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2 BONUOFSIO.O9OTO [FREE WOH HELD Ml ARDMORE CASE Tex., Dec. 23. — (By the Hjßak. ’ r’■- s ■ 1 x ’ <”arn B;<r- HE®WgSfcMBI • F •J’-. -fer her parent’s yjllfcj. 1 by Oh'.•ih.cnia offi began on November 22, th came to Juarez, opposite night, surrendered to Buck Garrett, of Ardmore, and was taken to the home of father, James L. Smith, In El FPaso, where she spent the night Early today she was taken aboard a train for Ardmore, to plead to a mur der charge in connection with the death of Jake L. Hamon in that city on November 26. She was accom panied by her lawyers and Sheriff Garrett. Little of the story of her disap pearance from Ardmore following the shooting of Hamon on November 21, jwas made public by the young worn lan. She was met at the train in [Tuareg by the sheriff, her uncle, Ben ■*. Harrison, and attorneys who had ■peen engaged as her counsel. There Kras a -hort greeting and consulta tion on the station platform and then party was wh’sked back over the bridge to El Paso. by Mexican Official Smith’s father supplied the BggQ Information given out regard- woman's flight from Juarez City. man she met on the train from to Chihuahua must have been he said. “She had ||Mi?r seen him before. They did not talk the same language. He she was in 'U-• • d to shit !d i.er I,er t’•’u' ;r i;i h ’ !,! - carefully ns SMbK .s own child. T !■<•- ch I behove God laErSfr ! to ■ ’ ” l ,I£,> linur Chihuahua of c r said. who took ome anti his wife be- The otlicirl MKF&JAt ate v.i’h private de her safe ami not ■MSg£-.*«?*t»®Rbrother “.Timmy.” aged roach until he had thor- his identity. >. Advised Not to Talk is broken in health,” the Wner said. “Her mother and I can ■otice It. The strain has been too ■inch for her. The ordeal is not over Bet. I hope God gives her strength Bo endure all that is yet to come. We Ere glad she is home. And after all [this is over, she’s going to stay with ms.’* L .When asked for an interview, Miss Bmlth caid she wanted to give her to the Associated Press but she too tired last night. Later her ■Mtorneys announced that they had that she give out no further because of the charges ■gainst her. Late last night a physi- Kjan was summoned to administer to Kr. ■ Sheriff Garrett made good his mromise to allow her freedom with ■er family Sheriff Orndorff, of El ]aso, deputized a taxicab driver and Rationed him in front of the Smith ®>me all night not so much as a ®iard, he said, but to keep news paper men and curious people from approaching the house. To Furnish Bond The party is scheduled to reach Fort Worth Friday morning and to breach Ardmore that afternoon. Bond [of fIO.OOO is to be furnished imme diately and Miss Smith expects to [spend a few days with relatives in Oklahoma before returning to El [Paso to await the trial. I Atorneys W. P. McLean, Jr., of ■Fort Worth, and Charles A. Coak ley, of Ardmore, said they would fcsk a speedy trial and expressed the ■Ufif that her acquittal would result. VThe sympathy of the people of Car eer county is with Miss Smith,” ■Sheriff Garrett said. I Hamon was shot in an Ardmore motel and before his death gave out p statement saying the shooting was Accidental nd relieving Miss Sm’ T h ■f all blame. The county attorney, ■owever, swore out a warrant which ■ter was changed to murder and ■other containing a statutory Barge. ■ Miss Smith was Hamon’s secretary. BOMAN TO SHARE IN I HAMON ESTATE, IS CLAIM E ARDMORE, Okla., Dec. 23.—James Hl Mathers, of the firm of Mathers ■ Coakley, attorneys for Miss Clara Smith, declared here today “understood all the time” ■t there is a will of the late Jake ■ Hamon, Republican national com tnitteeman ,in existence and that ■diss Smith is left one-fourth of the estate.” BILL RADIUM AT LAST J OPEN THE DOOR OF kTHE GREAT UNKNOWN? 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Hr WMBr-v-gh' ’ mKr a 5jT. / \ - k •?/ ? / j\ 7 ‘ y ' rn/ i ' *ls ■ttjere a~ " "Of coviwe there’s i Olanta Clavs? batata Claust" ■■■T---’ Twenty-three years ago the little girl at the left, Laura Virginia O’Hanlon, wrote her famous question; in the center you see her as she si today, and at the right her little daughter, Laura Vir ginia O’Hanlon Douglas, who has no Christmas doubts. NEW YORK. Laura Virginia O’Hanlon Douglas has received a let ter from Santa Claus. She is the little girl of the little girl who just twenty-three years ago wrote a letter to the editor of the New York Sun asking, “Is there a Santa Claus?” This little girt was Laura Virginia O’Hanlon. She received a reply writ ten by one of the Sun editors which comforted the hearts of thousands of little Lauras all over the land. This reply has become regarded as a classic and been published through out the world. None who read it can doubt there’s a Santa. Santa’s Invited Little Laura was having a party on her sixth birthday a while ago. She wanted to invite Santa, but granddad suggested she should write MILITARY HOLD DUBLIN CITY HALL AND OTHER POINTS BY WILLIAM H. BRAYDEN (Special Cable to the Chicago Dally News Foreign Service, by Leased Wire to The Atlanta Journal.) (Copyright, 1920.) DUBLIN, Ireland, Dec. 23.—Today the military are in occupation of the Dublin city ball and municipal offices which they have commandeered. Cor poration officials are prevented from entering and the entire administration business of the city is thus dislocat ed. The corporation has been fore most in the fight against the gov ernment. It has recognized the Dail Eireann or Irish parliament as the supreme authority, has repudiated all British authority and has refus ed to submit its books for the usual audit by the local government board. The result is that its grants from the imperial exchequer have been withdrawn. It is hard up, for it cannot effectively collect its own mu nicipal taxes because payment is only enforceable by appeal to the king’s court, which is against Sinn Fein principles. The capture of the city buildings, though a demonstration of the government’s power, was prob ably adopted for purely military rea sons as a necessary precaution against an attack on the castle. The city hall and the offices adjoin the castle and the chief secretary’s clerks work within a stone’s throw of each other. For months past the few inter vening yards of space have been pro tected by barbed wire to prevent ac cess to the castle from the city hall. The tax building commands the up per castle and yard and the viceregal wing. If the Sinn Feiners brought off a dramatic coup the soldiers would be blamed for not foreseeing it and the present proceedings show that they are taking no risks. On Tuesday evening the Sinn Feiners made a demonstration by entering the city hall before the military and cutting the flagstaff from the roof lest the military fly the union jack. It is expected that the general Irish situation will be modified by the complete collapse of the railway strike against carrying munitions or troops. For seven months the men refused to work and were dismissed individually, causing the railway service gradually to become paralyz ed. They had a heroic part in the conflict and were freely supported by public subscriptions. But the gov ernment was not harmed; the only sufferer was Ireland and the men realizing this are now returning to work, promising to carry anything. Skilled politicians tell the writer that the no-compromise spirit of the Sinn Feiners will collapse similarly when the masses of the peo ple realize that the present chaos is destructive of Ireland’s Interests. The latest move is to ask the people by a formal referendum whether they are willing to carry the home rule act into operation instead of accept ing as final the Sinn Fein refusal. The proposition has been submitted to the prime minister. An impor tant negotiator who saw Lloyd George ou the subject informs the writer that he promised to consider it, but pointed out that it would need legislation. Warrant Issued for Fake “American Ace” JACKSONVILLE, Fla.. Dec. 23—A John Doe warrant was Issued here Wednesday charging embezzlement to the man whose wedding at St. Augus tine Monday gave rise to reports that Captain Eddie Ilickenbacker. Ameri can aviator, had been married there. A telegram from Captain Rickenback er, who is on the Pacific coast, dis closed the error Tuesday night. The warrant was signed by Charles Day, a hotel proprietor. “Richenbacker” stopped at the ho tel of which Day is proprietor while in this city and is said to have secured on a check indorsed by he hotel man. Mrs. Rosa L. Hannan of this city ind New York, and mother of the bride, stated today that she did not mow “Rickenbacker.” but that her laughter told her that she had known him “a long time.” Mrs. Hannan declared that she was lumfounded at the turn of events and that she suspected a conspiracy of some kind, but that she believed hat her daughter had done no wrong. “I only saw my daughter’s hW~band five minutes just before they left Monday night and he was of an ex ceptionally pleasing personality,” she THE ATLANTA TKi-WEEIvLY JOURNAL. the Sun, just as her mother had done. She df37 The letter said, Mr. Editor: Please send me Santa Claus’ address this minute. Honest, truly, I don’t want to ask him for anything. I want to do something for him because he has been nice to me and my family. I’ve got a piece of birthday cake saved for him if he will call at 121 West Ninety-fifth street, and ask for me, Laura Virginia Douglas. Tell him to be sure and ask for me. Santa Replies The Sun printed the letter. “But Santa didn’t come to the party,” siad Laura today. “I guess he was too busy, getting ready for Christmas. But I have heard from him now direct.” She produced the letter. It read: Dear Virginia: I received your MOUNTAIN DEW TO FALL XMAS ON FORSYTH ST. Prohibition Director D. J. Gantt and his raiding agents are preparing to stage one of the niftiest “whisky parties” of the year on Christmas eve at noon, in front of the federal building. Special invitations are giv en to every bootlegger and liquor dealer in the city to be the guest of Director Gantt and his assistants on the occasion. « “We expect 10,000 Atlantians as our guests when the ceremonies be gin,” said Director Gantt, “and we may have movie men on the job making pictures of the big party as it progresses along to a climax." More than 1,000 gallons of pure "mountain dew” will be on hand. Every drop of it has been captured during the past few days by’ Mr. Gantt’s agents in raids in the moun tains of north Georgia. “But, is the government going to allow you to stage a party like this, even if it is Christmas time?” Di rector Gantt was asked by callers at hi# office Wednesday to whom he ex tended invitations. “Absolutely,” said the dry chief, “this party will conform in every detail to the Volstead act, the eight eenth amendment, and all other reg ulations, whether federal, state, county on municipal.” Then the chief explained that the big and only feature of the “party” will be the pouring of the 1,000 gal lons on the Forsyth street curb. “Some of it is in twenty-gallon containers, and some of it was seized in half-pint bottles, but all of it will land in the gutter on Christmas Eve,” he asserted. Director Gantt added that he thought this would be one of the most Appropriate Christmas parties that will be staged in Atlanta dur ing the holiday season. "Maybe the real spirit of Christ mas will find its way into the hearts of the bootleggers who watch th© whisky wasted, and who knows but what the spectacle will be the turn ing point?” said he. “It is my hope that as many of the so-called ‘rum hounds’ as can possibly be present, to witness the festivities.” The slaughter will commence promptly at noon, according to pres ent plans of the prohibition depart ment. Director Gantt will be mas ter of ceremonies, and Revenue Of ficer J. M. Hicks will supervise the pouring process. Held as “Spy” By Bolsheviki p- —— BBni 'S ■ J ... fWt ? .-Jv .•.•aw 1 ' v i S MRSMAf2GUER‘TE E. HARRISON Mrs. Marguerite E. Harrison, a Baltimore newspaper writer, is being held as a hostage by the Bolshevik government, according to reports to the state department in Washington. Th© Bolsheviks claim she was a “spy” for the United States govern ment, a charge refuted by govern ment officials. 1 card and will bring you the things you want for Christmas if you are a good little girl. I think I can get * the bobsled through the back win- > dow if not the fireplace, and I will bring Micky’s sweater if I can find i one to fit such a big dog. Merry L Christmas from your friend, ’ SANTA CLAUS. 1 “So you see,” she said, trium phantly, “Willie O’Neill was wrong.” “Who’s Willie O’Neill?” “He’s a boy who lived near us i last summer. He said there is no i Santa. He’s ten and I thought he ■ knew more than me. But I was i right!” i And Mrs. Douglas said, “Os course you are right! Never doubt Santa ■ Claus!” HEAVY IMPORT TO BE REQUESTED BY TARIFF BOARD When the Southern Tariff congress : meets in Atlanta after Christmas , to discuss tariff questions affecting [ the business and agricultural inter ests of the south, there will go be ’ fore it a committee representing the k Georgia Farmers’ union to present the subject of a heavy import tariff s upon vegetable oils Imported from [ th© Orient, j This coipmittee will endeavor to i show the congress that free importa tions of Oriental oils, made from > low grade beans with very cheap : labor, are undermining the market for cotton seed and peanuts raised ■ in the south, and striking at the foundation of the prosperity of farm- > ers in this section. , J. H. Mills, president of the Geor- • gla Farmers’ union, was authorized : and directed Wednesday afternoon, . at the closing session of the annual meeting of the union, to appoint the committee. He will appoint them I immediately after the holidays. Mr. Mills and other officers of the union were re-elected Wednesday aft ernoon by unanimous vote, the other officers being James D. Weaver, Dawson, vice president, and Andrew Fleming, secretary. The executive committee for the ensuing year will be composed of C. A. Wells, Clarkesville; B. J. Wooten, Forest Park; L. E. Brown, Calhoun; J. G. Veach, Trion; S. M. Martin, Grovetown. i The union adopted a resolution by J. G. Hollingsworth, of Screven county, indorsing the enlargement of the state bureau of markets as pro ; posed by Governor-elect Hardwick in . a recent address in Athens. Another resolution, which was , adopted, declared in favor of th© con tinuance of the federal reserve sys , tern, and expressed appreciation of its great benefits, but severely criti \ cized the policy of Governor Hard ing and Secretary Houston with re [ gard to curtailment of credits. The union also adopted a resolu tion indorsing th© suggested project of a great concentration depot for [ the agricultural and industrial prod ucts of Georgia, to be built at some suitable point on the Georgia coast at the expense of the state, and to be maintained by the state similar to the great state-owned warehouse and docks of Louisiana at the city of New Orleans. This resolution was prepared by C. H. Kittrell, of Dublin, and sent to the meeting. The resolutions committee recommended its adoption, and it passed unani m o u sly. 1 Kodakers Save Money Roll film developed free. Glossy prints, 2,3, 4 and 5 cents. Write for price list. Dept. M 25, Baldwin Stu dios, New Orleans, La., and St. Louis Mo.—(Advt.) Tobacco Pool Disbands After Interest Failure OWENSBORO, Ky„ Dec. 23.—The organization of tobacco growers of the Green river tobacco district formed here recently to work for higher tobacco prices, has disband ed, following a report of its executive committee of failure to arouse suf ficiently the interest of farmers in a contemplated tobacco pooling ar rangement. Reports of the committee showe.d that tobacco pledged to the pool was 3,000,000 pounds short of the amount I required before the association would attempt to handle sales. After sub mission of the reports, the executive ■ommittee resigned. Meantime prices on the tnarket here have reached an averageiof sll per hundred pounds, compared with $4 the opening day a month ago. In this period only 2,000,000 pounds of tobacco has been sold, bringing an average of $7.91 per hundred pbunds. About 6.000,000 pounds had been sold at this date last year for a sl9 aver nge. Shortage Is Charged to Former Carolina Treasurer i COLUMBIA. S. C.. Dec. 23.—Gov ernor Cooper and Attorney General Wolf© have been notified by the fore man of the grand jury of Hampton . county that a shortage of $17,800 in ■ th© accounts of th© former treasurer, : W. A. Mason, have been discovered Iby that body. Th< report to the gov ernor recommends that immediate ac tion be taken to bring suit against the bondsmen of Mason to recover the amount that the former treasurer is said to be short. I PRESIDENT-ELECT AND MRS. HARDING ARE LATE TO SHOP BY ROBERT T. SMALL (Leased Wire Service to The Journal.) (Copyright, 1920.) MARION, 0., Dec. 23.—Having failed to do their Christmas shopping early, Senator and Mrs. Harding are making a few belated holiday pur chases. The Christmas list at the Harding home will not be a long one this year. There has simply been no opportunity for shopping and if Sen ator Harding were to attempt to give a remembrance to every person in the whole United States to whom he feels grateful for what has come to him this year, he would enter the white house a poor man indeed. *Many gifts are pouring into Marion for the president-elect and his wife, and, happily, most of them are of the unostentatious variety and seem truly Intended in the Christmas spir it rather than as a bid for possible favor in the eyes of the new chief executive. Several very fine turkeys have arrived and one of them will grace the Harding table on Christmas day when the senator probably will enterfain a very small company. In former years, whether in Marl on or Washington the senator and Mrs. Harding have kept “open house on Christmas day, but this year it has been found impracticable to fol low the old custom. They the day quietly and unquestionably will receive calls from many of their close Marion friends. There being no children in the senator s home or immediate family, there will be no Christmas tree. Taken altogether Christmas at the Harding home in Mount Vernon avenue will be ce^e " braUd largely in the spirit of thanksgiving. Back to Old Hauntg When oena.oi' Harming l»oes to Florida soon after the first of tne vear for his pre-inauguration vaca tiom he will be returning to a happy hunting and fishing ground filled with memories and associations of former visits. The senator has been a great lover of the Indian river country and under his leadership Florida a long time was the mecca of many Marion folk, flow that the word had spread about Marion that the president-elect is to carry his new distinction to the old haunts you can hear at the club some fine sto ries of what Marion people accom plished in the hunting and fishing line in Florida in the days gone by. Colonel Jim Prendergast, who has taken a leading part in helping to entertain the ; many distinguished visitors who have been in Manon since the start of the presidential campaign last June, declares that one day while fishing in the Indian river he got such a tremendous bite he thought he had hooked a snag. Wiser hands took the tackle, however, and presently there appeared pn th© surface of the stream a particularly evil looking alligator seemingly, about twenty feet in length. Senator Harding’s 'father-in-law, Mr, Kling, an expert rifle shot, was a member of the party that year, and while the fishing line was held he aimed and fired. The bullet struck true at the vulnerable spot just between the gator’s eyes and the beast flopped over on his back. He was towed ashore and proved to be only about six feet long but that was voted enough and the skin was brought to Marlon as a highly valued trophy. Plana Not Definite Senator Harding has made no plans for his stay in the south, but his time will be about equally divided between fishing, boating, gunning and golfing. He has had little oppor tunity for consistent exercise since the election and naturally Is desirous of going into the White House as fit as possible. Before he leaves for Florida Sen ator Harding has a busy time ahead of him. There will be a let up, of course, over the Christmas week-end, but his engagement list for the later days of next week is very heavy. The senator said today he had not by any means completed his conferences on the association of nations. He also has agreed to receive a number of delegations interesting in having certain men appointed to cabinet posi tions. While speculation in the public prints centers largely about the port folios of* state and treasury, the mail received at Senator Harding’s head quarters would indicate that the great majority of people who are in terested in a cabinet at all are more concerned about the type of men to be placed at the head of the agricultural, labor and interior de partments. These are the depart ments which come close to the peo ple and the president-elect is begin ning to believe that the success of his administration and the success of his plans to do the greatest pos sible good for the greatest number, will rest largely in the man who will fill these cabinet chairs. RELIEF FOR IDLE GAINS ATTENTION OF BRITISH BODY BY WM. S. NASH iSpecial Cable to the Chicago Daily Mews Foreign Service, by Leased Wire to The Atlanta Journal.) (Copyright, 1920.) LONDON. Dec. 23. —The newspa pers finally seem to have won their campaign -against th© government in the matter of unemployment. Dr. T. J. MacNamara, minister of labor, after much hesitation has presented in th© house of commons a series of measures dealing with the prob lem of relief for the idle. One bill provides for a central business com mittee undpr the chairmanship of Lord St. Davids to set up co-ordi nate relief schemes throughout the country. Under a second bill the scope of the unemployment insur ance act, by which the government pays money to the unemployed, is to be greatly extended. The third measure embraces a great road-building scheme by which it is expected to absorb 48,000 idle hands in London and 30,000 in the provinces at an expenditure of 10,- 400,000 pounds (normally $52,000,- 000). The fourth play is to urge the construction unions in Great Britain to take in 50,000 former sol diers of a deserving character. Prime Minister Lloyd George seems with his usual astuteness to have kept his ear close to th© ground, though the program was drawn up only under the stress of circum stances. At first he thought the problem a minor one as announced consistently until last week by the minister of labor, but he now sees differently. The agitation in the newspapers aroused a feeling of dis satisfaction throughout England. J. R. Clynes, a labor member of par liament, announced that he feared troubles of a revolutionary charac ter if the government took no action. Delegation after delegation of work men have tried to explain the grav ity of the situation. Furthermore the figures speak elo quently for themselves. It Is said that there are 147,000 persons out of work in London alone, and 500,000 in the country at large, of whom at least half ar ex-service men. The feeling of being unjustly treated has rankled among the former soldiers to such an extent that groups of them have seized public buildings and used them for their own use. Acton Baths, the Fulham town hall and St. James church hall, among a dozen other buildings, have been comman deered in this way. As symptomatic of a possible general movement these seizures are disturbing. Sinn Fein German Plot Documents to Be Presented Soon LONDON, Dec. 23. —Sinn Fein doc uments showing complicity in a Ger man plot of 1918 will be made pub lic within a few days, Premier Lloyd George informed commons today. The incriminating literature was be captured in the recent raids on Sinn Fein leaders, he said. IN FAIRY STORIES THE PRINCE ALWAYS appears dis guised as a pauper. All romantic young girls expect to find it thus, but for Lillian deraldine Van d’Loye, of San Francisco, the tale took a curious twist. The “Prince” told her he was the son of a millionaire many times over. She married him —to discover that he was only a prince of beggars, and that the money he spent on her by day was collected by begging on the streets as a blind man at night. Now she seeks annulment of the marriage. i I i iIH Hl I ill H " 'wiiiwuimMitwiißwaj-yy iMUllpAtri: l H lff Van d’Loye Millionaire by Night And a Beggar by Day Is Sad Wife’s Charge SAN FRANCISC, Cal.—By night, when the soft lights were glowing in th© cases and ball rooms he was James Robert Van D’Loye, “million aire,” bon vivant, handsome and talk ative. By day h© did not talk at all. The well-fitting clothes that helped to make him so handsome when the shades of night had fallen were dis carded and he wore clothes that -bagged at the knees and were thread bare at the elbows. And his merry laughter and witty talk that made him the ball room and case idol were stilled. At least, this is what his pretty little wife, Lillian Geraldine Leitch Van D’Loye, alleges in a suit for an nulment of marriage, which is on file in the superior court today. She charges fraud, deceit and cruel mas querading on the part of James Robert. Lilian is seventeeen and she’s pret ty. She came to San Francisco from the old south last summer. It was In the merry month of May that she met her handsome young husband in a San Francisco case. She loved him GEORGIA CROPS SHOW DECREASE IN YEAR’S VALUE The total value of all important crops grown this year in Georgia Is $279,510,000, according to a statement issued today by John S. Dennee, ag ricultural statistician for th© United States bureau of crop estimates in co-operation with the Georgia de partment of agriculture, division of agricultural statistics. This compu tation is based on prices paid farm ers on December 1. Compared with 1919 this is a de crease of $298,92,000. The total value of important crops in 1919 was $578,- 437,’000. The area of all important crops is given at 11,393,000 acres, and is com parable with 12,054,000 acres in 1919. The 1920 value of some of the im portant crops described by the statis tician follows: Corn, $72,875,000; winter wheat, $5,- 064,000; oats, $10,909,000; rye, $609,- Area Crop Value 1920 1919 1920 1919 Crop— Acres. Acres. Dollars. Dollars. Corn 4,627,000 4,820,000 72,875,000 111,824,000 Whiter wheat 244,000 222.000 5,064,000 6,028,000 Oats 481,000 540,000 10,909,000 12,420,000 live 29,000 33,000 609,000 800,000 Potatoes 22,000 23,000 3,380,000 3,494,000 Sweet potatoes 148,000 142,000 13,351,000 14,370,000 Cotton 4,972,000 5,404,000 102,452.000 309,6'0,000 Cotton seed 20,758 000 58,032,000 Tobacco 27,000 31,000 5,927,000 3,532,000 Hay 547,000 569,000 14,735,000 15,908,000 Peanuts (for nuts) 224,000 202,000 9.702,000 12,423,000 Sugar cane (for syrup) 72,000 68,(X)0 9,400,000 10,650,000 Apples 2,911,000 1,558,000 Peaches 6,496,000 15,230,000 Pecans 929,000 .1,898,000 Total '11,395,000 1 2,054,000 279,510,000 578,437,000 The Tri-Weekly Journal’s HONOR COLUMN A Department for People Who DO Things v"' ' , safog jiii FR.ED MANTEE Another youthful genius occu pies The Tri-Weekly Journal’s Honor Column today. Add Fred Santee, of Wapwallopen, Pa., to the year’s crop of child prodigies. Hhe is thirteen years old and a freshman at Harvard. He likes It, but he thinks girls play too much part in college life. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1 at first sight—he was so clever, so well groomed and so handsome. He invited her to dinner and when the case lights were low and the cof fee had been served he proposed and was accepted. He told her he was the wealthy son of a wealthy sire, she says. His father was a New York millionaire of one of the oldest Knickerbocker families. They would be married and all would be lovely. They would travel and life would be one long honeymoon. Soon after the marriage James Robert began to borrow money from his bride, she declared. But on© day, not long ago, Geral dine says, she went through hia clothes while he was out of the hous©. In on© pocket she found a card which, she says, she read: “I am deaf and dumb. Alms, for pity’s sake, alms.” That was the rock on which the love ship was wrecked. Geraldine began to work fast and, she charges, soon learned that her cavalier bj night was a beggar by day. He worked the busy marts of trade all day long, begging. 000; potatoes, $3,386,000; sweet pota toes, $13,351,000; cotton, $102,452,000; cotton seed, $20,758,000; hay, $14,735,- 000; peanuts, $9,702,000; tobacco, $5,- 927,000; cane syrup, $9,406,000; ap ples, $2,911,000; peaches, $6,496,000; pecans, $929,000. Production of the important crops is given as follows: Corn, 69,405,000 bushels in 1920; 69,890,000 in 1919; winter wheat, 2,- 110,000 bushels in 1920; 2,520,000 in 1919; oats, 10,101,000 bushels in 1920; 10,800,000 in 1919; rye, 290,000 bush els in 1920; 294,000 in 1919; potatoes, 1,628,000 bushels In 1920; 1,610,000 in 1919; sweet potatoes, 13,764,000 bush els in 1920; 13,064,000 in 1919; cotton, 1,400,000 bales in 1920; 1,659,529 in 1919; cotton seed, 669,620 tons in 1920; 744,000 in 1919; hay. 627,000 tons in 1920; 626,000 in 1919; peanuts, 7,888,000 bushels in 1920; 5,050,000 in 1919; tobacco, 16,020,000 pounds in 1920; 16,430,000 in 1919; cane syrup, 9,697,000 gallons in 1920; 10,640,000 in 1919; apples, 1,764,000 bushels in 1920; 636,000 in 1919; peaches, 3,- 799,000 bushels in 1920; 5,895,000 in 1919; pecans, 1,993,472 pounds in 1920; 4,630,000 in 1919. Acreages planted to important crops in 1920, as compared with 1919, and value of the crops both years: Prisoner Held by U. S. Government Turned Over to Alabama Charles Forrest who has been held In the Fulton tower for several days of federal offiicals on charges of desertion from the army, rifling the mails, false enlistment, thefts from the Pullman company while It was under government con trol, and other charges, said to have been committed in rapid succession in various parts of the country, Thursday was turned over by the government to the Alabama state authorities for trial at Heflin, Ala., on a charge of assault with intent to commit murder. Sheriff McWhorter, of Cleber county, Alabama, came to Atlanta for the prisoner, and left with him Thursday afternoon. The government’s several cases against McWhorter are not yet fully developbd, and pending further in vestigation by department of justice agents, they explained they were merely “farming out” the prisoner to the Alabama state courts. “This action does not mean," said Colonel A. J. Wismer, of the department of justice, “that we will drop the government charges. We will be ready to proceed against Burgess as soon as the state courts are through with him.” 25,200,000 Rice . Production Figured NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 23.—Total rice production for Louisiana for this season was estimated at 25,- 200,000 bushels in a report made public today by the local office of the bureau of crop estimates, Unit ed States department of agricul ture. The estimate this year compares with 19,712,000 last year and 15,- 422,000 the five year average. The crop will be worth but $£7,721,000 against $53,420,000 last wear be cause of the decline in the lvalue of the cereal. Condition was Estimated ' at per cent and acreage 701,000. j five accused of KSfeLING WOMAN NEARJONESBORO JONESBORO, Ga., Dec. 23,-tlrwin Morris, whit© farmer who lives on the Dixie highway, about four miles south of McDonough; Sam Gardner, white, who lives about five mllea s»uth of McDonough; John Brown, colored, of Stockbridge; Will Warner and I. C. Showers, colored tenants of Felix Morris, father of Irwin Mor ris, hav© been placed in the Clayton county jail her© by Sheriff Dickson and Sheriff-elect E. E. Reagin, charg ed with complicity in the killing ot Mary Belle Raveh, who was shot in her home northeast of Jonesboro Sunday night. A brother of Mary Raven's hus band also has been found by the of ficers near McDonough in a serin-'* condition, having been badly He was taken from th© Raven homel in an automobile Sunday night, and® was found only after diligent searchi by th© officers. Sixty-four holes wer« shot in th© Raven house, and it Is® considered miraculous that only one® of the several occupants was killed® Information reaching Sheriff-elect! Reagin is that the Raven negroes re-! centlr moved from ths farm of Irwin] Mortis and it is thought that »os-| sibly this had something to do with] the affair. The sheriff’s forces are] making every effort to clear up the] circumstances surrounding the crime] that has caused a sensation through-! out this section. All the refuse to talk, except the negrfl John Brown, who admits that he waM in the party that went to the RaveH hbme Sunday night. It is not thouglß that they had any intention of kilM ing the Raven woman. The party’® animus was directed at her brother® in-law, according to all indication® but just what the motives in the cas® were has not been definitely detcM mined. W Stock Market Firm I For the First Time I In Several WeeM NEW YORK, Dec. 23.—The st<Kl market was firm to strong today the first time in several weeks, vances of 1 to 2 points being re/_jff® tered at the ouset with subsequent substantial enhancement of these gains. There was active buying of many of the usual favorite issues, includ ing specialties which figured most prominently in the recent collapse. The movement was most notewor thy, however, in standard rails and industrials whose low price levels evidently attracted the attention of bargain hunters. General commercial and industrial conditions in their bearing upon the stock market were unaltered, how ever. V I pags) W»inol would help yqu'Jfj poor complexion Does a poor complexion stand between you and popularity—good times—suc cess ? Resinol Ointment and Resinol Soap do not work miracles, but they«fo make red, rough, pimply skins, clearer, fresher, and more attract ive. Use them I fill for a few days and see hov. 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