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THE WEEK’S EVENTS
IMPORTANT NEWS OF BTATE, NA
TION AND THE WORLD
BRIEFLY TOLD
ROUND ABOUT_THE WORLD
A Condensed Record Of Happening*
Of Interest From All Points
Of The World
Foreign—
Following one upon the other in ter
rifying succession 58 earth shocks
were registered in Gachala, 50 miles
west of Bogoto, Colombia.
Princess Mary’s son, according to
the genealogy of English royalty, will
be simply a commoner and not of the
royal blood. His title is fixed as
Hon. Henry Herbert Lascelles.
Unconfirmed dispatches from Pueb
la report that the Mexican govern
ment forces have captured that city.
The Pekin (China) government has
been informed that if the powerful
Mitsui company of Japan is forced
to surrender its exclusive radio con
tract in China, the Chinese govern
ment, in conjunction with the Radio
Corporation of America must pay full
compensation to the Japanese con
cern.
Storm swept and helpless in the
grasp of a Sahara hurricane some
where above the African desert (Sa
hara) the giant French naval dirigi
ble Dixrnude, out of gasoline, her pro
pellers stopped, is the toy of fate.
Mile. Germaine Berton, girl anar
chist, known as the "Red Virgin” of
Paris, turned to the royalist leader,
Leon Daudet, when before a crowded
court, she continued to give evidence,
in her trial for the murder of Pla
teau and said: "I am sincerely sorry
that it was Plateau I killed instead of
you!"
"Died of starvation," is the dread
remark written on 103 medical death
certificates in Berlin in the last 20
months, according to figures of the
Berlin statistical office.
Captain Roal Amundsen, referring
to his proposed Spitzborgen-Alaska
flight, said that his expedition would
have at least three seaplanes which
are now being built at Frcidrichshafen
and which will be sent north as soon
as possible.
President Nel Ospina assumed per
sonal charge of measures to relieve
the stricken population of the earth
quake zone along the Ecuadorian bor
der.
Charles G. Dawes, Chicago banker
nnd first director of the United States
budget, recently was designated pres
ident of the first committee that will
investigate Germany’s capacity for
reparation payments. The nomination
was made by the Inter Allied Repara
tions Commission under whose spon
sorship the inquiry will be conduct
ed.
A worthy rival to Hercules himself
has been discovered in Paris. He is
Pierre Granie, giant poiter of the
Central Markets, who claims the
world’s championship for carrying
heavy burdens.
The reparation commission may he
able to issue invitations to the per
sons selected to servo on the interna
tional expert committees which are to
investigate Germany’s financial situa
tion and her resources abroad .
The dowager countess of Carnar
von, widow of the Earl of Carnarvon,
discoverer of the Pharaoh Tutankha
men, was recently married In London
to Lieut. Col, lan Onslow Dennistoun,
formerly an officer of the Grenadier
Guards. The ceremony was perform
ed at a registry office in London in
the presence of a few friends.
Washington—
Airplane attacks on the boll wee
vil, most destructive enemy of the
cotton crop, have proved successful,
and calcium arsenate dust has been
found the most effective prison for
the weevil and other cotton insects,
the department of agriculture an
nounces, after extensive experiments.
A senatorial investigation to deter
mine whether there is any organized
effort to control the action of con
gress on legislative and foreign poli
cies was proposed by Senator Reed,
Democrat, Missouri.
Frederick Hillard, of Maryland,
serving with the rank of commander,
as aide to the commandant of the
coast guard, was nominated by Presi
dent Coolidge to be commandant of
the coast guard.
Amendment of the Volstead act. in
creasing the legal alcoholic content
of beverages to three per cent nnd
removing present restrictions on issu
ance of physicians’ prescriptions was
proposed in two bills by Senator Edge,
Republican, New Jersey.
A soldier bonus scheme, designed to
assuage administration objections
while retaining the support of those
now calling for a cash bonus, will be
offered as a compromise to congress
by Senator Smoot, of Utah, chairman
of the senate finance committee.
Intercepted soviet instructions from
Russia to the Workers’ Party of Amer
ica outlining detailed plans for a pro
letarian revolution in America to ‘raise
the red flag over the white house”
were made public by the state depart
ment in support of Secretary Hughes’
refusal to enter into any negotiations
with Soviet Russia.
Express company proposals to in
crease by 15 per cent charges now
paid by Florida growers of citrus fruit
and vegetables for refrigerating their
product en route to northern consum
ing territory were held unreasonable
by the interstate commerce commis
sion.
After wrestling for several weeks
with the question of selecting an ad
ditional judge for the Eastern district
of Missouri, President Coolidge has
decided to ask Senator Spencer, Re
publican, of that state to recommend
another candidate.
The American Federation of Labor
has decided to undertake relief work
for the support of labor organizations
in Germany. A general appeal to
union members for funds to assist in
this purpose was issued by Samuel
Gompers, president of the federation,
and members of its executive coun
cil and announcement was made that
a large committee of officers of Amer
ican unions had been created to di
rect the drive for funds of their dis
position.
Domestic—
Going home In an intoxicated con
dition L. M. McGlough of Birmingham,
Ala., Bhot and killed Ills wife and
seriously wounded his mother-in-law.
Philip E. Fox, Ku Klux Klan editor
and former newspaper man of Dal
las, Texas, must go to the peniten
tiary for the remainder of his life
for the slaying of Attorney William
S. Coburn, in the latter’s Atlanta, Ga„
office, November 5, it was decreed
by the jury which listened for eight
days to testimony and argument in
the case.
M. de la Motte, noified that he is
heir to a fortune in France, is still
selling pencils on the streets of Chi
cago and says he will continue to do
so until he ‘“sees the cash.”
A wooden penny dated 1862 is the
principal factor in three men being
held in bonds of $3,500 at Fort Lau
derdale, Fla., on a charge of robbing
the Broward Motor Sales company
on the night of December 1.
Carbon monoxide wiped out the en
tire family of John Theodore Fill at
Paterson, N. J ,
Two children of Gallipolis, Ohio, are
dead and another not expected to live
as the result o fplaying with matches
Mrs. Turk Mcßee, Greenville, S. C.,
(lied shortly after an automobile ac
cident. Her husband was driving the
machine, which collided with a street
car.
At Hammond, Inif., a family of four
persons was wiped out as the result
of an automobile accident. Michael
Somolov drove bis autojnobile on the
tracks directly in the path of an ap
proaching train, stalled his engine
and, while making efforts to start the
engine, the train dashed into him.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Brumbaugh are
dead and their home is a heap of
splintered timbers and brick, tragic
results of the explosion of an acety
lene lighting plant in the basement
of the house near Johnsville, Ohio.
One of the most forward looking
organizations ever created in Florida
took permanent form at Orlando, Fla.,
When the Growers and Shippers’
League of Florida was transformed
fro raa tentative into a permanent
body .
The negro arrested for tho murder
of Mrs. Helen Hager Wlielchel, at
Indianapolis, lnd„ denies that he had
any connection whatever with, the
woman's death, and seeks to place
the blame on a white man, an Alba
nian .
Three priests in New York disre
garded warnings of firemen and res
cued the steel tabernacle containing
; the Holy Host from the smouldering
I ruins of the burning Church of the
J Immaculate Conception .
J. W. Brown of Decatur, Ga., engi
neer of the Dixie Limited of the N„
C. & St. L. railroad, was instantly
killed, three members o! his train
j crew suffered minor injuries, more
than a score of passengers were shak
[ en up when the locomotive left the
| rails a short distance from the sta
i tion at Kenensaw, Ga.
An octopus measuring seven feet
from tip to tip weighing several hun
j Jred pounds was hauled ashore at
| Ixmg Beach, Calif, after a 45 minutes
j battle recently. The age of the fish
| is estimated by experts at 100 years.
THE OAMELSVILLE MONITOR, DANIELSVILLE, GEORGIA.
DEATH BY NOOSE
FOB TWO YOUTHS
JONES AND BLOODWORTH TO
HANG JANUARY 18 AFTER
CONVICTION OF MURDER
STATE NEWSJF INTEREST
Brief News Items Gathered Here
And There From All Sections
Of The State
Butler.—Willie Jones and Jervis
Bloodworth were found guilty of the
murder of Howard F. Underwood and
sentenced to hang on January 18. The
youths are 18 and 19 years old.
An issue not of guilt or innocence
but of the death penalty or life im
prisonment developed at the close of
the trial of Jones and Bloodworth
when attprneys in the case made
their arguments before the trial jury
recently.
Attorneys for the defense acknowl
edged the guilt for their clients but
pleaded for the recommendation of
the jury for mercy. The prosecution
asked that the boys be hanged. The
arguments lasted a little more than
two hours.
The state closed its -testimony just
before the noon recess of court.
Testimony offered by the state dur
ing the morning session included the
cross : examination of C. E. Benns,
editor of The Butler Herald, but
nothing new was brought out by coun
sel for the defense.
Chief of Police D. J. Pool, of Rey
nolds, was on the stand during the
morning for the state and identified
an empty shell on exhibit as fitting
a gun, which was said to have been
found in the possession of Willie
Jones.
Efforts of the defense to secure a
change of venue upon the claim that
the crime might have been committed
over the line in Macon county instead
of Taylor was blocked by the state
when C. J. Fountain, an authority on
land lines, was placed on the stand
and gave testimony for the state.
Cattle Drank Beer Out Of Kegs
Waycross.—State, county and fed
eral prohibition officers have been
extremely active in Waycross during
the and the sheriff’s office
reported that two big raids were con
ducted and that several arrests re
sulted-from the activity of the officers
during the past few days. One of
the biggest hauls of the year was
made in an adjoining county, result
ed in the arrest of W. B._ Morris, near
Pearson, and of confiscation and de
struction of over 1,000 gallons of beer.
Federal Prohibition Officer Berg
strom, of Macon, stated that during
his twenty-six years of service in the
department he had never seen a still
operated under such filthy conditions.
The barrels containing the beer werd
Bitting in mud several feet deep, while
every Imaginable insect was found in
the beer. Cattle in the swamp had
been allowed to drink out of the bar
rels.
“Empty” Pistol Kills Woman
Rome.—Mrs. Beulah Branton, 35,
country school teacher, was shot and
Instantly killed recently by Rufus
Nichols, 8 year old, with a pistol his
father had bought for Mrs. Branton
as a Christmas present. Mrs. Branton
was attending a Christmas party at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Nich
ols in Spring Creek. The school teach
er lived with her little sister and Mr.
and Mrs. Nichols had bought the pis
tol for her to use for protection. He
explained its workings and then laid
the weapon aside. Later in the even
ing the boy entered the room where
Mrs. Branton was seated, playfully
pointed • the pistol at her ,at close
range and fired. He didn’t know the
pi3tol was loaded.
Walker Elected Head Of Georgia
Atlanta.—With impressive ceremo
nies, Georgia Lodge No. 96, Free and
Accepted Masons, recently held the
election and Installation of officers
for the coming year. A special musi
cal program was arranged by Paul
Hubbard organist. Songs by the Ma
sonic quartette, composed of Leslie
Hubbard, Howard Davis, George Grant
and Sam Galloway and a solo by Sam
Galloway, were features.
Suspect In Slaying Is Captured
Douglas.—T. L. E4enfield, who is
wanted in connection with the death
of Jesse Tanner, who was shot and
killed recently, was captured at the
i home of hi3 father-in-law, Mr. Smith,
i in Ware county, by Deputy Sheriff D.
W. Whitehurst. Edenfield was placed
In jail in Douglas, but will not be
tried until the March term of the
Coffee superior court. Attorney H.
B. Chastain has been retained to de
fend him.
Jealous Husband Shoots Salesman
Atlanta. —R. B. Parish, 25, is in a
hospital with a bullet wound in his
left arm, the victim of an irate hus
band, who, gazing through the parloi
window, saw the visitor conversing
with Mrs. Lenora Spivy. Parish, ac
cording to an officer was seated in
the home of Spivy, discussing with
Mrs. Spivy the subject of how empty
the American home is without a talk
ing machine. The two were talking
when a tapping was heard at the win
dow. Mrs. Spivy looked up, the offi
cer said, and saw her husband, who
motioned to her to open the front
door. Obeying his command she
walked to the front door and threw
it open. But her husband was not
there, for at this juncture he was
entering, pistol in hand, through the
back door. Mrs. Spivy called out to
her husband that Parish was there for
the purpose of selling a talking ma
chine, but Spivy would not be con
vinced and the two men grappled.
A shot then rang out and Parish
stumbled away, a bullet wound in his
left arm. Mrs. Spivy’s screams at
ttected neighbors, who summoned po
lice. When they arrived they found
the wounded salesman but Spivy had
disappeared.
$417,692.08 Is Paid Schools By State
Atlanta. —Checks totaling $417,-
692.08, were issued by state treasurer
W. S. Speer for the schools of Geor
gia. This is, approximately, one
tenth of the appropriation authorized
by the legislature for common schools.
The payment is made at this time so
that it may reach the various school
units in time to give the teachers a
little Christmas money. There were
243 checks issued in all. One hundred
and sixty of these were sent to coun
ty boards of education, the total
amount being $366,586.80. The largest
check sent to any county system was
to Chatham county, which received
SIO,OOO. Eighty-three checks were
sent to focal school systems through
out the state, totaling $51,105.28, the
largest of which one for $16,000 com
ing to the Atlanta system.
New Bank To Open In Savannah
Savannah. —The Savings Company
of Savannah is anew banking in
stitution to be opened the first of
the year, with George W. Tiedeman,
a former mayor of this city, as presi
dent; George Saussey will be vice
president; Carsten Eiedeman, vice
president; P. R. Holland, secretary
and treasurer; Nich P. 'Corish,
T. Saussey, Sam I. Varnadoe and Wal
ter Wooledge will be directors. Cen
tral quarters have been obtained. The
charter was granted a year ago au
thorizing the organization. Savings
will bear interest - at 8 per cent and
time deposits at 6 per" cent. All- out
of town checks will be accepted at
par values this last ..being a unique
feature of the new institution. . ,
Wires Damaged By Sots Of Rifles
Forsyth.—Repairmen of the South
ern Bell Telephone and Telegraph
company are here repairing telephone
cables damaged by men and small
boys in the sport of shooting at spar
rows with parlor rifles. The linemen
claim the cost or repairing this dam
age will amount to several hundred
dollars. A city ordinance prohibits
shooting these rifles or any other
firearms in the city limits.
Murder Warrant Arrest Is Made
Griffin.—A warrant charging mur
der was sworn out against G. R. Man
ley, a white man, in connection with
the death of John David Aslan, 57,
who was run down and killed by an
automobile truck recently on the Ex
periment road near the cross road
leading to the Rushton Mill, just
north of Griffin.
Woman Mayor Beaten In Race
Duluth.—H. B.' Herron was elected
mayor of Duluth, defeating Mrs. Alice
Strickland, incumbent, who received
15 votes. Mrs. Strickland received
much publicity last year when she
was elected mayor of Duluth, as be
ing the first woman mayor in Geor
gia. The following council was elect
ed, Mack Pittard, Grady Wright, Scott
Brown, Dossie Phillips, Floyd Bran
non.
Gather Pecan Crop In Hancock
Sparta.—The pecan growers of this
county have about completed the
gathering of their crop, most of which
has been marketed. The nuts this
year were rather small. It brought
the growers a very good price. Num
bers of young trees are being put out
this fall in different sections of the
county.
Atlantans Buy Thomasville Bonds
Thomasville.—The bond issue oi
■ $155,000 recently voted here, ol
. which $140,000 is for school bonds
| and $15,000 for sewer improvement
1 bonds, validated in due court proceed
! ings for issuance January 1, 1924, has
been sold to the Lowry Banking and
Trust company of Atlanta, E. S. Den
son representing the company.
E&4
Fairy Tale
THE CHRISTMAS ELEPHANT
Jessie had had a beautiful Christmas
Early Christmas morning they had all
' gone down the
jflpjjßhl stairs and into the
below, In single
fi’e. and there he
presents and pres
rjfe ents upon a beau-
Ivy The tree was so
tall that it bent
.]\V top, but it looked
: w [is so handsome and
■ j took up so much
I f Oh, what a great
|shout Jessie had
The Dearest Lit- gi yen "ben she
tie Bed. had seen all
- she had had
such lovely things. There had been
just the dearest little bed for her dolly,
with real springs, and there had been
a little toy kitchen and so many, many
more things.
Her dolly had been beautifully
dressed up on Christmas day.
And it seemed so suitable, too, for
her to be so dressed up on a holiday.
Then the tree had been trimmed
with popcorn and cranberries—they
had begun eating the popcorn, while
the cranberries were for decorations
only, of course.
Jessie had had a splendidly filled
stocking. Such good things as had
been in it.
For days after Christmas it was sncb
fun to look over all the presents.
When they first were opened It was so
exciting it was bard to properly enjoy
them.
But after Christmas she could enjoy
the gifts nnd the cards and the decora
tion.? on the trees, and the toys and
nuts and raisins in her stocking.
Most of all, she enjoyed the candy
canes and the candy baskets and the
candy animals which hung from the
tree.
She had always liked hard candy
better than any other kind. And the
candy animals were so fine, with such
sweet expressions, as, of course, it was
quite natural for candy animals to
have.
A candy lion had looked as though,
if- met by an enemy, it would be as
sweet as ever. And even be willing to
give sweetness to its enemy!
A cahdy tiger was made of red can
dy, and didn’t look at all like a real
tiger, and didn’t seem to. be upset by
this in the least.
But her favorite of all was a pale
yellow candy elephant.
He was a perfect beauty. And while
Jessie gave candy canes anil candy
baskets away, and shared her candy
bags, which were made of such pretty
colors and tied with different-colored
pieces of worsted, the candy elephant
she saved to eat on the very last day
of the year.
There he hung from the tree, wait
ing in his sweet, patient way for t he
last day of the year to come.
He was glad that Jessie was the kind
of little girl who saved something t
enjoy later on.
He was, indeed, very glad of this.
And at last came the last day of 11
year, and in the morning Jessie said:
“Today I eat my candy elephant.
First I shall take a nibble off Ins ears.
“Oh, how good he looks!”
But his ears were very slippery, J
she decided to bite off the whole head
which was a very pleasant thing o -
That afternoon she ate his * 1 ”
and a portion of his body, and that e
ning she ate the rest of him.
She had other pieces of can •
the others, but the elephant wa-
And oil, how
glad she was she
hadn’t made her- Wjwyr''
self sick eating .
too much at first,
as some of her
friends had done.
for, by eating a
little each time. ; r '
she had really :
been able to eat 3
a great deal more, ? I
and here she was, jg
still enjoying tjie
Christmas good- ||
It was such fun
to have the ele- >
phant as the last
good thing to eat There He
°f all. , •„ hnd
And that night, after J esSl " to
gone to bed, she had a dream
her as a New Year’s Fve gi
Dreamland Kinjf. In her l - r y l . ere
visited the candy animal lan' •
all the candy animals told he
sweet it made their disposition' -o
loved so much by boys and g ir s *