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IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS OF THIS
AND OTHER NATIONS FOR
SEVEN DAYS GIVEN
THE NEWS jT THE SOUTH
Whit Is Taking Place In Tha South,
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Foreign—
The foreign office has denied a story
published in the London afternoon pa
pers that the Anglo-Russian confer
ence would break up within a few days
without having accomplished any
thing.
John J. Lukasey, Chicago Pullman
car conductor, arrived on the steam
ship Baltic with a story of having
been “kidnaped” and taken on a trip
to Liverpool by a party of 200 Irish
men
A royal welcome was given to the
4,f00 delegates of the international ad
vertising convention by the Prince of
Wales when he opened the official
sessions of the convention at Kem
bley.
Charles Welford Travis, an Ameri
can student from New York, was
found guilty of manslaughter at Lon
don in connection with the death of
his infant son. Sentence was deferred
for a few days. Travis previously
had declared that he had tried to pre
vent the child’s incessant cryine by
holding its nose and windpipe and in
doing so had strangled it.
An attempt was made to blow up
the railroad track of the main line
between Paris and Marseilles, near
Lyons, France. Several cans of pow
der were buried under the track, but
only part of it exploded, doing little
damage. It was at first thought that
the explosion had been intended as
an attempt up the life of Victor Pey
tral, minister of public work, until
was found that his train would have
passed on the opposite track.
Prince Gelasio Caetani, Italian am
bassador to the United States, will not
return, but will be replaced in Sep
tember by another ambassador taken
from the Italian diplomatic corps, the
newspaper Sereno asserts.
The Sao Paulo revolutionists are re
ported on reliable authority to have
failed in efforts to enter into nego
tiations with the Brazilian govern
ment relative to an armistice, Presi
dent lternardes having announced
that the rebels must face the penalties
of the Brazilian laws.
The Prince of Wales, who as Lord
Renfrew will sail on the Berengaria
August 23 en route to his ranch in
Alberta and incidentally will attend
the polo matches on Long Island be
tween the British and American
teams, will leave the steamer on a
tender down New York bay and land
on Long Island, the Canadian Press
says it has learned.
Sale of beer by the glass at Vancou
couver, B. C., is favored, it was an
nounced after tabulation of the absen
tee vote of a plebiscite held recently
The count of the absentees vote
changed a “dry” majority of IS9 on
the home vote to a "wet” majority of
53. An official count of ballots has
been demanded by the temperance
party.
Washington—
Robert A. Cooper of South Carolina
has been reappointed by President
Coolidge ns a member of the federal
farm board.
The federal trade commission has
dismissed its complaint against the
American Tobacco company and the
Cincinnati Wholesale Tobacco associa
tion and another against the Liggett
& Myers Tobacco company and the as
sociation, charging the respondents
with fixing and maintaining uniform
resale prices for cigarettes and other
tobacco products.
Over the protest of the chairman.
Senator Watson, Republican, Indiana,
a majority of the senate committee
named to investigate the internal rev
enue bureau, has decided to resume
its inquiry during the summer recess.
Participation by President Coolidge
In the national campaign Is expected
to be limited to less than a dozen
speeches and to involve no extended
campaign tour.
The Appalachian park committee,
accompanied by Secretary Work, will
leave Washington on a tour of the
south to select a site for a national
park in the Appalachians. The party
will stop first at Gainesville. Ga„ tour
ing the mountains in that vicinity be
fore proceeding to Asheville, N (\.
and thence to Knoxville. Tenn . where
't will visit the Smoky mountain fast
nesses as far north as Cumberland
Gap.
Control of tee affairs and activities
of the Democratic national committee
was assumed by Clem L. Shaver, who
has been selected as the new commit
tee chairman, upon his arrival from
his West Virginia home. He immedi
ately went into conference with Cor
dell Hull, of Tennessee, the retiring
chairman, but had no announcement
to make concerning his plans as head
of the committee.
Senator La Follefte’s joint execn
*ive campaign commfttee which will
eondret his independent presidential
~amp' ,, ' r n wil* include Rudolph Soreck
les. (he California banker, and Sen
ator Frazier, of North Dakota, now
listed as a Republican. Morris Hill
quit. of New York, who has been ac
tively identified with the Socialist
party, was also named on the com
mittee. The others, except for one
selection yet to be made, are men
and women who have been identified
with the movement from its inception.
Senator La Follette of Wisconsin
and his advisers failed to reach a
final agreement on the personnel of
pnrrtfpitfpp wfll bnvp
of his presidential campaign. The
make-up of the committee, however,
has been virtuallv determined, only
one or two of the eleven places re
maining to be filled.
Domestic—
Eight men and one woman, arrested
on warrants charging them with tar
ring and feathering Miss Dorothy Gran
don, 20, of Martinsbnrg, W. Va., were
arraigned in, Frederick, Md.. and held
for the September grand jury under
bond of $2,000 each. Bail of SSOO was
fixed for Miss Grandon as a material
witness.
John B. Thomason, former state
comptroller of Tennessee, died at his
home in Memphis, Tenn., recently.
Leroy Adams, Watervliet, N. Y., re
cently shot and killed his wife and
then committed suicide. A divorce ac
tion, brought by Mrs. Adams, is said
to have been the cause.
Bishop William Montgomery Brown,
of Gallion, Ohio, former bishop of the
Diocese of Dallas, found guilty of her
esy, has appealed his case to a spe
cial court of review slated to meet in
October, citing a list of twenty points
of error.
The passenger steamer James T.
Morse, of the Eastern Steamship
Lines, Inc., which left Rockland,
Maine for Bar Harbor, struck on
Crotch Island, near the entrance to
Stonington harbor in a thick fog.
A jury in Richmond county superior
court, Rockingham, N. C., decided
that an admitted member of the Ku
Klux Klan does not commit perjury in
swearing that, he is not a “Knight of
the Ku Klux Klan.” In a case which
has attracted wide attention, J. L.
Hawley, superintendent of the Rock
ingham railroad, was acquitted of a
charge of perjury.
Renewal of the black hand war for
which four men paid penalty with
their lives at the state penitentiary at
Moundsville several months ago was
seen by authorities when the hacked
body of Rocco Fiorelli, wrapped in a
gaudy colored quilt, was found in a
secluded spot several miles from
Clarksburg. W. Va..
Mrs. Fred Funky is near death from
a shot wound, her son, Fred Funky, Jr.,
22, is in a critical condition from knife
wounds, and her husband, 65, is badly
cut over the face and hands and is
under arrest at Houston, Mo., as the
result of a free-for-all family fight at
their home near Arroll, Mo.
Two Jewish societies are reported
to have pledged more than one quar
ter of the $2,000,000 campaign fund
sought by the La Follette-Wheeler in
dependent ticket.
The offer of the northwestern grain
trade interests of marketing facilities
contiguous to the Minneapolis and Du
luth trading centers was submitted
without comment or recommendation,
to the board of directors of the re
cently organized grain sales corpora
tion by O. E. Bradfute, president of
the American Farm Bureau federation.
Clarksburg. W. Va., home town of
John W. Davis, Democratic presiden
tial nominee, was advised of the birth
in Kanawha county of Coolidge Ran
some and Hell-And-Maria Ransome,
twin sons of Constable F. W. Ran
some.
Mrs. Lotti Dana. 23, Rochester, N.
Y. said that because she had become
discouraged she had taken her two
boys to the woods, kissed them good
bye and abandoned them. The chil
dren were found after two days, each
in a serious condition.
Eight hundred and seventy-two lives
were saved by a rescue fleet that has
tened to pick up lifeboats from a sink
ing steamer during; a Long Island
Sound fog. Of those saved 692 were
passengers. A few hours after the
new sound steamer Boston had been
rammed by the tanker Swift Arrow off
Point Judith, R. 1.. four steamers had
gathered up the passengers awakened
from their sleep, and sailed for New
York, Fall River, Mass., and Newport.
R. 1. Three passengers, two men and
one woman, were killed.
THE DANIELBVILLE MONITOR, DANIELSVILLE, GEORGIA.
GEORGIA TO GROW
MILLION BALES
SEMI-MONTHLY REPORT SHOWS
LITTLE CHANGE FOR GEORGIA
FOR PRACTICALLY A MONTH
STATE KEWS OF INTEREST
Brief News Items Gathered Here
And There From All Sections
Of The State
Atlanta. —Georgia’s cotton crop
showed little change between June 25
and July 16, says the semi-monthly re
port of the Georgia Co-operative Crop
Reporting Service, which places the
condition at 76 per cent of normal, in
dicating a comparative yield pc-r acre
of 136 pounds and a total production
of more than one million bales.
The prediction is based on the re
lation of conditions of June 25 and
July 25 to final yields in former years,
according to the report, and the final
out-turn of the crop may be larger or
smaller, according to developments
during the remainder of the season.
With the exception of northwestern
Georgia, rains were too frequent dur
ing the period between June 25 and
July 16 for any marked improvement
in condition, the report says; but cot
ton held its own in most sections and
prospects are still good. The plant
is said to have made remarkable
growth, with good color and very little
shedding.
In southern Georgia, the plant is re
ported to have fruited heavily; with
fairly satisfactory fruiting in the
northern part of the state. The re
port adds, however, that too frequent
showers in many localities have caused
an excessive, sappy growth of weed
at the expense of the fruiting.
The report says that while weevils
are being found in practically all sec
tions, infestation is not yet consid
ered serious in the northern half of
the state. In southern Georgia, the
Insects are said to be becoming more
numerous, although blooming still is
general, with a fair crop sufficiently
advanced to escape serious damage
from that source.
Altogether, the report says, weevil
damage to July 16 had not been very
great and the number of insects is
much less than usual.
Excellent progress is said to have
been made by corn during the past
two weeks throughout most of the
state. That in south Georgia in par
ticular is said to be sufficiently ad
vanced to insure a splendid crop. Fre
quent showers have delayed cultiva
tion in northern Georgia, but the crop
there also is reported to be growing
fast.
Peanuts are described as having
made satisfactory progress in the old
commercial area of southern Georgia;
but fields in the Piedmont section are
rather grassy and in need of cultiva
tion.
While frequent rains at the time
the crop was ripening caused a second
growth of tobacco in some sections,
thereby lowering the quality, the yield
is said to be excellent.
Hay crops are reported late, but
growing well, with some cowpeas still
being planted.
The pecan nut case-bearer is said
to be prevalent and causing much dam
age in the Albany pecan district, re
ducing considerably the prospects for
a good crop.
Motor Tag Tax Nets $2,315,603
Atlanta. —Receipts of the motor
vehicle department of the secretary of
state’s office for the first six months
of 1924, total $2,315,603.00, according to
a statement given out recently by
Secretary of State S. Guyt McLendon.
This figure, added to the receipts for
1920-21-22-23, makes the total for the
four and a half years $9,926,510.36.
For the same period the total expenses
of collecting these automobile license
tag taxes have been $307,527.03. or ap
proximately three per cent of the col
lections. The bill creating the depart
ment specifies that not more than 16
per cent shall be used in cost of col
lection. Expenses of the department
for the first six months of 1924 were
$62,258.55.
Two Are Injured In Auto Crashes
Atlanta.—Out of 107 arrests made
for traffic violations, only two minor
accidents were recorded and police
again appear to have the traffic situa
tion under control. Those injured are
A. Temes and E. R. Madison, negro
doctor. Of those arrested 56 are
charged with violating traffic ordi
nances. 11 with speeding, 8 with reck
less driving, and 3 with driving an
automobile while Intoxicated. Nine
irivers were fined in recorder’s court,
fines totaling $204. while an equal
number of cases were dismissed. Six
motorists were fined for speeding, two
for violating traffic ordinances, and
one for reckless driving.
Savannah Woman Drives In River
Savainah. —Declaring her intention
of “ending it all,” Mrs. Julia Mouro,
wife of Martin A. Mouro, drove her
automobile down West Broad street
over the wharf and into the Savannah
river. Her body was recovered by a
diver a half hour later. Mrs. Moure
was accompanied on her ride by a
friend, Mrs. Ruby Williams, who, fu
tiiely trying to persuade her to de
sist, jumped from the speeding car
just before it plunged into the river.
Mr3. Williams was badly bruised and
shaken up, but was not seriously in
jured. According to the police-, who
were quickly at the scene, directing
the search for the body of Mrs. Mou
ro, she had a few minutes previously
oc:n in an automobile accident sev
eral blocks from the river. In the
excitement of the mixup of cars, she
drove away at a rapid speed. Mrs.
Williams, in her statement to the
police, said she warned Mrs. Mouro
of the river, but was unable to get
her to stop the machine. She then
jumped from the automobile. The
body of Mrs. Mouro was feu- _ c~
top of the car.
Move To Abolish School Fails
Atlanta.—A bill introduced in the
house of representatives which would
abolish the state normal and industrial
college at Bowden, Ga., was adversely
reported by the house committee on
the University of Georgia and its
branches, at a meeting held recently.
Final vote on the motion to report the
bill back with the recommendation
that it do not pass was 8 to 6. This
measure has been the feature of sev
eral meetings of the committee. Re
cently a vote was taken and the first
count resulted favorably for the bill,
but it was discovered that members
who had cast their vote and been ex
cused had not been counted, which
brought the result to a tie.
Abner Smith Dies At Union City
Union City.—Abner R. Smith, 81.
Confederate veteran and former mem
ber of the board of commisioners of
Campbell county and retired planter,
died at his residence here recently
following a long illness. He had been
a member of the board of deacons
of the First Methodist church of Fair
burn for a number of years and had
been a member of the church for over
fifty years. He was a Mason. Mr.
Smith was born in that part of Doug
las county which later became Camp
bell, December 24, 1843. He served
throughout the Civil war as a lieuten
ant in company “C,” 19th Georgia reg
iment, under Gen. Albert Sidney John
ston.
Harvey Returns To Prison Farm
Macon.—Leland Harvey, 18-year-old
Macon youth, who escaped from the
state prison farm at Miledgeville re
cently, in company with Charlie Bry
an, sent from Wilkes county on a mis
demeanor charge, is back at the prison
farm. It has been learned that Har
vey came to Macon immediately and
went to the house of a friend here. He
communicated with his parents and
with an uncle, George Harvey. They
prevailed upon him to return, and .ac
companied by his uncle, he left Macon
and later reported to the prison farm
officials, advices from Milledgeville
state.
Georgia Editors Elect Officers
Waycross.—Election of all officers
the selection of West Point as the
place for the 1925 meeting, adoption
of a series of resolutions favoring agri
cultural and economic development of
the state, and feature addresses, mark
ed the third day’s session of the 38th
annual convention of the Georgia
Press association, which convened in
the Okefenokee swamp and here.
Those elected are: C. D. Rountree,
president; Ernest Camp, vice presi
dent; Miss Emily Woodward, second
vice president; Hal M. Stanley, corre
sponding secretary, and J. J. Howell,
treasurer. The officers were elected
in the heart of the Okefenokee swamp.
Plumbers Lose Plan To Create Boarc
Atlanta.—Following lengthy argu
ments on the proposal to create a
state board of plumbing, the senate
committee on hygiene and sanitation
went into executive session and voted
to return an unfavorable report on
the bill. The bill would provide for cre
ating a state board and local boards,
and would authorize the state board
of health to make rules for plumbing,
and would authorize plumbing boards
to hold examinations for master
plumbers and Journeymen plumbers,
Probe Of Non-Resident Tuition Asked
Atlanta. —Investigation of the cost
of educating children of non-residents
with a view to readjusting the non
resident tuition fees and a review of
tbe enrollment lists with a view to
discovering whether any children now
in Atlanta schools should be required
to pay tuition wil be conducted fol
lowing a request filed with the board
of education in a resolution introduced
by Councilman Horace Russell and
recently adopted by council.
LEBISUTIVI,,...
What Our Lawmakers Are
Doing At The
Capital
Atlanta. —The house committto on
general judiciary No. 1 reported with
recommendation for passage four bills
which have been introduced in the
nouse this session.
A bill by Representative Bozeman
of Worth, which was favorably report
ed, would amend the civil code of
ISIO so that When Hie validity of any
act of the general assembly is attack
ed in any court of Georgia upon the
ground that the constitutional re
quisites to the passage or enactment
of the measure were not complied
with, the house and senate journals
shall respectively be ruled admissible
as evidence to prove or contradict
such allegations.
The committee also acted favorably
open a bill by Representative Aubrey,
of Bartow, to amend the section of
Parks code relative to the state li
brary commission so as to raise the
appropriation fGr the work of the
commission from $6,000 annually to
$15,000. The vote was 6 to 5, the
deciding vote being cast by the com
mittee secretary, Mrs. Viola Ross Na
pier, of Bibb.
The committee recommended for
passage by substitute a bill by Repre
sentative Aubrey to amend the code
of the state so as to provide for re
covery in cases of homicide by the
next of kin or dependents.
A bill upon which action was re
versed early in the meeting was rec
ommended for passage. It was signed
by Representative Foy, of Taylor.
Beck, of Carroll, and Bozeman, ol
Worth, and would amend the civi’
code so as to avoid obligations to pay
attorneys fees upon any note or other
evidence of indebtedness in addition
to the rate of interest. The first vote
was 5 to 4 that the bill not be reo
ommended for passage but upon a mo
tion to reconsider action later, it was
changed to 5 to 4 that it be recom
mended for passage.
After Sam J. Slate, state auditor,
had appeared before the house com
mittee on appropriations and explain
ed that the excess of estimated reve
nue over appropriation for 1924 could
not be figured as more than $250,000,
the committee adopted a motion to ap
point a sub-committee for the purpose
of classifying the 63 bills that it has
before it, calling, in all, for over three
millions in additional appropriations
during the year. Mr. Slate stated that
while the comptroller general’s report
showed an estimated excess revenue
for 1924 of $668,000 this did not take
into account the loss because cigar
and cigarette dealers’ licenses were
no longer to be included; an appropria
tion of SIOO,OOO to the state bureau
of markets, and various other items.
These items, said Mr. Slate, would re
duce the gross excess to $308,000, and
it was not safe to count on more than
$250,000, if a reasonable margin for
unseen eventualities was to be left.
The following new bills were intro
duced in the house:
By Representative Smith, of Bryan
—To abolish commission of roads and
revenues of Bryan county. County
and county matters.
By Representative Smith, of Bryar
—To create anew board for Bryan
county. County matters.
By Representative Arnold, of Lump
kin—To amend present law so as tc
provide for a board of five trustee
for North Georgia Agricultural col
lege. University and its branches.
By Representative Barrett, of Ste
phens—To prevent the sale, transfei
or assignment of homestead exemp
General judiciary No. 2.
By Representatives Miller, of Bleck
ley, and Milner, of Dodge—To appro
priate $25,000 to twelfth district A
and M. college for new dormitory. Ap
propriations.
By Representative Kempton. of Ful
ton and others —To amend code sec
tion 3352 to give special lien on rea
estate for supplying trees, shrubbery,
etc. General judiciary No. 2.
By Representative Kempton. of Ful
ton—To provide for appointment o
deputy solicitor of city court of
- etc. General Judiciary No -
By Representative Kempton, of Fu'
ton, and others—To appropriate *-o,*
000 for Georgia Training School
Girls to better water conditions. -P"
propriations. ,
Bv Representative Kempton
Smith of Fulton—To amend chan
of Atlanta relative to lease of h
wood. General judiciary No. -
By Lowndes delegation—To 8 " *
ire the city of Valdosta to appnoi
SIOO,OOO for establishment of
row Wilson Memorial college,
poratiots.
Bv Representative Pickering, of- “
ray—Tc repeal act incorporating
of Tencaa. Corporation?