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IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS OFTHIB
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What la Taking Place In The South.
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Foreign—
Anew era in allied diplomacy davm
ied when the inter - allied conference,
with lhe United States officially repre
sented by Ambassador Kellogg, reach
ed a full agreement on the program for
making the Dawes reparation plan ef
fective. After eighteen days and a
good part of many nights at the Brit
ish foreign office in Downing street,
London, the parleys have terminated
successfully so far as their inter-allied
aspect is concerned. The conference,
therefore, now becomes an internation
al one.
Two of the American round-the
world aviators are at Hornafjord, Ice
land, and Lieut. Leigh Wade, follow
ing a forced descent and a thrilling
four-hour battle with the sea, is aboard
the Richmond, doubtful whether he
will be able to accompany his com
rades on the last leg of their globe
circling trip through the air.
Mrs. Rosalie Evans, formerly of
Brownsville, Texas, and a widow of a
former president of the Bank of Lon
don, in Mexico, an Englishman, was
shot dead in the vicinity of Texmelu
can, state of Pueblo, Mexico, the oth
er evening when on the road to her
hacienda. presumably by agrarians
spurred on by anti-foreign agitators
in that region.
Honduras is again in the throes of
a revolution. San Marcos de Colon
has been attacked by four hundred in
surrectionists under Gens. Julio Pe
ralta, Jeremias Fonseca and Toribio
Ramos. Many are reported killed and
wounded.
Patrolman Kennedy of the Halifax,
N. S., police, was shot from ambush,
probably fatally, in an all-night battle
between two men and two women and
the police in the woods bordering the
city.
The Canadian government - has or
dered expert hunters to wage war on
the giant timber wolves in the bar
ren lands of northern Canada, where
they are preying on the caribou. Thou
sands of caribou have been killed.
Athens, Greece, hears that Bulgaria
is calling 4,000 volunteers to the col
ors, which leads the Greeks to fear
that the Bulgaria government is mo
bilizing.
Bugarian comitudjis (irregulars)
have recently been causing the Greeks
a great deal of trouble, making raids
over the frontier into Greek Macedo
nia.
It is stated in Bulgaria, at the cap
ital, Sofia, that the Bulgarian govern
ment will do its utmost to stamp out
Communism, and that the recent call
to the colors of volunteers is for that
purpose.
The newspaper Iran, Teheran, Per
sia, publishes a letter from the for
eign minister to the American minis
ter saying the Persian government and
the nation are horrified and sorrowful
over the killing of Vice Consul Imbrie
and that every endeavor is being made
to find the culprits, who will be se
verely punished.
Washington—
The resignation of Assistant Attor
ney General Earl J. Davis was recent
ly accepted by Attorney General Stone.
Davis will accept an attractive offer
to become a member of a big Detroit
firm.
In a recent statement by the de
partment of labor, it is shown that the
wages of members of union labor or
ganization have increased 135 per cent
since 1907.
Belief that the voters of the coun
try would not permit such circum
stances to arise as would make nec
essary election of the next president
by congress was expressed by Gover
nor Alexander J. Groesbeck, of Mich
igan.
Official Washington society has just
been given a nice financial boost. If
November elections result in a grand
change in the party in power, the
"faithful” who’re rewarded with fat
jobs in Washington will be luckier
than ever before.
Democrats still intend to focus a
large part of their campaign on the
farmers, despite the recent rise in
grain prices, which Republicans are
claiming will calm the ruffled feelings
of the Western and Northwestern agri
cultural states.
England’s representations against
the ship modernization program of the
American navy may bring to a head
at least a controversy that has stirred
naval circles almost continuously since
the adjournment of the arms confer
ence. A careful study will be made
before a reply is sent Great Britain.
Plans made by President and Mrs.
Coolidge to permit their son, John, to
attend the citizens’ military training
camp this summer at Camp Devens,
Mass., have been abandoned, and John
will remain with his parents at the
white house unifl fall, when he enters
Amherst college.
The parcel post system has come to
the aid of the exporter to the extent
of carrying two million dollars of ex
port business a month. The bureau
of foreign and domestic commerce de
partment recently made figures show
ing that exports by parcel post have
more than doubled since January, and
that for the first five months of the
year, sß,3oo,ibJ worth of goods was
thus exported.
Domestic—
Oliver O. Provosty, former chief jus
tice of the Louisiana supreme court,
died at his home in New Orleans, La.,
August 3, the seventy-second anniver
sary of his birth.
The Lincoln cotton mills corporation,
Huntsville, Ala., will resume operation
of its older plant with night and day
shifts in the near future, having been
shut down for a fortnight for the pur
pose of installing new electrical fix
tures. The new mill will be complet
ed within the next month, and will
give employment to several hundred
additional people.
Benjamin and Chester Dorscheimer,
Lancaster, Pa., were recently freed of
the charge of having murdered their
parents fourteen years ago.
Jailer E. C. Bryant, Florence, S. C.,
recently discovered that Donny Owens,
18, in an effort to ‘escape, had cut
nearly through two bars of his cell.
He had made a saw from an iron fas
tening taken from the cell cot. A
heavy piece of Iron piping was also
found in ihe cell.
A Baltimore, Md., masked bandit re
cently held up a street car, robbed the
motorman and conductor and the pas
senger and escaped with the total
amount of $3. Only six men and one
woman were in the car at the time.
At Anderson, S. C., the other day,
W. O. Ulmer and four children came
near being seriously Injured when a
passing automobile skidded into his
sedan, overturning it. One daughter
had an arm broken and bruised and
another daughter had a cut on the
forehead. Ulmer had a slight cut on
the left arm, while the other two chil
dren were not hurt in the least.
Marshall Ambard, 16, student at
Castle Heights, on the Wataugua mili
tary camp at Austin Springs, Tenn.,
was drowned in the Watauga river
when the canoe in which he was rid
ing was damaged on a rock and turn
ed over, throwing him into the water.
He disappeared from sight at once, ac
cording to information given, and the
body has not been recovered.
After a night of disorders and clash
es, in which scores were injured, a
crowd of men who had engaged in a
night of hostilities with members and
spectators at a Ku Klux Klan meet
ing in a field near Lancaster, Mass.,
the assemblage was dispersed with the
arrival of state patrolmen. Only five
are reported seriously injured—one a
policeman.
James J. Freel, president of the In
ternational Union of Stereotypers,
died suddenly at his home in Caldwell,
N. J. He had just reached home from
attendance upon the annual convention
of the stereotypers held in Atlanta,
Ga., and was apparently in the best of
health.
John W. Davis, Democratic nominee
for the presidency, speaking at Rock
land, Maine, said that Republicans and
Democrats alike are striving for an
honest, upright and just government—
the difference being that they disagree
as to the methods in accomplishing
that desired end.
Two men were killed, several were
reported injured and vast damage to
timber brush and ranch property re
sulted during the past 24 hours from
forest fires raging in ten California
counties, says a report from San Fran
cisco.
Mayor John F. Hylan, of New York,
returned recently after a three weeks'
visit to William Randolph Hearsts
ranch in California. He had no state
ment to make on the political situa
tion.
Chairman Hooper, of the United
States railroad labor board, has left
; Chicago for Washington to confer with
department of justice officials on ‘‘con
tempt proceedings in the federal
: courts," which the board has agreed
may le necesssary to establish its
right to force submission of testimony
from all parties to a controversy.
Baltimore was chosen as the meet
ing place for next year's convention
of the Loyal Order of Moose, recently
j in sesion at New Y'ork.
THE DANIELSVILLE MONITOR, DANIELSVILLE, GEORGIA.
$270,894.85 DUE
STATE TREASURY
REPORTS FROM 85 COUNTIES IN
STATE NOT RECEIVED
'JP TO DATE
STATE NEWSJF INTEREST
Brief New* Items Gathered Hero
And There From All Section*
Of The State
Atlanta. —Although reports of tax
collectors in 85 counties of the state
have not been received yet, the bal
ance due the state treasury to com
plete settlement of ad valorem collec
tions for 1923 is only $270,894.85, it
was stated the other day by William
A. Harrison, tax clerk in the office
of Comptroller General Wright. Final
reports have been made by only 75
of the 160 counties, but the small bal
ance due is caused by the fact that set
tlements have been made in practical
ly all counties having a large propor
tionate share of taxes, it'is pointed
out.
According to the tax digest collec
tions for 1923 are expected to total
$5,109,719.91, including ad valorem and
poll taxes. Of this sum $4,764,651.91
Is ad valorem, and $365,688 is poll
taxes.
Of the total amount 14,838,825.08
has been paid in. The large propor
tion of amount paid in, compared to
the proportion of counties which have
made their final settlement, is due
to the fact that practically all those
counties still in arrears, owe only a
small amount. Fulton, for instance,
which pays a heavy proportion of
the ad valorem tax of the state, has
not made final settlement yet, though
practically all taxes have been
paid in.
The figures given above do not al
low for insolvent taxpayers, which will
reduce the final total somewhat, al
though this loss will probably be off
set by added collections for properties
not on the digest, which also are not
Included.
Officers Seize Quantity Of Liquor
Atlanta. —County police and deputy
sheriffs recently confiscated 1,100 gal
lons of corn whisky, 1,000 gallons of
which was stored in a fashionable res
idential section St. Charles ave
nue while 100 gallons represented
the cargo of an automobile which was
chased for mors than two miles on
the Roswell road. Deputy Sheriffs Jim
White, Jim Bazemore, Lee Whatley,
and J. L. Milam, conducted the raid
upon the St. Charles avenue residence
and arrested H. J. May, who was plac
ed under a thousand dollar bond.
County Officers Cal Cates, Claude
Webb and Charles Lyle captured the
rum-laden auto on the Roswell road.
The driver of the whisky car escaped.
Slayer Of Marshal Sentenced To Hang
Donaldsonville. Silas Paramore,
convicted of the murder of Officer I.
J. Williams, has been sentenced to
hang August 22 by Judge W. V. Cus
ter. A motion for anew trial has
been filed by attorneys for the defense.
Williams was marshal of Iron City,
and attempted to arrest~Paramore for
alleged violation of the prohibition law.
A gun battle followed and Williams’
body was found about an hour later.
Paramore escaped to New Jersey and
was brought back to Seminole county
after a long fight over his extradition,
led by W. L. Bryant, solicitor of Semi
nole county.
Bourquin Gets $13,059 In Damages
Savannah. Guillemain Bourquin
was awarded a verdict for $13,059.61
in his damage suit against Elliot and
Polignac Bourquin. The setoff for $lO,-
000 filed by Polignac Bourquin against
Guillemain was refused. The jury al
lowed full damages asked for actual
medical, hospital nursing service, and
traveling expenses, resulting from the
Injuries sustained by Guillemain when
he was shot by Elliott Bourquin. In
stead of the sum of $25,000 asked for
the permanent injury to the plain
tiff’s left arm and mental anguish and
suffering caused, they gave SIO,OOO.
Ten Indictments Against Youth
Atlanta.—The largest number of
burglary true bills ever returned in
Fulton county against one person came
when the Fulton grand jury found ten
indictments Heber Wilson, 18,
who confessed, several days ago. to
some thirty thefts on the north side,
according to the police.
Negro Still Sought For Killing Boy
Thomaston. —Police continue the
search for Sam Spence, negro, who,
one nighj recently, ran over and killed
Shelby Pitts, 12. with a speeding lum
her truck, said to have been taken
from Cecil McGee of Chipley without
permission. The truck was wrecked,
as the negro abandoned it and fled
after the accident.
Georgia Largest Fertilizer Consumer
Washington, D. C.—Approximately
2,090,000 tons of fertilizer have been
used on the cotton crop this year, the
United States department of agricul
ture esimates. Increased use of fer
tilizer is reported from all the cotton
growing states. Georgia used 453.000
tons this year; North Carolina 406,-
000 tons; South Carolina 358,000 tons;
Alabama, 334,000 tons; Mississippi,
150,000 tons, and Texas, 109,000 tons.
It is estimated fertilizer this
year has been used on 39 per cent of
the cotton acreage, as compared with
37 per cent last year, and 31 1/2 per
cent in 1922. Fertilizer was used on
99 per cent of the cotton acreage in
North Carolina, 98 per cent in Vir
ginia, 95 per cent in South Carolina
and Georgia, 91 per cent in Florida,
88 per cent in Alabama, 50 per cent
in Louisiana, 45 per cent in Tennessee,
35 per cent in Arkansas and on small
fractions, if any, of the acreage in
other cotton states. The average cost
of fertilizer per cotton acre this year
was as high as $6.03 in Virginia, $6.01
in North Carolina, and $4.38 in South
Carolina. The cost in Georgia was
$3.64, and less in other states, the
lowest cost per acre being $2.17 in
Missouri.
Four Youths Held For 3 Robberies
Atlanta. —Four boys ranging in age
from 12 to 15 years, were arrested re
cently on charges of having robbed
several stores and are held at the ju
venile detention home on Central ave
nue. The youngster, Jack Reddick, 14,
hir> brother, Sam Reddick, 12, Zeb
Strickland, 15, and Joseph Wolford, 12,
are said to have confessed to robbing
three stores during the spring and
winter. Jack Reddick, said to be the
leader, is alleged to have admitted
that he and his band robbed the Bou
levard Hardware store, last March,
and broke into and robbed the bak
ery owned by Mrs. Rosalie Joyner, at
a weiner stand near the ball park,
in January.
Civilians To Assist “Defense Test’’
Atlanta. —Appointment of civiliaL
mobilization committees in practically
every city in the fourth corps area
will mark the first step of prepara
tions for observance of “National De
fense Test Day,” on September 12.
Committees will have charge of patri
otic demonstrations and will secure
volunteers to fill the ranks of local
units of National Guard and organ
ized reserves. The fourth corps area,
which includes Georgia, North Caro
lina, South Carolina, Florida, Tennes
see, Alabama, Mississippi and Louisi
ana, is commanded by Maj. Gen. Da
vid C. Shanks, with headquarters in
Atlanta.
Page Will Face Desertion Charge
Vidalia. —Robert Gerald Page, 45, it.
in jail here after being bound over on
charges of abandoning his children in
one of the most sensational trials ever
held in this section of the state. A
woman, who said she was the man’s
wife and who is the mother of two
sons, appeared here shortly after Page
married 18-year-old Myrtle Glass, of
this city .several days ago, and the
charges were launched. Page and his
new bride were brought from Atlan
ta, where they were honeymooning.
Page was bound over under SI,OOO bond
and his trial will come up in Toombs
superior court in August, court offi
cials state.
Savannahans Ship Figs To New York.
Savannah. —The first shipment of
fresh figgs shipped from Savannah to
any considerable distance so far as
is known was sent the other day by
Mrs. H. L. Backus, home demonstra
tion agent, and Gratz Dent, county
agent, to New York. This shipment
is in the nature of an experiment to
determine whether locally grown figs
can be shipped to markets in other
sections of the country with success.
The figs were grown on the property
of George Gar many, Judge Arthur W.
Solomon and G. W. Wylly, at Isle of
Hope, and B. A. Oxnard, at Beaulieu.
They were grown extensively locally
in private orchards.
Doctor Acquitted Of Assault
Gainesville. —Dr. J. R. Simpson
prominent eye specialist of Gainesville,
against whom an indictment was found
by the grand jury for an alleged as
sault upon a young woman of this
city, was acquitted by a jury. The
trial consumed a day and a half. Af
ter staying out about fifteen hours
the jury returned a verdict of not
guilty. The court house was filled tc
overflowing throughout the trial.
Edwards Given One-Year Term
Marietta. —Sim Edwards, who is now
serving a two year term for assault
in connection with the shooting sev
eral months ago of D. D. Bullard as
he lay asleep at his home near Powder
Springs, was sentenced to serve an
other year on statutory charges grow
ing out of the same case. The trial
was before Judge D. W. Blair, of the
Blue Ridge circuit.
LEGISLATIVE NEWS
What Our Lawmakers \re
. Doing At The
Capital
School Tax Beat In Committee
Atlanta. —The public schools o{ At
lanta lost, 9 to 8, in the first skirmish
in the general assembly, in what loom
ed as a long drawn out parliamentary
battle between school supporters am]
opponents of increased taxes.
The municipal government commit
tee of the house voted, after a public
hearing followed by a spirited debate
in executive session, to report unfa
vorably the proposal to authorize the
city of Atlanta to hold a referendum
election on the question of levying an
emergency tax of one mill for school
purposes. All other charter changes
asked by council were recommended
favorably for passage.
The committee’s report was decided
by the vote of the chairman, R. F.
Mann, of Glynn county, after the six
teen other members present had voted
into a tie of 8 to 8.
$48,000,000 Road Bond Issue Approvec
The house committee on constitu
tional amendments voted, 15 to 7, tc
report favorably a bill authorizing e
$48,000,000 bond issue for highway
construction. The measure was a sub
stitute for house bill No. 599.
Representative Mann of Glynn, au
thor of the bill, presented the measure
to the committee and pointed out that
the substitute called for $48,000,000 in
stead of $40,000,000 as in the original
bill. Forty million was asked for con
struction of highways and eight mil
lion for reimbursing those counties
which had certificates of having helped
to build the state roads. He pointed
out that by a bill passed in 1919, two
roads were authorized to be built out
of every county seat. From the money
received from the bond issue these
county seat roads would be connected.
He explained in detail to the commit
tee how the issue could be floated.
Mistreatment Of Veterans Charged
Sensational charges including mis
treatment of Confederate veterans it
the Old Soldiers’ home here, gross mis
management of the institution and
graft and corruption, were made the
other night against W. E. McAlister
superintendent, by representatives ol
the Atlanta and Fulton county chap
ter of the United Daughters of the
Confederacy at a public hearing be
fore the invalid pension soldiers’ home
committee house of representatives
The hearing consumed more than 12
hours.
Atlanta Firemen Win First Round
Enactment of the Atlanta firemen’,
pension fund bill was unanimously rec
ommended by the house committee on
labpr and labor statistics, after a
lengthy hearing. The bill provides re
tirement on one-half pay after twenty
five years’ service, or in case of total
disability of a member hurt in serv
ice, and is sponsored by legislative
delegations of Fulton and DeKalh
counties.
An assessment of one-fourth of one
per cent on the total amoun t of fire
insurance premiums, paid within the
corporate limits, and of 1 P* l ceD J
on the salary of the 300 members oi
the department, is provided as a mean?
of raising necessary revenue to pa?
the pensions. It is estimated
these assessments'will yield an annu
revenue of between twenty-five ou
sand and thirty thousand dollars.
Dipping May Not Extend To Islandi
Agricultural committee number on
Df the house of representatives 'c
to favorably recommend a bill by Kep
resentative Langley of Floyd and Way
of Liberty, which would amend _
act of August 17, 1918, Prßenting
shipments of tick-infested cattle into,
within or through the state of
gia. The. measure proposes that c
islands in the state, so far re ® o '
from the mainland that cattle o -
islands cannot escape therefrom,
go from the isiand to the mamland.
shall be exempt from provisions
the aq of 1918. , ; _ e( }
The purpose of the bill, as exp •
by Mr. Langley, is to P rev f nt J, p 0 J
of one thousand wild ca^ e Ca^eriße
thousand wild horses on • ■
island.
New Bills In The House
The following new bills bate
introduced in the house an,
to the proper committees:
By Linder of Jeff Davis
porate the Denton school Q 1
Jeff Davis county. Education
By Fleming of Hancock T
priate $12,000 for a ‘ ,^ e
at Tenth District A. and - L
Appropriations. provide
By Hillhouse of Worth L Ilo u
a method for control of cot
weevil and to divide the su-_
three control districts, to m o
ulations upon farmers. Gei
culture No.