.
The brother-in-law reported her
mysterious disappearance Saturday
night. Young Dickson was docket
ed at police headquarters on a
blanket charge of suspicion.
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. JULY 30, 1924
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Beckman Denies Georgia
Peaches Being ‘Dumped 9
Into Streams of State
Agent of Exchange Says Only
12 New York Concerns Able
to Handle Peaches
>'EW YORK, July 30.—A spe
cial news story printed in thee New
York Produce News, a fruit and
vegetable trade journal published
here says:
“When W. H. Beckman, local
representative of the Georgia Peach
Growers’ Exchange, was asked
about the reported dumping into
the risers of Georgia of 4,000,000
bushels of peaches, which report
was widely circulated through the
Associated Press, he said that the
yarn on the face of it showed its
falseness. In the first place it
would be impossible to get that
many peaches to dump.
Again it would be absolutely fool
ish on the part of the growers to
pick that many peaches at consid
erable expense and then dump them.
The probable basis of this story, he
said, was that a few small-sized
peaches which, because of the un
satisfactory condition of the market
it was not profitable to ship and
which could, not be used for by.
products, might have been dumped
jthis year, as is done every year.
“There has been some complaint
on the part of old line peach houses
that have made a specialty of
peaches in season, that ther e have
been too many receivers in tins
market, and that is one of the
reasons why the deal went to the
bad so suddenly last week. During
the days of heavy receipts, there
have been as high as 40 different
firms receiving peaches on the same
day.
‘Many of these firms have never
had any real experience in the
handling of peaches, which is a busi
ness in itself These people have
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BIEL TH REDUCE OIL
IHSPECTJON FORCE
EIEfEMIIiaTE
Measure Was Intended to Pro
vide New Economical Method
for Gas Inspection in Ga.
OFFERED BY GRANTHAM
One Section of Defeated Meas
ure Would Have Limited .
Number of Dept. Inspectors
ATLANT/Vhdy 30.—8 y 27
to I 3 the vote for the bill pro
viding for the inspection of oils
and gases and limiting the num
ber of inspectors was defeated
in the state senate today. Sena
tor Grantham, of the 46th dis
trict, is the author of the defeat
ed bill.
VIADUCT BILL
MUST WAIT
ATLANTA, July 30.—The senate
passed the Atlanta viaduct bill af
ter adopting amendments providing
that the entire matter must be re
ferred to the 1925 assembly for fin
al approval.
STATE PORT BILL
IS TABLED
ATLANTA, July 30.—The state
port bill providing for the issuance
of $10,000,000 in bonds was tabled
today by the senate on motion of
Senator Arnow, of the 4th district,
in the midst of an aye and nay vote
being recorded on the bill’s passage,
will be severly punished.
SENATE WRESTLES WITH
OIL INSPECTION BILL
ATLANTA July 30.—Meeting
promptly at 11 o’clock this morn
ing, the Georgia state senate took
up consideration of two outstanding
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PERSIA ‘HORRIFIED’
AT IMBRIE KILLING
TEHERAN, July 30.—-The news
paper ‘lran’ publishes a letter from
the foreign minister to the Ameri-
minister saying that the gov
ernment is| horrified and Sorrowful
over the killing of Vico Consul Ini
brie, and that every endeavor is be
ing made to find the culprits, who
WIN ACCUSED IN
LOVE PLOT GOES ON
TRIAL AT MARIETTA
Mrs. D. D. Bullard Alleged to
Have Abetted Attack Made
While Husband Slept
BEEN TRIED ONCE BEFORE
Third Man in Domestic Triangle
Has Already Been Convicted
of Assault on Bullard
By Associated Press
MARIETTA, July 30. —The
trial of Mrs. D. D. Bullard and
Sim Edwards, alleged principals
in a love plot to get rid of the
former’s husband, is scheduled
to start here»today. The wom
an is charged with complicity in
connection lyith abetting an at
tack made by Edwards on Bullard
as he slept in a Powder Springs,
Ga., residence. A former hearing
of the case resulted in a mistrial.
Edwards has already been con
victed of assault in connection with
the shooting, and faces several
statutory charges.
Bullard was recently granted a
divorce from Mrs. Bullard in the
Superior court of DeKalb county.
KioNmn ißMiffli
SiEEm HELMS
Oscar Dutton Located, Unharm
ed, in Fayette County, While
Police Seek Abductors
ATLANTA, July 30.—Oscar F.
Dutton, who was kidnaped from his
.home here Sunday night by two
men has been located in Fayette
county with relatives and unharm
ed. Police are seeking for a motive
bf the abduction, it is reported.
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Savannah Featherweight in
Jacksonville Hospital Follow
ing Fight With Lew Silver
JACKSONVILLE, July 30.—In
ternational injuries as a result of a
bout here last night with Lew Silver,
'of Atlanta, may end the ring ca
reer of Dick Leonard, feather
weight, of Savannah, who is now m
a local hospital following a techni
cal knockiut in the seventh round.
LAURENS CANNING
GIRLS AT ATHENS
DUBLIN, July 30.—Mrs. Edita
Ward left Dublin this morning en
route to Camp Wilkins near Ath
ens Georgia. She was accompan
ied by Mrs. Bededingfield, of
Renta and twenty-eight young la
dies all from this county.
Mrs. Ward has arranged for the
girls to take the short course
in canning club work and general
home economics under ideal camp
ing conditions. The club will re
main in camp for one week, before
returning to Dublin.
WEEVILS SCARCE IN
FIELDS OF LAURENS
DUBLIN, July 30.—Weevils arc
very scarce in Laurens county this
year, or at least one man is ready
to testify that such is true.
T. R. Wilcox, representative of
J. W. Jay & Co., cotton brokers of
New York was asked by his firm
recently to aid in gathering a large
quantity of live weevils to be used
in experiments in Lousiana labori
tories Mr. Wilcox went out to the
cotton fields confident that he
could secure them by the hundreds
of thousands. To his surprise, was
unable after thorough search ta
find enough weevils to make even a
small shipment to his firm and had
to WTite them that weevils were not
to be had in Laurens county fields.
New York Futures
Pc. Open High Low Close
Jan. . 28.08(28.06128.09|27.24|27.46
Mar. ..28.34128.30|28.30|27.47|27.70
May ..28.40128.30|28.33|27.45|27.78
Oct. ..29.04(29.15(29.15(28.00(28.27
Dec. ..28.18(28.15(28.16(27.35(27.50
New York middling spots 28 3-4 c.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
HUNDREDS ENGAGED
IN FIGHT STARTING
WITH KLAN GATHERING
Score Injured During Hideous
Night Filled With Clashes Be
tween Opposing Forces
OUTBREAK AT 7 SPENCER
Kiansmen Beleaguered by Huge
Crowd, With Bitter Feeling
Causing Disorders
By Associated Press
LANCASTER. Mass., Ju’.y
30.—Afcet a night of disorders
and clashe-: in which scores we-c
injured, the crowd of men wno
had engaged in the night's hos
tilities, members and spectators
at the Ku Klux Klan meeting
field near here, dispersed with
the arrival of additional state
patrolmen today.
Five to eight hundred were en
gaged in the fighting during the
night.
There was a similar outbreak at
Spencer, several miles away.
When the klan assembled in a
rented fir'd, it was beleaguered by
a big crowd, and it is expected that
the culmination of the disorder will
be bitter feeling fop some time.
JOE IBM
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‘Shoeless Wonder’s’ Team and
Macon C. of Ga. Oulf’.L to
Meet at Playground
Joe Jackson, “shoeless wonder”
of big leagues a few years ago, is
to be seen in action in Americus
next Monday, August 4. He comes
this time as the stellar attraction
with the Waycross A. C. L. team,
which Ki scheduled to play the Ma
con Central of Georgia outfit in
Americus on that date.
The game will be played on the
Playground diamond as a benefit
for that organization, and fans
from miles around are expected to
come here for the exhibition. In
formation is that the two teams are
about evenly matched, and with
Jackson’s superior diamond gen
eralship displayed, the game will
probably be exciting throughout.
Joe Jackson resided in Americus
during several months last year
when he managed the Americus
amateur team, bringing that out
fit up from the bottom to the com
manding position in the South
Georgia circuit.
WATERMELON MOVEMENT
HEAVY IN SO. GEORGIA
DUBLIN, July 30.—Watermel
ons have been moving steadily from
jthis section during the past week,
in fact the rush part of the season
was on last week.
Shipments last w'eek cn the line
of the W. & T. railroad amounted
to 106 cars. This ia compared
with a total of 96 for the entirJ
season last year. This road has
handled in all, 155 cars from off
its lines, the bulk of which came
from Laurens county. These do
not represent all the cars shipped
last week, however, for reports
from buyers show that something
like 150 cars, in all, moved from the
sections of which Laurens county is
the center.
CHINESE TAKING TO
MODERN COLD DRINKS
TECHOW, tShantung, July 30.
Having imitated the foreigner in
many other respects, the Chinese
are now taking to the summer eus-
I tom of ice cream and iced drinks
! and especially iced tea. A short
time ago ice cream was obtainable
only in Peking in the Legation
Quarter hotels and in foreign cum •
munities in the port cities; now the
Chinese shops that sell it are. legion
and the urchin in the street has thu
ice cream cone habit.
Bottled soda water, pop and lens,*
onade can be bought anywhere
Iced tea stands, with dirty glasses
and swarming flies, are frequent
along the streets even in inland
Chinese cities away front the tour
ist routes.
The widespread imitation of the
foreigner’s custom of indulging in
cold drinks, without a corresponding
. imitation of the sanitary methods
employed by the foreigner in their
preparation, promises serious con,
sequences.