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VOL. XXIII. NO. 28.
BOY SCOUTS START
. MOVE ID EXPAND
1 OVERSOUTHEAST
Membership of Boys in All
Towns and Rural Districts
to Follow Important Meet
ing
A particularly significant gather
ing m the Interest of boys’ work in
the southern states convened at the
Piedmont hotel Thursday morning at
10 o’clock, when officials of national
headquarters of the Boy Scouts of
■» representing more than half
* million American boys, met in joint
•esslon with the volunteer and paid
scout workers of Georgia, North and
South Carolina, and Florida, to con
sider the establishment of a district
Organization of these four states.
The main purpose of the conference
Is not only to extend the scout move
ment throughout the cities, but to
form an Interstate organization
Which will give advantage to the
boys of the rural sections.
The meeting opened with a large
attendance from the four states, the
Georgia representatives being headed
by E. R. Callaway, of LaGrange,
State chairman of the scout work.
Prominent also among them were of
ficials of the Atlanta council under
the leadership of Frederic J. Paxon,
•hairman of the local scout executive
committee.
Members of the national council
Were present In the person of Dr.
George J. Fisher, of New York, depu
ty chief scout executive; Stanley A.
Harris, of Memphis, Tenn., national
field scout executive; and J. E.
’ fiteere, of Charlotte, N. C., deputy
national field scout executive.
In attendance at the conference
fclso was C. E. Carmack, of Memphis,
deputy national scout executive ,and
Father John F. White, who represents
Archbishop Hayes, of the National
Caholic War Council. Father White
was present in behalf of the Catno
lie boys in the south who are mem
bers of the scouts.
Among the voluntere scout offi
cials present were; Scout Commis
sioner Hugh Conley, of Augusta, Ga.,
1. M. Fleming, of Augusta; Robert
Graves, of Rome: J. M. Dimon, of
Columbus; Rev. Silas Johnston, ot
Americus; Felix Jackson, of Gaines
ville: Dr. J. F. Wilson and E. J.
Wagner, of Waycross; J. A. Stall,
Os Florence, S. C.; Dr. C. B. Gib
sbn, of Savannah; Roger Miller, ot
Macon; R. M. Mauldin, of Charlotte,
N. C., and a number of oth ® rs - „ .
\ number of Georgia scout execu
tives‘were also present, lhese oi-
J ficials act in the various cities as
' organizers and directors of the 1
cal work. Among them were A. A-
Jameson, of Atlanta; George Ben
nett, of Rome; H. O. Hunter, of
Macon, and R- M. Schiele, of Au
eUThe’ morning session of the con
ference opened with an address by
Dr. George Fisher, of national head
quarters. Boy Scouts of America. He
explained the possibilities of a bet
ter extension movement for the
scout program, and declared that un
der the new state organization plan
the movement could be brought to
the boys of the country much more
easily and in a much shorter time,
this territory.
He said that Georgia was picked
as the state in which to try out the
atate organization for two reasons.
The first was because only one boy
In sixty-even in the state were
scouts —a very low comparative per
centage, and secondly because with
in the past year the state of Georgia
has lead the country in the growth
of the scout movement. This, ac
cording to Dr. Fisher, indicated that
Georgia was probably the best state
In which to apply the new ex
tension plan.
Frederic J. Paxon, of Atlanta, was
the next speaker. Mr. Paxon spoke
■With enthusiasm of the great oppor
tunity which this plan gave the state
of Georgia. He said that in his
• opinion the scout movement was un
doubtedly the best plan for social
work among boys ever conceived, and
that Georgia would certainly carry
out the extension plan with a suc
cess which would set a pace for
the other states of the country.
Details of x the plan which are to
be worked out in practice within the
next six months were presented by
Stanley A. Harris, of Memphis, and
a general discussion followed in
which the delegates participated
with great interest. It is probable
that following the afternoon session
of the conference it will be decided
to begin at once the organization of
scout councils in the twelve con
gressional districts of the state. A
number of promiment Georgians have
already signified their intention to
assist in these organizations.
The conference adjourned for
luncheon at 1 o’clock, and resumed
the meeting at 2 o’clock. It will
» adjourn at 4 o’clock.
f In planning a wider organization
' of the scout movement throughout
the country, Georgia was selected as
a model state in which to try the new
state district plan.
It is proposed to organise the con
gressional districts of the state into
scout districts, and to place a train
ed man in charge of scout work in
each division. This worker would
have a full-time position, and his du
ties would be to unify the scout work
in the sections of his district not
covered by a city scout council, thus
giving rural boys the full benefits
or organization.
Fourteen southern states have
hitherto been organized into one dis
trict undAr the leadership of Stanley .
A. Harris, with headquarters in
Memphis. The growth of the move
ment in the south has necessitated a
division of this territory into two
districts, and the formation of a
branch organization under the name
of District 6, is also a purpose of
the conference of scout officials. Na
tional District 6 will take in the
states of Georgia, Florida, North and
South Carolina, and a national field
scout executive will be placed in
charge. This official will head the
subordinate state district units in
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ABBEVILLE BUZZES
WITH RUMORS ABOUT
SHEPARB MYSTERY
A
J. A. Turner, Wife and Son,
Former Tenants on Cutts’
Farm, Expected to Give
Sensational Testimony
BY ED H. BRADLEY
(Staff Correspondent of The Journal)
ABBEVILLE, Ga., Dec. 3.—De
velopments here today indicated that
Solicitor General Garrett’s office in
developing the prosecution’s side of
the Shepard mystery attaches much
Importance to the statements much
J. Peterson, former tenant on the
Cutts farm on the outskirts of this
city, relative to conversations he
claims to have had with Mrs. Cutts
on the day news of Mr. Shepard’s
death in Macon reached the Cutts
household. Peterson is understood to
have given statements of a startling
nature to detectives sent here by the
solicitor’s office to gather affidavits
and other data bearing on the case.
Peterson, who lived on the Cutts
farm for several years, says that he
is going to repeat his statements on
the stand when called upon, and he
understands that the state attaches
great importance to the trend of his
testimony, which, he says, will con
sist principally of the remarks made
to him by Mrs. Cutts when Mrs.
Shepard (now Mrs. Elmer) having
heard that her husband had died in
a Macon hospital, became “wrought
up” over the news.
Taken in connection with the testi
mony to be given by Mr. and Mrs.
J. A. Turner and their son, John Tur
ner, the evidence to be given by Pe
terson is considered by the authori
ties as materially strengthening the
case against Mrs. Cutts, Mrs. F. E.
Elmer, former wife of the dead man;
Mrs. lone Henry, sister of Mrs. El
mer, and Ernest Hopson, son of Mrs.
Elmer by her first marriage. All
four of these persons are now in
custody, Mrs. Elmer and Mrs. Cutts
in the Bibb county jail; Mrs. Henry
under guard at her home in Perry,
and Ernest Hopson in the Houston
county jail, at Perry.
Peterson says that he was em
ployed on the Cutts farm in the same
capacity as the Turners, and that
Mrs. Cutts had no hesitancy in mak
ing statements concerning her pri
vate affairs, both business and per
sonal.
That Mrs. Alice Crandall, of Fort
Valley, came to Abbeville to see Mrs.
Cutts after Mr. Shepard’s death and
prior to the inauguration of the in
vestigation by the state, was a state
ment also made by Peterson. Dis
patches from Fort Valley have stated
that Mrs. Crandall was sent for by
Mrs. Cutts some weeks after Mr.
Shepard’s death, and that Mrs. Cutts
told her the story of the circum
stances surrounding his sudden de
mise. Peterson says that Mrs. Cutts
did actually send for Mrs. Crandall,
and that the latter came to Abbeville
on several occasions, although he
does not know what passed between
the two women.
It is a fact, however, that Solicitor
General Charles H. Garrett, of the
Bibb superior court, began his in
vestigation of the case very soon
after Mrs. Crandall's conferences
with Mrs. Cutts,‘ resulting in the ex
humation of the body and the analy
sis of the viscera by chemists and
pathologists.
These experts testified at the cor
oner’s inquest that they found bi
chloride of mercury in Mr. Shep
ard’s vital organs.
The four arrests followed within
forty-eight hours. It also develops
that rMs. Cutts, after the death of
Mr. Shepard and after the Turners
had been evicted from the Cutts
farm following the shooting affair
in which Turner shot John H. Hop
son, son of Mrs. Elmer, gave the
Turners a fine thoroughbred bulldog
which they had expressed the de
sire to own, but which Mrs. Cutts
had steadfastly refused to give
them. They say she mes them in the
road one day and» voluntarily gave
the dog. There had been hard feel
ings between the Turners and Mrs.
Cutts as the result of the shooting
of John Hopson. It was the shoot
ing that brought Mr. Shepard to Ab
beville a few days before his fatal
illness.
The opinion is generally express
ed here that the trial of the four
defendants will take place in the
Wilcox superior court. It is pointed
out that evidence is to be given in
dicating that if a crime was commit
ted it was committed in this county,
thus giving the Wilcox superior
court jurisdiction in the case.
\ BY ED H. BI'IDIiEY
(Staff Correspondent of The Journal.)
ABBEVILLE, Ga., Dec. 2. —That
some of the most important evidence
sunpporting' the prosecution in the
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MOVE TO ELIMINATE
ARTICLE X IS BEGUN
BY LEAGUE MEMBERS
Argentina Threatens to
Withdraw From Assembly
Unless All States Are
Admitted
GENEVA, Dec. 3. — (By the Asso
ciated Press.) —Presentation and
adoption of a resolution eliminating
Article X from the covenant of the
League of Nations before the end
of the present session of the assem
bly would occasion no surprise here,
it was declared in some quarters
when the assembly began its meet
ing this morning.
Assertions were made that yester
day’s decision of the committee on
the admission of new states, which
held, in effect, that the article does
not guarantee the territorial integ
rity of any member of the league,
represented the view of a majority
of the delegates at the present meet
ing. This interpretation, and the
postponement of the consideration of
certain changes In the covenant were
the principal topics of conversation
here today.
These changes, which were pro
posed by Scandinavian countries,
was said In nowise to prevent con
sideration at this session of any
other amendments. ,
Brought Out Clearly
N. W. Rowell, a Canadian dele
gate, brought this out clearly by
questioning A. J. Balfour, of Great
Britain.
The committee to which was re
ferred the question of how to choose
the four elective members of the
council of the league had not report
ed. The question is whether these
members shall be elected for four
years or two, and it still is being de
bated whether their terms of office
should begin from the first entry of
the council into operation or from
the present meeting of the assembly.
If the latter idea prevails, the four
representatives must be elected here.
The chance of Brazil returning to
her place on the council is consid
ered excellent, but Greece, it is
thought, will lose her place.
Note to Wilson
Sir Eric Drummond, secretary gen
eral of the league, has sent the fol
lowing message to WUson
expressing the gratitude of the as
sembly at his acceptance of Armenia
arbitration:
The president read to the full
assembly this morning your—.
telegram and the reply sent by
the council to it. The assembly
welcomes your acceptance of the
offer with enthusiasm and asks
me to convey to you its unani
mous assurances of the com
plete moral support of every
member of the league in the
great mission you have under
taken, ahd I beg confidently to
declare that the opinion not only
of the people of the United
States but of the whole civilized
world is with you in your en
deavor to secure that the tragedy
of Armenia shall finally cease.
The committee on the admission ot
new states today recommended unan
imously the admission of Costa Rica
into the league as a foreign state.
The United States and twelve other
countries have recognized the de jure
government of Costa Rica, it was
pointed out.
Text of Invitation
The invitation to the United States
to participate in the armament
conference follows:
“The council of the League of
Nations, acting on an unanimous
recommendation of the permanent
military, naval and air commission
of the league, passed at its meeting
in Geneva on November 25, invites
the government of the United States
to name representatives to sit on
that commission in a consultative
capacity during the study by the
commission of the question of re
duction of armaments, a study which
the council has requested the com
mission to undertake forthwith.
“The permanent advisory commis
sion was constituted by the council
of the league at its meeting in Rome
last May and held its first session
at San Sebastian in August. The
commission is at present composed
of military, naval and aerial officers
of states represented on the council
of the league. Its decisions are
purely advisory and not in any sense
binding, but they represent the com
mon technical judgment of the ex
perts of many countries.
“It would, of course, be perfect
ly understood that the presence of
the representatives of the United
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ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1920.
“Mind Reader” Declares
Pittmans Are Right in
Mi xed Baby Case
FORMATION OF
JUVENILE COURTS
IN STATE IS PLAN
-That steps will be taken to bring
about the establishment of juvenile
courts throughout the . state, and to
prevent the incarceration of children
in jails or other lock-ups, was an
nounced Thursday by the state board
of public welfare, of which Buri
Blackburn is secretary.
The juvenile court law of Georgia
makes it mandatory on judges of the
superior court to designate in every
county in their respective circuits
“an existing court of record to act
and be known as the juvenile court
of said county.”
According to Mr. Blackburn, only
fifteen juvenile courts have been es
tablished in Georgia, while in all
other counties the children who of
fend against the law are tried in the
regular way, incarcerated in the reg
ular jail or lock-up, and In other re
spects handled like regular criminals
and law violators.
The board of public welfare has
obtained from Graham Wright, as
sistant attorney general, a ruling as
to whether superior court judges
have any discretion under the ju
venile courts. Mr. Wright ruled that
they have no discretion, because the
provisions of the act are mandatory.
The board of public welfare is plan
ning, therefore, to bring the law to
the attention of the judges and re
quest them to establish the juyenile
courts at the earliest possible’ mo
ment.
In the western judicial circuit,
stated Mr. Blackburn. Judge Andrew
J. Cobb has designated the ordinaries
of the counties to act as juvenile
court judges, these counties being
Banks, Barrow, Clarke. Gwinnett.
Jackson. Oconee and Walton.
The juvenile court law provides
that no girl under seventeen years
and no boy under eighteen years shall
be incarcerated in ,a jail or other
lock-up, but shall be placed in the
juvenile detention home, or put under
probation to some reliable citizen in
counties having no detention home.
In Savannah. Macon and Atlanta,
detention homes have been establish
ed and are regularly maintained. In
other counties, juvenile delinquents
are handled on probation or in homes
de s i gnated for the purpose.
“Human Fly” .Aids in
Anchoring Tottering
Walls in New York
NEW YORK, Dec. 3.—Aided by a
“human fly.” workmen today assum
ed the hazardous task of anchoring
tottering walsl of the nine story
Strathmore apartment and store build
ing- at Broadway and Fifty-Second
street, hall of which collapsed Wed
nesday, burying, it is believed, seven
workmen in debris.
While the steeplejack in the glare
of powerful searchlights scaled the
walls and at aech tier made fast
cables anchored in the center of the
structure, a corps of firemen dug in
tons of brick and piaster below,
searching for bodies of victims.
Traffic regained closed in Broad
way for two blocks and in Fifty-Sec
ond street, city building inspectors
have declared the remaining walls
might topple at any time. At a late
hour today the inspectors said no
further search for victims would be
permitted until the building was pro
nounced safe.
Whisky Bottles and
Labels Will Repose
In Alabama Archives
MONTGOMERY. Ala., Dec. 2.
Several hundred labels of whisky and
other alcoholic bottles have been pre
sented to the Alabama archives by
the state pure food and drug depart
ment. These relics of a by-gone era
will keep company with Indian
skeletons, Confederate sabres and
continental war uniforms as memen
tos of the state’s past.
Tax Installment Must
Be Paid December 15
WASHINGTON. Dec. 3.—The
fourth installment of the 1919 in
come taxes must be paid December
1 sto avoid penalties, according to a
warning given out by the internal
revenue bureau. The ten day grace
period allowed in former years ’was
revoked by the last revenue act, and
payment must be in the offices of
revenue collectors by midnight on
the date stated or the tax-.is declar
ed delinquent, the statement said.
Mother Gives Birth to
Four Children; All Well
SALT LAKE CITY. Utah, Dec. 2.
Mrs. Vina T. Knight, wife of a fann
er at Plain City, Utah, gave birth
to four children, f ’’.ree boys and a
girl, last night. Dr. G rge Baker,
of Ogden, reported that the mother
and children are progressing favor
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If Alexander, the self-styled' crys
tal gazer at the Atlanta theater, will
come to Atlanta three weeks hence
and testify under bath at the trial
of the “mixed babies” case, his as
sistance will be welcomed and all
his expenses will be paid by Wil
liam E. Arnaud, attorney for Mr.
and Mrs. John C. Garner.
Mr. Arnaud made statement
Thursday morning, after Alexander
had told Mr. Garner at the theater
Wednesday night that the Garner
baby is dead and the baby they are
seeking is the child of Mr. and Mrs.
Daniel L. Pittman.
In brief, Mr. Arnaud lays down
a public challenge to Alexander to
prove his statement.
When Alexander called out the
name of John Clarence Garner at
the theater Wednesday night in the
course of his "Simla Seance,” Mr.
Garner rose from his seat in the
front of the house.
“Mr. Garner, you are wondering
if a member of your family is
alive or dead, are you not?” asked
Alexander, holding Mr. Garner’s
hand.
Mr. Garner nodded.
“The member of your family about
Whom you worry was an infant—a
girl. Was t not?
Another nod from Garner.
“That baby is dead,” said Alex
ander. He continued, "You are in
doubt whether a living uaby is yours
or is the baby of another family?”
"Yes,” said Garner.
“That baby is not yours," declared
Alexander. “It l a the baby of Mr.
and Mrs. Pittman.”
Such was Alexander’s own solu
tion of the question as to whether
Louise Madeline, the living baby, or
Mary Elizabeth, the dead baby, was
born to Mrs. Garner.
Afterward Mr. Garner said that
Alexander’s statement had by no
means satisfied him. He announced
his intention of going on with the
case, which is on the calendar in the
superior coart for trial by jury in
about three weeks.
Mr. Arnaud had more to say Thurs
day.
“This is a serious matter,” declar
ed the Garners’ attorney. “The hap
piness of two families is involved,
and the destiny of a little child. If
Mr. Alexander can assist us to solve
the problem, we welcome his assist
ance, for we only want the truth.
“However, it seems to me that if
Mr. Alexander knows the truth of
this case—and he makes no bones
about saying he ‘knows’ all and tell
all—he will, be willing to tell the
truth in court and to explain how he
arrives at his conclusions.
“Therefore, 1 wish to ask Mr. Alex
ander two things—first, if he will be
willing to come to Atlanta and tes
tify in the case? And, second, if
he will be willing to answer ques
tions as to how he reached his con
clusion? I am sure Mr. Alexander,
who is a professional question an
swerer, should be willing to do this.
And I wish to say that "I will pay
all his expenses to come to Atlanta
and remain here during the trial,
even though his testimony should be
against my client.
"In other words, if Mr. Alexander
has anything really authentic to go
by, we would like to know it. Or, if
it is merely guess-work on his part,
we feel he owes it to everyone in
terested in this case to admit as
much.”
Inquiries at Alexander’s hotel as
to whether he would accede to Mr.
Arnaud’s request were met with the
answer that he could not see any
one, as he was too busy answering
questions.
Citizen-Policeman
Charged With Murder
After Fatal Shooting
M. V. Ragsdale, a citizen police
man twenty-two years old, who shot
and killed A. B. Smith, of 78 Corput
street, while trying to arrest him for
being drunk and disorderly, was
bound over to the state courts Thurs
day by Recorder Johnson on a charge
of murder.
This action followed a three-hour
hearing in the course of which Attor
ney Jesse Wood, representing the
prosecution, declared the citizen po
lice force should never have been crev.
ated, because its members are not
fitted to perform the functions of
policemen.
"If you let this young man go,
you virtually license him to shoot
any man who does not hold up his
hands when approached by him for
any cause whatever,” said the attor
ney. “It means that no home in At
lanta will be safe. If an officer is
guilty of creating a disturbance
when his duty is to maintain law and
order, and if he kills a man as the
result, he is more reprehensible than
the ordinary slayer.”
Witnesses at Ragsdale’s hearing
testified that he and Policeman B. R.
Hutcheson went to Smith’s home to
arrest him. after people in the neigh
borhood had complained that Smith
was drunk and was dangerously dis
orderly. Ragsdale borrowed a loaded
revolver from Charles Etheridge,
manager of a service station across
the street from Smith’s home. The
prosecution claimed that the motives
of Hutcheson and Ragsdale were to
search Smith’s home for liquor as
well as to arrest him, and that they
had no search warrant.
WAR ON WHISKY
PEDDLERS DECLARED
BI BOYS MOTHERS
Discovery of “Liquor Party’’
in Western Heights Leads
to Active Crusade Against
Alleged Practice
War on whisky peddlers has been
declared by the mothers of Western
Heights, following their discovery
last Sunday of a “liquor party” be
ing staged in the neighborhood by
their young sons, one of whom, only
seventeen years old, returned home
so drunk he was sick for two days.
Two of the mothers, with two of
the boys, appeared before United
States 'Commissioner Colquitt Carter
Thursday morning to prosecute cases
against the peddlers of the whisky,
and they announced their intention
of taking the matter to the state
courts as well, and of enlisting the
help of other mothers in Atlanta in
a city-wide “mothers’ crusade”
against blind tiger traffic.
“I dont know how it is in other
parts of Atlanta, but I know out our
way it isn’t safe for a boy in knee
pants to roam the streets, for fear
some older boy will persuade him to
take a drink of vile stuff that may
kill him,” declared Mrs. D. V. Al
len, of 552 Walnut street. "I am
going to do all I can, and so are
other mothers in the neighborhood,
to have every blind tiger or whisky
peddler we hear of arrested. And
I am going to the courts to do all I
can to have them put in jail. It is
terrible when young boys in high
school and just starting to work
drink this stuff. The man who sells
it to them ought to be sentenced for
life.”
Mr*. Allen told the story of the
“party” last Sunday which resulted
in the arrest of two youths of eight
een, O. C. Voiles and Amos '.-omp
son, who are charged with selling
the whisky to their companions.
/‘The boys in the neighborhood
have a ‘gang’ like most neighbor
hoods have, and they all congregate
at a vacant lot at the corner of
Kennedy and Elm street," said Mrs.
Allen. “They were there Sunday,
as usual. I never would have known
what they were doing, if my young-i
est boy. Eugene, hadn’t told me.”
Boy Gave Warning
Eugene, who is fifteen years old
and in the first grade at the Com
mercial High school, stood sturdily
by his mother’s side.
“Yes, sir,” he chimed in. “I went
home and told mother. Call it ’tell
tale’ if you want to. but I knew
what was going to happen if my
brother drank any of that stuff, and
I didn’t want him to do it.”
“I asked Mr. Allen to find the
boys," continued Mrs. Allen, "but he
went the wrong way and said he
didn’t see them. So I tok off my
apron right there,* and left my din
ner cooking on the stove, and went
after D. V. —he’s my oldest —and
took him home with me. I stood at
the edge of the lot and called him,
so I didn’t see exactly what the
other boys were doing.”
One of the other boys was Hubert
Meadors, seventeen years old, of 506
Walnut street. The full story came
out later that afternoon when it is
said his comrades tried to smuggle
him into the house' of a neighbor.
Mrs. Meadors was having dinner at
the house, it seemed, and the boys
were caught. Herbert was stag
gering.
Sick for Two Days
“It Awas terrible," said Mrs.
Meadors, who was present with Mrs.
Alien. “He was so drunk there was
a white froth on his lips. I believe
if he’d had another drink he would
have died. He was sick for two
days.”
The neighborhood was aroused. The
boys were cross-questioned and ad
mitted they had bought the whisky
from Voiles and Thompson. Voiles
lives in the neighborhood; he is only
eighteen himself. Thompson lives be
yond Buckhead. He, too, is eighteen.
They are ‘cousins.
The Meadors boy said they had
given , Voile's and Thompson $1
“down” for a pint and promised to
pay them $3 later in the week. He saia
they had also arranged to buy a
whole quart Wednesday night.
Accordingly, the boys were sworn
to secrecy and the mothers got in
touch with A. V. Daly, a young man
in the neighborhood, who is a broth
er of a city policeman. He secured
the help of City Officers West and
Payne, and a United States revenue
officer.
Young Meadors said he had an ap
pointment to meet Voiles and Thomp
son at a drug store in Buckhead
Wednesday night, when they were to
turn over more whisky to him. He
met them there, according to sched
ule. But the officers were also on
hand, and arrested the pair.
Men Are Silent
Voiles and Thompson refused to
talk, but the detectives said they
hoped to make them reveal whom
they got the whisky from.
“We have had several complaints
that Buckhead is the ‘distributing
point’ for the whisky traffic in Ai-
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 3. The
plight of farmers due to fallins
prices was taken up yesterday to con
gress.
Agricultural committees of the
senate and house in joint session
began hearings on conditions brought
about by falling prices preliminary
to devising relief measures. They
decided to ask Secretary Houston and
Governor Harding, of the federal re
serve board, to come before them to
morrow after Eugene Meyer, Jr., for
mer head of the war finance corpora
tion, had declared that rehabilitation
of that body would go a long step
towards furnishing the desired relief
by financing exports of surplus
crops.
Senator Hitchcock, of Nebraska,
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the profits of the federal reserve
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The money which Senator Hitch
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“This would bo only a drop ih the
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needs of agriculturists,” said Sen
ator Hitchcock, "but it would have
a good effect beyond the actual
amount of money made available.”
Governor Harding, with whom the
Nebraska senator conferred, issued
a statement saying that neither he
nor the board had taken any stand
on the proposition. He declared he
had criticised Senator Hitchcock’s
plan, but that the matter was one
not within the province of the board
as it concerns the use of funds which
the law required should be paid into
the treasury.
Legislation extending a billion-dol
lar credit to Germany was advocated
before the joint committee by J. J.
Brauer. of New york, who claimed
to represent the German government,
while Senator Smoot, of Utah, an
nounced he would propose an em
bargo on imports of wool for relief
of American wool growers in a bill
he will offer Monday.
Representative Campbell, of Kan
sas, suggested that profits of the
grain corporation, about $100,000,000,
be made available for loans to farm
ers.
Young Harris Fraser
Absolved of Blame
For Hitting Preacher
A charge of disorderly conduct
against Young Harris Fraser, Atlan
ta lawyer and formerly a major in
the army, was dismissed by Record
er Johnson Friday morning.
Mr. Fraser was charged by the
Rev. J. D. Swaggerty with approach
ing him at Whitehall and Alabama
streets Thursday morning and hit
ting him on the nose. Mr. Fraser ad
mitted he struck Mr. Swaggerty, but
said Mr. Swaggerty had called Dr.
B. F. Fraser, father of Mr. Fraser,
a liar.
Dr. Fraser is pastor of Wesley
Memorial church, where Mr. Swag
gerty formerly was Sunday school
superintendent. There was a contro
versy between him and Dr. Fraser
after Mr. Swaggerty left this post,
tn the course of which Mr. Swag
gerty accused Dr. 'Fraser of violat
ing a verbal contract they had. At
the request of Dr. Fraser, the North
Georgia Methodist conference, meet
ing recently in Atlanta, investigat
ed Mr. Swaggerty’s claim and re
turned a “clean bill” for Dr. Fraser.
Young Fraser, testifying in court
Friday, said he had heard Mr. Swag
gerty had been repeating his charges
against Dr. Fraser and that, when
he met him accidentally Thursday,
he asked Mr. Swaggerty what he
meant. When Mr. Swaggerty replied
that he could prove The charges
against Dr. Fraser, Young Fraser
said he considered this an insult to
his father and thereupon hit Mr.
Swaggerty.’
Although Mr. Swaggerty requested
that Mr. Fraser be punished by the
court, Recorder Johnson dismissed
the case, advising both of them to
smooth over their difficulties and
suggesting that Mr. Swaggerty keep
silent about his controversy with
the pastor.
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GMO JURY PROBE i
OF GAMBLING HERE
WILL GEMMED
Bond of Mrs. Powers Is As
sessed at $1)000 by the
Solicitor —Court May Take
Recess Monday
Indications Friday were that th.
grand jury will be In session prac
tically every day next week to con
tinue its investigation into gam
bling, wire-tapping, “bunco-steering*
and loitering in the city.
At the request of Solicitor Gen
eral John A. Boykin, who is con
ducting the probe. Judge John D.
Humphries said Friday he would re
cess the superior criminal court
Monday for the bsflance of the week
to allow Mr. Boykin and his as
sistant, E. A. Stephens, to give their
entire time to th© investigation.
Jurors, who have been summoned,
for the week will report to the court
Monday and at the close of the day’s
session will be ordered to appear
again the following Monday.
Mr. Bijykin said that his investiga
tion has developed to such an extent
that it will be necessary for the
grand jury to meet every day, If
possible, to act on various matters to
be presented, the greater part of
which, Mr. Boykin says, Is In connec
tion with the crusade against gam
bling.
Eighteen Arrested
Eighteen men have been arrested
since action was taken by the grand,
jury Tuesday, and the police Friday
were continuing their search for a
number of men who were indicted
on vagrancy charges, but who have
not yet been apprehended.
Chief of Detectives Lamar Poole
stated Friday mornkig that he now
had a much larger list of names than
he presented to the grand jury Tues
day, and that investigations were
being conducted to determine wheth
er sufficient evidence could be ob
tained to convict them of being va
grants.
“The general public is aiding Us
In our war on vagrancy," Chief
Poole stated. “A number of people
have called and submitted the names
of people to me who they said have
no visible means of a living, and
they have all stated they would be
glad to testify against the men.
This makes it much easier for the
police department to run down va
grants. and it also makes it easier
to convict those whom we suspect.”
Policemen on all beats Friday
were armed with a list of those who
were indicted last Tuesday, and were
Instructed to be on the lookout for
the men. It was expected that prac
tically all would be placed under
arrest Friday.
Those who have been arrested
since action by the grand jury are:
Sid Allen, Tom Crabb, W. E. Gro
gan, Clarence Hart, Cooksie Levy,
Aaron Floyd, “Slim” Morgan, “Wash”
Mills, O. O. (“Shot”) Marks, Clar
ence Nichols, Pat Prater, Bill Pep
pers, Harry Reeves, Jim Smith, Lu
ther Sharpton, “Buck” Smith, R. F.
Ware and Clint Woods.
Mrs. Abe Powers, who was arrest
ed a few days ago when she ap
peared in court to attend the trial of
her husband and who has been in the
Fulton county Tower on a Mnnket
charge of suspicion, pending an in
vestigation of her alleged connec
tion with the operations of her hus
band, was granted an opportunity by
Solicitor General Boykin Friday to
make a SI,OOO bond. Up to noon Fri
day she had not furnished the bond*
It was stated unoirrcrauy Friuay
that an attempt would be made to In
dict Mrs. Powers on a misdemeanor
charge, no specific charge being(men
tioned.
Officers Active
Deputy sheriffs and members of
city detective force were active
Thursday in trying to locate some
of the men already indicted for va
grancy and, while some have left
for parts unknown, the majority have
given bond for their appearance in
court. It is planned by Solicitor Gen
eral Boykin to strike while the iron
is hot and try all vagrancy cases as
quickly as possible. Those who are
charged with gambling and main
taining a gambling house will be
tried jointly, if possible, therefore
expediting matters, according to Mr.
Boykin.
During the series of raids on the
alleged gambling houses at 25 West
Peachtree street, 35 1-2 South Broad
street and 49 1-2 Central avenue,'.evi
dence was seared by the solicitor
general’s department to warrant the
belief that the same people, were in
terested in all three place. At West
Peachtree street, however, it is believ
ed by officers that the system was
operated by a shrewder class of
swindlers, men from out of Atlanta
and old hands at the game, though
it is believed they were aided to a
certain extent by the crews from
the other two houses.
At South Broad street and Central
avenue it is believed by officers that
members of the local sporting fra
ternity alone frequented the places
with the exception of now and then
a few stragglers from out of town
taking a hand in the game. The op
erations of these two places, it is be
lieved, were confined to poker play
ing, straight horse pool and dice
games, while mt West Peachtree
street it is said that the game was a
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