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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 *