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NEWS OF THE SOUTHLAND TOLD IN SNAPPY PARAGRAPHS
SOUTH CAROLINA
FLORENCE. Hearing of Ed
mund D. Bigham’s motion for new
trial is postponed to March term
-of court by Judge E. C. Dennis on
motion of Solicitor L. M Gasque,
who urged that he did not have
time to prepare affidavits to reply
to affidavits of defense purporting
to set up new evidence. Bigham is
under sentence of death for killing
brother, Smiley 'Bigham. He is also
charged with killing four other mem
bers of family.
COLUMBIA.—There is revival of
interest in the question of hard sur
facing roads of state, and bill pro
viding for election on huge bond is-»
sue probably will he offered at
session of legislature in January.
ANDERSON. —Four small negro
children, ages ten months to three
years, are burned to death when cab
in on R. H. Jolly’s place.-near An
derson, is destroyed.
CENTRAL.—Burglars have ter
rorized community recently, and
several homes and stores have been
robbed.
SPARTANBURG. Miss Lois
Whitmire, 19, student nurse at Spar
tanburg county general hospital, lies
at point of death as result of frac
tured skull sustained when she lost
balance and fell from horse on prom
inent street here.
CHARLESTON.—AnnuaI meeting
of the South Carolina Poultry
Breeders’ association will be held
at Columbia, October 23. Poultry
breeders from several states have
been invited.
GREENVILLE.—“ My mother and
father are getting old and they need
me to take care of them. That is
DRV ENFORCEMENT
PLANS OF PINGHDT
HELD IMPOSSIBLE
WASHINGTON, Oct. 17. Expres
sions on the subject at the recent
citizenship conference here and the*
approach of the governors’ law en
forcement. conference to be held at
the White House Saturday, have
combined to push the prohibition
Enforcement question to the fore
itront of national problems engaging
.the attention of the administration.
' Phases of the problem to be pre
sented for consideration at the gov
ernors' conference were discussed
y>y President Coolidge Tuesday at a
conference into which he called Sec
retary Mellon and Asssitant Secre
tary Moss of the treasury and Com
Tnissioner Blair of the internal reve
ntie bureau.
. .Whether there was any discussion of
..the declaration made by Governor
Pinchot, of Pennsylvania, at the cit
izenship conference, that prohibition
_;£pforcement should be personally di
‘tXPCted by the president, was not dis-
JitlUsed. The proposal is known to
regarded by Secretary Mellon, '
"however, as impracticable.
c 1 After calling on President £oo
ildge yesterday, William Allen White.
.Kansas editor, issued a statement
till which he charged that “wet sen
-.ators” in their “control of the ap
"pointment of federal enforcement of-
Uficers in the. states” were the source
«of the government’s difficulty in en
forcing the dry laws.
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•THi: ATLANT.'- ■"TUULY JOURNAL
reason 1 went to police headquarters
in Baltimore and told them 1 was
wanted In Greenville bn a war
rant,” says Jackson C.
when brought back here to answer
charges of disposing of' property
under lien.
ANDERSON. —Cotton is being
sold as high as thirty cents per
pound, highest price obtained in
this section since early part of
1920.
GREENVILLE.—PIans- for coun
ty-wide, inter-dertominatibnal re
vival to be held early in spring of
1924 are adopted at meeting of
Greenville Ministerial union.
GREENVILLE.—In memory of
late Vardry Mcßee, who seventy
five years, ago, gave site on which
church now stands, bronze tablet,
bearing engraved picture of Mr.
Mcßee and brief eulogy, is unveiled
at First Presbyterian church here.
GREEN V!LLE.—Tria! of four fed
eral prohibition enforcement officers
and citizen who fired upon auto con
taining two Y. W. C. A. workers
from Asheville, N. C., mistaking the
car for rum-runner, is indefinitely
postponed at federal court here on
motion of prosecution.
SPARTANBURG—Synod of South
Carolina opens at First Presbyterian
church with representative gather
ing of Presbyterians from practically
all over state and large number of
people of this city.
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COLUMBI A. —With delegates pres
ent from all parts of South Caro
lina, Lutheran Women’s Synodical
society of state opens twenty-eighth
annual convention here.
COLUMBIA. South Carolina's
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Living Costs Climb
During September,
U. S. Figures Show
WASHINGTON, Oct. 17.—The
trend of wholesale prices, which has
been gradually downward since May,
took a decided upturn in September,
it. was shown today in statistics com
piled by the department of labor.
An advance of nearly 2 3-4 per cent
was indicated in a compilation which
i. eluded 464 commodities.
Cloths and clothing with an ad
vance of 4 1-2 per cent showed the
greatest increase, due mainly to the
marked advances in raw silk, print
cloths and c.otton yarns, according
to the figures. Advances in corn,
oats, rye, wheat,- hogs, cotton, eggs
and hay caused the farm products
group to rise 3 1-2 per cent. A net
increase of 3 1-2 per cent also was
shown for the food group because
of the continued advance in the price
of fresh beef and pork, butter,
cheese, eggs, flour, lard, corn meal
and sugar. A net increase of more
than 2 per cent was shown in build
ing material.
As compared with a year ago,
measured by the same figures, the
general level of prices were shown
to have risen slightly more than
one-half of one per cent. The de
crease of nearly 28 per cent in fuel
and lighting during the 12 months
was offset by increases occurring in
all other com’niodity groups, rang
ing from one per cent in building
material to nearly 10 1-2 per cent
in cloths and clothing.
Youngest Minter
Is Arrested Here
On Coweta Warrant
Ben Minter, twenty years old,
youngest son of J. W. Minter, of
Newjtan, who was recently sen
tenced to' hang for the njurder of
his soi*‘-In-law; Millard Trouton, was
arrested in Atlanta Tuesday after
noon by Policemen J. W. Wooly and
T. J. Harrison on a warrant from
Coweta county and Tuesday night
was taken’ to Newnan by Deputy
Sheriff D. W. Dial.
The nature of the charges against
young Minter were not made known,
but Coweta county officials said that
they were in no way connected "with
the Trouton murder.
50.000-Mile Chase
LONDON.—After a Scotland Yard
detective pursued Leonard Marrott
twice around the worlds he finally
caught him at his mother’s hofne
here.
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program of road improvement com
pares favorably with those in other
states of union, according to state
highway department.
SPARTANBURG. Northern
breezes and advent of cold weather
are driving tin can tourists south
ward, judging by hundreds of cars
passing here daily.
COLUMBIA—PIacing itself on
record as disapproving the- crop re
ports sent out by United States de
partment of agriculture in which fig
ures are given to public purporting
to show estimated acreages to be
planted to cotton, as reports of “in
tentions” of farmers to plant, Ameri
can Cotton association in fifth an
nual convention here passes resolu
tion urging department of agricul
ture to stick to facts.
LANCASTER^—Harry R. Taylor,
Jr., young married man, shoots and
kills himself here, because, it is
said*, his wife would not go with
him to Rock Hill.
COLUMBIA. Tom P. Pearce,
state senator from Richland county,
is considering introduction of bill to
provide for state preferential pri
mary, so that people may be given
opportunity to declare themselves as
to choice' for nominee for president.
NORTH.—Joe M. Knotts and
Alpine Knodts, of North, file peti
tion in bankruptcy, listing assets as
$23,500 and $5,540 and liabilities as
$14,431 a: .1 $10,473, respectively.
GREENWOOD. —Henry Smith, a
young white man, manager of-a saw
mill in Edgefield county, is in jail
here on charge of abandoning his
wife and three children at Morgan
town, N.C. •
FBEOOENT CLASHES
ENLIVEN TESTIMONY
IN GARRETT'S TRIAL
CUMBERLAND COURTHOUSE,
Va., Oct. 17. —(By the Associated
Press). —The prosecution’s case in
the trial of R. O. Garrett for the
shooting of Rev. E. S. Pierce was
nearing its close when the Currfber
land county court recessed for din
ner today. Under constant urging
for speed by Judge B. D. White,
rapid -progress was made at the
rn<jrning session, which began at
8:30 o’clock, despite the frequent and
spirited wrangling between counsel.
Irritability that was apparent sev
eral times at the opening of the
trial yesterday flamed into anger on
numerous Occasions today and Judge
White often had to use oral admo
nition as well as the gavel in restor
ing orderly progress of the trial.
Os the several eye-witnesses put
on the stand today, no twß agreed
as to what actually happened at the
Pierce home on June 5, the date ol
the tragedy. Some testified that R
O. Garrett fired the first shot, others
that Larkin Garrett fired first; some
saw Mr. Pierce have a pistol in his
hand and others did not; some
heard R. O. Garrett curse Mrs.
Pierce, others did not.
All told, eleven witnesses had been
heard«up to. noon, including Willard
Pierce, -oldest son of the dead min
ister. Their testimony was substan
tially the same as that given at the
previous trials.
Tolling Church Bell
Arouses Citizens Who
Rout Bank Bandits
ROCK ISLAND, 111., Oct. 17.
Tolling of a church bell aroused the
populace of Alpha, a small commu
nity about 25 miles south of this
city, this morning, and they chased
five bandits after they had dis
charged four shots of dynamite in
the Farmers’ State bank, wrecking
the interior of the building.
The church bell summoned at least
200 of the 500 residents of the vil
lage, and they started in pursuit of
the fleeing bandits. A minister who
headed the posse was fired upon five
times, but was not hit. The bank's
funds were found intact.
10,000 Presbyterian
Churches to Mark
Temperance Sunday
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 17.—No
vember 4 is to be observed by the
ten thousand Presbyterian churches
throughout the country as temper
ance Sunday.
In preparation for this event Dr.
Charles Scanlon, of Pittsburg, sec
retary of Christian education, has
prepared a long program of special
service for, distribution to all Pres
byterian churches and Sunday
schools.
1 hree Die in Auto
Mishaps in Birmingham
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Oct. 17
Three persons died in Birmingham
Tuesday as a result of automobile
accidents. Bessie Haynes, seven
year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
L. D. Haynes, was killed by an au
tomobile driven by Miss Emily
Smith..
Miss Audrey Scarbrough and Miss
Christine Bruce died during the day
as a result of injuries sustained Mon
day night when an automobile
driven by Robert Phillips left the
road' at a sharp curve near Birming
ham and crashed into a tree. Phil
lips'and' Lonnie Bruce were slightly
injured, while Walter, another occu
pant of the car. is reported fatally
injured, .
Maftttfa’cturef Left
Million for Charity
KANSAS CITY Mo. Oct. 17.—A
fund of one million dollars was left
for charity by Jacob L. Loose, chair
man of the board of directors of the
Loose-Wiles Biscuit Co., through his
will, which was filed for probate to
day;.. The .money is to be used in
relieving personal distress and sick
ness among .‘he-needy. in Kansas
City.
To Connect West
With the Mainland
KEY WEST. Fla., Oct. 17.—Mon
roe county yesterday passed the
■300,000 bond issue for roads and
bridges to connect Key West with
he mainland. The vote was 473
for and .216 against. There was a
great demonstration here, including
a torchlight' and automobile parade.
NORTH CAROLINA
HIGH POlNT.—Young woman,
aged about 22, describing herself as
Miss Todd, of Baltimore,' is in hos
pital suffering from ..serious injuries
sustained when she jumped from
High Point-Winston-Salem bus. She
declines to deny’ she attempted to
commit suicide and refuses to ex
plain her act,
GREENSBORO. —District meeting
of North Carolina Teachers’ associa
tion is held with several hundred
teachers attending fi-orn' 15 coun
ties.
GREENSBORO. —Members prom
inent in state department of Ameri
can Legion announce legionnaires
are backing move to bring out Col.
George H. Bunker, of Wilmington,
as candidate for state auditor to
succeed Baxter Durham, on whom
legion has made fight in recent
rhonths. ____
WINSTON-SALEM. Fred D.
Hudson, of Winston-Salem, is named
general manager of local branch of
Imperial Tobacco company, succeed
ing late E. AV. Dixon.
ALBEMARLE. —Q uarte rl y meeting
of Western North Carolina Weekly
Press association is held here.
WINSTON-SALEM—C. A. Rey
nolds, president of 'Warren Remedy
Sales Co., who swore out warrant
against H. F. Babst, former general
manager, charging embezzlement,
writes Solicitor Graves that investi
gation discloses warrant was unjus
tified and indictment is nol prossed
in superior court.
GASTONIA. —Committee in charge
of effort to bring Lenoir-Rhyne col
lege to Gaston county from Hick
ory announces readiness to offer
200 and 300-acre sites and $265,000
in cash to college authorities.
ASHEVILLE. —Local ministerial
association announces plan to /hold
Bible institute next spring, with na
tionally-known Bible students as
programs as lecturers.
SANATORIUM. New building,
with accommodations for 42 patients,
is opened for treatment of negro
patients at state tuberculosis sana
torium, with Dr. J. W. Walker, for
merly' of Asheville, in charge.
SANATORIUM.—Group of foreign
health officers, touring state under
auspices of League of Nations in
interchange of health officers, in
spect state tuberculosis sanatorium.
BURLINGTON?—Two new pres
.byteries are created by North Caro
lina Presbyterian synod in annual
session.
NEW BERN. —Masonic lodges an
nounce plans to remodel Masonic
temple at cost of $30,000.
HIGH POINT —Memorial shaft
honoring men of county' dying in
World war will ba unveiled Novem
ber 11.
HIGH POINT?—Mrs. Hubert Work
and Mrs. D. H. Blair, wives, respec
tively, of Secretary Work and Pro
hibition Commissioner Blair, accept
invitations to attend, with their
husbands, pageant of progress Octo
ber 25.
RALElGH.—Commenting on. state
ment at Charlotte by' J. B. Duke,
president, that Southern Power com
pany must have higher rate for pow
er if further development is expect
ed in state, corporation commission
assumes attitude that it has no de
sire in principle to stand in way of
progress of state while serving prop
erly all interests of state.
CHARLOTTE.—J. W. Rushing,
35, Mint Hill farmer, dies at local
hospital of injuries sustained sev
eral days previously when caught in
cotton gin.
State High
way Commissioner Hanes announces
contract for construction of Yadkin
RiVer-Yadkinville link of Boone Trail
highway will be awarded Novem
ber 10.
RALEjlGH.—Slight hope »s held
for recovery' of W. G. Allen, promi
nent business man, injured in motor
car accident in which one man was
killed and several others more or
less seriously' hurt.
WINSTON-SALEM—Fou r engi
neers of state highway commission
are painfully injured in motor car
accident near Lake Waceamaw.
Their names are Clifford Cooper, A.
Higgins, Charles Turnbull and R. L,
Whitehead.’
STATESVILLE. Floyd Avery,
negro, falls into vat of boiling water
at Cleveland Manufacturing com
pany’s plant and dies at hospital.
RALElGH.—lnvestment by state
of $500,000 in terminal facilities at
Wilmington “as a starter,” increas
ing ultimately to $2,500,000, is rec
ommended by state ship and water
commission by H. McL. Harding,
port terminal engineer of New York
City, who appears at hearing as rep
resentative of Wilmington.
RALEIGH. Twenty-three hun
dred persons pledge $70,000, provid
ing for construction here of Young
Men’s Christian association build
ing.
GREENSBORO. —Severely injured
when he fell from disc harrow which
he was driving, Elwell Surratt, aged
nine, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Sur
ratt, of near Greensboro, is brought
to hospital in critical condition, body
being badly cut. _______
Mail Carrier Shoots
Texas Postmaster
CENTER. Tex., Oct. 17.—Calvin
Bowles, rural mail carrier of Choice.
Tex., seven miles from here, shot
and instantly killed Postmaster Wil
liam Cook at Choice this morning,
according to a report to the county
officials. The cause of the killing
was not learned. _______
NEW METHOD
HEALS RUPTURE
Kansas City Doctor’s Discovery
Makes Truss or Operation
Unnecessary.
Kansas City, Mo.—(Special A
new discovery which, experts
agree, has no equal for curative ef
fects in all rupture cases, is the
latest accomplishment of Dr. An
drews. the well-known Hernia spe
cialisjt of this. city. The extraordinary
success of this new method proves
that it holds and heals a rupture.
It weighs only a few ounces. Has
no hard gouging pads, no elastic
belt, no leg s-’-'ips -- steel bands,
and is as comfortable as a light
garment. It has enabled hundreds
of persons to throw, away trusses
and declare their rupture absolute
ly healed. Many of these' had seri
ous double ruptures, from which
they had suffered for years. It it-
Dr. Andrews' ambition - to
every ; ruptured person enjoy the
quick relief, comfort and healing
power of his discovery, and he wdl
se- ' it on free tri"’ 1 to any reader
of The Journal who writes him at
his office. 1213 Koch Bldg., Kansas
City, Mo. He wants one person in
each neighborhood to whom he "r
refer. If you wish ’’ to be rid of
rupture for good, without an oper
lion, take advantage of the doctors
free offer. Write him., today.
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ALABAMA
JASPER—With 400 children en
rolled, Jasper has largest school
population in her history.
HUNTSVILLE.—Tax rate’ In
Huntsville is raised from 62 1-2
mills to 100 mills. This will Increase
city’s annual revenue about $24,000.
ROCKFORD.—At meeting of co
operative farmers here it is an
nounced association has contracted
for fertilizers for next year’s crop
at wholesale prices.
MlLLßY’.—Residence of Wade
Hendry, near here, is destroyed by
fire of unknown origin. There is
no insurance.
BIRMINGHAM.—Rev. W. P. Mc-
Lennan jn public address says:
“Sunday, laws are un-American.
They are contrary to- fundamental
principles upon which our govern
ment is founded.”
BESSEMER.—FuneraI services ot
Mrs. O. P. Bentley, 63, who died at
Centerville, are held here.
PRATT CITY.—New branch bank
will be opened here by North Bir
mingham Trust and Savings com
pany.
MOBILE. —S. J. Cleveland, promi
nently connected, and J. G. Cleve
land, county commissioner, are in
dicted for murder of Stephen S.
Lossin;?, 89, oyster dealer, of West
Fowl river.
Glass is
appointed salesman for Alabama
Farm Bureau Hay association.
TUSKEGEE. Mrs. Matilda
Smith. 94, Tuskegee’s oldest citizen,
is dead. Her husband was killed in
Civil war.
MOULTON.—Mrs. Virginia Van
diver dies at Albany and funeral
services and interment are held
here.
CHEROKEE GEORGIA
IN GOOD CONDITION,
BJNKEBS DECLARE
MARIETTA, Ga., Oct. IS.—De
spite inclement weather conditions,
mere than 100 bankers from all sec
tions of the state, came to Marietta
today to attend the semi-annual
meeting of group three of the Geor
gia Bankers' association, .which was
convened at 10 o’clock, with D. R.
Little, cashier of the First National
Bank of Marietta, as chairman.
Joseph S. Calhoun, president of
the First National Bank of Carters
ville, responded to the address of
welcome delivered by Dr. I. A.
White, pastor of the First Baptist
church of Marietta, and after the
appointment of committees to con
sider a number of banking problems,
Dr. R. H. J. DeLoach, fertilizer ex
pert of the Armour Fertilizer com
pany, and formerly with the State
College of Agriculture, talked to the
bankers on the various phases of
bn"- weevil control in northwest
Georgia. He. stated that the weevil
could be heldhin check as has been
demonstrated here this year by the
proper use of arsenate, and urged
that the country bankers impress
upon their farmer customers the ne
cessity of using calcium where cot
ton was planted.
Black Speaks on Taxes
He was folic wed by Eugene R.
Black, president of the Atlanta
Trust company, and chairman of the
ba ikers’ state legislative committee,
who talked on constructive taxation,
and in detail explained many of the
proposed panaceas offered for the
tax evils which affect the state.
At the conclusion of Mr. Black’s
address a number of bankers in at
tendance participated in an open
forum discussion of banking condi
tions in Cherokee, Ga., and were al
most unanimous in the view that
this section is in far better condi
tion than several years past.
The bankers were entertained at
luncheon at the Marietta Golf club,
where a tournament was staged dur
ing the afternoon.
Those Present
The following bankers were in at
tendance: W. M. Dorsey, Taylors
ville; H. T. Kilpatrick, Atlanta; N.
A. Thomason, Cam on; W. V. Crow
ley, Jasper; F. W. Blalock. Atlanta;
J. D. Corn, Atlanta; W. G. Elliott,
Marietta; Wilson M. Hardy, Canton;
A. N. Anderson, Rome; G. C. Evans,
Atlanta; R. C. Henderson, Atlanta;
Fonville McWhorter, Atlanta; Rob
ert Strickland, Jr., Atlanta; H. S.
Cohen, Atlanta; Jos. S. Calhoun,
Cartersville; Jos. S. Peters, Manches
ter; M. M. Sessions, Marietta; A. W.
Hill, Atlanta; W. W. Mitchell, At
lanta; Geo. L. Davis, Atlanta; Mar
tha Galt, Canton; C. O. Carpenter,
Macon; Wm. Galt, Canton; R. J. H.
DeLcach, Chicago; Jas. T. Anderson,
Marietta; C. P. McDaniel, Marietta;
Haynes McFadden, Atlanta; L. P.
Pattillo, Buford, Jas. J. Copeland,
Dalton; F. R. Jones, Atlanta; D. B.
Harris, Chattanooga; D. W. Wilson,
Duluth; T. W. Tonsend, New York;
E. R. Black, Atlanta; Lemon Awt
rey Acworth; H. T. Connliff, Atlanta;
M. W. Bell, Atlanta; J. E. Carnes,
Acworth; Harry H. Johnson, Atlan
ta, and others.
Coolidge Is Told
Os Better Conditions
Among Wheat Growers
WASHINGTON. Oct. IS—Reports
of a more favorable turn in the ag
ricultural situation in the northwest
were presented to President Coolidge
today by Julius H. Barnesi president
of the Chamber of Commerce of the
United States, and Leon Shaw, edi
! tori' of the Billings. Mont., Gazette.
I Mr. Barnes, who was accompanied
! by A. C. Bedford, chairman of the
i executive committee of the chamber,
I laid before the president a complia
i tion of reports showing that stead
! ily increased buying powers of the
i country's urban population was hav
ing a beneficial effect upon the con
dition of the farmers. He pointed
to the advance in what prices as evi
dence
! Jones County Man
Given Life Sentence
For Wife’s Murder
i GRAY, Ga., Oct. ’ 18.—Andrew
! Miller, charged with the murder of
i his wife last May, was given s life
jsentence by Judge James B. Park
, late Wednesday in Jones county su
> pcrior .court. The murder was a
I brutal one. but the state had only
1 circumstantial evidence.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25, TDS.
) TALLADEGA.—Biggest and finest
I copper still ever seen here is cap
tured -while in operation making
rye whisky. Over 30 gallons of rye
whisky and 800 gallons of beer are
also captured.
FLORENCE. Builders' Trade
i council is planning five-story labor
i temple to cost over $20,000.
; MONTGOMERY. Alabama Fat
Stock show is held .here with live
! stock of all kinds from all over
I Alabama. .
! COLLINSVILLE. . Owing to
i greatly improved business -condi
| tions here several new stores open
i for business.
I CULLMAN.—Jim Rakestraw is
I convicted of killing Jesse Nelson
I and given 25 years in state peniten-
I tiary. Grady Rakestraw, brother of
I Jim Rakestraw. is acquitted of
i same charge. • «
BIRMINGHAM.—Probe of whip-
I ping convicts at Banner Mines is
; taken up by new grand jury, and
• Solicitor Jim Davis says charges
i will be sifted to very bottom.
I MOBILE. —Citrus growers ot Mo-
■ bile district purchase 20,000 orchard
heaters for protection of their trees
from winter's blasts.
TALLADEGA.—TraveI of north
ern tourists going to Florida com
menees through here and is heaviest
ever known.
ROGERSVILLE.—Work is pro.
gressing on Florence-Rogersville
highway and it will soon be ready
for tourists. .
MONTGOMERY. —Demonstration
farm in Montgomery county proves
that 320-acre farm can be cultivat
ed with two mules by us® of ma
chinery.
BIRMINGHAM.—A. T. Hill, chief
timekeeper at Boyles shops of Lou-
l isville & Nashville railroad, is* ar-
MRS. DODGE GIVES
ST. SIMONS ESTATE
FOB BOYS' SCHOOL
ROME, Ga., Oct. 18.—Convinced
after thirty years’ operation of a
children’s home on her St. Simons
Island private estate that much of
her effort goes for naught, because
boys reared there to the age of 14
or 15 go out from under htfr train
ing, Mrs. Anna Dodge, wealthy
Georgia woman, has deeded 2,600
acres of rich land valued at $200,-
000 to a board of trustees whom she
will name, to be used for the opera
tion and endowment of a vocational
training school for boys, it is an
nounced by John A. Metcalf, asso
ciated with the Citizens and South
ern Bank of Atlanta. It is expected
that 400. boys will be enrolled, 40 of
whom have already applied for
places The school will be made as
nearly self-sustaining as possible by
the products from the farm to be
operated by the students.
Since announcing her plans, but
without soliciting contributions, gifts
totaling $25,000 already have been
made to the institution, Mr. Metcalf
said.
Mrs. Dodge, Mr. Metcalf, John T.
Rose, internal revenue collector,
and Mr. and Mrs. Thornton Marye,
of Atlanta, '"ere here Wednesday to
view a building at Berry schools,
an institution somewhat like the one
to be established. Mr. Marye is an
architect. He drew the plans for
the Atlanta Woman’s building.
Although twenty-three boys from
Mrs. Dodge's school for children
have graduated at colleges, she has
realized for fifteen years that her
plan was often futile, because after
leaving the environment and train
ing of her- school, the boys often
failed to go forward. Some of “her
boys” have attended Berry schools
and others have gone to college, but
many of them have gained no other
education after leaving her home.
For this reason, she has decided to
establish a school that will take
boys “from the scrap heap” at their
most impressionable age and make
men of them.
No charge whatever will be made
for tuition or board at the St. Si
mons School for Boys, according to
Mr. Metcalf, who is assisting Mrs.
Dodge in launching the institution.
Any boy who desires to secure an
education but. has nol the money to
do so, will be admitted- It w’ill not
be a school for correction or refor
mation, but boys who have become
involved in juvenile court or who
have become unmanageable in their
homes also will be accepted. Stu
dents will be required to pass only a
mental and physical examination
showing that they are qualified to
be developed.
Under the deed of the property,
the board of trustees, which will
include the governor of Georgia, will
be self-perpetuating. As vacancies
occur, the governor of the state will
appoint a member to fill the place.
The board will consist of seven mem
bers. The property is unincum:
bered by debt or any other claim.
During the thirty years that Mrs.
Dodge conducted the children’s home
she never once asked for a contribu
tion, but maintained the institution
from her private funds. She and
Miss Martha Berry, founder of the
famous Berry schools at Rome, are
intimate friends.
The property consists of 2,600
acres on St. Simons Island between
the ocean -and the Fredericka river.
The deed to it dates back to the orjg
flpal charter granted to General
James Oglethorpe, and the land is
said to be the only real estate actu
ally owned personally by the founder
of Georgia. One hundred years ago
the estate was owned by Major
Pierce Butler, the largest slave
owner in the south, who operated a
gigantic rice plantation. He married
Fannie Kimball, famous actress, but
they soon became ■ estranged, and,
Mrs, Butler wrote a book against
slavery which is said to have
“started the Civil war.”
Mrs. Dodge came into possession
of the property many years ago. She '
has informed only a few close friends !
about her plans for the St. Simons
School for Boys, but already $25,000
is available for the building fund and
Mr. Mayre has been engaged as. the
architect. He has studied the. land
scape and has adopted the Spanish '
style of Architecture which was used ■
by Major Butler In the construction
of his plantation home many years
ago. A handsome cornerstone is be- \
ing carved in Atlanta and on Oc-1
tober 30 it will be laid with formal i
ceremony for the construction of the j
chapel, the first building to be .
erected.
Mr. Metcalf, who is prepared to de- |
vote much time to the institution. I
is a successful Atlanta banker. Fie I
is a prominent layman of the Meth
odist church. J. T. Rose, who also
*s deeply interested in the plans, is
chairman of the board of stewards i
of the First Methodist church, At-
rested on charge of forgery and
shortage of $9,000. It is charged
Hill padded payrolls.
BESSEMER. —Ground is broken
for building Bessemer Galvanizing
works, which will be one of largest
plants of this kind in south.
TRAFFORD.—Home of George H.
Elliott is mysteriously robbed _ of
considerable money and detectives
are employed on case.
TALLADEGA—Work will com
mence soon on first unit of new
building for deaf and dumb institu
tion of Alabama. Building program
will cost $207,000.
BAYOU LA BATRE. —Work com
mences on new $25,000 fertilizer
plant to replace plant recently de
sroyed by fire. __
GADSDEN.—Arrangements are be
ing , made looking to building $300,-
000 bridge across Coosa river here.
TREDEGAR.—Work will com
mence in few days on erection of
new brick plant, costing SIOO,OOO
Building brick and by-products of
silica will be manufactured.
MONTGOMERY. David Lloyd
George, Great Britain’s war premier,
declines invitation to visit Montgom
ery, owing to lack of time.
ROANOKE. —Approximately all of
Randolph county’s crop of cotton is
picked. Many farmers are members
of Farm bureau Which is holding
their cotton, while others are seeling.
MONTEVALLO. Alabama col
lege celebrates founders day with ap
propriate exercises. Large crowd at
tends.
MARION.—W. T. Tanton’s livery
stable and African Methodist church
are'destroyed by fire, causing total
loss of SIB,OOO. Several hordes are
burned to death.
DECATUR. —John Bailey Gaston,
noted blind negro musician, is found
dead near railroad track, near Deca
ture junction.
DEFENSE ON STM
111 METT'S TBIIL
ONMIMK
CUMBERLAND COURTHOUSE.
Va., Oct. 18.—(By the Associated
Press.) —The prosecution having
completed its evidence and rested
last night, Robert O. Garrett be
gan his defense in the Cumberland
co-wty circuit court today against
the charge of murder resulting from
the fatal shpoting last June 5, of
Rev. E. S. Pierce by himself and
brother, Larkin C. Garrett. Both
Garretts "ere expected to take the
stand and indications were that all
defense testimony would be in before
adjournment. In that event Friday
will be given over to final argu
ments and the jury likely will get
the case that nir •
All told the prosecution placed on
the stand 22 witnesses, including the
widow and children of the slain min
ister. Mrs. Pierce was the last wit
ness before the state rested. In ad
dition, Judge B. D. White called to
the stand Commonwealth’s Attorney
W. M. Smith, of Cumberland coun
ty, a witness to the Pierce tragedy,
who was discarded as a state wit
ness after he had been put on by
the prosecution at the trial of
Larkin Garrettt last July. Judge
Smith was on the stand about two
hours and was subjected to a severe
cross-examination by R. E. Byrd, for
the commonwealth, who tried to
make the witness admit, he did not,
know just wh had happened and
that he had told several different
versions of the shooting, particularly
as to who fired the -first shot.
Most of the less important wit
nesses had been heard when Judge
White recessed court for dinner ano
this afternoon both the defendant
and his brother, Larkin C. Garrett,
indicted jointly with him for the
Pierce killing, were expected to take
stand.
Indications were that all evidence
would be in before adjournment to
night and tomorrow will be given
over to competition of instructions
and final arguments before the jury
which is expected to get the case
by tomorrow night. x
The defense centered its efforts
this morning toward building up its
theory that Rev. Pierce knew some
thing of the A. M. Chandler shooting
last May 3, which it is claimed l e d
directly to -the Pierce tragedy.
Chandler was shot from ambush at
night and it is the claim of the de
fense he was shot by mistke for L.
C. Garrett.
Several witnesses also wore put on
to testify as to alleged threats made
by the minister against R. O. Gar
rett.
Miner Confesses Murder,
Is Given Life Sentence
LOGAN. W. Va., Oct. 18.—Edgar
Combs, union miner charged with
the murder of Deputy Sherff John
Gore in the 1921 armed march,
pleaded guilty in Logan circuit
court here today after Judge Robert
Bland refused a change of venue for
his trial. A sentence ot life im
prisonmen t was imposed.
lanta. Mrs. Dodge, herself, is an
Episcopalian. The school will be
strictly non-denominational.
The federal government has desig
nated a vessel for use at the school
and will maintain it as long as the
school keeps forty boys aboard learn
ing to be seamen. The L. W. Rog
ers stores already have entered into
contract with the school to buy all
poultry and garden produce and will
pay a premium for these prpducts.
because they are to be delivered
above the ordinary, market stapd
arils.
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PRESBYTERIANS ;
TO RUSE FUND 1
TO 810 SEMINARY
SAVANNAH, Ga., Oct. 18.—Ac-i
tion expressing the wish of thd
synod of 'Georgia that Columbia
seminary not merge with Union
seminary, at Richmond, was defi<
nitely taken at the session this
morning, the matter having been re<
opened after yesterday’s action upon ? *
receipt of a telegram from John M,
Wells, president of the seminary,
stating that the synod of South
Carolina, with practical
approved the board’s request for
full power to act.
The action taken this morning
places the matter in the same statud
as the action of yesterday. Resol
tions offered by Rev. Homer McMifi
lan, of Atlanta, upon the heels of
the action above with the end in
: view of keeping the seminary with
iin the bounds of the controlling
synods by raising the money to pajf
the deficit were adopted. The reso
lutions as passed provide that ths
synod instruct its executive commit
tee to undertake a special campaign
to raise SIO,OOO for the expenses of •
Columbia for the current year. The
resolutions request ministers to hava
special offerings for this fund and
draw the attention of people of
means to the fund. The
further provide that an effort be
made to secure a suitable location »
within the synod and to get. fundi "*
for the establishment of the semi
nary in case the removal becomes
necessary, the task to be completed
within six inonths.
The reopening of the matter this
morning brought forth a great deaj
of discussion. The floor was a regu
lar battleground of oratory for soma
little while, and after repeated ap
peals by. Dr. M. M. McFerrin, mode
ator, to close the matter up on ac
count of many other things to bn
handled, the question was called for,
but the motion to put the question
was lost. More argument and de
bate followed, and finally the ques
tion was called for again. Aftei*
much juggling of parliamentary
usages and moves and countef
moves, the action of the synod was
voted as stated.
The need of a fund to aid min- **
isters’ daughters to attend AgneS
Scott or other church schools was
made known in a communication re
ceived by the synod from J. R. Mc-
Cain, president of Agnes Scott col
lege. The letter was written tii
awaken interest with a view to rais
ing the fund later.
Today’s session of the synod open
ed with devotional exercises led by
Rev. R. M. Stimson, of Atlanta. Ths
synod concluded its meeting early
the afternoon.
Valdosta will be the meeting placS
of the synod in 1924. The invita
tion of the First Presbyteriah church
of Valdosta was accepted last night,
Rev. L. R. Scott, pastor of the Val
dosta church, invited the synod
meet there.
Power Curtailment
To Halt Industries
In Two Carolinas
CHARLOTTE, N. C.. Oct. 18.'— \
drastic program of power curtail
ment, effective Monday and iiivolv- »
ing manufacturing enterprises in th«
Carolinas, was announced today a|
headquarters her e of the Southern
Power company, conditioned on fail
ure of rainfall in the meantime td
refill reservoirs now nearlyl empty-
The conditional curtailment plan
devised by the company contem
plates shutting off power from lines
serving consumers in each of sev
eral zones on one day of each weelq
insuring a temporary operating
schedule of five days weekly for ail
plants.
The announcement said the com
pany had deferred curtailing its out
put of powei* as long as possible.
Vice President Burkholder said
“nothing less than a water famine
exists over the water shed draining
into the Catawba river,” and ths
reserve of water in the great Bridge. *»
water reservoir has been depleted iq
an effort to maintain the river's
flow throughout the continuing
shortage.
“Continued drawing on the Bridge
water reserves would imperil the en
tire supply of power the company
is furnishing many large plants in
the Carolinas, should the drouth
continue,” the announcement said.
A similar program of curtailment
became necessary last fall when a
“less serious condition existed,” Mr.
Burkholder pointed out. •
Representatives Brand
And Lankford Spend
Vacations at Home
WASHINGTON, Oct. 18—Repre
sentative Charles 11. Brand, of the
Eighth district, will leave tonight .for
his home at Athens after spending
several days in Washington on offi
cial business. He also came here to
enter in school for the winter his
daughter, Miss Caroline Brand. »
Judge Brand expects to remain in .
his district until congress meets
again.
Representative William C. Lank
ford, of the Eleventh district, has re
turned to his home at Douglas after
attending to official matters hequir
ing his presence here for several
days. It is not expected that he
will return before congress meets.
Senator Harris
Heard in Hartwell
HARTWELL. Ga., Oct. 18.—Sena
tor W. J. Harris spoke to a large
crowd here Wednesday. All seemed
to appreciate his speech and gave
his conduct their approval.