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TERRELL COUNTY.
stands in+the forefront of agriculture.
gettle here and help in the production of
f 5, E. L. RAINEY
R
THE RETURNS OF ANY COUNTY
IN WHICH THEY CAST BALLOT
wiLL BE THROWN OUT.
Action of Committee Clarifies Situa
tion Following Opinion Given to
Governor by Attorney General.
No Authority to Change Rules.
Notwithstanding an opinion given
to Governor Dorsey by Attorney
General Denny that women could
Jegally vote in the state primary to
morrow the sub-committee of the
ctate democratic committee has neg
atived that program. At a meeting
in Atlanta Friday night the commit
tee by vote of five to two precluded
any further argument about the
possibility or probabality of wonfen
voting on Sept. 8. They will not be
allowed to vote and the statement
was made by Chairamn J. J. Flynt
that the returns of any county in
which the women are allowed to
vote will be thrown out and the
election in that county will be de-
B :req null and void on the ground
of illegality under the statutes of
Georgia. =
After long discussion and the ci
kation of numerous court decisions
he following was adopted by a five
o two vote, Messrs.: Barrett and
Dean voting against it.
“Be it resolved: That this sub
ommittee has no jurisdiction to
ymend the rules and regulations un
er which the pending campaign has
een conducted, by providing rules
end regulations for the women vot
rs, or for their participation in the
rimary of Sept. 8, and it is the
bense of this committee that the ex
sting rules and regulations control.
he secretary is hereby instructed
o so notify each county chairman.”
The meeting, which had been call
d by Fermor Barrett, was attend
d by a considerable delegation rep
senting the Georgia Woman’s Suf
age Association, |
Illegal, Says Flynt. |
Judge Flynt made the arg'ument‘
at, despite all that has been said
bout the ratification of the federal
onstitutional amendment, the su
reme court of the United States
lhas held in opinions which were cit
d by J. H. Milner that the statu
ry laws of the states are the con
rolling factor in all primary elec
fons in those states. He holds that
ven the full state committee has no|
uthority to abrogate those laws,|
ot even under the constitution of
e United States as it has been!
t‘nd(‘d, ]
Following the decision of Attorney
@cneral Denny preparations were
eing made by some politicians fori
he women to vote, and Chairman‘
lynt was. requested to call a meet
¢ of the state committee for the
urpose of taking action to that ef
ect. This Mr. Flynt refused to do.
“Wm‘h all due reslpect to Colonel
Penny,” said Judge Flynt, “I cannot
ee how he can possibly come to the
onclusion that the mere ratifica
@%ion of a federal constitutional
mendment upsets all the laws of
his or any other state with regard
) suffrage. It is absolutely impossi-
Dle, as I see it, for the women to
ote unti] the legislature of Georgia
mv!; a law providing the machin
[y for the qualification of female
oters. No such legislation has _yet
9‘_‘.!;‘ passed and they cannot vote.
“The law of Georgia makes it a
rime fm“ any election manager, in
ny election, whether primary or
eneral, to allow an unregistered
erson to vote.” My opinion is that
very election manager who allows
Woman to vote in the September
rimary will be subject to prosecu
fon_for violating this law.
"It does not make any difference
hat action the democratic state
('l_rmlttvv may take or refuse to
tke. The committee has no power
. f~han;:e the laws of the state. The
“f are written by the legislature,
n"]“‘,’hOdY can change them but
e .*'ssls]ature._ The state committee
an hold a primary within the law,
ut it cannot go outside of the law,
Tthzmgo the law.”
L ¢nator Fermor Barrett, who. is
arman of the subcommittee of
1.( State committee, took a contrary
ew and called the subcommittee
v’(%(tlhx‘r to make provision for the
}r‘!".". to vote, with the result as
ve itated,
y In a Befuddled State.
ehe whole suffrage situation is
mpmjmd, and there is sharp differ
gd’. of opinion as to whether the
¢deral suffrage amendment has
E‘l‘H ratified. ‘
ennn the absence of a quorum of the
g, legislature that body con-
Ov(f d in the amendment, and the
comor of the state certified the
b “.” to Secretary of State Colby
hed ashington, who immediately is
mta proclamation that the amend
' had been ratified by the neces-
R thirty-sixth state and was
enno e the law. Subsequently the
e essee legislature, when a quo
ur;ewas present, revoked its con
. porce by a large majority, and
T}g‘.fflf’d the governor,
e t]}; ’s the situation up to date,
. ¢ matter will necessarily have
U¢ settled by the courts.
“SPOON PARLOR” IS
OPENED BY CHURCH
NEW YORK.—Miss Grace Fer
ry, until recently of St. Paul,
Minn., has taken charge of the
work for women and girls which
is to be carried on in connection
with the enlarged program at the
Union Methodist church. Miss
Fr - will work under the direc
tiorsd . 'ha Rev. Dr. John G. Ben
son, Ja, - pastor.
One 12p ~f Miss Ferry’s
work will be ~neronage of
a ‘“‘spooning pari. “ich has
been fitted up in tu. rent.
Any young woman walk. up
down Broadway can bring her
“beau,” and sit in front of the
gas logs.
The ‘‘spooning parlor” is in
tended for young women who
have no homes in which to enter
tain their friends. It will be open
until 11 o’clock each night and
Miss Ferry will always be there.
Whether the holding of hands
will be permitted has not yet been
determined.
" ODESSA CITIZENS WHO FAILED
.TO WATCH THE FUNERAL OF
~ ITALIANS PROMPTLY SHOT.
CONSTANTINOP&E.—Two hun
dred citizens of Odessa were execut
ed by order of the bolshevist author-
Lities for neglecting to attend the
funeral of the sailors who lost their
lives when the Italian destroyer
Racchia struck a mine in the Black
isea several days ago; declare sur
vivors of the crew now here. s
The Racchia was convoying three
Italian steamers bringing bolshevist
prisoners from Italy bacfi to Russia.
On entering the harber of Odessa,
which is heavily mined, her com
mander misunderstood the direction
given him by the Reds and she was
sunk by an explosion of mines.
As a means of propaganda among
the crews of the Italian ships the
Red authorities arranged a grand
state funeral for the victims, The
entire population of Odessa was or
dered out on the streets to witness
the funeral procession. To make
sure that nobody remained at home
guards went into the houses and
drove the people out with their bay
onets,
About 200 citizens, men and wo
men, who were discovered hiding in
houses, were rounded up and march
ed into one of the principal squares,
where they were publicly shot a few
minutes before the passing of the
procession,
In the evening pictureg of this
tragic execution were shown at all
the cinematograph theaters.
The Italian sailors, many of
whom were ardent Red sympathiz
ers, have returned from Odessa hor
rified and dismayed by the scenes
they witnessed. On the voyage out
pictures of Lenine and Trotzky and
Red flags adorned the Italian ships,
but these were thrown overboard by
the disgusted men on their return
from the Red paradise.
OF RAILWAY IN U. §.
LAREDO TO CORPUS CHRISTI
LINE ONLY ONE NOT RUN BY
GOVERNMENT DURING WAR.
LAREDO, Tex.—Running from
Laredo to Corpus Christi, a distance
of 159 miles, is the Texas-Mexican
division of the National Railways ot
Mexico. Although this division of
railroad is located in the United
States 51 per cent of its stock is
owned by the Mexican government.
This line was a part of the old Mex
jcan National railroad and was ta
ken over by the Mexican govern
ment along with the remainder of
that system during the administra
tion of President Porfirio Diaz.
During the time that Mexico was
in the throes of revolution the Tex
as-Mexican division was operated
nominally as an independent prop
erty. It is said to have been the on
ly railroad in the United States that
was not taken over and operated by
the government railroad administra
tion during the world war.
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!Disappearing Beds Are to Be Big
" Feature of Modern Apartment Houses
B Jemee I
| NEW YORK.—Residents ‘of Man
thattan island, in their <ternal fig'hti
|for space, have perked ap their ears
at the announcement by a New York
irealty syndicate that it will build a
'5450,000 apartment house, whose dis
| tinguishing feature will be “disap-|
'pearing beds.” Officials of the syndi
cate are silent as to what form the
“disappearing beds’ .will take during
the day time. They dismiss the mat
ter by saying that “disappearing beds
and many other labor saving devicesi
will be installed.” , i
Architects, however, have given
tl{:air opinion on the proposed innova-i
tion. |
. The beauty of “disappearing beds,”
the architects say, is that the bed can
not disappear while the occupant is
lying in it on his back, with his knées
‘up and his mouth epen. This was the
chief drawback to the old-fashioned
folding bed. The architects made
THE DAWSON NEWS
{0 THOUSAND SUIGIDES
THOUSANDS OF MILLIONS ,OF
DOLLARS MADE DURING WAR
ARE LOST IN ONE DAY.
TRADE AT A STANDSTILL
With Slump in Business Men Who
Were Recently Millionaires Are
Now Paupers. Ameriacn Goods
Being Reshipped to This Country.
SAN FRANCISCO.—Japan has
learned her lesson.
But at what a cost! Scores of
banks and hundreds of prominent
merchants and manufacturers have
failed, unable to pay a cent on the
dollar; thousands of men, a few
months ago rated as millionaires, are
dead by their own hand, and the en
tire trade of the nation, with the
exception of that in the bare neces
sities, is at a standstill.
Why? Overspeculation and insuf
ficient knowledge of international
financial methods, say American
business men who have just return
ed. :
From comparative poverty at the
beginning of the war to the largest
per capita wealth of any country in
the world—this tells the story of
Japanese progress until March last.
Business men and farmers, short
ly after the outbreak of the Euro
pean conflict, found themsélves ®&ith
so much money that speculative
schemes of all kinds grew like mush
rooms in the country. Shipbuilding
plants, large and small manufactur
ing industries, wildcat oil and min
ing concerns soon dotted the islands.
! Stocks Tumble With Crash.
~ Speculators, dreaming of contin
ued prosperity, ordered goods from
the United States far in excess of
' actual demands. Instead of 2,000
miles of steel rails required import
firms contracted for 10,000.
Silk rose from a normal value of
1,400 yen per bale to 4,300 yen.
Suddenly, with other nations rap
idly settling down to a peace basis,
foreign buying stopped and the Jap
anese found the balance of trade
rapidly shifting against them.
On March 17, 1920, the market
broke. In one day stocks dropped
on an average of 20 per cent. In
three days a total drop of 33 per
cent average was recorded.
The exchange was closed for ten
days; banks which had advanced
enormous sums to importers who
found themselves unable to sell their
stocks and pay their debts failed
and a general financial crisis, the
first the nation had encountered,
resulted. Mogi & Co., the largest
silk exporters in the country, were
called upon to pay a loan of 50,-
000,000 yen. Unable to do so they
failed, bringing down with a crash
all other silk dealers.
Thousands of millions made during
the war were lost in a day. Credit
could not be secured and people ev
erywhere began to hoard cash.
American gqods shipped to the
Japanese are now being reshipped
to this country at little more than
50 per cent. of the original price.
American rosin, formerly selling at
$l9, is now being shipped from
Kobe, Japan, at $ll, while selling
at $l5 at New Orleans, point of
production.
The Japanese credit balance in the
United States is entirely wiped out.
American exporters are suffering
from the closing of the Japanese
market, but importers are buying
rapidly to take advantage of the un
precedented low prices. |
10,000 Commit Suicide. |
In Yosaka, Japan, 1,500 merchants
and bankers, poor men before the
war but millionaires before the |
crash, committed suicide rather than‘
face poverty again. It is estimated
by Americans in Japan at the time
that more than 10,000 Japanese kill
ed themselves rather than face the
situation.
But out of it all Japan is rapidly
emerging solvent. Banking methods
are being reorganized, speculationl
has stopped, and the finances of the|
nation, under the direction of the
government, are being put on al
sound basis. i
this statement to quiet fears of many
‘New York residents who had inquired
as to whether the “disappearing beds"{
‘were similar to the old-fashioned fold
ing bed, or ¢ontained any of the lat
ter’s cranky and uneertain tendencies.
l The architects say that a “disap
lpearing bed” is a bed at night and an
'oil painting of a Gordon setter or
'something like that in the day time;
lthat it can be slipped under the bath
‘room floor or tucked away behind the
aquarium; or that it may be sunk into
a trap door into the floor and an ori
ental rug placed over it, so that the
tell-tale cracks may not be seen.
| The apartment house of the “disap
| pearing beds,” the syndicate an
nounces, is to be built on-West End’
avenue, Manhattan. |
et e ——— ‘
LEAVING FOR SCHOOL.
The girls and boys of the college
set are leaving for their respective
schools. e : |
DAWSON, GA., TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 7, 1920
CHURCH DOORS BARRED
~ TC IMMODEST GOWNS
MADRID.—No woman will be
permitted to enter church unless
dressed ‘‘in Christian modesty,”
says a notice circulated through
the diocese of Guadix, by author
ity of Bishop Hernandez Mulas
today. Any woman wearing a
dress which exposes her chest and
arms, or who has a short skirt or
transparent stockings will be re
fused admission and also com
munion, while the clergy must
refuse absolution to any woman
so attired, the notice declares.
Women disobeying these or
ders are forbidden to become
members of church societies.
LARGEST POWDER MILL IN THE
WORLD OFFERED AT A BAR
GAIN. COST 80 MILLION.
The gevernment has a bargain for.
the citizen who is in the market for
a smokeless powder plant. It is the
largest and most completely equipp
ed munitions plant that has ever
been constructed in the world, the
old Hickory plant, near Nashville,
Tenn. The plant cost the govern
ment $80,000,000 and can be bought
for $15,000,000, or possibly less.
Record For Speed.
It was on Feb. 2, 1918, that the
DuPont eompany was notified that
the .contract for building Old Hick
ory had been signed. It called for
the manufacture of powder to begin
eight months later, or Oct. 1, which
proved to be but a few weeks be
fore the armistice was signed.
The DuPonts worked speedily and
on July 2, just 116 days after
ground was broken, the first pow
der was made, setting a new world’s
record. When the armistice was
signed the plant was nearly com
pleted. The production of powder
up to the cessation of operations,
some time after the armistice, to
taled approximately 35,000,000
pounds. The original estimate of the
cost of the plant was $70,000,000,
but $10,000,000 was expended be
fore it was abandoned. L
DuPonts Got One Dollar.
The government paid the bills and
the DuPont company, as the build
er, was compensated in the sum of
exactly $l. War department offi
cials, in advertising the plant for
sale, say that it is more than a mere
industrial project, as it represents
extraordinary opportunities. Its units
can be modified and the equipment
applied to the manufacture of
chemicals, rubber goods, especially
tires, pulp and paper, to the refin
ing of sugar or to the manufacture
of coke and coke by-products, iron,
steel and other materials.
PEANUT RAISERS
i
fALSO TO RETAIN A THIRD OF
~ THEIR COTTON SEED TO BE
USED AS FERTILIZER.
Georgia peanut growers were ad
vised to hold their crop of this year’s
‘harvest until December 1, or such
!time as a profitable price may be
obtained, and to retain at least one
}third of their cotton seed on their
ifarms to be used as fertilizer and
‘hold the remainder for a fair price,
by the executive committee of the
Qeorgia Peanut Growers’ Associa
tion, which has just held a meeting
at Albany.
W. W. Webb, of Hahira, president
of the association, presided at the
meeting; W. J. Lyons, of Atlanta,
secretary, read a report of his in
vestigations during a visit to Wash
ington, showing that, while the im
portation of vegetable oil actually
decreased during the season of 1919-
20, under the importations of 1918-
1919 the price of the product has
decreased 621% per cent in the face
o§ a steadily increasing demand.
While the stocks on hand August 1
of this year were slightly greater
than on the same date last year, the
report stated, the increased con
sumption will more than dissipate
this supply before this year’s crop
is on the market in the shape of re
fined oil.
In addition to the resolution ad
vising farmers to hdld their peanuts
and cotten seed the committee also
decided to hook up the work of the
Georgia Peanut Growers’ Associa
tion with that in Virginia and Tex
as,~already organized, and Alabama,
soon to organize, and to take steps
to assist Mississippi in organization.
Members of the committee pres
ent were Dr. W. L. Story, Ashburn;
G. P. Shingler, sr., Donaldsonville;
W. A. Shingler, Ashburn; W. R.
Terry, Shellman; W. W. Dasher,
Valdosta; L. A. Alford, Summitt;
S. V. Carlton, Hartsfield; J. L.
Dickinson, ~ Donaldsonville; L. C.
Smith, Screven; J. L. Eyans, Ash
burn; R. L. Betts, Ashburn, besides
President Webb and = Secretary
Lyons.
e e e
LIGHTNING KILLED 160
SPARROWS IN ONE TREE
~ Ome hundred and sixty sparrows
were killed when a bolt of lightning
struck a cherry tree in front of the
home of J. W. Small, of near Mar
tinsburg, Md.
NEARLY FIVE MILLION DOL.-
LARS HAVE BEEN CONTRIB
UTED FOR THEIR RETURN.
Fleets of Ships Have Been Charter
ed. America Only Nation That
Has Not Contributed. The Red
Cross Gives a Million.
LONDON.—The league of nations
announces that nearly $5,000,000
’has been raised to repatriate prison
ers of war still in Russia and Cenfral
!Europe;
~ Of this sum the American Red
Cross contributed $1,000,000. Al
;though practically all the leading na
'tions of the world have helped to de
fray the expenses of bringing some
half million former soldiers to their
homes the United States govern
ment officially is conspicuous by its
absence. The American Y. M. C. A,,
nowever, gave liberally toward bet
tering the condition of those unfor
tunate war outcasts. Approximately
half a million prisoners remain in
Germany, Russia, Siberia and Tur
kestan, though the war has been at
an end for nearly two years.
In order to carry on repatriation
a fleet of ships has heen chartered
by the league of nations. They will
follow two principal routes. First,
between Germany and Russia, in.the
Baltic; and second, from Hamburg
to Vladivostok. In order to keep the
expenses as low as possible cargoes
are carried on the lomger voyage
ships at the same time prisoners are
transported. A great amount of de
tail work involved is being done by
representatives of the international
commiitee of the Red Cross and
German government authorities.,
Fifteen Ships Ply Baltic Route.
On the first route, in the Baltic,
which is the most important one, fif
teen vessels have been chartered to
ply back and forth between Stettin,
Germany and Narva and Riga, in
Ethonia, and Bjorke, in Finland.
Since the sailing of the firsy ves
sel in May 30,000 prisoners have
been repatriated each way, and thet
present weekly rate is 8,000, with a
possibility of reaching 20,000 before
winter.
The second route runs from Ham
iburg, through ‘the Mediterranean
‘and Red sea, to Vladivostok. Two
'vessels have been chartered for this
work and cargoes have been secured
despite the difficulty of finding ex
port material from Germany to the
Far East. The first sailing will be
made within the mext ten days and
the second shortly after. By this
route nearly 30,000 East Siberian
Russians in Germany, and about the
same number of Austrians, Hunga
rians, Rumanians and Poles in Si-|
beria will be returned to thelr|
homes. The deficit between the act
ual cost of operation and freight re-|
ceipts is met out of funds from thc]
American Red Cross.
Third Route Planned.
Plans are being made to open a
third route from southern Russia,
through the Black sea, to Trieste;
and it is hoped Italy will contribute
the shipping facilities necessary.
Doctor Nansen urges all interest
ed nations to give immediate aid or
many prisoners will meet death dur
ing the coming winter, as many are
without essential articles of clothmg
and are weakened by long confme-'
ment and insufficient food. i
ANTI-SALOON LEAGUE TO GIVE
PUBLICITY TO RECORDS OF
ASPIRANTS TO CONGRESS.
WASHINGTON.—AIthough it will
nog specifically advise its followers
how to vote, the Anti-Saloon League
will soon issue a “wet and dry” list
for the information and guidance of
voters in the senatorial and congres
sional campaign. It is expected that
this list will be ready for publication
within the next week, following final
approval by Wayne B. Wheeler,
general counsel of the league.
Mr. Wheeler is absent from the
city, but it was said at his office
today that the list of candidates is
“under c-nsideration” and soon
would he ready for publication.
The Anti-Saloon League has not
definitely lined up as beiween Sen
ator Harding and Governor Cox, but
is in position to furnish the prchibi
tion records of both presidential can
didates so that the dry voter may
determine for himself how to vote.
The league plans to go further and
dig into the legislative careers,
speeches and votes of all candidates’
for the senate and house of repre
sentatives. Indications 4re it will fol
low a “hands off” policy so far as
giving actual advice for the defeat
or elec..on.of any candidate, but
that the list supplied by the league
will clearly show whether a candi
date is regarded as favorable to the
dry cause, E
Where a candidate has been noto
riously ~antagonistic- to prohibition
the Anti-Saloon ULeague probably
will have no hesitanecy in putting
him on the black list. Where candi
dates have been altogether or fairly
“yegqlar” in support of prohibition
the lcague probably will merely cite
his record and permit the dry voter
to size up his availability.
FROM WHEAT FIELD TO
BISCUITS IN 55 MINUTES
CHAPMAN, Kan.—Transfor
mation of wheat from standing
grain to hot biscuits in fifty-five
minutes is a record established
here recently by Harry Ruff, head
of a local milling company. He
drove into a field where a farm
er was harvesting wheat with a
harvester thresher, which cuts
and threshes grain in one opera
tion, and took two bushels ' of
wheat, This he rushed to the mill,
where it was ground immediately,
then took the new flour home and
Mrs. Ruff made biscuits, From
the time the grain was cut to the
first bite of biscuit was five min
utes less than an hour, including
thit;y-two minutes spent on the
road. ‘
ALMOST $160,000,000 PAID OUT
BY GOVERNMENT TO RAIL
} ROADS DURING AUGUST.
~ WASHINGTON, D. C.—Federal
guarantee of railroad earnings re
sulted in an. increase in the public
debt of $101,755,000 during Aug
ust, according to treasury figures is
sued today showing the nation’sl
gross debt to be $24,324,672,000.
Treasury records charge the in
crease in the public debt to an issue
of certificates of indebtedness of
fered August 16, sold to cover pay
ment to the railroads under guaran
tee provisions of the transportation
act,
Advances to the carriers against
probable deficits during the month
were said by treasury officials to
have reached nearly $160,000,000,
and on this basis they figured there
would have been a slight reduction
in the public debt had not the earn
ings guarantee been in effect.
The payments to the roads in Aug
ust does not correctly indicate the
amount to which they will be enti
tled when a final accounting for the
six months period over which the
guarantee extended is made, it wag
stated. As a result the drain in the
treasury probably will continue for
several months.
GREAT BRITAIN NOW ABLE TO
LAUNCH NEW ERA OF FRIGHT
FULNESS. CERM WARFARE.
The next great war will be led by
scientists and fought by mechanics,
in the opinion of British army and
navy experts, who are already con
sidering new terrors to supplant the
‘German poison gas, and the ‘“flam
merwerfer’”’ of the last war. The
British military men have not only
adopted some of the German hor
rors but are striving to improve on
them, admitting mo hampering re
strictions in the name of ‘humani
ty.”
Future wars, it is declared, will be
more horrible, more cruel and more
extended. Present inventions will be
perfected to produce armored air
craft and sea-going tanks, The use of
the gas and flame throwers will be
added invisiblt ray and geri: war
fare.
Civilians Not Exempt.
- Civilians as well as soldiers will
be the object of attacks. Slaughter
is to be organized on a wholesale
scale to blot out men by villages,
cities, or even by whole country
sides. Instead of hundreds or possi
bly thousands of* men killed in bat
tle the new instruments may make
it possible to kill or maim ten and
hundreds of thousands.
Lieut. W. S. King, Hall, R. N., is
of the opinion that gas may even
tually revolutionize warfare, much
as gunpowder did when first ‘used.
The gas, he says, might be discharg
ed on an enemy coast line from a
submarine gas discharger, laying
low whole cities, soldiers and wo
men and children alike. "
Ray and Germ Warfare.
English scientists are seeking a
new heat ray, which would shrivel
up or paralyze human beings if they
were unprottcted. The final form of
human strife, in the opinion of Maj.
Gen. Swinton, is germ warfare. He
is of the opinion that it would be
permissible to use disease germs
against the enemy and urges Eng
lish scientists to study the waging
‘of war on a wholesale scale, instead
of wasting time on methods which
would kill only a few men at a time.
The old warfare of 1914 to 1918
is out of date, in the opinion of
British military experts, who are
seeking methods to launch such a
drive of frightfulness against an en
emy that resistance would be short
lived.
Illinois Couple Wed in Rowboat
Amid Water Flowers. .
WAUKEGAN, IlL.—Standing up
right in a motor boat, in the center
of the famous lotus beds at Grass
Lake, Miss Claire R. Parker, of Chi
cago, took the vows that made her
the wife of John Wilkinson, of Fox
Lake. With a surrounding of the
reputed largest flower bed in the
world, the ceremony was witnessed
only by the police magistrate who
a--ferprad the cevemonyv 274 two
cthers, Mr. and Mrs. N. P. Greuter.
SOME CITIES. i
Are made by the “pull together” of many
citizens, Resolve to pull for the Chamber of
Commerce and boost D»a!ngli.r e 4]
PREACHER WHO DENOUNCED
“MERMAIDS” MANHANDLED
BY MOB OF BATHERS.
iIMMODEST VIOLETS JOIN
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Fist and Overripe Tomatoes Used in
Punishment of New Jersey Parson
Who Had Declared Open Season
| For Hunting Mermaids.
i TITUSVILLE, N, J.—The Rev.
Frederick Kopfman, pastor of the
Methodist church at this place, who
was “beaten up” at Washington’s
Crossing by a mob of bathers, has
a blackened eye as the result of his
experience, but denies that he has
‘been intimidated by the assault upon
“him.
The manhandling of the preacher
followed a series of attacks by him
from his pulpit at the Crossing,
known=Jocally as bungaleers, whom
he accused of wearing immodesg cos
tumes. A particularly violent attack
of this character was made by him
just before the visit to the beach
which resulted in the mob’s assault
upon him.
“As a game warden in the state
of New Jersey,” said the parson in
his sermon yesterday, “I make the
announcement that this is the open
season for hunting mermaids.
~ “I am going to conserve the wo
men of this part of the country,”
he continued, shaking his finger at
the bungaleers, and then he went
on and said this:
Defied ‘“Moral Anarchists.”
“Why, a girl has to look like a
banana today before she is consid
ered in style., Every time I see you
women dressed like that I feel—l
feel—My God!—feel like the league
of nations!” :
At this poing in his sermon Mr.
Kopfman leaned from his pulpit,
jumped to the front pew and, stand
ing there with his foot resting on
the back of the seat, told of a
“Dresden doll” he had seen in the.
subway Saturday morning at 1 a. m.
“She had nothing on!’ shouted
Mr. Kopfman. Then, pointing to a
spot of his leg about six inches from
‘his hip he continued: .
| “She wore something under her
skirg that came to here. It looked
like crepe de chine. Her legs were
incased in open-work stockings. I
could see her white flesh. She looked
as if she bathed in milk. I took out
my card case and fountain pen. On
the baclé of my card I wrote this:
“My God, woman, how far will you
gO?”
After ‘“September Morns.”
“Nature blushes at the spot where
Washington crossed the Delaware at
some of the bathing costumes worn
there. This is the end of August. If
God gives me strength there will be
no ‘September Morns’ at the Cross
ing.” :
It was after this sermon, most of
which was delivered while standing
on the front pew, that Mr. Kopfman
told newspaper men he was going to
the Crossing. He was jocular on the
mile trip from his church to the
watering place on the Delaware, and
seemed genuinely astonished when
he found himself held up.
“Get out and make good what
you've said!” , shouted the young
men. “Yow«ha:}e insulted our sisters.
Now, if you’re not a yellow dog, step
out of the cdr and face us!”
Beads of sweat trickled down the
minister’s face.
“Come on out, you notoriety seek
er!” shouted the crowd..
The minister arose, and, sticking
his head-out the side of the automo
bile, addressed the women:
“Immodest violets and mermaids,”
he said, “there is to be a publie
hearing on Tuesday on my charges.
I’'ll see you all then.”
Then the riot broke loose.
“Duck Him,” Girls Order.
“We’ll leave it to the girls,” shout
ed the young men, “What’ll we de
with him, girls?”
“Throw him into the river,” cho
rused the young women,
Some one reached into the car and
struck the clergyman a blow under
the right eye. Then some of the men
and women produced several pack
ages of overripe tomatoes.
The first tomato, tossed by a gold
en-haired young woman, caught the
minister flush on the face. The to
mato burst with a juicy “plunk,”
and its remains dripped down Mr.
Kopfman’s face and over his collar
and clothes. Other tomatoes, of
course, followed, and as each of the
missiles found its mark the crowd
howled in derision.
A broad-shouldered young giant
leaped into the automobile and tore
off the parson’s collar. He said that
the collar, before the close of the
day, would be nailed to the public
bulletin board at the entrance to
the town, on which, for the last two
weeks, the following inscription, in
red paint, has met the gaze of pas
sersby: .
«“Washington’s Crossing made fa
mous by George Washington, izfa
mous by the Rev. Frederick Kopf
man, the serpent-tongued. cheap no
toriety seekerJ)’
The riot came to an end when
Constable Arthur Hughes appeared
with a revolver, which. -s one of the
‘young bungaleers caid, “dampened
the party.” - i :
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