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PRESS NEWS OF
THE WORLD j
fcrty-third YEAR—NO. 6.
(£gj£pUlU5HEP IN THE
heart DlxiE~te?
AMERtCUS, GEORGIA, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY I'D, 1921.
WEEKLY
EDITION
. : — ■ - ” ’ ~«-. MW w.v, rmiw/sm iu, 1»Z1. PRICE FIVE CENTS.
Alabama Governor Calls On Peonfe In Coal Strill
“MOTHER OF FI FVFM WnM’T TCT i ur\\u nt\\irnroc>7^ci ISTr « it— r .
** “MOTHERS OF ELEVEN WON’T TELL HOW
SHE WORKED BABYlHOAX ON HUSBAND
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pi
CONGRESS SITS
SOLEMNLY AND
CANVASSES VOTE AIMED AT WHITE
Finishing
To El,
inn
Touches Put
tion Of Hard-
Coolidjre
IN, Fob. 0. _ War
irding, of Ohio, and
Calvin Coolidg®, of Massachusetts,
wore formally declared today by
congress to homcied Jiresident and
vico-prosidcnV TO* tbo (United States "'■"'i:' vrnue,
for four ycata ticginnilig next Slnrch y irtu * ,y demanding hia resignation,
had been obtained by National Cone
rilleti t|e final chapter mitc f«an Thomas E. Love, of Tex
if the 1920 prosiden
BLAMES TEXAN
FOR ROUND ROBIft
Committcewoman Says
She Signed By Mis
understanding
CLEVELAND, Feb. 0. — Mra. A.
B. Pike, Democratic national com
mlttccwoman from Ohio, issued a
statement today -In widen sho declar
ed her signature to the letter sent to
National Chairman George White,
Mrs. South, of Atlanta.
Says She Did And
Lets It Go
ATLANTA, Feb. 9—‘‘How did you
manage.to deceive your husband?”
That’s the question everybody
would like lo have Mrs. F. K. A.
Sauth answer.
She fooled her htivlmnd, a gro
cery employe, into believing that 11
ehildren whom she had taken into
their home in 14 year* were her
own. The truth that she had adopt
ed them came out only after she an
nounced at 52 that' sffn had given
birth to New Year triplets.
“That’s my business,” said Mrs.
South, when the question wai put
pointblank lo her, “but I managed it
all right.”
i don’t sec yet how she put it
over on me/’ say# the mystified
Soth, who has ardernd his wife to
give un the triplets, although ho has
agreed to keep six other children.
Two adopted babies died.
“I rather V marvcl at Mrs. South’.;
success in deceiving her husband.”
# t ays Mrs. M. T. Mitchell, s upcrinten.l-
ent of the maternity hospital Horn
which Mra. South ndjpted the young-
tters. The triple*< were not related,
but were born about the xame time. |
Oth«r Instance*.
nut Mrc„ South is not the only in- |
stance of this kind, according to Mra 1
Mitchell. Says she:
“I am pretty aurc there are other, j
cases In which n woman has taken a !
baby from the hospital and pa red it '
off as her own, keeping tho ceeret J
even from her husband.
“Ill many other casen only thtr.hus-
band and wife know that the baby is
adapted. Their friends are never
told of the circumstances of the ba
by’s birth.”
Mrs. Mitchell explain* that women
come to Atlanta from distant cities. ) Legion’s executive committee h-»«
They tell neighbors that they will be , today by Abel Davis, Chic.agfc chair
gone several months. j man of the hospilalization c inimit
Husband goes after the wife and ! tee.
When they return with u new baby, j “As a result the work of tin
the community accepts the baby as Legion in soldier Velief mstterr
the couple’s own. . i being greatly handicapped,
“Mrs. South made a mistake,” says ; Davis, who added that'at th
Mrs. Mitchell, “when she gave so , land convention the “bore;
much publicity to the ‘birth’ of the us to a frazzle in
triplets.
Tim scene was laid
of tlto house of repro
tho Democratic Vico
ill presiding. The
canvassing of the
[cast by the elcctora
iber 2—404 for the
— ™„Jdates and 127* for
the Democrat!*;'candidates, former
Governor Jnmtfa M. Cox, of Ohio,
and Franklin Jp. Roosevelt, Hyde
Park, New Yoflc.
The recording of the votes was-at
tended by alL tho formality and
solemnity prctjribcd by the consti-
not only were pre.-t-
nf tho senate and
relatives and friends
il candidate!,
polished mahogany
ith rosewood and hol-
lunib actors in the
iratic government,
president’s desk,
wle official ballots of
the electors of the forty-eight states.
In alphabetical older, beginning with
Alabama’s vote, Iht returns, large
envelopes blazing with seals, were
opened by the VMfc-president, handed
to the senate a^inouse tellers—one
as, through misundcittanding.
Mrs. Pike, who was appointed by
Chairman White on tho committee,
which will meet next week in Waslv
ington to set a date for a reorganiza
tion meeting, telegraphed White
last night that she was a '‘firm and
staunch supporter” of his and re
quested that her signature on the
round bobin bo disregarded.
(Copyright, 1921, by Newspaper Enterprise Association.)
Mr, nnd Mrs. F. E. A. South, t he triplet* that resulted in South
learning that hit wife had deceived him into believing that It other
children were their own, and three of ther children of the South family.
Republican and . oho Democrat repre
senting each bod^—and road to the
ecorded. V|
in of the Announce
ments and tally. Vice-President Mar
shall declared formally that Mr.
Harding had been chosen president
and Mr.' Cpolidge, vice-president—in
official language that the announce
ment should “be deemed a sufficient
declaration of the persons Elected
president nnd vice-president of the
United States .each for a term bo
ginning March 4, 1921.”
The joint session today was order
ed by resolution of both senate and
house. At 1 o’clock, led by two sen-
Second Longest Bridge
In World Is Opened
ANCHORAGE, Aliuka, Fob. 0.—
Traffic has been opened over the
Susitna river railroad bridge, said lo
be the second largest single span
bridge in the world, it was announc
ed hero today. The span ia 504 feck
long and waa erected in tempera
tures averaging 40 degrees below
zero.
In Hurricane Gulch a 854 foot
cantilever span will be swung into
place next July.
Jthe government railroad is now
completed 355 miles from Fairbanks,
leaving only* 80 miles less between
the ends of the steer to bo connect
ed this year. Trains are now cross-
ing the Tanana river on tho ice. A
700 foot span will be required to
bridge the Tanana, •
G SAYS WALKOUT
COSTSPEOPLE
HUGE SUM DAIL1
PARIS, Feb. 0, —. Germany it
now exceeding hAr pre-war produc
tion of eoal tar dyes, according to
dye experts attached to the repara
tions commission, who declared that
by the end of the current month she
will have anrpasaed any previous
monthly production of fine chemidats.
Sumter Health Report
Pleases State Official
Dr. B. F. Bond, county commis
sioner of health, was pleaud yester
day to rcceivo the following letter
from the state department of health:
'Dr. B. F. Bond, Commissioner of
Health, Americui, Ga.
“Dear Dr. Bond: I wish to con
gratulate you on your school work
for tho month of January. I ob
serve that you examined 498 school
children, and that you were able to
CHARGES U. S. ‘PACKS’
LEGION COMMITTEES
j As a Result Soldier, Relie f Work Is Being Greatly
Handicapped, Hospitalization
Chairma n Says.
WASHINGTON, Fob. 9—Charge, recommended to statu divisions of
that government bureaus having to Legion# they refrain from appoint-
do with roldfor relief are “packini- inlt Kovernment bureau employe* on
. , . . , committees,
committees of American Legion with | | )av j H to j d the
committee that for-
bureau employes who arc members of „, cr fBrvicc , llcn Bro ht . inK kcpt in
tho legion were made before ttic* { I'rtvate hospitals that arc “inde-
which con-
atc pages carrying tha ballot boxes, children, and that you were able to
the rcnnlc, following the vicc-presl-l ^ V9 22 dcfccts of teeth and three of
dent nntf escorted by its #crgeant-at-{ corrected.
.— . .. “This is one of the beat school
, Fcribably filthy
ditions urc terrible.
1 He charged that after the men
j were •placed in such hospitals they
left without vh.it* or im.pcclions by
arms, secretary and other officials,
proceeded lo the house chamber,
where they were announced with
ceremony, the house membership ris
ing ms the senatorial party entered.
Ar. prescribed by law, the vice-presi
dent took charge of the session, with
Speaker Gillette seated at his left
nnd the senators *t the right of the
chamber.
Warns Galleries.
In opening the ceremonies Mr Mar
shall gave the usual'warning against
demonstrations by the spectators, a
warning which always has been hon
ored in the breach until the galleries
lost their enthusiasm under the verb
al procession of formal announce
ments by their four tellers.
Tho votes canvassed today were
records wc have reported for tho
month of January. -Yours very truly,
“W. F. HAYGOOD.
“Director, Diviaion of County Health
Work, State Hoard, of Health."
Gen. Smuts And Party
South Africa Victors
PRETORIA, Feb. 9.—General
Smuts, prime minister of the Union
df South Africa, was elected to the
assembly from the district of Pre-
ria, west, in the election held yoi-
terdoy.
Returns received up to early to
day indicated the South African par
ty. under the leadership of General
Smuts, had won a victory. *
The victory of the Sinut r party ia
ingmen voted against the tfeccvjtoh
irsue riffled by General Hertzog nnd
ca>t last January 10 by the electors
oieting in their respective states and
have since been arriving almost daily
- w—... I Hcato” rcturn« r *al*o "have * beon St by General Hurt** ,.n«
■sub! rUP T iL ‘ nt ,'i tlVCS .? f lhc l ' ul ’ iic , Hcalth lhy mall an,I thn law require., that „! ' ,ld .” ot !»* much attention to the
C |“ '“. crvie ®- H “ “ r< 7!" rt , uf « '“7- third set bo filed with the Federal ‘■ rt ‘ onnl f MU “ "““ed by the labor
mg to veterans relief and th. Legion ^nujcy^onUiningJrugs and™*. «
LUMPKIN
HEAD SHOOTS
SELF; DERANGED
Had Been Acting Queer-
ly Several Days, Is
Report
LUMPKIN, Feb. 9 —E. L. Braw-
ncr, president of the Bank of Lump
kin, shot himself in the head here
early today. Inflicting a wound which
it is believed will prove fatal. He
remained unconscious 3 hours before
dying. The tragedy took place in tt|p
cemetery, located near his home.
Brawner had been acting queerly
1 more than a week past, and
upon tho advice of her physician,
Mrs. Brawner had been observing
his actions closely, but today he suc
ceeded in eluding-her for a few min
utes, when he shot himreif. He left
home at his ususl hour this morning,
going to tho bank, where ho remained
only n short while. From there he
wont to the cemetery, where ho ehol
himself. The deed is believed hero
to have been caused by a temporary
mental condition.
Although auditors of the state
banking department had boen work
ing on tho books of the bank during
several days, their inspection was not
unusual, and this circumstance :s be
lieved to havo had no connoction with
Brawncr’s attempt at self-destruc
tion.
It was insisted this afternoon by
other officers -of the bank that the
condition of that institution was most
excellent, and would continue In op
eration, there being no connection
between its condition and the deed
of Ite president.
Several weeks aga, yeggmen blchr
open the outer doqrs of the vault of
Brawtier’s bank and secured a qu(n-
tity of Liberty bonde and securities
belonging to patrons of tho bank, but
tho funds of the institution were not
molested, these being kept in a treas
ure safe insido the big vault.
Mr. Brawner waa onk of the most
prominent men of the community,
and the news of his death waa a great
shock. Ho was worshipful master of
the Masonic lodge and one of the
most devout and influential members
L h , e ®* pti ? 1 church - Ho number
ed hie friends by tho hundreds, not
only hero but elsewhere throughout
Georgia.
He was 47 years of age end ror
vived by his wife whp was Miss Allic
Collins, of Omaha, Ga.
The funeral wiH be held from the
residence at 1:30 o’clock Thursday
afternoon, in charge of the Masonic
order, with interment at Omaha at
3:30 o'clock.'
Fiftds Union Recognition
Only Serious Matter
Of Difference
MONTGOMERY, Ala., Fib. !>.
In a statement issued today (lover
nor Kilby called upon tho people of
Alabama to apeak “in plain, positivT
and unmistakable’’ terms of (he -
strike situation, whfeh he cMB
ns “intolerable” and costin': lhc tax
payers of tho stale $100,000 month
ly. He says ho sees “only two posli
silile immediate remedies” fur. tho
situation nnd "unfortunately there
is no laws on the statute looks to
force lhc adoption of citli r plan.’’
Tile remedies he suggested arc first,
recognition, direct or Indirect, of
the United Mine Workers of Ameri-
ca by the' coal operators; second,
publication of a state by Alabama
labor lenders nnd their attorm
that they no longer eodsul violali
of the state through, picketing
otherwise and that nil worldg^^l
he allowed to pursue their vo
followed by the immciliatr
drawnl from Alabama .of I
the United Mine Workers ...
labor agitators from other at
Governor Kilby says he h
in constant conference wit]
officials and represei
coal operators since
called September .lest and
effort looking towards a ; j.,
of tho controversy has been i
Ho soys further effort to
about nn agreement “would I
ar.d effort wasted and wo
utterly futile." The gover
he finds tho only rericus
between tho operators am'
the question of rccognit
union nnd that this
the strike.
Kiv/nnis I
. Head.;
About forty laembi ’ i of
criciis Kiwanis club nnd lad
go to Cordclo Thursday aft'
to attend the charter in
dinner there Thursday flight,
affair will bqgin nt is
eastern time,' or 7:3u Ann ric
The parly's can: -..-ill a: sen.
front of tho Windsor hotel
4:30 o’clock so as ta i
in a bodjr. Tho Coin,
tion is expected to.atrii
join (he Amcricuo
Governor “Bob’’ ....
Innta,' Kiwanis district
expected to reach Arne,
afternoon Crritrnl train .
where ho wjll hold a co
"'hurtday morning, nnd 'i
Cordelc with tho Ami lieu:
ians. The Ameritus club i
rent of the Cordelc club, an
will be i fhown special c
this occasion.
Brooklyn Chtirchc*
Guarded From p
attributed to the fuct that the work- Mdiw t??*. , by . < ’ 0 '' rnor
ingmen voted against the aercMinh ^ gmn .f rriv !? ,r . today to
Trooos Called Out In
N. Y. Street Car Strike
ALBANY, n7y„ Feb. 9. — State
troop# ordered hero by Governor
p secret for- * wondered h'»w it was done.”
After hearing Davis the cxccutiv
; colics of. all .sorts w*
; and unguarded.
“I would have kept he
ever.
“However. I must keep my-ho-pitnl j
tell the truth when ail investigation j McAdoo Denies He Will Station Agents’ Union
is started.” , Handle Mexican Roads ~ *
Differences Past.
Mrs. South and her husb<and have
Easterners Start Move
For Daylight Saving Act
NEW YORK# Feb. 9.—Represent
made up their differences following i liam G. McAdoo, former American j in behalf of the Brotherhood
“Having to work for theThildren f"'$"u n “tod SUtralonMrt after n I ^ ^ allroad Sttlti '”’ -'tientf, an Inde-
made my hnshand »>better nlan,” , week’s visit to Mexico, said Ihh trip :’’"f 0 .’’ 1 , rt !‘ ««»m*atlon. was pro-
’To/ 1 .”- 1 Soull, - 1 had been cnc of pleasure and wa.: i,€ntcd *°. lhc K.iUron l Ubor Board
ones always been a good wife— not connected with business. ; lodfy In the hearing of the contro-
•nd mother, too, ’says Mouth. j McAdoo ilijiird he had entered ’ “vec tim rules and working
And we love our daddy and our “'into any negotiations with the McX- c °nditions. The .spokesmen asked
mamma; they're always good to us,’ . Jean Kovcrnmtnt for the administra-l «P"clf'cal!y for three rules which the
chorus the children. • | tion or supervision of the repabill- »desires incorporated in
I nil agreement* with the railroads—
.! time and cue-half for all time over
in the nation'* history. _
A custom of procedure followed .w.vna ren. a—Kcpreae.,1
today as usual in the joint eongres-j atives of many eommereinl organixa-
w .„„„ ’:" ,nIlI 1 <*»«»«• war. an opportunity tionn within the rnstom lime rnm'
Demands 8-Hour Day % n v r ,on A^
was announced, the vice-president providing for five months of dajUight
MEXICO CITY, l'eb. 9. - Wil- I CHICAGO, "ndTl _ Evideneo T/reT'* 1, ° ,C vict -P r «’' i * Ief > t l> r ovi<iing for five months of dajUighi
•™ «• McAdoo. former American ! In hehnlf 'of he Rrofh h! , 'LTj ”” LYJ?* 1™'"*- ™? "**.***. ** *!■
i (alien of the railroad system.
# # * lauon oi uie rauroau system. ; y ‘
Ucorgia-Flcrida Asks Conversation# with government of * ut «*• over
rinan-mre Pgyrmi’l i trials canccming the railroads, he t , hour#;'time and one-half for
rinancing a crmit j declared, were merely incidental to | Sunday# and holidaVa; established
ura.q if vvsvrnv v„u H ^ the trip and were in nowicc “eig. [ un,verfa V ru * e ^ or vncations P*>’-
WASHINGTON, Feb
Georgia-Florida Railroad Company
hn# applied to the Interstate Com
merce commbsion for p?rmi«#icn to
isue certificate of ind<rbtcdne : i of
41,600,000. to be dated Jrrmary 31.
1P21, and mature in' three years. Of
this 1800,000 is to be pledged a*
n loan and the balance to be sold to
•id the company to purchase equip
ment.
»ri it -1. L • i . **• BHvirig period, as plan-
These, by law are required t„ be in' nod. would include thedays from ”
writ nt* nnd. In nvnnt of fn ni* I..t o J “ 11
writing and, in event of failing, to
be voted on by the senate and house
separately.
4 BURN TO DEATH.
I.ACBUTE, Quebec, Feb. 9. —t
Three children and a house maid
lost their lives yesterday in a firo
which destroyed the residmjee of
Leo Cnrricre, nt Pinchill^^Kr herej
r its
Bolshevik: Attemot To
Slav Jaoanese General
TOKIO, Feb. 9. — The Rur-!,n
liokhcvlkt have attempted lo assas
sinate Oen. Kcirhiro Tr.ehihalia while
en route from Chang Chun to Vladi
vostok, ray* ■ dispatch to Jiljo Shlm-
po. of Osaka.
A negro state bank,
kind in Illinois,, was i
ed in Vhicage.
last Sunday in April to tho last
Sunday in September.
Richland Bachelor
Shoots Self To Death
RICHLAND.. Feb. 0. — if,
Smith, a resident of Richland, died
by his own hand Tuesday by shoot
ing hinuelf in tho head with a re
volver.
Mr. Smith waa a bachelor and had
been a resident of Richland for
many yean. P
arsist the police of this city and in
the surrounding communities during
the strike of 1,200 employes of the
Union Traction company.
Trolley wires were lorn down by
strike sympathisers, hindering plans
of the company to attempt resump
tion of service.
40.000 NEEDLEWODKERS
ORDERED ON STRIKE.
NEW YORK, Feb. 9. — A strike
of forty thousand needlcworkers,
fifty per cent of whom arc women,
was cslied here today by officials
of the Joint bosrd of the Dress and
Waist Mskers unions, in an effort
to enforce the closed shop In the
women's clotning manufacturing in
dustry. * Hundreds of small shops arc
affected.
NEW YORK, Feb. 0: — Afl ]
of worship in Brooklyn, -
of Chnrches,’’ were placed
clal police guard at m('
night. Metnbers of the.
plained to Police Comm!—..-,
right that valuable relies and
ment lind been token rectal
churches, and poor boxes
robbed.
White Sox Players’
Trials Set ForMarc'
CHICAGO, Fob. 0. — -~
of the American league
players indicted in connect
throwing the, games of the ,
world series, today woe
March 14. 3
The Roynl Ontario Museum at To
ronto has received a Chinese bronac
bcl| that weighs 7,500 pounds and
datea front about 1450 A. D.
Five thousand persons presented
clalma totaling $111,000,000 to Mex
ico for ]|^s suffered during the
revolution.
Adds Respectability
To Court With Vo
Justice F. Ul
sprucing un hislnfficc & bit. ,
a fancy cover on n couple
vn'rnirhing the chairs and
and otherwise making his <
more attractive to tile pu
"I am trying- to have a
juntme^-surt here,” ho
wlij^rilic public will hot I
nny time to htteml.”
Aside from drilling
with bol'i hands
niching that one l„.
Justice Griffin fif ,
hark in the hucklel
has purchased SO
huckleberry hushes, ,
bear tho first yea
to produce 10 qu
CBcll, '
MONT _
MONTGOMERY, !•
Tope, 7.75; |:gh
ligkt pigs. 5.50