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NEED ISELIGION WHETHER
WE REALIZE IT OR
TOT.
^j’WO^Protestnnt Epi»cop#Tlonfer.
ence. have indoraed the adver-
Using of the business of churches
newspapers. . ■
t.iZ l,e . b S9 ?S8 of the chu,ch 1» ‘he
w at 11 h » a ‘»
■othing neetla * 8 viul “ food and
. "hereaa all men know they
need food 'and clothing, not all of
them «en««.their need for religion.
e church has. come, to see that it
must create in men a sense of need
for religion.
And the newspaper advertisement
today is performing the function of
n«w ,P w.y. te0chinK old «««ton in
, ham and—
roast he.?'" 1 maybc a little
KK.-aare*'"-
eating,’
pie
know about
«|H „i, ' ,ay “, a Chicago hotel stew.
petite H d enlarBC America's ap'.
this'°f„n 0Od '', rsS s * k,, • what foo <l docs
this fellow know about that beats
a A d *p'. or a fat steak with
rrench-fried potatoeH?
He who undertakes to deprive
Americans of their favorite foods
nrst must show us something bet
. BAD prophecy. —,
Acording to the predictions during
the war one of the greatest after-
the—war problems would be to find
enough ships to carry the world’s
goods.
How impossible it is to estimate
the future in these disturbed times
is illustrated in the realities of the
• hipping situation as compared 'with
ine predictions.
-,l h ' Chamber of Shipping of Great
Britain has compiled figures shaw
ls th ?£, the . I(,,e 8hi PPinff exceeds
five million tons and that most of
* f . ocean-going ships in service are
being operated at a loss.
Two things have contributed
. l h,H *'}uation—the unexpected fall
ing off in world trade and the un
precedented increase In world ton
nage.
I ifapitc of the great loss of ships
during the war, there was an actual
increase in tonnage during the six
years from 1914 to 1920 of over
~~gnt million tons.
r eight million tons.
COMMON?!/
P Scene: Anv citv sir
COMMONPLACES
• Scene: Any city street. Children
Paying. Suddenly, the whirr of sn
•Ifpljje. Children look up, casual
ly- , Then go on with their play.
, A few yean ago admission was,... „
charged to see airplanes fly at race, the extent of *500 each.
.1^. * nd » T h . Pkce '' Today avi-J Kero are the weapons
forty-third year.—no.
AMERICUS, GEORGIA. THURSDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 28, 1921.
WEEKLY
EDITIO
’’IUCE FIVE CENTS.
Patterson Grilled In
aKeIpooS
Prison
CARTOONETTE
Heres.One Place Where
They ve Been Licked
Proper
JERSEY CITY, July 28 This is
the only city in the United States
that 'ever haa staged a municipal
rent strike.
The city has put its strength,
power and weapons behind the ten
ants in a war on profiteering land
lords.
Four strikes were called in 1920.
Jersey City and Its teneants won
them ajl. Now another strike has
been called. Landlords arc in full!
flight. ■ 1
James F. Gannon, Jr., is “the man
behind** in the Jersey City reni
strike. He is director of revenuo
and finance and a city commissioner.
Gannon is the most cordially liked
and disliked man in town. Land
lords and real dstato-owners call
him “The Bolshevik.” '* Tenants —
,000 of whom he saved from evic
tion or gouging last year — were so
grateful that they rented the armory
and gave him a testimonial ball.
'You don’t need rent laws/* says
Gannon. "Jersey City hasn’t got
Neither has New Jersey. We
licked the landlords juat the same.*'.
Last year’s rent strikes—and the
strike just called—haven't cost Jer
sey City a cent In municipal funds.
Th>y haven't-coat the tenants, a cent.
Landlords got the Supreme * court
decide that* he had no right to
spend tho city funds in behalf of
tenants.
Wouldn't Be Tied.
“You canJl tie my hands.'* Gannon
told the Supreme court. The whole
*'$ht cost some money, but Gannon
“ J the other four city commission
dug into their own pockets tr
Gannon
ators must do dangeous acrobatic
FkU Ti^ !? afct f ac ] attent i® n * Publishes full page newspaper ad-
The wonders of yesterday are the v er * i«e men t« -
mmonoUrM nt rw
i ^ "u'iuitb vi yesiei
—..Sir .1 “"*•
- I Floods courts with jury, trials.
S L & L.II I But the crux of the while thing
The War Risk'Insurance Depart-' 1 * thal G . an t non ia .‘ hc chlef u *
ment reports that 30,000 persons are 1 as f a ? aor Jersey City,
accidentally killed and injured each , , v * 8°‘ * h f, ba| K* on landlords
day'in the United States. Every f . rom ‘be rtart,” he says. “I jack up
minute five persons meet accidental ‘Mr tax assessments as fast as they
TROUBLESEEN
FOR STATE G.O.P.
White Suoremacv As
serted. But Blacks
Are Retained
Times-Recorder Bureau.
Kimball House.
ATLANTA, July 28—The white
lily of peace has been planted among
cracker Republicans. War has been
declared a thing of the past. White
supremacy in the Georgia party has
been asserted.
But, alas, the Henry Lincoln John
son element has Mon retained—add
the solid white Republican party in
the atate, is a thing that has never
bee tmeomplished. Tho teacher has
been amongst bis children and has
taught' a few lessens. Bui now he
has departed for the beautiful shores
of Washington. D. C—if the capital
Pas acquired shores—and when the
teochcr’s Jmck is ^turned, the children
•ro bound to become mischievous.
SHIPPING BOARD
IN ULTIMATUM TO
ENGLISH LINES
Rate War Threatened
Unless Fair Treatment
Is Given
UNDER INDICTMKNT
OWN MARKETS
Grain Corporation Is
Launched. Stock, Wool
And Hides Next
LONDON, July 28—(By Associat
ed Press.)—The United States .Ship
ping Board, It was learned today, has
delivered an ultimatum to the Brit
jah shipping lines that unless its ships
arc* accorded fair treatment in con
tracts ,for transport of cotton from
Allcxandrin, Egypt, to the United
Kingdom and the United States, the
Shipping board will “declare an open
market" and haul anything anywhere
at any rate.
The board also will invoke the re
taliatory measures embodied in tho
Jones shipping Oct, under which
vessels owned by unfair competitors
may be excluded from United States
ports, the ultimatum declared.
death.
The toll is greater than that claim
ed by war, even with ail that men
have devised for killing off each oth
er.
Safety first has been preached for
ten years, but We are still practic
ing “safety last” and “speed first"
jack up rents. I boost their taxes
so high that they can’t sell their prop
erty. Last year I killed real estate
speculation this way. And specula
tion is the root of the rent hog evil.
“I’m not prosecuting landlords. 1
consider 10 per cent a fair return
on a real estate investment We’ve
I got a rent bureau at the' city hall
HOMES OR— t | and we investigate every case.
Hotel men, in convention, say the. We’ve got every landlord, every flat,
old-fashioned home ia on the wane every house in a card index system,
and that America soon will be a na- yf t know what each landlord’s prop-
tion of hotel and apartment dwell-
era.
Speed the day, says dad, sick of
lawn mower and furnace shovel.
Speed the day. says mother, tired
of sweeping and scrubbing and
cleaning.
Rue the day, says daughter, think
ing of Fie old front “pqich, and the,
hammock and ths moon.
“dear old Georgia.” The white flag
°‘ truce will not last long, in the
opinion of some of the solid Demo-
crata—and not a few (l. : 0. p’n..
‘BLUES’CAUSED
BY ASPARAGUS
CLEVELAND, July 28—(By As
sociated Press.)—Asparagus causes
“the blues.” said Dr. Charles Haz
ard, of New York City, former
president of the American Osteopath
ic association, in a paper which he
read today at the National Osteo
pathic convention. This is not the
fault of the asparagus, however, ex
plained the doctor. He did not con
demn asparagus but explained that
when. It does cause “the blues,” is
is because the person’s system is al
ready clogged with Iti own impuri
ties. He^said:
“The asparagus is the hut straw
which, added to the toxic state of
the system, produces a physical state
of the brain and nervea which in re
flected aa “the blues.” This hap
pens because the mechanistic state!
of the person's physical system is
such that the organs of elimination
have not been capable of doing their
work well for such a Jong time-that
the system has become poisoned with
its own debris. But had the system
been kept'always in good mechanical
erty is worth, how much he pays
for coal, for npkeem for repair*—
and we know whatXe’s making.
Get Behind Tenants.
“If we find he contemplates an
unfair raise we tell the tenants to
sit tight and the whole city will get
behind them. We get behind ’em,
t tqo,
________ 'j “If the landlord won't listen to
NEAR THE LIMIT I rMBOn wc 8° Running for him.
Members of the crew of the IU1-! > fcalth inspectors call around every
ian cruiser Libia were extended the And tenement house tnspec- nfwn , K „., u
hospitality of the city at Galveston, tors. And electrical inspectors. And j con ^| tlon Elimination would always
end a dance was staged in their hen-, sidewalk inspectors. If they find the h proceedcd normally, the system
or. , slightest infract,on of a city ordi- mul / h kept c le»r of poisons,
But the beys of the bounding nance .the landlord is haled into P0- BO boj effects would have foi-
wavep found that American dances, lice court. ! lowed the eating of asparagus, for
ns they arc (lone May, made them—' “A formidable weapon is the heat: t(|e norm ,| mftl( ., n |, nl Wl ,„ld
,e £lxY ! u ....... ! ordinance, which requires a mini-] d(| throw off tllc acW of t Kc
Which seems te indicate that may-i mum temperature of 68 degrees dur- v .„.,•>
be it is time, someone was sending, j„g the winter months. After a land-! , on ..ti'ona |„ other words
out a call for a terpslchorean Came) | orii has been fined *300 for failure j acc ^ rdin! J to the speaker are marked-'
N -‘ ,nn (to keep the home fires burning he , in ,i uence( | Iby the condition of
ECONOMY ! Clicks— «hc blood. He explained thu.as fob
The first act of Congressman Mad-; JP *
^m*i«. n . eW on Ch .Boreii.donlr ! w«^o i “ l teli him: ‘ Be “ 0nd -
intT^e a resoM which should! '*“« * 50
meet with general public appiW.i «’ ,ldcnc * ” f Kooi , fa i^ , 111 30 &0
It calls for a constitutional smend-! by rcm'ttmg your fine,
nient which w«l make it legal for the: “Th*‘ *»**« cve r y ,
president to veto any pert of an ap-: • ve 8 1)1 th * unions back of
propriatinn bin without vetoing the! If there s a union button in a build-
whole bill. j involved in a rent controversy
The constitutional restrictions on t the unions refuse to moVe out the
in regard^to apprjprt-i goodp of Unanta-jtivaii notice.”
aron hills have coat the tax payers' —
millions of dollars. _ The resolution j g ena tor BfOWn Not
PROPOSES TO KEEP
‘ S. BOATS SAILING
WASHINGTON, July 28—The U.
S. Shipping Board issued a statement
today saying tho offer of thr Unit
ed States Mail Steamship compuny
to purchase nine steamers allocated
to that company for operation but
seized by the board Friday, would
be “treated In an orderly manner.”
It added the hoard's pupose in the
case haa been to “protect the gov
ernment’s interest and keep the boats
sailing" . ; ,
‘This the board proposes to.do,'
tho statement added.
BOTH HOUSES IN
TAX SQUABBLES
• This is the forecast aftermath of „ , _ 7
the recent Republican conference hr ■J! m r a ',?*, r .® rd * r Buusnu, —
— • Kimball iHousa.
' ATJLJfNTA, July 28—Stormy Je-
liatcs on taxation questions featured
the sessions of both houses of the
nncmbly.thia morning, with the sen
ate engaged in controversy over thp
ahllshmcnt of the tax equalization
act and the house fighting over the
adoption, of the gasoline tax bill,
which was brought up for passage
by Representative J.' W. Culpepper.
Resolutions calling upon Hoke
Smith nnd,Joc Brown, former gover
nors of the state, to supply their por
traits to be hun& ih the executive re
ception ’ room at the icapitol, were
passed by the house.
, Tho appropriation bill, providing
for tho payment of deficits and In-
S rcar.cs in salaries of Superior court,
upreme court and Court of Appeals
Judges, was passed after long de
bate between house members.
Senator John H. Jones, of La-
Orange, led the fight to prevent abol
ition of the equalization act in the
senate. Senator Dennis Fleming, of
Albany, also opposed the bill. Sena
tor Ellis, of Moultrie, favored aboli
tion, provided it take effect in 1923.
ALLiEDFUNDING
BILL REPORTED
BY R. J. GIBBONS.
CHICAGO, July 28.—American
farmers are combining here to con
trol all their own marketing facili
ties.
Up to date tills Co-op irativc movc-
picnt haa resulted ill formation of,
k *100,000,000 grain growera
sociation, to take charge of disposing
of the national wheat crop.
And now plans are being develop
ed'for organization of co-operative
farmers’ livestock commission houses.
^ Other preparations under way call
Co-operative wool markets.
Co-operativo hide markets.
A committee of 15 which has been
at work for the past three months
Is about ready to report on steps
needed to start the Jivcstbck ex
changes in operation.
Heading this body is C. H. Gustaf
son, chairman, who Is also president
it the United Grain Growers, Ine.
Aa explained by James it. How
trd, president of the American Farit
Bureau Federation, nn organization
made up of most of the agricultural
ists in America, which is leading in
the movement, the purposes of tho
farmer-controlled and /armor-operat
ed groups ars:
: To stabilise the market *ac that
farmer gets the benefit of the eco
nomic working, not the mnnipulat-
ed working, of the law of supply
and demand, •
To obtain the farmem' demanded
co-operative rights.
To lessen the cost of distribution,
To bring about universal prosper
ity 'by stimulating Agricultural ac
ttvltles. ••• '
’*T6"obtain a square deal for Hi
farmer and tho public, * impossible
now because of the interference by
market gamblers.
“The American farmer ifMoy in
biA demand for co-operative rights
challenges all other peoples through
nation-wide and .world-wide co-opera-
tion ' to replace abnormalcy," says
toward.
All the cooperative ' marketing
ventures in.operation or being plan
ned by the farmers will be non
profitsharing save in the savings paid
tn farmers on the cost of handling
their commodities.
[ Members of the executive commit
tee now whipping the program into
effect say the consumer will be
chiefly benefited, by paying less for
food, while the farmer will receive
Governor Lcn Small, ol Illinois,
has boon indicted by the Sangamon
County, III., grand jury for embez
zlement and conspiracy to miaappro-
nrintc state funds. He Is charged
with the theft or *500,000 of stata
funds, and is Jointly accused, with
Lleut,-Gov. Fred E. Stirling nnd
Verne S. Curtis, banker, of embezzle
ment of *700,000 nnd conspirncy
wrongfully to nnoroprinte *2,000,000.
Small denies his guilt. Above Is
picture of him. After refusing ...
submit to arrest, ha has accepted tho
court ruling thnt ho is not immune ns
governor.
HARDING CALLS
HOUSE LEADERS
COMMITTEE OF
HOUSE TO SEEK.
FULL INQUIRY
Executive Session _ To-
liielit To F ’rcnarc For
Next Move
Tims-Recordcr Bureau,
Kimball House.
ATLANTA, July 118—
solution calling • for tin
merit of a committee ta i
investigation of condition
atate priaon farm will be
in the houne Frill ly or
following a reading oC i
report outlining the true i
at the institution from tho
penitentiary committee, which vd
hold an executive hcmIosi tonight
This move was freely predicted I
members thin afternoon, ainbd the In
vcntigatlon to date has disclosed ai
many irregularities nnd charges of
corruption nt tho farm. A very in
favorable report in expected to l
Bubniittcd early tomorrow mori
Tho last open session of the <
.mitteo held last night, and at t\
.?!!r time Judge T. E. Patterson, of tl._
prison cornmisnion, was cross-examin
ed by Chairman Jones Ferryman,
examination revealed that either 1
law doea not make rigid rruuiremen
on the cornmisnion, or they have fail
ed properly to discharge their du
ties. 1 ’
When the executive .session ia
held, Chairman Perryman and other
month cm of the committee determin
ed to “clean-up” conditions at the
farm will meet some opposition, but
indications nr#* Hint * the political ,
alronglh of the commission has be
WASHINGTON, July 28. — An-
other White House dinner confer
ence wilt be held tonight between
President Harding npd u dozen house
leaders In furtherance of the leg
Intive program understood to iiave
been agreed on by senate Republi
cans who conferred with 1’residont
Harding Tuesday night.
Perryn
■/ill ;pr:»l; on
Berlin To Accept Ruling
On Passage Of Troops
more for hla labor.
LONDON, July 28.—(By Asso
ciated /Press.)—Germany will abide
by the decision of the Allied supremo
qounll relative to tho q'levtlon of tho
transportation of a French division
across Germany to , reinforce the
Krench troops In Upper Silesia, ac
cording to Information available here
today.
YOUTHSINVITED
TO POOL MEETING
j usually comes around and admits
[h,’s licked and wants to know
„ , "In the struggle that men’s physi-
ICeduce c al organism must constantly keep
WASHINGTON, July 28—A fa- — —.... .
vorable report on the administration! >ng reader, will partieij
bill giving the treasury departmant
blanket authority to conduct nego
tiations for the funding of Allied
debts, was ordered today by the sen
ate finance committee. The bill car
ries a committee amendment requir
ing funding to be completed within chairman
five yean. ■
1 The meeting to be held tonight at
1:30 o’clock at the Playground dub on .
Mouse for the purpose of interesting
all Americus in tlft building of a
swimming pool for that institution
is to be one filled with entertainment
aa well as pleasant discussions of tho
playground activities.
Miss Helen Keister, a most pleas-
K reader, will participate In the
program, giving a number of Selec
tions. Mias Mohrs Clark, whose
voice has been heard on many oc
casions in Amerfetis, has accepted ad
invitation tb sing- ' . ' . 1 ' „' ,
shma/of thif Playground remmit*
is said to be fart of the administrs ,
tion program for centerting control |
of government expenditures-.
Collum Sets a Record;
Passes Dav In His Seat
Timem-Rceorder Bureau,'
Kimball House.
ATLANTA, July 28.—A- sensation
was caused in the house Wednesday
by Senator J. M. Collum. The
Through With Charges
Times-Recorder Bureau,'
Kimball House. /
ATLANTA, July 28—Senator L.
C. Brown is not through with the ag
ricultural department of Georgia.
Maintaining that the taxpayers of the
state have a right to know whether
the charges against the deparftent
are false or true, and tjut no appro
priate committee has been appointed
gentleman from somewhere around before he could present hts evidence.
Americas, attended's whale season! A motion of the senator to table
withqot arising' “to a paint of order.”: his original resolution calling for an
Senator O. K. Jones wanted to ap-; investigation of (he branch, was de-
poini a committee to investigate the; fested Wednesday. Hit neat move
matter, hut. Senator Denni* Fleming,(will be to offer a substitute rrsolo-
, RESORT HIT BY FIRE.
: NORFOLK, Va., July 28. — Two
, j clubs and six cottages at Oteanview.
l _ rsasrt nie-.-.Uir.
"f Albany, arose So speak on tbe ma-l tkrn containing farther charges. The tinned a mystery, although it eras re- j by fire early .to la. wr r ,-sti-
tiqn. No one could understand his, measure will be introduced during ported today’s conferences were be. I mated Io-« of *156.000. The oecu-
Insh dialect, _ the week. _ ing hjjd at the home of * friend. pants had narrow escapes.
Rcntz Pitches For
Americus In Albany
The Americus baseball team, ac
companied by a number of fans, mn.
tored to Albany this afternoon to
meet the Albany aggregation there at
4 o'clock in holiday afternoon game.
■’Slap” Rcntz, star Macon twirler,
who started for Americus last Thurs
day atr the Playground here in the
game against Albany which waa stop
ped Iff rain in the first Inning, ar
rived at 2:17 and accompanied the
Americus players,, going on the
mound for Americus. 'A good game
was in prospect.
A- F. Of A. To Aid Neitro
Freight Handlers Union
WASHINGTON, July 28. — An
nouncement that it had undertake))
i to aid the negro freight handlers in
—rp;—■ the Sooth In organizing and in pre-
Indictcd Ciovemor scntatlon of their grievances to the
Hide. From Scribe. -JqJ KWS& $
CHICAGO, July 28—Governor Labor ' '. ,.
Small, after changing hotehi lait
night to avoid newspaper men, re
sumed Ida conferences today with hfs
lawyer* s.id .aweeieten.' —
up in order to grow,' function, and
keep healthy, it is always that nr-
ganism that is handicapped hy the
presence of obstructions to the free
flow of its nerve and blood currents
that has the least chanee -to survive
and keep well.
“A mart's mental functions cannot
keep clear and efficient and normal
unless his prain and nerves are fed
by copious stream* of 'pure blood.
The blood cannot be pure and cirri),
late freely so topg as the organs of
elimination arc obstructed.
’’So it ia that ‘what is fine man’*
meat "becomes another man’s poison.’
Faulty diet is largely a matter rela
tive to the mechanical status of the
physical body of the individual.” 4
in Chicago.”
the that everybody attend the open!
nieeting tonight, and ^.especially re-J
quests the ^oung people' to be pres-1
ent to giro stimulus to the plans
which are'being made for them and
their pleasure. The Playground was
introduced for the benefit of the
children and the young people of th*
town, and in no other way save their
presence at tha meetings of diseuwi-
sion can their wishes with regard
to the playground be ascertained.
They Can evince their encouragement
by their presence this evening and
participate in the plane to be made
for them. '•
No collections of any nature will
be taken, nor will anyone be asked
to subscribe In thy Mtashre. The
meeting is to’ be Solely for the pur
pose of getting the oMer persons Of
the city nnd the young people and
children together to plan wsys and
means to promote the welfare of the
youth In the movement. ;
Community singing in which ev
erybody wit) be inVlted to .Join will
feature the pleasures of fhq evening.
Australian Tenni* Stars
Delayed At U. S. Border
BUFFALO, July 28.—The journey
of Captain Peach and other Aus
tralian Davis cup tennis players
from Toronto to Tittaburg was de
layed severs I hours here today whiit
inspectors inquired into
Ur
Would Bar Imitations
Of Danger Cross Signs
Times-Recorder Bureau,
Kimball Houst.
ATLANTA. July. 28. — Senate
Dennis Fleming will introduce
measure in the senate Friday design
ed to prohibit any merchant or atiy
one else from erecting advertising
signs similar to the danger sigtials
placed nt nil Intersections by the rail
roads!
“These Imitation tigns are danger
ous and bare become too numerous
throughout tho state,” said Senator
Fleming, “Sod I irttend to do all I
can topmrd having .them removed."
Shipped Fight Pictures,
Te* Is Fined $1*000
NEW YORK, July M—Tei Klck-
d, bokihg pkoojhter, qqd Fred
■Qdimby, motion picture txtlt}
sterday pleaded guilty before fed-
si .Judge Wilnam ti. Slu'pp.»
Srges of violating tha mtVr
tuinmcrco law, through the transpor
tation. acroes the state lint from New
Jersey of the Dcmpaey-Carpentirr
fight pictures and i were .fined one
thousand dollars each, v:
MARKETS
AMERICUS - SPOT COTTON
G(io<t Middling, 10 l-2c.
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procp'-fltn^i,
■d iimonit the hotta#
of the commiftee wh#o
IC 111 c .1 11! Ill*’ i *’p*• 11 t<» thr house.
Since Uie cornmitieet visited
late farm lar-t week, dipcuss -
their fitidiriRn bar. t |°n the chief i
Jnct arpopK the IcpriaJators. t
the orKnnizcil nn'-hin** of the
commission in the senate «tt<
ed to Kquplch Hiihm.'^ion of evldc.. „
on the first ni^ht of the hearing,
and finally hecame so pronounced In
itM policy toward the hoard that
the house body wns forced to
relation!:, the <n”.n'»”rs of the \m
branch clqmnmfed flint n full invei
gntioil he made of the charges.
Senator t imphelFr; position on 1
mutter, and hi; activities in beh
of the commi?'ion have also been f
subject of much comment. At
request of tho prison hoard.
Herbert Clay, president of the
ate, was '.".elretinjr his committe
the r.enator from Covingtn
made cbnirnip;i of the penitenth
body. Since he adopted such
nroceeflinKT. it is knoWn
I that the president ha*’- urged him i
“go to the bottom of the affair.”
One of the ri
member# determ... ...
I the investigation may he found ffl
the attitude Senator C ampbell
cd Tuesday evening in refusing
recognize its representatives desiring
to-make motionlJ. The lobbying #r-
tivitlcr. of the coitimlilftoners, and th#
fight they mad- ^ 1 - u •«**“—
has also react
comlttee.
MANSION SALE LOSES,.
LIAM. IS FAVORED
ATLANTA, July 2». After #/
v.;mn d.’hiite. • h<• -.'ll■«!e Wednesday
paired Senator 1 Walker’r. aiihgtHatl tef
the Haralftoiif bln /providin'' for th>
lenap the govcrnor'a mansion for f»
ponriod of years by a "mansion
lease commission.” The nihstlttit#
provided for a straight lease of tbb
property and no sale nnd for
creation of n "mansion lease”
mission, composed of the gover
attorney general, two vpnnton
three repreKcntatlven, ahd threa I
ness men from tho state at la
to bo named by the governor, and 1
of whom shall bo non-resident.* of 'i
lanta, to accept proposals for tit#
lease of the present mansion for a pe
riod of fifty years, and to make .#
report of it;t disposition of the prop
erty to the a ex t general nwiomblyj
Negro Store Burglar
Nabbed By Officer*
Sam Crawford Pickett, h negro,
v/ns bound over to the grand Jury
this afternoon IH $350 hail after a
hearing before Justice J. N. Carter
on a charge,of burglary. Pickett, a
well known local negrp, is aerused of
having broken into the brokerage es
tablishment of Roy Hhck nn Hamp
ton Rtreet. where he was seen by Of
/icera Kedmon and Ross, hip escaped
for n time. The store wm burglar!*
ed last Friday/ night
fired revernl sho
I ruder, and |*feketf
Turk* To Evaci
MenkoedjP
lone