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Pitts And Shute Cleared By Jury
Atlanta.—Homer Pitts and Ed
Shute, jointly indicted on a charge oi
assault with intent to murder j, C.
Thomas, were acquitted by a jury in
the criminal division of the, superior
court recently. On motion of Assistant
Solicitor E. A. Stephens the men were
tried only on a charge of assault.
The indictment and trial was the out¬
growth of a cutting affair near Lake
wood, when Thomas cut to death Fred
G. Thompson and slightly wounded
Pitta and Shute. Thomas was releas¬
ed by the grand jury after an investi¬
gation and Pitts and Shute were in
dieted. Pitts and Shute took the
stand and told practically the same
story of events on the night that
Thompson was killed. Then Mr.
Stephens announced that Thomas had
not testified to any attack on him
with a pistol or deadly weapon, the
defendants could not be convicted ot
any offense more serious than assault
under the evidence, and that the state
would agree to the court so instruct¬
ing the. jury.
Weston Yotes $20,000 School Bonds
Weston.—The Weston school dis¬
trict, in Webster county, Ga., has
voted a $20,000 bond issue for the pur
pose of building a brick schoolhouse
at Weston. The election was almost
unanimously carried. The bonds will
be ready for sale and delivery within
less than 30 days, and the trustees
expect to have the work of erecting
the school building begin immediately
after the sale of the bonds are made.
Bond Issue Voted In Vidatia Election
Vidalia.—'The election here upon the
proposed issue of bonds in the sum
of $B0,Q00 to secure funds whereby
the sewerage system of Vidalia might
be improved was carried here recent¬
ly by balloting which lacked but a
few votes of being unanimous. About
200 women cast their first vote in this
election, which afforded the first op
portunity of voting to women of the
section. The balloting was conducted
in the city hall.
Clean-Up Campaign Begun In Cordele
Cordele.—The mayor and city coun¬
cil have begun the spring campaign
for a cleaner and more sanitary city.
They have called upon the residents
of the city to join in the clean-up drive
by removing all trash from their back
yards and lawns. Mayor J. Gordon
Jones lias issued a call to all prop¬
erty owners to begin with the city and
keep up the campaign for a more sani¬
tary city, in keeping with Cordele’s
past record for cleanliness.
Crute Drowned In Macon Park
Macon.—Emil Crute, aged 20 years,
assistant pressman for The Macon
Telegraph, was drowned at Lakeside
Bark recently, in spite of heroic efforts
by J D. McGee, a stereotype?* land
Elina Patton, an employee of the park,
to save him. Just before diving into
the water. Crute had been eating green
peaches, and this is believed to have
had something to do with his drown¬
ing, for he was considered a good
swimmer, and was a young man of
powerful physique. In the struggle
for rescue of the drowning man, both
McGee and Patton were pulled under
the water and came near losing their
own lives, but managed to ureak lose
and were dragged from the water by
O. E. Reddy, manager of the park.
Woman Drowns While In Bath Tub
Atlanta The dead body of Mrs.
Rex Huffman was found in a bathtub
in her home at 207 Grant street recent¬
ly. She had apparently been drowned
half an hour before relatives found
her. Fumes from a small gas heater
beside the bath tub may have caused
her to lose consciousness and slip
under the water, or she may have had
an attack of faintness while bathing.
As soon as her body was found an
ambulance was called and she was
hurried to Grady hospital. Efforts
to revive her were continued there for
some time without avail. The body
was removed from the hospital to the
undertaking rooms of H. M. Patterson.
Two Atlanta Men Airplane Victims
I Atlanta.—Charles Ernest McCul
lough, 4a years old, formerly of At¬
lanta, was killed in Oklahoma City,
j 1 •Okla., wreck, recently iu an aeropplane
according to word received by
■ his brother-in-law R. D. Barksdale,
who works at II Decatur street. Mr.
McCullough was well known in Atlanta
prior to his departure from the city
some fifteen years ago. At the time
of his death he was manager of the
Cotton Products Brokerage company
with offices in Oklahoma City. For
several years he had been an aviation
enthusiast, and he was en route as a
passenger from Fort Sill to Oklahoma
City when the accident occurred. The
plane was being piloted by an army
sergeant.
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! Bright Pecan Outlook
j Thomasvllle.—Pecan growers state
j that prospects are good for a fine
! crop of nuts here this season, as small
j nuts are beginning to show up well
j and trees seem quite full. With the
i croJ> eut !ast }oar t!l <? unusually
wet weather that prevailed so long.
growers are hoping to be able to
realize good returns from the crop this
year.
First Baptist Church Holds Centennial
Augusta.—The Centinnial program
of the First Baptist church, in pro¬
gress hero, began recently and was at
tended by one of the largest crowds in
the history of the 100-year-old house
of worship. The church was dedicat¬
ed 100 years ago Friday. Dr. Arch C..
Cree, of Atlanta, secretary of the
j Georgia Baptist convention, and Dr.
Rufus W. Weaver, of Macon, president
of Merce University, delivered addres
ses. Music and responsive reading to
get her with the addresses consumed
the services
STATE INCOME TAX
IS RECOMMENDED
STATE TAX COMMISSION REPORT
FAVORS INCOME TAX LEVIED BY
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
STATE NEWSJF INTEREST
Brief News Items Gathered Here And
There From All Sections Of
The State
Atlanta.—An income tax for the
state of Georgia, to be levied by con¬
stitutional amendment, is one of the
recommendations contained in the an¬
nual report of H. J. Fullbright, state
tax commissioner, which was com¬
municated recently to Comptroller
General William A. Wright. General
opinion of experts, Mr, Fullbright
maintained, establishes the income
tax as most satisfactory of all.
“I -wish to urge that an amendment
to the constitution be proposed au¬
thorizing the legislature to levy an in¬
come tax,” he said. "Students of tax¬
ation everywhere are coming more
and more to agree that the income tax
is the most satisfactory yet tried, in
that it more nearly meets the two
fundamental principles that should
underlie all taxes, than any other
method, first of contributing to the
government in accordance with the
resulting benefits, and second, in
keeping with ability to pay.”
The recommendation is made as
the first step toward a policy of taxing
local property for local purposes
alone, and other property for state
revenue. A study of the tax problem,
Mr. Fullbright explained, has convin¬
ced him that such a policy is the
most nearly ideal.
Call Firemen Wanted By Manager
Atlanta.—Call firemen are wanted
by City Manager P. P. Pilcher, of
Decatur, to relieve the town of the
expense of maintaing its present force
of professional firemen, recruited tern
porarlly to fill the vacancies caused
by the wholesale exodus of the fire
fighters recently. Five firemen and a
chief are constantly on duty now, Mr.
Pilcher explained, and it is planned
to replace most of them with call men,
who will be paid only when attending
fires and drills. In this manner it is
hoped to keep the expenses of the de¬
partment with in the budget appro¬
priation, in spite of the emergency
caused by the walk-out of the force.
The firemen quit after a dispute with
the city manager.
Halts Jail Delivery
Juliette .—A jail delivery was
narrowly averted recently at Monroe
county jail by Sheriff Robert Btttick
when he hoard a peculiar noise in the
upper story of the jail. He found
that some prisoners had almost sawed
one of the Iron bars to the cells in
to and found several hack saws con¬
cealed. He has been unable to learn
which of the prisoners were making
efforts to escape.
A. B. & A. Explosion Laid To Negroes
Fitzgerald.—To consider the cases
of two negroes arrested recently
charged with complicity in the alleged
dynamiting of the Atlanta, Itirmiug
hum and Atlantic railway track near
Fitzgerald recently, the lien Hill grand
jury will be called into special session,
it was stated by Sheriff E. H. Dor
miney. The two negroes, both of
whom are said to he former employees
of the Atlanta, Birmingham and At¬
lantic railroad, were arrested on evi¬
dence secured by Detective Waggoner,
of the Pinkerton agency, according to
Sheriff Dorminey. The sheriff. Deputy
Gordon Roberts and Deputy Putnam
made the arrest.
Columbus Welcomes Circulation Men
Columbus.—The twenty-third annual
session of the International Circula¬
tion Managers’ association convened
here recently with President W. L.
Argue, of Toronto. Canada, presiding.
Addresses by local men, extending the
welcome of the city occupied the re
cent session. Colonel Paul B. Malone,
assistant commandant of the infantry
school, Camp Banning, extended r,
welcome to visiting newspaper men
on behalf of the military institution.
Negro Is Killed By Road Foreman
Rome.—T. N. Caldwell, foreman of
a construction gang on the Undale
road, shot and killed Will Robinson,
a negro, recently, after the negro, it
was stated, had attempted to take a
bag of money with which he was
going to pay negro workmen, and had
fired at Caldwell with a pistol. Cald¬
well killed the negro with a shotgun.
Cordele Planning For Curb Market
Cordele.—Plans for establishment
here of a curb market through which
people of Cordele and Crisp county
may co-operate in the sale of garden
products, chickens and eggs, butter,
milk and other products, will be dis
cussed at a mass meeting of women
here. The meeting will be held in
the Methodist church.
Americus Mills To Resume Crushing
Americus.—The Americus Cotton
OU mills, which have been shut down
during several weeks, will resume
^rushing and 15l> men. mostly negroes
will be given empployment. Prevail¬
ing stability of the oil market was
given as the cause for renewal of
activities. Cotton seed are now
moving steadily, mill operators assert,
and it is probable that the crushing
season will be continued all summer
I owing to the shutdown, during which
customary season repairs were in pro
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THE CLEVELAND COURIER, CLEVELAND, GEORGIA.
DECREE REVERSED
ON PAR CLEARANCE
SUPREME COURT DECISION CON
STITUTES VICTORY FOR
COUNTRY BANKS
VICTORY FOR GOVERNMENT
Both Rulings Of Great Interest In Tha
South—Many Atlantans Active
In Bank Hearing
Washington.—The United States Su¬
preme court rendered two decisions re¬
cently of paramount national import¬
ance, one ot which originated in the
courts of Georgia, and both of which
are of peculiar interest to the South.
In both cases the government of the
United States was the interested par¬
ty. It lost in one and won in the
other.
The first decision was in the cele¬
brated "Par Clearance Case,” in which
a number of Georgia state hanks that
are not members of the federal re¬
serve system sought to enjoin the fed¬
eral reserve hank of Atlanta from tak¬
ing steps to force collection of checks
drawn on such non-member hanks “ex¬
cept through the usual and ordinary
channels,” the federal .reserve hanks
claiming in its answer, one of the
principal purposes of the federal re¬
serve act being to establish par collec¬
tion of checks throughout the country.
Decrees of Georgia courts sustained
the claim of the federal reserve hank
and the decision of the Supreme court,
rendered on an appeal, reversed such
decrees, and thus declared in effect
that federal reserve banks have not the
right to insist on par collection of
checks drawn on non-member ki^ks.
This case was recently argued by
Randolph and Parker of Atlanta for
the .non-member banks. The charge
was made that, the federal reserve
bank was endeavoring by the scheme
to force non-member banks into the
reserve system.
The decision settles a similar issue
in every federal reserve district.
The other decision was a victory for
the government and involves hundreds
o fmfllion of dollars of revenue to the
treasury. It sustained the govern
tion that increased value of any capi¬
tal asset must be considered in cor¬
poration profits when taxes are com¬
puted.
The court's decision was given in
the appeal of LaBelle Iron works from
a ruling of the treasury that ore lands
purchased for $190,000 in 1904 iqust
be returned in the 1917 report at $10,
000,000 and a profits tax paid on the
difference. The opinion sustained this
ruling.
Til is decision is of tremendous in¬
terest in Georgia and Florida partic¬
ularly because of the large land and
timber syndicates in these states that
hold enormous acreages bought years
ago at nominal figures and held at
enormous valuation. And it is equally
as important, on smaller individual
scales, to all business and fee holding
interests in sections of enhancing val¬
uations.
Authority of the federal reserve
hank of Atlanta. Ga., to insist upon
par collection of checks drawn upon
non-member banks was at issue in
the suit brouhgt by more than 40
state banks of Georgia in conjunc¬
tion with the American Bank and
Trust company of Atlanta. The plain¬
tiffs insisted throughout the case, how¬
ever, that, behind this issue was an at¬
tempt of the federal reserve institution
to compel them to join the reserve
system.
An injunction was sought to restrain
the Atlanta reserve bank from collect¬
ing non-member checks in any man¬
ner “except through the usual and or¬
dinary channels through eorresponde
ent hanks and clearing houses.” It
was denied .and the case brought an
appeal to the Supreme court.
Milk Poured In Sewers To Boost Price
Chicago.—-Milk is poured into sew¬
ers and fed to hogs so as to keep
prices at the pre-war level, Russeil J.
Poole. Chicago's militant cost of liv¬
ing expert, declares in a report to his
j superior. Poole says milk is pelnti
ful. but is being tty-own away rather
j than allowed to enter the channels of
trade, which would cause prices to
drop. He blamed a combine ’’system”
! which he alleged fixed the prices farm¬
j ers must accept for milk.
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j j Brooklyn Printing Press Maker printing Dies
New York.—Oscar Roesen,
| ppress manufacturer, whose acquain¬
tance with publishers was world-wide
die drecently of heart disease in
Brooklyn. He was first vice president
! of R Hoe A: Co.
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j Hardtng Makes Address In New York
Washington.—President Harding
will address the Academy of Political
Science in New York on May 23. it
was announced at the White House
recentiy. The president may make
the trip on the Mayflower.
U. S- Writes Peru On Marconi Award
Washington.—Award by the Peru¬
vian government of a concession to
the Marconi Wireless Telegraph com¬
pany, limited, of London, for opera
j tion telegraphic of the Peruvian wireless, postal
; and services for a period
| of 25 years, has -been made the basis
for representations by the American
government. The American com¬
munications has not been made public
and state department officers declined
recently to discuss its contents. It
was learned, however, that it was not
in the form of a protest.
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