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News of the Week ATLANTA, Ga., June 4. —At a meeting Wednesday morning of the state historical commission, Dr. Lu cian Lamar Knoght, state historian arid director of the department of ar chives and history, tendered his res ignation, to go into affect Jan. l f| 1925, and recommended that first assistant, Miss Ruth Blair, be appointed to succeed him. The com mittee accepted the resignation with expressions of “sincerest regret,” but did not act on a successor. Dr. Knight has held the position since the department was created, nearly twelve years ago. In his let ter of resignation he reviews the work of the department and declares that it is now securely entrenched in the affections of the public and its, work recognized a’l over the country, i He stated that he had held tbe posi-j tion at a financial sacrefice to him- 1 self, because of his ambition to pre- ] serve the state’s history. He added | that he has gathered nearly 350,000 separate documents and manuscripts. ATLANTA, Ga., June 4. —W. M. Jackson, 37, of this city, shot and perhaps fatally wounded his wife early tonight and then sent a bullet crashing through his head that in stantly kil'ed him. The tragedy oc curred in a garage on the outskirts of the city and was witnessed by Cliff Morgan, a fellow worker of Jackson’s Domestic trouble is understood to be the cause of the shooting. The couple has seven children, two small sons and five daughters. Morgan, the only eyewitness of the shooting, fled when Jackson shot his wife and the prostrate forms of the two peop’e were later found by Greer Martin, another employe of the garage. Morgan later declared to police that Jackson opened fire without warning. The woman was rushed to a local hospital, physicians states that she has only a slight chance to recover. Loss of blood en route to the hospital contributes to the danger of her dying, physicians state. WASHINGTON, D. C., June 4. The Muscle Shoa's issue, which has been the center of a bitter fight dur ing the entire session of Congress, will not be settled until next Decem ber. Supporters of Henry Ford’s bid faced with overwhelming odds, to day withdrew from their stand of de manding a vote at this session of Congress and submitted to an agree ment to allow the question to go over to the next session. WASHINGTON, D. C„ June 4. Senator Robert M. La Follette will not be formal y placed in nomination as a presidential candidate at the Republician convention at Cleveland, it was declared definitely today by his supporters. Under present plans it is under stood he will receive with nomination the vote of the Wisconsin delegates with one exception, and that the del egates supporting him will bring in his platform to be offered as a sub stitute for that presented by sup porters of President Coolidge. When the La Follette platform is voted down, his supporters wi 1 re main in the convention, but will re fuse to make the nomination of President Collidge unan : mous. Having sat out tho C'eveiand con vention, the supporters of the Wis consin senator are expected actively to begin to promote his campaign as an independent candidate for the presidency. Y’IDALIA, Ga., June 4.—The first car of dewberries of this season’s crop was shipped from this place, the car having been loaded to max imum for the best refrigeration by the local growers. The berries were of the Lucretia variety and were in the best condition to make the long trip to New York, having been matured in ideal weath er, without too much rain and having been all of local growth and loaded within a few hours after being pick ed. The market this season is consider ed good by the Dewberry Grower's Association, express shipments hav ing been yielding about $8 per crate of 32 quarts in near markets. It is thought that the big shipment of last night to the East should bring colse to sl2 as quotations received have been 40 to 50 cents per basket. It is thought that with continued good weather, a car can be loaded fcere every other day throughout tin season and another car has been or dered for loading tomorrow. STILLMORE, Ga., June 4.—Gov. Cliffod Waker, accompained by Hon J. Leonard Rountree, one of Eman -1 uel’s representatives, spent a short while in Stillmore shaking hands with 1 friends. Gov. Walker made the lit -1 erary address at the graduating ex -1 exercises of the Metter High School where an unsually large crowd was 'present to hear him. Tonight Gov.' I Walker delivered the literary address >at the graduating exercises of the Emanuel County Institute, at Gray mont-Summit. Gov. Walker has a large number of friends in this coun ty, having carried the county easily in the last race for Governor. DUBLIN, Ga., June 5.—C. E. i Thomas died here today from wounds made on his head when a Umber “dog” slipped out on a log he was I “snaking.” He was at work near the mill of O. J. Bender, seven miles from Irwinton, in Wilkinson County, and after getting medical aid in Irwinton he was rushed to a hospital in Dublin in hope that his life could be saved. He reached Dublin too late, however, I to be benefited and died within an j hour after getting to the hospital. His skull was crushed so badly noth ing could be done for him. Accord ing to the men who brought Thomas here, he was working by himse’f and no one saw him get hurt. He was found in about fifteen minutes, it is estimated, after the blow was struck, and he was never able to talk enough to say what happened to him. He was about 30 years of age and leaves | a wife and four children. CHICAGO., 111., June s.—The | grand jury hearing evidence against Nathan Leopold, Jr., and Richard | Loeb. millionairess’ sons and confes sed kidnapers and slayers of Robert Franks, schoolboy son of another Chicago mi’lionaire, was reported to have voted true bills tonight against each youth, charging murder and kidnaping for ransom, each crime punishable by death. | LONDON, June s.—An experimen tal crop of cotton grown in the Doug las district of South Africa has pro duced 120 pounds per acre, maturing in five month as compared with the seven months required in America, I according to the Daily Mail’s corres pondent in Capetown, South r \^ r ’ ca > he adds, now has hopes of soon be coming one of the world’s cotton pro ducing countries. GRAY, Ga., June 6.—Funeral ser-, vices were held here Thursday after noon for the aged victim of Jarrett Benford and Wade Johnson, Milledge vi’le youths held in the Bibb County Jail awaiting execution for the crime. They were convicted of criminal as- j sauit. The assault occurred the night of May 17, and the elderly woman, who wa s F 2 years old at the time, has been critically ill since that time, 1 gradually growing worse dai’y. Judge J. B. Park, of the Ocmulgee circuit, has fixed June 16 to hear a motion for a new trial. He will sit in a special term that day at Eaton ton. THOMASVILLE, Ga., June 6. An election for ‘fence or no fence’ for Thomas County has been called for July 2. This election will prob ably be a hard fought one, as the ori ginal petition for the election was attacked by a counter one, causing the petitioners to get busy and get a number more to sign it. There are many who feel that a “no fence” law will be the best so lution of the tick problem that has caused and is still causing, so much trouble to cattle owners. That there are farmers who oppose it and will work against it is shown by the num ger of names signed to the counter petition, but the advocates of it are preparing to put up a hard fight to carry it. SAVANNAH, Ga., June 6.—Savan- I nah citizens, many of them not mena j bers of the T. P. A., but friends of Albert Ehrlich, began preparations today to accord him a great demon strative welcome when he returns in a few days from Grand Rapids, where Ihe wa s elected president of the na tional traveling men’s organization, , receiving the votes of twenty-four of the twenty-eight states represented j solidly. ROCHELLE, Ga., June 6.—Mrs. , Edwin C. Sett’e, of Rochelle, was probably fatally injured and several other persons seriously hurt at 3:50 o’clock this afternoon when a west bound Seaboard extra freight train ran into a Hudson speedster at the crossing just East of the Rochelle de THE LYONS PROGRESS, LYONS, GEORGIA. pot. All the injured were carried to Plain in a private parlor car. The injured: Mrs. Roy Mil'igan, of Thomson, Ga.; Mrs. S. J. Brown, of Rhine; two of Mrs. Brown’s children, both small and a child of Mrs. Milligan. Mrs. Milligan’s baby was badly cut about the head, and Mrs. Brown and her children were cut and bruised. Mrs. Milligan was driving the car. I Mrs. Brown arid Mrs. Milligan are visiting their parents, Mr. and Mrs. ' Edwin Settles. SYLVESTER, Ga., June 6.—The .radius road breaking, the Ford tour , ing car driven by G. C. Wollard turn ,ed turtle at a curve in front of the home of C. H. Strangward, two miles north of Sylvester, about 4 o’clock this afternoon and all of the occu pants of the car were pined beneath it where they remained for about ten j minutes unitl assistance reached them. Woolard escaped with slight bruises while his wife suffered a broken co!- I lar bone. Mrs. Gilbert M. Pinson i has a broken ankle and her daughter, | Miss Agnes Pinson, is suffering se i verly with her back. | Mrs. Pinson and her daughter have I been rushed to the hospital in Al bany. WILKES-BARRE, Pa., June 6. Late reports from the Loomis Col liery of the Glen Alden Coal Com pany are effect that nineteen meen lost their lives in the explosion ' there today. Forty-two miners were j in this section of the mine where the disaster occurred and some of them j are said to be entombed. Glen Alden officials refuse to give 1 any information. Ten men are known to be dead ' and five seriously injured as a re sult of the explosion. The dead and injured have been removed from the mine. Rescue parties are still searching in the workings. I . CHICAGO, June 6.—lndictments i in the second federal grand jury in- I vestigation of the administration of the United States Veterans’ Bureau, under Co 1 . Charles R. Forbes, its for mer director, are reported to have been returned yesterday and sup pressed. John W. H. Crum, assistant attor j ney, general, who conducted both in , to divulge how , many indictments or what number of persons had been named. There were reports that one or more persons not named in the I previous indictments were involved in the latest grand jury report, but this could not be confirmed. A wo | man’s testimony in the case was said to have been given particular atten tion hy the present grand jurors, who , began their investigation Monday. j WASHINGTON, June 6.—A treaty , designed to suppress smuggling of liquor and narcotics across the Cana ! d an boundary was signed here today |by representatives of the American i and Candian governments. The agree ment, which has been under negotia tion for several months, was signed for the Unitel States by Secretary Hughes, and for Canada by Ernest LaPointe, the Candian minister of Justice. The ground work for the treaty ' was worked out at the Ottawa con ference, participated in by represen ■ j tatives of the Treasury and State De s partments and by officials of the > Candain departments concerned with 1 : enforcement of the liquor and nar- I cotic laws. Officials here expect it 1 , to result in a marked improvement ■ | in conditions along the border where 5 . many cases of smugging have been * j reported. ! j The convention is to take effect 1 ten days after the exchange of rati * fications and to remain in force for r one year with termination thereafter - on thirty days notice. JESUP. Ga., June 7.—The work on the Jesup Methodist Church edi -(fice is progressing rapidly and when -(Completed will be thoroughly modern f in all its appointments. * This being the first brick church - to be erected in Jesup, the enterprise i is one of unusual interest. j j -! WASHINGTON, D. C., June 7. , Last night the Senate passed the bill f of Representative Larsen, which I had been passed by the House earlier jin the day, to authorize the state | highway commission of Georgia to construct a bridge across the Oconee ! river, near where the Johnson and I Washington county lines touch that 1 stream. The measure is now in the hands of the President for his signature. This bridge is an impor tant link in the “Bee Line” highway between Savannah and Macon. ] AMERICUS, Ga., June 7. —In- j formed by officials of the state tax ' department that there exist in Sum ter county 12,500 acres that do not appear up on the county tax digest, the board of tax assessors here is j searching closely to discover these properties and restore every acre to the digest, at a reasonable valuation. Already it has been found that something like 3,000 acres of the missing land are embraced within the limits of incorporated towns in the county, and have been properly re turned as city property. However, there remains nearly 10,000 acres on ■ which it is said no taxes have been paid during many years. Every tax payer in the county who has not al ready done so will be required to re turn his lands for taxation by land ' lot and district numbers, and before the assessors conclude their labors, returns from each district will be checked against the actual number j acres lying therein, and proper as sessments required. ! BRUNSWICK, Ga., June 7.—Ac cording to information from Senator Harris to Mayor McKinnon, the United States navy will be represent ed at Brunswick on July 11 at the ! opening of the St. Simons Island j highway. Efforts are being made j to procure the attendance of airships 1 and planes of different styles, and ! Con; ressman Lankford and Senator i Harris are doing a‘l they can to aid ! the ! cals to accomplish this. | A -bore dinner and pageant de ' pic' t, the history of Glynn county 1 foi : voral centuries are planned. ! TOKIO, June 7.—Ruffians broke up t’ c Saturday night dance at the j Impi I hotel tonight, which was at tended by many members of the | foreign community, with a demon stration opposition to the exclus ion clause of the new American im migration law. Entering when the dance was at its he : ght, a band of 30 ronin, which translated means “politica 1 ruffians” ! took possession of the dance floor and made a number of bitter and profane anti-American speeches, which they punctuated by dances With naked swords drawn. Two American women fainted. The police made no move to end ’ the demonstration. According to re liable information they had known of the plans for it since 3 o’clock this afternoon. It is learned from au thoritative Japanese sources friendly to America that tonight’s demonstra tion is only part of a larger affair : which had been planned with the in ! tention of evicting al’l Americans from the country. LaGRANGE, Ga., June 7.—Four LaGrange boys were injured Friday i night when their automobile, said to have been traveling at high speed, 1 ran into, a pole and was wrecked. One of the sufferers crawled several hundreds yards to summan assist ance. J. W. Dorsey’s leg was broken, Will McCleton suffered internal in ; juries, Pat Bonowitch’s leg was bro ken in three places, and Leon Daniel, who was driving the machine, was bruised severe’ y. WASHINGTON, June 7.—Senator William J. Harris, of Georgia, today , indirectly announced his candidacy for re-elction by sending the requir ed entry fee of $250 to the Demo cratic state executive committee, in Atlanta. i PARIS, June 7.—For the first time : a valuable breeding horse was ship ' ped by airplane today. The animal ' was placed in crate to be flown to ' Amsterdam. ; NEW ORLEANS, June B.—With • the issuance last Monday of the gov ' ernment’s frist condition report of ' the season showing an average of 65.6 per cent, the lowest May 25 con dition, but one, on record, the ad : vance in cotton prices which has been • in progress for some time terminated i Right after the government’s condi i tion was made public October deliv eries buldged to 26.70 but this ad i vance brought out heavy relizing. s; As a result of this liquidation and in addition more or less short selling by those who baTieved that the •, weather had recently improved suf -1 j ficiently to enable the crop to im i prove to some extent, prices eased I off from the peak of the recent ad vance of more than a cent and a half a pound. LUDOWICI, Ga., June B.—When j President Coi'idge delivers the diplo ma.< the graduation exercises of the 125th annual commencement of Georgetown University, Washingotn, ' D. C., Monday evening, John L. Cbap- J man Jr., of this place will receive his i LL. D. degree. Young Chapman is well known here and the announce ment will be of interest to his many friends. He is the eldest so of Mr. and Mrs. John Chapman and is a graduate of the Ludow'ici High School. After being graduated from this school he took up the study of law at Mercer University, Macon, !ater going to Washington, where he entered Georgetown University. WASHINGTON, D. C., June B. Prewar interests rates appeared on government securities today with the announcement by the treasury of its June fiscal program. The operation includes an issue of $150,000,000 in certificates of in debtedness and indicates a cut in the public debt of $350,000,000. The new certificates will bear in terest at 2 3-4 per cent., the lowest rate this government has paid in any of its War or post-war financing and probably lower than that of any gov ernment during the period since the World War opened in 1914. The is- j sue is dated June 15 and matures next Dec. 15. Next in importance to the low in terest rate and the cut i* l the nation al debt is the indication given by the announcement of the treasury’s sat isfactory condition. While the low interest reffects the easy money mar ket and means the smallest outlay in interest that the government has born on borrowings since the Pana ma canal issue, the small amount for which it asks isr egarded as proof of the strengthened position the treas ury occupies. BLACKSHEAR, Ga., June B. Work on the third warehouse is pro gressing rapidly under the industry of the contractor, Mr. Pope. A party from North Carolina was here last week looking for a site for a fourth warehouse. The usually good crops in Pierce and neighboring counties, and the famed qua'ity of the leaf produced on Peirce county soil is at tracting a large number of inves tors from the old tobacco belt. CLEVELAND, June B.—Wayne B. Wheeler, general counsel of the Anti- Saloon League, came to town today bringing a federal law enforcement plank which he will seek to have pt’ac ed in the Republician party platform. Mr. Wheeler will appear before the »»*»■»»»» **++**++**++*** »»»»»»■» i I MONEY! MONEY! <• We have been in the loan business longer than anyone else ■ • !! in this County, and are still making loans on farm lands for The <• \ I Southern Mortgage Company. Our interest rate and commissions ' • » < are the cheapest. We are in position to have the inspections « • i •• made promptly, and can close the loan without delay. - i • i • • •» If in need of money on your farm, come to see us. « - ! 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The American Protective Tariff League, headed by Wilbur F. Wake man came out tonight indorsing the present tariff law and urged the adoption of the following tariff res olution by the platform makers: “The emergency tariff of 1921 and the general tariff of 1922 rescued over five million Aemrican citizens from unemployment caused by Dem cratic legislation and administration. We emphatically indorse the present tariff laws. “We be’ieve that prosperity fol lows the pay roll; we believe in the full dinner pail; we blieve in ade quate wages; we believe in adequate returns on capital whether in the farm, factory, mine, forest, ships, or any productive enterprise. “Our policy is that the republic shal 1 do its own work by and througr a permanent and adquate protective | tariff.” Platform declarations in favor of mainatining a full treaty strength navy and against any further reduct ions in strength of the regular army are understood to be for proposal to the resolution committee. The pro posed plank would deal with nation al defense and is understood to have the approval of Assistant Secretary I Rooseveft of the Navy Department, i and Senator Wadsworth of New York both of whom reached here today. MOULTRIE, Ga., June 9.—The first cotton bloom of the 1924 cotton crop was brought to Moultrie Satur day by A. G. May, who farms in the Berlin section. Mr. May declared that he had the finest cotton crop he has ever seen this date in June and that by following the DeLoach sys tem of calcium arsenate poisoning he was keeping the weevil under con trol. “(As a matter of fact,” Mr. May asserted, “the early infestation has been lighter than it has been any season since the weevil made its ap pearance in Southwest Georgia.” He attributes this fact to the long, cold winter and to the activity of army worms which destroyed the green stalks early last Fall, leaving the weevils nothing to feed on.