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OFFICIAL SCORES
CONDUCT OF JAILS
MEN AND WOMEN PRISONERS
FORCED TO LIVE IN SAME
CELL, SAYS REPORTS
STATE NEWSI_JE] INTEREST
Brief News Ifems Gathered Here
And There From AI& Sections
Q' The StatSp
At Junta.- startling conditions in
many of tie county jails in <jpeorgia
are discEjfeed in an analysis ofVninety
five Georgia county jails, just Veceiv
•■(l for public information in a bihlletin
Issued "by the Georgia department of
public welfare.
M. Edens, director of rjail
ilffiWpection for the department, ias
directed this work and the facts a#ul
figures used in the report are derived
from investigations of these jails Pin
dertaken by volunteer workers, act
ing under liis direction. Question
naires covering every point in
location, construction, condition any]
management were sent tlirougliout
state. These ninety-five counties (hov
ering in the report under considera
tion are the ones which respon/fied
and it is believed they represent a
fair average of Georgia jails tlirciugh
out the state. I
The report urges the need for .dis
trict jails on the theory that to bu.ild
the number of new county jails actyial
ly needed would be prohibitive afe to
cost, and that proper places for the
detention of accused persons Gould
better be erected on the basis of the
thirty-one judicial circuits or some
other statewide basis.
There are county jails in Georgia,
it was disclosed in the report, where
men and women prisoners, of all ages
and of both races, are compelled to
live night and day in the same com
partment. Committees reporting for
the department found actual instances
of w-omen prisoners living in the same
cells with men prisoners and, in
eleven jails there are absolutely no
facilities for the segregation cl pris
oners, either by age, sex or race.
Declaring that the conditions re
vealed do not reflect any credit upon
Georgia, gratitude is expressed for the
fact that., with few exceptions, Geor
gia jails are not used for punishment
purposes, but only for those persons
held awaiting trial. However, this
consideration is qualified by the fact
that nearly five times as many per
sons are held in the jails awaiting
trial, as are held in all chaingangs
and the state prison for punishment.
In connection with the frightful condi
tions found in some of the jails it is
pointed out that the prisoners in these
places are, under the law, presumed
to be innocent until they are proven
guilty, and that many of them are
eventually cleared in the courts of the
crimes with which they' are charged.
More than 50,000 people were con
fined in Georgia jails in 1921. This
Is on the ratio of sixteen out of each
1.000 of the population. Of this 50,000,
Cl per cent were negro men, 31 per
cent were white men. six per cent
negro women and 2 per cent white
women.
Embargo On Green Beans Removed
Jackson.- Florida has amended her
laws and regulations relative to the
shipment of beans and peas from other
southern states, and will now permit
preen beans and green peas to be
shipped in, according to information
received here by Representative J. L.
Lyons, who was the author of a hill
Placing an embargo on shipments of
Florida vegetables into Georgia. Flor
ida. it was said, has a strict law
against the shipment of vegetables
from adjoining states, fearing the in
troduction of serious disease and
germs.
Plan Institute For Civic Training
Macon. —Mrs. A. P. Brantley of
Black shear, president of the Georgia
Federation of Women’s Clubs, is re
questing that every civic organization
in the state send delegates on No
vember 14 to a special conference to
discuss plans for a second Mercer
university institute for the training
of women, announced here. The
institute, wliWi was first held last
June 18 to 23, is under the uuspices
of tho Georgia Federation of Women's
Clubs.
Highway Pledged By Government
Atlanta. —Two important announce
ments regarding the progress of Stone
Mountain Confederate Memorial were
given out by officials in charge of the
project. 1. Federal aid has been
promised officially, in constructing a
highway to run past Stone Mountain
2. Work on completion of Atlanta’s
quota for the memorial fund has gone
along quietly and with gratifying re
sults through the past week, and the
$250,000 asked of this city is expect
ed hv the end of the coming week.
TEXT OF FINDINGS TO BE
SUBMITTED TO LEGISLATURE
Recommendations Will Not Be Dis>
closed Until General Assembly
Meets In Extra Session
Atlanta.—With the convening of the
Georgia legislature In extraordinary
session but ten days off. it appeared
unlikely that the report and recom
mendations of the tax commission
would be made public prior to its pre
sentation to the general assembly.
A tentative draft of this report is
known to have been drawn up for sub
mission to the members of the com
mission for their approval. This will
be done by mail, the commission hav
ing been so closely in accord when
they held their final executive meet
ing in Atlanta, that it is not believed
it will be necessary for them to meet
in person again.
A sub committee, consisting of J. H.
T. McPherson, of the University of
Georgia; Judge U. V. Whipple, of Cor
dele, and Representative R. C. Ellis
of Tift county, has been named to
draw up the final rejwrt and recom
mendations. This sub-committee will
meet soon for this purpose after the
tentative draft has been approved by
all members of the commission.
Record Building Year Predicted
Atlanta.—Atlanta building figures
for the month of October, with three
more days to go, have exceeded the
one million dollar mark, placing the
total for the year at approximately
twenty-two million dollars, with as
surance that the figures for Novem
ber and December will run the grand
total to $25,000,000, according to C.
J. Bowen, city building inspector, re
cently. While the present month’s
figures fall considerably behind the
month of October, 1922, which ran
more than two and a half million dol
lars, the city building inspector at
tributes the slump this year to the
high price of building materials and
labor, which aggregate almost fifty
per cent more this year than last. An
other reason advanced by Mr. Bowen
for the comparatively low figures is
the fact that not a single large permit
for the erection of business or com
mercial property has been let. Despite
the let-up in tho building activity dur
ing October thin year, Mr. Bowen ex
pressed confidence that the year’s to
tal figures would reach the $25,000,000
mark, which, with $22,000,000 to date
this year, has already shattered all
previous building records in Atlanta
1 Killed, 6 Hurt, As Autos Collide
Swainsboro. —Olney Brown, 27, ol
Summit, was instantly killed and four
other occupants of the same car were
seriously injured, two perhaps fatally,
when the automobile which Brown
was driving collided with another ma
chine driven by Ottie Lewis of Swains
boro, on the highway about two miles
east of Swainsboro. Brown and com
panions were returning from a party
above Swainsboro to Summit when
the accident occurred. Brown was
said to have been speeding at the time
of the collision. The injured are Iz
zie Samples, son of Dr. R. L. Samples,
who had a fractured skull; May Pee
bles, who sustained a broken back;
Ben Lovins, who suffered a badly
sprained back and possibly internal in
juries, and Lovins’ young sister, who
was badly bruised. Mary Lizzie Pee
bles, sister of May Peebles, escaped
unhurt. Ottie Lewis and a man by
the name of Lawson, riding with Lew
is, were cut and bruised.
Highway To Be Boulevard Of Souti
Fitzgerald.—The route along which
the Jefferson Davis highway motor
cade will pass, on the way to Savan
nah to participate in the highway and
motorcade and pageant, will shortly
become the boulevard of the South, it
was declared here by Isidor Gelders
editor of the Fitzgerald Leader and
secretary of the highway association,
on his return from the Georgia U. D.
C. convention in Augusta last week
where he reported progress being
made on the highway.
Hopes Of Peace Depend On U. S.
Atlanta. —“The United States is the
only country that can speak the word
of peace to a war-weary world,” said
William Jennings Urvan in a lecture
delivered at the city aduitorium.
Dealing with various suggestions of
Utopia that have been advanced of
late to lead the world out of the
slough of chaos and hatred, the speak
er said that neither education nor
armament, but the spirit of Christ was
the only hope of salvation for the
human race.
$6,000 Is Fire Loss In Rome
Rome. —Fire which broke out in the
plant of the Rome Mattress factory
on West First street and destroyed
the plant was still burning recently,
although confined to the cotton and
wool stocks stored in the factory. H.
W. Morton, an employee of the plant,
who was burned when he returned to
the building for some of his personal
effects, is reported to be painfully but
[ not seriously injured
THE DANIELSVILLE MONITOR. DANIELSVILLE, GEORGIA.
THE WEEKS EVENTS
IMPORTANT NEWS OF STATE, NA
TION AND THE WORLD
BRIEFLY TOLD
ROUND ABOUTJHE WORLD
A Caadansed Record Of Happenings
Of Interest From All Points
Of The World
Foreign—
Prussian reichswehr are reported
to have entered Dresden without in
cident, but that, upon coining into
the Saxon industrial region serious
fighting occurred between the troops
and the unemployed.
The British dominions expect that
at the right time the United States
will step in and help the old world
straighten out its tangled affairs, ac
cording to the view expressed by Pre
mier Smuts of South Africa, in his
speech to the South African luncheon
club here.
The visit of former Crown Prince
Friedrich Wilhelm of Prussia is now
making at Doom castle is regarded
as having considerable significance.
Official information shows that the
Greek government has been success
ful in its struggle to put down the
revolt started with General Metaxas
as its leader.
Herbert H. Asquith, who went to
Liverpool for the demonstration of
the Liberal party by a number of
liberal students of Liverpool univer-
I sity, was kidnaped when he refused
itheir request that he address them.
The former premier was ambushed as
he was leaving the home of Hobert
Holt, his host, and was compelled to
proceed to the university.
Troops routed several hundred ban
dits who attempted to capture a pas
senger train on the Pekin-Hankow,
China, railway as it was passing
through the northern part of Honan
province.
A troop train carrying 100 French
engineers was ambushed by Moroc
can rebels who were concealed in a
ravine along the track, near Tetnan.
Six soldiers were kilted and eleven
wounded.
Correspondence issued by the for
eign office showing that the British
government had seized the occasion
of the first public statement by Pres
ident Coolidge on 'he situation in Eu
rope to send another formal invitation
to the Washington government to co
eprate in anew conference in an at
tempt to settle the reparations diffi
culty came almost as a surprise to the
public and newspapers of Great Brit
ain.
Sixty pirates, heavily armed, held
up and looted the Chinese steamer
Sunning en route from Hong Kong to
Kowloon, seriously wounding Captain
McKeclinie and Chief Officer Spittle
robb, and robbed more than 300 Chi
nese passengers, many of the latter
having just returned from America
with the savings of a number of years.
One British sailor was kilted by a
knife thrust through his heart at Ant
werp, in a fight between sailors of the
United States cruiser Pittsburgh and
the crew of the British merchant
steamer Melita.
W ashington—
Progressive senators are reported
hostile to reports that ex-Senator Kel
logg would be given the London am
bassadorship, provided the British
government found him acceptable
The United States submarine 0-5
was sunk in Limon Bay, Canal Zone,
after a collision with the United Fruit
company’s vessel Abangarez, the
navy department has been notified by
j radio. Five members of the subma
rine’s crew are reported missing.
Richard Washburn Child, American
ambassador to Italy, who recently re-
I turned to the United States on leave,
arrived in Washington recently. Mr.
J Child, during his stay here, will con
fer with President Coolidge relative
to his desire to retire from the diplo
i matic service. The ambassador, how
! ever, expects to return to Rome before
| leaving the service.
A study of Arkansas’ new highway
law is being made by attorneys of
| the department of agriculture to de
termine whether it fully meets the
recommendations and stipulations
; made by Secretary Wallace in a let
! ter sent last January to the governor
of the state. At that time Secretary
! Wallace served notice that no fur
ther federal aid highway funds would
! be given Arkansas until certain con
j ditions were remedied.
President Coolidge believes that the
j United States, in view of its tradi
tional policy of non-interference in
the internal affairs of other countries,
cannot pass judgment on the changes
tending toward disintegration in Ger
many
The largest single courtnrartial fn
the history of the navy was ordered
recently as a result of the inquiry
into the loss of seven destroyers off
Honda Point California, last Septem
ber 8. A squadron commander, two
division commanders, seven comman
ders of destroyers and the flotilla nav
igator will be brought to trial at San
Diego before a general court.
Besides the difficulties which it
will encounter with the militant pro
gressives within its party ranks, the
regular Republican organization in
the house of representatives will find
itself somewhat handicappead at the
coming session by reason of a scarc
ity of members experience in floor
combat and the more intimate details
of parliamentary procedure.
President Coolidge, following a poli
cy of conferring with leading news
paper • publishers to ascertain their
views on national problems, recent
ly lunched with John C. Shaffer, pub
lisher of the Shaffer group of papers
in the Middle West.
A conference on prohibition en
forcement to be held in Washington
in January with a slogan of ‘‘enforce
or modify” has been announced by
W. H. Stayton, founder and executive
head of the association against the
prohibition amendment.
The United Typothetae of America
got down to what some of the dele
gates regarded as the most important
feature of its thirty-seventh annual
convention program, with a special
session to receive the report of the
committee on nominations, followed
by a number of round table and group
meetings to consider various techni
cal phases of the industry.
David Lloyd George, who was pre
mier of Great Britain, played a mem
orable role in the great war, and In
the making of the peace that followed
it, came to Washington to cast his
sharp Welsh eye over the inner ma
chinery of the American government,
and to talk over many subjects of
world concern with American offi
cials.
Domestic —
Subway cars reserved for New York
women only during the rush hours
are being urged by a number of Man
hattan churchmen, following a pro
posal to that effect by Rev. Father
James J. Corrigan, rector of a Roman
Catholic New York City church.
Mrs. Ollie Combs Justice, slayer of
DeWitt Turner, in Atlatna, Ga., was
found guilty of murder and recom
mended to the mercy of the court.
She was given a life term. She shot
Turner, she first said, because she
loved him, and then changed her tes
timony, saying she shot him to protect
her younger sister from him.
Dr. H. W. Evans, imperial wizard
o fthe Ku Klux Klan, explained, in
Dallas, Texas, the other day, the at
titude of the Klan toward negroes,
Jews and Catholics.
No menace to any agricultural prod
uct in the history of the world can
compare with the menace now con
fronting the cotton-producing indus
try, due to the boll weevil, Angus W.
McLean, director of the war finance
corporation, told a meeting of farmers
in Goldsboro, N. C.
After working honestly for thirteen
years with a Chicago cigar firm, Mrs.
Inga Froller began playing bridge
whist. Now she is in jail charged
with the embezzlement of $7,000.
Two negroes giving their names as
Johnnie Jones and William Wilson of
Middlebrook, Ohio, are in jail at New
ton, N. C., charged with attempting
to hold up the People’s bank at Ca
tawba, N. C., recently.
Two bandits held up the Diamant
Jewelry company it Kansas City, Mo.,
and escaped with diamonds valued at
$40,000.
Moonshine liquor is blamed for Den
ver's latest tragedy by A. H. Mitchell,
a Colorado plumber, who shot and
killed Mrs. George A. Bryan, wife of
an assistant fire chief, and Andrew
J. Sherie, in the bedroom of Sherie’s
house.
Beulali Lee Burchett, 5, Yadkinville,
N. C., put the muzzle of a shotgun in
her mouth and asked her 10-year-old
brother to pull the trigger. The “un
loaded” gun exploded, and now she
is with the angels.
Judge Ben B. Lindsey, Denver’s cele
brated court judge, for alleged failure
to reveal to the grand jury the names
of women upon whom Denever physi
cians have performed illegal opera
tions, faces contempt of court proceed
ings.
Only one-fifth of the American doc
tors performing operations are quali
fied surgeons, Dr. William I. Mayo, of
Rochester. Minn ~ declared in a warn
ing to the American College of Sur
geons. Chicago, 111., against illegal and
incompetent practitioners.
Despondent over the arrest and con
viction of her father, charged with a
Georgia murder, pretty Elizabeth Sat
terfield, 24, is near death in a Santa
Monica (Calif.) hospital from acid poi
soning taken in attempt at suicide.
Bit J T Ff
Humorous •!
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BRAVE DEFENSt.
Because she had made him wear
shprt socks instead of stockings the
clergyman s wife was apprehensive
when her small son, Bobby, returned
from his first day at public school
When he had gone to kindergarten the
boys had made fun of 'nis abbreviated
leg covering, and he had cried bitterly
after his first school day.
“Did the boys make fun of your
socks?” asked his mother anxiously as
Bobby swung through the gate.
“Tug Johnson did.”
“What did my brave boy say?”
“I said, ‘You got on stockings like
your mother wears, and i am wearing
socks like my dad!’ ”
HAPPY THOUGHTS.
“Those are nice checks in that
new suit of yours.”
“Can’t you indorse a few of them
for me?”
Ways of Girls.
Not every girl can be a Diana.
Still, you frequently see a girl take
out her little mirror. She consults it
earnestly, makes an improvement or
two, again consults the mirror, and
snaps the bag.
She seems to be satisfied.
Chief Occupation.
Visitor (to young lad) —Tell me,
Johnny, what is your sister’s sweet
heart ?
Johnny—l dunno.
Visitor —You must know what he
does?
Johnny—Yes! He kisses sister.
Father Works Like Sixty.
Brother’s lost a button from his sl4
shirt.
Mother’s sewing fasteners on her S4O
skirt,
Sister’s nice and comfy In her SBO fur.
And father works like sixty for his
S3O per.
THOSE GIRLS
"Tom declares he’ll go crazy if l
don’t marry him."
“Poor boy, then there’s no hope for
him either way."
One Unhappy Lot.
If you’re busy you’re happy:
If you’re Idle you’re not;
For when a man’s idle.
What an unhappy lot.
Service.
Mrs. McGee (In hotel)—Are these
sheets damp?
New Maid—No, ma’am; but we can
sprinkle them If you wish—Hotel
Management.
Has Not Advanced.
“Maud says she is twenty-seven.
That was the age she gave me several
years ago.”
“Yes; that’s one thing that hnsnt
advanced.”
Salesmanship.
“Salesmanship, hey? You can ; ? •
all in a nutshell.”
“Well, put It."
“People come Into a store for arte -
tlon. Show it.”
A College Girl’s “No."
“What were her reasons for reiU
Ing you?” _ ntk
“Well, it sounded like an essay
eugenics, genealogy and finance.
11l at Ease.
“Beg your pardon, but are y
butter?” t
“No. I’m Just the host, i
(bank you for the ‘compliment.
Fortunes of War.
“And he Is only a colonel?’
“Yes, but if the war had not
Bong he would have been a geu
Dy n<*w.”