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VOL. XXV. NO. 152
HARTCOUNRMMI
BEATEN TO DRAW
OYOFFICERMOSS
Frank Andrews Had Served
Time in Carolina for Prohi
Violations, and Was Un
der Bond in Hartwell Raid
CARNESVILLE, Ga., Sept. 20.
Frank Andrews', of Hart county,
who officers dec* bore the repu
tation of being- a wholesale boot
legger, v,-~3 • hot and fatally wound
ed a' --t 11 o'clock Wednesday
night on the Carnesville-T icoa
highway by Sheriff T. H. Moss, of
Franklin county. The wounded man
died within an hour. The body was
taken to Smith's store nearby
pending the arrival of an under
taker.
Sheriff Moss and Deputy Sheriff
Arth-ir Sn h, who had r ' c-d in
formation to be i the lookout for
a liquor car, went out o - the road
and placed their Tord car across
the h’_ hway so as to block passage.
In a r’.ort time, they heard an au
tomobile roaring down the road, and
Andrews drove up in a high pew
J car with ; big still strapped
on 1 hind. He and the sheriff en
gaged in a warm conversation, the
officer stepping upon the running
board of " car and taking hold of
the man’s left hand. Andrews
made a move as if to draw a re
volver, officers say, and the sheriff
shot him in the ' 1. It was found
later that Andrews had two re
volvers on his person.
The shooting occurred on the !
highway seven miles north of
Carnesville.
PEACH BRANDY TAKEN
FROM ANDREWS’ STOREHOUSE
HARTWELL, Ga., Sept. 20
Frank Andrews, shot and killed by
Sheriff Moss, of Franklin county,
on a highway near here last night,
was a well-known farmer and lum
berman of this county, having
bought considerable land in this sec
tion and moved here last January
from Anderson county, South Caro
lina. He served a term last year in
the Anderson county jail after con
viction on a charge of violating the
liquor laws, and he is said to have
faced trial several times on similar
charges in the South Carolina
courts.
About two "weeks ago officers
raided a small storehouse in front
of his home here, obtaining 61 gal
lons of peach brandy. His house was
searched and a gallon of liquor was
taken from a trunk. He was out
nnder bond pending disposition of
this case.
R. A. Price, of this county, who
was with Andrews when he was
shot, was arrested and taken to
Carnesville, where he was released
on bond.
Andrews’ body was taken to Toc
coa to be brought here later in the
day. Funeral will be held in Ander
son county Friday.
Mr. J. J. Harrison,
Arlington Merchant,
Is Killed by Truck
ARLINGTON, Ga., Sept. 20.
Mr. J. J. Harrison, a well known lo
cal merchant was struck by a Ford
truck driven by Sam Rollins Wed
nesday sustaining injuries that caus
ed his death several hours later.
Mr. Harrison was attempting to
cross the street in front of his store
when he noticed the truck coming
and, according to eyewitnesses, he
seemed undecided whether to cross
in front of the truck or go back to
the sidewalk. He displayed consid
erable confusion in an effort to
avert the truck and apparently the j
driver was confused also as he turn- j
ed the vehicle from the right to tht.
left in an attempt to miss Mr. Har
rison. The truck finally was so
close that Mr. Harrison caught the
radiator. Mr. Rollins stated that he
was so badly frightened that when
he attempted to step on the brake
he missed it and the truck passes
over Mr. Harrison’s body.
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NEWS OF THE WORLD
TOLD IN BRIEF
TOKIO. —Japan plans to float bil
lion dollar loan to finance recon
struction.
NEW YORK. —Yankees clinch
American league baseball champion
ship, their third successive pennant
v ic to ry.
WASHINGTON. —Three men lose
lives and six are injured as result
of explosion of gas in fuel testing
laboratory of bureau of standards,
INDIANAPOLIS. Postmaster
General New says he is sure Presi
dent Coolidge will be Republican
nominee in 1924.
TOKIO. —Baron Hikoichi Ijuin,
governor general of Kwagtung, Man
churia, accepts post of foreign min
ister under Premier Yamamoto, and
is installed.
DELAWARE, O.—Professor Ir
ving Fisher says he deeply regrets
that his League of Nations remarks
have been interpreted as a slur upon
Mr. Harding.
BELGRADE. —Attempt to over
throw Zankoff government in,. Sofia
is reported from northern Bulgaria.
Communist uprisings are also re
ported.
LOS ANGELES.—Herbert K. San
born divorces Gloria Swanson, mo
tion picture actresse; decree is given
him at Los Angelea on grotfftjs of
desertion.
NEW YORJC —Germany will seek
large reconstruction loan as soon as
“passive resistance” in Ruhr ends,
Otto Wiedfeldt, German ambassa
dor to United States, says as he
sails on Bremen.
WASHINGTON.”— Attorney Gen
eral Daugherty advises President
Coolidge that Lasker-Farley plan for
solving merchant marine problem is
not throwing" again to government
officials task of formulating ship
ping policy.
'JOHNSTOWN, Pa.—Mayor Canf
fiel denies that he issued formal or
der for negroes to leave the city, but
that he “advised them” to go for
their own safety and welfare of com
munity.
SAN DIEGO, Cal.—Lieut. Blodgett,
navigation officer of lost destroyer
squadron’s flagship, tells court of in
quiry that radio signals from Point
Arguello were disregarded, costing
lives of 23 enlisted men.
CHICAGO. —Republican party will
“do little in coming session of con
gress except mark time, fill pork
barrel and study various candidates
for presidential nominations.” Sena
tor Oscar W. Under Wood of Ala
bama declares.
LONDON. —General Gaetena Giar
dino, military governor of Fiume,
has expelled 4,000 unemployed from
Fiume so as to save large sums
government has been spending on
dolesj according to Central dispatch
from Rome.
WASHINGTON. Two hundred
Russian refugee immigrants, detain
ed at Seattle and Vancouver as be
ing in excess of September quota,
will not be returned to Japan from
where they came because of condi
tions following earthquake and fires.
ATHENS. —Advices from Sofia
arriving through diplomatic chan
nels report clashes between troops
and revolutionists in Sofia and
number of latter are reported killed
and wounded. It is said Bulgarian
government is exaggerating im
portance of disturbance, trying to
create connection between it and
Serbo-Bulgarian differences.
Big Black Bear Killed
Not Far From Waycross
WAYCROSS, Ga., Sept. 20. A
party of woodsmen had the appear
ance of “early settlers” when they,
arrived in Waycross this week with
a large black bear which they en
countered and killed on a small tram
road of the Braganza Lumber com
pany, about 8 miles below Waycross.
The animal measured more than six
feet, and was estimated to weigh up
wards of 350 pounds. Quite a num
ber of shots were required to kill the
animal.
Klan Rule in Louisiana
Is Protested by Parish
BATON ROUGE, La., Sept. 20.
Governor Parker has made public
contents of resolutions adopted by a
mass meeting of citizens of Jackson
parish and forwarded to him by a
resolutions committee charging a
“super government has been estab
lished in Jackson parish” to the ex
tent of “disrupting the judiciary and
the machinery of the courts in such
wavs as to punish innocent persons
while guilty ones go free and prac
tically disfranchising the voters who
are not in sympathy with the Ku
Klux Klan.”
Mrs. G. W. Usher Dead
LUMPKIN, Ga., Sept. 20.—Mrs.
G. W. Usher died suddenly at her
home here at 3 o’clock, Tuesday aft
i irnoon. She was seventy-one years
; o.d and is survived by her husband,
two sons, J. Fred Usher, of Lump
i kin; George Usher, of Randall’s:
' four daughters, Mrs. Barrow, cf At
i lanta; Misses Mineola and Charlotte,
! of Lumpkin; and one sister,
J. B. Simpson, of Warm Springs.
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I
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BOSTON.—One man is killed and
several injured when destroyer Mac-
Farland is rammed by battleship
Arkansas during maneuvers.
CHICAGO. —Three gunmen enter
jewelry store, rob salesman of $75,-
000 in unset diamonds and take $5,000
from proprietor, and escape.
BERLIN.—Semi-official statement
insists on German control in Ruhr
and declares legality of occupation
never will be recognized.
OKLAHOMA CITY. —Legislators
sign call for special session of lower
house and accuse Governor Walton
of misusing official powers.
OKLAHOMA CITY. Governor
Walton asserts every effort is being
made to cripple him financially so
that he must drop his fight against
the klan.
BOSTON.—Thomas Taggart, for
mer chairman of Democratic na
tional committee, is reported seri
ously ill at his summer home, Hy
annis Port, Mass.
TOKIO.—Nine battleships have
been withdrawn from Japanese
navy in accordance with terms of
Washington naval limitation agree
ment.
ALLAHABAD, British India. —Se-
vere earthquake was experienced at
Bujnurd, Persia, on Monday morn
ing, according to dispatch from
Meshed. No details are reported.
PHOENIX, Ariz.—Four members
of train crew are killed and several
persons injured in wreck of Santa
Fe “Overland Limited,” near Hot
Springs Junction.
WASHINGTON. —Bituminous coal
Jost to consumption equals nearly
35 per cent of possible total annual
production, coal commission reported
to President Coolidge after exhaus
tive survey. „
VICTORIA B. C—Earth shock
of moderate intensity is recorded on
seismograph at Gonzalez Heights
observatory "with origin of disturb
ance estimated to be in vicinity of
California.
PHILADELPHIA. lncreases
ranging from 30 cents to 90 cents a
ton on domestic sizes of anthracite
coal at mines are shown in new
price lists of three large producing
companies. _____
WASHINGTON.—President Cool
idge and advisers will be occupied
for next ten days in seeking solution
lof agricultural situation in west,
! Senator Borah, of Idaho, announces
! after conference with president.
SACRAMENTO? Cal. United
States Senator Hiram Johnson, of
California, speaking on “League of
Nations,” declares “when Mussolini
bombarded Corfu he shot up the
moribund League of Nations.”
BOSTON. —National Equal Rights’
league, negro organization, with
headquarters here, sends message to
President Coolidge and Governor
Pinchot protesting against any ex
pulsion of negroes from Johnstown,
Pa.
LOS ANGELES?—Membership in
I. W. W. will no longer be consid
ered guilty of criminal syndicalism
under California code, according to
decision handed down by Justice
Frederick Hauser, of Second district
court of appeals.
MONTGOMERYLAIa—Notice that
special session of Jefferson’ county
grand jury will not be tolerated for
purpose of investigating conditions
in Alabama prison camps is given
by Governor Brandon in letter to
county solicitor,
Ford Buys Memphis Site
For Plant on River Front
MEMPHIS, Tenn., Sept. 20.—Con
firmation of reports that negotia
tions had virtually been completed
for the sale of forty acres of land
on the river front here to the Ford
Motor company was made Wednes
day by Charles Boyle, a member of
a real estate firm, part owners cf
the tract. It was stated that plans
had been made for the erection of
j an extensive assembling plant on rhe
' tract. The purchase price agreed
i upon was said to been approxi
| mately $120,000.
Mr. J. T. Edwards Dead
OXFORD, Ga., Sept. 20.—Mr. J.
T. Edwards, a prominent citizen of
Newton county, died on September
14, at his home, about four miles
from Oxford, age 72 years. He
leaves a wife and ten children as
follows: Mrs. Turner Miller, of Daw
son, Ga.; Mrs. G. A. Lockwell, cf Ox
ford. Ohio; Mrs. H. F. George, of Ox
ford, Ga.; Mrs. Robert Beam ana
Mrs. Oscar Owens, of Atlanta; Dr.
W. L. Edwards of Cedartown; H. G.
Edwards of Atlanta; Aaron Edwards,
of Smithville, Ga.; Miss Kate Ed
wards, of Oxford, Ga.; and Miss Luia
Edward, of Augusta. Interment oc
curred at Smyrna Camp Ground, on
Sunday afternoon, September 16,
Rev. Gresham officiating.
Goodyear Raincoat Free
Goodyear Mfg. Co.. 6027-R Goodyear Bldg.,
Kansas City. .Mo., is making an offer to send
a handsome raincoat free to one person in each
locality who will show and recommend it to
friends. It you want one. write today.—(Advt.)
OKLAHOMA FIGHT
IS NEARING CMS;
EXPOSE IS ISSUED
OKLAHOMA (TTY, Okla., Sept.
21. —(By thb Associated Press.) —
Legislators seeking the official heal
of Governor J. C. Walton marched
on today in their plans for im
peachment, while the executive
gathered strength for a final drive
on the Ku Klux Klan, -which he
blames for the storm that has brok
en about him.
The lower house of the Oklahoma
legislature will convene at noc-n
Wednesday to consider charges that
Walton has set at naught const'-
tutional government and if the gov
ernor interferes with the meeting
he “acts at his peril.” This was
the announcement of legislators who
will seek the executive’s impeach
ment.
Walton's final attitude toward the
house session was expected to be
developed during the day, but his
legislative enemies were confident
• that he would not carry out his
threat to jail the house members if
i they attempted to assemble. Since
voicing his threat some of the gov
j ernor’s legal advisers have urged
I him to permit the session, as they
i declare it would be illegal and with
out effect. However, the final word
I remains to be spoken and the threat
I has not been withdrawn.
Governor Asks Funds
Admitting the fight was weighing
I heavily upon him, the governor
I sent out an appeal for funds, ask-
I ing those who believe in a repre-
I sentative form of government, ”10
I send contributions to Mrs. Aldrich
Blake,” Oklahoma City, wife of the
I executive counsellor. Blake now is
i absent from the state on a mission
I for the governor.
N. C. Jewett, grand dragon of
the Oklahoma realm of the Ku Klux
! Klan, and his associates, “have
j turned the fight over to the klan
' newspapers and the klan members
iof the legislature,” Walton as-
I serted.
j The governor last niglff released
a portion of the testimony taken be
fore a military court here intended
Io show that County Attorney J.
K. Wright, Sheriff Tom Cavnar
and District Judge G. Clark had
been obligated in the klan; and de.
tailing charges made by Dr. A. A.
Maupin, a dentist and former mem
ber of the organization, as to tae
I connection of the "invisible empire”
I with mob violence.
Judge Clark Active
It -was Judge Clark who issued
j the call sos a special grand jury to
investigate charges that Governor
Walton illegally had used state, em
ployers to check names on an ini
tiative petition to which he was oy
posed.
Judge Clark testified that although
he had been initiated in the klan a
year and a half ago he had paid no
dues and for nearly a year had not
considered himself a member of th
organization.
Sheriff Cavn: • admitted he is a
member of the klan and the portion
of County Attorney Wright's testi
mony made public revealed that he
had stated that he paid the fee for
membership.
SAN ANTONIO TO ENFORCE
UNMASKING ON HIGHWAYS
SAN ANTONIO. Tex., Sept. 21
iAs a precaution against masked
| members of the Ku Klux Klan ap
| pearing on the streets of San Anto
nio, 500 special policemen were
sworn in by city authorities on the
eve of a big initiation ceremony by
the klan tonight at the San Antonio
speedway, just outside the city lim
its. 1
Sheriff James Stevens, of Bexar
county, announced he had sworn in
several hundred special deputy sher
iffs. The officers have given orders
that no one within the inclosure is
to be molested, but that if any per
son goes upon the highway he will
be ordered to unmask.
J
New Yeast Discovery
Will Save Makers
Millions of Dollars
NEW YORK, Sept. 21.—Discovery
of a new basis for yeast which, it is
estimated, will mean a $5,000,000
yearly saving to the yeast industry
is announced by the American Chem
ical society. The product, a mixture
of mineral salts, will prevent a year
ly waste in the fermentation process
of 200,000 barrels of flour, 30,000 bar
rels of sugar and several millions of
pounds of yeast, it wa s said.
Coolidge to Be Invited
To Attend New Orleans
801 l Weevil Meeting
NEW ORLEANS. Sept. 20.—A
committee of Louisiana bankers
headed by L. M. Pool, president of
the Marine Bank & Trust company,
of New Orleans. was appointed
Wednesday by the executive com
mittee of the National 801 l Weevil
Menace convention to go to Wash
ington next week to extend an invi
tation to President Coolidge to at
tend the meeting here of hte organi
zation October 24-26.
Woman Who Nursed
Soldiers of Sixties
In Atlanta Is Dead
MOBILE. Ala., Sept. 21.—Mrs.
Celia Williams, aged eighty-five
years, who was a nurse in the Civil
war, died here last night. She was
a former resident of Atlanta, and
during the War Between the States
nursed the Confederate and Federal
wounded in battles around Atlanta.
I
The Weather
Forecast for Saturday:
Virginia—Partly cloudy and
cooler.
North Carolina, South Carolina.
Georgia—Partly cloudy.
Florida—Partly cloudy, probably,
showers in extreme south portion.
Extreme northwest Florida, Mis
sissippi. Alabama —Fair.
Tennessee. Kentucky—Fair.
West Virginia—Fair and cooler.
Louisiana —Fair.
Arkansas and Oklahoma —Fair
warmer.
East. Texas—Generally fair and
warmer.
West Texas—Generally fair.
SOLICITOR DEFIES
GOVERNOR BRANDON
IN MINE LASH PROBE
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Sept. 20. -
(By the Associated Press.) —Solicit}'.
James G. Davis will proceed with
his investigation of conditions at
Banner mines in spite of Governor
William W. Brandon's letter of yes
terday, in which the executive said
an inquiry would not be tolerated
as sole authority in governing con
victs rested finally with the gover
nor of the state.
Solicitor Davis in a statement de
clared:
“I am entirely within my legal
bounds in conducting this investiga
tion and I expect to go to the bot
tom of this outrageous occurrence
and place the responsibility.”
| Mr. Davis left Montgomery at 5
■a. m. after consulting with state of
ficials and pppn arrival here went
directly to Kis office to prepare for
the convening of the grand jury
at 9 o'clock.
Reporters Summoned
The solicitor began issuing sum
monses for newspaper men, who in
terviewed convicts at th e mines 'al
lowing an outbreak on September 10.
He saichthe warden at the mine and
other officials would be called.
Mr. Davis also called for files of
newspapers containing first and sub
sequent accounts of the mutiny. In
the newspaper accounts of the trou
ble at the mines, convicts were
quoted as saying tasks were Impos
sible, food was poor and men were
forced to work when ill. Convicts
were also quoted as saying they were
[ whipped.
Solicitor's Authority
Th e solicitor's action, it was stat-,
I ed, is based upon sections of the’
I criminatecocle, which reads:
“It shall be the duty of the presi
dent and other inspectors to report
all violations of the law in regard
to convicts that may comedo their
knowledge to the proper solicitor;
and all indictments of same shall be
tried in the circuit court, or court
of like jurisdiction, of the county
where the offense was committed.
"Solicitors have authority and it
is their duty in term time or in va
cation, to issue a subpoena for any
person whom they may desire to ap
pear before the grand jury to give
evidence of any violation of the law.”
Governor Brandon stated that the
punishment administered to the
I criminals who led the recent mutmy
at Banner mines, resulting in the
wrecking of valuable machinery and
endangering many lives, was ad
ministered only after a thorough
investigation by men of known in
tegrity.
Officials of the mining company, n
convict quartered at Banner an!
L. A. Boyd, president of the state
board of convict supervisors, are
among the witnesses who have been
summoned to appear before tha
grand jury today.
Governor Brandon’s letter to Mr.
Davis, which was given to the press
before the latter had seen it, said
in pari:
“Perhaps your ignorance of the
law governing such matters has
led you into the seridus mistake of
announcing any intention to inter
fere with the power of the chief
executive of the state of Alabama.
As governor of this state, I inforiu
you that the matters which you an
nounce will be investigated by you
are under the direct control and su
pervision of the governor. . . .
“You are hereby given notice that
yo ( u will not be permitted to usurp
the prerogatives of the governor cf
the state of Alabama. The governor,
and not the solicitor, is vestecl witn
full power and authority to furnish
full protection to convicts, and I, as
governor, shall perform that duty
regardless of unfair propaganda and
newspaper articles which make :1
difficult.”
GOVERNOR BRANDON
WITHHOJ » COMMENT
MONTGOMERY, Ala., Sept. 20. I
(By the Associated Press.) —Governor
William W. Brandon said he had
“nothing to say at present” when ad
vised of Solicitor James G. Davis
statement that the Jefferson county
solicitor "would proceed with an in
quiry into conditions at Banner
Mines in spite of the executive’s or
ders not to do so. The governor said
he have something to sav
later in the morning.”
10-HOUR-DAY FOR
CONVICTS DEFEATED
MONTGOMERY, Ala., Sept. 20. —
The senate committee on mining
and manufacturing has adversed
the bill which would have limited
the work-day for convicts to 10
hours. At present, it has been
charged, they are often worked as
long as 12 or 14 hours.
This bill had been pushed by
anti-leasing forces after the legisla
ture, on recommendation of Gover
nor W. W. Brandon, had defeated
all measures intended to stop the
leasing of state and county con
victs.
Within nine months convict
leasing, which had been voted out
by a previous legislature, has been
extended to 1927; the pish has bene
restored and all moves if or a shorter
work-day have been defeated.
The senate committee, at the
same time, adversed Senator Brow
er's bill, sponsored by women’s or
ganizations of the state, establish
ing a maximum eight-hour day for
women workers.
Five Held at Hattiesburg,
Accused of Whipping
HATTIESBURG. Miss., Sept. 20.
Five men have been arrested,
charged with assault and battery, as
an outgrowth of a whipping admin
istered to Robert Bullock, young man
of Hattiesburg.
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Tire Leaks No Air
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TO DISCLOSE OASIS
OF BROWN CHARGES
On the stand Friday in the inves
tigation of the department of agri
culture, Representative Charles E.
Stewart, of Atkinson county, re
fused to divulge the contents of pa
pers which he held in his hand on
the floor of the legislature in Au
gust when he declared he could
convict Commissioner of Agricul
ture J. J. Brown as “a liar, a thief
and a perjurer.”
“I made that statement while
speaking on a point of personal privi
lege,” said Mr. Stewart. “And I do
not have to divulge the information
to anybody except the Georgia leg
islature. However, I have placed
this information in the hands of my
attorney, Grover C. Edmondson, and
it will come out before the investiga
tion is completed.”
Attorney Sam L. Olive, represent
ing the agricultural department, tried
hard to make Mr. Stewart divulge
the contents of the papers, but the
latter insisted that he had the right
to wait until his attorney was pres
ent, and the committee so ruled.
Charges Money Wasted
Mr. Stewart declared that the de
partment of agriculture is a vast
political machine that does little for
the farmers. Attorney Olive imme
diately drew the admission that this
was merely an opinion. The At
kinson representative continued by
declaring his belief that the bureau
of markets wastes from $50,000 to
$75,000 a year of the people’s
money. He attacked what he de
clared was a grossly excessive num
ber of oil inspectors, and declared
jthat some of the regular inspectors
have to split their salaries with
other persons. In one county in
the state he declared there was a
blind oil inspector. Mr. Stewart
promised to be back before the
committee Monday morning ready
to “go to the bat” on his charges.
He said Mr. Edmondson, his attor
ney, would reach Atlanta by, that
time.
The committee appointed Repfe
' sentative Howard, of Screven, to go
Ito Thompson, Ga., Saturday and
i take the deposition of Mrs. Alice
j Louise Lytle, editor of the Columbia
I Sentinel. Attorney Olive will accom
pany Mr. Howard and they will con-
I tinue on to Savannah to take the
deposition of Mr. Edmondson jn case
he is not able to return to Atlanta.
Mr. Edmondson is reported ill in a
Savannah hospital.
Fred Bridges, assistant commis
sioner of agriculture, was placed on
the stand to refute testimony given
Thursday by Representative Parker
S. New, of Laurens county..
New’s Statement Denied
“Mr. New testified,” said Mr.
Bridges “that he did not make the
charge in his IZaurens county race
that Dr. C. H. Kittrell’s private hotel
bill was approved by Commissioner
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DIVORCEE GETS TWO
YEARS ON J VERDICT
OF MANSLAUGHTER
VALDOSTA. Ga., Sept. 20.—At
Statenville late Thursday afternoon
the jury in the case against Mrs.
Joe Copeland for killing John Rob
erts at Mayday brought in a verdict
of guilty of voluntary manslaughter
with a verdict of two years at the
state prison farm. The jury was
out only a short while. The pris
oner, in charge of a heavy guard
of deputies, wajt started at once to
Valdosta.
The defense in the trial of Mrs.
Copeland introduced witnesses in an
attempt to prive that the woman shot
in self-defense after she had been
struck on the head w’ith a hoe han
dle in the hands of Roberts.
Evidence in the case was com
pleted just before noon, and argu
ments of attorneys began.
Mrs. Copeland, F. A. Goolson, her
companion at the time of the kill
ing, and Mrs. Annie Powell, sister
of the defendant, who was held as
a witness, were removed from the
Lowndes county jail at Valdosta
early Wednesday and brought here
for trial. The trio, in charge of
Sheriff W. W. Pennington, of
Echolls county and six deputies, left
the city by automobile for the
Echolls county seat. It is reported
that feeling against Mrs. Copeland
ran so high that the sheriff deemed
it wise to furnish guards when the
prisoner was moved from this
county.
The large family connection of
both the Roberts’ family and Mrs.
Copeland’s family makes this case
one of more than ordinary interesr.
Citizens of Crystal
Springs Get Credit
As Watch Owners
JACKSON, Miss., Sept. 20. — The
board of tax equalizers in Copiah
county believes there is something in
a name after all, for having failed to
find where a single male citizen of
the town of Crystal Springs 3 ad fist
ed a watch as personal property sub
ject to taxation, the board yesterday
recorded every man inth e place as
owner of a time piece, and taxed him
accordingly.
The tow-n tax assessor announced
this forenoon that so far not one of
the 1,500 men affected liad kicked
against the assessment.
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New Inter-Allied Meet in
London Forecast on Repa
rations Entente Cordial
to Be Renewed
By Hiram K. Moderwell
(Special Cable to The Atlanta Journal and
Chicago Daily News—Copyright, 1U23.)
BERLIN, Sept. 20. —The German
government today awaited word
from the Belgian government as to
the result of its efforts to mediate
with France on Germany’s beha f
on tha basis of Chancellor Stresse
mann's memorandum of Monday.
The Stressemann offer contained
three points:
1. That- Germany will give up, x
completely, immediately and pub
licly, her policy of passive re
sistance in the Ruhr, provide!
France will give assurance that im
prisoned and exiled residents of
the zone be permitted tq return to
their homes.
2. Germany is prepared to go be
yond former Chancellor Cuno’s thlr- -
ty-billion gold piark reparations of
ter, meeting the British demand us
fifty billion.
3. German industry is prepared
to admit 49 per cent French par
ticipatlon in the Ruhr industries.
It is no longer concealed amoi g
leaders in political circles here that,
if the latest offer is rejected, Chan
cellor Stressemann will be oblige!
to capitulate unconditionally. Ail
parties now represented in the gov
ernment have within the last two
days given him blanket authority
to conclude peace with Frence on
any terms whatsoever.
German Finances Hopeless
The reason for this relatively
sudden change from conditional to
unconditional surrender is the re
cent revelation to the party lead
ers of the utterly hopeless state of
German finances which Chancellor
Stressemann inherited from Cur.u.
The true condition until recently was
known only to a few.
The minimum needs of the Ruhr
next week total five hundred tnl
lion marks, or four million dollar-".
The Reichsbank cannot find thi«
money. The last penny which can
be sent to the Ruhr is being sent
this week. The truth is that tu*
reserve of the Reichsbank is much
less than Germany supposed.
Less responsible politicians are
gradually awakening to a realiza
tion of the full extent of Cuno's
blunders, which are coming to be
regarded as nothing short of crimi
nal. The anger which is growing
In political circles threatens to
spread like a wave over the entire
population. Already the demand is
being raised that the former chan
cellor and certain members of his
cabinet be called to answer for their
stewardship before a court of
justice.
Herr Cuno's hurried trip to Amer
ica after his recent resignation is
declared in some quarters to hav®
been in fact a flight to escape the
consequences of his sins of commis
sion and omission.
Accusations Made
The principal accusations against
him are:
1. That he financed Ruhr re
sistance almost wholly by the print
ing press, it having been'established
that for several months less than
two per cent of the Ruhr expendi
tures was covered b.y taxation.
2. Reckless expenditure of Ruhr
funds so that many grew rich at
the people’s expense.
3. Encouragement—passive, or
perhaps active—of sabotage and
other forms of active resistance,
thus giving the French a pretext
for the taking of harsh measures
which eventually broke the resist
ance.
It has been asserted by one re
sponsible public man that the Cuno
cabinet last April actually decided
upon a general active attack on the
French troops and. were prevented
only b.y the Prussian government,
which was under Socialist influ
ence.
4. That Chancellor Cuno. politi
cally, was a child, and that he
omitted many timely political meas
ures which might have made pas
sive resistance partially successful.
The German people still are gen
erally ignorant of recent events.
But they must learn the truth
within a week. Their anger then
will be so violent that it may as
sume most serious form unless it
can be shunted onto the absent
Cuno.
Carolina Rail Board
Withdraws Approval ,
Os Lease of C., C. & 0.
COLUMBIA, S. C., Sept. 20. By
a vote of four to three, the South
Carolina railroad commission today
voted to withdraw its approval of the
proposed lease of the Carolina.
Clinchfield and Ohio railroad by the
Louisville and Nashville and the At
lantic Coast Line.
Those voting to rescind the original
action were: Chairman Shealy, and
Commissioners Wade, Pearman and
Coney, while Commissioners Rich
ards, Ellerbe and Arnold voted
against the motion to withdraw ap
proval. Chairman Shealy cast -the
deciding vote.
Alabama Banker
Is Shot by Farmer
GREENSBORO, Ala., Sept. 20.
Jefferies Blunt, president of the
First National Bank of Greensboro,
was shot in the office of the bank
Wednesday by -Hal Knight, farmer,
following an argument over a busi
ness deal. Blunt was carried to a
Selma hospital, where his injuries ar®
not thought fatal. Knight was ar
rested.