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“ THE LIVEST LITTLE DAILY IN GEORGIA"
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AMERICUS. GEORGIA. THURSDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 13, 1917
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LKSLIK, Ga., Sept. 12.—Leslie High
school opened September 10 with
bright prospects for a successful school
year. The large crowd present at the
opening session was most gratifying to
the faculty and school authorities, tlu
auditorium being crowded to its ca
pacity. The greater part of the first
session was spent in the delivery of
addresses by members of the board of
education and the members of the fac
ulty. Several ministers present also
participated in the exercises
The prospects for the coming year
are excellent, and it is expected the
various classes will be larger than
ever before in the history of the lo
intimation, pull a pUtol and shoot Walter Wade through cal schoo. All of the teachers were
he head*
she was relating an every day occurrence within her recol •
ried to Prevent the Shooting, and JThat Warren
Offered to do it if Dr. Chapman Wouldn’t-Her
Practically the Same as in Other Two Trials.
d time, Mrs. Yeartle Howell haB told a Jury in the Superior
county that she daw Dr. C. K. Chapman deliberately and
Howell coolly, without change of composure or a falter In her
. tllt . witness stand this morning and swore again that she
P murder of the young Leslie man. nnd that she even tried to
Implicated Warren 1. Johnson to a greater extent this time
previously done In her testimony.
r chapman trying to get something out of tills pocket, she
hainv told Wade to stqp the car. He was sorter fumbling
idldn’t know it was a pistol. Wien he pointed It I tried to
he lired. and Walter Wade fell over on the steering wheel,
haeman, who was on the front seat, sitting between John
1 Wade, took control of the car. While Dr. Chapman was get-
,1 put, Warren Johnson said: "If you won't ikll hint, give
and let me do it!”
man followed the woman’s testimony closely, hut at times he
fctht a' her temarsk, inliratlng that he thought some of her
iiileulously untrue. •1RPMW 1 ^ !
KMiniinut ion.
Mng cross-examination
ducted by Attorney
Howell never va-
ain story. She repeated
testimony in the
Ihe renicmebred clearly
was done or said that
the killing or after-
recollection about oc
her nights, and at other
about the same tiro®
very faulty. Time and
il say. “I don’t remcm-
a defiant witness when
v the defense,
ought to make her ad-
night of August 17th
ing with Hollis Hurley,
d Mi^s Willie Bridges,
hat the ride with these
n «•; the Tuesday night
lenied that there had'
y between she and Dr.
dinitted that she was
s son. Charlie. When
d been criminally inti-
atvr. she declined to
the state expressed
h the result of the
n However, the at-
defense declared they
> well pleased. They
weight of other testi-
ld brea kdown Mrs.
tail of th cevents of
h Walter Wade disap-
Ing first the ride taenk
Ige and Charles ('hap
paiiy with Miss Wll-
* stated when they
is trip she went with
•• Jr.. in an automo-
!>r. Chapman, John
Johnson and Walter
‘ on north Jackson
dm son. she said, was
hut did not enter the
u hit h the others were
started out tho An
amination, Attorney
to elicit from
1 she had a pecuniary
case.
that ihe father-in-law
liven her a check for
«he said that was all
had received, and that
‘ her to influecno
ln . any particular. She
p w as not associated
detective, in working
that she had not re-
V from him.
The Scene.
point just beyond tho
lle y place, in what Is
Wheatley bottom, the
!<1 that I)r. Chapman
Was driving, to stop
f would all g*t out and
,r Chapman, the wlt-
l * s|; tlng on the rear
between her and W. i.
Johnson.
Mrs. Howell asserted that as Wade
bent over to pull the levers to stop
the car, Dr. Chapman pulled a pistol
from his pocket, half rose from his
seat and fired two shots into Wade’s
body from behind. Wade fell forward,
she said, and Charles Chapman. Jr.,
who was sitting beside him on the
front seat, took the steering wheel and
guided the car out of the main road
into a small pine grove at the side.
Walter Johnson with anothe rman on
the seat beside him, then drove up be
side the big car in aFord and Mrs.
Howell was told to get into the smaller
machine. The witness claims she was
given a hypodermic Injection of some
drug by Dr. Chapman at this point
and then both cars turned back to the
main road and proceeded northward
toward Andersonville.
rMs. Howell stated that both cars
carrying the entire party and the dead
body of Walter Wade ekpt on until the
Flint river bridge between Oglethorpe
and oMntezuma was reached, when the
Ford car driven by Walter Johnson and
arrying the other unidentified man and
Mrs. Howell, stopne dat one end of the
bridge and waited until the large car
came bae.k after driving some distance
on the bridge.
The witness went on to describe the
return trip to Americus. stating that
the cars stopped at a point on the road
and she heard some of the men ask if
“those thin vs” had been thrown out.
They then came on to Americus, she
said, and stopped again ut a house on
North Jackson street, where the party
gout out of the big car, and Charles
Chapman. Jr. took it away and came
bac kon foot after a few minutes. He
then took her home in the Ford car
she declared.
Mrs. Howell asserted that some time
after this occurrence she was asked
U go on a fishing trip to the Flint
river by W. I. Johnson, but declined,
as she was afraid.
Vnder cross examination, Mrs. How
ell maintained her composure and stat
ed that She was not certain whether
or not on the auto ride with Etheridge
and Charles Chapman. Jr., they turned
Into |ec street from Lamar street.
They traversed Lee street at some
point, however, she said.
Lee street, at the time of the inci
dents testified to, was closed on ac
count of paving operations.
With Mrs. Howell a testimony, the
state closed Ita case, and when cour
re-assembled after the noon recess, At
torney Hollis Fort presented the de
fendant's case to the Jury, the examint-J
tlon of witness® beginning “tnedtate
ly. The first witness was 1). U
of Macon, who testified he s.w VNarre*
Johnson In that city on the night Wade
la alleged to have been killed.
At h^t-paat three o'clock the exam
ination of wltneiaea continued, w
about seventy-live yet to testify.
IESLIL HIGH SCHOOL
m great prospects
present at the opening, and enthus
iastic over their work. The curricu-
um this year will be of unusual inter
est, several new features having been
introduced.
The new principal and his corps of
teachers are putting forth every ef
fort possible to raise the standard of
the school here, and the people
Leslie feel grateful at being able to
again secure such an efficient music-
teacher as Miss Helen Ar*o, of Amer
icus, who will be with the school an-
o*her year.
The present faculty is composed of
seven members, and is as follows:
Prof. V. L. Broyles, of Knoxville,
Tcnn.. principal; assistants. Misses An
nie Clair Ranew, Lucile Green, of Les
lie; Miss Nettie McCartney, of Tifton;
Miss Lettie Frier, o Rochelle, and
Mrs. J. J. Taylor.
SAYS ENTRY IF I. S.
SALVATION OF AlllES
LONDON, Sept. 12.—Boar Law at
luncheon given today to Medlll McCor
mack, congressman-at-large from Illi
nois. said: “In every military feature,
tl.e Germans have shown remarkable
results* amounting even to genius, but
in dealing with questions affecting hh-
man nature they have repeatedly made
mistakes, which have been the salva
tion of the Entente. No mistake was
so great as that which drove the
I’nited States into the war. Without
the financial assistance of the United
States, the Allies would today ben a
disastrous condition.”
IS. J.6. COWAN DIED
SUDDENLY LAST EVENING
Mrs. J. G. Cowan died al he resi
dence on West Furlow street Tuesday
night at 11:40 o’clock. She awoke and
told her husband she was in pain, and
he at once called a physician, but she
died before medical assistance arrived.
She bad been ill for several days and, nont."
a baby Just two weeks old
IS
IN THE SENATE
HIS AMENDMENT TO ALLOW SOLD.
IEK.S TO VOTE ON FOREIGN SER
VICE IS DENOUNCED HV THE
COMMITTEE.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 12.-
The senate military committee did an
unusual thing today when, in adverse
ly reporting an amendment, it varied
from the formal language of the ordi
nary committee report sufficiently to
denounce In unmeasured terms the pur
poses of the amendment.
The amendment was one introduced
by Senator Hardwick, of Georgia, pro
viding that the consent of all draft
ed men should be obtained before they
are sent abroad for military duty.
In reporting down the amendment,
the committee said that the effect of
its proposal was calculated to have was
bad, and added:
“A situation arising which would en
courage opposition to the selective
draft act will place our country In ex
treme peril at a time when all should
be united in a common cause.”
No such rebuke for any senator is
recalled as ever having ta^nk place in
congress before.
NEXT DRAFT FOR
WHITE MEN ONIY
GREAT WAR CROPS IS
FORECAST OF REPORTS
ENORMOUS INCREASE IN CORN
AND WHEAT INDICATED—VlELD
OF CORN WILL DEPEND UPON
FROST.
WASHINGTON, September 12.—The
great war crops of the United States
continue to boom September estimates
announced by the government today
shows gains over the forecaster Aug
ust 1st in ail grains. The entire wheat
crop promises to bring 667,000,000
bushclB as compared with 640,000,000
bushels last.
The promise 1 corn yield of three
and a quarter million bushels is de
pendent upon escape from an early
frost, but in all events the yield will
be largo.
The Increase in spring wheat esti
mates of 14,000,000 bushels over the
August forecast Is based upon greater
yields resulting from threshing in
Minnesota and Iowa, than had been
expected.
Fruis—apples and peaches—show a
falling off from the average.
AMERICUS DARK CASES
WILL BE TRIER SDDN
It is announced from Macon that the
Americus bank cases will be tried at
the next term of the United States
court, with Judge Evans presiding. The
ould will not be held in several weeks.
ATLANTA, Ga., Sept. 12.—There
will be no negro selectmen included in
the 40 per cent, of Georgia's quota,
which will begirt 1fndvcmr«»* 'to Camp
Gordon on the 19th of this month. Ev
ery white man in Georgia, though who
has been drawn and not exempted by
the local or district board will go to
camp either on the next 40 per cent,
call or the final 15 per cent, order.
Chances are that practically every on®
or them in Georgia will be directed to|g ( . t ) ier w jth the scarcity of cotton-
report for service the five days be* j picking labor, has had tho e{Tect of re
ginning on the 19th of this month. j during the receipts for the season.
The state military department,! ■ — —
through which the system of bringing
the men to camp is being handled, has
5.000 BALES ARE
SOLDJERE SB FAR
Fifty-five hundred Sumter county
raised bales of cotton have been
brought to the local warehouses dur
ing the present season.
The tecelpts are as fallows at the
vurious warehouses:
Council's 2,600
Harrold’s .* 514
Parker's ....-• 750
Dudley’s 47
Commercial 1,510
The decline ln the cotton market, to-
received the following direction by j
wire from General Crowder:
“Send 40 per cent, of your quota to
mobilization as oriignally planned, be-j
ginning Sept. 19. This installment is;
t-i he made up exclusively of wtiltej
PROGRAM ARRANGED FOR
CENTRAL BAPTIST CHURCH
The following is the program
ranged for the meeting at Central Bap
tist church Thursday night at 7:45
(■'clock:
Organ prelude
Hymn, “Onward Christian Soldlera.”
Prayer.
Reading by Miss Ruth Britton..
Resume of work done by R. L. May-
rard.
. , , , Hymn, “I love Thy Church, Oh
' Till- means that the state of Georgia j „
Surviving her are her husband and; must supply 40 per cent, of IS,32. rnenj Ta|k ^ j rtheppar d.
two children, one girl and one boy,jin nvt (lays, beginning Sept. 19. To, ^ ^ to any ono.
mother, Mrs. M. F. Harper, of Atlanta; | make up that required Installment and j ()frer|n! ,
brothers. Al Harper, of East St. meet the conditions which obtain In a Bi , ned|ct , on _
men. To compensate for oral boards j
in which the proportion of negroes
far predominates as to prevent send-:
Ir.g 40 per cent, of their quotas addi-j
tional white men must be sent fronr
other boards, completing the 40 per-
cent, of the quota for the entire statoj
cr» the scheduled dates of entrain-
I amis, HI.; Frank Harper, of Belle
ville, Kansas; Nesbit Harper, of 1.1-
thla Springs, Ga.; Henry Harper, of
Atlanta. Ga.; George Harper, of Char
leston, S. C.; Herman Harper, of Ha
vana. Cuba; six sisters, Mrs. G. G.
Weird, of Albany. Ga.; Mrs. J. T. Ham-
brick, of Abbeville, S. C.; Mrs. T. R.
Whitler and Mrs. S. Abercrombie,
o,' Douglasvllle, Ga.; Mrs. O. P. Heeley,
or Andrews. N. C.; Mrs. C. 1). Mayfield.
Cupper HiU. Tenn.
The remains were carried to Jones-
boro on the 1:40 train this morning for
Interment in Jonesboro cemetery.
Mrs. Cowan was 33 years of age, a
most lovable and Christian woman, and
during her short residence in Americus
has made many friends who deeply
sympathlxe with the grief stricken rel
atives in their, their sad hour or
trouble.
Finch With Allison FaruMnre Uo.
j F. Finch, who has been connected
with the Dudley Bonded Warehouse
here, has resigned his position with
this concern to accept a place with fhe
Allison Furniture Co., taking up his
new duties today. Many friends wish
him successful service with his new
employers.
Mad Dog Killed.
A dog snapping and foaming at the
mouth, with every Indication of having
abies, was killed by Policeman Lowrey
late Tuesday afternoon on east For
syth street. So far as Is known the
dog had not bitten any one, but those
number of counties, there will be nec. | MuhI( . refreshments and soeial
esslty to mack the allotment come trom !| lour
the state as u whole, without confine
ment to county lines.
The compilation will be made so that
the department will not send to the
comp or. this call white men In any
cases where there Is an clement of
doubt that they would have to go Into
the service at this time, because of
their number being very far down the
list. If the pending and undisposed of
exemption claim cases would change
that status when passed upon. In
making up the next 4# per cent.
though, It will require practically ev-
ery certainly available white select
man left In the state.
The reason for making the compila
tion fro mthe slate os a whole, In
stead of on the basis of 40 per cent,
from each county. Is Illustrated In the
irstance of Chatham county, where
Jiearly 90 per cent, of the remaining
men drown and passed puon arc ne
groes. This being the case—and it is
sc. In a good many of the counties In
the lower part of the ntate In less de
gree—the difference will be made up
by drawing more heavily on counties
U the upper section of the state for
white men, thus In a way dliregardlng
TO |
ADVANCE ON PETROGRAD; HIS
TROOPS UNABLE TO RETREAT
Russia is on Verge Bloody Civil War-District of Moscow^ He
dared to be in State of War—Komiloff Makes Pr ockna
tion; Says Provisional Government Controlled by, Ceiraans
I’ETROGRAD, Sept. 12.—It Is unofficially announced that
Kerensky himself Is going'to become commander-ln-chlef of the
armies, taking the field In active command.
PETROGRAD, Sept. 12.—In the first contest between the rebeUlma
troops tinder General KornllolT, who Is trying to seize control of the «*—-
slan government, and the soldiers of the provisional government the
were victorious.
The provisional troops outmancuvered the Kornlloff troops by ad
vancing on Petrograd and cutting off their retreat.
Tho Associated Presa correspondent Is unofficially Informed that Use
towns of Pakoff and Ducas are In pos- sesslbn of the Kornlloff soldiers.
It Is reported that one of the array commanders who attempted te
lead his men Into the Kornlloff revolution has been arrested.
MaJ.-Gen. Bonch Bruvovltch has been named commandor In -*4rf
succedlng Kornlloff.
Alexander GuchoR, former minister of war, has arrived at Moscow and
addressed the municipal council there, urging the people to defend tha-
provisional government. ,
General ValuvenoR, commander on the western front, has joined Get.
KornlloR In n proclamation published yesterday.
KorniloR says that the provisional government Is under the influence
of the German general staR. He savs he wants nothing for himself. —*
that he has the support of the higher commanders.
A state of war has been declared In the entire town and district of
Moscow!
The central committee of the Constitutional Democratic party haste-
formed Kerensky that Its members have agreed to joining a recons
cabinet In roder to avqld a bloody civil war.
LIEUT. JEROME PICKETT U. S. TROOPS IN FRANCE
MAKES REMARKABLE RISE SEE BIG SHAM BATHE
Sumter county friends and relativos HEADQUARTERS OF THE .
of Jerome Pickett, son of Mr. and Mrs. , CAN , ARMy Jn Francc a _
M. P. Pickett, of Hattiesburg, Miss , 1 -. . , .
will be Interested to learn of his ,u -! TherC W “ not “ ,ln8,e American Sma
rts* In the army. | n 'y toda Y who wasn '« willing to ate»
Enlisting four years ugo in the regu- right out under French gun (Ire aaad
lar army as a private, ho Is now a first go at the Germans. Yesterday'S ea-
lleutenant, and has been sent to h | blt | on of Fronch artillery fire rate
France. I a deep improselon on the men.
All of Lieut. Pickett s grandparents i
were prominent In this county. Hls| Thousands of American soldier, art
maternal grandfather was tho late ° n the rim of a mammoth amphStaa
flap!. Samuel McGarruh and hla pater- tre and watched French guns 1
tl crandfather was the late Major M. « big section of the peaceful ca
Pickett. [side In what was probably the i
Lieut. Pickett has a number of rcla-■ . , ...
.... .. ... .. i .i-.. est mock artillery battle ever i
tives in this section. Hla unusual rise
it. the army, going from tho ranks to Stretching across a valley a j
ar " an officers' place and making a distlnc- wide, through alternating ereess
tlve record all along the line Is very brown stripes like a carpet wens
gratifying to them. “Mackenson,” “LudendorR’’ and ‘
.. ~ ~ preclit" trenches. When the i
Red ( mss at Kllavllle. | y ...
Wednesday, September 12th, Is Red bind the 'American ilnps
Cross Day In Kllavllle, Mayor Rogers, rear, the trenches were hidden bal
Williams lias called a mass meetinga t geyseys of smaoke and shattered ■
the courthouse In Kllavllle, to be held j General sibert and other
Wednesday afternoon at 3 o’clock, at and French generala observed the
which Red Cross addresses will he! bombardment from a point near ■
made and the work thoroughly outlln-1 field telephone, where messages to tee
cd nnd discussed by Red Cross work- j batteries were sent, demanding aas
Stephen Pace, of this city, will ever-increasing fire.
be present and make an address, and
will bo his desire to carry other
Red Cross workers wilt him to the
meeting to help In the enthusiasm of
the gatherin'?.
Kllavllle School Opens Sept. I*.
BLLAVILLE, Ga., Sept. 12.—The El-
Ipville school will open Sept. 17. The
new building will be ready then. The
approachidg school year promises «»i, M “7 t ' w „ noted one aUke of
he a banner one In every respect. A|
who saw him are convinced the animal! curse In domestic science and arts will
was mad. be one of the new features of the!
The American soldlera only
ed the "front” end of this
Rat. The guns themselves wens
tloned ln a forest, hidden from
eyes. The American did see on
of the artillery warfare when
nition limbers, deceptively
ed, scurried along a nearby road.
Interest of the troops In the
bardment was Intense. Toward
county lines.
Beginning, on Oct. 3, and running five
days thereafter, another call will be
made for 40 per cent. and on that al-
lottment there will be sent to camp
negroes only, this plan being designed
to work ou the entire colored contin
gent of selectmen and throw them Into
training at ons time. That leaves to
be supplied by the state only the re
maining 15 per cent., which will take
In the few remaining white men and
the negroes as well. When that 15
per cent, is directed to report for duty
th? order or movement will be such
that the negroes will proceed to Camp
Gordon on one day and the white men
on a different day.
HI bool this year. The addition of an
eleventh grade gives EUaville a four-
year course In high sehool.
Cold Snap Not To r«ntlnne.
WASHINGTON, I). C.,' Sept. 11.—
A cold snap extending from the Miss
issippi lo the Atlantic seaboard as
far north ae Virginia, Is expected to
moderate tomorrow. Rising tempera
ture Is predicted.
entanglements remained untouched. 4
command was telephoned to tea fm
ners. Another single roar—and te
stake and Ita tangled wires vanished-
COUNTY CAME KIRK
M'MATR REAPPOINTED
♦ THE WEATHER.
Jndge W. T. McMatb has reeefvad
•f e bis re-appointment ae game «*4
Vfoi Sumter county.
f 1 bTo appointment Is a flattering *
FOR AMERICU8 AND VICIN- ♦,as Judge MpMath had not applied I
♦ 1TY: FAIR TODAY AND TO- ♦ the position. The notice came CraaaI
♦ NIQHT. 4 new state game warden. W. J- HW.
♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ + 444 Colombo*.
ALlTHE (NEWS OF AMERICUS AND SUMTER COUNTY