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NEWS OF THE SOUTHLAND TOLD IN SNAPPY PARAGRAPHS
SOUTH CAROLINA
4JREENWOOD . —Greenwood cot-1
ton ginnings up to December 1 total
11, 1$1» inci'ease of 4.381 over last
year. ‘
COLUMBIA.—South Caroling As
sociation of Blind plans: to build here
$190,000 home for the sightless.
SPARTANBU RG .—More farmers
report they were swindled by well
dressed men posing as eye special
ists, who “treated” eyes' of members
of their families, collected and, de
parted, leaving those ““treated” to
find that they had been buncoed.
SPARTANBURG. Lock wood,
Greene & Co. begins erection of ten
story office building here.
GREENWOOD.— County -highway
commission proposers ?10,000 con
crete bridge at Ware Shoals.
COLUMBIA. —Hooded Klansmen
act as ushers at the former Billy
Sunday tabernacle here when Dr.
Evans, imperial wizard, delivers ad
dress to approximately 4,000 people.
GREENVILLE.—Heirs of Henry
A. Cauble’sell 100 front feet on Main
street to Charles French Toms, Jr,,
of Asheville, N. C-. for $83,875.
GREENVILLE.—Dr. Frank Coon,
chiropractor, who was sent to coun
ty jail for practicing his profession
without state medical license, will
leave jail day after Christmas and
will take bride, whom lie married in
jail, on honeymoon trip west, he an
nounces.
CHARLESTON. —Richard S. Wha
ley. former resident of Charleston,
now of Washington, has been nomi
nated by President Coolidge as one
of five members of rent commission
for District of Columbia.
COLUMBIA. ’ Circuit Solicitor
Fletcher Spigner issues annual re
port, showing 236 prosecutions dur
ing year, 13 of which were murder
cases.
COLUMBIA—BibIe class of Sec
ond Baptist church adopts resolu
tion asking city council to outlaw
pool rooms and asks other classes
to take similar action.
CHARLESTON. Santee river
bridge, between Williamsburg and
Berkeley counties, which cost SBOO,-
000, is formally opened to public.
CHARLESTON. Edward Tratt
ner, of New York; Loui Kantor, of
Detroit, and Tobe Hernandez, plead
guilty to charge of smuggling into
Charleston boatload otf whisky pack
ed in barrels and labeled “potatoes,”
and are fined SBOO each.
COLUMBIA.— Bishop' and Mrs. W.
A. Guerry, who have been patients,
in county hospital here, return to
Charleston, their home.
GREENWOOD.—Bryan Sproles is
elected commander of Greenwood
county post of American Legion.
ROCK HlLL.—Peoples’ National
bank declares four per cent semi an
nual dividend.
COLUMBIA—South Carolina Cot
ton Growers’ Co-operative Market
ing association distributes $2,750,000
among its members, H. G. Kraminer,
president, announces.
CHARLESTON.— Schyler T. Jack
son, famous •writer, addresses Poetry
society of South Carolina here.
GREENWOOD.—Rev. Ellis A.
Fuller, of South Main Street Baptist
church, accepts call to Earle Street
Baptist church, Greenville.
CHARLESTON. Billy Sunday
closes six weeks’ evangelistic cam
paign here, and is presented with
check for $14,287, as expression of
appreciation of services.
SPARTANBURG. Dr. Thomas
Hart Law, veteran Presbyterian
minister, dies in eighty-sixth year,
after long illness.
GAFFNEY.—R. K. Smythe, mer
chant and magistrate, drops dead as
he starts to close store and body is
found by delivery boy next morning.
GEORGETOWN.—Dr. Olin Saw
yer announces he will not, as was
rumored, run for state senate to suc
ceed former Senator H. L. Smith,
Jr., who was recently appointed clerk
of court, but will remain as houso
member.
CAMDEN.—-Mendal L. Smith, for
mer circuit judge and prominent in
public affairs and as lawyer, named
by Governor McLeod as special judge
for January term of court in Colum
bia.
CHARLESTON.—J. Campbell Bis
sell is appointed mayor pro. tem un
der new Stoney administration.
GREENVILLE.—Furman univer
sity announces 1924 football sched
ules, including games with Newberry
college, Alabama university, Mercer,
Davidson, Citadel, Georgetown uni
versity, University of South Carolina,
University of Mississippi and' Clem
son college.
COLUMBlA.—Thornwell Orphan
age High school, Clinton, defeats
Columbia High school, and -wins
state high school football champion
ship.
CHARLESTON.—Mayor Thomas
P. Stoney assumes office of mayor
of Charleston.
BARNWELL.—Home bank de
clares 10 per cent annual dividend.
NEWBERRY.—Eunice Sligh, ne
gro woman, is shot and killed by
unknown person, while crossing
field, Newberry’s first homicide in
three years.
COLUMBIA.—Dr. A. Earle Booz
er says he has heard nothing from
daughter, Virginia, ninteen-year-old
university co-ed, who disappeared on
November 2.
NINETY-SlX.—Organizations of
town take steps to establish cannery.
GREENWOOD.—George R. Briggs
announces that he and Sam L. Ver
ner, of Walhalla, have set out 1,000
apples trees on Stump mountain, in
Oconee county.
YORK.—P. W. Patrick, railroad
agent and music lover, makes a vio
lin and purposes to make more.
COLUMBIA.—Dr. LeGrande Guer
ry, prominent surgeon, brother of
Bishop Guerry, of Charleston, is
elected head of Southern Surgical
association.
ANDERSON. -•» .James Thompson
Peftxrtiii, prominent cotton merchant,
dies.
COLUMBIA.—Chamber of com
merce votes annual meeting to dis
cussion of city’s need for more
hydro-electric power and hears re
port of committee sent to Charlotte
to interview power men there.
BELTON.—T. C. Banister, promi
nent planter, dies.
GREENWOOD.—John B. Sloan.
Jr., eon of cashier of Bank of
Greenwood, announces he will enter
Presbyetrian ministry.
COLUMBIA.—Mr. and Mrs. J. C.
Cooper are injured when car turns
over or, wet highway.
COLUMBlA.—Governor McLeod
celebrates fifty-fifth birthday by
working hard at his office.
BENNETTSVILLE —C. N. Draw
dy is elected commander of Marl
borough. county American Legion
post.
EDGEFIELD. — Christopher Thom
as, twenty-two, son of Mr. and Mrs.
B, -Tipm%Sa dies of measles,
THE ATLANTA TRI-WEEKLY JOURNAL
CHARLESTON. —Dr. Charles I.
Goodwin* of Holly Hill, who was
driver of automobile that ran down
and killed three young men, Hamp
ton H. and George B. Hilton and
Thomas Smith, is exonerated by cor
oner’s jury, accident being declared
unavoidable.
ANDERSON. —Misses Addie Lou
Strickland and Anna Belle Bradley
and John Hawkins are in a hospital
suffering with broken bones, as re
sult of collialon between two cars.
SPARTANBURG. Blue Ridge
Hosiery mill and the R. L. Lee &
Co., damask mill have been merged,
and will hereafter be known as Blue
Ridge mills, with capital of between
$150,000 and $200,000.
COLUMBlA.—Governor McLeod is
petitioned by four of seven legisla
tive delegation members of Spartan
burg to remove Supervising Auditor
Scruggs from office.
COLUMBIA. State Insurance
Commissioner McMahan rules that
fire insurance companies that belong
to the Southeastern Underwriters’
association, known as “board com
panies,” cannot, under South Caro
lina law, withdraw their business
from agents who also have non
board-member lines, and ruling al
lays alarm that was spreading
among agents by recent ruling of
board
NEWBERRY.—Cotton ginnings in
Newberry county, to December 1,
have exceeded 16.000 bales, as com
pared with slightly over 10,000 bales
last year.
FAlßFAX.—Citizens bank, of
Fairfax, J. E. Johnson, president,
closes its doors and is now in hands
of State Bank Examiner Bradley.
ANDERSON.—WiIIis W. Scott,
former member of legislature from
Anderson county, dies at age of 65.
SPARTANBURG.—Southern Pow
er company has plans In making for
40,000 - horse - power hydro - electric
plant at Duncan, in Spartanburg
county. .
ROCK HILL.—John G. Anderson,
head of Anderson Motor company,
makers of the only South Carolina
made automobile, tells chamber of
commerce company already has 2,-
600 orders for 1924, and outlook is
promising.
SPARTANBURG.—W. H. Carpen
ter, of Utica, N. Y., seeks local den
tist who made diagram of mouth of
his son, who was in Camp Wads
worth here during the war, and who I
was killed in France, hoping to
identify body from such diagram.
SPARTANBURG—“Son” Rankin,
negro boy, is being held on charge
of murder, having run down with
auto'an aged white man, H. H. Ep
ton, who died of injuries.
ANDERSON. —Anderson city coun
cil adopts ordinance making illegal
the operation of pool rooms after
June 1. ,
GREENVILLE.—Southern Wor
sted corporation’s new textile plant
at Sevier, near here, will begin oper
ations in January.
ALABAMA
CORDOVA —Alonzo Jones is con
victed of killing Dr. Moon and js
given five years in penitentiary. No
tice of appeal is filed.
DECATUR. —Westminster Presby
terian church plans $7,000 Sunday
school annex.
NOTASULGA. Over 200 fine
fowls are exhibited at show here, and
poultry industry is stimulated.
MONTGOMERY.—OfficiaI report
of F. W. Gist, state agricultural stat
istician, shows 1923 crops of cotton
in Alabama averaged only 81 pounds
per acre.
DECATUR.—Country home of Mr.
and Mrs. T. B. Woodard is pur
chased by Tennessee Valley Coun
try club for club house. This is one
of oldest houses in north Alabama.
House was erected on lands bought
from Indians.
FORT PAYNE—G. L. Brock is
preparing to open new moving pic
ture theater here with SIO,OOO worth
of equipment.
ANNISTON. Plans are under
way for building hospital here as
memorial to number of citizens who
bequeathed sums of money for pur
pose.
GURLEY.—Body of John R. Potts,
80, well known Confederate veteran,
is found by roadside, where he fell ■
dead while walking to neighbor's I
home.
MA DISON. —-Joe Caldwell, of
Huntsville, is named liquidating |
agent for Bank of Madison, which I
failed recently.
HUNTSVILLE. Mrs. Minnie !
Stofle, 26, dies at home here. Hus
band and two children survive her.
UNION SPRINGS.—Central of
Georgia will enlarge passenger sta
tion and build train shed.
FORT DEPOSIT. —Motor hearse,
bearing remains of Charles W. Carr,
runs into ditch and turns turtle.
TALLADEGA—Waterworks plant
is being constructed with 4,000,000
gallon reservoir on mountain top.
TUSCUMBIA. Residence near i
here where Helen Keller, world fa- I
mous bli-nd, deaf and dumb was born
will be preserved as shrine by people
of community.
MONTGOMERY. After twelve
days and nights spent in top of high
tree “Uncle Jim,” famous city park
monkey, comes down from his perch
and returns to cage to escape win
try blasts.
ATHENS.—Several carloads of
sweet potatoes are shipped from here
to Louisville, Ky., and other north
ern markets, and are bringing good
prices. •
TALLADEGA—In effort to locate
titles to certain property. Judge M.
N. Manning, probate judge, unearths
early records of town of Talladega,
I dating back to April 4, 1834.
LIVINGSTON.—County board of
revenue refuses to employ farm
I agent, at request of large number
| of farmers.
REFORM.—Methodists of Reform
are building house of worship to
cost over $12,000.
MARlON.—General John Ken
nedy, commanding Second brigade
Alabama division Confederate vet
erans, names number of Parry coun
ty citizens on his staff, among them
being James O. Bailey as quarter
master general.
HAMILTON. —Citizens of Anglin
school district commence building
$8,500 consolidated schoolhouse.
LANCASTERZdJesIie West, taxi
cab driver, only eye-witness in fa
mous killing case of Harwell G.
Davis, is dead. Sergeant Robert J.
Lancaster and other rpembers of
Tuscaloosa national guards, station
ed there at time, were charged with
Davis’ death. Death of West may
end prosecution.
MONTGOMERY.—Rumors of extra
session of legislature are heard
around capitol. Governor W. W.
Bi-andon is non-committal.
MONTGOMERY. Albert Rivas,
serving term at Kilby prison for bur
glary, will be deported to Cuba,
whence ha c_4Big wijgn term expires.
TUSCALOOSA. — Tuscaloosa coun
ty will build new alms house, cost
ing $15,000.
ATTALLA. —This town raises sll,-
000 community chest fund to care
for poor during year 1924.
BERRY. —Farmers in this section
are hauling to town many saw logs
and selling to local dealers at good
prices.
MONTGOMERY.—Miss Sarah E.
Luther, director of exceptional edu
cation of state department of edu
cation, dies at home here.
GRAND BAY. —Many orchards
here are still laden with citrus fruit,
and indications are that express and
car lot shipments will continue until
well into new yea r.
MARION. —Congressman W. B. Ol
iver introduces bill for new postof
fice building for Marion.
FAYETTE. —Petitions ere being
cirdfilated among owners of Sipsey
river bottom lands with view to or
ganizing drainage district.
FLORENCE—M. B. Darnall, edi-}
tor Florence Herald, is elected com
mander Florence post, American Le
gion.
MOBILE.—J. C. Mangledorf, who
returns from Germany, says Ger
mans can .use 3,000,000 bales Ameri
can cotton, millions of tons of coal,
and unlimited amount of- American
iron and steel.
MONTGOMERY.—John Thomas,
79, negro, life termer at Kirby prison,
who convicted in 1912, draws pension
from federal government as veteran
of Civil war. He has deposited in
Montgomery bank $2,335.80, receiv
ed in federal pensions.
PHOENIX decision of
supreme court, act of legislature con-'
solidating Phoenix City and Girard is I
declared unconstitutional? and Claude
B. Gullatc resumes office as mayor
of Phoenix City.
THOMASVILLE.—J. L. Bedsole,
prominent farmer and father of Mrs.
L. B. Bush, director of state child
welfare department, dies at home
here.
GIRARD.—Mrs. J. W. Mathis, 4.8,
member of prominent family, dies at
her home here.
GEORGIANA.—Despite rain and
boll weevil and labor shortage, ware
house here has handled this season
1,100 bales of cotton and i£ continues
to come.
HALEYVILLE?—-Thomas Barnett
Carey, 73, pioneer citizen of Winston
county, dies at home near here.
ALBERTVILLE—Through exten
sion activities sixty-one adult farm
ers are attending night school here.
MOBILE. —Mrs. Madeline Hollis is
struck in face and knocked down
by husband, Clarence Holis, vocation
al school student, while in circuit
court room during hearing involving
custody of three-year-pld son.
BOAZ.—This town is promised
Christmas present in shape of hand
some new depot, by N., C. & St.
R. 11. ■
GADSDEN—Dr. George S. Free
man, graduate of Auburn, is getting
together faculty for large agricul
tural school, which he is organizing
on Island of Haith_
PETERMAN An epidemic of
measles here breaks up public
schools.
MOBILE. —Acting on advice that
several ships from “Rum Row” on
Atlantic coast have moved to waters
of gulf, hoping to land Christmas
liquors. United States coast guard
cutter Talladega is making extensive
cruise.
GEORGIANA. —Floyd and Earl
McGowan, sons of J. G. McGowan,
return home from England, after
fifteen months’ course at Oxford
university.
HALEYVILLE.—L. L. Phillips,
leading merchant, has 200,000 Ger
man marks, which he says he will
keep as relics of past 7 days.
SHELBY.—WhiIe walking through
woods near here, William Richard
Guins, seventeen, is frightened by
prohibition officers and runs. Of
ficers fire on Guins, shooting him
in his head. He is in hospital at
Birmingham and may die.
MOBILE. —Lieutenant B. C. Get
singer, chief of South Atlantic dis
trict of United States department of
commerce, says “Mobile is destined
to become one of our great world
ports.”
MOBILE. —Federal grand jury re
turns 177 indictments against al
leged liquor dealers.
I BIRMINGHAM—Fire caused by
gasoline explosion, destroys dairy of
W. B. Baker & Son, with loss of $25,-
;000.
BIRMINGHAM—Senator Oscar
W. Underwood gives SIOO io Presi
dent Harding memorial fund.
S A M S O N. J im Hammonds,
charged with seriously cutting wife,
breaks jail. Mrs. Hammonds is in
dying condition.
ROANOKE. —New building of Roa
noke Leader is completed, and Ed
itor O. H. Stevenson gives house;
warming.
LAFAYETTE. —David M. Spence,
Alabamian Claims
Half Interest in
Gorgas Property
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Dec. 20.
Claiming half interest in the site
where Vie Gorgas property of the
Alabama Power company is situated,
j formerly part of the government’s
I Muscle, Shoals project, H. E. McCor
mick, Birmingham mine owner, has
; filed suit in Walker county at Jas
| per asking that the property be sold
I for purposes of division, according to
j announcement here.
Gorgas, long a bone of contention
i in connection with proposals for dis-
I position of the Muscle Shoals prop-
I erty, was recently sold by the gov
ernment to the power company un
der exercise of a wartime contract.
Mr. McCormick in his petition filed
in the chancery division of circuit
court, avers that there is no other
means of bringing about an equit
able division or settlement of th?
ownership* The Gorgas site is said
to be part of valuable coal lands and
the plaintiff in this action claims in
terest in original titles.
Candidates Enter
For Bibb Primary
MACON, Ga., Dec. 20.—Politics is
warming up in Bibb county for the
county primary to be held on next
February 14. Vivian H. Roberts,
veteran of the World war and Ma
con bookkeeper, will oppose McD.
Nisbet for clerk of the superior
court and J. R. Hides will have op
position in the person of Julian Pea
cock, a major in the famous Georgia
One Hundred and Fifty-First Ma
chine Gun battalion.
Solicitor Roy Moore, of the city
court, is to have opposition, accord
ing to political dope. Attorney
Grady Gillon, assistant city attor
ney. or Attorney Arnold Jacoba w ; ll
OPPPS* limu. _ ....
82, Confederate veteran and county
official for many years, dies at home
of sister, Mrs. Mary Brock.
HUNTSVILLE. Sam Christian
and wife, former employes of Lincoln
cotton mills, are arrested at Mur
freesboro, Tenn., charged with rob
bing paymaster of Lincoln mills here
of $3,500.
MUSCLE SHOALS.—New city hall
is completed.
BIRMINGHAM.!. N. Hanson, well
known industrial building and de
veloper, dies in Mobile-and remains
are interred here.
MOBlLE.—Audrey*"Boyles, United
States district attornej', in. public
statement says “fixers” representing
liquor traffic, gamblers and other
forms of lawlessness offered him
$150,000 bribe money.
HUNTSVILLE—Mrs. Carrie A.
Jenkins, 85, dies at home here,
imsslis
Bl UTTING MCE.
LAWRENCEiISSERTS
RY DAVID LAWRENCE
(Special Wire Service to The Journal.)
(Copyright, 1923.)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20—Henry
Ford probably will win that which
he has yearned for far more than
the presidency, namely, Muscle
Shoals.
The inside story of the events lead
ing up to Mr. Ford’s latest pro
nouncement in favor of President
Coolidge Indicates that the automo
bile king at no time took seriously
the efforts of his friends to get for
him a political nomination, but that
he took no steps to repress them
sooner because he saw an advantage
in exhibiting to congress the polit
ical strength he could command.
When one of the managers of the
McAdoo boom in South Dakota re
marked that he was “for McAdoo
for president and Ford for Muscle
Shoals,” he gave expression to some
thing that has only lately been im
pressed on political Washington. For
Mr. Ford, it will be recalled, has felt
for several months that he did not
get a square deal on his Muscle
Shoals proposition and that he could
give the farmers of the country
cheaper fertilizer if the government
would really co-opreate with him.
Coolidge Pave Way
The first sign of true co-operation
came from President Coolidge him
self. The president told the country
in his first message to congress that
he believed Muscle Shoals should be
privately operated if satisfactory ar
rangements could be made guaran
teeing that certain experiments
would be carried out and fertilizer
furnished at low rates. Mr. Ford
came to the White House after the
message had been prepared, but be
fore it was made public. No changes
were made in the message, but Mr.
Ford was told of certain plans for
the execution of the suggestions
made in the message.
Secretary Wallace, of the depart-,
ment of agriculture, had been draft
ing certain bills for introduction in
congress which it was hoped would
meet Mr. Ford more than half way.
The Detroit manufacturer did not
comment on the suggested amend
ments to his offer but he left the
White House in a genial mood. He
had at least been assured of fair
consideration-of his offer.
Up to that time, there had been
some reason to believe that political
fear of Mr. Ford’s ambitions had
had as much to do with halting the
Muscle Shoals proposition as any
thing else. Mr. Ford went back to
Detroit and with a single state
ment eliminated himself from the
presidential contest and at the same
time gave the Coolidge campaign its
most significant boost thus far.
The president has been classed as
a conservative. Mr. Ford has been
looked upon as particularly strong
with the farmers of the country and
the radicals. Yet he finds Mr. Cool
idge worthy of support. Mr. Ford
also opposes the bonus and favors
the Mellon tax plan.
Democrats For Project
Speaking of Muscle Shoals, it is
interesting to point out in this con
nection the Democrats have been
lining up in favor of giving it to Mr.
Ford on proper terms, Bernard M.
Baruch, one of the leading backers
of the McAdoo candidacy, and him
self one of the leading Jews of
America, swept aside consideration
of the anti-Jewish campaign conduct
ed by Mr. Ford’s associates and an
nounced that after a careful study of
the subject by engineers he had es
pecially employed, the government
should accept Mr. Ford’s offer.
Had President Harding lived he
would have had Mr. Ford’s support
for renomination and re-election. He
wrote Mr. Harding a letter promis
ing support, though it never was
made public. Mr. Ford gave then
virtually the same reasons he is giv
ing now for supporting Mr Coolidge.
He doesn’t want to see the country
disturbed by a presidential contest.
His motto, in effect, which may be
come that of the Republican candi
date. is. let “well enough alone.”
FORD’S NAME REMAINS
ON. MICHIGAN BALLOT
DETROIT, Mich., Dec. 20.—(8y
th|> Associated Press.) —Henry Ford’s
statement yesterday in which he de
clared the country is “safe- with
Coolidge” and announcing that he
will not oppose President Coolidge
“on any ticket whatever,” still was
rebounding in Michigan political cir
cles today. Republicans were ex
uberant and Democrats, including
those who filed Ford petitions tem
pered disappointment with relief at
the clarification of the political at
mosphere.
The coterie of third party sponsors
in some cases was inclined to go
ahead wdth its plans despite Mr.
Ford's statement, while others indi
cated that the Ford statement set
tled it. Rev. William Dawe, of Dear
born, where Mr. Ford lives, president
o fthe original Fort-for-President
club, has taken the latter view.
Meanwhile, there was nothing to
indicate that Mr. Ford's name would
not appear i nthe Democratic column
on ballots in the Michigan presiden
tial preference primary election next
spring.
Edge Offers Wet Bills
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20.—Amend
ment of the Volstead act, increasing
the legal alcoholic content of bever
ages to 3 per cent, and removing
present restrictions on issuance of
physicians’ prescriptions was pro
posed in two bills today by Senator
Republican, New.Jersea. ...
ENSLEY. —Fire of unknown ori-.
gin causes loss of approximately $75,-
000 to stock of furniture of Daniel
Furniture company.
BIRMINGHAM ~With several
suspects in county jail, Sheriff T. J.
Shirley says ax-murder crimes which
have prevailed for some time will
soon be cleared up.
FLORIDA
TAMPA.—Following review of cit
rus market conditions was issued by |
George A. Scott, general sales mana- '
ger of Florida Citrus exchange:
“In spite of what should be usual t
Christmas holiday demand for Flor- I
Ida citrus fruit, there is over-supply j
of oranges and grapefruit in all mar
kets. Prices are ruling low. Move
ment on oranges is slightly better
than grapefruit, due to customary
holiday preference.
"Tangerines of best quality and in
Alabama Man Buys
Majority Stock of
Large Dawson Bank
DAWSON, Ga., Dec. 20.—One of
the largest business transactions
consummated in several years came
to light with official announcement
of the sale of the McLain block of
stock in the City National bank to
H. L. King, a well-known financier
of Midway, Ala.
The block of stock contained 51
per cent of the capital stock in this
large Terrell county financial insti
tution. It is reported that the stock
brought a price slightly in excess
of SIOO,OOO, and was a cash transac
tion.
The City National bank was or
ganized over twenty years ago, and
since that time has become one of
the largest and most popular banks
of southwest Georgia. It has a
capital of SIOO,OOO, and a surplus
fund of like amount. The late Mr.
W. A. McLain was one of the mov
ing factors in the organization and
in the progress of the bank, being
president until the time of his death.
K. S. Worthy, the present head, was
then elected.
Last summer the bank moved into
its present handsome building at
the corner of the two most promi
nents streets in Dawson. From au
thoritative sources, it is understood
that Mr. Worthy will resign as head
on January 1 to devote his entire
time to his extensive farming inter
ests, although the new owners of
the stock have endeavored to retain
him in his present capacity. It is
also understood that he, having had
control of the McLain stock, was an
active figure in the sale, and that
he sold his own large holdings at
the same time.
H. A. Petty will be elected presi
dent, according to reports. He is a
well-known planter and breeder of
pedigreed cotton seed. R. D. Smith,
who has served as cashier for a long
number of years, will continue in
this position.
Four Convicts Escape
From Houston Gang
And Flee in Auto
PERRY, Ga., Dec. 3 9.—Four con
victs who escaped from Warden H.
B. Chapman’s convict camp, about
six miles from here on the way to
Fort Valley, Tuesday night, still
were enjoying their freedom at noon <
today. They sawed out of the cage,
and the theory is that they escaped
in the speedy closed car of Dr. H. E.
Evans, whose machine was stolen
the same night.
The car was traced a few miles
north, but then the indications were
it turned south on the Dixie high
way in the direction of Waycross.
Officers throughout the state, how
ever, have been asked to be on the
lookout for them.
Those escaping were: Harry Peter
son, George Sutton, Robert Norton
and Charles Holstead, alt of New
York. The convicts left their cloth- ’
ing in the cage where they were held j
and for this reason the wardens are I
of the opinion that they had outside I
aid in making their escape. Peter- |
son and Sutton were serving a <
twelve months’ sentence. The other |
two were serving misdemeanor sen
tences. Sutton attempted to escape |
several months ago and was sho' !
several times, from which wounds
he has recovered.
Protestants Join m
Move to Preserve 1
Holy Land Shrines
NEW YORK, Dec. 19.—Methodist, I
Presbyterian and Protestant Episco- j
pal church leaders have joined in a
movement to preserve sacred places
of the Holy Land, and the outcome
of their co-operation was hailed to
day as a step toward a world asso
ciation of churches working for
peace.
Representatives of the churches
met at a dinner of the American
committee working to keep intact
the sacred places, and voted their
I support to a campaign to raise $3,-
000,000 needed to pay off the indebt
edness incurred by the Greek Cath
olic church in preserving for Chris
tianity the Church of the Sepulchre
in Jerusalem, the Church of the An
nunciation in Nazareth, the Church
of the Nativity in eßthlehem, the
Church of the Transfiguration, on
the Mount of Olives, and other
shrines in the Holy Land.
Mrs. Ruth Bullard’s
Trial Is Postponed
■ MARIETTA, Ga., Doc. 19.—8 y
' agreement of counsel on both sides,
the second trial of Mrs. Ruth Bul
lard on charges of conspiracy in
connection with the shooting of her
husband, D. D. Bullard, as he slept
at his home near Powder Springs
the night of July 9, was continued
to the next term when called this
morning in Cobb superior court. It is
not likely that there will be any
special term of court before the next
regularly scheduled session, and the
trial likely will be held at the March
term.
Mrs. Bullard was tried in October,
I but a mistrial resulted. Simeon Ed
' wards, a. neighbor, indicted on the
• same charge, was given a sentence
j of two to four years. Recently be
: was denied a new trial, and he is
■ now out on bond pending decision
on an appeal to higher court.
Southerners Nominated
By President Coolidge
WASHINGTON, Dec. 19.—Nomi
nations sent to the senate today by
President Coolidge included William
W. Tuttle to be commissioner of im-
I migration at New Orleans and the
following United States marshals: R.
Q. Lillard, middle district of Tennes
see; Douglas Smith,-middle district of
Alabama, and John W. Van Heuvel,
southacp, district of Alabama,,
/SATURDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1923,
desirable sizes are meeting ready
sale. Heavy supplies are giving buy
ers opportunity, however, to be dis
criminate in their selections.”
Florida citrus shipments for the
season now total 16,319 cars. This
is equivalent to approximately 5,874,-
840 boxes. Os this, 10,257 cars are
oranges and 6,062 cars are grape
fruit. Shipments from state past
seven days totaled 2,139 cars oranges
and 445 cars grapefruit.
ORLANDO.—John C. Lochner, Sr.,
publisher of the Clermont Press, Cler
mont, Fla., has retired from active
connection with that paper, business
having been taken over by his son,
Don M. Lochner.
GAINESVILLE?—Gainesville en
tertained one of largest gatherings of
farmers and business men in history
Monday, occasion being County
Creamery company, which is destin-
HIRAM JOHNSON IS
BLOCKED IN DAKOTA
AS AN INDEPENDENT
PIERRE, S. D., Dec. 20.—Filing
of the name of Senator Hiram John
son on the independent column of the
Republican primary ballot at the
head of a complete slate of proposed
delegates and presidential electors
was prevented Wednesday, when the
secretary of state questioned the
validity under the Richards primary
law of incorporating the entire ticket
under one petition.
JOHNSON H EADQUARTERS
CHOSEN IN CLEVELAND
CLEVELAND, 0., Dec. 20—Sen
ator Hiram W-. Johnson’s political
headquarters during the Republican
national convention in June will be
located at the Hotel Cleveland,
Frank H. Hitchcock, campaign man
ager for Mr. Johnson announced
here late today. Mr. Johnson’s first
political speech of the campaign will
be delivered at Masonic Auidtorium
here on Thursday night, January 3.
New Yorkers Praise
Brunswick’s Enterprise
BRUNSWICK, Ga., Dec. 20.—The
party of New York officials who have
been spending two or three weeks
on St. Simons and Little St. Simons
island, were high in their praise of
this locality and the climate of this
portion of Georgia. The gentlemen
have just left for their homes in
New York and report a most enjoy
able outing.
Those in the party were Lieuten
ant Governor Lunn, of New York;
City Chamberlain Michael Berel
sheimer; City Clerk Albert C. Ben
ningger and Secretary of the Park
Commission Henry A. Kempf.
Mr. Berelsheimer was especially
loud in his praise of the enterprise
and courage of a community of this
size undertaking such a project as
the St. Simons highway.
Coolidge’s Two Sons
Home From School
WASHINGTON, Dec. 19—The
two Coolidge boys, John and Calvin,
Jr., arrived from school for their
examinations vacation yesterday
and preparations were begun for a
Christmas celebratoin at the White
House, which stirred memories of
the days of the Roosevelt and Taft
administrations, where there also
were boys in the mansion.
Mrs. Coolidge finished Her Christ
mas shopping several days ago, but
just what she bought for John and
Calvin, Jr., is being kept as much
of a secret as though the boys were
of the Santa Claus age.
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ple of this county.
Program was featured by big free
barbecue; addresses by leaders on ag
riculture of the University of Flor
ida and music by the university band.
DE LAND.—Frank S. Sams, re
cently arrested by Sheriff Morris on
charge of shooting quail in violation
of house bill No. 897, which prohib
its hunting in Volusia county from
date of passage of bill until Febru
ary, 1925, was given a hearing in
habeas corpus proceedings by Judge
J. J. Dickinson at Sanford.
Judge Dickinson denied plea of pe
titioner and orderea cams remanded
to custody of sherifj. Petitioner was
released on bond, and it is understood
that case will be taken before su
preme court on appeal or that later
arrest will be made for alleged viola
tion of game law. it appearing to be
desire to test constitutionality of bill.
Man Fails to Appear
At Trial, Claiming
Illness; Ordered Jailed
DRESDEN, Tenn., Dec. 20.—The
case of Renfro Tucker, 35, auto sales
man of Fulton, Ky., charged with at
tacking a young woman last Septem
ber near Martin, was called in cir
cuit court here Wednesday nad his
attorney asked a continuance, pre
senting an affidavit from a Fulton
physician that Tucker was sick
there.
Judge R. A. Elkins refused the
continuance, ordered judgment taken
against the sureties on Tucker’s $lO,-
.009 bond and directed Sheriff Bul
lock to go to Fulton and bring Tuck
er back and commit him to jail, the
case being reset for January 1.
Tucker is reported to be at his home
in Fulton, on the Tennessee side of
the town, guarded by two deputy
sheriffs from this county.
The mother of the young woman
in the case and the daughter were
brought back here from St. Louis
Monday on an indictment charging
compounding a felony, it being al
leged that th© mother settled the
case with Tucker for a large money
consideration.
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KUN'S FIGHT UPON •
MAGAZINE 'EXPOSE'
IN SUPREME COURT
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20.—Su
preme court review of another case
involving the Ku Klux Klan—its suit
to prevent publication in “Hearst’s
International” Magazine of papers
alleged to have been stolen from klan
national headquarters in Atlanta—
is sought in an application few ».
writ filed today with the court and
opposed by the International Maga
zine company, publishers. Now on
the court's docket is the case of
former Governor Walton, of Okla
homa, appealing from hisi impeach
ment resulting from his fight with
the klan.
In the papers filed with the court
otday, the Knights of the Ku Klux
Klan, Inc., are asking the court to
review denial of an injunction, by
the second federal circuit court of ap
peals, to restrain the Hearst maga
zine from publishing the papers al
leged to have been stolen. The klan
brief declared an important princi
ple was at stake in that the lower
court, while sustaining its property
right in the papers being published,
denied the injunction, although the
publishers “merely stated without a
scintilla of proof that complainant
is engaged in a conspiracy against
the United States.” This presents an
issue “grave and far-reaching in ef
fect,” said the klan brief, declaring:
“It is admitted that complainant
is lawfully organized,” the brief con
tinued. “It is nowhere alleged that
complainant is or has been charged
with any crime by the government,
or by any individual, through au
thorities constitutea lor that pur
pose.”
As the supreme court now is in
recess, the application for review can
not be passed upon until next niofrth.
New Huntsville Paper
HUNTSVILLE, Ala., Dec. 20.
The Huntsville Star Publishing com
pany has been incorporated here by
Edward Doty and family, formerly
of Lafayette, Ala. The purpose of
the new company Is the establish
ment of a morning paper here about
February.