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VOL. LII.
PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY, GA., THURSDAY APRIL 6, 1922.
BERRIEN IS' SENTENCED Frio?*
( THREE TO FIVE YEARS FOR
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TO CENSOR BENCH
larceny after trust
[ Atlanta.—R. Nr BerriSn; Ji\, Invest
ment banker of Atlanta, accused of lar-
;Ceny after trust: in' the handling of
school warrants, for the salaries of
: Murray county teaclievs.N Wais found
guilty in Fulton superior court. His
Sentence was fixed at three .to dftve
: years. ' o .
Berrien’s counsel have announced
that they would make application for
a new trial and are .prepared to resist
to the last ditch the\eleven other in
dictments of a similar-nature pending
against him! . - ;• •. I
The jury returned tlie' verdict after
having been but for about four hburs,
and apparently at.,one time hopelessly
at lbggerheads ori'the iverdict.
About an hbur before the return of
the vei’dict they askedl for speci:,l in
structions from; the court on a tech
nical point and' at that time it: was
rumored that thb jurors had practical-:
GENERAL COUNSEL FOR ANTI
SALOON LEAGUE TELLS OF
PROTEST LETTERS
WldS Ramification's Of League’s Actlv-'
I ties Disclosed In Testimony Of J
! l l - >1 l Waype B. Wheeler 1 0 ;
,ty agreed.
Berrien took the verdict philosoph
ically. Ae thq jurors filed in to. the
box with the verdict, he stared at
them through his glasses, hut made no
outward sign when 'the verdict was
read.
After , consulting briefly with his
. family and attorneys, gathered about
him, he returned to the Fulton county
tower in charge of an officer. He*
himself Inform Jailer Jim Bazemorb
of thb outcome of tlie trial.
The Berrien case was argued with
both sides-entering into a highly tech
nical discussion as to •vyhether Ber
rien had violate^ a trust as the state
couteuded,, or had .simply and honest-,
ly become involved In deb,l to the
state, as the defenSq maintained.
During'thb course of his argument,
Attorney Edgar Watkins, for the de
fense, spoke in vehement terms against
the loose handling of funds of the
state by state officials, which, he de
clared, was the real reason that these
school warrants, have not been paid
and for which Gerrien was held re
sponsible, • • -
Behind In Support Of School System
Atlanta.—Atlanta is woefully behind
cities of corresponding size, through
out the country in her financial sup
port of the public school system, ac
cording to facts which the survey-com
mission of Columbia university has
compiled in the Costs section of its
report to be submitted to the board of
education. The surveyors’ assort that
the $4,000,000 bond issue for the school
system was only sufficient to take
care of the worst phases of the situa
tion and that it. would have taken an
issue of $9,500,000 to have brought the
system almost up to modern stand
ards. Another bond issue within the
next 5 pegrs will be needed, it is
said. , While the complete report has
not been made public yet, it is under
stood that the surveyors will recom
mend'a special tax levy arangement
for the schools in order to properly
care for the maintenance costs.
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WILL SAIL FROM SEATTLE JUNE
FIRST TO EXPLORE THE
“ROOF OF WORLD”
Washington.—Testimony of Wayne:
B. Whee,ler, general counsel for the]
' Abti-saioon league, before the house;
appropriations committee, made pub
lic, revealod that the organization had
'protested the noxhination "of half a
dozen or more federal judges,” Mr.
Wheeler added, that he had never ask
ed for the tjralnsfer of a federal judge.
Asked by .Representative Tinkham,
republican, Massachusetts, if he had
ever -recommended the appointment of
a federal judge, Mr. Wheeler Replied:
“We have protested the appoint
ment of some, and I think that when
some have come up I have sent across
letters stating tshat such and such
men haye made very effective, faithful
public officials and if they were ap
pointed to those places would doubt
less makb the same kind of a record.
We did pot go into the question of
picking personalities.”
Pressed as to. the number of judge-
ship nominations which he had pro
tested on behalf of^the leagiie, Mr.'
Wheeler jreplied that it was done in
ithe cases "of half a dozen more
federal. judges.”
Mr. Wheeler was questioned by Mr.
Tipkhatn as to his dealings with gov
ernment officials in his general desire
to bring about rigid prohibition en
forcement.
“I now want to aslc along these
lines and I think it is legitimate,”
said Mr. Tinkham, “about your ap
proach to public officials—whether
you have approached them or not. Did
you approach the president in relation
to the appointment of a secretary Itof
the treasury—who should be secretary
of the treasury.”
*‘I sent him „ a communication, I
think,” Mr. Wheeler replied,, “asking
that no one be placed in that position
who was hostile to. tha enforcement of
law, inasmuch as he would have some
thing to do with it. We did not take
up with him particularly the person
nel or anything else as I recall it,”
Mr. Wheeler said tliere were a num
ber of good officials now enforcing the
law who did not believe in prohibition.
Touching on the questio^n, cif the
league’s activity in. politics, Mr. Tink
ham introduced a statement signed by
Mr. Wheeler and filed with' the clerk
of the house. October 29, 1920, .show
ing the expenditure of about $554.
Some of it in the Minnesota district
represented by Chairman Volstead, of
the house judiciary committee, author
of the Volstead law. /
Explorers Will falk Dally By Radio
From Ice-Locked Plains With
Washington, D. C.
...
New York.—As fascinating ns a tale
by Jules Verne was the plan for
aerial exploration of the "roof of
world,” sketched recently in full form
the first time by 'Capt. Roald Aitnind-
eerid, discoverer of the South Pole. '
'Arriving from Norway on the' Stay
arigerfjorti, the explored plunged at
once Into the work. of organizing i the
expedition which sailat June 1 from
Seattle tp drift; across|the,North Role,
expedition yvpich Amundsen expects
will; (revolutionize pplqr e.xploratipn,
and provide a short cqt tp Invaluable
scientific knowledge. , .
Tlie expedition 1 which sails this, time
for the'North Pole will not be like
those which have preceded it, accord
ing to its leader. ' •> 1 •
Its vision will not be confined to
a few hiiles on either side-of the ship,
but from the air it (will he able to
take, in at a glpncp objects two hun
dred, n^iles, away., , , _ . , t ,j.
It Will not bo for yeajr^cuttQff fyopi
tciien with the outside world, leaving
friends and rJflpjjis to woixdor if the
northland' hdd smashed in its icy fist
the hardy adventurers who encroached
on its,fastnesses. Instead,, it wi.il talk
by radio four times a day with Wash-
icglon and wpen it returns,in three
or five years, it will know what the civ
ilized world has been fining during Its
absence.
It will not | have spent years ichartr
ing merely a; narrow strip,., but J with
the aid of aviation will be able to
chart 1,000,000 square miles, sketch
ing the currents of the air as ’well
as those of the sea. For centuries
scientists have believed that currents
of tho North Pole have been respon
sible for climatic phenomena in the
part of the world in wliich civilized
man lives, and Amundsen hopes, to
acconiplish with his airplanes ill
five years’ voyage what would take
40 years, millions of dollars and many
llv6S ,if only a ship' and dog, sleds
were employed; > '
It Is upon his airplanes—two , in
number—that Amundsen pins his chief
hopes, and it was upon one of them
that he focused hi3 attention as soon
as lie stepped ashore recently.
Georgia Academy Of Science Formed
Athens.—What is beliefed to 1 bp the
most important step taken in the in
terest of higher education in Georgia
in many years, was .that -when repre
sentatives of the University Of Geor
gia, the Georgia'School of Technology,’
Emory university, Oglethorpe univer
sity, Mercer university and the Geor
gia experiment station, gathered in
Athens on t.he university campus and
organized the Georgia Academy* of
Sciences. Membership- ip4he~ac«jjremy
To Teach Short Story Writing
Macon.—Mre. Helen Topping Mil
ler, shoi’t story writer, who has a num
ber of stories published in The Satur
day Evening Po3t and other maga
zines, has accepted a position to teach
short story writing at Mercer univer
sity and will meet her fclass for , the
first time soon. iMrs. Miller is the; au
thor of more thari 250 short stoHes.
She' is a graduate of the A. & M. col
lege
for
is restricted )tq /t^o^q -^fijrepqyji^eci
scientific achievement,' and leaders in
statements ' made recently declared
that membership will .always < he J kept 1 manuiopturtog tliquor. |
upon a high plane. V " i ! ttu3 nabies £>f -deorfee 4i
j Preston Whaley Dies. SpOdcfUessH-
Tlfton.—Preston Whaley, farmer,
about forty years old, walked into the
office of a local physician, holding
his hands to'l'hiaf stomach.! ffifexlly
down on a t^bletjiei ao|xi, lfe,
fore the physician" could get to him
he was dead. Acute indig^sfiq
supposed to have been the -cause/
leaves a widow and six small children
For a time he operated a small saw
mill near Tifton.
“Suspect" Held Job As Police Officer
Seattle, Wash.—While three of his
photographs graced the rogues’ gallery
in the central ^sthtioh here and detec
tives seeking him throughout the Pa
cific Northwest, Fred Trombly—want-;
ed as a suspect connected with rob
beries—served six months on tlie lo
cal \police force, investigators an j
nounqe. The erstwhile patrolnian is
new doing time behind the bars await
ing trial. His “gallery card” credited
hijn with a term for grand larceny and
escape front the stale reformatory, a
six months sentence for larceny and a
sentence of,six to fifteen yeersjin the
state; penitentiary for theft of .dia
monds.
3 of Michigan and has been writiing ! ^ ew Vorl^ Wofnsn Must - Ni
'several 'yOarej. 1)'/] •\ ? { | | New York:—Effective’ Mb
B • TT" ’’—tS K i —s ! women of New York City
Four Surrender On Liquor Charge
Macon.—Four alleged moonshiners
who federal prohibition officers say
rigiiHd iii ’the raid near Adrian, Ga.,
recently, in which F. Barwick, alleged
>,er, was killed, and f Ed F.
id ■'prioMh^mn ^ffiperj
surronaered Ifere.
v. r as
They are
charged in. a federal warrant with
anujfaptyring jliquor. j Tho man gave
-Iutchison, Man
ning Hutchison, Will Moore and Elijah
n«4
Not Smokel
Mhrdh',27,”‘all
Glty were; pro
hibited from smoking in public places
anywhere in the city. This new city
ordinance, passed'by the [ board, 'of al-
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ies, Hardware, Enamelware, Crockery, Stoves, Ranges,
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taken my loss and if you buy fi om me I will not sell you '
one, article fo,r less than cost and make it up on something
else; Ali i ask is an opportunity to meet honest compe-
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tition on any line I sell.
Lets Forget the Blues, Go To Work and Make
The Best of It.
dprmen arid’ signed ! b? Mayor Hylari,
on'March 21,- failed to become 'knipwn
until -patrons of gay cabarets, hotels
and. v . ; $ri Vlir^adWhy/i jiri ■.
Grqppwich lyillargerapt /tife Brani ,weVq f
astounded to have the news brought
to tbeln. by detailb of ririi'formed '^o-
licement sent ‘but; to apprise/proprie
tors of the. new la v. which, the aider-
men had enacted. .
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Did Fishing Boat Fail To Heed Signal?
Miami, Fla.—The charges of Pilot
Rohe
British May Form Irish Ncutrjal Zone
London.,-rrDisjpatcjbes, from* Ireland
wrecked plane, leaving Moore and hi3
.five g'ajsp^iigprjs to tho mcrey of the
sea, will be investigated by the bu
reau of navigation of the department
of commerce, it is said here.
fording the house of lords opportun
ity for a vigorous debate on the Irish
h|ll in which the question of lawless
ness and civil war were frequently in
jected by both sides.
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