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About The Montgomery monitor. (Mt. Vernon, Montgomery County, Ga.) 1886-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 29, 1921)
POWERS STAGGER AT BAN ON U-BOATS ENGLAND'S PROPOSAL MEETS WITH COLD RECEPTION BY FRANCE, ITALY, JAPAN AMERICA IS NON-COMMITTAL Rules Suggested To Prevent Repeti tion Os Ruthless Use Os Under water Craft Washington.—Great Britain’s plea that ’the submarine he banished from the seven seas has been presented to the arms conference, but received no support from any other power. in (urn, the spokesmen of France, * .Italy and Japan replied that they re garded submarines when properly em ployed. as a legitimate and valuable arm of naval strength, and were un prepared to see them abolished. The American delegates took no final stand on the question, but sug* gested that the conference turn fts efforts toward such a revision of in ternational practices as would prevent a r< petition of the ruthless submarine methods of the world war. A further exchange of views on the British proposal will take place at a later date unless Franco, whoso repre sentatives again are awuiting instruc tions from the premier, is prepared to go ahead with the delayed presenta tion of estimates for auxiliary craft she desired to keep under the naval reduction program. The French indi cated that they hoped, at the next meeting, to at least make known their exact requirements as to submarine tonnage. The most recent discussions have taken place behind closed doors of the committee room, but the British asked that their indictment of the subma rine be made public and Indicated that they probably would carry their fight later to' an open session of the con ference. They apparently do not hope to succeed, however, after the expres- Boin of views, and are planning to Join In the move for an understanding to restrict the operations of under wtaer craft in future wars. Announcement of the French that they were unprepared to present fig ures as to their auxiliary tonnage re quirements caused genoral surprise in conference circles. Before the com- meeting they hud indicated that tualr estimates were ready, but later it became apparent that cable exchanges of an important nature were In progress between Washington and Premier Briand. u» these ex j changes Secretary Hughes joined as the conference chairman, receiving word of the latest desires of the French premier in a message from Ambassador Harvey at London. Ford Denied Cut On Coal Frieght Washington.—Henry Ford's attempt to reduce .freights on coal 20 per cent along the line of his railroad, the De troit, Toledo and lronton, was disal lowed by the interstate commerce commission on the ground tliat the reduction would constitue u discrimi nation against oilier mining territory whose coal product is sold in Toledo, Detroit and other cities along the Ford railroad. Sales Abroad Show Considerable Cain Washington. An analysis of offi cial export statistics on the basis of quantities will show that the Unittxl States has made considerable gains in sales abroad of practically every im portant commodity, according to the I chamber of commerce of the United States. Os twenty exports, the chant- • her said in a statement issued, ‘fif teen registered increases ranging from 42 to 5,210 per cent in poung age’‘ in the first nine months of 1921. as compared with a similar period last j year. x Tries To Prove Burch Was Insane Lew Angeles. CaLi —'The second phase of the trial of Arthur O. Burch, on trial for the murder of J. Belton j Kennedy, broker, was well under way j recently. Ffforts to prove Burch was Insane were continued. This phase of the defense was started when Burch's counsel began reading depositions by teh defendant's mother. Mrs Dora M. Burch, of Evanston, 111., his former wife. Miss Allie Gale Quayle, and her j father. Bishop Matthew Quayle of St. Louis. Burglars Loot N. Y. Safety Boxes New York. Burglars early one i morning recently broke into the Mount Wolk bank and stole one hundred thousand dollars in securities from the safety deposit boxes. They "jim mied" open a window and cut through the vault doors with acetylene torches. The locks on eighty deposit boxes 1 were broken with a hammer. It ap- I pears that the burglars have made a "clean getaway," and there is no clue Whatever to their whereabouts, so far I iqs reports for the newspapers can ascertain. Tulsa Sheriff Receives A Warning Tulsa. Okia.—A communication in strutting Sheriff William McCullouch - of Tulsa county to take steps at once to rid the county of road houses, boot I loggers and obnoxious resorts has been j received by a Tulsa newspaper, pur- , Pining to have been sent by yte Tulsa ! branch of the Ku Klux Klan for pub lication. The message declares jhe klan is three thousand strong in the county. It is asserted that the Tulsa klan intends to clean up immoral "joints" and propose to stay "hot in i behind" the conuty officials. BRITISH ASKOPEN SESSIONS; Next Big Problem For Arms Confer ence Is Settlement Os Submarine Issue Between Powers i Washington.—Acceptance by France, | with reservations, of the American i proposal of 175,000 tons in capital : ships each for France and Italy swept the arms conference forward to its next major problems—the submarine > issue, Italy, it is stated officially, al- j ready has accepted the 175,000-ton fig ure, conditioned only on Its accept ance by France. Formal announcement of French ac ceptance and details of French reser vations apparently were reserved by the sub-committee of fifteen for the full naval committee of the confer ence, called for the near future. Tho sub-committee did break its silence, sufficiently, however, to publish the messages exchanged by Secretary Hughes and Premier Briand, which led up to the action of the French del egation. The messages were read and discussed by the sub-committee, but the official communique disclosed no more than the texts of the cablegrams. The premier's message showed that reservations attached to acceptance of the 175,000 capital ship tonnage had to do “light cruisers, tor pedo boats and submarines.” This has served to bring the conference to a stand until the submarine issue can be solved, when the five-power capital ship agreement will be com pleted automatically. It Is assumed the full naval committee was called to lay out a program for the discus sion of submarines and anti - subma rine craft, as the two are interwoven in French and British opinion. This implies that the auxiliary craft elements of the American plan must be shaped into agreement before the conference committees can return to ratify the capital ship agreement. A direct step toward bringing the submarine issue in its first phase —the British proposal to abolish sub mersible war craft entirely —was tak en during the day. The British del egation asked that a plenary session of the conference be called to permit presentation of theii* case against sub marines. Probably such a session will be held, although a date has not yet been announced. At such an open session Lord Lee, for the British group, will set out in detail the technical and other reasons why the Britisli believe that subma rines should be banned by the world an naval weapons. He will read his statement, it is understood, great care Having been taken in its preparation. « DE VALERA AGREES TO SUBMIT THE TREATY TO IRISH PEOPLE In Event Os Failure Os Dali Elreann To Ratify, The Problem To Go To Ballots Dublin, Deputy John Milroy, speaking in tho dail cabinet in support of the treaty with England, demanded and received from Canton de Valera and other opponents of the treaty their promise to submit the question of ratification to a vote of the Irish people in case the treaty was re jected. Keenest speculation concerns the personal position in which such re jection would leave recognized main stays of the republican army as Col lins, Mulcahy, McKeown, Finian, Lynch and other popular heroes who j are committed to the treaty. ' Asks Courts To Close Three Breweries Washington.—Court action to bring about the closing the breweries of the ■Central Consumers’ company, the Oor te) company and the Theoodore .Monk company, all of Louisville. Ky., will j be* sought, it is announced at federal ' prohibition headquarters.. The action j i will be requested, it Is stated, ou the 1 ground that the three companies are distributing a beverage containing more than the legal amount of alco hol. Uss Bayonets To Disperse Crowd Omaha. Neb.— Police with riot guns ! and bayonets recently dispersed a large crowd, mostly women following the arrest in the packing house dis trict of a woman charged with dis turbing the peace. The crowd fol lowed the officers to the South Omaha I i>oliee station demanding her release. : Several other arrests were made. Ja ' Several other arrests were made. Snantung Debate Has Struck Snag Washington Settlement of the ■ Shantung controversy now rests with Tokio. The conversations between the Japanese and Chinese delegates which have been proceeding during the past three weeks uotslde the Wash ington conference under the "good of ' fices" of Arthur J. Balfour and Mr. Hughes, have come to a sudden halt with both delegations far apart on the question of payment for and admin istration of the Tsingtao-Tsinautu , railway, the very heart of the dis pute Dropped Cigarette; Starts Ocean Fire New York. —A cigarette dropped by a freight handler and not a fire bomb ' | caused the blaze which broke out on I the steamer Tananio during the voy age which brought Governor Kelly of : i Porto Uico to Now York last month. ! Officials of the Atlantic Fruit com- i panv announce that they have so ad- ' vised Secretary of War Weeks. When the Tananio arrived members of Gov ernor Kelly's party asserted that the fire was a plot against the execu- ; I live. They said threatening letters j had been received by the governor. THE MONTGOMERY MONITOR. MT. VERNON. GEORGIA. HENRY WATTERSON CLAIMED BY DEATH J FAMED KENTUCKY EDITOR PASS ES PEACEFULLY AWAY AT JACKSONVILLE, FLA. WASWELLKNOWN JOURNALIST 1 Death Was Caused From Heart Fail ure Superinduced From Conges tion of Lungs Jacksonville, Fla. —Colonel Henry Watterson, one of the country’s best known journalists and former owner and publisher of the Louisville (Ky.) Courier-Journal, passed peacefully away at a local hotel here. Colonel Watterson’s death was un expected, though it had been known for some days that he was seriously ill. He had been here about six weeks, as was his custom on his an nual trips to Florida. He has for years been spending his winters large ly at Fort Myers and it was his in tention to continue to that place when his conditions improved sufficiently to take the trip. His wife, son and daughter were at his bedside when he died. Colonel Watterson’s condition be came grave and death was due to heart failure super-induced by con gestion of the lungs, according to phy sicians. He was conscious for a few min utes at intervals and thirty minutes before his death called his wife into the room and conversed with her. Af ter a few words with Mrs. Watterson tlie son and daughter were summoned. Members of the family said his death was peaceful, Colonel Watter son having lapsed into unconscious ness again a few minutes before he passed away. Colonel Watterson was one of the last of the old-time personal journal ists. More than half a ceßiupy-his editorials, with tteLr brilliant, orig inal and phrase-making composition, attracted wide attention. They were commented on and copied by the press of the nation. Besides his pow er in molding public opinion through his editorials. Colonel Watterson’s in fluence is credited with having shap ed the platform of the Democratic party in more than one presidential campaign. Mr. Watterson served first as an aide to the famous cavalry leader, General Nathan Bedford Forrest, and i later was on the staff of Geheral Leon idas Polk. During the campaign between Gen erals Sherman and Johnston, young Watterson was chief of scouts of thf Confederate army. From 1872 to 1892, however, he sai in all national conventions of the Dem ocratic party as a delegate-at-large from Kentucky. He presided over the convention that nominated Tilden in 1876, and was chairman of the plat form committee in those of 1880 and 1888. Mr. Watterson opposed William Jennings Bryan in his candidacy for president in 1896, but in 1900 the Courier-Journal gave hint lukewarm ; support. In 1908, however, what Mr. j Watterson denominated as the “free silver heresy,” being "as dead as Af rican slavery,” in the United States, | lie became a warm supporter of Bry an. John Quincey Adams used to walk j along the streets of Washington with his arm on young Watterson's should er while the boy read to him. He sat on the knees of Andrew Jackson He was an amateur page in congress ■ and was at John Quincy Adams’ side j when he dropped dead. After the ! | Civil war he began “a treveling news- j I paper.” He edited the Chattanooga Rebel, a paper printed in a wagon. I Later he went to Louisville, Kv., I where he stayed for half a century to make newspapef history. He hated the ‘‘glossy’’ and the ; “showy” things. He used to roll down j to the Courier-Journal offices in a big motor car. wearing a sailor’s “pea- i jacket’’ instead of an expensive fut 1 coat. He left Louisville three weeks ago ' for his annual pilgrimage to the South, where, for years he had spent the winter. Apparently he was in his usual health, which, however, for sev eral years had not been good. Boy Slain In Cellar Os Father's Shop New York —A murder rivaling the Ruth Cruger case has been brought to light with discovery of the body of Gilbert Bein, age 5, in a tub in the cellar of his father’s tailor shop on the east side. The child's skull had been crushed with blows from a club. Police are searching for a dark, tall youth with whom Max Bein, the fath er. says his little boy was playing with just before he was killed. The slayer is believed, to have placed the child in the tub and then struck him with the club. Much Suffering On Account Os Cold New York —Twenty-four women and threg children were among the hundreds who awoke in the municipal j lodging house, to which the home'ess ! were driven by the hitter cold. City I parks, areaways, cellars and wagons, j which have served before the bite of ! a northwest gale which carried the i mercury to within eight degrees of , zero, and made even well-clad folks shiver. It was reported that upwards i of 1.200 persons spent the night in the municipal lodging house and the Sal i ration Army settlement house U. S. ATTITUDE NOW KNOWN yv:il Regard The Treaty As Applying To All Os The Major Jap anese Islands Washington.—The formal negotia tions of the arms conference are prac tically at a standstill, but groups of delegates continue personal consulta tions, which appear to strenghten the general confidence in an early solu tion of all the points remaining at issue. With definite capital ships ratios ; agreed upon by all five of the princi j jpal powers, there was revealed a feel ing that limitation of auxiliary craft Was largely a minor question of de tail, in the settlement of which the 'individual desires of the various na tions could be generally accepted. The view was expressed that the real busi ■ness of the conference* had been ac complished in the limitation of first line ships, since it is that class of war vessels which constitutes the major element of naval aggression and which at the same time entails the great bulk of public expenditure. France is to present her estimates for auxiliary vessels at a meeting of the naval committee, and although she is expected to ask for a subma rine and cruiser strength out of pro portion to the capital ship ratio fixed for her, no one appears to regard the j prospect of adjusting her claims as a difficult one. It is not understood to ; be regarded as essential by confer- j ence leaders that the capital ship ra- i tios be applied rigidly down the line through the various classes of smaller vessels. In the Shantung negotioatlons, too, ] ithe informal conferences have devel-; loped new indications of a trend to ward agreement. The Japanese, who pre waiting for further instructions from Tokio regarding the terms of withdrawal from the Tsingtao-Tsinan fu railroad, have expressed the opin ion that the temporary halt of infor- ; mal exchanges with the Chinese did piot cohstitute a serious deadlock. I Similar expressions came The Chinese seemed inclined to fear that the dis cussions had encountered a serious ob stacle. i Two Women Slain By Insane Suitor Philadelphia.—Two women were shot and killed, a third was wounded, probably fatally, and the slayer ended his own life in a supposed insane out burst in a rooming house in West Phil adelphia. The dead are Mrs. Minnie Warrington, who conducted the house; Mrs. Bella Drake, 55 years old, a room er, and Cornelius Coff, the slayer, 45, i who was a cousin of Mrs. Warrington. I The wounded woman is Mrs. Agnes Borrell, who was also a roomer, who had been a roomer with Mrs. Warring ton for a long time. Eastlake Cleared At Murder Trial £ Montross, Va. —Roger D. Eastlake, naval petty officer, charged with the ; murder of his wife, Margaret Eastlake, at their home at Colonial Beach, Va., on September 30 last, was found not guilty by a jury in Westmoreland county circuit here. The verdict was returned 47 minutes after the jury retired to deliberate. Threw Out Cat; Got Her Face Slappeu St. Paul, Minn. —A house cat led a ! dog’s life around the home of Marcus Duncan, and Marcus, its owner, told | ; Justice Finelout he led the same kind of a life when his cat was abused. He couldn’t see it hurt. So when | his wife threw it down the cellar, j adding to her scorn of the animal. It [ was too much. He slapped her face, | he told the judge: And a big red | mark the wife pointed showed it was ! a "good" slap. The judge ordered the j wife to tolerate the cat and Marcus ; I to tolerate his wife. Collar In Switzerland Is Below Pat Geneva. —Switzerland is the only country in the world where the Amer j ican dollar today was below par. The dollar was quoted at five francs twelve | centimes, on the Geneva bourse. The normal rate before the war was five francs fifteen centimes. The highest i rate after the armistice was signed, | was five francs, ninety-nine centimes. Good Beggar Collects $25 TO SSO Day New York. —A good beggar can j | clear from $25 to SSO a day in New | York Como de Gambia, a former city “white wing,” told Magistrate Froth ingham. when he was arraigned on a charge of disorderly conduct. Anti-Trust Suit To Be Submitted Washington.—The long-pending anti -1 trust suit against the American Su i gar Refining company is to be dis ! posed of by a decree which has been j approved by Attorney General Daugh i erty and will b« submitted immediate ly to the United States district court in New York. The attorney general announces that au investigation insti tuted some months ago to ascertain existing conditions in the sugar nslin- , ing industry had shown, in his belief, that the company “is no longer a trust j or monopoly.” Lindenfeld Says He “Got No Money’’ Warsaw.—Wolfe Lindnefeld says he has received no part of the thirty j thousand Altars which, he alleges, was paid for the explosion in Wall street, and there is nothing here to show that Lindenfeld was present when the money was paid over to the alleged plotters. The police say that j several additional charges may be | filed against Lindenfeld if it is nec- j sssary to keep him in prison here, j So far no requisition papers have ar rived from the United States, the au- | thorities report. $75,0001100 BOND ISSUE IS PLANNED ACTION BY STATE LEGISLATURE NECESSARY FOR GEORGIA TO OBTAIN $2,000,000 STATE NEWSJF INTEREST Brief News Items Gathered Here And There From All Sections Os The State Atlanta. —Plans for the proposed $75,000,000 state bond issue for the construction of a highway system to be paid for entirely from the state automobile tag tax and the gasoline tax funud, were perfected with the election of T. G. Farmer, Jr., of New nan, as directing manager of the cam paign, and Mills B. Lane, of £savan nah, treasurer. The plans were map ped out at the first executive commit tee meeting held in the Palmer build ing, with representatives from all the congressional districts present with the exception of two, who sent their ; regrets. The Georgia Good Roads associa tion was organized at an enthusiastic meeting of representatives from all ; sections of the state held in Macon, i At that time J. B. Daniel, of LaGrange, ; was elected president. It is the plan iof this organization to educate the ! people of the state to the need of a $75,000,000 bond issue to construct the entire state highway system of county j seat to county seat roads, and to show | that Georgia will not get her quota of federal aid money for road improve ment and construction unless the legis lature at its next session amends the constitution so that the highway de partment may deal directly with the government instead of through the counties. Governor Paroles Mrs. Stella Abbott | Atlanta—Governor Hardwick grgflk-■ "~§3"a parole Abbott, who was serving an indeterminate sen tence of from four to eight years at the state prison farm at Milledgeville, for killing her husband, John Henry Abbott, driver of the Atlanta fire chief’s automobile. The shooting of I Abbott by his wife occurred at their residence about three yars ago and was caused by Abbott’s alleged atten tion to a case waitress who called him up at his home on the night of the shooting and engaged in a violent con versation with Mrs. Abbott. Mrs. Ab bott claimed at her trial that she tried to persuade her husband to tell her the woman’s name and that he re fused, and she got out her revolver with the intention of committing sui cide, that he attempted to prevent her and in the s&iffle she shot him acci dentally. Farmers Tour Helps Advertise State Atlanta. —“That the st£»te of Geor gia is receiving something beside ‘bad advertising,’ which has been all too common of late, is being amply demonstrated in many letters coming to the Georgia association from the agricultural leaders and farmers from | nineteen northern states who were re cently taken on a two-day tour in Georgia under the guidance of the | Georgia association,” stated H. G. | Hastings, president of the Georgia association, who is making detailed ' plans to find locations for a large number of prospective settlers in the Georgia counties which have become members of the Georgia association and whose support made possible the recent tour of northern fanners as well as the fmitful advertising which has been running for several months in northern papers. Colquitt Farmers To Set Strawberries Moultrie. —A large number of Col quitt county farmers will grow straw berries on a big scale next year. The i muustry around Moultrie j has l>een growing for several years, and during the past season many large shipments went forward. This fall thousands of plants were set out. The berries are ready for market al most as soon as the Florida crop is. - It is declared that plants set out this fall will produce a fairly good crop next year. Harlem Doctor Wins Scholarship Harlem. —Dr. W. N. Freeman is leav ing for Massachusetts, having receiv ed appointment for study in the Mas sachusetts, having received appoint ment for study in the Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston. He will specialize in children’s diseases. Dr. Freeman was graduated from the state medical college in Augusta and has been practicing heres or the last year. Trial Os Mrs. Williams Is Postponed Atlanta. —The trial of Mrs. Estelle Williams, charged with murder in con nection with the shooting of N. L. Post, a locomotive engineer recently in the Williams home on Ormond street, has been postponed until an ' early date. rairburn To Get Agricultural Agent Atlanta.—Fred B. Jeter, county agri cultural agent, of Douglasville, Ga., j will move to Fairburn to take up his duties there, according to an announce 'l merit made by E. R. Strahan. district agent for the State College of Agricul ture extension department. The ef fect of the transfer of Mr. Jeter, said | Mr. Strahan, will be to establish in ! Campbell county a means of demon- i strating the proper use of farm ma- j ; chinery and the teaching of proper j marketing methods among the farm- ' i ere. j [FIFTEEN PAROLES GRAN ED BY GOVERNOR HA^DWICI-l, Numerous Other Applications Ar ■ Also Put Up To Chief Executive » For Immediate Consideration Atlanta.—Fifteen applications so ■ 1 executive clemency for prisoners a ■ the state penitentiary were approvei S recently by Governor Hardwick ani ■ orders were issued fer their immed fi iate release. Eight of the persons pa* roled were serving life sentence. Numerous other applications foi* pardons ants paroles were on the gov* ernor’s desk for consideration. Clemency in eleven cases was ex-'* ercised by the governor. Some of theß cases had been recommended years* ago by the prison commission, while* others were new recommendations. Orders were issued in the following* cases: Daisy Slaughter, convicted of man-* slaughter in 1920 in Putnam county,* sentenced five to six years, paroled. 1 Joe Wakefield, convicted of mur- fl der in 1908 in Early county, life sen tence, paroled. Will Zellars, convicted of murder in 1915 in Glynn county, life sentence, paroled. W. H. Manis, convicted of burglary in 1921 in Floyd county, sentenced to fourteen months, paroled. Jim Williams, convicted of murder i in 1907 in Dougherty county, life sen- V tence, paroled. Major Smith, convicted of murder in 1915 in Chattahoochee coutfty, life sentence, paroled. C. W. Cowart, convicted of incest in 1919 in Clinch county, sentenced . to twenty years, paroled. Carl Shelton, convicted of robbery in 1916 in Floyd county, sentenced ! twelve years, paroled. Dave Crawford, convicted of mur-, der in Ware county in 1897, life sen- 1 tence, paroled. Walter Ragan, convicted of larceny in Grady county in 1919, sentenced ‘ three to four years, paroled. Tom Gore, convicted of ’ .ua Liar in UlOJSiJyteff county, life sentence, John W. "Wright, convicted of steal- I ing automobile in Fulton county in \ 1919, sentenced five years, paroled. Jeff Morgan, convicted of murder, { in 1905 in Hall county, life sentence, I paroled. Dallas Barber, convicted of murder in 1911 in Butts county, life sentence, paroled. 1 Charlie LeSeur. convicted of bur glary in 1917 in Pike county, sentence ten years, paroled. v Sued For Alleged Funeral Interruption Atlanta. —Mrs. Addie M. Penny filed sut in the Fulton superior court, i against the Atlanta and West Point Railway company for $25,000 damages, alleging that a train of the defendant | company interrupted the funeral pro cession of her daughter, Ruby Lee Penny, October 5. Mrs. Penny ailegea thats as the procession was passing over the Whitehall street crossing % train struck one of the cars, severely injuring the occupants. She asserts i that the suit is brought on account of the nervous shock she received I from the accident. Salaries Os Two Judges Increased^ Macon. —The two judges of the su perior courts of the Macon circuit, H. A. Mathews and M. D. Jones, will hereafter receive salaries of $6,000 a 4 year, of which the state of Georgia i will pay $5,000. Ths county commis- \ sioners of Bibb county agreed to an appropriation of SI,OOO each to supple- ment the salaries paid the judges by the state. The salaries were increas ed from $4,000 to $5,000 by the last session of the legislature. Hancock Veterans Rejoice Sparta.—Hancock county Confeder- 1 ate veterans with much joy received ? their pensions at the office of the ordi nary. The pension money arrived in advance of the Christmas holidays s.s had been promised from the office of Pension Commissioner Lindsay. Many of th 9 veterans were disposed to take a skeptical view of the promise that their money would be available for holiday purposes. Those were prin cipally from the class of pensioners who had not been paid sos two year 3. Boy Is Killed By Large Truck Waycross.—James Buford Kendrick, 10-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. L. W, KendTick, formerly of Waycross, was instantly killed near Argyle, when the wheels of a heavy lumber truck pass ed over his body. The boy Was rid ing on one of the fenders of the truck. When in passing over a rough place in the road he was thrown off and under the wheels of the truck. Salvation Army Funds Tied Up Savannah. —The Salvation Army in Savannah is hard hit. All of its funds, including the money it had intended to spend on the poor for Christmas, are tied up in the local banks now in the hands of the state superintendent of banks. It is hoped some Savannah ians will underwrite the amount which is temporarily tied up. Backfiring Truck Starts Bad Fire Valdosta.—Fire which started fronfi a backfiring truck almost gutted Won ley s garage rece»tly and ruined eight of ten automobiles stored there, in* | volving a loss of SIO.OOO or $12,000. Policeman Shot By Suspect Atlanta.—Policeman Janies w. An. derson, 33 years old, was shot and’ I perhaps fatally wounded by a negre • suspected of having been implicatec* iin at least one highway robbery. The , : negro escaped after wounding the offl j car and has not yet been captut-.d.
