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THURSDAY, JULY-14T-192X.
year3 will fee on entirely different; MI/^OT DinCDC f|r
Georgia, with boulevards—either ]jJljff | IiIUlIiiJ Ut
paved or highly developed sand-
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' bers of the Georgia legislature
-some of them from our own
immediate section—are attempt-
m ing to force Georgia distinctly
H backwards in the matter of
i highway development, and if they
U do not desist in their announced
. intentions. Georgia will not be
through suffering for their folly
for many years—and probably
never will be able to recover the
ground lost through the handicap
they seek to impose.
In the beginning, let it be
understood that no improper
motives arc attributed to these
men. They lire all honorable
men, so far as we arc able to
judge, and are undoubtedly doing
what they believe to be best for
the interests of their constitu
ents. But they are misguided and
short-sighted, in our opinion, and
will work great harm upon Geor
gia if their efforts win.
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clay highways—extending into
every part of Georgia, making
transportation a cheap item at all
times of the year, adding vastly
to the pleasure of the populace,
making all counties close kin. I
and increasing land values in the | PARROTT. July 13.—(Special) —
aggregate many times more than A band of k iph t riders in two auto-
thc development ever cost. , I mobiles visited the farm of J. L.
The state highway department ■ Kenyon, two miles east of Parrott,
is only in the beginning of a * in Terrell county, last Friday night,
great program—but it has made loo\ Ttettben Hunt, a young negro
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jpENDING in the Georgia legis
lature are two highway bills,
either one of which, if enacted into
law, will be a stunning blow to
Georgia's progress and bright
prospects. One is the Davis bill,
a wonderful beginning. By the end
of this year, if it is allowed to con
tinue unmolested, it will have
taken over for mainteiiiuu.e 2,009
miles of road in the state system
at a cost of $400,000 per year,
and by the end of next year the
entire state system of 4,800 miles
extending into every county will
have been taken over at a yearly
maintenance cost of approximate
ly $1,000,000. The auto tax
money, which it is now proposed
in the McMichae! bill to split
among jhc counties, will pay this
maintenance cost and in addition
carry on the activities of the
highway department in continuing
state aid and federal aid construc
tion—putting Georgia on the map
in a transportation manner of
speaking.
Ihe Davis bill and the Me*
Michael bill should be promptly
scotched in committee, and if they
ever leave the committees' hands
they should be promptly and un
ceremoniously killed just as any
other movement against the pres
ent and future welfare of the
state should be killed.
HEM®
MRS. MATTIE* HOWELL
ETHRIDGE.
Americas friends attended the fun
cral Wednesday afternoon at Plea:
"bid. lo abolish the state “» church. 1 miles east of
highway deportment in its entire
ty. The other is the McMichael
bill, sponsored by the able Marion
‘ county lawmaker, which would
return all of the automobile tax
money back to the various coun
ties on a-bssls of post road mile-
age; except -15 per cent, which
would go to the highway depart
ment for its maintenance. This
bill would kill the present state
highway program for a network
of highways connecting every
county seat in Georgia with every
other by a first class highway,
would end state aid and state
maintenance of highways, and
Kigpuld reduce the highway de-
pattment to a mere engineering
staff.
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’J’HIS is bad enough, when con
. sidered from the broad aspect
of importance to the state as
^ whole, but the worst is yet to
: come. Up in. Washington are
-pending in congress two highway
bills,-each in its own way provid
ing for continuance of federal aid
in road construction in the va-
*Mmi stales. Both of these bills
Contain provisions that no state
shall; share in .federal aid here
after in which a real state high-
way organization is not maintain*
*d. and in which maintenance of
As federal aid highways them-
sdKIyea immediately on completion
b not handled by the state de
partments. In other words, con-
pW b not willing hereafter, as
brcsult of experience, to help
highways and then leave
their maintenance . to county
prtlloritiu alone.
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EXPERIENCED highway engi-
hfeers know that uniform main
tenance means uniform highways
RfeAfV Mate, and that maintenance
hy .the counties themselves means
first class maintenance in some
counties, indifferent maintenance
in others and virtually no mainte
nance in still others.
J W. R.'Neel. Georgia's highly
competent and efficient highway
engineer, who prefers to build
roans as they should he built,
father than to p!ay polities and
pohey for the safety and advar.ee-
men>-of his own department at
Hthe expense in the end of the peo-
P . le , °/ **>' »«««*. recently com-
HHelcd nn automobile inspection
■ f' P ° V " sevcr “ 1 slates in which
tbo state maintenance p|, ln i, j n
piaetice. These States rmbrac-
ed Was .Iowa. Wisconsin. H|j.
Pennsylvania
.k / h . .S ar ° l,na »*' repo,.,
ha. it could be easily determined
by ruling over the roads, without
any other knowledge. !n whieh
ttatej mamtenaru e by st , t( .
. hrgllVtiJ- depfirtment had been
prnelrred lonfPU. Wisconsin led
re sard, m uniform good roads,
he olan having been used there
for n.vr vrars.
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r the politician# .grill forget pol-
■ties a id eh.- highway depart-
r ’ cn * n few years, and permit the
'■up-tent an ' 1 highly able men
“Bit 1 **° through with
. .ogram uncrippled, . . / w
America*, of Mrs. Nettie Howell
Ethridge, who died Tuesday after-
non at 2:30 o’clock at the Home of
T. Monroe Ethridge, near here.
Funeral services were conducted
by Dr. Carl W. Minor .pastor of th
First Bpptist church of Americus.
and interment was in Flc&saht Grove
cemetery. The pallbearers wcr.
Henry Morris, Leon Murphey, Leon
Steward, Gus Lane, Ernest Board
and John K. Porter.
Mrs. Ethridge was 70 years of age,
and had been ill for ten weeks. She
was the widow of the late Uich '.rd
Ethridge, who died several years ago.
She had resided in Sumter county
25 years, and was widely known pnd
greatly beloved by friends and
quaintances. She was a faithful
member of Bethel Baptist church,
and was closely identified with the
religious movements of her church
and community. Possessing a fervent
Christian character, her kindly influ
ence covered a wide scape of useful
ness, and her passing will he a dis
tinct loss to the community.
Surviving relatives arc two daugh
ters, Mrs. J.^A. Methv.n and Mrs.
A. S. Porter; two sons, John Ethridge
and Jesse Ethridge, and three step
sons, T. Monroe Ethridge, George W.
Ethridge and F. P. Ethridge. Several
granddaughters also survive.
Berry Party Off For
Pensacola Bay Home
Mrs. J. C. berry, Mr. fnd Mrs. F.
U. Harris, of Birmingham, Alabama;
Robert Berry* Mbs Catherine Sulli
van, Miss Mercedes Sullivan and M.
H. Sullivan composed a party leaving
Amcricus early Wednesday morning
by automobile for Gamier*. Fla.,
where they will spend six weeks at
the Berry home on Pensacola Ba;
Dr. Berry will join the patty in
short time.
Mrs. Berry took two servants with
her, and every preparation possible
has been made to fill the time with
pleasant experiences. All of
members of the house party are
pert with the rod and reel and will
enjoy fishing much of the period of
their stay.
The Berrys spend a portion of
each year at their pretty Florida
home, enjoying hunting and fishing
and the delightful coast breezes.
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FRIENDSHIP.
II who have loved ones or friends
nuried at Friendship are expected to
meet at 8 o'clock Thursday, July 28,
to thoroughly weed the cemetery.
Mrs. P. W. Iiarvcy, one of the
l oncord teachers, is at Athens at
tending summer school.
Mrs. Sam McGarrah is rapidly Im
proving at the Wise sanitarium..
Miss Josephine Wells spent th
rust week with Miss Elizabeth Hod-
son at Plains.
Miss Eupha Hart, who was the
guest of Miss Eleanor Wells for the
past week, returned to her home at
Hoyle Friday.
Misses Mary and Olive King have
returned from Marshallville where
they enjoyed a two weeks' visit.
Mrs. Hattie Everette and daugh
ter. Ruth, are visiting Mrs. Maranna
Daniel.
Mr and Mrs. Harry Priddy and
Mr*. Rose McGarrah attend services
•it Plains Baptist church as guests
of Mrs. Otis Weilons.
Mn*. Ida Thorpe, of Oklahoma, is
visiting friends in the community.
•Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Wells and Mr.
and Mrs. T. C. Wells and family
spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. A.
C. Dodson.
Miss Elizabeth Dodson is spend
ing the week-end w;th Misses Jose
phine and Doris Wells
World War veteran, to a nearby
cemetery, and hying hint 'across a
newly made grave, administered a
severe beating, it has just become
known here. When the flogging was
completed the n?gro was told to run,
which he did, the mob firing several
ibots in hi* direction.
The trouble originated ove.* the
report that George Hunt, father of
the whipped negro, had cursed a
white man. The old negro is regard
ed by Mr. Kenyon and others as not
being mentally bright. On Thursday
night the band pf night riders went
to the Hunt cabin, but were unable
to locate the old man. It is reporte
that on that occasion Reuben Hunt,
the son, came to the door with
poker in his hand.
The next night the night riders
returned. A negro woman in the
house escaped and ran to Mr. Ken
yon's home nearby and informed "him
of thq visit of the band. Mr. Ken
yon hurried to the negro cabin, which
was dark. On entering it a flashlight
was thrown in his face. He sprung
at the holder and wrenched it from
his hand and turning ik on the band,
rci ognized a number of them. The
light showed the crowd that they had
caught a negro whom they were not
after. This negro was promptly re
leased, and then, after a considerable
wrangle Reuben Hunt, who had held
the poker the previous night, was
found and seized, thrown into one
of the cars and taken to the ccme
tery when the flogging was given
him. The hand then left.
It has since developed that the old
cr negro was hiding in the loft of
his home at the tim<* of the fist visit
of the band, after which he had made
good his escape from this section.
No'arrests have been made.
wa* the guest Monday night of Mrs.
It Willis Hogg.
Miss Bc»ic Stevens was the guest
Sunday of friends and relatives in
Buena Vista.
Bob Anglin, representing the Sum
ter County Helping Hand Society,
was a visitor here the past week.
PRESTON.
PRESTON, July IS. — Mr. and
Mrs. T. Welch had the pleasure of
entertaining at a family reunion one
day last week at their home near
town. Resides the cniMrrr a few
friends were invited. Barbecue and
other good thing* were served. The
guests were Mr. and Mrs. 4. E. Jenk-
ins and children, of Colombo?; Mr.
and Mrs. H. Black shear, of Leslie;
Mr. and Mrs. Poole, of Americas;
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Fosse!! and chil
dren, Mr. and Mn. J. L. Korn, Mrs.
J. L. Horn, Mny'Little, Miss Verna
Little, Fannie -Jordan, j. M. Christ
iun, Mr. and Mr*. William Kidd and
Tom Welch, Sr., of Preston.
John Tom Hawkins, manager of
FnlWing the advice of W. C. Cayr
4r., of Amerieus dix. -mn highway
engineer for the Third district, a
movement has been put on foot for
th* organ nation of the county coin-
mwtioners.cf the Third district. Tak
ing the invitation, the commissioners
of Terrell county have called a meet-
inf of all county hoards in this dis
trict for a meeting in Dawson at
10 o’clock of the morning of Times-
j day, July SI, for the purpose of of-
! feeling an organisation for co-op
eration in road hniktmg and other
ELLAVILLE.
ELLAVILLE, July 13.—Mf*. Leila
A. Dillard, state president of the
Woman’s Christian Temperance
Union, delivered a • stirring lecture
at the Methodist church here Sun
day. Her subject was “Why the W.
C. T. U. Must Carry On,” and she
brought out many salient facts on the
necd3 of stressing the importance of
new members and more enthusiasm
in the local unions. At the close of
her address many new names were
added to the roll of the Ellayille W.
C. T. U. From here Mrs. Dillard
went to Buena Vista where she gave
a lecture Sunday night.
Thd Teachers’ Council of Meth
odist Sunday school was entertain
o<! Monday evening by Mrs. W. S.
Jordan. Arthur Mill, the assistant
superintendent, presided over the
meeting. It was decided by the coun
cil to hold the annual Sunday school
picnic at Myrtle Springs July 2^
committee was appointed to invite
the Baptist Sunday school to chare
the picnic and thus make it n gala
occasion for both Sunday schools. J
T. Royal was appointed chairman of
the transportation committee. After
other matters had been discussed
Mrs. Jordan assisted by Miss Jewell
Duncan, served iced tea and sand
wiches. Thosr» invited were Mr. and
Mr*. W. H. Collins, Mr. and Mrs,
J. II. Statlmm, Rev. and Mrs. 3. I..
Jordan, Mrs E. R. Jordan, Mrs. H. J
Williams, Mrs. J. J. Taylor, Mrs. J
W. Lilly, of Savannah; Mrs. J. R.
Jordan. Mr*. T. A. Collins, Miss
.Mary llawey, Miss Jewell Duncan
Arthur Hill, Mrs. S. J. Jordan.
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. llolloway and
ons, Ray, and Harris, Jr., were the
luetts Tuesday of relatives in Ideal.
Col. J. M. Soutvr, of Presto^
made a business trip to Ellaville the
*>a5t week.
Lindsay and Bartlett Baldwin, of
Atlanta, arc the guests of their grand
mother, Mrs. H. S. Lindsay, at her
Bros J street home.
Mis.- Elizabeth Rainey left Sundsj
f >- Auburn, Ala., where she will v
her unc*0| Dr. li'enry Peacock.
M s* MJggie Thu »;> on, of Lun?
ki#;, is the guest until Friday of M’is-
X*U and Roxie Steven*,
drs. I.ula Hogg at:u children, wh
:«.e near ‘Amcricm, were recoir
guests of relatives here.
Miss Bertha Williamson and Miss
Nora Tondee are spending this week
at White Springs, Fla.
^r. and Mrs. J. B. Williamson
were guests Monday of relatives in
Culuirbuk
James Gartner, of Amerieus, spent
Sunday with his partents, Mr. and
**rs. L. P. Gartner.
Mrs. S. A. Royal and Miss Lucy
Cook went up to Columbus Monday
where they spent the day shopping.
Mrs. Eugene Gartner and little
daughter of Augusta, are the guests
this week of Mr. and Mrs. L. P. Gart
er.
j high p
\ vity i c
of u*e was begun ir. Macon vity * oun
ii Tuesday night. Council declared
iti intention of getting raUs from
other cities as a basis upon waich
,tp
-Mm*
Mrs. II. S. Lindsay has returned
from a pleasant visit to rclativ
Macon and Atlanta.
Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Arrington and
Mrs. J. W. Lilly motored to Buena
Vista Sunday afternoon.
Mr. and Mr*. L. P. Gartner were
the guest* of friends in Amcricus
Sunday afternoon
Mrs. W. L. English and little MU*
Martha English, of Amerieus, a a
the guests this week of Mrs, J. It.
Jordan.
Miss Audrey Johnston and Miss
ra Stewart, of Atlanta, are the at
tractive guests of Mis*es Evelyn,
Louise and Christine Stewart.
Mrs. Clayton .Long, of Kllenton,
spent a few days the past week with
Mr*. Truxton Stevens.
A. A. Arringtop visited hb brother
at Shiloh Sunday..,
Mr. and Mrs. Will Joiner and Mrs.
Webster Bagley, of Amerieus. spent
Sunday afternoon in Ellaville the
guests of Mrs. Lilly Dixon.
Piggly Wiggly at Way cross, spent common problems. The call has gone
Sunday and Monday with hi* parents.
Mr. and Mrs. Henrv HswVrns.
Miss Mary Soutcr is ihe guest of
her sister, Mrs. Sara Gardner in AV
bany this week.
Mr. and Mrs. B. G»sn r*dum-
bia, S. C., are on a visit of some
length to the former’s parent* here.
John Rufus Cook, of Dams, is
spending ten day* with John and
Frank King.
King Pickett, -postoffice inspector
from Washington. D. (X. was in
town a short while Saturday. i
Mrs. S .H. RoRby, of Albany, if
on a visit to her sister, Mrs. Fussel’
and other relatives here. Mrs. Roby
will be remembered as Miss Nettie
Christian, and many friend* delight
in these rare visits to her old home.
Benjamin Davis, of Amerieus i:
spending a few days at the home of
his aunt, Mrs. Fannie Stevens.
Dr. J. F. Foster and daughter,
Kathleen, Visit& his parents in Mill-
town, Ala., last week.
Mrs. A. R. Lowery left Thursday
for Columbia, S. C., to join her hus
band, who is ih the automobile busi
ness there.
Miss Hilda Ratcliffe, of Plains, is
visiting Miss Evelyn Hilman this
week.
Lowery Jordan is spending a few
days in Byron.
Miss Chattie WalkcV was a busi
ness visitor in Macon lost week.
Miss Lois Hautman, of Yocmans,
and Miss MatOe Lou Wilson, of
Buena Vista, are expected the lat
ter part of the week os guests Jit the
home of Mrs. Gocrge Thornton.
Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Drew were In
Richland Monday.
Miss Sadie Lunsford vbited
friends in Tarrott and Weston last
week.
Mrs. Geo. Cole, Mrs. Nannie Spann
and Will Cole were guests of rela
tives in Parrott Sunday.
J. M. Christian left Sunday for
Atlanta to join hb wife who has
bccti on an extended visit in Ashe-
villlc, N. C., and .other points. They
will return the latter part of the
week.
Mr. and Mrs. E. IL Helms and Mrs.
George Drew shopped in Amcricus
Monday.
Lewis Crittenden, Crumbly Mar
shal and John Croxton, of Parrott,
were visitors here Sunday.
Rev. K. T. Moore is conducting a
scries of meetings at Enterprise
church this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Emmett Harper, of
Plains, were guests of Mrs. Rebecca
Kidd Sunday
Charley Mangum, Freeman Man-
gum and Mr. Bankston went to Tif-
ton Monday business.
Robert Adams entertained a num
ber of his friends Friday at his home
near here. About fifteen guests
were present.
PLAINS
PLAINS, July. 13.—Leonard Mc-
Gnrrah is back on his job after the
effects of a painful accident sever
al days ago, when his arm was dis
located in cranking a Ford.
Miss Thelma Lunsford, of Amori
cus, is the guest of M»ss Lucilc Mar
shall.
Mrs. Ed Carter was the guest of
her father and sisters here last week.
Tyre Gordon Walters has return
cd from his vacation "visit to South
Carolina. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Marsh
all Lowery and Mrs. Wade Hampton
Lowery acompanied him, arriving
Sunday afternoon for a visit to their
respective homes.
Miss Mary Belle Crabb is the guest
of Miss Bertha Jones.
Mis* Mildred Mackey, of Amerieus
is visiting Miss Mary Murray and
other relatives here.
Millard, the younger son of Mr.
M. M. Jennings, has been visiting rel
atives at Albany the past week ana
will return at an early date. ’
A family party from Buena Vista
and other points spent Friday at
Magnolia Springs Friday. The fam
ilies of Mrs. Kate McCrary, Mr. and
Mrs. George Lowe and Mr. Bill Lowe,
of Buena Vista and Mr. and Mrs. E.
B. Hart, of Ellaville, gave the picnic
in compliment to their visitors, Mrs.
Roy Noland, of Alexander City, Ala.,
and Mrs. Davis Bragg, of Fitzgerald.
Mrs. Nora Stokes, of Buena Vista,
was also a member of the party.
Mr. and Mrs. R. T. Jennings, R. L.
Jennings and family of Plains, and
Capt. and Mrs .H. M. Stokes, of Am-
ricus, joined the party for dinner,
.’here were thirty-two present and
all enjoyed the outing.
Mr*. Ola Evans, of Atlanta, and
Mrs. Walter Slappey, of Washington,
the guvst* of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Slap-
pey.
Mary Miller has been the
guest of Miss Ellen Smith the past
week.
Mrs. Hall, of Milledgeville, with
her little son, is visiting among rel
atives here, the guest of her sister,
J. R. Logan.
«s L. E. Lowery, who has a good
position at Grady hospital, is at home
for a visit to her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. T. M. Lowery,
COUMT BOARDS
WILL ORGANIZE
Meetinsr of District Com
missioners Called For
Dawson
oat in a letter to the chairman of
each of the county boards. Chairman
X. A. Ray. of the Sumter board,
has received a <c*py, as'follows:
“Chairman Count* .Commissioners,
Sumter County. Amerieus, Georgia.
“Dear SiT:—At a recent confer
ence held with Mr. W. C. Gayo. Jr.,
Division Engineer 3rd Congressional
District of Georgia, the commission
ers of Teirell county condudeed aft
er freely discussing the matter, that
it would be a wise plan for our dis
trict to organize a District Associa
tion similar to those of other dis
tricts, for the mutual benefit of our
county commissioner* in road build
ing, and other problem* that confront
us from time to time, a* well as for
the social pleasure of meeting and
knowing each other.
“Our board decided to take the
initiative and requested Mr. Cayc
to write the various boards in the 3rd
district, outlining the purpose of the
organization, which he did under date
of June 27. 1021. In pursuance of
this enterprise we have set Thuns
day, July 21, for the organization
meeting, to be held in Dawson, Gr.
at which time we cxpeci. to hav
barbecue dinner for the visiting com
missioners at our camp. You and
your board are invited ar.d earnest
ly requested 'to attend this meeting
on July 2!st next. We will meet at
the court house in Dawson at 10
o’clock a. m., and organize and per
fect such plans as the meeting jnay
see fit.
“Please qxtend this invitation to
each member of your board and urge
each to attend, and we will be pleased
to hear from you 3 or 4 days in ad
vance so as; to know how many mem
bers to expert from your board so
that we will know how to prepare
for' your entertainment. Very* truly
yours,
J. A. LAING, Chairman.
“L. C. HOYL, Clerk.
“Dawson, Ga., July 8, 1921.”
STEP FATHER IS
FIRST HELD IN
ALBANY CRIME
Rev. Hansford'D. Johnson, of Syl
vania, has been called to the pastor-
ALBANY, July 13.—Another de
velopment in the revolting murder
two miles south of Albany Tuesday
morning of Robert Temple, ag^d 10,
and his brother, a«jed 4, came this
morning when a warrant charging
murder was taken by the sheriff for
the mother, Mrs. Bennie Hud.i
who has been held in jail since yes
terday a* a material witness on the
recommendation of the coroner’s
jury. Her husband, aged 40, who was
the boys’ stepfather, was jailed yester
day on a charge of murder. Both
are held without bond.
Both the mother and stepfather to
day continued to maintain their in
nocence of the crime and denied all
knowledge of it, while the mother
still stuck firmly to her husband, de
daring her belief that be is inno
cent.
The bodies of the two murdered
children were sent this afternoon to
Columbia, Ala., the home of their
grandmother, for burial.
In the investigation the officers
are proceeding cautiously and slow
ly, as the evidence thus far is al
most entirely circumstantial.
Mrs. Hudson says her hubsand was
kind to her children.' An examina
tion of the body of Robert Tempi .
however, revealed many weits and
abrasions of the skin.
The affair has aroused great indig
nation here, and the officers are
running down every clue that prom
ires to throw light on the case.
A warrant was sworn out against
Hudson, charging murder after
coroner’s jury recommended that
both he and his % wife be held,
la Need, She* Says.
When Mrs. Hudson was brought
back from town after tip.- discovery
of the crime she said she had been
compelled to go to work and leav
the children at home because the
family had been in actual need of
food and her husband had been ur
able tof find a job. She said before
leaving them yesterday morning she
had cautioned them against playing
in the read and to be good bo>v i n
t l their stepfather returned f*>n»
driving her to town. «
Track dogs which were brought t-
the scene were unable to do inytMng
because of the large crowd that had
tramped about the house and aha be
cause of heavy rain that fell short
ly after the crime was discovered
After the inquest two witnesses
were found who said they had heard
pistol shots between daylight and
sunrise Tuesday morning, which, in
the opinion of the officers at work
on the case, would indicate that the
children were killed before thrir
mother and stepfather left C#»r town
at,6^0 o’clock.,< v 1 " . ' rit
»! Officers are olio,.jygvvrtiffaUng. a
feature of the case that was brojght
out by the mother in her testimony
Vic* on the lives of-the two little
boys, but that shp was not sure
whether they were still in force.
Married La»l. September.
The woman expressed belief in her
husband's innocence, asserting that
be was always kind to the children
and loved them a? though they were
hi* own instead of step children. She
say* lie bathed and cared for them
and played with them every day.
The slain boys’ mother married
Hudson at Blakely last December,
ami shortly after the first of the
year the family moved to thin coun
ty ami to the farm where the tragedy
occurred.
The fact that Hudson has good
crops, a garden filled with vegeta
ble*. milk cows*, and chickens-in
abundance failed to bead out the
woman’s statement that the family
was in want for food which she gave
a* a reason for coming to town to
accept a newly obtained position.
Never before in the history of this
community has it been more deeply
stirred ami shocked than by the kill
ing of these two little ' hoys, and
those who saw them ns they lay in
pools of their- own blood tfith the
expression of eager anticipation for
the expected watermelon feast still
on their childish faces, will never for
get the sight.
SEEKS LAW FOR
LONGER SKIRTS
ATLANTA, July 13. — Senator
Dennis Fleming, who comes from the
Tenth district and speaks with u
Scotch or Irish brogue, is in a pre
dicament—a serious predicament.
He has been requested to introduce
some legislation which would seri
ously affect the liberties of the in
dependent sex. He doesn’t know
what to do, so he says, and' this
morning he was holding conferences
with his colleagues relative to the
following letter from Albany:
“Dear Dennis—1 have been think
ing quite a lot of the way the ladies
are dressing these day*. It is
common sight to see them coining
down the streets dressed in transpar
ent clothes, causing caustic remarks
to be made by those who see them
“They they be ns pure as undrift
ed snow, yet they cause all kind of
obscene and vulgar remarks to bu.
made. Now this fashion does not ap
ply to Albany alone, but the entire
state. I have noticed these fashion:
in Thomasvillc, Valdosta, Amerieus,
Sylvester and other places.”
The writer then describes
rough sketch he inclosed, showing the
style of clothing with which he would
udorn all Georgia peaches.
“In this sketch,” the communica
tion continues, “you will notice that
I have made a sort of design that
would prohibit the exhibition of the
shoulders not more than four inches
below the neck. In other words, the
exposure should start just where the
arms leave the body. The waist
should be so made as to prevent any
exposure, and the skirt should not
be higher than nine inches from the
ground.”
•And then he adds that all viola
tions of the restrictions should be
punished, first, by a reprimand, and
on a second offense be fined $100.
“In doing this, if possible,” the
letter concludes,” you would
doubt save the parties so committing
this act, a lot of comment that is un
necessary, besides doing good to ail
COMPROMISED
AGRICULTURAL
DEPT. FIGHT ON
ATLANTA, July 13—With both
factions in the' agricultural depart
ment controversy in the house haring
fought to standstill, a movement wax
underway today between Rcprc.enra*
lives Waiter H. Beckham, of Dii jidsl J
erty, and Lewi* of Colquitt, to reach
a compromise on the resolution.
The nmendment offered by Mr
Lewis provides that should it hecumo
necessary in arranging the adminis
tration of the two department so as^B
to prevent any duplication of work, ™
or to bring about mediation be-
txvecti the two, an investigation -hall
be made by the committee and a full
report of its findings concerning the
two branches given to the general
assembly.
This :s not a controversy brought
ASKS REVISION OF
RATES IN STATE
Smaller Towns Discrim
inated Acrainst. Savs
Pierce Legislator
ATLANTA, July 13.—Declaring
that freight rates between different
points are discriminatory, Itepresen
tative Brantley, of Fierce county, in
troduccd a resolution m the house
this morning calling upon the rail
road commission to revise the rate
structure within the state, which lias
impurtant bearing upon nil the
smaller cities of Georgia.
The resolution sets forth that in
1918 the director general of all rail
roads increased Georgia freight rates
twenty-five percent and the state
commission changed its revision of
rcral months previous. When the
Interstate Commerce Commission ih
1920 added another increase of twen
ty-five percent, a great discrimina
tion was brought against the small
Georgia cities.
Since the railroad commission has
made no attempt to correct these dis
criminations as between the small
and large cities, or between “the in
equalities for single line and joint
line haul movements," the resolu
tion asks that immediate action be
taken toward correcting the existing
situation. Tlie measure probably
woll come up for consideration
Thursday morning.
Should these changi
out by the house,” stated Mr. Lewis
in discussing the situation this morn
ing, ‘‘but is one which has been go
ing on for n number of months.
Charges and counter-charges have
been hurled by both branches, und
if necessary, the people arc entitled
to know the facts. -
‘‘I want to gee the two departments
working together. If there over was
a time when the farming interests
of Georgia needed the assistant e of
these agencies, which arc maintain
ed by public funds for public bene
fit, that time is now. If cither has
been guilty of graft, the facts should
be brought to light.”
The Lewis and Beckham resolu
tions have been before the house fo.-
thc past ten days, causing much de
bate every time they have been
brought up for consideration. The
house hns seemed unwilling to ex
press a vote of confidence in the
two branches, and has maintained
Mr. Lewis’ position that “this is no
time to make-up and kiss.”
In accepting tho Lewis amendment,
tho house has I placed some force in
the Beckham resolution, giving the
cotnmittcc nuthority to take drastic
action should cither department fail
to co-operate and not make satisfac
tory reports.
NORTH BLISTERS
INTORRIDWA
CHICAGO, July 13—The
wave which has gripped the cenl
west for days continued today wi
out an indication of relief. The far
mers in some sections arc doing their
farm work hy moonlight and in oth
er districts there is little activity un’-
til sundown.
Two deaths and several prostra
tions from the heat in Chicago wers^wl
reported yesterday. A temperature
of 10C in tho ahade was reported st I
Footvillc, Wis., yesterday and 102 at
Muscatine, Iowa,
Mrs. J. T. Erwin, who has been
critically ill for the past two weeks
at the city hospital, is improving
alowly, and hopes to be removes
shortly to the homo of her sistei,
Mrs. J. W. Harris, Jr., on Horne
street.
Garbage Can Still Is
Taken; Owner Flees
A large galvanized can, blacUf
smoked on tho * outside and dzubed
with mud about the pierced cover,
and a piece of bent iron pipe, stand
ing at the curb in fron# of the court
house Tuesday afternoon gave visi
ble evidence of a raid on a moon
shine still conducted during the d*y
by Sheriff Harvey and Deputy Sum-
niers. . . . n
The raid was made on the old Li-
dridge farm south of Amerieus, no
owned by J. W. Howard, and in • .
thick strip of woods near the hom
om Sam Johnson, a negro tensor
Johnson was arrested on inform** ®
that he haH been selling liquor, b
the still, according to Johnson,
longed to Windsor Stanley, anouier
negro, who saw the officers c •
ing in time to escape and wf s
hy them fleeing in the distao f
Little hope of capturing him w en *
tertained by'the officers.
Burton Is Recovering
From War Gas Difri*
Elon Burton has returned to a
i-ricux on a ten-day leave fmsj *
ommcnf hospital No. 4, *"VLl
where he went June 3 to
treatment for serious phymesj
ability from gas poisoning wM* t
uimny irom gns (wwan-x
the service In France. He under*
n surgical operation in which
versl
mended by the general assembly and p it pi __
authorized by the commixixon, the CaOlIUItt S Ians
roads of the state will not suffer
from a decrease ;n their revenue,
but inequalities betwjeen different
points within the state will be remov
ed. declared Mr. Franklin in discuss-
ing the resolution. •
Ifev.Silas Johnson
Writes From Brussels
A postcard just received from Rev.
Johnson, the Amerieus Rotary
clubs delegate to the international
convention at Dublin, mailed . June
'f*, 1 * •> Mr*- Lilly Dixon, ate of the First Baptist church of before the coroner’s jury to the ef-
Mis* AeolU Caldwell, of Americas, Valdosta. ....... . feet that she once hiul insurance poll-
8 at Brussels, says:
. ^ ^“ Rotary clubs of these coun
tries arc giving us a royal reception.
We have been to London. Swansea,
**L“- ‘T'V h " e \ ">• *» t” Ant-
wer P*»" aterloo- Sedan and Metz this
week.'
Mr. Johnson Is expected to reach
Amcricus some time this week.
ise«ea.A- * ..- a... ^.
inches of diseased bone ft' 1 "' • .
skull and tissue were removed. •
his recovery hns been rapid since ; .
is still very weak, and will ^
to the hospital for a pcrioJ ‘>f 0 • #
vation and treatment, h® re< a .
that the physicians expect h«s
plete recovery.
that he favored Governor Thoms’ j
Hardwick’s plan to establish a
of regents for the state's
al instiutions, but believed that
cral changes should be mad'- -
ator J. M. Collum, of the Tillrte . (
district, announced this morning
he would introduce it an .esny
a measure designed td put h< ’
system in effect. . , . .,11.
While he did not go into dcjsiux
it is -understood tho senator > ,
retention of the boards of ‘ ru ;' tc „i n0 -
the Georgia School of Teclin
and the University of Georgia
establishing the board of regent
all distsict school, and othef
tions.. lie Is bf the opinion thnt s
ex-officio members sh 0 “ ld ' wiB .
moved from lha boards to be re
ed. Senator Collum Uy*a in Sc
county.