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THREE RACE CMS
' PILE IIP M TRACK:
’ DRIVER IS BURNED
Arthur Tew. of Atlanta, is
Victim of Crash —Ma-
con Pilots Injured
jr
One man was killed and two
Others were injured severely late
Saturday when three racing auto
mobiles ran together on the back
stretch of the Lakewood track dur
ing cne of the events on the after
noon’s racing program.
Arthur Tew, of 31 East Pavillion
avenue, whose car caught fire iinme*
diately after the collision, is dead.
W. L. Hemingway, of Macon, suf
fered a mangled left leg, which sur
t geons at Grady hospital said prob
ably would have to be amputated.
L. J. Callaway, of R. F. D. No. 2,
Macon, was the third man hurt.
Grady hospital physicians said he
► was internally injured, but the ex
tent of his injuries had not been
determined.
The three cars the men were driv
ing were demolished. Immediately
after the collision Tew’s car caught
r fire, and by the time aid reached
S the scene of the xyrtick, Tew was
badly burned. It is believed, how
ever. that he was killed instantly
in the crash
The spectacular crash of the thiee
cars occurred during the concluding
lap of the fourth race of the after
noon. It was plainly visible to the
thousands who packed the big grand
stand, and wild excitement resulted.
Many of ,the spectators, seeing the
collision and a moment later observ
ing flames shooting in the air from
the burning car of Mr. Tew, crowd
ed onto the race track and ran
t around the oval to the scene of the
• Wreck.
The ambulance of Greenberg &
Bond, which was summoned imme
diately. made a record run of eight
minutes from the track to the
Grady hospital, but Mr. Tew was
dead when he reached the hospital.
Mr. C >ilaway> lying on a cot in
one of the wards at Grady, after
recci- ’ng surgical treatment, said all
he remembered was seeing the two
cars ahead of him pile up in n
cloud of dust and that it was too
late for him to stop before piling up
on top of them. Mr. Hemmingway
was unable to discuss the accident
because of his very severe injuries.
‘ Driver Describes Wreck
Mr. Callaway’s version follows:
“I s’; not knew how it all hap
pened. I kn<>v we were traveling
nt a high rate of speed. Tew was
leading with Hemmingway second
md I was running a close third.
The last I can remember was 1
looked down the road and saw the
* two cars immediately ahead of me
piled up in the road in a cloud of
dust. It was too late for me to stop
and in a second or two I was on
k top of them. I don’t remember any
thing more."
T. E. Womac, of 36 Delaware ave
nue, was one of those who were pear
the scene of the accident and wit
nessed it.
“Hem’ngway seemed to lose con
trol of his car and it went off the
course and toward the outside
fence,” Mr. Womac said. ‘‘He later
regained control, and turned back
onto the track, but his car skidded
and turned around. Tew, who wa/s
following closely, hit Hemingway’s
car, and Tew’s car turned over. Cal
laway came dashing along and ran
into the wreckage of the other cars.
‘‘Tew’s car burst into flames al
, most immediately, and he was badly
burned before he could be extricated
from the wreck. It was not known
whether he was killed by the wreck
* or burned to death. The other men
were extricated almost immediately,
and removed to Grady hospital.”
Another Barely Misses
W. .1. Cutcliffe, of Birmingham,
the driver who won several races at
the fair grounds on July 4, was close
behind the others and barely missel
the pile of wreckage, according to
Mr. Womac. Cutcliffe was so shock
ed by the wreck that he fainted as
« soon as he had brought his car to a
stop, and had not regained conscious
ness when an ambulance arrived to
remove him to a hospital. His con
s dition gave rise to a report that four
men had been hurt in the spill.
Buddie Callaway, who continued to
race after the accident, and won
second place in the last event, is a
brother of L. J. Callaway.
Mr. Tew was 23 years of age and
lived with his parents. He was un
married. He was engaged in the
automobile repair business with his
two brothers, Ellwood and Henry
Tew, and according to them was a
. great lover of automobiles, being an
’ expert mechanic.
Mr. Tew, according to his brothers,
had been in the automobile racing
game but a short while, having
k participated in but four events prijr
to Saturday's program. On two of
his four starts, he won, and had
made great preparations to add more
laurels in the events Saturday, his
brothers stated.
Alabama Auto Licenses
' Show $331,977 Increase
MONTGOMERY, Ala., Aug. 23.
The state received an increase of
$331,977.63, or a total of $1,554,-
979.65, from the sale of automobile
licenses for the first nine months of
this fiscal year, according to an
nouncement made here.
The counties of the state share in
this increase on a 20 per cent basis,
the remainder going to the state
During the first nine months there
w was a total of 1 .>2.340 tags sold
compared with 126.642 for the entire
preceding year.
The Weather
FORECAST FOR TUESDAY
Virginia: Mostly cloudy, prob-
ably showers in south portion.
North Carolina: Showers.
South Carolina: Probably show
ers.
Georgia: Mostly cloudy, probably
hsowers in east portion.
, t Florida: Probably local thunder
showers.
Extreme Northwest Florida: Ala
bama Mississippi: Generally fair.
Tennessee; Fair.
Kentucky: Generally fair, some
wlat warmer.
Louisiana: Partly cloudy.
Arkansas - Partly cloudy.
Oklahoma: Generally fair.
East Texas: Partly cloudy.
'Vest Texas: Generally fair.
Published Every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
14’or Id News
Told in
Brief |
NEW ORLEANS. —Nine persons
are killed and nine injured when tor
nado destroys church at Patrick, La
WASHINGTON. No trace of
Lieutenant Locatelli, Italian flier,
missing in Greenland waters, has
been found.
PLYMOUTH, Vi. President re
ceives call at his father’s home from
his shoemaker friend, James M. Lu
cey, of Northampton.
WASHINGTON.—At invitation of
President Coolidge, General Charles
G. Dawes goes to Plymouth, Vt., to
confer with the president.
CHICAGO.—No new information
regarding Mars has been established
during current observations, says
Prof. Edwin B. Frost, of University
of Chicago.
DALLAS, Tex.—Mrs. Miriam Fer
guson, anti-klan candidate and first
woman to seek rhe office, is nominee
for governor of Texas as result of
Saturday's Democratic primaries.
ROME.—Pope Pius is actively
overseeing all the work of repairs
and decorations now under way at
the Vatican in preparation for the
Holy Year.
Sounds of sham battle in which
entire division of national guards
men participated against imaginary
army at Camp Henry Knox are
transmitted over radio.
WILLIAMSTOWN? Mass.—Dr. L.
S. Rowe, director general of the
Pan-American Union, brands state
ments that the United States has
“imperalistic designs” in Latin Amer
ica as “glaring untruths.”
WESTBROOK, Conn. —Short dis
cussions of fundamental issues will
be speaking policy of General
Charles G. Dawes, he tells group of
Connecticut residents at informal re
ception at Quotonsett Golf club.
BUTTE.—The Rev. Z. Collin
O’Farrell, preaching in the First
Baptist church with a monkey in
the pulpit, charges evolutionary
teaching with being responsible for
the Franks murder in Chicago.
WASHINGTON-Flying 126 miles
in two hours and nineteen minutes.
American army aviators hop from
Frederiksdahl to Ivigtut, Greenland,
where planes will be overhauled be
fore attempting flight to Labrador.
WASHINGTON. —John R. Quinn,
commander of the American Legion,
in a letter to Mrs. Anthony Wayne
Cook, president of the Daughters of
the American Revoluton “unquali
fiedly endorses” plans for National
Defense day.
WASHINGTON. —American agri
culture has not yielded commercial
return on its investment nor fair
wage to farmer since slump of 1920,
agriculture department experts con
clude in survey of economic aspects
of agriculture.
NEW Y’ORK.—Cancellation of the
allies’ debts to the United States will
be undertaken in a drive that will
follow the acceptance of the Dawes
plan, it is predicted by Peter J.
Brady, president of Federation Bank
of New York, who sails for British
Trades Union congress as American
Federation of Labor delegate.
CHlCAGO.—Clarense S. Darrow,
chief counsel for Nathan F. Leopold,
Jr., and Richard Loeb, in beginning
plea for his clients’ lives declares
Bobby Franks was killed for “the
experience” and says act could have
been conceived and executed “only
by a diseased mind.”
General Pershing will continue to
work actively for preparedness after
his retirement as chief of staff of
United States army, he tells Denver
audience in course of speeqh urging
support of government's defense
day plans.
LONDON.—William Marconi, in
a radio message to the Associated
Press, said he did not consider that
the present attempts to communicate
with Mars by radio had any better
chance for success than experiments
conducted when the two planets are
farther apart.
Floating Rum Palace
All a Myth; Reporter
Who ‘Found’ It Fired
NEW YORK. Aug. 23.—01 d sea
farers, bootleggers and prohibition
officers smiled cynically this morn
ing and said “I told you so,” when
ever the 17,000-ton floating cabaret
was mentioned—and it was men
tioned often. For the famous rum
ship was admitted last night to be a
phantom ship that sailed’ only on the
nebulous seas of a reporter’s imagi
nation.
The reporter that perpetrated the
hoax has been discharged from the
staff of the New York Herald-
Tribune, which published the. story
on August 16 and the paper has
printed a retraction of the article
with an explanation of how it all
happened.
It seems that ten days ago some
one whose credibility was respected
told the Herald-Tribune that a large
ship was anchored twelve miles off
our coast between Bay Shore and
West Hampton and was dispensing
liquor to all those who had the
hardihood and the wherewithal to
board her.
A reporter was assigned tit “get
the story,” and after two days’
absence from the office he reported
that he had it. He wrote a graphic
description of a sumptuous floating
bar, with luxurious appointments
that would put to shame the g r ni
rooms of the most exclusive con
tinental hotels. He described the
ship, her crew, the habitues and
even gave her exact location.
In fact, he described everything
too well—too accurately. Captains
of vessels who had passed that spot
on the night he said he spent aboard
the craft, when queried about her
said they hadn’t seen a flicker of
light anywhere near the spot where
she was supposed to have lain at
anchor.
Suspicions were aroused and the
Herald-Tribune instituted an inde
pendent investigation. Soon it be
came evident that the story of the
floating cabaret was only a fable.
The reporter was sent for and
closely questioned. At first he main
tained an air of injured innocence,
steadfastly asserting that his story
I was true. Following th? question
ing he left the office promising to
■ return the next day with corroborat
ing evidence. Instead he wrote a
letter, tendering hts resignation and
admitting the yarn was false.
I
IM AVIATOR
15 PICKED UP BV
' JIMBOn
Lieutenant Docatelli Is Res
cued After Drifting on
Ocean for Days
ON BOARD I'. S. CRUISER,
RICHMOND. EAST OF CAPE
FAREWELL, GREENLAND, Aug.
25. —(By the Associated Press.) —The
Richmond rescued Lieutenant Loca
telli, missing Italian airman, at 11:35
o’clock last night. He was picked
up 125 miles east of Cape Farewell.
The Italian flier and his companions
were uninjured, although worn out
by fatigue.
Motor trouble had forced Locatelli
to come down on the water during
the flight on Thursday from Reykja
vik, Iceland. He was unable to get
his plane into the air again and
drifted for 100 miles.
Locatelli requested that his air
plane be destroyed and his wish was
complied with.
WASHINGTON GETS NEWS
OF LOCATELLI’S RESCUE
WASHINGTON, Aug. 25. Lieu
tenant Locatelli, the Itlian aviator,
has been found.
The message telling of the rescue
came from the cruiser Raleigh and
said:
“Locatelli sighted by Richmond at
23:24 (11:24 p. m., Sunday), latitude
59:56, longitude 39:48. Embarked
passengers. All well.”
The position given, which was re
ceived at 7 a. m., today by the navy
department, is about eighty miles
almost due east of Cape Farewell.
Lieutenant Locatelli had been
missing since he hopped off from
Reyjavik Thursday morning in com
pany with Lieutenant Lowell H.
Smtih and Lieutenant Erik H. Nel
son. He was last seen several hours
later flying along the course from
the Icelandic port to Frederiksdal,
Greenland, but he failed to reach the
latter place with the Americans.
During the earlier stages ot the
long hop across the Atlantic from
Iceland to Greenland, the Italian
aviator, using a faster machine than
the type in which the Americans arc
making their globe encircling trip,
outdistanced his companions, pass
ing the United States cruiser Rich
mond, some 70 miles southeast of
Reykjavik, five miles ahead of
Smith and Nelson.
When the Italian failed to arrive
at Frederiksdal or to be reported
from any other point near Cape
Farewell at the southern tip of
Greenland late Thursday night. Rear
Admiral Thomas P. Magruder or
dered the American war vessels on
patrol near Greenland to search for
him. It was this search which was
rewarded last night.
Locatelli’s unsuccessful attempt to
accompany the two Americans on
the hazardous journey over 825 miles
of the north Atlantic, followed a suc
cessful solitary flight from Pisa,
Italy, to Iceland byway of England
and Scotland. The flight was made
with the sanction of the Italian gov
ernment and in its later stages,
particularly from Kirkwall to Hoefn
Hornafjord, Iceland, with the aid of
the facilities which previously had
been used by the American fliers
and which had beeii put at Loca
telli’s disposal by the United States
authorities.
The Italian originally was to have
been one of the pilots on the aerial
expedition which Roald Amundsen,
Norwegian explorer, planned to
make to the north pole and which
later was postponed indefinitely.
Locatelli then decided to make the
North Pole trip, but postponed his
effort until next year, considering
that he needed more experience in
Arctic flying before attempting the
daring feat of reaching the top of
the world by airplane.
He set out from Pisa July 25 in
tending to follow In the wake of the
American round the world airmen.
Later, however, he realized that
enforced delay made it possible
for him to catch up and this he did,
reaching Iceland in time to take off
with them on ‘he hop to the north
American continent.
AMERICANS PREPARE FOR
ANOTHER PERILOUS HOP
WASHINGTON, Aug. 25.—The
American world fliers prepared to
day at Ivigtut for another hazard
ous lap in ther journey, a 500-mile
jump across water to Indian Har
bor. Labrador.
Meager reports received at the
navy department last night told of
the flight of Lieutenants Smith and
Nelson from Frederiksdal to Ivig
tut, presumably yesterday, in two
hours and 19 minutes. It was as
sumed here that they took advan
tage of improved weather conditions
to get to the Ivigtut base because
it offered more complete equipment
than was provided at Frederiksdal
for changing their engines and over
hauling their planes, which, Lieut.
Smith reported, would be co'mpleted
before the flight is resumed.
Details of American’s
Slaying m Honduras
Reported by Consul
WASHINGTON. Aug. 23.—Addi
tional information was received to
day by the state department regard
ing the killing i Honduras of
George Gattewood Hamilton, whose
address was given as Mount Sterling.
Ky., and Charles Edward Rimmer,
a British subject.
United States Vice Consul Willard
L. Beaulac, at Puerto Castillo, Hon
duras. reported that the men were
“cut to death” at Sonora farm in
the department of Colon on August
11. Both men were employes of the
Truxillo Railroad company. The
message said the local authorities
were searching for a Salvadorean
and a Nicarauguan who are suspect
ed of the murders.
The vice consul expressed the
opinion that the crimes had no po
litical signifies nee.
Special Session of
N. Carolina Assembly
Adjourns Saturday
RALEIGH, N C-, Aug. 23.—The
I t xtra session of the North Carolina
legislature adjourned at neon today
Sale of 1 ot for S3OO
On Installment Plan
Charged to Mother
NEW YORK, Aug. 23.—Mrs. Agnes
Mack, of Brooklyn, and Edwin
Dathe, doctor’s assistant, were held
in SIO,OOO bail! each when arraigned
for the alleged sale of the woman's
ten-months-old daughter to Dathe
for S3OO, of which SSO was paid as
a first installment. The baby was
turned over to the Children’s so
ciety pending examination of the
couple Monday.
The specific charge against them
accused them of impairing the health
and morals of a minor. Mrs. Mack
according to the police, gave Dathe
a “bill of sale” for the baby. Police
said they were unable to prove tha r
Dathe had sought Jhe baby for vivi
section purposes, as was suspected
by Miss Lucy Lamaire, an employe
of the advertising agency through
which Dathe placed an advertise
went in a newspaper for a baby.
PROOF THIT MBS
HAS SIR LIKE ORBS
IS SEEN IN W 5
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz., Aug. 23.—The
presence of steam or vapor arising
from melting polar caps and appear
ance of clouds on the surface, es
tablishing the fact that atmosphere
exists on Mars, have been the out
standing developments in the study
of the planet at Lowell observatory
here during the present observation,
V. M. Slipher, observatory director
said today.
The planet’s surface is divided into
red okre and blue green regions.
The red portions have the same ap
pearance as the earth’s desert re
gions and are little affected by
changing seasons, but the blue green
districts, which some astronomers
have contended were tint
changes at different seasons, Direc
tor Slipher declared.
The present theory is that these
blue green regions are vegetation,
either forests, grass lands or great
fields producing in season, for they
later fade out and in some sections
change to a chocolate brown color.
Changes in the dark areas, how
ever, do not take place until the
polar cap of snow and ice begins to
recede, which substantiates the the
ory' of vegetation, which appears to
await water before showing growth.
This is in keeping with a theory ad
vanced many years ago. Mr .Slipher
said.
“While we have no proof what
ever that Mars is inhabited by animal
life of any kind, it is our belief that
it is habitable as it has all necessary
elements and conditions to sustain
life,” the director added.
Dr. W. W. Coblentz, of the United
States bureau of standards, who for
some weeks past has been studying
Mars from the Lowell observatory
announced tod°y that the tempera
ture of Mars probably is somewhat
lower than that of the earth but
sufficiently warm to support vege
tation and permit habitation.
Jack Pearson Given
Life Term in Slaying
Os Thomaston Woman
THOMASTON, Ga., Aug. 22.—Jack
Pearson, who shot anil killed Mrs.
Tom Morgan at East Thomaston
August 17, Thursday was found
guilty of murder with recommenda
tion to mercy in Upson superior
court, the jury having been out all
night. Sentence, which was life
imprisonment, was pronounced by
Judge Searcy. Pearson was re
ported drunk when he committed
the crirpe. The small son of the
slain woman testified that Pearson
pointed a pistol which belonged to
the Morgan woman at him, but he
struck the gun and Pearson shot
the woman, who died shortly after
ward.
Jim King, a negro, accused of
killing another negro. Chuck Green,
was acquitted.
Ted Worthy, negro, was sentenc
ed to life imprisonment, the term
to be spent at hard labor. Worthy
killed another negro, Rufus Trice,
last April in an altercation in which
the latter’s wife was involved.
After a verdict of voluntary’ man
slaughter. Prince Ferguson, negro,
was sentenced to a period of from
10 to 15 years at hard labor for the
killing of another negro. Jake
Knight. This trouble is said to
have sprung from an argument
over a small amount of money.
Four murder cases have been
tried here this week and there are
five more murder cases on the
docket.
Five Children Hurt
As Bucket of lar
Explodes in Play-Fire
MEMPHIS. Tenn., Aug. 23.—One
child. J. E. Barksdale, eight, is fac
ing death and four other children
are seriously injured as a result ot
an explosion of tar on fire Friday
afternoon.
The five children, playing at the
home of 1,. E. Holder, Buntyn,
Tenn., had built a fire and were pre
paring to cook a “play-dinner.”
Tne “tea kettle” was simmering
and “the potatoes" were ready to
be the mother of one
child gave them a can of tar to put
on the fire to make it burn more
brightly.
The can was sealed tight, and ex
ploded under th? heat.
“Mars Messages’’ Prove
U. S. Ship Beacons
VANCOUVER., B. C, Aug. 23.
Combinations of four dashes, heard
by wireless stations in this vicinity
each morning for the last four
weeks, are not mysterious messages
from Mars, according to an explana
tory statement issued by E. J.
Haughton, superintendent of the
dominion government wireless serv
ice.
The signals are merely sent from
the United States and tadio beacons
on a new type of transmitter, said
the statement. A serie-; of dashes is
the characteristic of the beacons for
the guidance of vessels, both in
Puget Sound and he Columbia
river, it was explained The opera
tors who heard the signals may
have heard the main wave or a
harmonica. said S perintender-t
Haughton.
DAVIS' DENUNCIATION!
OF KU KLUX FORCES
ISSUE ON COOLIDGE
Characterizes Methods of
Order as Wrong Ones
in Maine Speech
in DAVID LAWRENCE
(Ry Radio to The Atlanta Journal and Chi
cago Daily News—Copyright, 1921.)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 23.—The
Ku Klux Klan issue, which rocked
the Democratic national convention,
and has kept the party quivering
ever since, has been deposited by
John W. .Davis on the doorstep of
President Coolidge and the Republic
an party.
The speech of Mr. Davis at Sea
girt, N. J., in which he denounce 1
the klan by name, is full of signifi
cance and may be said to mark, even
at this early date, a turning point
in the campaign. There are fev ob
servers here who doubt that Presi
dent Coolidge will meet it singularly,
in fact, the expectation has been all
along that the President would, at
th proper time, come out in denun
ciation of the klan.
Senator La Follette has already
condemned the klan, and Mr. Davis,
in his invitation to the president to
join him in removing the trouble
some klan issue from this campaign,
I has taken a step which many Re
publicans and Democrats now feel
will. serve to eliminate the whole
controversy, so far as the presi
dential candidates are concerned.
But it will not squelch the issue
locally. There are many states in
which the klan is conducting an ac
tive campaign, and there is no doubt
that the national ticket will be, to
some extent, affected by the local
quarrels. Until Mr. Davis denounced
the klan by name he was regarded
by some of his own Democratic
friends as inclined to avoid being
specific. His speech at Clarksburg
declaring he never would apply’ a
religious test in making/ appoint
ments, if elected, was satisfactory to
many of the Democratic leaders, but
the rank and file would not be sat
isfied with anything less than an ex
plicit denunciation in unequivocal
terms.
New Jersey Anti-Klan
The state of New Jersey just now
is seething with klan discussion.
The Democratic party in New Jer
sey is bitter anti-klan and showed
its feelings plainly at the Madison
Square Garden convention. Mr. Da
vis selected New Jersey as the place
for his anti-klan speech because it
wouldl have the greatest effect there
and would be received favorably - too
in the neighboring state of New
York.
Mr. Davis’ decision to name the
klan specifically was not unexpect
ed. This correspondent referred to
his intention immediately after the
Clarksburg notification speech. In
that address Mr. Davis felt he must
conform to the letter of the party
platform adopted in Nw York which
did not mention the klan. He made
no secret of the fact that before the
campaign was over he planned to
deal comprehensively with the klan
issue in all its aspects.
President Coolidge has told friends
who have asked him about it from
time to time that he saw no reason
to express himself on the klan issue
until the occasion required it. The
Republican national platform avoid
ed the mention of organizations of
the klan type, declaring in general
terms for the constitutional guaran
tees of religious freedom. The Dem
ocratic platform condemned organ
izations which had for their object
the promotion of racial or religious
hatreds. Mr. Coolidge watched the
development of the klan fight at the
New York convention and it was
suggested at the time that before
the convention was over he would
write a letter making his ‘position
clear.
Democratic leaders today felt sure’
that Mr. Coolidge would accept the
suggestion of Mr. Davis and de
nounce the klan because avoidance
of the klan, they argued, would be
promptly construed in the big east
ern states as a fear of antagonizing
the klan.
The main sources of Coolidge
strength are just now in the eastern
states, where the klan promisesto be
a vital, issue in local campaigns.
Should ’ any of the klan organiza
tions attach themselves to the Cool
idge banner, even though uninvited,
they woulp tend to throw votes of
the opponent of the klan toward Da
vis and La Follette.
Mr. Davis’ move, however, was
not so much concerned with what
President Coolidge might do—it was
really a stroke in self defense —for
Senator La Follette and Senator
Wheeler have begun to appeal to
the anti-klan groups, many of which
are normally Democratic, especially
in the eastern states. Whether Mr.
Coolidge comes out against the klan
or remains silent, the Democratic
strategists feel that their nominee
at leaist has prevented thousands of
Democratic men and women from
deserting their ticket to support Lu
Follette.
Orderly Marketing of
Tobacco Crop Urged
To Keep Prices Up
DOUGLAS, Ga.. Aug. 22.—From
a close observation of the; daily to
bacco sales in Georgia it is appar
ent that the farmers are unduly
rushing their tobacco on the mar
ket to the detriment of price, it is
pointed out here. In at least four
or five of the largest tobacco mar
kets in Georgia this season, it is
declared too much tobacco is being
carried to the markets each day for
the best interest of the growers.
From Tuesday to Friday, inclu
sive. there is usually carried to each
market in one day as much tobacco
as can be properly sold in two days,
and sometimes in three days. This
unduly crowds the markets and has
a depressing effect on the sales. It
has been observed that where a mar
ket is badly crowded that day's
sale is slightly below normal. The
average market with only one set
of buyers can only sell properly from
200.000 to 225,000 pounds per day, ob
serving the hours from 9 a. m. to
5 p. m. allowing an hour and one
half for dinner.
Most of the old-established markets
this year have not had adequate
warehouse space to take care of the
daily receipts due to the large crop,
but next year this will be remedied
with more warehouses.
Atlanta, Ga., Tuesday, August 26, 1924
Prices Are Going Up
FOR several years the national papers and maga
zines have been fighting hard for Southern
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Prince of Wales Hides Out
As He Sails for America
ON BOARD THE BERENGARIA,
Aug. 23. —The Prirfce of Wales
made a quiet, almost secret, depar
lure from Southampton today and
started on his way to America and
his vacation. !
An ironic thing about this trip is
that he is occupying the suite on
the Berengaria that was built foi
the ex-kaiser. It is a magnificent
suite, and the kaiser would have
lived in it when he made his tri
umphant tour of the world after
winning the war—if his dreams had
come true.
It was here that the prince se
cluded hims<il? this morning to avoid
all the pomp and formality that was
threatened when thousands of peo
ple crowded down to trie Cunard
dock at Southampton in the hope of
seeing him and ; .cheering him on his
way. Here this evening he enter
tained quietly at dinner, his guests
being Lord and Lady Mountbatten,
General G. F. Trotter and Captain
Lascelles, the latter two his vaca
tion companions who will accom
pany him to his Canadian ranch.
There is always one extra chair
set at the prince’s table for some one
he may wish to ask at the last
minute.
The prince’s suite, apart from its
L a Fo lie tte Cam paign Fun ds
At Dangerously Low Stage
WASHINGTON, Aug. 23.—The La
Follette campaign has run afoul fi
nancial difficulties that are serious
ly menacing its cause.
Reports of campaign managers
submitted to the executive commit
tee today showed that the treasury
is nearly empty and that some im
mediate means must be found to
draw dollars or the project cannot
be carried out on its planned scale.
Various methods of raising money
that already are in use will not
bring necessary results until it is
too late, the campaign managers told
the committee.
So serious is the situation consid
ered that Robert M. La Follette him
self was called down to the Ma
chinists building to discuss new
plans - . It was the first time that
La Follette has attended a session
of his executive committee and his
presence was greeted with an en
thusiastic welcome from the mem
bers.
A spokesman for La Follette out-
Soperton Merchant
To Serve Sentence
For Shooting Editor
SOPERTON, Ga.. Aug. 23.—Cros
by Williams, former town aiderman
and prominent merchant here, who
was of shooting Horace
Flanders, editor of the local news
paper here last May and given a
year on the state farm, will accept
the sentence of the court’ and will
not appeal, is the opinion given by
his friends here today.
Williams was convicted after a
two-day trial. On the stand yes
terday he recalled having an argu
ment with Editor Flanders over an
editorial which the latter printed
in his paper, in which' he complain
ed of having his credit questioned,
but declared he did not remember
shooting the editor.
Editor Flanders recovered fronn
the wounds after several weeks.
Child Clambers Into
Truck, Starts It Off,
Then Falls Under It
CHARLOTTE. N. C., Aug. 23.
Richard Sams, four-year-old son of
Mr. and Mrs. Russell Sams, of Au
gusta, Ga., was killed almost in
stantly late yesterday when he was
run over by an electric delivery
truck. While the driver left the
truck in front of the residence of
the child’s grandparents. Mr. and
Mrs. A. S. Campbell, whom hs was
visiting, the lad climbed up on the
truck and touched the electrical
starting apparatus. As the truck
started, the boy fell or jumped off
and was run over by front and rear
wheels.
magnificent furnishings, especially
prepared for this trip, is beautiful
witn flowers. The veranda, which
is part of the suite, is a veritable
bower of chrysanthemums, hydran
geas and ferns.
In some respects this is a trying
voyage for the heir to the throne.
He doesn’t care for pomp, and there
are many who think it always must
be accorded him. He desires to be
treated as just one of the passen
gers, and that was one of his first
requests on this voyage. He usually
dines/in his suite, but spends most
of the rest of the time about the
ship. He is keenly interested in
boxing, and, in accordance with his
usual custom when on sea trips,
probably will indulge in a little
sparring in the gymnasium before
breakfast each day. He also is fond
of dancing, and the numerous
American passengers aboard will
certainly give him a wide choice of
partners.
The prince spent the right W’ith
Lord and Lady Mountoatten, taking
a launch before dawn from Cowes
today and boarding the Berengaria
before the port was awake He re
tired as soon as he reached his suite
and arose for a 10 o’clock breakfast.
(Copyright, 1924, by the United
Press.)
lined the financial situation in the
organization as follows:
When the various independent
groups were called together there
were immediate small contributions
from every one and these have en
abled organization work to proceed
as far as it has. Then a scheme was
started to have every laboring man
in the country give $1 of his week’s
pay. It was estimated that this
would bring about a million dollars
if one-third of the union labors cash
ed in.
But machinery necessary to collect
this money was late in being set up
and even after it was set up, the
contributions were slow in arriving.
It has not brought the swift results
expected.
Most of the leaders of the cam
paign have had little experience in
raising money on such a big scale.
Upon La Follette's orders no large
contributions were accepted and it
was hoped that all the money could
be collected in small sums.
SPURTS MSN SHOT
I DEAO IN QUARREL
I WITH SON-IN-LAW
SPARTA, Ga., Aug. 25.—T. E.
Frazier. 50, prominent farmer of
Hancock county, was shot to death
at his home Sunday afternoon after
a quarrel with his son-in-law, Marion
Sparks, 35.
Sparks had come to Mr. Frazier’s
home to see his wife, from whom
he had been separated for tw’o
months. They had been talking for
' a few minutes when Frazier turned
' on his heel and proceeded to walk
away. Witnesses say that Sparks
opened fire, shooting his father-in
law twice.
Frazier dropped to the ground and
died in a few minutes. Sparks jump
ed into an automobile and fled to
the home of his father, John E.
Sparks, prominent farmer of Wash
ington county, just over the line
from Hancock county.
After telling his story to his father
the later delivered Sparks to the
Washington county jail at Sanders
{ ville last night, where he is being
held for Hancock county officers on
I a charge of murder.
Sheriff J. M. Jackson, of this
count -, informed the Washington
county sheriff that the arrangement
was satisfactory, as Washington
■ County has a better jail.
Sparks is said to have made sev-
I eral efforts lately to persuade his
I wife to return to him. Sunday after
i noon, just before the shooting, he
i conversed with her in the Frazier
home and then went outside and
( talked with Frazier.
S CEN A 3 A COPY,
SI A YEAR.
W FERGUSON IS
EASY WINNER FOR
TEXAS GOVERNOR
Robertson Concedes Victory
to Woman Opponent.
Heavy Vote Polled
DALLAS ,Tex., Aug. 2,s.— Mrs.
Miriam Ferguson, of Temple, wife
of former Governor James E. Fer
guson, was the Democratic nominee
tor governor ot Texas today, re
turns giving her a victory by a ma
jority of mote than 80,000 over Felix
D. Robertson, of Dallas, indorsed by
tbs Ka Klux Klan.
Returns tabulated by the Texas
election bureau at 10 o clock last
night, the latest available, give: Mrs.
Ferguson, 403,060; Robertson, 324,-
297. These figures were from 230
of the 252 counties in the state, six
ty-seven being complete.
Mrs. Ferguson received a telegram
yesterday from Robertson congratu
lating her on her victory. She also
issued a statement in which she said
the chances for a Democratic vic
tory would be increased manifold
| if the people could be made to under
i stand that the Democratic platform
“condemning religious intolerance
. means, as everybody knows it does
mean, emphatic opposition to the Ku
i Klux Klan.”
Mrs. Ferguson’s Statement
In a statement given to the Dallas
News today. Mrs. Ferguson said ■
she would seek the aid of the “good
citizenship of Texas” in solving
problems of the office of governor,
if ejected. Speaking of unofficial re
turns which indicated her nomina
tion, she said:
“This, of course, is gratifying to
the fullest degree and with my
hetrt filled with love and gratitude
to in” good friends everywhere, but
for A’hom this great victory would
.ot Lave been possible, I now look to
the east to welcome the dawn of a
new day.
“While I am, of course, proud of
my victory, I want especially to
emphasize the fact that this cam
paign has not been made for revenge
nor inspired by hatred. For those
who have seen fit to vote against
me, 1 have no word of censure and
with the help of God I shall strive
earnestly to be the governor of all
the people.
“This victory, which Is an anti-,
k’an victory, is one of the greatest
moment, not only in Texas but to
the cause of national democracy as
well. No more can the finger of
scorn be i>ointed in the direction of
our candidate for president and he
be < harged with being the nominee
of the ‘long-horned koo - koos from
Texas.’
“Texas has vindicated herself be
fore the nation and can agjiin re
sume her honored place hs a leader
in the galaxy of truly Democratic
stales. The victory has been won
by the help of the good citizenship
of Texas and as their servant I shall
seek their further aid in solving
wnatever difficulties may confront
my administration.”'
La Follettee Leaders
To Establish Atlanta
I
Or Birmingham Office
WASHINGTON, Am;. 23—Advis
ability of establishing a southern
headquarters in either Atlanta, Ga..
or Birmingham, Ala., was one of
the subjects before members of the
committee directing the La Follette-
Wheeler campaign who gathered
here today for a conference.
While a decision had been reach
ed to establish a regional headquar
ters in the south with a view to
conducting a vigorous campaign in
that section of the country, the
i campaign managers wire in doubt
as to where the offices should be
located, although it was generally
agreed they should be located either
in Birmingham cr Atlanta.
Girl Swims Mobile Bay,
Doing 10-Mile Stretch
In Less Than 8 Hours
MOBILE, Ala., Aug. 23—Miss Al
lean Evans, 16-year-old girl of this
city, today swam across Mobile bay,
a distance of ten miles, making tha
distance in less than eight hours,
according to a special from Fair
hope, a resort on the eastern shore
of the bay.
Miss Evans plunged into'the water
i at 4 o’clock this morning and com
i pleted the distance shortly before
noon. Numerous attempts have
been made to swim the bay, but so 1
far as is known. Miss Evans Is the
first to have accomplished the feat.
She is the first woman ever to at- 1
tempt it. ____________
Gasoline Poured on
Live Coals Explodes;
Two Fatally Injured
MAGEE, Miss., Aug. 23.— Two
persons were fatally injured, ono
building destroyed and another dam- :
aged here yesterday when an explo
sion and fire’ followed the pouring
of gasoline on live coals in the be
lief that it was kerosene. The dead
are, A. F. Brown. 48, and his wife.
45, both of whom succumbed short
ly after they had been removed to
a hospital. A child was painfully
but not seriously hurt.
The fire originated in a
rant operated by the Browns. The
adjoining structure which was dam
aged by the flames wis occupied by .
the Tullos & Smith Mercantile es
tablishment.
Young Couple Charged With
Attempt to Kill Baby
KANSAS CITY, Aug. 23.—Mr. and
Mrs. Loren Peerson, 19-jear-eld par
ents of the two-weeks-old baby boy
who Peerson admitted he had at
tempted to bury Friday night to save
his and his wife’s family from dis
grace, were charged with assault
with intent to kill at the prosecutor’s
office today. They said they would
plead guilty.
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