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.Foreign—
As news of the resignation of Am
bassador Woods stirs the country, the
American relations committees of
both houses of the diet, together with
all chambers of commerce, are plan
ning a monster demonstration as a
sign of friendship for the diplomat.
Room son Crusoe’s old flintlock mus
ket, believed to be the authentic
weapon carried by Alexander Selkirk
during his four years’ exile on Juan
Fernandez island which inspired De-
Foe’s celebrated story, was sold at
auction recently for 250 pounds ster
ling, in London.
Illinded by the glare of the head
lights of a motor car proceeding along
a highway in a forest on the outskirts
of Berlin, a buck deer ran head-on in
to the car and caused an accident in
which the chauffeur was killed and
the car owner and his wife were se
riously injured.
The fifth congress of the Third
(Moscow) International has been post
poned until June 15.
With Grindel Matthews, English in
ventor of a death dealing invisible ray,
now in France and discussing bis in
vention there, it is understood that
the British war office has appnoached
him regarding the ray.
Grindel Matthews. English inven
tor of the mysterious “death ray”
which is said to be capable of wiping
out armies and destroying airplanes
in flight, has inspected the labora
tories at Lyons, France, which a
French company is willing to place
at his disposal.
Washington—
Unstinted tribute to the Confeder
ate dead was paid by Calvin Coolidgo,
the first New Englander to become
president siuce the Civil war. Speak
ing at the Confederate Memorial day
exercises at Arlington, Mr. Coolidge
looked across the green slopes where
the Confederate and Union dead sleep
almost side by side and declared “a
mightier force than ever followed
Grant or Lee has leveled both their
hosts, raised up a united nation and
made us all partakers of anew glory.”
Additional records of the Ku Klux
Klan are to be brought to Washington
under an agreement reached for an in
spection by the special senate commit
tee investigating the election contest
r.gainst Senator Mayfield of Texas.
Addressing the convention of the
National Electric Light association in
Atlantic City by radio from Washing
ton, Secretary of Commerce Hoover
warned against burdening the govern
ernment with too much paternalistic
responsibility.
Congressional investigation of land
grants to the Northern Pacific railway
company has been authorized in a
recent house resolution adopted by
the senate.
Charges of Ku Klux Klan activities
in the e lection of Senator Mayfield, of
Texas, particularly in reference to the
use of money, has occupied some time
of the senate committee investigating
the question. The use of klan money
in th(> 1922 elections was denied by
N M. Furney, cashier at the imperial
palace, and by J. E. McQuinn, auditor
and assistant cashier, and was assert
ed by J. Q. Jett, of White Path, Ga., a
former klan employee.
A tax reduction bill indorsed by the
leaders of both parties and virtually
every faction in congress has been
moulded into final shape. Early ap
proval of the unanimous agreement of
the conferees on the differences be
tween the senate and house, reached
by both branches of congress, is pre
dicted, and the hope is expressed by
Republican leaders that the bill will
be signed by President Coolidge.
Attorneys for Philip Grossman, the:
jail sentence of whom in a Chicago
contempt case was recently commuted
by President Coolidgo and then rear- j
rested upon order of two federal:
judges, came to Washington recently
in an effort to obtain his release, pend
ing final decision of the Supreme
court.
An expression of faith in the integ
rity of former Attorney General
Daugherty, built up during three
years of association with him as his
chief assistant in directing criminal
prosecutions, was made before the
senate Daugherty investigating com
mittee by John W. H. Crim. now spe
cial government attorney in the pros
ecution of alleged frauds in the vet
erans’ bureau.
The new compromise tax wil! was
I approved by the senate after brief de
; bate. The bill now goes tc the bouse.
The vote approving the bill was 60
to 6, with 29 Republicans and 31 Dem
ocrats voting for it.
The Simmons income schedule, simi
lar to the Longworth compromise sup
ported by house Republicans in its
adoption 1)7 that body, provides for a
revision of the surtax rates with a
maximum of 40 per cent applicable on
incomes of $500,000 and over. It would
cut the present normal rates of 4 per
cent on incomes up to $4,000 and 8
jer cent above that amount to 2 per
cent on income? of $4,000 and under;
4 per cent on incomes between $4,000
and SB,OOO and 6 per cent on those
above.
A composite plan for adherence to
the permanent court of international
justice with reservations was laid be
fore the senate recently in a revolu
tion drafted by Senator Pepper, Re
publican, Pennsylvania, after two
days of consultation wdth his col
leagues on the foreign relations com
mittee.
Domestic —
Jack Skelcher, an alleged gangster,
was killed, and the other occupant of
a heavily curtained touring car was
wounded in the leg and captured in
a revolver fight with constabulary at
Herrin, 111. The two men are suspect
ed by the officers of having partici
pated in the attempted assassination
of S. Glenn Young, Ku Klux Klan
licpior' raider.
Mrs. Evelyn Sue Rickner, who was
acquitted in federal court at Anniston,
Ala., of a charge of murder in con
nection with the killing of her hus
band, Lieutenant James C. Rickner,
declared she would find employment
in either Birmingham or Atlanta,
where she expects to reside
nently.
Their escape cut off by the fast
spreading flames, seven persons, a
woman and six children were burned
to death at Canton, Mass., when fire
broke out In their home, and within
an hour reduced it to a pile of charred
embers.
Alvis N. Webb, 55, Louisville insur
ance man, his wife, daughter-in-law,
Josephine, 26, and the latter’s husband,
Brent G. Webb, 26, were killed when
a Baltimore and Ohio railroad engine
struck their automobile at a grade
crossing near Holton, Ind.
Engine trouble caused a Douglas
naval torpedo plane, from the U. S.
S. Langley, stationed In Pensacola bay,
to fall at Birmingham, Ala., while
taking part in a United States air
plane circus. The occupants were in
jured.
The Rev. Walt Holcombe, of Car
tersville, Ga., noted southern evange
list and son-in-law of the late Rev.
Sam P. Jones, is confined to a hos
pital in Los Angeles from the effects
of injuries received in an automobile,
according to reports received at Chat
tanooga, Tenn.
Bayliss W. Harrison, 26, Greenville,
S. C„ cotton broker, was sentenced to
serve four years and six months at
hard labor on the public works of
Greenville county, or In the state pen
itentiary, and to pay a fine of sl, fol
lowing his conviction of forging cot
ton warehouse receipts.
Acclaimed wildly as heroic survivors
of a daring adventure, Major Fred
crick L. Martin, commander of the
American ’round the world airplane
flight, and Sergeant Alva Harvey, his
mechanician, came back to the United
States after their perilous landing in
the dismal wastelands of Alaska. They
landed at Bellingham, Wash.
Frank Owens, negro, was arrested
at Birmingham, Ala., with a blood
stained ax in his possession after
Richard Warner and L. M. Watkins,
both white, had been found a few
blocks from each other mortally
wounded.
The supreme court after 27 hours of
deliberation, condemned to death 17
former judges, court officials, law
yers and persons connected with the
operation of the new economic policy,
who had been tried on charges of cor
ruption and bribery. Forty-eight per
sons had been on trial for 12 days at
Leningrad.
Reports from all sections of north
Alabama show that farmers of this
region are making rapid progress in
replanting of cotton, a large propor
tion of which was killed by the cold
weather that followed the first plants
ing, according to reports from Hunts
ville, Ala.
John C. Calhoun, planter, was found
drowned in a well on his plantation
near Tupelo, Miss., with a cannon ball
—a relic of the civil war in which he
fought—tied to his neck.
The American army around-the
world fliers, after a busy round of en
tertainment in Tokio during w hich
they received much praise for their
achievement in crossing the Pacific,
left for Kasumigaura with the an
nouncement that they would be glad
"to get back to work’’ in preparation
for the resumption of their flight.
THE DANIELSVILLE MONITOR, DANIELSVILLE, GEORGIA.
INCREASE IN HOME
BUILDING SHOWN
STATISTICAL REPORT PREPARED
BY FEDERAL BUREAU OF
LABOR STATISTICS
STATE NEWSJSF INTEREST
Brief News Items Gathered Hero
And There From All Section*
Of The State
Atlanta. —Increase in home build
ing in Atlanta is shown in housing in
formation prepared by the federal bu
reau of labor statistics. Building in
1922 more than doubled that of 1921,
while in 1923 there was a substantial
gain over the preceding year.
The figures for Atlanta and other
cities in this section follows:
Number of Families
Accommodated in
New Buildings.
City— 1921 1922 1923
Atlanta 1,614 3,590 3,792
Augusta 342 362 227
Columbus 88 205 223
Macon 162 254 212
Savannah 347 295 239
Charleston 204 287 77
Columbia 241 318 254
Ratio of families
provided for to each
10,000 of popula
tion based on 1920
census in
City— 1921 1922 1923
Atlanta 80.5 178.9 189.0
Augusta 65.1 68.9 43.2
Columbus 28.3 C 5.9 71.6
Macon 30.6 4..9 40.0
Savannah 41.7 35.4 27.7
(Charleston 30.0 42.2 11.3
Columbia 64.2 84.7 67.7
Ratio of families
provided for to each
10,000 of popula
tion based on esti
mate for specified
year.
City— 1921 1922 1923
Atlanta 77.8 164.5 170.1
Augusta 64.2 67.3 41.8
Columbus 27.5 63.0 67.4
Macon 29.8 45.9 37.6
Savannah 40.4 33.6 28.7
Charleston 29.4 40.8 10.8
Columbia 62.7 81.4 64.0
The bureau collects data from cit
fes of 25,000 and over population in
the United States. Complete reports
Jiave now been received for 1923, and
a tabulation of the figures has been
jnade for the years 1921, 1922 and
1923, which has not as yet been pub
lished. This tabulation shows the
number of families provided for in
jiew buildings during these years, the
ratio of families provided for to each
10,000 of population based upon the
census of 1920. and also the- ratio of
families provided for to each 10,000
3f population based upon the census
bureau estimate of population for the
specified years.
Reports were received from 269 cit
ies in 1923 having a combined popu
lation of 37,158,648 as shewn by the
census of 1920, showing that 459,471
families were provided for in new
dwellings during that year. These
had a ratio of 123.7 to each 10,000 of
population according to the 1920 cen
sus. According to the census bureau
estimated population for 1923 of 39,-
835,875, the ratio was 115.5 for each
10,000 of estimated population.
Bloodhounds Fail To Track Robber
Savannah.—Bloodhounds were used
to track down the masked bandit who
attempted to hold up William G.
Barthelmess, engineer at the water
works, but the trail was lost after it
had been followed for some distance.
Engineer Barthelmess told Lieutenant
Clancey and Call Officer Weber, when
they arrived in response to his tele
phone message, that someone had
knocked at his door. Upon opening
it a revolver was thrust in his face,
and he was ordered to “stick ’em up.”
The bandit wore a handkerchief to
conceal the lower part of his face, but
only a vague description of his gen
eral appearance was obtained.
Night Watchman Killed In Fight
Toccoa. —Officers are hunting for
Reuben Whitfield, who recently is al
leged to have shot and killed Hugh
JCellar, night watchman at Mount Airy,
Ga. The watchman was shot twice
after a 'vhort discussion over the fil
ing of charges against some woman.
One bullet pierced his heart. This is
the second officer to be killed at
Mount Airy in eight months.
3 Negroes Break Tift County Jail
Tifton. —Three negroes, one serving
a sentence for slaying, escaped from
the Tift county ehaingang here re
'\ntly. Sam Westbrooks was the
rirst to escape, and while the warden
was getting dogs to (rail him, Elvu
Bevard and Robert Jones escaped
also. Rewards of SSO each have been
Offered for the capture of the three
fugitives.
ROPE ENDS LIFE OF
J. B. SATTERFIELD
Condemned Man Prays That Every
Gallows In Georgia Be
Destroyed
Atlanta.. —James B. Satterfield, mur
derer of his brother-in-law, R. H.
Hart, paid for his crime with his own
life on the gallows in the Fulton coun
ty tow’er. He met death unflinching
ly and without the slightest tremor.
Just before the steel trap was sprung
and before the black hood was placed
over his head, tears streamed down
his face when he spoke of his 17-
year-old daughter, Elizabeth. That
■was the only sign of emotion the
man has shown since he learned that
the date for his execution had been
fixed.
Not until a few hours before his
death did Satterfield give up hope
that some miraculous intervention
would save his life. Not until that
time when word was brought to him
that the governor had refused a stay
of execution for a lunacy examination
did he accept his fate and begin prep
arations for death that was to come
three hours later.
At the moment when the proces
sion of jail officials with Satterfield
in their midst left the cell on the
way to the death room, Satterfield
handed Bert Donaldson, prison re
form worker, a sealed letter, marked
with instructions to be opened after
his death.
He had completed writing the let
ter only a few moments before. Bert
Donaldson is attached to Solicitor
Boykin’s office. He was the opera
tive sent to bring Satterfield back to
Georgia to face the charge of having
murdered his brother-in-law, two
years before.
The letter when opened by Donald
son gave a request to cremate Sat
terfield’s tody and reiterated the
statement made on the gallows that
it was Satterfield’s hope that he
would be the last man to hang in
Georgia.
True Bill Found In Auto Killing
Atlanta. —An indictment charging
involuntary manslaughter in the death
of little Foster Tinsley, 10-year-old,
who was run down by an auto truck
May 7, was returned by the Fulton
county grand jury against Oscar H.
Adams, alleged driver of the car. The
Tinsley boy, who resides on Roswell
road was returning home from the R.
J. Guinn school, with a number of
companions when run down. Adams
contended that the boy darted in
front of his truck and that it was
impossible to keep from striking him.
He claimed he was driving at a slow
rate of speed. A companion of the
Tinsley boy, it is said, tried to throw
the child’s cap across the road and
when it fell in the road he ran to
get it, being struck before he could
get out of the pathway of the car.
Savannah Officer Freed Of Charge
Savannah. —A. O. Mikell, Savannah
.policeman, acquitted of the murder of
Patrick Calhoun, an alleged liquor
runner, appeared at police barracks
and is preparing to resume his place
on the police force. He will prob
ably return to work soon. Mikell has
been under suspension since the
shooting of Calhoun and his arrest.
It is expected his acquittal will re
sult In the payment of his salary dur
ing the time he has been in jail. He
declined to discuss his case.
Savannah Store Owner Wounded
Savannah.—After a long search, po
lice and detectives are still without
a clue to the identity of the negro
bandit who fired five shots at W. H.
Gartelinann, proprietor of a store at
Thirty-third and East Broad streets,
when the storekeeper refused to obey
his commands. Only one of the shots
took effect, striking Mr. Gartelmann
in the shoulder, severing an artery,
and nearly causing his death from
loss of blood before the flow could
be stopped.
Four Macon Men Under Arrest
Atlanta. —Four Macon men are now
under arrest, ,Lree in Atlanta and one
in the Central City, pending investi
gation by the local police of a series
of daring holdups in the center of the
city recently. Frank Pope, 20, was
jailed in Macon, following arrests
here of Leland L. Harvey, alias Done
gay, M. C. Willis, and G. A. McMahon.
Harvey was arrested by an officer
after the prisoner had been recognized
by an alleged holdup victim in a cafe
on Peachtree street near Five Points.
Bank Buys Bond Issue Of $30,000
Barnesville. —The Citizens’ National
bank has bought the $30,000 bond
issue recently voted by citizens of
Barnesville, paying $30,088.50 for the
issue. There were eight bidders, but
the bank’s bid was highest, and it was
awarded the entire issue. The funds
will be used in exteiding and improv
ing the water and sewerage system,
and fer the purchase of fire equip
ment.
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FROM MOUSE TO “MOOSE
A Scotchman who had been in this
country about two months went to a
movie show with a friend. In the news
reel were views from the wilds of
Maine, one of w*hich was a olose-up of
a moose. Turning to his friend, the
Scotchman said:
“I dinna ken wha yon heastle is.”
His friend explained that it was an
American moose.
“A moose?” queried the Scotchman,
surprisedly. “Aweel, I dinna want to
meet an American rat then!’’— Voo
Doo.
TOOK UP LAND
.
“Your grandfather took up land
when he came to this country? Get
out —he never owned any property!”
“Who said he did!”
“Didn’t you say he took up land?”
“Sure he did —lots of it—witli a
spade!”
The Plan
Somewhere between a rocky gorge
And leaping mountain stream
A silver spruce tree bares its heart
To feel the sunlight's gleam.
Matrimonial Amenities
“Before we were married you called
me an angel.”
“I know it.”
“And now you don’t call me any
thing.”
“Well, you ought to be glad that 1
possess such self-control.”
The Secret of Success
Her —I often wonder why Betty hat
so many admirers? She can’t sing oc
play a piano.
Him —I guess that’s the reason.
Peculiarities
“When the day breaks it makes
light of it.”
“Yes, and when the night falls It
keeps it dark.” —Boston Transcript.
ALAS
Bug—lf you’re going to end It all,
at least pick out a well with cien
water in it!
The Gloaming
XVhat about the gloaming.
Favorite of yore?
Writers are not roaming
In it any more.
A Safe Promise
Visitor—How old are you Mag? l *
Maggie—l’m five, mid mother *.
f I’m good an’ eat lots of oatinea
>e six next birtliday.-London An
wers.
MEOW!
Mrs. Perch —She’s a 8 0? ~‘
very spiteful!
Mrs. Bass—Yes, a regular c. -
Garrulous
She is angling fo , r f n.
With a rare and damn '
But alas: she scares 100 mu<*
For this maiden talk® 1