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HARDEST JOB AND
POOREST HEALTH
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN
WASHINGTON, Sept. 4. —Becaus
a large number of American presi
dents and industrial magnates grow
up on farms, the public has the idea
that farm children generally are far
sturdier than city children. An early
acquaintance with farm chores is
supposed to be conducive to strong
muscles and a massive brain.
This idea is erroneous.
Recent investigations by chill
welfare specialists have shown that
both the health and education \of
the chlid of the soil are below th?
average set by the child of asphalt
pavements. The reason is that the
farm child is overworked.
“It has long been thought that
employment in agricultural work
* was not injurious to children,” says
one of these investigators, “an I
probably in thousands of cases it is
not harmful, because the children la
bor under intelligent parental su
pervision. But on the whole, th>-
health and education of rural chil
dren suffer greatly because of then
onerous duties on the farm.”
It is estimated by the United .
States children’s bureau that nearly j
2,000,000 children, between the ages
of 10 and 15, are employed to their
L own disadvantage in farm work in
■ this country, either upon the honn
> or “working out.” The va r t
scm>ol for the purpose. A large num- ■
* her of them, whose hours of labor l
are prolonged, develop postural de-1
■ formities, while many are early vic- ,
I tims of nervous breakdowns.
Education Neglected
I Truancy is not checked up as care
fully in the rural districts as it is
’ in the cities, it being taken for grant
; ed that farm work must come before
I education. In fact, in some states
i farm w,ork is made a legal excuse for
children to stay out of school. Four
teen states specifically exempt agri-
| culture from any restrictions as to
hours; 23 others do not mention it m
I ' the occupations for which hours are
I regulated, and only 11 limit the
I hours.
In the counties of Maryland, more
I than 30,000 school children failed,
| of promotion last year. This means
I that one child out of every four did
I not make sufficient progress to be
I advanced into the next grade. The
I situation was at its worst in the one-
I room schools of the farming dis-
■ tricts where, in some instances, two
| thirds of an entire class were re-
I tarded. The explanation, according
I to the school authorities, is not hard
I to find; in most cases the children
I were kept out of school in order to
I work.
I From New England comes the re
| port that boys and girls 10 and 12
I years of age have been working
I * steadily in the tobacco fields of the
I Connecticut valley. Out in the fields,
I working under canvas, the children
| pick the tobacco leaves from the
| stems and lay them on the ground,
I working nine and one-half to ten
I hours a day. Most of them are on
I their feet during the entire period,
| for Which'they are paid from .51.50
I to $3.
| The employment of city children
I in factories is now regarded as an
I outrage, the first hint of
I which brings a mob of truant offi
| cers about the doors of the offend-
■ ing establishment. But people still
a insist upon regarding farm work as
■ a sort of recreation, so that even in
S states where the child labor laws
B are stringent they are safely ig-
■ r.ored by the farms.
■ Truancy in California
■ ‘ln California, for instance, thou
sands of children were found by in-
S vestigators Lp be working in the cot.-
■ ton fields and on truck farms, al-
■ though the state law does not conn-
■ ' tenance it. Qhild laborers are espe-
■ 'daily popular in the asparagus fields.
■ where their working day is from ten
■ to twelve hours. Often the bosses
S are Chinese or Hindus. There is a.
B striking contrast between the succty-
S lent, white asparagus which looks
H so tempting on a piece of toast, and
the dingy, overcrowded shanties in
K which the little field hands live.
K The cotton fields of the Imperial
B Valley are literally crowded with
g child workers under 16 years of age
| who have abandoned their schooling
| for wage-earning, liven babies of
■ two z and three are taught to earn a
■ tidy sum by picking—for it is not
■ hard work. The hours of labor, how
fl ever, are long, lasting usually from
■ sun to sun. As the mother of the
■ family generally works along with
B her children, she has not much time
■ “or energy left for cooking them
■ nourishing meals. It*is not surpris-
H ing therefore that the investigators
fl fouiul a great many of the small
m faroflrfhnds undernourished.
H Children are also employed to a
■ large extent in the sugar beet fields
H of Michigan. Here special efforts
H are made to attract migratory labor
fl ers, whole families being imported
■ from New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio,
H lowa and Minnesota. In recent years,
■ workers have come all the way from
I Mexico, lured by glittering promises
I of easy work, good pay, free rent,
■ free fuel, a large garden, “and above
■ ’ all an opportunity for every child
B* to work and help the family save
H money.”
H Stern disillusionment awaits these
H foreign families who arrive with the
H highest hopes of bettering their con
fl dition. They soon discover that
■ working in the beet fields is not
■ easy, while the living conditions are
R very bad.
■ Eleven in One Room
H “Fourteen families of four anc.
■ ’five persons, and four families with
B from six to nine persons were found
B living in one-room shanties.’’ accord-
B ing to the investigators. “One family
B of eleven, the youngest child 2 years,
B the oldest 16 years, lived in an old
B country store which had but one
B window; the wind and rain came
B through the holes in the walls, the
B ceiling was very low, and the smoke
B from the stove filled the room. Here
B the family ate. slept, cooked and
■ washed.”
B In another case, a family of six
Bi was 4 <;und living in a one-room
, shack with no windows. The only
ilght ami ventilation they received
Bi came through the low, open door.
B I.lttle Charles, aged S. escaped work
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George. Hansen, who walked from Colorado to New York carry
ing young son, in effort to comply with last wishes of his dead wife.
in the field simply because someone
had to be left home to take care of
Dan, Annie and| Pete, whose ages
were 5 years, 4 years and 3 months
respectively. He also cooked the
noonday meal and took it to his par
ents in the field. “The filth and
choking odors of the shack made it
almost unbearable,” the visitors skid,
“yet the baby slept on a heap of
rags piled up in a corner.”
The case of the migratoy family
which puts its children to work is
difficult to handle, because it can
not be successfully trailed by truant
officers or state officials seeking
witnesses against employers. In
wandering from one agricultural
section to another, such families es
cape the jurisdiction of local courts.
A study made of 300 Baltimore fami
lies who were migratory workers
showed that they had picked peas
and strawberries in the vicinity of
Baltimore from May until July;
from August to October they -work
ed in the tomato and corn factories
of Maryland and Delaware, and 100
of the families worked in the south
ern oyster and shrimp canneries
from October to April. Al this time
the children were kept our of school.
It*is believed by those who have
thoroughly studied the case of the
farm child that the passage of child
labor laws is not a sufficient remedy.
In addition, an educational cam
paign is n*| led to convince farmers
that a good schooling is, in the long
run, an excellent investment. Fur
thermore, the public needs to be in
formed, for as long as it holds the
belief that country life is idyllic, it
is difficult to establish the fact that
child labor on the farm is fully as
flagrant an evil as was ever factory
child labor.
Davis-Bryan Corncob
Enters Race Against
Dawes’ Pipe Model
LINCOLN. Neb., Sept. 4.—(By the
Associated Press.) “The Bryan-
Davis” pipe, a corn cob, was born
in Lincoln Wednesday.
The pipe, received in the mails by
Governor Charles W. Bryan from a
citizen of Nebraska, will boost as a
Democratic emblem representing the
great staple product of the middle
west as opposed,to the trick “High
priced and patented” pipe of Charles
G. Dawes.
Although he had sworn off several
years ago, Governor Bryan said he
felt it “a great temptation to encour
age agriculture by suggesting that
the corn cob pipe would enable those
who wanted to smoke to do so at a
reasonable price.”
It will he a “common sense” pipe,
the vice presidential candidate smil
ingly remarked, and one that’s made
of the great staple product in the ag
riculture sections.
Th© farmer, be said, “will not have
to get over to the high priced patent
ed pipe that only those who are able
to retire can use.”
Comparing the corn cob and the
underslung, Governor Bryan said
they show the “difference in the
stands of the two major parties.”
He added that he did not intend to
take up smoking again and that he
was not encouraging people to smoke,
but merely was suggesting to those
who feel Inclined that “this is an op
portunity to get a pipe at 90 per
cent reduction and at the same time
. feeling they can take part in the
campaign and show their high ideals
and patriotism.”
Killing of Bullbats
Is Forbidden by Law;
Heavy Fine Possible
The fact that the killing of “bull
bats” or “nighthawks.” as they- are
sometmies known, is in violation of
the Georgia law, is being impressed
upon youngsters throughout the citv,
according to the police, who, within
the past few days have received com
plaihts that boys were shooting fire
arms indiscriminately at bullbats.
The state law prohibits the killing
of non-game birds, among which is
the bullbat or nighthawk, and viola
tors may be fined heavily. Officials
[of the state game and fish depart
ment states Thursday that the bull
ibat destroys hosts of insect pests,
[and is entirely harmless, deserving
i protection rather than injury at the
.hands of mankind?
Complying With Last Wishes
of Wife, Moneyless Father
Walks in Effort to Get Son
to Norway
CLEVELAND, Sept. 4.—Here’s
[ an example of how one of the “oth
er half” of humanity lives. George
| Hansen's wife died in Pueblo, Colo.,
| last May. Her dying request was
that her three-year-old baby Roy be
taken to her husband’s parents in
Norway.
His money spent through his
wife’s illness, Hansen set out on
foot, carrying the child to New
York. Good-hearted motorists gave
them many lifts, trut through the
bad-road regions, where machines
were scarce, Hansen walked, witn
the child in his arms, over 1,500
miles on his way to New York.
Once in New York he found that
he could work Jiis way on a steam
ship to Norway easily —but
they wouldn’t take the Baby.
[ Now he‘s en route, on foot, back
| to Chicagb, -where he hopes to get
! back a job he once had there, to
[ work and save for
for the child. He was due at Toledo,
i 0., this week.
Maria Thompson Davies,
Well-Known Authoress
And Tennessean, Dies
NASHVILLE, Tenn., Sept. 4. —
Maria Thompson Davies authoress
and playright, who died in New York
Wednesday, spent the greater part
of her life in Nashville, Memphis and
Madison. Tenn. She was born 51
years ago at Harrodsburg, Ky., and
came to Nashville with her parents
when she was a small child.
She was educated at Science Hill,
j Shelbyville, Ky., and at Wellesley
| college, where she took a special lit
i erary course. She studied painting
[ in Paris in 1902 and 1903 and exhibit
ed her work in the Paris salons of
I 1904 and 1905. She also won consid
[ erable renown as a worker in art
I jewelry and as a painter of minia
tures.
Miss Davies’ most recent literary
work was her autobiography, “Seven
Times Seven.” Other well known
’ books of which she was the author
are: “The Road to Providence;”
1910; “Rose of Old Harpeth,” 1911;
“The Treasure Babies,” 1911; “The
Melting of Mollie.” 1912; regarded by
many as one of her best works and
later dramatized; "The Tinder Box.”
1913; “Andrew the Glad,” 1913,
“Phyllis.” “Over Paradise Ridge,”
1915; “The Dare Devil,” # 1916, drama
tized; “The Heart's Kingdom.” 1917;
“The Golden Bird,” 1918; “Blue Grass
and Broadway,” 1919; “The Matrix ”
1920.
Two Last Men’s Club’
Sees Three Members
On Hand lor Banquet
STILLWATER. Minn., Sept. 4.
Memories of Civil war times were
recalled and happenings in the “good
old days" recounted when three old
men ’ F he only surviving members of
the “Two Last Men’s club” sat at
banquet at the home of one of the
members on the outskirts of Still
water at 1 p. tn., today.
11 e two Last Men’s club” was
organized in 190;> from members of
< ompany C., Eighth Minnesota Vol
[ unteers. The Last Man’s club a
. similar organization was formed from
[ Company 8.. First Minnesota infan-
I try. of the Cvil ,war.
The aged survivors who attended
ThutsdaA s banquet held on Septem
ber 4 each year arc Horace Voligny,
of Stillwater. 87 years old; John
Afollon, A\ is., S 2, 3nd
, Jacob Secrest, of Minneapolis, aged
| Occupying the center of the table
■ v as a bottle of wine which was pre
sented to the club in 1905 by Volignj
the oldest survivor. The'last two
gray-haired men will drink from the
bottle as a toast to the departed
cnes.
Attack on Mussolini
Is Denied Officially
ROME. Sept. 4.—A report that an
unsu !oessful attempt had been made
[to assassinate Premier Mussolini
I while he was motoring from Acqua
pendente to Rome Sunday night was
• denied today.
i Ihe liibuna explains the report as
having orginated in a confusion of
the premier’s motor car party with
two other automobiles which passed
along the same road an hour after
the head of the government had
passed.
i According to the newspaper's ex
planation. two new motor ears trav-
1 eling from Bres. ia to Rome were
fired upon by an unknown person
n they we g a sharj
curve.
DEADLOCK THREAT
IS USED JS Lffl
uy im wies
BY DAVID LAVVREN( E
(Special Leased Wire to Tbc Journal—Copy
right. 1021.)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 4.—Judg
ing by reports received from all
parts of the country, the voters arc
discussing among themselves exact
ly what would happen if none of the
three presidential candidates —Cool-
idge, Davis or La Follette —received
a majority of the electoral votes,
The discussion is in part natural,
as the race is three-cornered, but it
is to a certain extent being stimulat
ed by the strategy of both the Cool
idge and Davis supporters. The Re
publicans already are using it as a
means of getting votes and the Dem
ocrats are even more zealous in their
adaptation of it to their advantage.
The Republicans ara saying that if
the election is thrown into the house
of representatives for decision, as is
provided if no candidate receives a
majority of electoral votes, then in
case of a deadlock in the house, the
senate may choose a vice president
by the name of Charles "W. Bryan,
through a coalition of La Follette
Republicans and Democrats, and a
radical- would become president of
the United States. This thought is
most unwelcome in the conse/vative
areas of the country, especially in
the east, where Bryanism for a gen
eration has been repudiated at the
polls.
Line-Up Uncertain
But the Democrats are contending
the exact opposite in talking with
conservatives, namely, that the way
to prevent the selection of is
to support Davis” either at the polls
Gi in the house of representatives;
For example, if no candidate has re
ceived a majority of the electoral
votes on November 4, congress will
be convened in regular session in De
cember or can be called into spe
cial session even earlier. The house
has until March 4 to pick a presi
dent.
During the three months of discus
sion the conservatives of the coun
try who would be opposed to the se
lection of Bryan, will be urging the
selection of President .Coolidge. If
the Democrats remain obdurate
there will be a deadlock in the house
because the state delegations are
about evenly divided as between the
Democrats and Republicans and
there could be no majority of the
states cast for any candidate, as is
necessary under the constitution, un
less some of the La Follette Repub
licans assist President Coolidge or
vote for John W. Davis. The con
servative Republicans could, of
course, unite with the Democrats
too, and select Davis and thus pre
vent the election of Charles W. Bry
an to the presidency.
Three Months to Deliberate
All this may sound remote but it
is becoming concretely near at hand
about the kind of president to be se
lected. But the sequel of an elec
tion thrown into the house of rep
resentatives is not necessarily Bry
an. It may be Davis and it may be
Coolidge. The conservative Demo
crats and conservative Republicans
in combination in the senate .could
pick Charles G. Dawes as vice presi
dent if they didn’t want Bryan and
if the house were deadlocked as be
tween Coolidge, Davis and La Fol
lette.
The country and congress will
have three months in which to think
every day as the possibility of a
deadlock is visualized. The theory
that a radical will be present is based
only upon the idea that the conserva
tives of the country, Republicans
and Democrats, wouldv be so hostile
to an agreement on Coolidge or Da
vis that they would deliberately per
mit the senate to make a choice ot
vice president. It is also based on
the thought that the Democrats in
such a contingency would hold then
strength in the senate to Bryan and
would win the La Follette Republi
cans to their side.
1 fthe conservative Republicans
really considered Davis preferable
to a radical they could agree to
support him in the house on the
pledge that Charles G. Dawes would
[ be gK’en Democratic support in th>*
' senate for vice president. Were there
really a conservative combination in
both parties the ticket of Davis anti
Dawes would not be impossible Os se
lection, tii all.
. La Follette-Davis Coalition
But is John W. Davis going to
be aligned with the conservatives
when the campaign is over? His ad
vocacy of certain principles close to
the La Follette platform may be de
signed at the moment to corral radi
cal votes in the general electorate
but it may also operate' to make
him closer to the La Follette Re
publicans in the house than is Presi
dent Coolidge. The La Follette group
will hold the balance of power, in
they were assured of a voice in the
next administration and of a work
ing coalition with the Democrats,
as occurred in the last session of
congress in both houses, they may
I prefer Davis to Coolidge.
If such overtures are ineffectual
they will naturally help keep the
situation deadlocked in the house in
the hope of having Charles VV. Bry
an selected as vice president 'and
that means the presidency on March
4th if the house has failed to choose
a president before that date. Those
three months after November 4th
would mean a breakdown in the
party lines and a consideration by
the conservatives of whether they
should combine either for Coolidge
or for Davis and checkmate the radi
cal ascendancy in the senate.
As it stands today both the Coni
' idge and Davis spokesmen can make
out a plausible argument to get votes
so as to prevent the election from
being thrown into the house of rep
resentatives.
$15,000 Note Forgery
Charged to Worker
In Atlanta Store
J. W. Cooksey, 65 years old, of
720 East North avenue, was arrest
|ed Thursday afternoon on a mu
' nicipal court warrant, charged with
[ forging the name of C. & C. Rosen
' haunt to notes aggregating more
■than $15,000, and negoti.xt.ing them
[through a local bank. An official
i of the bank swore out the warrant.
Mr. Ccoksey had been bookkeeper
I for the Rosenbaum company for
; eight or nine years, it was said, and
i was a trusted employe of the m;l
--[ linery firm. He was arrested by
[ Deputy Marshal Waits, and is being
1 held in default of a bond fixed at
[ SIO,OOO.
Mr. Cooksey declined to discuss
' the case until he could talk with his
1 lawyer, except to say that the mat
'ter had been under discussion for a
: week or more, and an adjustment
was pending.
Members of the Rosenbaum firm,
[located at 11 eWst Alabama street,
[declined to discuss the case.
A hearing was tn b« held in m-t
nicipal court Fridhy morning.
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COVINGTON, Va., Sept. 4.—Morris
Tyler, of Talcott, West Va., and L.
M. Morris, of Callaghan, \'a., Chesa
peake and Ohio railway employes,
were seriously injured Wednesday
when Morris playfully struck Tyler
on the hip with his hand and explod
ed J 5 dynamite caps the latter had
in his pocket. Tyler had a large hole
blown in bis hip and Morris had his
hand blown off by-
UNDER U. S. CRIR6ES
OF 'IMIMTION'
DANVILLE, 111., Sept. 4.—S|
Glenn Young, former Williamson
county raider, has been indicted in
United States district court on five
indictments charging impersonation
of a officer. The bills
were returned by the federal grand
jury which made its report today to
Judge Walter C. Lindley.
Nine Herrin men were also indict
ed by the grand jury fqr imperson
ating government officers, seven in
dictments in all having been re
turned.
The indictments are the result of
the investigation by the federal
grand jury of the activities of
Young and his followers in William
son county, both during the pres
ence of federal prohibition agents
and after their withdrawal on Jan
uary 8.
Fortune Teller’s Aid
Is Sought in Quest for
Missing 1 ennessean
MURFREESBORO, Tenn., Sept. 4.
The Rutherford county officers, fail
ing to find a solution to the disap
pearance of George Earls, whose
bloodstained buggy was found near
here £ week ago, turned to the occult
to assist them in solving the case.
Rosie O. Burns, a deputy sheriff,
and Horace Watkins, a former of
ficer of Bedford county, went to
Nashville last night for a confer
ence with a fortune teller, who told
them, the officers said, that Earls'
was murdered on the night of Au
gust 28, anti that his body was
secreted in a hole covered with water
about five miles east of the point
at which the buggy was found. The
medium also is said to have told the
officers that the murder was com
mitted by a tall, slender man, wear
ing overalls.
This description tallies exactly
with that of the man said by wit
nesses to have driven away from the
livery stable with Earls on the night
of his disappearance. Water covered
holes, it was pointed out, are
numerous in the vicinity.
Lumpkin Sheriff and
Sons on Trial Sept. 15
For Dry Agents bight
Sheriff Jim Davis, of Lumpkin
countv. and his two sons and depu
ties, Joe and Bob Davis, are sched
uled to go on trial September 15 in
United States district court here, on
indictments charging them with in
terfering with government officers.
At the same time, Prohibition
Agents Gracen Souther and J. B.
Johnson, two of the officers with
whom the sheriff and his .sons are
alleged to have interfered, are sched
uled to go on trial in the same court
on state charges of shotting at an
other—namely, Jo® Davis. The
state case was transferred from the
ji in.'Action of the ■ 'imp 1 .unerior
court to the federal court on a writ
of habeas corpus cum causa.
Charges against the sheriff and
h's sons and the two prohibition
agents arise from an alleged alter
cation on October 10. 1-2, in which
the sheriff, his sons and a group of
prohibition age-nts, including South
er and Johnson, are said to have
participated.
The indictments against the sher
iff and his sons were returned more
than a year ago by a federal grand
jury, and ' ’’owed action of the
Lumpkin county grand jury in re
turnina the indictments against the
prohibition agents. z
Embalmed Man’s Head
In French Collection Is
Supposedly Henry IV’s
DINARD, Franct, Sept. 4.—An
embalmed man's head, bought for
400 francs four years ago by M.
Bourdais, a collector probably is the
head of King Henry IV, who was
assassinated in 1610, it has been re
vealed by historical investigation.
Henry IV was buried in the royal
tombs at St. Denis and the body re
mained there until 1793, when revo
lutionaries broke open the tombs and
dragged out bodies of the old French
kings.
Theater Crowd in Panic
When Film Explodes
CLARKSDALE. Miss., Sept. 4
Several hundred patrons of a local
motion picture theater were thrown
into a panic last night when a film
caught fire and destroyed the operat
ing room in the balcony.
The audience stormed the exits
but none of the nitrons was injured
severely. W. W. Venable, of Merid
ian, former member of congress, was
in the audience. ?.lounting a chair
in one of the aisles, he pleaded with
the crowd to leave the building in an
orderly manner. Damage to the
building was slight.
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MURDER WMRUNT
IS ISSUED AGAINST
M MSMJN
HERRIN, 111., Sept. 4.—(By the
Associated Press.) —John H. Smith,
Herrin garage owner, was charged
by the coroner’s jury with having
shot and killed Chester Reid here
last Saturday noon in a shooting af
fray in which five other men were
killed.
The jury recommended that he be
held over to the grand jury, and a
warrant charging murder was sign
ed by Coroner William McCowan and
placed in the hands of Deputy Sher
iff George Walker for immediate
service.
Smith was the onlv one of those
who were accused by the jury, to es
cape the fracas with his life.
The jury found that Deputy Sher
iff J. H. “Bud” Allison, slain, was
killed by Green Dunning, also slain,
and that Dunning was. killed by Al
lison.
It also found that Chester Reid,
while acting as a peace-maker, was
shot and killed by John Smith: that
Otto Rowland, Dewey Newbold and
Charles Wollard were killed by per
sons unknown.
Newbold and Wollard were ac
knowledged Klansmen and Rowland
was a by-stander, killed by a stray
bullet.
Saw Dunning Shoot
At the closing session of the in
quest today, Wes Freeman testified
that during the fight in front of the
garage' he saw Green Dunning, Ku
Kliix Klansman, fire from a grape
arbor across the street. He added
that he believed it was Dunning’s
shot that killed “Bud” Allison, one
of Sheriff George Galligan’s depu
ties. Dunning also was killed.
Freeman also testified that he saw
an automobile in sat City
Judge E. N. Bowen, his «tenog
pher. Miss Jane Lassater,and another
man, who he did not recognize, pass
the scene, but that he did not see
any shots fired from this automo
bile. Yesterday witnesses testified
that Judge Bowen and State’s At
torney Delos Duty passed the garage
in an automobile and had fired sev
eral shots.
“A lot of people were shooting,”
the witness continued. “I saw the
sheriff's bunch go down the street
to the garage. Galligan had a gun
and I believe I saw one on Ora
Thomas, too. I saw Charles Den
ham and two other men come along
in an automobile and they also be
gan firing.”
Denham testified yesterday he and
the men with him did not fire, but
that Galligan and his men did all
the shooting.
Allison First Man Shot
“I saw a man in Denham’s car
fall wounded,” Freeman said. “I
also saw Dunning drop being
struck by bullets. Bud Allison was
the first man shot in the clash, and
the shots that struck him came from
the direction of the grape arbor be
hind which Dunning was hidden
while firing.”
Concerning Dr. Joh® T. Black,
head of the hospital here, Freeman
testified he saw the physician on
the scene kneeling beside the body
of a man on the .sidewalk.
Several other witnesses also testi
fied.
“I have done my best,” the coro
ner said, when the evidence was
completed. “I have been fair to both
sides and have shown no partiality.
Everyone has, had an opportunity
before this jury to testify,” and
turning to the jurors, he told them
to return their verdict on the evi
dence placed before them. The tes
timony had been more or less con
flicting.
The jury deliberated an hour. Its
members comprised two farmers,
three miners and a former justice of
the peace. Witnesses yesterday tes
tified that Galligan, Thomas and
Deputy Sheriff Allison and the three
Shelton boys fired the shots that
killed the three Klansmen, Willard,
Dunning and Newbold. Nb wit
nesses were heard who knew wae
killed Allison or Rowland.
At least temporary peace in the
turbulent affairs of Williamson coun
ty seemed assured today as a result
of promises extracted from both klan
and anti-klan leaders by Captain
Harold M. Bigelow, in charge of
troops at Herrin, to take no aggres
sive steps which might result in fur
ther bloodshed.
Captain Bigelow gained a prom
ise from Sheriff Galligan in
Marion not to return to Herrin ex
cept on official business and then
only after informing the military of
his' intention. A promise was also
obtained from John Smith, local
klan leader, to deliver to Galligan’s
deputies the automobile now held
in his garage.
The truce comes as a great relief
to local citizens, who yesterday
waited anxiously, fearing an out
break when klan and anti-klan were
to meet at the occasion- of the coro
ner's inquest into the six men’s
death.
Dr. Silas Mcßee, Noted
Episcopal Editor,
Dies in Charleston
CHARLESTON, S. C., Sept. 3.
Dr. Silas Mcßee, formerly editor of
the Churchman and of the Con
structive quarterly, one of the most
prominent laymen of the Episcopal
church, died here today in his sev
entieth year. For the past ■ two
years he' bad lived in retirement.
He is survived hy a widow, one
son and two dau<’;teis. He will be!
buried at Sowa ice. Tenn., where he I
spent some ye i?’s as student and
trustee for the University, of the [
South. Mr. Mcßee was the author ,
of many articles on Christian unity;
and of a book recounting interviews
had by him with the heads of al! [
th corganized churches in Christen
dom during a tour he made of Eu- |
rope and the Near East.
Savannah-to-Columbia
Train Seervice Curtailed
SAVANNAH, Ga., Sept. s.—At a
meeting of a joint committee, rep
resenting the Retail Merchants’ as
sociation and the board of trade, !
consent was given to the discontin
uance of through trains between
Savannah and Columbia provided
the Seaboard puts in a train leaving
Fairfax, S. C., in the morning and
Savannah in the afternoon. Consent,
was also given to a plan to eliminate i
a train running between Montgom
ery, Ala., and Savannah and for the
installation of a train starting at [
Am.ricus and running <0 Savannah. I
George at Ludowici
LUDOWICI, Ga.. Sept. s.—Unite!
States Senator Walter F. George
spoke here yesterday during recess
of the Long county superior court
to a packed court room on the bond
issue, which the county expects to
float and congratulates the people
on this forward step. His di c cuss:on [
of th° tariff and taxes was of special
interest.-
BASEBALL
SOUTHERN LEAGUE
Clubs. Won. Lost. Pct.
Memphis 93 40 .009 1
Atlanta 90 s<) .043 |
New Orleans S 3 .'>B .589 ;
Mobile 05 75 .401 ■
Chattantkoga 58 81. .417 [
Birmingham ... ... 52 80 .377
Little Rock 43 97 .307 !
Nashville 74 05 .532 1
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Clubs. Won. Lost. Pct.
Washington 77 55 .584 '
Now York 75 57 .508 ■
Detroit 71 02 .533
St. Louis 08 04 .515 !
Cleveland 03 71 .470 |
Philadelphia ... 59 73 .147 !
Boston ... 59 73 .447 I
Chicago 57 71 .135 j
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Clubs. Won. Lost. Pct. '
New York7B 52 .000 I
Brooklyn 80 54 .597
Pittsburg 76 52 .593
Cincinnati 70 03 .520
Chicago 69 - 04 .519
St. Louisss F 77 .417
Philadelphia 50 81 .382
Boston 47 86 .321
THURSDAY’S GAMES
SOUTHERN LEAGUE
Atlanta, 4; New Orleans, 3 (ten innings).
Memphis, 3; Nashville, 2.
Little Rock, 1; Chattanooga, 3.
Birmingham, 0; Mobile, 5.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Philadelphia, 8; New York, 3.
Boston, 5; Washington, 12.
St. Louis-Chicago postponed, rain.
NATIONAL LEAGUE '
Now York, 6; Philadelphia, 10 (ten in
nings).
Brooklyn, 5-9; Boston, 1-1.
St. Louis, 9: Pittsburg, 5. »
Chicago, 0; Cincinnati, 3.
Wednesdays' games
SOUTHERN LEAGUE
Nashville, 12; Chattanooga, 14.
Only one game scheduled.
AMERICANLEAGUE
Boston, 6; New York, 11.
Detroit, 6-C; Chicago, 2-4.
Cleveland, 6-9; St. Louis, 7-5.
Only three games scheduled.
nationalHleague
New York, 4; Boston, I.
Brooklyn, 7-7; Philadelphia, 6-0.
Chicago, 6; Cincinnati, 0.
St. Louis, 1; Pittsburg, 14.
SALLY LEAGUE
Asheville, 2-4; Augusta, .1-5.
Macon, 2-1; Charlotte, 1-7.
Spartanburg. 6; Greenville, 3
(CONCLUDES 1924 SESAON.)
Augusta Team Wins
South Atlantic Flag
Augusta won the pennant in the
South Atlantic association Wednes-,
day, dividing a double-header with
Asheville. Augusta went into the
let»J in the second day of the season
and was never headed.
Charlotte finished in second place
eight points behind'the Tygers.
Spartanburg nosed Greenville out
of third place by winning the fourth
straight game of the series Wednes
day. It was the eleventh straight
garpe the Spartans had won from the
Spinners.
The final standing of clubs is as
follows:
Clubs— Won. Dostc Pct.
Augusta ... • 73 47 .609
Charlotte 73 50 .594
Spartanburg 61 60 .501
Greenville 59 61 .492
Asheville 60 63 • .488
Macon .. .. .. .. 38 85 .309
SPECIAL LA GRANGE SERVICE
LA GRANGE, Ga., Sept. 5. —A spe
cial service will be held at the First
Baptist church Sufiday evening, at
which the purpose will be to welcome
students and faculty from out of
town to Da Grange, preparatory to
the coming year’s work and to bid
farewell to departing Da Grange stu
dents and faculty who will spend
their school year elsewhere.
Hat and Muff to Match
Very new indeed is a red felt
hat with the new high crown. The
brim turns up in front and a
straight feather fantasy is placed
at the right. To carry with this
hat there is<s».a large muff of the
same feathers that have small hand
painted motifs upon them.
"Guard the child's teeth"
Those tiny teeth are
a priceless gift - 3 /Ml N
duard them well!
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DAWES CREOn PUHI.
IN MIS SPEECH
QUINCY, 111., Sept. 4 Senator
Henrik Shipstead, of Minnesota, de
livered an address here today assail
ing the Dawes plan and charging
that the “government has not been
used for the purposes” set forth in
the constitution. He asserted that
Senator lal Follette was committed
to a. real American policy in our
foreign relations, that will have for
its purpose the establishment of
world peace and the safety of hu
manity.”
“On August 31, in a weekly state
ment issued by the Bank of France,”
ho saidy “the information was given
that France has just loaned to the
little entente an addition of 3,000,000
gold francs, making a total up un
til August 29 of ”4,400,000 francs that
France has loaned her small allies,
chiefly for armaments.
“The Dawes plan provides for a
loan of $200,000,000 to Germany, but
I believe that under the terms of
that contract this money i s to be
turned over to France, who now
owes us $4,000,000,000, which sho
refuses to pay. If this extension of
credit is for peaceful purposes why
is it not provided in the contract
that Europe disarm before she gets
this money? Why is it not stipu- *
lated in the contract that the coun
tries < f Europe shall not spend
money for armaments and war?”
Miami Police Seek
Wife of Victim in
Mysterious Killing
MIAMI, Fla., Sept. 5. —No trace
has been found of the pretty young
woman believed to be the wife of
Thomas O’Brien Firth, whose body
is lying in an undertaking parlor
here. With the two companions
with whom she and Firth came to
Miami last week, she has disappear
ed. Firth is believed by the police
to have died as the result of his
own acts, Tuesday night at a local
apartment, he being found with his
wrists and throat slashed. His stom
ach is being analyzed for poison. It
[ has been ascertained by the police
that he cashed a check for SSOO here
[ last Saturday. None of the money
was found on him.
The young woman paid the hos
pital bills early Wednesday but has
not been seen since. Officers hope
that she will voluntarily report am’,
clear up some of the mysterious
angles of the case.
The undertaking company in
charge wired police in Tampa where
Firth is said to have lived previous
to coming here, who have advised
that a trunk belonging to Firth is
still at a hotel there. They said
they would forward the trunk to
Miami in tho hope that its contents
would throw light, on the case.
Sallette Convicted
Os Manslaughter in
Killing of Marshal
DUDOWICI, Ga., Sept. 5.—D. P.
Sallette was convicted of voluntary
manslaughter last night in connec
tion with the fatal shooting of Mar
shal J. A. McDaniel on January 26.
Judge Sheppard probably will pro
nounce sentence today.
Sallette was indicted jointly with
his brother, C. A. Sallette and Ross’
Hodges. The other defendants are
to be tried.
On the witness stand Sallette read
his prepared statement.
A jury is being drawn for the
trial of Ross Hodges.
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