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BRUNSWICK
Has the lowest death rate of
any city its size in the United
States .......
VOLUME XXII. NO. 224.
CAMDEN AND COMMUNITIES
STILL DAZED BYTHEHORRIBLE
TRAGEDY RESULT OF HOLOCAUST
^Children D e flnit' e ly
SeverttyJFlvs ... Sixty -
Unidentified Bodies Buried
In One Grave.
_
(By Associated Press.)
Camden, S. C., May 19.—Still dazed
by the tragedy of Thursday-night in
which seventy-five persons lost
lives in the Cleveland
tire, Camden communities and
shaw county are preparing: with acuta
realization of the extent of the trag
edy to care for those in every
left dependent by the fire. Only this
afternoon the last of the dead'were
buried.
The relief fund tonight amounted
to over five thousand dollars.
Heath List Total 75
The death list in the Cleveland
schoolhouse fire of Thursday night
was definitely fixed today at
rive. Tom B. Humphries, of Camden,
died of injuries in a hospital here
during the'night.
Approximately sixty bodies of un
identified dead late yesterday
buried in the Beulah churchyard with
in a few hundred yards of the scene
of the fire and today most of the
identified dead will be interred. The
body ' of J. 7 J. ’ Johnson, Jr., son of
Rev. T ,„ J. T J. T Johnson, , of - Camden, ,, , will ... be ,
taken to Louisville, Ky. Two other
funerals were held in same
2rE„ a,,
Sixty-two in One Grave
Confusion over the exact number
of , dead . . occurred , yesterday , through , ,
the condition of the bodies of the
dead, it was stated here today.
The committee in charge of the un¬
identified dead announced that , sixty- .
two bodies had been buried in one big
grave, including several that had been
identified. The undertakers said they
could state positively that more than
fifty bodies were in the grave, while
others in the committee stated that
16 women, 41 children and 17 men
were known to have perished, making
-the death list, up to the time
Humphries death, 74.
Tile funeral of the unidentified yes
terday, juust as the sun was setting
wns an impressive affair. Six minis
ters, including Bishop K. C.
of the Episcopal diocese of upper
;South Carolina, participated in
ceremony. Gov. Thomas G. McLeod
spoke briefly.
Relief of Survivors Asked j
With the dead accounted for all(
most of them buried, thought today
turned to the relief of the survivors.
Governor McLeod last night issued
a proclamation to the people of the
state asking that financial aid be ex¬
tended. Offers of aid from through¬
out the nation yesterday were de¬
clined by Mayor Garrison, of Cam¬
den, who heads the committee in
charge of this work. The American
Red Cross has notified officials that
funds m any amount are available,
* Iany S ^ h,to!s I,ke Jt -
The Cleveland schoolhouse,
in the sparsely settled rural
ity, was mne of the best school build
ings in Kershaw county, according
a statement made last night bv Alan
B. Murchison, county superintendent
of education. He said that it was to
have been abandoned after
nieht in favor of a modern construct¬
ed school. Cleveland was the super¬
intendent’s home district and he said
that many of his own relatives perish¬
ed in the blaze.
The superintendent said that 6,000
out of the 10,000 children in the coun¬
ty attend such schools, and that if ho
could help it there would never be
another opportunity for such an occa¬
sion. ‘‘I will never permit, if I can
prevent it, the holding of another
such gathering in any of the school
houses—and the Cleveland school was
above the average—until adequate
fire protection has been .provided,” the
superintendent said. “Three-fifths of
the school children of the county are
exposed to like dangers, and it will be
my purpose as speedily ns possible to
remove or lessen so far as possible
these dangers. Not another school
house will be built with my approval
that does not employ all modern im¬
provements.”
With the exception of a few the
survivors were taken to widely scat¬
tered homes, and it was physically
impossible to gather up the list. Con¬
fusion reigned throughout most of
the day, few being able to tell co¬
herent stories.
J. N. McLeod, caught on the second
floor of the building, jumped to safe¬
ty, and obtaining a flag-pole, placed
it against the building. Many slid
down this to safety.. George Dixon
lost eleven relatives in the fire. Af¬
ter saving one of his children he re¬
turned to get his wife and other chil¬
dren. He was caught in the jam
THE BRUNSWICK NEWS
THE NEWS IS A MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
J ' WELL'KNoVHERE^DIED
EARLY YESTERDAY
j j Many Brunswick friends will be
grieved to learn of the death of J. R.
jiBunn, which occcu’rred at his home
- in Fairfax, near Wayycross, early
! yesterday corning. Funeral services
j held at Fairfax this afternoon,
Deceased was well and favorably
kliown in this city. He was interested
* n f - aet; > lie was Practically owner or
tbe Hotel St. Simons _ which was con
i SHmed by firo several y ? ars ag0 - T,lis
was ,0( ' ate<) ' ust ftaat of where the
A ruold Hol,se st3n,ls . at P'' esent an(1
j was , an excellent building and enjoy
I etl fine Patronage.
•
j D ARTISTS VOTF
'< j ATLANTA AS NEXT
j I MEETING PLACE
! BUILD SEMINARY FOR NE¬
i GROES AT NASHVILLE AND
\ HOSPITAL IN LOUISIANA
i (By Associated Press.)
\ Kansas City, May 19.—The South¬
j ern Baptist convention, in session
L, here, ’. today *» selected Atlanta, Ga.,
the place for holding „..........«. the convention
next year.
i at Nashville, Tenn., was passed and
I \ plans were approved for the erection
i j of a two million dollar hospital at
Npw Orleans.
i The convention characterized mar¬
athon dancing exhibitions as disgust
ing and endorsed passage of laws
| prohibiting such “performances.”
i
I CLYDE ___ STEAMER KAHADIN ___
ARRIVED EARLY THIS A. M.
The Clyde Line steamer, Kahadin
reached port shortly after 1 o’clock
i this morning, stopping a t
i on the way down from New
j and discharging part cargo at that
! port,
; Whether the ship will unload to¬
i day is not known as there is a long
shoremen’s strike on against the par
I ticular line a nd it may be that it will
n °t l eave until tomorrow. The vessel
I left New York atte f tbe strike was
made known at the head office of the
| labor company. will It discharge may he the that balance non-union of
the cargo and will load for the re¬
turn trip.
CHERO COLA PLANT
SAFEATWAYCROSS IS
ROBBED BY CRACKSMEN
Waycross, Ga., May 14.—A burglar
! who entered the Chero-Cola plant last
ni ht on Albanv ave nue, through the
i rear of the establishment, opened the
! safe in the front of the plant and ex
j brac t e d $100 in currency and $5 or $6
j n p enn j eSj it was reported this morn
i j n g by p 0 ij C e. Entrance was ef
i fectetl by a window which is said to
I have been COV ered by a screen.
( The safe was provided with an old
fr.shioned lock of simple combination,
according to the police, which requir¬
ed little manipulation to open. The
burglar broke two blades of a knife,
which was found this morning by the
safe, in prying open the cash draw
Another cash drawer contained $75
in currency, but the intruder failed to
locate the money.
CORONER'S JURY FINDS
DEATH OF UNIVERSITY
STUDENT UNAVOIDABLE
Chicago, May 19.—While the state
continued today to investigate the
disappearance of Leighton Mount,
Northwestern University student, the
coroner’s jury decided that the death
of another student, .Louis Auderp,
killed in April, when an automobile
loaded with students struck another
machine, was unavoidable.
Little progress was made in the
Mount case.
ALBANY MERCHANTS TO CLOSE
THURSDAY DURING SUMMER.
Albany, Ga., May 19.—Thursdays
will be observed as half holidays dur¬
ing the summer months by the local
merchants, beginning with the first
Thursday in June, according to an¬
nouncements by the Albany -Retail
Merchants Association officials here.
the door and was pulled out by Jesse
Pearce. Pearce was caught in the
same jam a minute later and per
ished. , ’
BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA, SUNDAY MAY 20, 1923.
► ♦
♦ BRITISH LINERS TO ♦
♦ COMPLY WITH COURT’S ♦
♦ DECISION AS TO LIQUOR ♦
♦ 4
♦ (By Associated Press) ♦
-f Washington, Mfiy 19.—Sir ♦
♦ Auckland Geddes, British am- ♦
♦ bassador, has been given com- ♦
A plete discretionary powers by ♦
♦ his government to deal with ♦
♦ complications arising from the ♦
♦ decision of the supreme court de- ♦
♦ nying foreign ships the right to ♦
♦ bring liquor into American wa- -t
♦ ters. -f
♦ There is no question on the ♦
♦ part of the ambassador of the ♦
+ question of the soundness of the ♦
> court’s decision and it is said ♦
♦ that British liners will comply ♦
♦ strictly with the regulations laid ♦
♦ down. -f
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♦ .j.
PIGGLY WIGGLY
HEAD FIGHTING
HARD FOR LIFE
SAUNDERS SAYS “WALL STREET
HAS LONG FINGERS” AND
MAY LOSE CONTROL
Memphis, Tenn., May 19.—‘‘Wall
Street has long fingers," concludes
a full-page advertisement of Clarence
Saunders today in which the presi¬
dent of Pigglv Wiggly stores, Inc.,
presents to the Memphis public his
version of his dealings of the past
few days with out-of-town members
of the “pool” whose recent reported
acquisition of 91,000 shares of the
company’s stock now threatens his
continued control of the corporation’s
affairs.
The advertisement, headed “Fight¬
ing for my life,” reproduces in full
Mr. Sounder’s letter to the repre¬
sentatives of the St. Louis, New
Orleans and Nasville pool members,
protesting their action in taking over
the 91.000 shares which he placed
as collateral for loans incident to
the sensational trading of the stock
on the New' York Stock Exchange.
This letter reviews the events of the
company’s historay since the sensa¬
tional Wall Street trading, declines
requests by the ouf-of-town members
that he take a six-month vacation
and turn the direction of the con¬
cern over to them, and asked that fie
be given until July 1 to liquidate
the loans for which the stock was
•collateral.
“In case I default and am unablie
to make the necessary arrangements
by July to- pay these loans,’’ the
statement continues." I wilt deliver
control of the business to the group
of bankers whom you represent.”
A substantial to the advertise¬
ment asserts that the writer has re¬
ceived no answer to this letter from
the men “who have been here all
week trying to get me to relinquish
control,” a nd that it is published to
“let tile public know how fair a pro¬
posal was made to them by me."
GOVERNOR NAMES
SECOND JURIST
INTABERTCASE
JUDGE CAMPBELL' SELECTED TO
TAKE THE PLACE OF JUDGE
HORNE BY HARDEE
(By Associated Press.)
Tallahassee, May 19.—Governor
Hardee today assigned Judge Camp¬
bell of the First Judicial Circuit to
preside over the trial of Walter Hig¬
ginbotham, charged with murder in
connection with the death of Martin
Tabert, at Cross City.
Judge Campbell was named to take
the place of Judge Horne, who was
disqualified by the defense yesterday.
Judge Campbell will be directed to
proceed to Cross City in time to re¬
convene court next Tuesday, it was
stated at the executive offices.
MAYOR COWART URGES
ATTENTION TO ROADS
WAYCROSS-BRNSWICK
The Waycross Herald says regard¬
ing roads between Waycross and
Brunswick: “Speaking of the move¬
ment to build a causeway to St. Si¬
mon Island from the mainland, which
was started some time ago, but which
was celebrated at a recent mass meet¬
ing in Brunswick, Mayor Dan T. Cow¬
art. himself an important participant
in the events of the day, declared that
‘Ware county must take steps to im¬
prove the Waycross-Brunswick road.’
“ ‘It will mean a great deal to this
section.’ said he, referring to the
causeway, “and we must co-operate
■with Brunswick by improving our end
of the road. Thousands of tourists
will come through Waveross on the
way to St. Simon island and we must
have things ready for them.’ ”
ST. SIMON AGAIN
SELECTED SITE
MILITARY CAMP
122 Infantry, Georgia National
Guard To Encamp
There
BRUNSWICK RAISES
NECESSARY AMOUNT
Alt Requirements Laid Down By
Adjutant-General Pope Will
Be Met and Troops Will Ar¬
rive July 16th.
The 122nd Infantry, Georgia Na¬
tional Guard, will hold their annual
encampment on St. Simon this year,
beginning July 16th and continuing
for two weeks.
That was definitely settled yester¬
day, when the necessary amount to
place the camp site in condition to
meet all the requirements laid down
by Adjutant General L. C. Pope and
Major Mallette, who made an inspec¬
tion of the camp several days ago.
Every condition will now he promptly
complied with and the camp will be
in readiness for the troops when they
arrive.
The site will be the same as that
occupied by the 122nd Infantry' last
year, with several material changes.
The camp will face east and west in¬
stead of north and south, as was the
case last year. An adequate water
supply will be furnished, the kitchens
practically rebuilt and several im¬
provements made over the former
camp.
Several weeks ago Gen. Pope rec¬
ommended that St. Simon be select¬
ed for the Georgia National Guard for
the 1923 encampment, with the pro¬
viso that certain conditions be com¬
plied with. Accompanied by Major
Mallette and Capt. W. L. Harwell, of
the Brunswick Riflemen, Gen. Pope
made an inspection of the camp site
apd made certain recommendations
that would have to be complied with.
This required the expenditure of $500.
which amount has just been subscrib¬
ed by the merchants and citizens of
Brunswick, which assured the secur¬
ing the encampment for this year.
Gen. Pope has frequently expressed
himself as being in favor of making
St. Simon a permanent camp site for
the 122nd Infantry, and the 59th In¬
fantry Brigade Headquarters. He is
of the opinion that the present site is
ideally located, furnishing, as it does,
an admirable rifle range, and all oth¬
er requisites. It is also poiftted out
that the members of the militia will
have access to the beach, where they
can enjoy surf bathing, and other
forms of necessary recreation. A poll
of the various units disclosed that
more than eighty per cent were in fa
\ T or of the annual encampments being
held on St. Simon. The transfer of
stores by lighters will be eliminated
with the completion of the highway to
the island.
There will be approximately 1,200
men, eighty regimental officers and
twelve regular army commissioned
officers and sergeants to attend the
coming eneammnent. The commands
are: Atlanta, five companies; Macon,
seven companies; Elberton, one com¬
pany; Jackson, one company; Dublin,
two companies; Cordele, one com¬
pany; Vienna, one company, and
Brunswick, one company.
Col. H. D. Russell, of Macon, has
expressed his delight at St. Simon
again being selected for the coming
encampment in the following com¬
munication to the Board of Trade:
“Brunswick Board of Trade,
“Brunswick, Georgia.
“Gentlemen. Was happy to receive
your telegram of May 16th, in which
you state that the camp ground on
the island will be placed in first class
condition and that you will use your
best efforts to make the encampment
a great success. This action on your
pari is greatly appreciated by the en¬
tire Infantry of the Georgia Nation¬
al Guard.
“The writer has often publiciv and
unqualifiedly expressed his partiality
to St. Simon island as a camn site.
It is a fact, however, which history
has clearly established that no matter
how excellent a camp site may be, a
successful encampment cannot be
held by military unless cordial rela¬
tions exist between the civilians and
the troops. The whole-hearted way
in which the people of Brunswick have
attempted to make our stay pleasant
adds very materially to the success
of the camp.
“Permit me again, in behalf of the
122nd Infantry and the 59th Infantry
Brigade Headquarters, to express our
appreciation for your kind service.
“Very truly yours,
“H. D. RUSSELL.”
♦ PRESBYTERIANS AFTER
♦ A SPIRITED DEBATE,
♦ RECESS UNTIL MONDAY
♦ --
♦ (By Associated Press.)
♦ Montreat, N. C., May 19.—A
♦ spirited debate on the question
of remaining in the federal coun¬
cil of Churches of Christ, in
America, during which organiza¬
tion was charged with maintain¬
ing a lobby in Washington for
the purpose of injecting the
church into state affairs, tonight
had been imprinted in the rec- ♦
onls of the sixty-third General ♦
Assembly of the Southern Pres- ♦
byterian church, when it recess
ed until Monday morning.
BONAR LAW URGES
NOTHING BE SAID
’ ABOUT ILLNESS
NEWSPAPERS EVIDENTLY RE¬
SPECTING PREMIER’S WISHES
THAT THEY BE SILENT
(By Associated Press.)
London, May 19.—Newspapers, ev¬
idently respecting Premier Bonar
Law’s desire that complete silence
be maintaiqpd as to the iiature of his
malady until he himself authorizes'
statement, say pracatically nothing
about his illness but editorially they
voice the nation’s admiration for the
Premier’s strong sense of public du¬
ty which under the painful circum¬
stances alone could have fortified him
to carry on his difficult task. It has
now become known that the Premier
has been fighting his complaint ever
since he assumed office and it is not
thought possible he can continue much
longer.
Prime Minister Bonar Law;, who
has been on a voyage for his health,
arrived in London this afternoon from
Paris. He looked tired and ill ami
failed to respond to cheers ,of the
crowd at the station. He did not go
to instead hjs Downing taken street private residence house but j i
was to a
where he will receive treatment under i
£ir Thomas Horder, noted specialist, j
I
WORLD COURT IS I
!
SCHEME TO GET U.S. j
I
| |
IN LEAGUE NATIONS i
SENATOR BORAH PREDICTS RE
. NOMINATION OF HARDING j
ON AIRTIGHT PLATFORM
(By Associated Press.) !
St. Louis May 19.—The -proposal of
President Harding for the United
States to become a member of the I
court of international justice was de- j i
clared to be a scheme to coax this
country into the League of Nations
by United States Senator William E.
Borah of Idaho in an address here
last night.
Senator Borah insisted that the
world court is an integral part of the
League of Nations that the league is
its foundation and that the proposal
for the United States to enter it is
for no other reason that to get the
country into the league to bear the
league’s financial burdens.
Prediction . that President Harding
would be «renominated by acclama¬
tion by the Republican convention,
“but upon an airtight platform,” was
made by the senator in an interview.
“If a nvbody thinks that he can
win in 1924 by uprooting a system
of foreign policies as old as the gov¬
ernment itself, let him. get upon a
political platform and try to carry
the election,” he continued.
“This League of Nations issue in¬
jected itself |rtto the campaign In
1920, but w’hen the votes were count¬
ed, I thought it had been settled. Now¬
it seems we have to disregard all of
the great domestic issues and meet
this league issue again."
The senator denounced the French
invasion of the Ruhr Valley, declared
the invasion w'as -intended to dis¬
member Germany and pictured Pre¬
mier Poincare of France as “a men¬
ace to the peace of the world.” He
also demanded the release of political
prisoners ip the United States and
criticised the league to enforce peace
as a “Hellish doctrine”. He concluded
with a ple a for sympathy for the Rus¬
sian people.
JEWISH EDITOR DENOUNCES
RUSSIAN SOVIET LEADERS
(By Associated Press.1
New York. May 19.—Nicola Lenine,
premier of Soviet Russia, was de¬
nounced a s a “moral and physical
failure” and Leon Trotsky, minister
of war, was characterized as “a great,
bombastic wind-bag” by Abraham
ICahan, editor of the Jewish Daily
Forward, in ah address before the
annual convention of the Socialist
party today.
BRUNSWICK
Has a landlocked harbor, the
best on the South Atlantic
Coast
DEATH OF CAPTIVES NOW MAHER
ONLY FEW HOURSUNLESSTERMS
OF CHINESE BANDITS ARE MET
AMERICAN AMATEUR GOLF
TEAM RETAINS WALKER
CUP BY DEFEATING TEAM
(By Associated Press.)
St. Andrews, May 19.—The Amer¬
ican amateur golf team retained pos¬
session of the Walker Cup by defeat¬
ing British team in two day tourna¬
ment, ending today. The Americans
won six to five matches with one
halved. The cup was won on the
thirtv-fifth green of the twelfth
match when Dr. O. F. Willing,
Portland, Oregon, playing W. A.
Murray, of the British team, sunk a
three yard putt to win his match
two up and one to play.
BOMB THROWN IN
MEXICO CITY IS
REGARDED ANTI-U.S.
OBREGON SAYS IT WAS IN
TENDED TO HINDER THE
NEGOTIATIONS
—-
(By Associated Press.)
Mexico City, May 19. President
•Obregon said today he considered
yesterdav’s bombing, which damaged
the office of a Mexican attorney in
the building that houses the United
States consulate general, w'as an ef¬
fort to hinder the government in its
recognition negotiations with the
Unite'd States.
"What could it be hut profound
displeasure?” he asked. "T believe it
concerns a maneuver against the
government to hinder us in reaching
a good understanding with the United
States.”
After twenty-four hours of inve^ti
gation the Municipal police and fed
eral secret service agents early to
day had found no clue warranting an
arrest in connection with the explo
sion.
(El Universal publishes a report of
the inquiries, purporting to -prove
that the bombing had no political
significance, but was rather th e work
of enemies incurred by Attorney
Castillo while he was intimately as
sociated with Esteban Cantu, gover
of Lower California.
BEAUMONT WAS DELUGED
W , TH REC0R[) RA|N p ALL
Associated Press.)
Beaumont, Texas, May 19. The
forty-odd thousand people of Beau
m 0 "* discarded their bathing suits
a «d lounging garments today and re
newed the ordinary paths of life after
a ' day of ' enforce,-' ........ idleness occasioned
by the record downfaill of rain in the
United States.
John Bender, in charge of the
United States weather bureau here
declared that his government guage
showed thirteen and fifty-four hun¬
dredths inches of precipitation with¬
in three hours yesterday morning.
All but one-half inch of this measure¬
ment fell inside of two hours he said.
Between one half and three quarters
of a million dollars damage was esti¬
mated according to a check made to¬
day.
COLQUITT NEGROES IN
NORTH WRITE BACK FOR
MONEY TO COME HOME !
Moultrie, Ga., May 19.—Letters j
continue to reach Moultrie men from
negroes who went north several weeks I
ago home. asking One for money yesterday to buy a from ticket j
came a i
negro in Columbia, Ohio, urging his j
former employer to “wire me that my j
mother is about to die, so that I can j
get the railroad company that I work
for to give me a pass to Moultrie." ]
He said he didn’t believe he would i
ever get enough money ahead to pay I
his fare, despite the fact that he is
making good wages. It takes it all
to live on, he explained.
The negro urged his former em¬
ployer not to reveal to the other ne¬
groes his dissatisfaction. “Let them j
come up here and find out about the ;
north, that is the way they will be- j
ljeve it,” he added.
Negroes are still leaving Moultrie j
an-i Colquitt county every week, how- j
ever, and the labor shortage on the
farms is becoming rather serious.
MANY WHISKEY CASES HEARD
(By Associated Press.)
Rome, Ga., May 19—Of the 98 cases j
to be heard during the May term of
the United States district court here,
90 cases are for whiskey violations
and five for violations of the Harri¬
son anti-narcotic act. The term will
open, the third Monday in May.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Americans and Britishers Will
Be Shot Tuesday As A Warn¬
ing That The Marauders
Mean To Force Compliance
With Their Exact Terms.
(By Associated Press.)
Peking, May 19.—Fifteen foreign¬
ers, some ill, all weary, bruised, foot¬
sore, poorly fed and clad, tonight are
facing death in the hills of the Shan
tung province as the approach of the
en( j 0 f t be .second week comes.
Their second week as captives of
bandits who raided the Shantung
Peking express near Suchow, on May
16, if the foreign and Chinese gov¬
ernments are unable to satisfy the
brigands by Tuesday, their terms for
release as prisoners be met and the
robber chieftain makes good his
threat, two Americans and two Brit¬
ishers have little over forty-eight
hours to live.
The Americans and the Britishers
will be shot as a warning that the
marauders mean to force compliance
with their demands.
Situation Critical
Washington, May 19.—The failure
0 f the Chinese government to effect
the release of the foreigners eaptur
ed by bandits in Shantung, led the of
ficials at Peking to cable the state de
partment today that either foreign
guarantees or intermediates seemed
necessary to produce results.
Direct negotiations between the
bandits and Chinese officials was ap¬
parently impossible, the ,dispatch de¬
clared, because of the mutual dis¬
tricts. Minister Schurman ami other
diplomats have demanded again that
the Chinese government punish the
bandits.
To Abandon Negotiations
Peking, May 19.-—Telegrams from
the Chinese at Tsaochwang, near
which fifteen foreign captives are
held by the mountain outlaws of
Shantung, indicate that the govern¬
ment representatives are on the point
of abandoning negotiations for the
release of the hostages, because of
the bandits’ extravagant demands.
The latest terms were that troops
be withdrawn from the entire prov¬
ince of Shantung, the bandits to con¬
stitute the provincial military forces.
It is intimated that Yu Yuh-Lin,
minister of communications, who has
been in charge of the governmental
parleys, will be recablled to Peking.
Another Ultimatum Coming
London, May 19.—Marcel Berube,
recently released by the Suchow train
bandits, is journeying to Peking to
present an ultimatum to the Chinese
government on behalf of the bandits,
says a Reuters dispatch from Tsaoch¬
wang. The ultimatum, according to
the dispatch, is that the governmeht
troops besieging the bandits be with¬
drawn by next Tuesday, failing which
two of the Anglo-American captives
will be killed.
MISSISSIPPI A AND M WINS
FIRST ANNUAL TRACK MEET
(By Associated Press.)
Montgomery, Ala., May 19.—Mis¬
sissippi A. & M. won the first annual
track meet of the Southern Intercol¬
legiate Conference here today, mak¬
ing a total of forty-seven and a half
points.
The Louisiana State University
was second with fifty points. • t.
WEEK PLANNED
BY PEANUT GROWERS
(By Associated Press.)
Albany, Ga., May 19.—A “Victory
^ eek campaign is to be instituted by
Georgia Peanut Growers Asso
ciation May 22 ' 29 ’ according to an
nouncements here. The week will be
devoted to the counties which have
not yet signed half of their 1923 acre¬
age in the association, and will in¬
clude Baker, Crisp, Clay, Decatur,
Worth, Terrell and Miller. Forty
thousand acres have already been
contracted for, it is state,-J.
REFERENDUM IN COLUMBUS
ON THURSDAY CLOSING
Columbus, Ga., May 19.—A refer¬
endum of the local merchants is to be
taken to determine whether or not
they favor the closing of all local
mercantile establishments on Thurs
day afternoon, it is stated here. The
merchants have agreed to observe the
following full holidays during the
year: July 4, Labor Day, Thanksgiv¬
ing and Christinas day and Armis¬
tice and Memorial days will be ob¬
served as half holidays.