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RELATIVES AND
IDENTIFY DEAD BODIES
DANIELS AND RICHARDS
By Associated Press
Mer Rouge, Dec. 22.—Rela
tives and friends late tonight
partialyl identified the ho<lies of
two wire bound men recovered
from I-aFouhche lake as Watt
Daniels and Thomas Richards,
missing since kidnapped by
hooded men four months ago, it
was reported here tonight.
Buckles, bits of clothing and
other things had been recognized
by several "'ho viewed the bod
ies. The coroner announced that
an inquest would be held here.
Mer Rouge, Dee. 22. A company of
Alabama National Guards is speed
ing tonight into Morehouse parish
while the New Orleans machine gun
company is under orders to entrain
immediately to reinforce the company
of guardsman no"' in this section.
The troop movement followed re
covery today in the lake neat here
'•f the bodies of two 'itßW’Mfc***# 'to i
be victims of the hinsked, white fStfc'
ml nuvn last August.
The National Guard company rush
ed to Pooped Dak at about 2 o'clock
i hi- morning to investigate the re
ports the presence of men vending in
ilie water that was being explored
for the bodies 0 f two missing men
believed to have been the victims of
hooded men, returned here shortly af
ter S o'clock this morning.
Captain W. W. Cooper announced
that the men fired upon by th e guards
had disappeared and investigation af
tqr daylight failed to throw further
light, oil the purposes of their visit
to the body of water.
The theory was advanced that the
men were attempting to remove the
bodies of Watt Daniels and Thomas
Richards, and tbs, particular part of
the lake will be given special atten
tion by the explorers.
The entire National Guard com
pany which ha. been on duty here
while the lakes surrounding Mer
Rouge were dragged, iu jh'' search of
the bodies of two men who were kid
naped by a band of masked men on
August 21 last, and wno nave not been
seen since, was ordered to Cooper
i.ake early today when guards sta
tioned there discovered a number of
men moving about in the shallow wat
er of the lake and fired upon them
Eight men had been stationed at
cooper Lake, which "'as partially
dtagged yesterday. They had been
given instructions to fire on any per-
seen about the lake who ocould
not gike an account of themselves.
Shortly after 1 o’clock several me n
were seen some distance from the
shore, wading about in a shallow
spot.
They paid no attention to orders to)
surrender given by guardsmen, ac-|
i oriling to a report to the officers of :
the company here.'Several shots were
tired at them and the men disappear-j
e<!. It is believed tba t they made
their eseane in a boat through one'
■if the bayou s opening into the lake.,
Two of the guardsmen were sent!
to report t o headquarters here, mak
ing: the e ight-mile trip on foot, much;
of the way through swamps. They ar-l
rived at Mer Rouge s Ootl after 2j
o’clock. The entire militia company)
was a t once sent to the spot, making
.the trip as far as possible in motor
trucks.
Dp to 5 o’clock this morning no re- j
port had been received from thepjj
and it is believed here that they
awaited daylight before making an!
investigation.
Cooper Lake is s urrounded by dense
swamps and is in an inaccessible part
of Morehousp parish, and it has been
named as the spot where the bodies
of the two missing men. Major Watt
Daniels and Thomas Fletcher Rich
ards might possibly have hqgn thrown
by their kidnapers, aecorcSng to r-
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Atlanta. i ~J
The Mississippi IDiili,.•<!
ision has handed down a
creasing the exchange rate: of th
’Cumberland Telephone and Telegraph'
Company.
Most folks are bn'kinc
lions rates; of public
panics, if one might EBB&g I •<
talk uf the average
J-figy 'o.ki>pct ■and what (> uch.t
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cause naturally the folks are
looking f.>r increases, but on t.hoi^Hl
tran, if thine, can't go down
feel a bit. resentful if they so ui®
One thing was shown in Mississii
pi "’high applies more or loss to oth
er southern tales. There has not
been any cut in the salaries of the
hard-working telephone operators
and the cost of many items of mater
ials in telephone construction haven’t
vet been reduced one <ent; in fact- it
Was shown in Mississippi that some'
materials have advanced in price. So,
considering the cost of operation and
what. the Cumberland company
should earn on its investment th<
Mississippi body increased all ex
change rates, that is to say, the rent
al on business and residence tele
phones.
INVESTIGATING Kl K 1.1 N
ACTIVITIES ALDERMEN OE
CHICAGO RECEIVE WARNING
Chicago. Dec. 22.—Robert Muleahy.
Louis Anderson and C. S. Schwartz,
I aldermen, members of the committee
j to investigate the alleged Ku Klux ac
tivities in city affairs, announced to
night that they had received letters
.threatening their lives.
ports made by private detectives.
Divers worked at this lake several
hours yesterday and part of it was
dragged. Th e draggin was to have
been somplefed today. Department of
justice agents who are here are of
the opinion that an effort was made
to remove the bodies of the two men
by t.h e partiv which wa s seen at the
lake today.
The military company was accom
panied to Cooper Lake by a number
of citizens and also by agents of the
department of justice, wlm have been
stationed here.
A number of civilians who accom
pained file troops to Cooper Lake
early this morning returned to mer
Rouge after 6 o’clock and reported
that although a thorough search of
the lake shore had been made by
guardsmen, no sign had been found
of any one having entered the water
near the point "Rr"e tbe re
ported having seen a nttmbej of tiPn
wading about.
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General Shrimping
1:1111!- bus inosßpa.v s out fin^E^HS
terial $325,000 per year. In
to that for labor for jinking, etc..
517a.000 equal to $500,000 per year.
Total sales of $1,100,000. annually.
Brunswick Marine Construction
Corporation—This concern is work
ing average 00 men. SO jier cent skill
ed mechanics. Some are paid as S9O
p r week, time and overtime. Total
pay roll $1,500 to $2,000 per week
$91,000 annum. Have the largest
dock derrick south of Norfolk; 1,000
ton marine railway. In addition to
local boats they draw trade from Sa
vannah. Eornandina, Jacksonville and
other points.
Georgia Creosoting Plant— Turning
sap pines into that which is more:
lasting than heart pine. Value of out
put $1,000,000 per year and disburs
ing around SIO,OOO per week for for
est products, labor, freight, etc.
$520,000 per annum.
Georgia Veneer & Package Com
pany—Began 1910. 100 employees,
now 300 to 400. Original capital $35,-
;000, now $300,000. Owns timber
enough for 25 years at present rate.
Annual pay roll over $200,000 per
.Vear. Sales one half billion. Entire
motor power. Will be electricity by
end of month, conceded best equipped
plant of its kind in south.
Hercules Powder Company —Km-
- plovees. 1 75. Payroll, * ’,.>0,000
year. Large force in the woods. Oon
. siderable of payroll finds it- "at" 1
Brunswick. Pays more than $15,000
taxes. Produces 7,000 barrel.- rosin,
50,000 gallons turpentine, 20.000 gal
lons pine oil per month; all of this 1
from, waste pine and old stumps,
stumps 50 acres per day.
Ecrtilizer Factory—Ships 3 to >
thousand tons guano, and disburses
10 to 15 thousand dollars for labor,
etc., in Brunswick.
Atlantic Refining Company—Just
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; a v service. He refused to give a
Kason. He also refused to agree on
[the preservation of Christan cemeter
) ics and the ccmtrol of the straits is
| still being considered.
FATHER OF PEACH
INDUSTRY IS DEAD
AT MARSHALLVILLE!
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(By Associated Press.)
Marshallvillc Ga.. Dec. 22.—Samuel j
H. Rumph, 70, known In this section i
as the father and originator of the
peach industry died at 3 o’clock this
morning at his home here.
Mr. Rumph suffered a stroke early
yesterday and members of his family
were summoned to his Ijpdside. *
He was the propagator of the W
nious Elberta and Georgia Belle
peaches. The Elberta was named af
ter bis first wife. Mr. Rumph was
the first man to shiji a crate of
peaches out of Georgia. Practically
all of Mr. Rumph’s,life was devoted
to agriculture. When he first grew
peaches for commercial purposes and
announced that he intended to ship
peaches out of t.he state, he received
little encouragement, and many who
heard of his project regarded it with
skepticism. From the shipping of the
first crate of peaches by Mr. Rumph
the fruit industry began to grow, and
today in middle Georgia is second to
cotton in importance.
Funeral services will be held Satur
day morning at 10:30 at Marshall
! ville.
USED BAD WHISKY—DEAD
(By Associated Press.)
Birmingham, Ala.. Dec. 22.- While
'lo< al and federal officers are fighting
distribution of bootleg liquor for
Christmas. Irvine Mcßntyre died in
a local hospital from drinking pois
oned whiskey, Coroner Russum said.
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Due to a alight rainfall PPini
’and other the Florida i en
insula the
crn section dropped
• minimum of yestorda
Forecast today for clear am
I warmer weather throughout Florida
Clear and cool in Tennessee’: weath
er program after Memphis yesterday
!aw the mercury drop to 2 degrees
below the freezing mark. Louisiana
is reported to he clear with rising
temperature. Fifty five degrees was
reported at New Orleans at 7 o'clock
last night. Alabama's forecast is for
warmer weather today, after Bir
mingham missed the freezing point
by one degree. The mean tempera
ture for the state was 44 degrees.
The Virginia coast is slated for
icontinued cold and rain. The south
ern section of the Old Dominion state
will he cloudy, according to the fore
cast. while the northern, central and
; western sections will be clear and
somewhat warmer.
With its sister state North Caro
lina, reporting clear and warmer
South Carolina was busy today re
pairing, damages inflicted by it?
heavy ice Coating of early yesterday.
Fair and warmer weather is expected
today.
With a light froct reported in the
northern and centralsections, Georgia
will have fair and warmer weather
today, according to weather forecasts.
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pleased discussions result
af^^^nt.
WORLD DISARMAMENT
DISCUSSED IN SENATE
BUT NO ACTION TAKEN
Washington, Dec. 22. I'lx.t elision
of naval disarmament among the |
world powers "’as discussed in thei
senate several hours today Without
action and virtual adjournment "’a?.
taken over Christmas. A brief Sea
son "'ill be bold tomorrow under
gentlemen’s agreement reached to
meet and adjourn until Wednesday.
Senator Bot’alt urged the calling of |
an international cotiterence to o'tt'-j
• nil (nisiruction of naval vessels less
than ten thousand tons and aircraft
not covered by tlip Washington arms
conference agreement.
COASTAL HIGHWAY MEET
HAS BEEN POSTPONED
Atlanta, Oa , Dee. 22 The con
vention of the South Atlantic Coast
al Highway Association, "'filch "’ill be
held in Charlesotn, S. C., has been
postponed until January, according'
to advices received here. This con
vention will be extremely important.
It will be attended by governors, sen-|
ators, representatives, officials and j
roadwav officials of Georgia, North,
Carolina,a South Carolina and Flori
da • I
The purpose of the convention wilij
be to formulate plans for the. corad
pletion of' great highway rh’ojectW
r.nd the advancement of progiOHsiv'ej
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t-iiri-i'IK v aitei i -.peetaeirlv'fe ;
I!,, wii.li guards of tile I 'nnHffgf >' *"i
mint its-re, had left
j before ofltcers arrived.
! Dot it* • helie'ed that the bant: had
divided after the chase following the
discovery of their alleged hiding
plate in the abandoned ranch bouse,
and that one ear containing two men
was headed east and the other auto
mobile, vvitlt two or more men in it.
was speeding west.
Scores of armed men scouted north
ern Colorado in the vicinity of GreP
](.v, Fort Morgan, Fort Collins and
Itoggen, all of Thursday evening,
1 without catching the quartet. The
I chase led from the ranch house, in
which Henry Fuqua, a farmer, early
/Thursday notified Sheriff Frank Hall,
Sy Greeley, that ..he. had seen
in,, heavily Viribed nK-tf; To ftie ofit-”
pTi-is of Greeley and later in the
i ~vi mug, . southeastward to Hogged
! sinl Hudson, and about. 10 miles
' a wav where the trail vanish"!.
\ report made by Mtjjg Gas
Wovvner, residing j'f® our tie
■ nT'tbwest city limits <Af}w>ele>T|thnt
an anl..mobile in tlu-re Mere
number 0 f men had stopped titter
Pome and one of the men obtained a
~„n of warm water stnd some cotton
gauze, after which the ear left in
gr ont baste- It iK known that at least
one of the bandits Mvum wounded ip
the battle with hte mint guards
This tip sent the officers in a mad
chase over the countryside in art ef.
fn r to locate the suspects. Early
lust evening authov’.Ucs,received word,
i front three different, sources that a
big loti ring ear occupied by four men.
all heaviiv armed, ott p band gaged
übiml the fact and another about the
a r m had been seen racing along the
road southeastward toward Roggen.
Detectives combed that section with
out results. Officers obtained their
third elite that led to the belief that
the bandits were in the vicinity from
Karl Jackson, who reported that three
' men had eaten at his faber’s restau-
rant Wednesday, evening. The des
criptions he gave corresponds t<> I’-
nf (he three bandits who parti' ipnte-1
in the gun battle at fhe-Uenvo'' mo-' .
They had a lunch nut. up for a man
who Jackson said they- tojd him, fas
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SMITH ON COMMITTEE
Atlanta, Ga., Dee. 22.—Former U.
;S. Senator Hoke Smith, of Georgia,
no"' si prueticing lawyer in W a slung
j t(, n , n. C., has been appointed a mem
,her of a committee by Alton B. Park
er, president of the National Civic
Federation, to consider two ques
tions: Whether the United States
shall participate in international af
fairs and whether it is advisable to
reduce Hie American army and navy.
Tim committee, which includes 100
prominent men women of the
j country, will meet in Washington on
January 10 it is announced. J
POINCARE URGES ■
RATIFICATION OF
WASHINGTON PACT®
(By Associated Press.)
Paris, Dec. 22—The French gov- j
eminent today committed itself 1
through recommendation to the for-1
eigtt affairs commission of the cham-B
her of deputies by Premier Poincare, 1
to stand or fall on the question ofß
ratification of the Washington con-B
tjerence naval agreement. ™
I Premier Poincare insisted that the
naval agreement be ratified at the
eaAii’est possible moment. N