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GASOLINE PRICE
JUMPS TWO CENTS
PRICE OF GASOLINE IN ATLANTA
JUMPS FROM 20 TO 22 CENTS
AT ALL FILLING STATIONS
STATE NEWSJJF INTEREST
Brief News Items Gathered Here And
There From All Sections Of
The State
Atlanta. —Effective recently the
price of gasoline in Georgia jumped
2 cents per gallon, the. price in At
lanta being raised from 20 to 22 cents
going into effect throughout the state.
The two cent raise, it was announc
ed by Alanta dealers, was made to
meet the special lqvy of two cents
per gallon provided for in an act of
the last general assembly which also
became effective at midnight Sunday.
The amount of the, tax has been add
ed to the prevailing prices in the
state to be paid by the consumer.
The jump in .prices brings.to.a tem
porary end. at least, a series of reduc
tions over the past few months which
have resulted in a drop of 6 cents
per gallon in Atlanta. Two reduc
tions of one cent per gallon each,
coming recently and only a short time
apart, were interpreted in many sec
tions as indicating further reductions
and Georgia motorists and users of
gasoline generally had visions of pre
war prices within a short while, only
to have the vision knocked into the
provarbial "cocked hat” by a sharp in
cline.
The bill which passed the last ses
sion of the legislature provides for an
"additional levy of two cents per gal
lon” on gasoline and is in addition
to the one cent per gallon tax levy
ulready in effect. In addition to the
three cents tax, there is a tax of one
half cent for “police’’ or inspection
fees. The one-half cent goes to the
department of agriculture and what
ever amount is not used for expenses
of inspection is turned into the gen
eral fund of the state treasury.
The two cents additional levy, pro
vided for under the bill introduced by
Representative Mann, of Glynn coun
ty, will add approximately two and
one-half million dollars to the reve
nue of the state and will go into the
highway fund of the state. The state
highway department will receive a
large part of this sum, and the re
mainder will be divided among the
counties of the state based on road
mileage of each county.
Several amendments offered during
debate preceding the passage of the
Mann bill and providing for division
of tho amount thus raised among
other departments of the state were
all defeated.
Rev. William T. Dakin Passes Away
Savannah. —The Rev. William Tay
lor Dakin, rector of St. John’s Epis
copal church in Savannah, Is dead in
lloston, according to news received
here by his parish members. He had
been In 111 health for nearly two
years. Funeral services will be held
in his church here, at the same hour
funeral services over the body are
to be held in his birthplace, Boston.
Later memorial services will be held,
with Bishop Reese the chief speaker,
speaker. >
Six Lives Saved In Year By Scouts
Thomasville.—The report of Secre
tary L. Hommedieu of the Thomas
vllle Y, who has had charge of the
life-saving corps of the boy scouts,
shows that forty life saving tests
have been given to the boys and
that six have been saved since the
boys wore trained last year at St.
Marks ou the gulf, while the boys
wore in camp there. This report was
given to Miss Mariou Crawford, field
representative of the Red Cross, who
has been in Thonntsville recently.
Has Served On 75 Juries In 34 Years
Waycross.—J. F. Harbin, of this
city, has a record, so far as court
duty is concerned, which is equalled
probably by no one in the state. Dur
ing his thirty four years' residence in
Ware county he has served on fifty
nine petit juries and four grand juries.
Aside from this he has served on
seven lunacy Juries and has acted
as juror ou five inquests. Harbin,
during this time, has served Ware
county in various capacities for uine
and a half years.
Unloading Record Set By Freighter
Savannah.— Record time was made
by the Norwegian steamer Nordiva of
the South Atlantic Maritime corpora
tion consignment, in discharging the
largest cargo of sugar, it is said, ever
to come to this port in a single bot
tom. Nearly 45,000 bags of sugar,
each weighing several hundred
pounds, were unloaded at the sugar
refinery docks between 10 p. m. and
1 a Jit,
YARBROUGH JURY DISMISSED
AFTER 70-HOUR DEADLOCK
Macon. —The jury that has been
considering the case of Dr. C. A.
Yarbrough, charged with riot, was
discharged by Judge Will Gunn in
city court. It had had the case for
70 hours.
Attorneys and others connected
with the court stated that this was
the longest period a jury in a misde
meanor case had been out in their
recollection of Macon courts.
Members of the jury, after being
discharged said the final ballot stood
9 to 3 for conviction. The first ballot
was 6 to 6 and the second 7 to 6.
Gradually as three or four ballot a
day were taken it dwindled to 9 to 3
for conviction and stood at that point
for the last two days.
The trial of this case, in which Dr.
Yarbrough, who the state charged
was the “whipping boss” in a series
of floggings, was charged with riot
in connection with the flogging of W.
O. Barnett, harness manufacturer
A half day was taken up with selec
tion of the jury, and a day and a half
with taking testimony. Arguments
lasted a half day.
The jury only once sent for Judge
Gunn. At that time T. C. Drew, fore
man, told the judge the jury was di
vided 9 to 3. Judge Gunn ordered
them back, and asked that they en
deavor earnestly to find a verdict.
Georgia Needs New U. S. Judge
Washington.—Five additional fed
eral judges are needed to expeditious
ly handle the business of the federal
courts throughout the country in the
opinion of the conference of senior
circuit court judges presided over by
Chief Justice Taft which adjourned
after five sessions. Through the re
ports of tho circuit judges, supple
mented by those from the district
judges and the attorney general, the
conference gained a comprehensive
view of the conditions prevailing in
the federal courts. It also arranged
for the transfer of judges from one
circuit to another for the coming
year, where judges are needed foi
crowded dockets.
Injured While Fighting Fire
I^ouisville.—Captain W. A. Strip
ling, conductor of the Louisville and
Wadley train, was severely injured
recently when he fell from the train,
which was standing on the Ogeechee
river trestle. His leg was broken and
it is feared that he sustained im
ternal injuries. He was rushed to a
hospital in Savannah. Captain Strip
ling was endeavoring to crawl up the
side of the engine near the cab when
his hold slipped and he fell. Fire on
the long trestle over the Ogeechee
river near here caused the train crew
to be called to help extinguish the
blaze, which had burned about sixty
feet of the trestle. Captain Stripling
was aiding in the fight on the fire.
Utilize Mill Shavings As Fuel
Sparta.—Local plants around Sparta
contiuue to utilize the shavings, saw
dust and other waste, which cuts the
expense greatly in the run of a
month’s time. At this time shavings
are being hauled several miles from
the planing mills in Sparta to the
granite quarries. Some of the indus
tries have bought very little coal in
the last two years. This is especially
true of the city light and waterworks.
They have been running night and
day on this fuel alone for BeveraJ
years. . .
Baptists Observe Centenary
Hampton.—The Flint River associa
tion of Baptist churches has Just
closed its most successful annual
meeting. The meeting was held for
two days', September 26 and 27, and
was an entire success from every
standpoint. This meeting marked
the 100th anniversary of this associa
tion, and for this reason the attend
ance was unusually large, probably
the largest which ever attended one
of these meetings.
Father Held On Cruelty Charge
Quitman.—An anonymous telephone
call from a woman brought the infor
mation here that a little boy was be
ing cruelly beaten by his father. The
boy was located in a river swamp 18
miles from Quitman. The father was
arrested for cruelty. The boy is nine
years old. He is being temporarily
cared for in Quitman.
Man's Body Found In Thicket
LaGrange.—The body of S. T. All
man, 68, missing from home several
days, was discovered in a pine thick
et in this city. The condition of the
body indicated that he had met his
death shortly after his disappearance
had been reported.
Suspect Escaped Convict, Police Say
Atlanta.—Duke Wellborn, indicted
in connection with the robbery of the
Lyric theater, is an escaped convict
from the Richmond county chaingang,
according to the police. He was serv
ing a term of ten years for burglary
when he escaped.
THE DANIELSVILLE MONITOR. QANIELSVILLE, GEORGIA.
NEWS BRIEFIY TOLD
DIBPATCHEB OF IMPORTANT HAP
PENINGS GATHERED FROM
OVER THE WORLD.
FOR THE JjUSY READER
The Occurrences Of Seven Day* Given
In An Epitomized Form For
Qulek Reading
Foreign—
’ In addition to the numerous other
disedmforts which have followed in
the wake of the great earthquake,
Yokohama has been invaded by hosts
of flies which are making life in that
Japanese city next to unbearable.
Because the Venezuelan authorities
refused to permit a Mexican theatri
cal company to. land there, the Mete*
lean government suspended the exe
quatur of the Venezuelan minister, and
ordered the Mexican minister in Ven
ezuela to close all Mexican consular
offices in that country and return
home, severing all diplomatic relations
between the two countries.
It has been officially announced in
Munich that the German laws for the
protection of the German republic are
no longer in force in Bavaria.
Fifteen persons were killed and
many hundreds wounded when fusil
lades of rifle and revolver shots broke
up a big separatist meeting assembled
in Hindenburgstrasse, Germany.
An urgent imperial ordinance an
nounced recently provides for the
immediate appropriation of 100,000,000
yen to relieve the pressing necessi
ties of thousands of homeless earth
quake sufferers. Out of this fund
building materials also are to be pur
chased for the construction of tempo
rary shelters.
The council of the league of na
tions after a two hours’ debate cov
ering the general aspect of the league
competency in international compli
cations agreed to submit two ques
tions to the permanent court of in
ternational justice at The Hague. One
concerns the right of states to adopt
coercive measures while the other en
deavors to Secure the fixation of a
country’s responsibility for crimes
committed in its territory.
Brussels. —Belgium appears to have
won the international baloon race for
the Gordon Bennett cup again this
year, either with Demupter, the land
ing of whose balloon*, about
the center of
distance of al. Wright with
Veenstra, looting the RrWcb Leopold,
whose fate is unknown.
Another severe earthquake occur
red in Japan recently in the Hiro
shima district. The quake was espec
ially violent around the city of Kure.
Foreign Minister Tchitcherin in a
note to Japan protests against the ex
pulsion of the Russian relief ship,
Lenine, from Yokohama harbor.
Adolfo de la Huerta, whose resigna
tion as secretary of the treasury has
been accepted by President Obregon,
has assured a delegation representing
the co-operatista party in the cham
ber of deputies that his retirement
has altered the circumstances and
made it possible for him to recon
sider his determination not to become
a candidate for the presidency,
v, Premier Mussolini will insist on
retaining the island of Corfu unless
Greece pays the 50,000,000 lire indem
nity demanded in his seven-point ulti
niatum on the Janina murders was
the understanding that became cur
rent following-a meeting of the coun
cil of ambassadors, which considered
the report of the committee of in
quiry into the murders.
The Japanese government is mak
ing inquiry in the United States look
ing toward the purchase of 120,000
tons of building material.
Washington—
The council of ambassadors reach
ed a decision on the question of the
payment of the fifty million lire in-
Demnity by Greece to Italy. The de
cision will be kept secret until Greece
can be notified.
Former Representative Thomas U.
Sisson, of Mississippi, died at Wash
ington of apoplexy. His wife, who
before their marriage last July 1, was
Miss Cecil B. Norton, was with him
when he was stricken, but before phy
sicians could reach him the end came.
Democratic senators returning
from Europe are convinced that the
League of Nations will live, but are
ready to drop it as a campaign issue
in 1924.
The treasury and postoffice depart
ments announce drastic new joint reg
ulations governing importation of
merchandise through the mails de
signed to prevent such packages from
escaping tariff duties. Foreign pack
ages must in future contain an accu
rate invoice of the contents
President Coolidge, in a letter ti
Bishop James E. Freeman, express,
ing his regret at not being able {<
attend the dedication of Washingtoi
cathedral said: “The present eco
nomic and social problems of thi:
country is in a great application ol
the truths of religion. Your work if
to be commended, because it repre
sents the foundation of all progress
all government and all civilization
That foundation is religion.” ,
A claim has just been receive!
from an Indian veteran for replace
ment of a cork leg destroyed recently
in an emergency. The claimant says
that while he was hauling coal up s
hill it became' necessary to brake tht
wheel. Lacking a brake,- he took ofl
his leg and stuck it in the wheel
The wagon stopped but the leg was
destroyed. . .
A readjustment in rates on cottoi
seed moving from Texas points t<
Louisville, Ky., which Southern rail
roads proposed to put into effec*
September 27, and which would ha vs
occasioned slight rate increases,: wai
suspended by the interstate commercs
commission until January 25, to allov
investigation.
Domestic—
The way has been cleared for ttu
special state election called by Gov
ernor Walton for October 2 when the
Oklahoma supreme court reversed the
action of the Oklahoma district ccrurl
in granting an injunction restraining
the state election board from pro
ceeding with plans for the referen
dum.
At least forty persons were drown
ed in the wreck of the Chicago, Bur
ilngton and Quincy passenger trail
No. 30 which plunged off a bridg<
into Cold creek at Lockett, fifteei
miles east of Casper, Wyoming. Of
ficials of the Chicago, Burlington am
Quincy estimate that between 115 am
120 passengers were on the trail
when it left Casper.
Three more persons have been add
ed to the known death list in th<
floods and tornadoes and cloudburst!
which visited a part of lowa and Ne
braska, making 22 in all.
An unofficial opinion of George F
Short, state attorney general of Ok
lahoma, that there is no preceden
authorizing the changing of an an
nounced date for an election, will no
alter the plans to stop a special stat<
election at which a question will b<
submitted opening a way for the leg
islature to hold an impeachment ses
sion, Governor Walton declares.
Oklahoma City newspapers an
nounce that orders have been issue<
to the entire force of arms of Okla
homa to prevent the holding of i
special state election. The governoi
stated that mobilization orders for th<
entire Oklahoma National Guard
numbering approximately 5,000 men
had been issued and that 75,000 volun
teer militiamen would be called to dea
ignated strategic centers for any
emergency.
Ten persons were seriously injured
scores suffered minor wounds am
many were bruised and shocked whei
thq central section of the west stands
at March fields, LaFayette college
Easton, Pa., collapsed during the La
Fayette-Muhlenberg football game.
The police say that the pet cat o
Mrs. Mary Brockaer caused her deatl
at Los Angeles, Calif. They believ*
the cat disconnected a piece of tubing
attached to a gas heater, causing gas
to escape and asphyxiate the womai
and the cat. •
Work of moving furnishings anc
heirlooms belonging to’the late Presi
dent Roosevelt has begun and by Oc
tober 27, the anniversary of his birth
the building will be dedicated by th<
Woman’s Roosevelt Memorial associ
ation as a memorial and museum oi
Americanism. The house stands al
28 East Twentieth street, New York
“I intend to restore the Wayside
Inn, Sudbury, Mass., as nearly to its
original conditions as possible ane
then operate it both as a museun
and a tavern,” Henry Ford said. The
manufacturer recently purchased the
tavern made famous by Longfellow.
Deathbed charges of William Fet
ter, who died in Fordham hospital
New York, that he was flogged se
verely several months ago in' the
Florida state hospital at Chattahoo
ehee will be investigated by his broth
er, Frederick, a fire department em
ployee, the latter announced.
Oklahoma’s revel legislators wer<
dispersed by the military when they
attempted to convene a special ses
sion of the lower house to seek the
impeachment of Governor J. C. Wal
ton.
Rev. James Small, pastor of Hyde
Park Christian church, Kansas City
Mo., married a young couple from Kan
sas recently. Now he finds that he
had no authority to perform a mar
riage ceremony with a certificate from
another state, and is greatly worried,
as the young couple left no address
behind and doesn’t know how to com
municate with them so that they may
be properlv joined in wedlock
/^Justa^
■ Little
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PENALTY OF PROMINENCE
Glady’s father is a colonel ou the
staff of the governor, and on a re
cent occasion she saw him, in brave
array, on his way to attend a social
function given by the governor.
“How did you like your father in
his uniform?” the colonel asktjd his
small daughter that night.
“Tou looked handsomer than any
one-else,-” said Gladys, loyally, “and
you .held your head’ up as high. But
I think they were mean not to let you
have a drum to play on!”—Philadel
phia Public Ledger.
GIRLS.
For when they
J J It’s always with
W the other fel
low.
More in Evidence.
At Mary’s lamb
We do not longer laugh;
Interest now
Is all in Mary's calf.
Drama’s Decline.
An old actor was wont to claim
that he had worked with Booth and
Barrett. When questioned about his
parts he would always answer: “1 did
hoof-beats,” then add: “The drama has
gone to pot.”
“Why so?” some of the younger gen
eration would indignantly inquire.
“Anyone can do the honks nowa
days.” was the sad reply.
An Oversight.
“My doctor put me on a rigid diet,
but he said I could eat all the spin
ach I wanted.”
“Well?”
“The darned fool evidently didn’t
know that I like spinach.”— Wayside
Tales,
Grows Both Ways.
Laborer-i-I’d like to get some time
off to get- a haircut.
Foreman —A haircut! On company
time?
Laborer —Well, don’t it grow on
company time?
My Word!
First Club Member —I don’t think
he’ll do for our organization. He’s ter
ribly old-fashioned.
Second Club Member —Yes, I under
stand he still cranks his car.
Nothing Serious, We Hope.
The Missionary—l hope, Mrs. Bald
owsky, that you and your husband are
living together in harmony.
Mrs. Baldowsky—Ach, nein. Veare
liflng in de Gheddo.
Dun.
“Why do you avoid that firm?"
“They dun me."
“You mean they did you?’
“No, they dun me. Hound me wltn
a bill collector every week."
~ . No Dieting.
Mrs. Stouter —My land of living, no
did you manage to reduce?
Mrs. Nowsllm—We moved to
smaller apartment
HIS IDEA.
She: They say W
that the love of k
money is the root J|p
° He: Yes I &
know —of most u—-Xp-;,; and
matrimony. t" -1 L / J
Candidacy.
There is one endless task we
When one election’s o er
The lucky man prepares to
A candidate some more.
His Specialty.
“Does Wombat play £° lf
“Oh, yes.’’ ... it
“I never hear lum talk a
“He merely plays it-
Silly auction.
Mr. Fusser —Aren t J Oll
ready? ~ ctnn 6 gk-
Mrs- Fusser—l wish you and P tefr
Ing me that question. * r eady
ing you the last hour that
in a minute.