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STATE NEWS OF INTEREST
Brief News Items Gathered Here And
There From All Sections Of
The State
Washington, D. C-—With 84 persona
already under arrest at Savannah,
Ga., under the conspiracy section of
the prohibition enforcement act, de
partment of justice officials said they
believed they finally had rounded up
one of, if not the largest bootleg
forces In the United States.
Other important arrests were fore
cast, and it was stated that indict
ments would be sought not only un
der the Volstead act but also under
customs laws against smuggling and
statutes making it unlawful to trans
port smuggled goods.
Justice officers charged that Wil
liam Jlaar, C. Graham Baughn, Sam
Goldberg and Richard Bailey, who
were among the 52 arrested in the
first roundup, constituted the “big
four’’ of the force which they alleged
operated a large flotilla of craft in
imi>orting liquors from the Bahamas,
the Weßt Indies and Europe.
The further charge was made that
this force supplied the bulk of the
liquors reaching the market along the
Atlantic Seaboard as far east as New
Jersey,
Agents of the department, it was
asserted, also had traced shipments
as far west at St. Louis, Chicago and
Cleveland.
Haar, it was stated, formerly was
a grocery clerk, but now is reputed
to be worth millions. Officers said
he had been indicted recently for fail
ure to make returns on an income of
$1,000,000.
Indictments of those arrested will
be sought from the federal grand
jury now in session at Savannah, it
was stated, and Federal Judge Wil
liam J. Grubb, of Alabama, will be
transferred to Savannah to sit at the
trials.
The arrests followed two years of
investigation by special agents of the
department of justice and the intelli
gence unit of the internal revenue
bureau.
Plan Deportation Of Canadian
Atlanta. —Andrew Levay, a native
of Hungary, but naturalized citizen
of Canada, was brought to Atlanta
recently from Vida, Ala., and be
ing held at Fulton tower pending re
ceipt of deportation papers from
Washington. At the office of the im
migration (inspector, it was stated
that Levay's deportation is to/ be
the result of his entry into this coun
try without inspection, and because
lie is illiterate. Levay was one of
several Canadians who established
a colony at Vida several mouths ago.
Immigration authorities state that his
deportation had been ordered some
time ago, but he had been placed
on parole until December. It w T as
tecently learned that he had disposed
of his Alabama property, and was pre
paring to violate his parole, it is
charged, whereupon he was arrested.
Little Danger Of Race Suicide
Atlanta. —There is little danger of
race suicide in Georgia. For every
10 women between 15 and 45 years
of age in the state in 1922 there was
one baby born or in other words one
woman out of every ten gave birth
to a child during that year. Accord
ing to the 1920 census there were
685,335 women in this class and ac
cording to the State Bureau of Vital
Statistics records there were 69,615
children born. The white race shows
a better record in this matter than
the negro. There were 385,654 white
women and 44.5255 white babies born
or one baby to each 9 women. There
were 25,042 negro babies born to the
209.681 negro women in the child
bearing age showing a ratio of one
baby for each 12 negro women.
Barrett Receiver Wins In Contest
Savannah.—Judge W. I. Grubb, of
Birmingham, sitting in federal court
here for Judge \V. H. Barrett, of Au
gust, decided that 58 bales of cotton
stored in the Athens warehouse of
the company, are ’'indisputable prop
erty of Barrett & Company." ordering
that this cotton be placed in legal
custody of Roy Ellison, receiver in
United States court action, as assets
of the bankrupt; that 72 bales on
which advance had been made be also
passed to the same custody, the title
to be passed upon by bankruptcy
court, and that the remaining 4,706
bales remain in the control of J J.
Wilkins and B. F. Hardeman, appoint
ed receivers by the Clarke county su
perior court.”
FIVE MEN ARE JAILED
IN PROBE OF MURDER
OF MILLARD TROUTON
Father-in-Law, Brother-in-Law And
Three Other Persons Are Un
der Arrest In Newnan
Newnan. —Mystery surrounding tht.
murder of Milard Trouton, whose body
was found in Line creek, pierced with
five bullet holes, and with the skull
crushed, was believed by officers to
be nearing solution after five per
sons, including the father-in-law and
brother-in-law of the slain man .had
been arrested, and a search launched
for a sixth man, who is said by Sher
iff S. P. Carpenter .to have left the
city. Sheriff Carpenter expressed the
belief that this man, whose name be
sayß he does not know, was intimate
ly conencted with the crime.
Julian Glenn Crapenter, one of the
five prisoners taken into custody, is
said by the sheriff to have taken the
suspect out of Newnan in an automo
bile. Sheriff Carpenter has not re
vealed Carpenter’s name, but it was
learned from prominent Newman cit
izens, who said Carpenter was a lo
cal lumber man. The sheriff stated
that he expected arrest of the sixth
mau shortly.
Warrants charging the prisoners
with complicity in the abduction of
Trouton. after which he had not been
seen for several days, when negro
women fishing in the creek discov
ered the mutilated body. Warrants
were issued after Will Meeks had
told of the circumstances surround
ing the disappearance of his stepson.
Meeks, who lives on the outskirts of
Newnan, said that Freeman and Felt
man came to his house about 7:30
o’clock on the night of the ItOh in
stant and asked Trouton to walk to a
nearby store with them. Trouton, who
had retired, drew on his clothes and
accompanied them.
Since then Trouton had not been
seen alive. The following day Meeks
is said to have gone to Feltman, who
works in Newnan and inquired about
his stepson. He was informed that
he had been forced into a sedan auto
mobile and taken away. They denied
further knowledge other than, that
they had been accosted by a stranger
after they walked a short dis
tance, who demanded to know the
identity of the third man.
Brown Will Aid Probe Committee
Atlanta.—J. J. Brown, commission
er of the state department of agricul
ture, which is soon to undergo a
sweeping investigation by a joint
commission from the senate and
house of representatives, declared
that he is ready to extend every pos
sible courtesy and information con
cerning his department to members
of the commission. Mr. Brown stated
that he would issue a statement in
reply to charges of personal and offi
cial nature made in the house of rep
resentatives by Stewart, of Atkinson,
who reiterated that Commissioner
Brown and his department have been
guilty of extravagance and wasteful
ness in the expenditure of state’s
funds.
Building Contracts Show Small Drop
Atlanta.—July building contracts in
Georgia amounted to $4,237,300, ac
cording to F. W. Dodge corporation.
This was a drop of 14 per cent from
the June figure. Last month’s total
included: One million sev6n hun
dred and sixty-nine thousand two hun
dred, or 42 per cent for residential
buildings; $998,600, or 24 per cent for
public works and utilities; and $682,-
500, or 16 per cent, for business build
ings. Construction started during the
first seven months of this year has
amounted to $51,301,500r Atlanta’s
total for July (included above) was
$2,153,300, an increase of 16 per cent
over the June figure. Atlanta’s total
for the first seven months of this
year was $30,890,700.
Walker Assured Of Co-Operation
Atlanta.--Governor Walker an
nounces that he has conferred with
tho sheriffs of Bibb and Baldwin
counties over long distance telephone
relative to recent mob violations of
the law and had been {assured of
their co-operation in checking fur
ther similar occurrences. The gover
nor said he had informed the Bibb
sheriff of the he had of
fered for the apprehension with evi
dence to convict of persons guilty
of flogging several citizens in and
near Macon.
Raises School And County Tax
Columbus.—During the recent set
sion of the county commissioners the
county tax rate was raised from 8 to
9 mills and the school tax rate was
raised from 3 1-2 to 5 mills. That
means that taxpayers in Muscogee
county outside of the city will pay
this year 14 mills in addition to the
regular state rate of 5 mills, making
the total 19 mills. In the city the
! rate will be 9 mills county and 18
mills city, which with the 5 mills
state tax will make 32 mills.
THE DANIELSVILLE MONITOR, DANIELSViLLE, GEORGIA^
BRIEF NEWS NOTES
WHAT HAS OCCURRED DURING
WEEK THROUGHOUT COUN
TRY AND ABROAD
EVENTS OFJMPORTANCE
Gathered From All Part* Of Tha
Globe And Told In Short
P^rafl^aphß
Foreign—
German professors of hygiene have
criticized the increase of alcoholism in
Germany in a memorial addressed
to (the various governments urging
that further steps be taken to con
serve the national foodstuffs now used
in making liquor, and to protect pub
lis health against the increasing con
sumption of alcohol
Eamon de Valera, the Republican
leader, was arrested by free state
troops at Ennis County Clare, Ire
land. on his appearance to address a
Republican meeting in the election
campaign.
Premier Poincare’s reply to the lat
est British note will stoutly reaffirm
the French position on the reparation
issue, it was forecast. It will reject
the British proposals for submission
of the legality of the occupation of
the Ruhr to the permanent court of
International justice and for an in
ternational commission of experts to
re-estimate the paying capacity of
Germany.
A Reuter dispatch from Berlin says
the report current abroad that Chan
cellor Btresemann has been assassi
nated is untrue. The rumor gained
currency in newspaper circles in Lon
don. The source of it has not yet
been ascertained.
Communists stormed the city hall at
Patteln, Germany, 19 miles northeast
of Essen, disarmed the police and
took possession of the town, says the
Berlin Central News. Militia, which
was summoned from a neighboring
town, also, was disarmed. Many cas
ualties occurred on both sides.
The Deauville Casino’s baccarat
bank had been broken by the loss of
ten million francs in recent night’s
play, says the Paris Herald. The syn
dicate running the bank, comprising
two wealthy Greeks an dan American,
have decided to go out of business,
and no one has been found who is
willing to take over the game]
Eamon de Valera, arrested under
msot dramatic circumstances at En
nis, Ireland, when appeared to
deliver a speech in the election cam
paign, will probably be taken to Lim
erick, where he is imprisoned at pres
ent, to Mount Joy jail within the next
few days.
The inter-allied reparations commis
sion has formally notified Germany
that reparations constitute a prior
claim on the resources which Ger
many has expected to utilize to guar
antee her gold loan.
Washington—
Belief that President Coolidge will
support the contention of the disabled
American veterans that the next ses
sion of congress should give priority
to soldier legislation to those meas
ures extending relief to the war’s dis
abled, was expressed by James A. Mc-
Farland. national commander of the
organization following an interview at
the white house.
History omits the description of
many of the interesting things about
Methusaleh, among them his liquid
capacity. But, says the department
of agriculture, if he had been given
the task of disposing of all the ‘‘pop"
consumed in the country last year, he
would have had to start at birth and
downed eight bottles every minute of
his 969 years.
A telegram of inquiry was sent to of
ficers of the disabled American Vet
eran at Cincinnati, Ohio, by Secretary
Hughes, asking an explanation of its
announcement regarding receipt of a
state department telegram regarding
the case of Grover Cleveland Bergdoll
and the release of Hooven Griffis from
a German prison.
The five-power naval treaty nego
tiated at the Washington armament
conference and the four-power Pacific
treaty concluded here in December,
1921, has become effective with the
formal exchange of ratifications at the
state department.
The veterans’ bureau in proceeding
with the original plan of installing a
complete negro personnel in the vet
erans’ hospital at Tuskegee, Ala., an
nounces that six negro physicians
have been selected for duty at the hos
pital and will /leave for their posts
within the next week or ten days, Di
rector Hines of the bureau says. He
says there has been no change in the
original policy which has been the
subject of protest by white residents
of Tuskegee in pevreal conferences
with the director
American agriculture, wnich has
been turning (out a capacity product
with its physical equipment in a run
down condition, must within the next
ten years save up and invest in the
farm plant from eight to ten billion
dollars of new capital, according to
economists of the department of agri
culture ,who say this is a conservative
estimate.
Public lands totaling 23,022,630
acres have been transfered to home
steaders during the past two years.
A department of interior summary
shows that the number of patents is
sued for 'this area was 110,330.
The practicability of the rural cred
its cat ha sheen demonstrated in the
opinion of federal farm loan board
members by the fact that in the two
months the intemrediate credit banks
have been in operation approximately
five million dollars has been loaned
to the farmers.
Domestic—
Funeral services for Marie Waib
wright were held at Scranton, Pa. A
requiem high mass was sung at St.
Peter’s cathedral. Miss Wainwright,
a resident of New York, died at the
home of her cousin, Dr. J. M. Wain
wright, in Scranton!
Ex-United States Senator ,W. R.
Webb, well known Tennessee educa
tor, while speaking in Nashville at the
Georgia Peabody School for Teachers,
quoted Caesar: “Restore the prestige
of Roman womanhood and don’t bob
your hair."
A disease hitherto unknown in the
United States has been discovered in
Greenville, S. C., and has proved de
structive to beans. W. D. Moore, plant
pathologist, made a ( report on speci
mens of plants obtained from the
field of I. L. Mayer, near Greenwood,
and declared that the disease had nev
er \ before occurred in the United
States. Whether the disease will af
fect pease and other legumes is not
known
Seizure of a complete plant for the
manufacture of counterfeit SIOO fed
eral reserve notes in Floral Park, I*
1., was announced by Joseph A. Palma,
chief of secret service agents in New
York.
With all the voting precincts in
Russell county, Alabama, heard from
except Glenville, the proposed bond
issue of $185,000 to pay off the in
debtedness of the county was shown
to have been defeated in the election
held by a majority of 46 votes.
The United States government not
only will do everything it can to ob
tain the release of Lieutenant Hooven
Griffis, Hamilton, Ohio, from prison
in Germany, but will exert all its
power to bring Grover Cleveland
Bergdoll, draft evader, back to Amer
ica. This was the gist of a telegram
from Secretary of State Hughes, to
Raymond A. Lasance, nationat adju
tant of the Disabled American Veter
ans of the World War at national
headquarters in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Declaring that the seriousness of
the situation in Europe could not be
exaggerated, John W. Davis, former
American ambassador to Great Brit
ain, urged upon his return on the
steamship Olympic the creation of an
international commission, with an
American membership to determine
the amount of reparations that Ger
many is able to pay.
W. Cameron Forbes, former gover
nor general of the Philippines, defend
ed the administration of Governor
General Wood in an address at the
Institute of Politics, Williamston,
Mass., and said tha tthe time had
not coiue for Philippine independence.
After a street fight which follow
ed a public meeting at Elmira, N. Y.,
at which Ku Klux Klan principles
were explained, the Rev. Nicholas
Cocaboon, of Buffalo, and several
other persons who had been speakers
were escorted to their train by police.
George Stewart, brother and busi
ness manager of Anita Stewart, mo
tion picture actress, is in a serious
condition at a New York hospital with
injuries reported to have been re
ceived in a fight on the Albany Post
road.
Southern cotton planters have suf
fered this season a loss, approximate
ly at present cotton prices of $760,-
000,000 through the ravages of the
boll weevil and drought, President E.
E. Bartlett, Jr., of the New York cot
ton exchange, declares in a statement
urging the use of more funds to fight
the weevil.
A tense situation prevails at Steu
benville, Ohio, and the police are pre
pared for quick action to prevent a
repetition of the outbreak against the
Ku Klux Klan, which culminated in
a pistol fight between Darwin L. Gib
son. said to be one of the local klan
officers, and a group of men who fired
upon him as he was driving in a dark
ened street. Previously a group of
about one hundred men said to be
members of the Ku Klux Klan from
nearby towns was attacked in one of
downtown streets. A score were bad
ly beaten and several automobiles
wrecked.
LEGISLATIVEJROCEEDIK
Doings of Georgia Lawmakt*
Gathered For The Benefit
Of Our Readers
Review Of Fifty Days’ Session
Atlanta— By its action in tabiint
bills calling for tax reform, the g
eral assembly of 1923 answered at
the efeventh hour the question which
has been asked most insistently bj
the entire state ever since it met
The most pressing problem before
this session, it was generally admit
ted, was to pass some kind of con
stitutional amendment bill to create
anew system of taxation for the
state in order to permit repeal of the
tax equalization law. Early in the
session the house passed a repeal law
which was introduced by Stovall, of
Elbert, and stood on the calendar as
house bill number one, but when it
reached the senate, it was held la
committee and no action taken,
Income Tax Bill
The senate passed a bill, by Sena
tor Lankford, providing for an in
come tax and a reduction in the ad
valorem, with the provision that the
amount paid in ad valorem might be
deducted by the tax payer from his
income tax payments.
Other important measures before
the house this year included a bill
calling for biennial sessions. This
was passed by the house, but left in
committee in the senate.
The general tax bill, as passed by
the house, contained additions from
the 1921 act which would have in
creased the Btate’s revenues by $2,-
000,000, its proponents claimed, but
this bill was tabled in the senate,
therefore placing the state back under
the act of 1921 for its special, and
occupation tax revenues.
Two important new tax measures
were passed and signed by the gover
nor. Both of these were house hills
Mann, of Glynn, was the author of
one, which increases the tax on gaso
line from one to three cents per gal
lon, and provides that for the first
five years it shall be divided in three
parts, one-third to retire the rental
warrants on the W. & A. railroad, one
third to the state highway depart
ment, and one-third to the different
counties on a basis of post road mile
age.
The other revenue measure by Mill
ner, of Dodge, provides a ten per cent
tax on all cigars and cigarettes sold
at retail.
An important measure which failed
to pass was a bill by Ennis, of Bald
win, to provide a state revenue de
partment, to enforce the payment of
large amounts of special taxes which,
it is stated, the state is not now get
ting. It was claimed that this de
partment could have increased the
state’s revenue by $2,000,000 per year.
Repeal of the tax equalization law
and enactment of a new' system of
taxation was called to the attention
of the assembly in the inaugural ad
dress of Governor Walker.
In his first message to the assem
bly and in another special paper, the
governor again urged that his program
be carried out. He submitted the
tax systems in operation in other
states for consideration. North Caro
lina, South Carolina, Kentucky and
Virginia were especially mentioned.
The highway department investi
gation was held and resulted m
charges brought by Representative
McMichael, of Marion, that the divi
sion was guilty of mismanagemen .
inefficiency and wasteful of P u
funds not being sustained. Mr. Mc-
Michael, the only member of the leg
islative investigating committee not
agreeing to the majority report, filed
a minority statement in support o
his allegations against the depart
ment - .
Prohibition appeared as one of tn
principal subjects before the as.-' -
bly for the first time in the past row
years, but from the beginning and
realized by Dr. Craif Arnold, o
Lumpkin, that his measure to repe
the state dry laws, thereby P !acll |-
enforcement of the Volstead ac
Georgia entirely upon the fe
government, would not be pass v
The bill was reported unfavorably f>y
the house temperance committee,
in speaking to a point of P ers&na .
privilege Mr. Arnold, who said r
never tasted whisky A his lire,
sailed the present enforcement o
prohibition laws.
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Committee Asks Confidence Vote
With but one dissenting vote, t : ®
special committee of the legis a
which has been investigating tl. ?
highway department, adopted 3
port which is a complete exonera.-j
for the department. ,
Representative McMichael,
rion county, author of the reso u
authorizing the probe, who has
in the capacity of examining at '°‘
for the committee, will file a m D0
report, disagreeing with the o *
members in the majority of
findings.