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ARBITRATION!
CITY TAXES UP
. To Be Introduced
psettine Adminis
tration s Program
THE WEEKLY TIMES-RECORDER.
Girl’s Slayer Is Tried,
Hjen Burned at Stake
'■SzghA *«plc of Rcnotal discussion about
iTio city just now Is tho announced
Intention of ft, W. Riley, one of Sura-
ter county's two new representatives
in the Georgia assembly, to Intro
duce a bill restoring arbitration in
city tax returns as fixed by the
cqualizera which was abolished by
legislftlve enactment, effectivo last
year, at the request of the mayor
city council. Mr. Riley left fir
AtlanU Monday morning to get him-
seU located before the opening of
the assembly, atid tlm reporter fail
ed to see him and learn his planr
with regard to the bill. However
t was learned he carried with hlni
thd document, which was i.rawn a
few days ago by Attorney W.
Dykes. A copy of It could not
obtained today, it being stated that
no copies were in Americas.
Although the bill seeks to change
a detail of city government, tae may
or and city council have not been
consulted on tho bill, It was stated
today by Mayor Sheppard,
The Timcs-Reeorder waa Informed
by Mr, Dykes, , who drew the bill,
““t It resent" Ih ’Mali
Crowd Excluded From Cotirt Room. Rushes Dozen
Officers As Thev AoOear With Prisoner In
Moultrie After Ouick Trial—Brouerht Back
From Columbus Secretlv.
MOULTRIE. June 18.—(Special.)—John Henry Williams, the negro
accused of the niurder near Autreyville last Monday of 12-ycar-old Lo-
rene Wilkes, was burned at the stoke at tho scene of the crime at noon
today after he had been convicted of the crime at n special term of Su
perlor court at this place this forenoon and sentenced to death. It wai
said he made a full and complete confession before bcirtg put to death.
His crime wps one of the worst of its kind in the history of the sec-
tion. >
Williams, who was spirited away by the sheriff of Colquitt county
following his arrest for the crime, and finally taken to Columbus for
safekeeping, arrived here under guard at 7 o\lock this morning from
that e ty. Court was convened at about 8 o'clock and a thorough trial
held, lasting until about 11 o'clock. The circumstances of the crime
were gone into thoroughly, the state making out a very strong case
aplnst him. The verdict and sentence followed quickly after cohiple-
tion of the evidence and thp charge to the Jury.
Williams had been found guilty without recommendation for mercy
lied to hang July 8. He was taken to the side of the pond
and sentenced to hang July 8.
where the girl's body was found, chained to a etui
He smoked a cigarette as the match was a
ed up his body. Not a shot was fired.
Judge Thomas, who had token a
,. hold of the situation here fol-
... ,—Jnds tho amendment nbol- towing the commission of the crime,
Ishlng arbitration and restores the |, in8 '*ted upon law and order tok-
former methods of procedure for ob-1 inB eonrse, did not open the court
jectors to tax valuations as fixed by| ro ? ra indiscriminately, but permitted
tho city board of equalization. ' ®nly a select few to witness tho trial.
s-B. A. Hines, Sumter couty’s other If , \ n8ide the court room were or-
representative, also a new man, left I “ . y . at •*' tlme8 - However, trouble
for Atlanta this morning to he pres-1 * la ° been feared from the Saturday
ent at the opening of the assembly I crowd* that early began gathering
IlfmJhJ... ft _ .A.i. • .i . . . — I fpnni alt nhmit Al«« ct
and burned to death,
was applied and sang as flames climb-
cm at tne opening or the assembly I cany oegan gathering
Wednesday. He stated that his name I‘" >m . about th o county, the news
was signed to the legal notice, pub- f hat “e negro would be secretly
lished last Saturday, of intention to I hnmRht here for trialathis morning
introduce such a bill, by his permis-1 ha *MW gotten out, and little groups
sion, although ho believes the presently*™ observed all about towns with
law a good one and that It should | th S“ head « together,
have at least another year of trial | To “o sheriff and his deputy
before an attempt is made to replace | n "“'"talnin* order a dozen sheriffs
It. He also expressed himself as be-1?, deputies f r0 m surrounding eoun-
licving that to restore the former ar-lrj** wcre be™ ond on guard inside
bitration act would be a distinct ate; th * to 01 "-. ,
backwards. Ho was a member oil. conclusion of the trial,
the • city board of equalisation last | Jud ff° Thomas, believing it would be
which fixed values and from | “f 61, *° Mn ^ sheriff and his
PLANTERSBANK
MAY ENLARGE
1 HIGH SPOTS IN GEORGIA NEWS
Tho First regiment of'First Artil-. 1, section i; paragraph 3, of the
lery, Georgia National Guard, has re-lconstitution of tho state, which guar-
ceived^official notice that tho rogl-Jantcos ^process of law.
menl will, gw Into summer training)
_ , - T — Nelson, 14, was drowned
camp at Camp Bragg, North Caro-1 in Octilockncc River, near Whigham,
lina, on August Jp. to remain in camp Thursday afternoon while in bathing . — ...., .... . rchit . (
* ‘with four hoys.' Charlie, getting In “to, who has'been vice president of I having been
— . ... . tho Georgia Funeral Directors'Asso.L crvi .*; Hurin
pint inn lor Ih.. n„«l Tl, ,* ? CrVC P. dunn
for two weeks.. „ ,...... vmirnc, gening in
Macon city council was petitioned! deep water, drowned before assist-
Tuesday night by tho Guardians «Tlance could, reach, him..
Liberty for permission to uso the! All weather bureau records in the
city hall auditorium on tho night I history of the Columbus station were
of July 4 for a ‘patriotic address" shattered Friday when the tempern-
by for G»v. S. J. Catta, of Florida, tires officially being 3,1 IS for bonds
Tho potlOon wa, tabled. Catto Is and 08 against bonds. .
under indictment for corruption and! In an opinion written by Justice
peonage I George, the Supremo court of Gcor-
th ‘- “ much of sccl,on 7
Ltork Grier, of Auguito,^vill be up- of the act of the general assembly son > of Atlanta, were named as the
pointed prohibition enforcement of-lt# provide for the establishment of delegates from the association to the
fleer for the .totes of Alabama, a dipartment of tosu^nee etc np-
‘“rerecorded by thd official goverm
Beach! Fta. I hTcs. th " m0mCt " ™ b ' d «« d °'
Gantt M . r ‘nSil er W / ll 1 , , r CCd j ‘ T '|. H« cl »ring that the total motor ve-
. n ** v ®. Alabama. I hide license receipts for the fir«t
win h . C lf U,t ° n delle f ali ?",i ln * h c house I five months in 1021 are $220,622.45
SFV" SSM **SJ23l
reduction of the ad valorem
fr °c"lum'bus taxicab I ». B . hcri "». ^ Geoigia "hare'for.
wearthi i u drlvc " <°tteT the «th of ^fic7
r. c i rth »o„rVoa n «
to e new l ™rkL P °rule C s cental'-th 1 *'/'t'I '-l condition. ComJtroll.Mton!
to new parking rules, contain*the fol-|,.i«.t w (ilium a iv,ui w .
lowing paragraph: "All IS^ eTsoH"itore^aero '^ri^ ToTke
drivers, when operating their can,I whatever action !. i.
must wear their coats, must wear | sheriffs in dellnnuentcntmtT l °<
their badge, on the lapel of the co.1 SCll (S. A 1 ! 5*
""•‘Iltoered to thJm .Tnro%ro7mb«? 20,
keep their cars dean, and must con-| |p20.
duct themselves in a gentlemanly
manner."
Molorcyclo Officer Ben F. Gatliff,
The first aweet potatoes for [mbb"% 't'
n reported in South Georgia were mall. The ImHctatemt chnrees tort
,U> return a verdict of guilty, in the
case of Charles Adams, Jr., prom!
mm Spalding county farmer charged
with violating dry laws, drew sharp
comment Irorn Federal Judge William
D. Sheppard, who cfiaractvrizca me
jury s verdict as **a travesty on just-
! where he was in service pn j
going through Germany and B<
tic was wounded while
R. H. May, former cash,
vice-president of »ne Citizens
at Bainbridge, returned hofiie
day from Mitchell county undei
role, his 18-year sentence for
slaying of H. S. Richardson, a j
architect and contractor
commuted to *]
«**"..*» «to P“? the 1 most
tioimMn the history of Decatur
rei
h'dward L. Almond, of Social"(?(r*
page
was rclccted president at the
ventiun at Indian. Springs. Frank
rotary nnd treasurer,.; while L.
Sharp, editor of the Southern Fun
oral Director, who resides in Atlnnta,
F. Q. Sammons, retiring president,
of Lnwrcnccvillc, and II. M. I’attcr-
ty.
killing occurrl
displayed in Neville last week by & XT tUO
New Charter. With“
ble Capital Limit,
Asked
Notice of the application of the I Pt’toto *cason.
Planters Bank of Amcrieus to Secrc.
gating ho jound the pototoe, to be 1 1 i, D „ r -ew 8 °u«torot a C0 ,' l t l Ri , „„r,l!, l s be v‘ tln
*iU leavo ^luni:
™ * m °" th * head 0t th | fJ| U “ i Au ^ uat .- 1 on a “®‘ ,U, ’ a va ™‘ton.
Ho ia attending tho International Ki
spectators
til tho of.
whose decision the property owncrel pri80ncr aI >« a(I of the
had no appeal. Iroom crowd, ordered the si
Mayor' Not Con.ulted. - I to remain in their scats untl
Mayor Sheppard today was asked ficcr and J 1 . is ald * had left with the
bill which Mr. Riley took with " c «™- ..Pi 8 . 0 ” 1 ? wa ? rcadi| y «om-
to Atlanta for introduction had| p o <l with, but before the officers had
r theThtt "
council.
he approval of himself and the city 15 0nc - n ,tep8 outside the court room
ouncil. Ko replied that neither he| d J or t "°J r were “rushed’’ by a crowd
or the city council had been con-|®/ men and the negro seized from
counci
nor tl._ „„„„ — .....
suited ■ concerning the bill, although | l |lc m. Not a zhat waa flred by the of-
this iz customary in plans to amend | ac . er8 - “dt it was said they were
acts having to'do with city govern. | etompeded,” and that tho negro had
ment. Asked whether he was satis-1 been taken from them before they,
fitd with the act as it stands, aftof|eo“) d a “t to protect him.
a v'car of operation, ho stotnK.that I The crowd after solzing the negro,
he preferred not to express an opln-1 8tll ‘ orderly inaide the city rushed him
■Ion until tho matter was brought be-1 lo a waiting automobilo and a pro
tore the council, which ho Indicated l^ton started for Autreyville, where
probaljly would bo by some mem-1 * ho K‘ri was murdered,
her of the.council for discussion and! Thc original lynching crowd was
pbssibto action. I not large, but the news of their com-
City Clerk Eldridgc today stated! toft spread like wild Arc, and-when
that the law had been a good oneljne burning began It was reported
from the standpoint of the average! the whole countryside, numbering
taxpayer. sovcral thousand persons, was pres-
“It really hasn’t benefitted tho|*nt.
city government any,’’ said he, “forl./no latest report from the scene
the council makes up its budget, dc-1 tn* 8 afternoon was that the crowd had
tcrmlncs how much money It has to I dispersed and that all was quiet
hkvo and makes the ncccsiary levy I jemm The murder of little Lorcnc
AFTER all the returns are consoll-l Wilkes had been avcngcil.
dated. Tho board last year heard al '
large number of protests of values I MEMPHIS NEGRO WHO
fixed by it, and In every case wherePOSSE, SHOT.*
there appeared to be merit tho val-l “"“•PHIS, June 18.—Sherman
uitlon was reduced knd tho property I Klchmond, tho negro who escaped
owner left.satisfied that he was m)tl* rom a sheriff’s posse here early yes-
being unfairly treated. In 'inn !n-|tcrday after being arrested on u
stance a man came up and Informed 1 ehaigo of holding up a girl and her
the board he wanted to be heard. I escort in a suburb and threatening
There were a dozen other persons I to attack the girl, was shot to death
ahead of him and he was told ho I today by a town officer at Batea-
woufd be given a hearing in his turn. I vide. Miss., when he resisted arrest.
He left limned lately and never came I according-to a telephone message to
back, and since has been denouncing | the sheriff’s office here,
the mw as an outrage and saying
the board refused to hear him.
Present Benefits.
— n..,...,. u, oecro-1 (JJrr «?5 tho G1,l) crt.Mc I wanis convention at Cleveland'this
4ary McLendon for a renewal of its I compaI *y> Macon, was elected I week.
charter appears as a legal advertise ^ id<! a t ® { tho.Gylfgto ReU I Fur Several hundred curious persons
went In another part of this paper. I era Association at the or I motored Sunday to tlie scunc nf thu
^ har i er e*P f rca Octobci I?' cc \ ]hcld jf j hc 1,0 I mine of the ncq.*o, John Henry
!!K in,c h 0 *" Rranled b P iP n 1 ^ y at Mf co n Wednesday ! Williams. In Colquitt county Satiir-
act of the ibgislyture thirty years “go. I b - I ® arrow ’ ? , , U ? rr ? w Bro ‘ b *™. | day. finding the charred Remains
The terms of the o d charter pro-1 Rc y nold ». was elected vice-president, I Hill chained to the stumn .t . a.
V Jti Ih" a rf U ' ^ L ' W ' McManU8 ’ ° tL - MeManut I of tho pond* < wh(:re**thc > crini** was
with the privilege of ificrcaslng tr I 8nd ™m p any, Macon, secretory ano I .-ommitted.
this * — *“ J —' — ■Oafl|9aj||BMnnfiSm
8150.000, but
been exercised.
the making for expansion in this re-
is privilege has nevci I ‘veasurcr. The next meeting was set
" That plans are ir I f °r Savannah, August 10 and 11.
Charles Henry Mackintosh, of Chi
rogo, last week elected president of
tho Associated Advertising Clubs
jftK. uTndr.t.d‘ by to,-1 'louncc?°that I ‘K°e
fact that tho application asks for an I 8 pcrtliancnt port of call for its ves-1 addressed a luncheon of Mic-j i bus)'
amendment to the terms of the ole «!*- The Bessie Dollar will arrive nezs .ncn Mondav on 'he NooZ oton
charter permitting an increase of the Juno 20 for a cargo. The Dollai I of cortmunito ^e" plan
capital stock to 2300,000, by propel I line iz one of the big lines conduct-1 plans hnvc been comnl.ee I tnr
notice under the terms of the char b !* r fa ^‘ bu mo,t part trad “ with thel nc w $400,000 court house for Bibb
'“" i£ STKrLJHrl
the capital stock
.‘‘This change L ...
i agsass gRasA.Tjn.7
tog h ortZ r dlr h e"c t to t r, th n«rF a ' ll mOCt ' P ° Mih '° for ^“continue in' hr "uckhSd h °' d " ,P “ 0t ,ar
° f ‘ hC dlrCCt °” neXt F ' bruari ' 1 "’"’ «• 111 Telegraphic authority from Wash-
action mat tetok^n ■d2?UtoJ rUan ’ , |2*S f c 0r prcsidcn e y ol »enate. It
may .°® V 1 * 4 ? 0 doubling out I ahall bo mv nornmo In *1.4
wwwn may no taken doublim? out I «,k n ti ' * 7 I ■■wwiiy irom nasn*
present capital stock raisinc it from'I k! if m K pu !?2*e to serve_in the-1 ington has been received by D. J.
*50,000, the present flfurc,* t< new oVmv'nhmtv COrB * t0 th * ,ull G*nH. federal prohibition director for
8100,000. * ' M | Be * °f.my ability... , the Southeast, to Immediately rein-
f4VU,VUI/, I L J J , 4 1 . I BUUMIKHUkp IU IIIIIHCUItlll’l V IL’IIl-
“We have never yet felt the need ,?° ,, , rc< !. * n<1 , f ° rty K rad uato> state 75 per cent of tho ’’dry’’ agents
of making this change, for we.have it c , U j V f” ty ® f Geoigta rccciv- in his territory, who were tempor-
. y ®r we , ,d their diploma, todjjy rt: exercise. „|,y ,. U off five weeks ago at the
. .. rplus I Krona oia, woman, oi joining Brook, and Lowndes counties,
into stock, tho banking facilities I ““ r ,V er8v . e ’ bad a p,aco ® f bon ® r j was opened to tho public last week.
_h* !“*T““ d . a PartWc- We TV a ‘ ru *‘“ r ! ba8 b “» «»*«
Is one
arch!
■ the board will demonatratc that we
I should not return to the old method
th.. khktod toiSvar l. nsTarf 1 "" Property the preceding year
mI what the 1 iln, I bnd h*'" returned at 810.000, made a
his valuations below_what tte Wawl| Wqm of *73)00. We happened to
L ; haB ® ab8o1ato information that this
bitration wo all know that there >• I nian had refused 840,000 shortly be-
" ■" rticular piece of pm
alpiost never a case where‘there i*|f ( jrefot' the |
reioS.d Sd to“°rf me:ni“?to,t"th?IJmSUK The board took the
illfu J!,f I portion that this valuation was prob-
have always believed In maintaining I ? r Kr o .® y Bachelor of Letters on Miss I construction for nearly a year,
a surplus of at least two dollars for * ary App,c " bit ? B «®". .of Athena of the most beatiful pieces of
one of capital for absolute safety I Amon K the student speakers on the I tceture in the state.
Now and then wo are compelled lo|5™*™ m w?™ Clark Howell Foreman Dr. T. D. Ellis, of Macon,
take a loss, and unless we maintain | , McAn,c88 ' CantonT man of the committee on entertoin-
a surplus there is nothing to which W i II “ m . Hu « b 8 ‘ 8pbe "! 1 . ■‘'•vannah ment f.ir tha General Conference-of
to charge thin Ion. It is of the I *" d fTeston B. Ford, Sylvester. 1
greatest importance to have a good
surplus at all times.
„ . , . ■ - I*he Methodist Episcopal cluirch,
It Ih announced by Brigadier Gen-1 ?o«th, has announced that the next
™ W. H. Gordon, commandant of I quadrennial conference of the rhnreh
We are very grateful to our cue-1 ,bc Infanlr y school at Camp Ben-1 will b- held at not Borings, Ark., the
tomere and friends who havo favored I " in K. that one of the .most prominent I first Wednesday In May, 1022 The
us with their business and helped usIJ 11 ' 8 ® n thB military reservation hsr I announcement followed the cemple-
to make the success we have made | hc rn named after and In memory of I tion of a tour of the cities that were
of this business. That is about all 11 Colonel Fred W. Galbraith, the late | making a hid for the conference
“The plan benefits tho average | arbitration One nrnnertv owner “an nay at this time." I national commander of the American I these including Hof Springs. Clintta-
ruon because It makes It Impossible | whoge nronl , r i v th . nJT.SIn ° J Tbo . Plantcr " Bank Is rated among I J^K ,on > who was killed In an automo I nonga. Tenn., und Asheville. N. C.
flnanclers jiot only of the 8outh, bnt|hile accident *t Indianapolis on Junc| The Wayrrnss canning plant, for-
on Wall Street, as one of unusual
strength.
... ..utni. -nia vaiumion waa proo.
hli5*» rty nir n . toto rata tosn wnnid I aW ? a llt,,c bl * b > va luca then being
ma!!^lSl te tn h m«kl unl at tbe pw,k d ®Hng Inflation, ao we act
£ nh^ln. P • ValUati0n 0t «°.000. Which wtl 5.
7?1» ritv merato to^ the totol^vri’ I T cent ® f 4,10 offer * d «“!» value.
"here., we were flxing value, at .60
per cent or more generally. Thlr
uation after It has been adjusted,
determines the'rate necessary to ob*.j property ■ owner came before the
tain the amount of money required, bo «?d £it h bin attorney^nd mid?
and makes the lsvy._ | fons^erablc kick,, but tha board
• .'"'S bi 'i ? b0 i Uhl ,1E 1 a? Z'Z kne,rit w “ Hehtand declined to'bi
introduced in the legiaiature by Rep-1 moved, and aa a result tho valuation
resentative Stephen Pace at the re-1 (t0(K ) on t |, c (^oka at $20 000 I am
quest of the present mayor and city] convinced that if arbitration bad been
council, the purpose being to permit pound, this nun would havo been
the city to raise values high enough | ,b|e to saeure a reduction to $12,500
to permit of the required amount , t thc highest, and probably to $10,-
of revenue jbelng raised by the city 0 00. the former figure,
without raising the Itmlt of. the levy.I ■ --- — -
which had already been reached. The! *j , m
equalizers were E. A. Hines, P. B.l 0 f little
Williford and H. O. Jones.
Hines said last night that
'••0 believed the present law should be [cut down.
given n tail of another year before | his valuations and says nothii
Banker 'Walker Found
cer walker fov
In Texas, Is R(
Macon Telegraph is authority I i d *“ 4i,ied wbitc n '* ,, ®" 4b * riverlolant, instailing new 'mSebTneor ' and
i information that John n 1 h-Hh* B was said. I increasing the factory’s capacity.
. once Sparta. Ga former I Th * 8-y* a «--old son of Mrs. William Work has already stortod.
who had connections'with a I ChiIdcr *> ot Murray county, waa kill-| The Athens Daily Herald and A».h-
string of' #7 small Institutioni and I * d Theesdsy afternoon by a :hot-gun I *na Dally Banner have passed Into a
who finally fled when he became in-1 * n • r#om with two children of the | merger remnany, and hereafter will
sxas. Is Report
®- I merly owned by the Georgia Preserv-
Wiley Jacobs, aged 20, of Piercoling rompnny of AHanta, baa been
county, waa drowned Friday after-1 nurchnsed by W. H. Raxlev. presi-
noon while swimming the Satilla'riv-I dent and manager of the Waycrnsr
«r several miles north of Waycrr-ss. I Packing company. Mr. Baxley states
Two other persons had a narrow cs-1 that he will make extensive tinprovc-
cape. but were rescued by an un-|inento to the already welLennlpped
■ristf “■ ‘ ' * 'ilnery and
volvcd
— and otherwise, I, I Cheek family, in the Check home I he published by the new eempnny,
living In San Antonio. Tex., after I bcra - H is supposed the children were | which will operate both papers. An-
having spent several yearn In tahe I Paying with thc gun., i I dr *w C. Erwin headd thc syndicate
Orient. Among the money said to | ^he Georgto railroad com million | "erfeeting the consolidation. H. J.
have been lost by him was $43,0001 not only has authority to make tel-1 R owe, for twenty yearn editor and
entrusted to him by the North Geor- “ ~
JWj-lftaSU , “ d b r*,r i l nV ?J v *? "'‘h h'i eourt for thc northern district ofI' 8 ‘® 8 " '"‘•"•t the chute*^."f’for th'."™iLU and
convinced that arbitration is fall. Anally liquidating without loss. I Georgia on the injunction petition 0 ( '•‘cretarv-treastirer. Both papers' Jo,, Sheirnah sirikl»» and
or noi value to the small It Is hinted that efforto may be made theS^thernBellTelephorecompa.l £» n,,nu * *° °“™‘“ ** J “ Sh '™ an '.. ,lrikln K fireman -
I blg P '“ tp °* n * r ' and ? bly pe . ra,it8 tha
property owner to get his taxes
The little fellow accepts
being changed much, if any. He do-1 sideling the amounts'norworth' con-
clarcd emphatically h!4 belief that to | testing over. Understand,! hold
restore it to its former terms wotdd j no partiality between the small prop-
he a decided step backward. He said, I erty owner and the large one. I sim-
howevor, he would not obje.t l.» ihc| ply believe all men should be treated
law being made slightly !e»* c '«tb'.| alike and that we should not hare
Snrid On Board ■ | laws that operate to the advantage of
- “When I was appointed to tho city | one elaxs against the other. *
board of equalization last year,’± aaid “i n this instance, as in others, I
he, “1 did not knojr the law had been| shall try to reprezent th# will of the
changed nnd that arbitration had I people, regardless of mv own per-
been abolished. I was a little shock-1 sonal feelings in the master, unless
ed with a sense of the responsibility | there should come s vital line in
that was upon me. But the board which I consider it my duty to let my
went ahead in a conscientious ' and best judgment govern, and I would be
courageous manner and did what it glad to hear an expression from the
thought was right and what I still people n* to whether they really want
believo was'right, setting valuations, arbitration re-established or not,”
. hearing protests, ami then changing I
values after hearings, if it felt I Temperance laws recently paced
changes were merited. [by Uruguay are designed to make
- - — jy the North Geor-1 ephone rated, but Is vested with the I Publisher of the Banner. I, viec-prcsl-
gia conference when he waa a prom-1 authority to review conflicts enter-1 dent and director in the new cor-
1 1 ed into between telephone compqniez. I Poration. Bowdre Phinizy, owner
tnent churchman
The Bank of. DeSoto, thia county, I was the substance of an opinion hand-|* nd pab ' i " b * r M * be Angus’, Herald
was a member of the Walker string *d down Friday by the United State. and th * Athens H.rald, will still re-
nattonal convention to ho held in
Pasot-Tcxns, during October Indian
Springs wns ngitln selected for tho
next annual meeting place.
' With the exception of a few finish-
ing toucKes, Dougherty county's j tew
$300,000 concrete bridge is ready
for thc opening celebration now being
Manned for thc Fourth of July. Thc
irick paying on the bridge has been
completed and n small section of thc
Front nnd Brostl street intcrescction
being regarded and repnved to
correspond with thc new
grade.
Mbs Marie Rabun, of Staplatoiii
was shot and seriously wounded Wed
nesday as thc result of an accidental
discharge of a small rifle which at
and a small boy were playing will
They did not know thc gun was iond
ed. Miss Rabun was removed to
Sandcrsvillc for treatment. The bul
let entered just below ihc right eye.
For the thirty-first time Mills B.
Lane was elected director of the
Citizens and Southern Bank of Sn
vannah—which has banks also in At-
lanta, in Augusta, nnd in Macon and
then re-clccied president of the in
stitution for another year. He has
been president for many years,
Sam Reese, a negro, chnrgcd with
murder in connection with thc death
of" a negress at Hillsboro, whom,
is alleged, ho shot down because" she
crossed his path,” nnd who escaped
from a mob of Ills own color bent on
lynching by coining to this plaeo and
surrendering, refused his liberty at
Monticcllo Thursday when two other
prisoners confined In his cell tun
neled their way from tho Jasper coun
ty jail to freedom. Itccse stated that
he was content in rcmaininK * n J n 'i*
that he did not mean to kill the wo
man, and did not want another bad
mark lodged against him.
Normalcy has returned in the mat
Charley Crumley, 26. and Chcsley
Walker, 40, both farmers in thc
Eastern part of Tift county, were
instantly killed by lightning Sunday
afternoon. They hnd taken refugo
From tho storm nt tho foot ot a big
pine which was struck. •
Johnny Towns, the negro who shot
at U. G. B. Hogan, prominent far-
«... !. *r n■ iranu rentin'!/ •f’Stl illlVM
mcr, in 'Lnurons county several days
ago, is now in Jnll. nt Dublin having
been brought there from Fort Valley,
where lie wns captured. Towns docs
not deny thc shooting, but snys he is
sorry he shot nt Ilognn. Officers
front, state they have witness witu will test!-
y that Towns, told them ho was go
ng to kill llogatt.
Senator Harris, of Georgia, has
iresented to tho U. S. senate a pc-
Itlon signed by more than n hundred
rehabilitation students of tho Geor
gia _ School of Technology, Atlanta,
urging passage of tho Gnlllvan bill
providing thnt tho Dcmspoy - Car-
penticr fight bo forbidden untill con-
[rcss passed a bonus bill for veterans
of tho world war. 1
John S. Williams, owner of thc
Jnmcr county "murder farm," sen
tenced to a life term on the state
farm for murder, and his three fugl
tivo sons, Mnrvin Hulnnd nnd l.c
roy, wera jointly Indicted by thc
federal grand jury at Atlanta Mon
day for "conspiracy to violate the
peonage law."
William 8. Morris, 53, treasurer
of thc Georgia Railroad, died at
Augusta Sumlny night of apoplexy.
Hb had been In ill health for two
years,
Howard Funderburg, aged 20, of
Sumney, was drowned in a pond in
the northwestern part of Tift coun
ty Sunday. One of his companions
in a swimming party pretended to
be drowning. Funderburg was one
of thou who went to him and in a
struggle to duck each other both sank
and Funderburg did not rile again,
Mrs. J. K. Andrews, of the sec
ond ward, was unanimously elected
by the Atlanta city council Monday
as a momber of the board of trustees
of Carnegie library, conferring on
her thc distinction, of being thc first
woman ever elected to urve on one
of the charter boards of tho city.
Two railroad strikers, negroes, are
In jail at Fitzgerald charged with
dynamiting the boarding house of
Motile Hill in the negro section of
town.- Several negro strike break
ers had been rooming with thc Hill
woman. Only a light charge of dyna-
niito was set. Thc explosion broko
all the window glaas in the Hill house
and honses adjoining. No one was
hurt. The negroes In jail are Os
car Armstrong, formerly n coal
28, 1918, and was the rreult of fi
nancial matters. May has steadfast-*- '
lyjmaintained his innorpnee from thU ’
first, contending that he shot to t
his own life, Much of the cn
for his regaining his freedom is !
to his devoted wife, who got up th
petitions and did most of the work -
in the way of securing elentenoy." t
iticoirimcnuations thnt the Macon-
hospital be taken out-of politics by-
means suggested by thc jury and that
the county appropriate at least $3,0W>
.» month, instead of $1,000, for ita,
maintenance; that the offices of
county treasurer and Justice of the”
peace bo abolished and that all other
county officer be plated "on salary
basis; that two new schools he built
and criticism of two orphanages, con .
.-diluted thc April term-grand jury's
report, just made. ** ", fi
A protest against hpMipir up the
indirt ment
3eh v
"One example of an experience of I that country totally dry in 1925,
mmm
. .. i-.o.--- — , ...» „JI Telephone eompa.|lT' n £ #n,,nu * *® operate as formerly,
to extradito Walker here to answer | ay, which aought to hold up an order I ,5 Banner a morning, and the Her-
somc of the accusations against him. | of the comminien in reference tol a,< ! an a He™ocn dally, but will be
a contract with th, Montezuma Tel-|*"nSF*g'„ (ll -
-BamUum,: IUSSSZ** - .Jfr. bS.ggSI
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LESLIE, June 18—R. J. Sim. loat ««» dead In tbe home of Generali hfv th. 9nnIrpZ^^)“. , l en ' a “J. m '
bit barn Friday afternoon at 4:301 Jubiiaton In the aouthern part of the|o y b ® 8 utb °*°W a College at Mc-
by fire. The building and contents I county. Ill-health and family trou-l ta at if.-j... .« . ...
were a complete lot. a. he had no ble. are said to have caused him toL « d' lra ,,. ,, '.e™.« q itt , C r llnt .' r '
insurance. take his own life. Melton was a)," * j ,x , , ’ ,a [ n8
Mr. Sims estimated 'thif loss a: I logging contractor and waa separatedli),. H.dw r^anl wi>h l ?h >ll ..^*'. h *T li y d
about *2,000. He had In the building from his first wife eight years ego. , r ' v wnitam. ei™',
000 bushels of oats, 88 bushels ot He married a girl of 20 Lme.ttota A,S»vvllhrm25tarZ‘L h ‘ hc
wheat and .1 tons of velvet beans. ago. L tbat b “ was
It is not known how the fire start-1 The three quarters of a miHion|th Pr ,.'f,should°not *1
cd, a* the barn wn* out in n field I dollar roads bond i»aue won in theLfe action * 1 ,0 ^ amed .^ or
^D d l u l RC !l, on, y n » ■ Isorasre building:, election Friday in Floyd county by Befor*. tbi* ntu »itii*. «», r ,$ *
mmw» b - ^® f
o ed Augu. 10, 1912, as Provides 11„ th, Albany High school huildir-g
•?.L „.... " l,°e..“ ny . “reeted t- .•.e,«nmmd.t« the
incr**a>4i| numlirr of nujiiN
. • i The failure of a jury
hi, discretion i, contrary to articlejstate, court in Atlanta
In*t 1 Friday,
The biiildinfc was covered
ralvanizei! iron. This i« the second J agent may be revoked
building: at thi* same place that Mr. I by the insurance commiRiiion%r tn
iSims has lo»t within a few years.
ir in United
Wednesday
Pope Benedict baa conferred the
decoration of Knighthood of the Or-
dtr ® f 8t. Gregory tho Great on
Captain P. H. Rice, of Augusta.
Albert C. Foster, attorney, of
adison, has
Madison, has been appointed special
matter In the reccivenhip of the At-
lanta, Birmingham & Atlantic rail-
road by Judge Sibley, of the federal
district court Mr. Foster will take
Imony in connection with the
SSffil p to“t®K * report for
MUburn Teaslcy. 15-year-olil son
of Lee Teaslcy, a farmer living about
H!t V l n HI C * fr , om B a,l0M - was seat-
cd on his porch during an electrical
atorm Sunday and was struck by
lightning. He wns unconscious for
several hour,. He is apparently en-
tirely recovered from the effects of
lightning.
peonage cases as an
nciiii.st the State rf Georg _
ed Saturday night !-y farm
utor li’oke Smith in an ndd
f* re the Georgia Soria y at Wanhirg- “
ton, D. C. “You know and idiould
lot il be known,” Mid he, •Hint, with
taro exceptions, the whifo ; people of
Georgia are law-abiding citizen*-jiiid
treat negroes just as kindly, and thet
thc wholesale tirade upon the sub
ject of 'peonage* which ha» recently’
found Its way into the' prota of the
country is unwarranted'and iinji/jffi-
fiable. Unfortunately^ in' ail the ’
states there occur, now nnd then,
crimes which shock the public sense,
but this gives warrant to no one to
indulge in general condemnation of
thnt state.” •*; ”
The Citizens and Sotithern BariK"
has purchased thc Planters Loan arid
.Savings Bank at Augusta, n transne- ’
tion involving $.'}r>0,000. All the out-*:
standing stock of the Plnntem wilt
bo purchased by thc Citizens And ;
Southern for the purpose of liquida- *
tion at $70 per ahare. The business
of the Planters* bank wjjl be
with that of the Citizens and South!-
$m. • ■
Roy Durden, 48, a well known far- *
mcr, held in the Tructlen comity JiHl
Soperton, died Sunday following
major operation last week,
dying statement, issued a few
ments befqre hc pass<»d aw;
that there existed -no pHt
him, Dan Davis, E. A. CoMmaif
Wiley J. .Smith to kill Wiiliam
Hall, a white cropper, for which
d they qro now being hcld oh
charge of murder.
The Vincville Baptist church
000 in <?axh to the Georgia
trial Home, an orphans’ institutioi
which wns under the 'gun
and jury last week, being t»i
♦ hat body unclean and unsanitai.
The resignation of R. J. McDon
, of Macon, secretnry-treaoun
he Georgia Wholesale Orocem*
-ocintion. will be submitted to
ncyt. qunrterlv meeting to Tie i
in Maco non Thursday, July 14.
HUNTINGTON
JNTINGTOV, June 21.-r-Thi
HUNTINGTOh,
Woman’s Missionary Society . c
Pleasant Grove Baptist chureh y
meet Wednesday afternoon in t
church nt 2:30 o’clock. . The unu
program will be given by tho
hers. Mrs. C. J. Cheek, praaidont, 1
issued n general invitation and
that thc entire community assist
making the affair a brilliant mu^c*
with a record attendance.
The B.-Y. P. U. social given pt.J
home of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Kinard , r .
unlay night was very much enjoyed
by both Junior and Senior unions.
Interesting games were, played,
which lemonade was served.
'I ll'* B. V'. P. II. at their last mee
ing elected officers for the reman
of the year.* Those elected wer^ 1
B. A. Bradley, president; Mrs/. J
Kinnrd, vice president; Franklin KJ-
nard. secretary nnd treasurer*; * But'.
Perry, coresponding spcrctary; Vern ’
Hayes, Bible Qu'izz leader; Geraldine
Rynls, pianist; Lucile Kirwird, choris
ter; Beulah Harris. captain for Group
One; Ethel Kinard, captain for Group
Two.
The -many friends of Mrs. Sallie'
Williams will repret to learn of her
serious illness at her home hear here-.'
Mrs. B. A. Bradley returned home
Monday after a week’* visit at the
home of her sister, Mrs. Enni* Snipe*,-
Miss Geraldine Ryals. who has been*
visltinc relatives in Americas'- the
past week, returned to her home Sat
urday afternoon. -,fiqjj
Kev, E. T. Moore, of Preston, wmm
the dinner quest Sunday of Mr. anil;
Mrs. Hnnsome Kcnnington.
Mrs. T. M. Ethridge spent Satur. ■
day afternoon with Mrs. Claude John
son.
Misses Frances Johnson and Alice
’erry. left Thursday for Pavo. Ga.
iyhllo there they will be the aneststof
Ms. T. B. Mount.
Mi,s Mary Jane Chee-k la- spending
IMP lima will, I ... ...
Williams Farm Negro
Attacks White Woman
-S. rpr. unt II. U WriKht. son of Mr.
and M-s. J. W. Wriyht, of Covington.
rcrentlv be.-n awarded two med-
al» by the British army. Mr. Wright
in the Canadian army,
enlisted
MONTICELLO, Juno 17.—An at
tempt was made last Saturday to i
— ult a white woman a few miles tn
„££?, e and w ‘thin five nun
yards of where three n-nrues
alleged to have been killed on
form of John S. Williams, hya
mimed Lindsey Holt, an-ordint
announcement just made here.
A crowd of Jasper county i
on the trail of tlie negr
minutes after the attempted j
but h«* escaped. The negr<
merly in thf employ of Joi
hams and had worked
the huaband of tha
tacked.