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IMO'S ENTITY
AS FREE STATE IS
LEAGUE PROBLEM
I
RY DAVID LAWRENCE
(Special I.cawed Wire to The Journal -Copy- i
right. 1921.;
WASHINGTON, Dec. 24.—1 s the ■
Irish Free State independent entity j
so far as international relations are |
concerned, or is it a part of the,
British empire?
Reniemberini? the sharp differ-’
ences of opinion which developed in ,
the American senate in 1919 aml
1920 over the question of whether
the six British dominions had six
votes or one vote in the League of
Nations, Hie point now raised by t he
llish'free* state is of more than aca
demic interest, for it may in the end
bring; embarrassment to the powers
endeavoring to deal with Ireland as
an independent state.
The question has been raised quite
unexpectedly by Great Britain her
self, because her foreign office wrote
to Geneva satting that neither the
League covenant nor any conven
tion entered into under the auspices |
of the league was intended to govern ,
the relations between the various
parts of the British commonwealth.
This viewpoint is emphatically de
nied by' the Dublin government,
which registered the treaty of 1921
in accordance with one of the articles |
of the covenant. The Irish free
state applied for admission to the
League of Nations more than a year
ago and was formally admitted to
membership. Great Britain raised nn
objection, because Canada, South AT
ricsL Australia and New Zealand had
been invited to accede to the cove
nant of the league, were in fact mem
bers. No distinction had been made
as between thp various common
wealths in the British empire, as
each of the dominions signed the
Versailles treaty and the league cove
nant.
Territorial Integrity
Perhaps the greatest opposition
to American entrance into the league
came from Americans of Irish de
scent or affiliation, who insisted
that under article ten all the mem
bers of the league were obligated
to preserve the territotrial integrity
of members of the league. Ireland
was not then a member and it was
feared that the United States might
be morally obligated to help Great
Britain preserve her territortial in
tegrity as against a rebellion by Ire
land. The answer made by the
friends of the league was that
article ten meant the preservation
Os the territory members of the
league as against external and not
internal aggression because the
words “external aggression'’ were
in the covenant. Still this did not
satisfy the opposing elements. When
the Irish Free State joined the
league many Americans of Irish
descent saw the league covenant as
a protector to Ireland because, it
was reasoned, the member states
would' be obliged to come to the as
sistance of the Irish Free State “as
against external aggression” by any
other member state, whether that
state was Great Britain or not.
The action of the London govern
ment, however, in making the point
that her treaty with Ireland doesn’t
come under the requirements of the
covenant may be construed as an
anticipation of such a development
some day though the reasoning of
the British has always been that
all the dominions might have a
voice in international relations, but
that the vote of the British em
pire must be cast as a unit ami the
obligations of each dominion must
be those of the British empire as
a whole.
The article on the other hand
under which the Irish Free State
registered her treaty with England
reads as follows:
Every treaty or international en
gagement entered into hereafter by
any member of the league shall be
forthwith registered with the secre
tariat and shall as soon as possible
be published by it. No such treaty
or International engagement shall be
binding until so registered."
Being a full fledged member, the
Irish Free State duly rejdstered her
agreement with England which i.‘
definitely described as a “treaty" ami
the Irish viewpoint is that it makes
no difference whether it is called
nn “international" engagement.
Controversy Not Pushed
Neither London nor Dublin is
pushing the controversy to a settle
ment by the league itself though each
has the Wight to appeal to the world
court for an interpretation. Great
Britain might oppose such a step,
but the league itself can ask for an
advisory opinion from the court at
any time and the chances are the
public opinion of the world won I<l
be Influenced by such a decision « ven
though it was not binding on either
party.
So far as America and other na
tions are concerned, the refusal of
Great Britain to concede that her
dominions are states in an interna
tional sense, means continued diplo
matic dealings with the British em
pire as a unit through London no
matter how many ministers or lega
tions', commissioners or commissions
are established in Washington or
elsewhere to represent the British
common wealths.
The viewpoint now adopted b>
Great Britain is an interesting se
quel to the charges ma-de in the sen
ate here that the British conspires
to get five extra votes in the league
us compass'd with America’s one.
The orginal idea of giving the do
minions membership in the league
received in the fact more encourage
ment from President Wilson than
from the British who consented re
luctantly and largely because they
did not foresee the possibilities of
controversy which since have been
opened up. Ireland’s use of her mem
bership in the league is such that
there is no doubt here Great Britain
would rather eliminate the six do
minions from voting power altogether
in the league if that could be done
and so far as the American debate is
concerned the six to one issue would
then be removed. The Irish in
America, ho '.ever, might then be
even more opposed to the league
than ever before. The independent
status of Ireland may yet be achiev
ed through definitition by the league
and the world court.
Power Co. Publishes
Pictures of Projects
In a special water power develop
ment supplement to its monthly
publication, "Snap Shots," the Geor
gia Railway and Power company por
trays in attractive form the projects
now under way in north Georgia,
coupled with striking xiews of the
scenic beauty in that section of the
State.
The supplement, which is issued in
conjunction with a t’hrlstipas edition
of “Snap Shots," bearing Christinas
greetings to the general public from
President Preston S, Arkwright and
the 5.000 employes, contains views
of the work at the following develop
mentis: Button. Mathias. Terrora.
Tußalo, Tallulah Falls and Yonah,
together with phntogi aphs of the
substations in ami around Atlanta.
THE ATLANTA TRI-WEEKLY JOURNAL
ANDERSON AGAIN
IN TOILS OF LAW
AS TERM EXPIRES
OSSINING, N. Y.. Dec. 24.—Re
leased from Sing Sing prison on
parole this morning after serving
nine months for third degree for
gery William H. Anderson, former
state superintendent .of the anti
saloon league, was arrested imme
diately on indictments charging
grand larceny and extortion.
Dressed in a gray suit and wear
ing a new gray hat and black over
coat, Anderson walked from the
prison at 10:15 o’clock, in the custody
of Detective Charles Kane, at
tached to the district attorney's office
in New York City. They'left at once
for New York City, where Anderson
was to be arraigned and bail fixed.
Anderson refused to make any
statement to the score of newspa
per reporters who were waiting at
the prison gate.
The warrants for Anderson’s arrest
were served on him in the prison
said. lie apparently was not sur
prised. According to prison em
ployes, Andersc'on accepted the $lO
which is always given to prisoners
on leaving Sing Sing. He wore his
own suit, nowuver, instead of the one
giv-*r; ti. dept" Ung prisoners.
55.000 BAIL FI KNISHED,
HE GOES HOME FOR HOLIDAY
NEW YORK, Dee. 24. — William
11. Anderson, released today from
Sing Sing on parole, was arraigned
here on four in ..Aments charging
extortion grand lar .
Ander. on’s bail was fixed at $5,-
000. This sum was furnished by a
surety company, lie tol l newspa
permen that he had no statement
to make.
Immediately after giving bail. An
derson left for his home f n Yonkers
where he will spend Christinas with
his family.
State Superintendent
Enjoined From Paying
Banks School $ 1,000
N. If. Ballard, state superintendent
of schools, Tuesday morning was en
joined in Fulton superior court from
paying SI,OOO to the Homer High
school, in Banks county, after a
hearing before Judge John D. Hum
phries on a petition signed by citi
zens of Banks and Jackson coun
ties. The petitioners allege that
the payment of funds to school, as
provided in a legislative act of 1919,
pertains only to standard four-year
high schools. The petitioners further
allege that the Homer High school
is not a standard institution.
Payment of funds to standard
schools in Georgia is provided for
in the Barrett-Rogers act of the
legislature of 1919, which provides
that funds to the extent of $200,000
shall be available to standard
schools, the money to come from the
rental of the Western and Atlantic
railway terminals in Chattanooga,
Tennessee.
According to the petition, the Ho
mer school does not meet the re
quirements set up by the act, and,
■ therefore, it would be illegal to pay
any ninny to the school from the
state treasury. A hearing on the
injunction will be held January 3.
The following citizens of Banks
and Jackson counties signed the
petition for injunction: M. C. San
der, J. M. Eberhardt, J. T. Hale, P.
K. Boone and M. L. Payne. The pe
titioners were represented by At
torney E. C. Stark, of Thomas, Ga.
Coastal Highway
Commission Names
Savannahian Head
SAVANNA El, Ga., Dee. 24.—The
ten men appointed by the county
commissioners of Chatham, Bryan
Liberty, Mclntosh and Camden, as
sembled in Savannah Tuesday morn
ing to be sworn in as members of the
hoard for the building of a perma
nent coastal highway from the
Savannah river to Florida.
This board is composed of Uarvev
Granger, Carl Mendel, Porter Pier
pont and Frank Battey. of Chatani
county: .Julius Morgan, of Bryan: A.
F. Winn, of Liberty; W. E. Wil
Hams, of .Mclntosh; A. O. Townsend
and It. L. Phillips, of Glynn, and Dr
A. K. Swift, of Camden.
'l’he first order of business at
Tuesday's meeting was the reading
of the governors' proclamation for
the establishment of the political
zone composed of the five Georgia
coastal counties. This zone will com
pose a south Georgia zone of suffi
cient taxable value to be bonded for
the construction of the highway.
The individual certificates of nomi
nation for the members of the board
were presented, and members were
sworn in by Judge Peter W. Wei
drim, of the superior cougt.
Uarvev Granger was elected
chairman of the commission, and I'
C. Battey, secretary. They are both
of Savannah.
No Poison in Viscera
Os Wife of Accused
Birmingham Doctor
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Dee. 24.
Not a trace of poison was found in
the viscera of Mrs. Anne Lou Ed
wards by B. B. Ross, state chemist,
according to a report made to So
licitor Ben Perry and made public
here today.
Mrs. Edwards was mysteriously
slain in her home on December 2.
Dr. George T. Edwards, husband of
the woman, is tinder indictment
charged with murder.
The examination was for “th'
more important
and metallie.’' the report said. It
also embraced tests for chloroform
and veronal.
Embalming fluid and the elapsed
time between death and the date of
the examination made the work of
the chemist difficult, he stated,
“militating against detection of
some poisons, notably chloroform."
The examination was made at tile
I request of the solicitor who ob
tained consent of the woman s fam
i t!y. Exhumation of the body at
■ Montgomery fifteen days after tht
woman's ih-atlt was shrouded in
, erect. At the time of the killing, it
i was stated the woman died from
' effects of a blow on the head aftei
'an anaesthet.e had been given her.
; Reports reaching the solicitor that
the woman might have been jhv’i
soned were said to have caused tn
.-late’s action tn the matter.
Rockefeller Arrives
At Ormond Beach, Fla.
DAYTONA. Fla, Dee. 24—John
D. Rockefeller. Sr. capitalist ami
philanthropist, arrived at his win
ter home at Ormond Beach Tues
[ d.iv night. He was ia v excellent
, spirit-. ..nd - d he was glad to be
I in F'“i:-lt .win. He exjiecis to
■es J,,.. 1:- ■< ’ eight holes of golf
■m the Ormond v'urse.
COOLIDGE PLURALITY
IS LARGEST EVER IN
PRESIDENTIAL RACE
WASHINGTON, Dec. 24.—(8y the
Associated Press). President Cool
idge received 15,718,789 of the 28.-
920,070 votes cast for the three lead
ing presidential candidates in the
November election. His two prin
cipal opponents. John W. Davis and
Robert M. La Follette, received, re
spectively 8,378,962 and 4,522,319
votes. •
These official returns, complete
from all sections of the country, give
Mr. Coolidge the largest plurality
ever recorded for a candidate - 7,-
339,827, or 334,980 mote than War
ren G. Harding's plurality in 1920.
The llaiding count of 16,152,000,
however, was greater by 433,411
than h's successor's because the to
tal vote four years ago was shared
in the main by only one other lead
ing Candidate—James M. Cox.
Expressed in percentages, the
Coolidge vote represented 54.4 per
cent of the total of the three lead
ing candidates, while Davis received
29.0 per cent and l.t Follette It>-G
per cent. Harding received 61.6 per
cent of the votes cast for all candi
dates in 1920 and Cox 34.9 per cent,
while in 1912 Taft was given 25.1
per cent; Wilson, 45.2 and Roose
velt. 29.6.
The popular vote in November,
including ballots not listed in the
Coolidge, Davis or La Follette col
umns, reached a total approximately
2,500,000 higher than the 26.711,183
cast in 1920, despite that eighteen
states, most of them in the south,
cast fewer votes this year than they
piled up in the Harding-Cox contest.
The Davis total was 768,391 less
than the 9,147,353 received by Cox,
while La Follette's wa
greater than mat of Tneodore Roos
evelt in 1912 when he headed the
last preceding strong third ticket.
La Follette’s strength, however, was
so widely scattered that he is cred
ietd with only one state —Wisconsin
—with 13 votes —in the electoral col
lege, while Roosevelt received 88
electoral votes and ranked second
to Wilson.
The complete official returns from the
November presidential election are as fol
lows;
I.a Foi
st ate—• Coolidge. Davis. lette.
Alabama 45,006 112,966 8,084
Arizona < 30,481 26.231 17,148
Arkansas 40,393 84,823 13.169
Cali f orn ia 733,250 105,5 11 121.619
Colorado 193,956 75.238 69,903
Conned unit •• .. 246,322 110.181 42.4’6
Delaware 52.441 33,445 4.917
Florida 30,633 62.08.”* 8.625
Georgia. 30,300 123,200 12,691
Idaho 69,789 21,256 54,160
1i1in0iK1,453.321 576,975 432.027
Indiana 703.042 492,217 71,678
lowa, ... 537,635 162,600 272,243
Kansu s 407,671 156,319 98,461
Kentucky 398,966 374.855 38,159
Louisiana 24.670 93,218 •
Maine 138.410 41,961 11,382
Maryland 162,414 1 15,072 46,157
Massachusetts ... 703,476 2SO,8::1 14 1.227
Michigan 871.400 151.600 121.200
Minnesota 420,756 55,913 3”.9,192
Mississippi 8.370 100,478 3,401
Missouri 650,283 572.753 81,160
Montana .. .. .. 74,138 33.805 lil.itr,
Nebraska 218,.">85 137,289 Wti.TSt
Nevada 11.243 .">,!)0!» >«,.V>!I
New Hampshire. . 100,078 57.576 '.1.200
New Jpiscv .. .. 675.162 2!)7.743 108,<101
New Mexico 54.470 48(473 IL2IB
New Y0rk1,820,05.8 II50.7!ll> 471.905
North Carolina .. 191,7.53 281.270 6.651
North- Dakota ... 91.931 13.858 89,865
0hi01.176.100 477.888 357.9 is
Oklahoma 225.917 255.815 15.841
Oregon 1 12.579 <7.589 68,463
Pennsylvania ....1,401,181 409.192 307.567
Rhode Island ... 125,286 76,606 7,628
South Carolina .. 1.123 49.008 620
South Dakota ... 100.420 26. 71.668
Tennessee 131.061 158.537 10,47;:
Texas 128.210 478,125 42.511
Ctaliw.. 77.381 47 t O6l 32.671
Vermont 80. 198 19.121 5,943
Virginia 72.962 139,717 10.369
Washington .. .. 220.221 12.812 150.727
West Virginia . . 288,63.5 257.232 36.723
Wisconsin 311.61! 68.096 z453,67s
Wyoming 41.858 12,868 25.174
•Louisiana, 4.06’3 votes ••scattering,” mosr
of which intended for La Follette.
/Wisconsin. La Follette’s plurality, 1 12-
161.
Totals Coolidge, 15.718.789; Davis, 8,-
378,962; La Follette. 4.822,319.
Chicago’s ‘Prettiest Girl’
Is Killed by Truck
CHICAGO. Dec. 24.—Angelita
Cuccinello, chosen a year ago out
of 10.000 as Chicago’s most beauti
ful girl, was identified last night
in a morgue a? the woman killed
carlier in the day by a skidding
truck while on her way to work.
HAMBONE’S MEDITATIONS
By J. P. Alley
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1. Cat's cry.
4. What you do in a hammock.
9. Droop.
12. A constellation.
13. One who partakes of food.
11. Frozen water.
15. Able to have.
17. A poem.
19. Untrammeled.
20. Small shoot of a tree.
21. Exchange of goods for money.
23. A metal.
26. Summils. <
27. To come out.
28. How a cockney says ham.
29. Just supposin'.
30. Recall.
31. Artful; crafty.
37. Garden of ——.
38. Smile contemptuously.
39. Very .small particle.
41. Not closed.
43. Severities.
45. What you steer a ship. with.
48. Part of the verb to be.
49. Gets the better of.
51. Before.
52. cent.
53. Slush.
54. Affectionate father.
5 ERTICAL
2. A Dutch garden plot.
1. European gull.
3. A wide, flat cake you eat for
breakfast.
4. Wither.
5. People who wade.
6. A pronoun.
7. Lie snugly.
8. Increase in size.
9. One who sings.
10. Tops the king.
11. Come in possession of.
16. Native metals.
18. A river in Egypt.
21. Frighten.
22. Equipped with firearms.
21. Nimble.
25. To put off.
31. Sea n t.
32. A preposition.
33. A gill.
31. Games.
35. Bereft of blood.
36. Cared for.
40. Globes.
42. Shove.
43. Gentle knock.
41. Anger.
46. Age.
47. A color.
50. As.
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Bishop Ainsworth
Dedicates Methodist
Church in Montezuma
MONTEZUMA. Ga.. Dec. 24.
Bishop W. N. Ainsworth, Sunday
preached the dedicatory sermon;
marking the opening of the new
Methodist church here.
Bishop Ainsworth was pastor of
| the church 31 years ago. A large
audience, comprising all the de
nominations in the city at..! many
visitors from neighboring towns,
, was present.
1 In presenting the church to the
bishop on behalf of the stewards.
J lie Felton paid tribute to Yanc'
Hill, member of the budding com
mittee. who died recently. Othe;
members of the building commitfee'
are Jule Felton. T. A. Dixon. Watt
Espy and Ed M. McKenzie.
Former pastors of the church, wh e
had a part in its erection, are Rev.
Guyton Fisher. Rev. Robert Kerr,
Rev. W. K. Dennis. Rev. J. B
Johnson and Rev. E. M. Overby
Rev. M. R. Heflin is the present
pastor.
A special musical program. unde>
the direction of Mr--. F. M. Mulino,
organist, was a feature of Sunday’*-:
> serxiee.
HOW TO SOLVE THE PUZZLE
Each number in the diagram
indicates the beginning of a word,
reading either vertically or hori
zontally. The same number in
some bases begins both a vertical
and a horizontal word. The defi
nitions of the words to fill the
diamgram are given in the lists
labeled HORIZONTAL and VER
TICAL, with numbers showing
where to start the words in the
diagram. To see how many let
ters each word has, count the i
white spaces until you come to
a black square. If you have put
in the correct words, they should
all agree, horizontally ad verti
cally, with the definitions, and
you have solved the puzzle cor
rectly.
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WEEHAUKEN 01105
JERSEY CITY, N. J.. Dec. 24.—Al
'niost one-third of the personnel of .
the Weehawken police force is un
der indictment today, in connection
with the operations of the alleged
bootlegging ring in that city, as the I
result of the indictment yesterday
by the Hudson county grand jury of
Captain John Dillon and Lieut. Ed
ward John Kirk on charges oft mal
feasance. Os the fourteen persons
thus far indicted, eleven are mem-!
Iters of the Weehawken police de
partment.
The finding of t,rue bills against
the police officers, the raiding of
forty seven alleged saloons in Jer
sey City and Newark by federal
agents from New York city and the
charge made bj r Samuel Wilson, as
sistant superintendent of the Anti-
Saloon League of New Jersey, that
there are a “few hundred open sa-
■ loons here” furnished the high lights
lof the prohibition enforcement situ-
I ation yesterday.
Captain Dillon and Lieut. Ktrk
were charged with responsibility
for the alleged disappearance of a
truck load of liquor in front of the
Weehawken police station Novem
ber 20. The truck was captured by
Alfred R. Ransom, a federal piohi
bition agent, who is said to have |
testified that the liquor thereon was ■
j removed while he was telephoning
n the station house.
The raids in Jersey City and New-
I ark were made under the direction
j of Actiing Divisional Director W. 1-1 J
Walker, of New York city. His
agents invaded New Jersev without j
the knowledge of Adrian G. Cham-i
i berlain, New Jersey prohibition di-|
| rector, it was said. Director Walker |
I said that Jersey City "apparei.tly |
I did not know there was such a law j
' a.s the Volstead act” and t hat yester- ;
I day's raids were but the beginning
of a series which will take place in '
this section of the state.
David J. Allen, former ass'stant ■
purchasing agent of the Atlanta
! federal penitentiary, and John J.
Coyle, former Hudson county as-i
semblyman, were held in SIO,OOO
bill each, for extradition to Sehenec- ,
: tady, N. Y., on charges of larcen.v '
They are alleged to have obtained
■ from RoCco Beretta $6,300 on the
promise to obtain the release of 630
cases of l.quor from a New York
warehouse. /
Rondout Case Witness
Held for Federal Jury
CHICAGO. Dec. 24.—As a result
of his testimony in behalf of James
Murray, one of the Rondout mail I
robbet y conspirators who was con- I
victed, George C. Dickinson Tuesday
was held to the federal grand jury on
■ charges of conspir.tc.v to violate the I
prohibition iaw. He testified that
the day before the robbery Murray I
had sent him to St. Louis to meet a
mtn named J. I>. Doyle about a|
whiskj’ deal. Murray is serving 25
tears in Atlanta prison for the rob-|
bery conspiracy. Doyle never has
been apprehended.
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1921.
H POSTIL FIITES
WEOIT PIPERS.
PUBIISHCBE
I WASHINGTON, Dec. 24. AI
charge that the postoffiee depart-I
merit's cost ascertainment report j
was especially aimed at newspapers;
and periodicals was made Wednes
day before the senate postoffice sub
committee by Arthur J. Baldwin,
president of the National Publish
ers’ association.
Appearing at public hearings to
oppose the $10,Out),000 advance in
second class mail rates under the]
administration bill to take care of I
pay raises for postal employes, Bald- |
win said Joseph Stewart, who had j
charge of the compilation of the r<2- i
port, had an obsession that the sec-I
end class mail was a big burden on
the department.
“I think." he said, “this report is
framed with one specific thing in
mind, to show that the enormous
cost in the postoffice is in the han
dling 'of second class mail matter."
I’or Fainter, Not Publisher
Referring to the rural free deliv- j
ery charge against periodicals, Balti- '
win said congress established this
: service not for the benefit of the
publishers, but of the farmers. This
service costs approximately SIOO,-
000.000 a year.
“That $100,000,000 should be re
garded as an appropriation for the
relief of the rural population,” he
-said.
Baldwin' said he was not present
to say that the increase in the sal
aries of postal employes is not jus
tified and merited.
“I am here to say,” he declared,
“that as far as the method of rais
ing it is concerned, it is wrong'.”
Before Baldwin took the stand, F.
11. Sigsby, representing the account
ing firm of Ernst & Ernst, which i
made a recheck of the report, de
fended the document.
Defended by Investigator
“It is our opinion,” he said, “that
the data obtained for the purpose
can be considered adequate and that
it has been used in accordance with
the best established practices ob
served in obtaining similar results in
commercial enterprises. The report
I of the cost committee reflects a fair
'and reasonably accurate approxima-
J tion of the relative revenues and ex
penditures applicable to the several
classes of mail and special service.”
Like the American Newspaper
Publishers’ association, Baldwin’s
orga-nizat ion protested against the
short time given for the publishers
to argue on the cost ascertainment
report. Chairman Moses interrupt
ed to say that he regarded some of
the conclusions in the report with
"great skepticism."
Baldwin disagreed with some com
mitteemen that the postoffice de
partment should be self-sustaining,
lie declared it should not be so as
long as congress decreed that it
should handle free matter for other
departments, should carry literature
for the blind without charge, and
perform other services at a loss.
Not Logical, He Says
“There is nothing logical or
equitable in that arrangement.” he
said. “Congress provides for this
set vice, and then says that the other
classes pay for it."
Baldwin also disagred with the ex
perts that the cost of handling each
piece of mail should be based on
time and not on weight or bulk. He
asserted that it must cost more to
handle an 80-pound parcel post
package than a newspaper.
Baldwin discussed the section of
ti e report showing a loss of only
$4,600,000 on handling magazines,
other than scientific and religious
works, which takes a free preferen
tial rate.
“1 have heard it stated in con
gress." he said, “that the Saturday
Evening Post alone enjoys a subsidy
from the government of $25,000,000.
This report shows that the loss on
that magazine, the Woman's Home
Companion and the hundreds of
! other magazines is less than $5,000,-
I 000. 1 am glad the department
j finally has nailed the falsehood re
garding the Saturday Evening Post.”
Turning Away From .Mails
“It was disclosed .that some of the
large magazines are getting away
: from the use of the mails.
| “Do you think our publishers are
approaching the situation in Eng
land where there are no mail sub
' scription lists because of mail rates?"
I asked Chairman Moses.
“Yes in the case of magazines of
I large circulation/’
Chairman Moses expressed the
opinion that the practice now of
some magazines to ship large num
bers of copies by freight for re-entry
into postoffices in states other than
that of publication is subversive of
: the spirit of the second-ciass law
privileges. This practice, he added,
is to escape the zone charge.
Determined to have a posetai rate
increase bill out before the senate
'gets to a vote early next month on
I the president’s veto of the postal sal
ary increase bill, the joint congres
sional committee drove forward with
hearings on the measure. Additional
officials of the postoffiee department
and others were called to explain
further the rate increases,
Knights Templar Services
JACKSON, Ga., Dec. 24.—Members
;of Alexius commandery, No. 22,
Knights Templar, attended services
lat the First Baptist church in a
body Sunday morning. The pastor,
l Rev. J. S. Hartsfield, himself a
Knights Templar, preached a spe
> cial sermon to the Sir Knights. I
■ Members of Alexius commandery I
will meet in their asylum Thursday i
morning at 11 o'clock for the annual
i 'hristmas observan<-e.
[GWEIBW
OD POISOK ffI ! RGE ;
! fiECIPW IS HE
COLUMBIA, Mi.-s.. Dec. 21—Mrs
, Hilma Barnes Ensminger was ar
rested here today and held for au-
Ithorities of Olean, New York, where
' she is wanted on charges of at
tempted murder of Miss Harriet Mo
sier; Miss Mosier is said to have be
come seriously ill from poisoned
candy alleged to have been received
from Mrs Ensminger.
Mrs Ensminger will be held pend
ing arrival of the warant 1 <r her de
-1 tention issued by Olean authorities.
| Mrs. Ensminger denied the charge
| of sending poison candy to Olean.
‘WOMAN DEMES DOX
| (OXTAINED ANY POISON
| A warrant charging attempted
murder was issued yesterday in the
New Y’oik City for Mrs. Hilda Ens
minger, of Columbus.
Mrs. Ensminger, the second wife
of George E. Ensminger, profes
sional golfer, reiterated her state
meat today that- the candy was made
at her home by herself and a cook
and th;it it contained no poison. She
admitted the presence of rat poison
in the kitchen but she said she was
positive none of the substance got in
the candy. \
The package was sent to George*
E. Ensminger. Jr., son of a divorced
wife of Ensminger, and in addition
to the candy, contained other arti
cles and a Christmas card. Ens
minger’s former wife and the boy
reside at the Mossier address.
IBUY SELL '
Classified advertisements In The Ttl-Weekly Journal can he used by our
readers to sell anything useful to others and to buy many things they need,
j Oftentimes things are offered for less than market price.
The rate for this advertising Is 60 cents a line t.r a week—three Issues, be
ginning luesday. Six usual words are counted as a line. Two lines Is the
smallest ad used.
Send ybur ad with payment to reach us by Saturday.
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CI.EUKS. Kailwa.v Mail,
Experience unnecessary. For free particulars
coaching, write B Terry (Formerly Civil Service
Examiner), ll>9 Barrister Bldg.. Wasliingtoii.
If. C.
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MEN v-anti .g positions Bremen, brakemen, col
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applica ion blank; experience unnecessary, first
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Railway institute Dept. 33. Indianapolis. Ind.
MEN. WOMEN. IS up. Get 11. S. Governnie
life positions, 895.00 to 8192 month. Steady
work. No lay offs. Paid vacation. Work pleas
ant. Short hours. Pull Unnecessary. Candi
dales coached. Common education sufficient.
Full particulars free. Write, immediately. Frank
lin Institute. Dept. W-74. Rochester. N. Y.
EARN 82O~VEEKI.Y. HOME, ADDRESS
ING, mailing music, circtilare. Send I' l ' -
for muffle, information. A. J. Ryback As
sociation, Oak Park, 111.
Al.I. men.- women, boys, girls. 17 to 65 will
ing to accept government positions. 8117-
$260, traveling or stationary, write Mr.
Ozment. 164 St. Louis, Mo., immediately.
GIRLS-WOMEN. Learn gown making at borne
Earn $25 week. Sample lessons free. Franklin
institute. Dept. W-510. Rochester N. Y.
_ WANTJK I e _NTS
1.1 VIC wire salesmen to join our jirosperous
sales force. Earn $75 to $125 weekly from the
dart—selling the biggest and fastest selling tai
loring line. Set your own profit on cacti sale,
300 all-wool fabrics retailing from $22.50 to
$45.00. Satisfaction guaranteed. Experience
helpful but not necessary—we teach you. Write
for big line today. Ambitious men can become
district managers. Address Sales -Managci, F. E.
Thompson. Box 4s.'>. Chicago. Illinois.
NO DELL TIMES SELLING FOOD. People
must eat. Federal distributors make big mon
ey; $3,000 yearly and up. No capital or experi
•ce needed; guaranteed sales; unsold goods may
be returned. Handsome $15.00 sample ease
rent mi Unit. FREE SAMPLES to cutomers.
Repeat orders sure. Exclusive territory. Ask
now! FEDERAL PURE FOOD CO.. N. 2311
Archer, ( Imago.
S3OO a montli to distribute everyday household
necessity in rural and small town districts. No
money needed. Million dollar firm behind it.
Wiite lor particulars and state territory desir
ed. O C. JOHNSON. 612 North BroaJ Si..
I’iiiladeiphia. Pa -
St >A I' AGENTS WANTED to sell our big line
of products. Sample case lurnisbed free. Write
tor terms and particulars. THE LINRO COM
PANY, Dept. 173, St. Louis, Mo.
)VE PAY SSO A WEEK and expenses and
give a Ford Auto to niett to introduce
poultry and stock compounds. Imperial 30..
D-,56, [‘arsons. Kas.
AGENTS—Son.ctliing new. Wonderful invention.
Ford owners wild over it. Distributors profit
300 per cent. Thirty day trial offer. Write
A 11. SUPER. 1304. Fonduiac. Milwaukee. Wis.
AGENTS—Be independent, make big profit with
onr soar,. to’Ji't articles and hpnsebold ne
cessit cs. Gel free simple case offer. Ho Ro-
Co. 2735 D->d er St l.otlis Mo.
IJET OUR FREE SAMPLE CASE— Toller
articles, perfume* end apeclalties. Won
derfiiLy profitable. La Derma Co.. Dept.
L’.l. St l.onis. Mo.
WE START MID WITHOUT A DOLLAR. Soaps.
Extracts. Perfumes. Toilet Goods. Experi
ence unnecessary. Carnation Co.. Dept 240. St
Lnuia
FRUIT IREES for sale. Agents wantev
Ooncnr.l •’orseriea Dept 2(1 ronoord d’
WA X Ti :i)—SA LESME X
FKf 'rifrFf SA LESMEN -"T’rofitalTlc, pleas-
anr. i ermanent work. Good side "line for
fai iHer c . teachers and others. Concord Nurseries.
Jicpt. 20. Concord. <*a.
HiGKWE CHICKS Standard Egg Bred. Post
paid I.eghorHF, Rocks. Reds, Anconas. Or
r'!i»st</ii«. Wynadottes. Moderate price*’. 61 ,
|.' •’-* Cat. free. DIXIE POULTRY FARMS
| J»is n i n TT Texas.
; QUALITY CHICKS. Fourteen Standard Bred
Varieties; i.-est winter laying strains; free <!♦•-
. li pr . moderate pricM. 61 page catalog free
I Mi« ouri Poultry Farms, Columbia, Missouri.
Cobb Board Authorizes
Dixie Highway Paving
In Acworth Section
CARTERSVILLE, Ga., Dec. 24.
' According to information reaching
I here from Acworth, the Cobb county
commissioners have authorized the
pavinu of from four to six miles
of the I'i'-ie highway, the work to
start at the Bartow county line,'one
mile west of Acworth, and go south
ihri ugh that town. All papers of
the contract have been signed, it is
understood. The federal government
wh: pa'- > ne-half the expense, the
state highway department one-fourth
and Cobb county onc-fourt-h, the Ut
ter principally in convict/labor.
The work is to begin early in the
spring. It is also expected that an
other stretch of pa.ving will begin at
the southern limits of Cartersville,
and go south for a distance of four
to six miles, and later this will be
extended to connect with the Cobb
county project.
When this work is completed a
paved highway to Atlanta will be an
accomplished fact. North of Carters- ;
ville another project is to be started
January 1. and this is believed to be
but a beginning of a paved road
to Rome. When that is finished,
inotoi’J.sts may travel from the-Floyd
cuuiity capital to Atlanta on a paved
highway—and officials who say they
know what they are talking about,
are confident this will be consum
mated within the next two years,
at the outside.
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«• J> R ai. e—mi LLANE« >D S
HOMESPI N 'JOBACUQ —Chewing, live pounds.
' SI..11; ten, 82.5 U; twenty, $4.50. Smoking.
live pounds. VSE 25; ten. $2.00; twenty, $3.50. Pipe ■
Hee. .Money buck if not satisfied. UNITED TO
BACCO GROWERS. PADUCAH. KY.
GOODS on credit, 50-50 plan. Champion ItiiT
oient, tea, pills and salve are big sellers.
Write now so agency. Champion Liniment Co.,
Lls-.I fine St,. St. Louie, s
HEAVY FRUITER—3 bales an acre, earliest cot-
lon 40 bolls weigh pound. 45 per cent lint, won
den ill volton. Write lor sneciai prices. Vandiver
seed < ornpanv, Lavonia, Ga.
TOBACCO postpaid, guaranteed Inst ted leaf,
> lbs.. $1.5;; io lbs.. $2.80; smoking. 20c lb.’
Mark Hamlin, Sharon. Tenn. ,
SAW MILLS, shingle mills, edgers. A. A.
Ib'l.oiii-li Co., Atlanta, Ga,
MAGICAL GOODS Novelties. Lodestone,
Herbs. Curds, Dice, Books. Catalog Free,
G. Smythe Co.. Newark. M<>.
, LARGE acreage frost proot ( airbage plants- 75«.
I,tnm, collect, Quitman Plant Co. Quitman, Ga.
NEW Army McClellan Saddles $4.85 each. South
ern Warehouses, Rockmart, Georgia
personaT
I LADIES work nt home, pleasant, easy sew
ing on ymir mnehine. Whole or part. time. /
Bighost iMissilde prices paid. For full in- >
formation address 1.. Jones, Box 155 Ol
ney. 111.
M'G’.S EARLY IMPROVED COTTON-JJwS
( no days. Gets ahead of weevil. Special price* on
tlu-se fine seed for next 3.1 days. Write today lor
LilYi; Cotton Seed Co., Lavonia. Ga.
. FOR -NTS
' MH.I,IONS frost proof cabbage plants now
" ready. All leading varieties collect, SI.OO
PT thousand. Satisfaction guaranteed.
W. W. W illiams, Quitman, Ga.
r MILLIONS frost-proof cabbage plans, now
ready, all .ending varieties, $1 per thou
sand. Satisfaction guaranteed. W. \V.
Williams. Quitman, C.a
, LARGE acreage, fine frost-proof cabling*
plants; al, leading varieties 75c tier 1,000.
Quitman Plant Co., Quitman. Ga.
' e KUDZU PLANTS—SI2.SO per thousand;
circular free. Kutizti Farms. Inc., Barnes- t‘
villc. Ga .
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FOR SALE—TREK*
* FRUIT TREKS—Many varieties. FiUesl
trees for imine orchard or market or
; chards. i.ow prices. Catalog, free. Agents
wanted. Concord Nurseries. Dept. 20. Con
cord.
e l’LA< J! TREJO 4 , ten cents up. Other nursery
p stock reasonable. Dyer Nursery, La
Fayette, Ga.
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ISTERED—A compTeliensive. experienced,
prompt service for the protection and develop
ment of your Ideas. Preliminary advice gladly
t furnished without vlintge. Booklet of Informa-
• tion and form for disclosing Idea free on request.
RICHARD B. OWEN, till Owen Bldg.. Washing
lon. D. C.
I .
INVENTORS should write for our guide book.
"How to Get lour Patent.” Tells terms and
methods. Send sketch for our opinion of pat
entable nature. Randolph & Co., Dept. 60. J
Washington. D. C. /
MEDICAL *' „
DROPSY TREATMENT
fdl< T T gives quick relief. Dis-
Etrt ' I tiesslul symptoms rspidlv
Vfe, 3* disappear. .Swelling and .
W short breath soon gone. Often |
entire relief 1n 10 days Never
In-aid of anything its eqtwrf
for dropsy. A trial treatment
-si-nt by mall absolutely FREE.
Hit. THOMAS E. GREEN
~ |. lx cll ATTSWORTH GA.
LEG SORES/
i Heale-l by ANTI-FI.AMMA—a soothing
antiseptic Poultice. Draws out poisons,
stop.- itching around sores and heals while
you work. Write today, describing case,
and get 1-TIEE SAMPLE. Bayles Dis
•ributing Co., 1820 Grand Ave., Kansaa
City, Mo.