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WEATHER
For Georgia Generally fair
tonight and Friday.
EORTY-SIXT HYEAR-NO. 179
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TIGHT WITH KLJHSIIIEH
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Six shotguns Confiscated, To
gether With Many Pistols and
NJuch Ammunition
POLICE QUELL DISORDER
Between Three and Five Thous
and Kluxers Involved in Af
fair There Today
By Associated Pres*
HAVERHILL, Mass., July
31, Four men were shot here
early today when hostile
crowds clashed with between
three and five thousand mem
bers of the Ku Klux Klan, who
held an initiation lasting until
early this morning ,on the hill
of the neighboring town of
Groveland.
State and local police quelled the
disorders, arresting 23, including
three wounded men, and confiscat
ed. six shot guns, revolvers, and a
quantity of ammunition. The ar
rests appeared approximately even
ly livided between those attending
the klan meeting and the opposi
tion.
The clash at Haverhill follows
serious disorders caused by Kian
demonstrations Wednesday at Lan
caster, where hostilities followed
the assembling of 300 kiansmen,
friends and spectators assembled in
a field, which they had rented only
to be beleaguered by a crowd of
between 300 and 500 men, came
as a culmination of bitter feeling
for some time.
While the fighting was beginning
a similar outbreak occurred "in
Spencer, several miles away, when
a crowd showered with stones cars
carrying persons away from a Ku
Klux Klan meeting State
police dispersed the crowd and ar
rested. five men.'
At Westminster, a third meeting
was held without disorders.
Two dashes took place at Lan
caster during the night between, the
crowd within the field and those
outside. Rocks were thrown and a
shotgtm apparently loaded with rock
salt, fired.
As the night wore on the police
handicapped by their lack of num
bers, the scattered position of the
combatants and th*e darkness, were
able only to keep the road clear
When dawn broke 150 men still re
mained in the road outside the
field and a similar number of men
were within the field.
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KIRKWELL, Orkney Island,
Scotland, July 31.—The United
States army world fliers who arriv
ed from Brough, England postpon
ed their departure for lieland until
tomorrow because of adverse
weather reports from patrol boats.
HARDWICK SPEAKING
TODAY IN LOWNDES
VALDOSTA, July 31—Former
Governor Thomas W. Hardwick
will make two speeches in Lowndes)
county today, one of them in Vai-1
dosta at three o’clock in the after- ‘
noon and the other at Hahira still
later i the evening. His dates have
been arranged so as not to conflict
with the barbecue dinners to be
given here and at Hahira on that
'lay. Gov. Hardwick is one of the
best rough-and-tumble political
speakers in the state and he usual
ly draws good crowds.
PYTHIANS roused
BY ‘FIERY CROSS’
PHILADELPHIA, July 31.—En
raged at the burning of a cross on
Hie edge of their camp in West
Philadelphia, 200 members of the
'Military Guard,” Knights of Pyth
ias, a new organization, holding
their state encampment there,
charged the cross with rifles and
revolvers, preceding their advance
by a barrage of bullets.
The cross was discovered, by the
commander of the organization,
Colonel James E. Allen.
“For a time the camp was in con
fusion,” he said, “but I marshaled
my men and formed them into a
skirmish line. Then we charged the
cross. We found no one around,
but the men fired into the bushes
and into all possible hiding places.
We tore down the cross,”
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THE TIMESgRECORDER
goll PUBLISHED IN THE HEARTOF
KU KLUX RIOTS STIR PENNSYLVANIA
Defense Springs Surprise In Leopold-Loeb Case
PASSENGERS ESCAPE INJURY IN S. A. L. WRECK
FLORIDA COUNTY DOESN’T
WANT SOCIAL EQUALITY
MIAML Fla., July 31.—‘If you
are a reckless negro or'white man
believing in social equality, Dade
county doesn’t need you,” is the in
scription on a galvaized iro monu
ment, erected overnight on a side
walk in the Miami business district.
The origin or occasion for the ex
hibition is undetermined.
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MJ JERSEY
One Other Bandit Escaped When
Messenger is Wounded in
Lakawana Railroad Station
ROBBERY IS FRUSTRATED
Believed Robbers Sought Mail
Pouch Containing Valuable
Federal Reserve Packages
By Associated Press
EAST ORANGE, N. J., July
3 I.—'One bandit. was killed,
one escaped, and the mail car
rier wounded twice, when he
frustrated an attempted mail
robbery at a Lackawana rail
road station early today. It is be
lieved they sought a mail pouch
containing federal reserve bank
packages.
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Eighty-Five Georgia Counties
Have Failed to Make Final
. Settlements With Treasury
ATANTA, July 31.—Although
reports of tax coll/.ctors in 8j
counties of the state have not been
received yet, the balance due the
state treasury to complete settle
ment of ad valorem collections for
1923 is only $270,894.85, it is stat
ed by William A. Haruson , tax
clerk in the office of Comptroller-
General Wright. Final reports
have been made by only 75 to 100
counties, but the small balance due
is caused by tne fact that settle
ments T.ave been made in practic
ally ail counties having a large
proportionate share of taxes , it is
pointed out.
According to the tax digest col
lections for 1923 are expected to
total $5,109,719.pi, including ad
.valorem and poll taxes. Os a this
sflm $4,764,651.91 is ad valorem,
and $365,688.00 is poll taxes.
Os the total amount $4,838,825.-
08 has been paid in. The large
proportion of amount paid in, com
pared to the'proportion of counties
which have made their final settle
. ment, is due to the fact that prac
tically all those counties still in
arears, owe only a smal amount,
Fulton, for instance, which pays a
heavy proportion of the ad valorem
tax of the state, has not made final
settlement yet, though practically
all taxes have been paid in.
The figures given above do not
allow for insolvent taxpayers, which
will reduce the final total some
what, although this loss will proba
by the offset by added collections
for properties not on the digest,
which also are not included.
COUNCIL HEARS
ASSESSMENT PLEAS
MOULTRIE, July 31—The City
Council met last evening and held
hearings from tax payers objecting
to revisions made by council in the
regular annual revision of tax re
turs. There was only a.small scat
tering line of tax payers appearing
personally but a large number filed
petition for reduction from the as
sessed figures by letter, the hear
ings lasted until IJ. :3O last evening
land will be resumed again toighr
at 8:30, it beig hoped to conclude
all hearings and adjustments with
tonight’s meeting.
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DAVIS IS IN ACCORD
WITH BRYAH !H HIS
DEFENSE DAY STAND
Nominee Declares That No Ne
cessity Exists for ‘Military
Demonstration’ Planned
GOVERNOR’S VIEW SOUND
War Department Claims Bryan
Previously Had Agreed to Co-
Operate in ‘Defense Test’
By Associated Press
NEW YORK, July 31.
John W Davis announced to
day that he is in entire accord
with his running mate, Gover
nor Charles Bryan, of Nebraska
regarding “mobilizing day."
He decared that Governor Bry
an’s view that no necessity exists
for such military demonstration as
is planned by the Coolidge admin
istration, is entirely sound.
DEPARTMENT CLAIMS
BRYAN CHANGED ATTITUDE
WASHINGTON, July 31.—Flat
contradiction of the charges made
in his attack on the ‘defense test"
by Governor Bryan, of Nebraska
set for September 12 was cotained
in a statement issued by the War
Department. Major General Dun
can, commanding the . Seventh
Corps ATCiI, which includes Ne
braska, reported on May 31 that
Governor Bryan ‘had expressed his
desire to co-cVerate to the fullest
extent.”
It was not until after the Gov
ernor had returned from the Demo
cratic National Convention, which
named him the party’s Vice Presi
dential candidate, that officials
found his attitude antagonistic.
The statement said:
“The statements of the Governor
bf Nebraska indicate that he has,
drawn rather extraordinary infer
ences from what seems to be a per
fectly clear document.
‘‘While it is desirable that all
prominent citizens openly support I
the- ‘‘defense test,’ the action of the
Governor in ordering the assembly,
of the National Guard organizations
under his control on September 12, j
and in appointing local commitees,
will enable the departmet to cariv.
out its plan in the State of Ne-‘
braska completely”. s
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BICK LI FBILETTf
Executive Board of Brotherhood
Officially Enderses Independ
ent Candidates
CINCINNATI, July 31—LaFol
lette and Wheeler , independent
candidates for the presidency and
vice-presidency respectively, were
endorsed today by the
board of brotherhood of railway
and steamship clerks, fre’ght han
ders, express and station employees.
LOWNDES SCHOOLS
ASK MORE MONEY
VALDOSTA, July 31. The
county School Board has asked the.
county commissioners to make an
extra levy of two mills to help meet
a deficit of the county school board
The rural districts are subject to
special tax for school purposes,
while in the city of Valdosta the,
schools are supported by the taxes
paid by the citizens, added to the
amount which comes from the
State. The increased levy would be
put upon all property, both rural
and urban, and the coun’.y commis
sioners are not sure that they can
do this by law. In any event, the
proposed increase in the county
rate does not set well with the city
tax-payers, who are already ‘groan
ing” under the tax burden, and
where tther burdens are likely tp
follow. /
J. A. McDonald, who underwent
an operation jit the Plains hospital,
is reported in a most satifeatroy
condition. .'
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 3L 1924
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Photographers were not permit
ted to take pictures of Carl C.
Magee, editor of the New Mexico
State Tribune in the county jail
at Las Vegas, N. M. But here
is a sketch an NEA Service ar
tist made from a description,
furnished by newspaper men who
visited the “Eghtingest editor in
Prohibition to figure
In House-Senate Races
Wet and Dry Question Not io
Be Live Issue Between Par
ties in Presidential Campaign
BY CHARLES P. STEWART
NEA Service Writer
WASHINGTON, July 31—The
wet and dry Question is not an issue
in the Coolidge-Davis-La Follette
presidential race.
Except for “law enforcement”
planks with which both wets and
drys profess to be satisfied, the Re
publican and Democratic platforms
ignore the subject of prohibition.
The Progressive statement of prin
ciples hasn’t even a “law enforce
ment” plank.
But in the senatorial and con
gressional -contests prohibition will
be a consideration everywhere.
The Aassociation Against the
prohibition Amendment is taking
the lead in the campaign for wet
majorities in the next two houses
of Congress. The Anti-Saloon
League is directing the fight to
prevent this. •
The former organization sizes up
the situation as follows: •
There are 96 senators, besides
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LITTLE JOE
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MARY A GOQ»D PJANO
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America,” after Judge David
Leahy, had sent him to a cell for
contempt of court. The -flowers
were only a few of those Magee
received from friends and admir
ers. In today’s paper (see edi
torial page) Editor Magee from
his prison cell, tells of his battle
with corruption and high-handed
injustice.
fflKffiffl AHEAD
in SUITES WITH
GOOD MP PPSSPKT
Indications Now Are That Yield
Will Be Sufficient to Restore
Normal Business
DeLOACH PLAN IS SUCCESS
Shortage of Hogs and Cows to
Consume Surplus Grain Pre
sents Chief Problem
Indications here today are that
Sumter county will market a large
cotton crop here this fall, with
Americus merchants preparing to
share in the prosperity, this* will
bring the entire section.
Never before in the history of
the cotton industry here have farm
ers worked their lands more inten
sively than during the season now
drawing to a close. Not only have
they tended this cotton crop closely,
they have, fertilized their lands
heavily and poisoned their cotton
plants along scientific lines.
The DeLoach dry calciurrf arsen
ate method has been used almost
exclusively to control the boll wee
vil, and added by favorable weather
control methods followed have ap
parently solved the problem that
cost Sumter county farmers at least
ten thousands bales of cotton last
year.
The weevil control campaign,
handled by a steeripg committee
with Judge James A. Hixon* at its
head, and assisted by George O.
Marshall, county farm demonstra
tion agent, and J. C. Maness, a field
agent of the state board of onto
melogy, has distributed many tons
(Continued on Page Five)
3 TRAINMEN INJUREO
WHEN FAST
FLffl IS WRECKED
Southbound Train No. 5 Derail
ed Near Lemon Springs, N.
C., Early Today
ENGINE TURNED OVER
Express Car is Derailed Also,
But Passengers On Board
Escape Without Injtny
By Associated Press
RALEIGH, N. C., July 31.
—Three trainmen . were injur
ed when the engine of the Sea
board Airline southbound pas
senger train No 5 was derailed
at Lemon Springs today. The
engine turned completely over, and
the express car was derailed. No
passengers were hurt. The cause
of the wreck is as yet undeter
mined.
SINTMTHS
TO MM. lOMI
Return of State Government at
Sao Paulo Causes Quiet to
Again Prevail at Port
BUENOS AIRES, July 31
With the return of state govern
ment to Sao Paulo, Brazil, thg scene
of recent revolt, life in Santos as
sumes a normal aspect, says a des
patch to La Nacion. Business has
been resumed and factories are
operating,
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Connecticut Man Chosen to Di
rect Activities at Eastern
Campaign Headquarters
NEW YORK, July 31—Thomas
J. Spellacy, of Hartford, Conn..
will have charge of the Democratic
eastern campaign headquarters.
Former Congressman Lincoln Dixcu
of Indiana, is in charge of the or
ganization bureau in Washington,
assisted by William B. Wilson, for-,
mer secretary of labor, according
to an authoritative announcement
here today.
MELON GROWERS
SAVING OWN SEED
VALDOSTA, July 31 The
thrifty melon growers are using the
.best of their left-over melons to get
the seed for another season. They
have been cautioned against taking
seed from melons that are detec
tive or which have white streaks.
The white streak indicates that the
melon is harking back to the citron
and it will take only a year or two
of reproduction to breed a first rate
citron. The seed from good red
meated melons will result in pro
ducing good melons next season
HOG PRICES GOOD;
FARMERS HAVE NONE
VALDOSTA, July 31—With a
general shortness in hogs this sea
son, the prices are rapidly advanc
ing and those experienced in the
business are of the opinion that
withi a comparatively short time
the price will reach at least ten
cents. The hog production in the
west is very short this year accord
ing to government statistics and in
South Georgia the scarcity of hogs
is very noticeable. Os course, the
local deficiency would not especial
ly affect the general market were
it not for the shortage in the west.
It seems reasonable that those who
have hogs this year will get more
for them than in several past sea
so-ns. Comparatively few farmrs
have had hogs enough this year to
consume the waste crops in the
fields, which is an added loss,
New York Futures
Pc. Open High Low Close
Jan. 27.1 G 27.20)27.97126.97)27.97
Mar. . 27.70 27.50128.30)27.13128.30
May 27.7ff27.60 28.40)27.28)28.40
Oct. .28.27 28.00 28.87)27.73128.87
Dec. 27.50 27.12,27.18'27.03)28.18 I
PRICE FIVE CENTS
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WHEN CROWE WIS ON
BENCH JURIST
Citations From Record Read by
Defense Attorney Cause Hot
Verbal Clash Today
STATE FIGHTING HARD
Claim Made That Depravity Is
Inadmissible in Mitigation of
Punishment
By Aisociatcd Pres*
CHICAGO, July 31. Ci
tation from a certain case tried
before State’s Attorney Crowe
when he was a jud: b, with
Clarence E. Darrow as defense
attorney, were read today in
the trial of Nathan Leopold,
Jr., and Richard Loeb, forthe
inlurder of Robert Franks.
These citations were produced
when Crowe, as prosecuting at
torney, tried to maintain his con
tention that evidence of depravity
was inadmissible in mitigation of
punishment. Production of the
citation brought a heated verbal
exchange between Crowe and Par
row.
CROWE FIGHTS TO ‘4
SILENCE ALIENISTS
CHiCAG, July 31. At Wednes-
day’s late session, Prosecutor Crown
fought valiantly to prevent alii' n
ists testifying in the trial of Nathan
Leopold and Richard Loeb, charged
with the murder of Robert Franks.
Dr. William A. White, eminent
Washington physician, was the first
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MERGER EFFECTED
Properties Valued at More Than
$20,000,000 Involved in
Huge Deal Just Closed
CINCINNATI, July 31— Consol
idation of more than 50 West Vir
ginia coal mining properties, -n
--yolving $20,000,000 to $25,000,-
000, has ju t been affected, says
the Commercial Tribune.
It is understood that financing
of the news corpcratton was han
dled by New York and Philadelphia
banking interests.
BIIIMMS
BILL IM DEBATED
Georgia Deleation is Asked to
Remedy ‘Frightful Condition’
Involving Freight Rates
ATLANTA, July 31—Represen
tative Burt, of Dougherty county
leads the house fight for biennial
sessions bill being debated today.
Opposition is led by Representative
Milner, of Dodge county.
GEORGIA CONGRESSMEN
ASKED TO AID FIGHT
ATLANTA, July 31—Under the
terms of a joint resolution passed
by the general assembly, members
of the Georgia delegation to con
gress will be called on to present to
the Interstate Commerce Commis
sion "the frightful condition,” in
volved ip the freight rates on food
crops. The excessive high rates
are retarding diversification, the
solons point out.
TAMPA TEAM GETS
OUT OF S PATE LEAGUE
ST. PETERSBURG, July 31.
Notification that the Tampa base
ball club had withdrawn from th s
state league was received shortly
before noon today by Guy Shep
pard, vice president of the circuit.
SENATOR LODGE HAS
COMFORTABLE NIGHT
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., July 3X"'
Senator Lodge had a
night at the Charles Gate host
, where he is i-ecuperating from L
operation, _