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PREDICTION IS MADE AFTER
CABIN ET MEETING. TO RE
pEAL EXCESS PROFITS LEVY.
S Ak,
Reported That Plan to Extend Credits
To Cotton Growers of the South
Has Been Worked Qut. Question of
Peace Proclamation Undegided.
\\"\SIIINL}TO.\7, D. C.—Certainty
ihat a taxation bill carrying with it
th :
epeal of the excess profits tax would
pe put through at the present session
+f congress was expressed at the \’Vl?lte
house iollowing the cabinet meeting
A » .
inday. The president feels “not: the
dightest doubt” that tax revision will
o cfected by the present congress.
He indicated to his advisers that, so
i as he is concerned, he is interested
only in congress accomplishing the
,ll;,;g; it was called into session to do,
samely, tariff and tax legislation, and
that he felt reasonably sure that such
rgislation would be put through.
The lightening of domestic burdens,
qch as relief for the cotton growers
and the live stock industry, was taken
w also. The discussion of domestic
Jfiairs took precedence over the peace
gtuation and the possibility of the
president issuing a peace proclamation.
Attorney General Daugherty submitt
«d a rough drait of a proclamation
of a state of peace with Germany and
Austria to the cabiuet. It was found
shat a number of legal points involved
were not covered by the draft as pre
pared and it will be several days b'e
qre the completed proclamation will
te ready for the president’s signature.
It was not determined at the meet
g whether the president is called
yon to issue a peace proclamation
olowing the adoption of the peace
wolution, and until a number of ques
tns in controversy are settled it is
mlikely that he will do so. Proponents
of the peace proclamation feel that it
i necessary in order to repeal war
ime acts which gave the president un
imited powers. It was generally agreed
by cabinet members that, as far as the
ermination of a state of war 1s con
erned, no such document is necessary.
Optimistic reports were made con
cerning the success of the $50,000,000
ive stock pool formed recently by
vestern bankers for the reilef of the
attle-raising industry. The Federal
Reserve Board has given its sanction
\oav!;}_n whereby live stock paper will
be rediscounted at federal reserve
banks. This will eliminate making
elighle participation certificates rep
resenting loans made by the pool
which bankers balked at as setting a
dangerous precedent.
[he War Finance Corporation was
reported as having worked out a plan
o extend credits to the cotton grow
ars in the south, who have been hard
pressed financially for many months.
It is understood that the president
touched upon the legislative situation
and outlined briefly the result of his
personal call at the senate, when he
took luncheon with a number of sen
aors and discussed legislation.
Sign Language Marked
Convention of Mutes
National Society for Deaf, Composed
0f 5000 Men and Women, Meets.
ATLANTA, Ga—Delegates from
dlover the country gathered here last
week for the convention of the Na
tonal Fraternal Society of the Deaf,
©mposed of five thousand men and
women who can only understand
seeches made in the sign language.
_lnterpreters were provided to trans
e addresses of Governor Hardwick
and Mayor Key, who accepted invita
ions to welcome the convention, but
ere were other addresses and several
lusiness sessions in which the speak
s themselves used their fingers in
Ummunicating their ideas.
_The National Association of the
Jtal, composed of persons unable to
r and of co-operative members,
ose who have aided the afflicted, held
“sions here simultaneously with the
"Hear” Feast of Oratory.
;":"id silence that was absolute
"ore than 500 persons held the first
celing of the convention at the city
:i’~f§"rz':ll:.'.\‘pcukcr after speaker-went
e platiorm and held the attention
f audience, but never a word was
soken,
(" one speaker used the vocal
oo —Governor Hardwick. All oth
oo 0 the universal sign language,
i g Mayor Key, who learned the
b or the occasion. Oratory flowed
& ‘H.‘H:;r fingers. A more attentive,
b ‘rated audience was not possi
ga‘T_}":!l'u:mu] convention drew dele
oreq 10T every part of America. Men
i mnated, but sprinkled through
e lence were women and an oc
o 'l', child. Many of the children
oo o oPeak and hear, it was learned,
i, atmosphere of silence in which
- °d caused them to sit as quiet
¥ 33 the elders.
Money Per Capita
InU. S. Now $52.00
: "‘-"“l”\'(}TO)\'_ D. C.—Money
'IT.-"'""'?'-?“!“:! in the United States
'Y 1 amounted to $52.42 per cap
be pocording to a statement today
m,o¢ treasury. The total wad $5,-
'v‘,‘”(l‘-h”“’ A year ago the per
.e.-}‘_;x‘;;: ounted to ss‘;_lB and t.he
bromes 84,000, the reduction being
ed &0t about through the decreas
ot SU€ of federal reserve bank
THE DAWSON NEWS
The Senate Adopts
Bill to Please Man
Thought to Be Dying
WASHINGTON, D. C.—A
house resolution changing the
name of the Grand river in Colo
rado and Utah to the Colorado riv
er was adopted today by the sen
ate. It now goes to the president.
Urging immediate action Senator
Nicholson, republican, of Colorado,
Ysald the senate that the author of
’l‘ ¥saplution, Representative Tay
dig‘a «¥at. of Colorado, was, he
| 52 "uf%;h bed.
20,000 CHRI>.. AN
CHURCH WORKERS FROM ALL
PARTS OF THE WORLD
TAKE PART.
NEW YORK, N. Y.—Colorado’s
delegation to the world convention of
the Christian Endeavor society today
led a parade of 20,000 Endeavorers
through Manhattan. The position of
honor was won by the westerners
through their having furnished the
largest state delegaticn in proportion
to enrolled members.
Endeavorers from all parts of the
world were in line singing martial
hymns in a great Christian citizenship
parade. ,
The marching young men and wo
men, many wearing brilliant costumes,
flying banners and flags and singing
all the way, presented one of the most
unique spectacles ever witnessed in
this city.
More than a score of floats were in
the procession, eleven of which de
picted scenes or episodes from Bun
yan’s “Pilgrim’s Progress.”
Nearly a dozen bands playing “On
ward Christian Soldiers” and other
martial hymns headed the various dele
gations, while Homer Rodeheaver,
former Billy Sunday choir leader,
pranced up and down the line with his
tamous slip horn and kept the march
ers singing. Percy Foster, musical di
rector for the Washington inaugural
committees, led the musical features.
The thousands that thronged the
streets along the line of march to Cen
tral park were given an added thrill
in the costumes of the big state dele
gations.
Besides their brilliant colored uni
forms the paraders all carried Ameri
can flags, the only emblem allowed in
line,
The parade ended with a citizen
ship demonstration in Central park,
where Mr. Bryan delivered a memorial
address on the Christian Endeavorers
who served in the war and the hun
dreds who gave their lives in the
country’s service.
WOULD ABOLISH PRESENT
BODY AND HAVE A BOARD
OF THREE MEMBERS.
ATLANTA, Ga.—A bill looking to
the reorganization of the state railroad
commission and the changing of the
name of the commission to the Georgia
public service commission has been in
troduced in the house of representa
tives. Under the terms of a measure
by Representative Riley, of Sumter,
the commission would be reduced from
five to three members, who would
serve terms of two, four and six years,
respectively.
The bill also provides for the abol
ishment of the office of attorney to
the railroad commission, and would
transfer the duties now performed by
that official to the attorney general of
the state.
The change in name is provided for
in a bill by Mr. Brantley, of Pierce,
who would designate the body as the
Georgia public service commission.
The measure also provides for the
creation of the office of assistant at
torney general, this official to repre
sent the.public in all cases before the
commission. He would be elected for
a term of six years, and would receive
a salary of $3,000 per year. |
The Brantley bill also provides for
an extension of the commisison’s juris
diction to include sleeping car compa
nies and operators of vehicles used as
common carriers. Another important
provision of the bill imposes a license |
tax on all public utilities operated in
Georgia, the amount of the license tax
to be .determined according to the tax
valuation of the utility properties. The
total amount of all such special license
taxes would not exceed $70,000, ac
cording to the bill, and this fund would
be used to defray the expenses of the
commission, including salaries and
miscellaneous expenses.
Directs Reduction of ’Phone Rates.
An even more interesting proposi
tion was that in a resolution by Messrs.
Beckham, of Dougherty, and McDon
ald, of Richmond, citing the fact that
the railroad commission is under the
jurisdiction of the general assembly,
and, therefore, directing that the com
‘mission at once reopen the matter of
'all telephone rates in the state. The
resolution holds that the rates are ex
'cessive as compared with the pre-war
rates of 1917 and ought to be set back.
. The commission would, therefore,
be directed, if the resolution passes, to
notify all utilities that these rates will
be re-opened, and the commission will
put into effect “such suhstantlfil re
ductions as it may deem proper. The
resolution was held to be not privileg
ed. and, therefore, lies on the table.
When it is called up the neat par
liamentary point will be raised that it
is in effect new legislation and will
have to be read on three separate days
in each branch of the assembly before
it can be passed.
ALL OTHER PRODUCTS ARE
REPORTED TO BE BELOW
THE 1920 YIELDS.
MARKED DECLINE IN COTTON
Rice and Tobacco Acreage Reduction
Heaviest, Compared With the Past
Year. Wheat Yield Will Be Consid
erably Less.
Forecasts of the country’s principal
farm crops made by the department of
agriculture from their July 1 condition
indicate there will be no record-break
ing production in any crop in the Unit
ed States with the possible exception
of corn. Conditions during June caus
ed a reduction in the production fore
casts of every crop as compared with
last month’s estimates.
There will be a bumper corn crop,
but other crops are well below last
year’s production and in some in
stances below the average production
of the five years prior to 1920. Tobac
co will be one-third less than last
year and onc-quarter less than the five
years’ average. The potato crop will
be smaller by 53,000,000 bushels than
a year ago, rice production will be
only a little more than half as large
as last year and apple production will
be less than half the last year’s crop.
Wheat Shows Decline.
The wheat crop showed a decline of
21,000,000 bushels during June, win
ter wheat showing a reduction of 5,-
000,000 bushels and spring wheat 16,-
000,000 bushels. Kansas winter wheat
showed improvement during the
month, as did that of- Nebraska and
Oklahoma, but in Ohio, Indiana, Illi
nois and Missouri the forecasts show-|
ed a reduction. Every one of the im
portant spring wheat states showed
a reduction as compared with a month
ago.
Corn this year was in the best con
dition it has been on July 1 in more
than a score of years, it being 6.5
points higher than a year ago and 7.4
points higher than the 10-year aver
age. With favorable weather, officials
believe, the crop may surpass last
year’s record.
Corn Acreage Larger.
The acreage of corn this year is 4.1
per cent larger than last year. All im
portant states, excepting Ohio, lowa,
Missouri, Nebraska and Kansas, show
ed larger acreages this year than last.
The latter states show only slightly
smaller acreages,than a year ago.
Larger crops of corn than last year
are forecast for Indiana, Illinois, Min
nesota and South Dakota. There was
an increase in the corn acreage in ev
ery southern state.
Rice shows the heaviest reduction in
acreage compared with a year ago, it
being 35.4 per cent, while the tobacco
acreage reduction is 29.4 per cent., cot
ton 28.4 per cent and flax 30.4 per cent.
Believe That Prayers
Led Them to Find
A Verdict for Murder
Walker County Jury Gathers Around
| Grave of Late Sheriff Before
| Convicting Douglas.
LAFALETTE, Ga—When James
Douglas goes to the scaffold here on
August sth, to be hanged for the mur
der of Sheriff Catron, of Walker coun
ty, citizens of this county will believe
almost to a man that prayers of the
jurymen who heard his case will have
been answered.
Unable to agree on a verdict for
hours after conclusion of testimony
the jury resorted to prayer and reach
ed a verdict after making a visit to the
grave of Catron, and praying grouped
about the newly-turned earth,
Charged with the murder of Catron
May 28 last, near Rossville, Ga., Doug
las went to trial and the case went to
the jury late that afternoon,
At 5 o'clock next evening Judge
Wright sent a bailiff to inquire if a
verdict had been reached. Word was
sent back that it had not. The jury
men, however, told the bailiff to ask
Judge Wright to join them in prayer
that a verdict of justice might be
reached. They were on their knees in
prayer. That continued into the night.
After breakfast next morning the jury
acted on a decision reached during the
night. Its members went to the ceme
tery where the sheriff lay buried and,
grouped around the little mound, re
newed their prayers that a verdict
might be reached in justice. Reaching
the court house a ballot was taken and
the result was the verdict of murder
in the fir:t degree. :
Because of this unusual action on
the part of the jury a motion for a
new trial for the condemned man has
been made. |
MIRACLE MAN TREATS BLINDNESS
WITH THE TEARS OF A SEA MONSTER
Ex-House Painter of York “Strikes It Rich” With Costly Remedy.
Will Sell His Secret to New York Capitalists.
YORK, Pa—“ The Miracle Man of
York” treats blindness with the tears
of a “sea monster.”
Hundreds seek his treatment. Once
upon a time the “Miracle Man” was a
house painter and for $5 he would
spread a gallon or so of paint upon a
house. But now its costs from $2 to
$5 a drop for the “tears of the sea
monster’” and then you have got to
drop them in your eyes yourself.
~ “Charlie” Dice, the house painter,
former cowboy, has “struck it rich,”
DAWSON, GA., TUESDAY EVENING, JULY 19, 1921
Engineer Murdered in
His Cab and Runaway
L.ocomotive Blows Up
EL PASO, Tex.—Engineer Wil
liam Bohman, of Sanderson, Tex.,
was murdered and thrown from his
train near Alpine, Tex., today, ac
cording to advices received at the
local office of the Galveston, Har
risburg and San Antonio railway,
part of the Southern Pacific system.
After four miles of uncontrolled
speeding the boiler of the engine
of the freight train blew up, seri
ously injuring the fireman, Charles
Robertson, of Valentine, Texas. The
train was wrecked ten miles west
of Alpine.
Bohman’s body was found four
miles back of where the explosion
ocurred, advices from Alpine stated.
Bohman was attacked while his
fireman was busy raising steam for
a grade, the fireman not noticing
the engineer was missing and the
locomotive unattended.
The explosion blew the boiler
and engine about 30 feet and the
cab about 200 yards.
KENTUCKIAN GOES JONAH
ONE BETTER. SWALLOWED
MINNOW WHEN A BOY.
LOUISVILLE, Ky.—A 1921 tale
of the Jonah variety, with the princi
pals reversed in their roles, has just
been unfolded here.
N. C. Howerton, 30 years old, an
electrical engineer, was seized with
nausea. He retired with a feeling much
like that experienced by first-timers on
an ocean trip. He then suffered a se
vere coughing spell and during it
coughed out a live fish about four
inches long and resembling a perch.
The fish died a few moments later.
But the puzzle of how Howerton
ever became possessed of the fish is
one that neither he nor his physician
can answer. Howerton has a theory,
but is not sure of its plausibility.
“I did a lot of swimming when I
was a boy,” he says. “Can it be possi
ble that I swallewed a small fish and
that it grew to its present size in my
stomach?”
~ The doctor shakes his head, but
then there is the evidence of the fish.
il“f Howerton’s theory is not the right
one, then how did the fish get there?”
THE NEW CENSUS SHAKES UP
REPRESENTATION IN THE
GEORGIA LEGISLATURE.
When special elections are held in
nine counties in the state on July 28,
under provision of writs issued by
Governor Hardwick in compliance with
the enabling act on legislative re-ap
portionment, Houston county will have
to lose one of its two representatives
in the legislature.
The constitutional amendment, rati
fied last year, and the enabling act,
passed by the assembly now in session,
provides that representation shall be
under the United States census for
1920; that the eight ldrgest counties
in the state shall have three members
of the house of representatives each
and the next thirty largest counties
shall have two members each and all
other counties one member each, Lau
rens and DeKalb increase to three
members.
Under the old apportionment Hous
ton county has two members of the
house and two are now serving, but
under the 1920 census Houston drops
in population to the thirty-ninth posi
tion in the list and will, therefore, go
back into the class of one-member
counties. Ahead of Houston in popu
[lation are both Jefferson and Dodge,
the latter being the county which
pushed Houston out of her place by
about 400 more population. The offi
cial revised census figures give Jeffer
son 22,602, Dodge 22,540 and Hous
ton 21,964. |
The two-member counties under the
present census and their populations‘
are:
Bartow, 24,000; Brooks, 24,000; Bul
loch, 26,000; Burke, 30,000; Carroll,
44,000; Clarke, 26,000; Cobb, 30,000;
Colquitt, 29,000; Cowetta, 29,006; De
catur, 31,000; Dodge, 22,000; Elbert,
23,000; Emanuel, 25,000; Gwinnett, 40,-
000; Hall, 26,000; Jackson, 24,000;
Jefferson, 22,000; Lowndes, 26,000;
Meriwether, 26,000; Mitchell, 25,000;
Screven, 26,000; Sumter, 29,000; Thom
as, 33,000: Troup, 26,000; Walker, 23.-
000; Walton, 24,000, Ware, 28,000;
Washington, 28,000: Wilkes, 24,000;
Worth, 24,000.
The special elections are to be held
in DeKalb, Laurens, Colquitt, Mitch
ell, Worth, Screven, Walker, Jeffer
son and Dodge, each of which gains
one member of the house.
according to his friends. He had a sec
retary or did up until a few minutes
ago, when the secretary, described by
one of the patients, as “rather vamp
ish,” left. He has a typewriter. He
has, so he confesses, an option from
several New York capitalists, on his
secret “sea monster tears” for $35,000.
Mrs. L. Tyler, the wife of a manu
facturer of Philadelphia, is one of the
patients Dice says he has treated, and
fwho, he says, reports her condition has
improved.
THE MONEY IS NEEDED TO
RELIEVE FINANCIAL EMBAR
RASSMENT OF STATE.
NEW SPECIAL TAX ACT SURE
Taxes Will Be Levied on Gasoline, Ci
gars and Soft Drinks. Increased Tax
es on Theatres and Moving Pictures
Also Proposed.
ATLANTA, Ga.—A new special tax
act for Georgia, increasing taxation on
practically all old subjects and adding
new sources of revenue, which it is
estimated will bring in aproximately
$2,600,000 additional to the state treas
ury, will be drafted by the ways and
means sub-committee of the house ap
propriations committee,
This announcement has been made
by €hairman .J. W. ‘Culpep
per, of the sub-committee, and should
the measure be passed by the general
assembly Georgia will have its first
new tax act since 1909 Taxes on soft
drinks, gasoline and cigars, and in
creases on legitimate and motion pict
ure theatres will be included, while
provision will be made for the new
poll tax to be levied against women
voters.
Women to Pay $350,000.
In discussing the decision of the sub
committee Mr. Culpepper declared
that approximately $350,000 is expect
ed to be derived from the poll tax to
be levied against the women voters,
while $250,000 .more will come from
increases on old items and new sub
jects, such as cigars and other prod
ucts termed as luxuries. Should the
tax bill be enacted the state would re
ceive approximately $4,000,000 from its
special taxes,
Representatives of the University of
Georgia and other educational institu
tions have appeared before the commit
tee and, notwithstanding the distressed
condition of the state’s finances and the
spirit of retrenchment everywhere,
have insisted on increased appropria
tions.
Revision of Freight Rates Asked.
A measure of statewide importance,
especially to the smaller cities of Geor
gia, has been introduced in the house
by Representative A. P. Brantley, of
Pierce county, who has presented a
resolution requesting the railroad com
mission to revise the freight rate struc
ture of the state so as to cqualize the
charges between the different points
and not discriminate against certain
communities.
~ The resolution sets forth that in
1918 the director general of all rail
roads increased Georgia freight rates
25 per cent and the state commission
changed its revision of several months
previous. When the interstate com
merce commission in 1920 added anoth
er increase of 25 per cent a great dis
crimination was brought against the
small Georgia cities, it is charged.
Asks Immediate Action.
Since the railroad commission has
made no attempt to correct these dis
criminations as between the small and
large cities, or between “the inequali
ties for single line and joint line haul
movements,” the resolution asks that
immediate action be taken toward cor
recting the existing situation.
HE IS FIRST HELD UP AND
ROBBED OF $7O. FOR FIVE
HOURS LIFE IN DANGER.
BRUNSWICK, Ga—W. ]J. Cox,
aged 50, a watchman at the dynamite
magazine of the Hercules Powder Co.,
operating the plant of the Yaryan
Rosin and Turpentine Co., was the vic
tim of a bold hold-up at Bladen, 19
miles from this city, where the maga
}zine is located. He was not only re
lieved of his money, but was locked
in the magazine by the bandit.
Mr. Cox was on guard at the maga
zine when a negro with a shot gun
appeared. Little attention was paid to
the negro, but he walked up to the
watchman, and, covering him with the
gun, ordered him to hands up. At the
point of the weapon' he then demanded
Mr. Cox to turn over to him the cash
on his person, after which the negro
forced the watchman to walk on the
inside of the dynamite magazine, and
he then turned the key, locking Cox
within and quickly made his getaway.
There was no one around the scene
at the time and none of the workers
for the company at the camp was
aware of the fact that the watchman
was locked in the magazine. tie re
mained in the close place five hours,
finally forcing his way out of the little
building. In the magazine 1s stored
quantities of dynamite, used by the
company in blowing up stumps in the
work around Bladen. As soon as Cox
succeeded in escaping from the maga
zine he( gave the alarm aanc although a
search was made for the negro no
trace of him whatever was found
Mr. Cox had on his person $7O in
currency, which was taken by the :'ob-]
ber. |
MORE MARRIED MEN GROW
TIRED OF THE STRUGGLE
They Largely Lead the Single on the
Suicide Role.
NEW YORK, N. Y.—Suicides in
New York were more prevalent among
married persons than single ones in
1920, it was shown in the report of
Chief Medical Examiner Morris, made
public today.
The total number of suicides for the
vear was placed at 707. Of the vic
tims 352 were married, 185 single, 100
widows and two divorced.
The Ages of Women
Voters Were Posted
And Riot Followed
It was only 90 in the shade when
the assessors of North Brookfield,
Mass., posted the list of 900 female
voters in the town, but it was esti
mated to be 120 in the assessors’
office the next day when it became
known each name was followed by
the age of the voter. Not satisfied
with storming the assessors’ office,
many of the women attacked the
list with erasers and some of the
lists were torn off during the riot
ing. The list was accepted as au
thority for settling many long
standing arguments as to age.
1] "
’ CHICKEN HOUSES
; ARE BIG NUISANCE
| i
FARMERS ON MAYSON AND
~ TURNER FERRY ROAD IN
FULTON TIRE OF THEM.
ATLANTA.—Farmers residing on
the Mayson and Turner ferry road in
this county are getting tired of the fun,
frivolity and frolic of automobile joy
riders who patronize the chicken hous
es strung along that thoroughfare and
have petitioned Judge Humphries, of
Fulton superior court, to abate them
as a nuisance, .
Their Allegations.
They allege that the patrons of these
establishments are in the habit of rid
ing up and down the road at all hours
of the night in an intoxicated condi
tion, of whooping, shouting, dancing
and sometimes fighting around the
chicken houses, of engaging in prac
tices of an improper and immoral na
ture “which cannot be set out in de
tail in the prayer of your petitioners,”
and of generally demoralizing the com
munity to the detriment of property
values and the disturbance of the
peace.
A chicken house as exemplified in
Fulton county is a shanty built of
boards on the edge of the road, with
a kerosene oil kitchen in the rear, a
dozen or so chickens kept in a coop,
a pan of lard in which to fry them,
a supply of more or less stale light
rolls in a bread box and a folding
front counter over which the suppers
are served in heavyweight crockery
with pewter knives and forks.
Little Drink.
The chicken houses are patronized
by persons who seem to derive the
keenest delight from eating this sort
of food. There is usually a little grove
of trees with a carpet of grass adja
cent to the chicken house, where
moonlight riders may retire in some
degree of privacy to gnaw the meat
from the bones of their chicken and
bite off pieces of their bread. If per
chance a party of riders bring along
their own liquor with which to wash
down their chicken and bread why
should the chicken house proprietor
interfere with their pleasure?
| Sumter Convicts Drink
Horse Liniment; One
Is in Serious Condition
George Moran, Alleged Bad Man, May
Have Attempted Suicide. Hebrer
Saved From Serious Harm.
AMERICUS, Ga.—George Moran,
fa white convict serving five to ten
years for burglary on the Sumter coun
ty chaingang, is in a serious condition
here as the result of drinking “Jones
Balsam and Benzoin,” a preparation
containing denatured alcohol, and used
as a horse liniment. He was sent here
from Griffin, where he was convicted
in Spalding superior court. Pete Heb
rer, another white man, serving five
to ten years for highway robbery in
'Chatham county, also drank a small
quantity of the concoction, but quick
medical attention prevented any seri
ous results,
Moran is declared by Warden Ans
ley to be a very desperate man. At the
time of committing his crime in Spald
ing he was was a fugitive from Illi
nois, where, at the age of 28, he es
caped from prison after serving ten
to twelve years of a long sentence.
Since coming here he has given con
stant trouble and has refusea to work.
Not long ago he swaliowed a bichloride
of mercury tablet but received atten
tion before it harmed him. Last week
;he insisted he was ill at the stomach.
‘Thc contents of his stomach were ex
amined and he was given a thorough
physical examination. He was pro
nounced in good physical condition.
. Not long ago a large jack knife
was found hidden in his bunk, and
only recently he secured a file and cut
his shackles.
Two Negroes on Jury in
, Savannah Murder Tnal
Help to Convict Grover C. Curtis
On Charge of Killing Iris Broom.
SAVANNAH, Ga.—The jury in the
case of Grover C. Curtis, tried Mon
day, returned Tuesday morning a ver
dict of manslaughter for the killing of
Iris Broom, fixing the sentence at from
two to five years in the penitentiary.
A motion for 2 new trial will be filed.
Two negroes were on the jury that
tried Curtis. This is believed to be
the first time in Georgia a negro has
sat on a jury trying a white man on
a charge of murder.
~ This is the third trial Curtis has had,
the other two resulting in mistrials.
The Broom girl was killed by a bullet
from a pistol in the hand of Curtis an
the same evening he killed James F.
Dailey. Curtis claimed self-defense in
killing Bailey, for whose death he has
not been tried, and claims the girl
was killed when her father, Alan
Broom, grabbed his arm and pulled it
downward.
BUY AT HOME
AND HELP
DAWSON PROSPER.
VOL. 39.—N0. 46
PRESIDENT APPROACHES NA
TIONS ON PROJECT LOOK
ING TO RESTRICTIONS.
WELL RECEIVED IN EUROPE
Conference Between Representatives.
~ Of United States, Great Britain,
France, Italy and Japan to End Far
East Controversies.
WASHINGTON, D. C.—Washing
ton will be the scene of a momentous
conference attended by leading states
men of the world when the disarma
ment conference, instigated by Presi
dent Harding, convenes in the aut
umn. All of the nations to whom the
president sent informal invitations
have formally responded, with the ex
ception of Japan.
Premiers Lloyd George, of England,
and Briand, of France, will attend the
conference as leaders of their respective
delegations, Italy and Japan will also
nrobably send delegations, headed by
their premiers. The nations participat
ing enter “without reservations” of any
kind and China will be asked to take
part in the conference en questions af
%ctitng the Pacific policy and the Far
ast.
First Step Toward World Pact.
Official Washington also professes
to see in the president’s call for a dis
armament conference the first ste}) to
ward a permanent association of na
tions which will thresh out the whole
world’s troubles. The magnitude of the
plan is developing hourly and leading
statesmen of the world will enter the
discussions determined to bring peace
and harmony to the world.
The conference is expected to solve
the Pacific problem, and all questions
affecting the Pacific mandates—Yap,
cables, China—will be discussed freely
and unreservedly. The Anglo-Japanese
pact will prove a delicate question, it
is believed, but Washington officials
hold that, by tact and diplomacy, any
threatened breach can be closed.
Naval strength in the Pacific will
be discussed by the conference, and
if the disarmament program is adopt
ed huge sums will be saved to the par
ticipating nations. It is probable that,
when the Pacific question is reached,
other powers beside the five mention
ed will be invited to take part in the
discussions, particularly The Nether
lands, which has large holdings in the
Pacific. ;
The French government will “accept
with pleasure and without reservation”
an invitation to the conference, accord
ing to a statement by Premier Briand.
The reply of the French government
has been sent to Washington.
Conference Powers Limited.
The conference, it is hoped in Wash
ington, will not end without reaching
decisions and even agreements on vital
issues. It may even join in a conven
‘tion, but, as Secretary of State Hughes
‘'was careful to point out, such action
‘would amount in law to little more
than the solemn expression of the con
ferees’ judgment and their consensus
after thorough discussion. The sov
ereignty and independence of no con
ferring power would be impaired or
affected by the conference’s final ac
tion. In the case of the United States
any agreements would be submitted to
the senate for ratification if they in
volved anything calling for exercise
of the senate’s treaty-making preroga
tives.
It was said, on the highest authority,
that under no circumstances, and no
matter what happens or does not hap
pen at the conference, the security of
the United States will not be placed in
jeopardy. Either then or thereafter
America will not “disarm;” she will
“curtail armaments” if others curtail,
it was said. The United States pro
poses, but will make no attempt to
dispose except as an equal discussion
with equals of topics of common in
terest.
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Albany Solon Greatly
| . ‘e ”
| Worrying the “Ins.
Introduces Bills to Elect Commission
ers and Abolish Office of Treasurer.
ALBANY, Ga—County commis
sioners in Dougherty county will be
elected by the people instead of the
grand jury at the spring term of su
perior court, if a bill which Senator
Dennis Fleming, of this district, the
Tenth, proposes to introduce is passed.
Notice of the intention to introduce
the bill is being advertised here and
petitions are in circulation advocating
its enactment,
He has also introduced a bill to abol
ish the office of county treasurer.
Fleming was elected by the faction
opposed to in the “ins” of the city
and county governments of Dougherty
county and the city of Albany, both
of which have been in control, he says,
for more than 40 years. During the
brief time he has been in the state
senate he had the opposing faction
here on red hot coals, having already
secured passage in both houses of bills
to divide Albany into wards and to
abolish the office of county treasurer.
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Men’s Shoe Styles
Have Been Announced
CHICAGO.—Men’s shoe styles
will be heavy brogue with a strap
instead of lace front, according to
J. Kalisky, president of the Shoe
Traders’ Association of Chicago, in
convention here,
"~ Mr. Kalisky added that shoe
prices were unlikely to drop “for
some time to come, as they already
had dropped about 30 per cent from
war-time prices.”