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Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-09-21
M'SWINEY, NOW
ON BOTH DAY OF
FAST, IS WEAKER

LONDON, Sept. 2o.-.Terence, Mac
bad night and was very weak this
morning, according to a bulletin. is
ton league. The bulletin stated that
Annie MacSwiney, sister of the lord
mayor, had just left BriXton prison,
where he today began the thirty
changed, except for the weakness
incident to his long fast.
In his report to the home office
the physician at Brixton prison re
ported that the lord mayors. condi-
ton was virtually unchanged.
Lord Mayor Mlaeswiney last night
wrote message to lrisnmen tnrougnee
out the world on, behalf of. himself
and the hunger strikers in Cork JAN
After thanking them for their SYM
pathy and prayers: the lord mayor
said, according to the London Times:
eff, this cold blooded murder is
pushed through it will leave a, stain
on the name of England which mas
no parallel (even in her history
and which nothing will ever GRACE.
1t will rise before the English peo-
pie friendship. We feel singularly
privileged at being made instruments
Of God for evoking such World-Wlde
expressions of admiration and sup
port for the cause OF irish 1nue-
pendence and recognition Of the irish
renublic. If we are to die, We, are
called to that even greater privilege
and happiness of entering the CON-
many of those who died for Ireland.
eve forgive all those who are are
comprising our death. I'm Inns b eartse
is being fought o with cleaV We ne have We
m pur our peace with. God and bear
iI1-will toward no man.
After evoking Gods blessing upon
oil Who nrayed for the prisoners,
MacSwiney concluded by SAYING;
: i believe God is watching oo oel
our country ..,, and hy H IS at hand.
heIieve this is her last battle lor
I;hartv and that God will crown IL
with complete victory.
= Hint at Secret Feeding
The condition Of Lord MAYOR MAJ M
swiney of Cork b, Was psp issued to-
daV by the Irish self-determlnatloh
league. although he appeared sohi er
what refreshed by two, hours ste ,si
during the night. This evening ouL-
ietin> said, HE Is extremely "e"N'
but still conscious" s;orod
TODAY by a paragraph appearing ~
| The Sunday Times under the heau;
"Who Is Feeding Mr.. MacSwlney:
1t says: "Everybody is ASKING XII gdo Wh4
at ali that the government is ,I not
giving him food, or any of the prison on
officials. 1t is suggested tnat ms
visitors. priests and relatives are CIV
ing him sufficient food to keep him
alive" ,roc;,,o,,
and the Cork hunger strikers have
virtually equaled DR.. Tanners forty
| day fast, the newspaper ASKS no"
MacSwiney and the eleven in Cork
When they tried to go without food
| could equal Dr.. Tanners record trG
which excited the wonder OF the
In reply to this Art O'Brien, of
the Irish elf-determination league,
said tonight: mo nourishment or
food of any kind is being given to
orH
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-09-21
FAIR HAS BEST =
1920 PROSPECTS
IN ITS HISTORY

The Southeastern fair, which opens
October 16, has the. best prospects
r. NJ. Striplin, who has just returned
from a ten-day trip through the east.
where he inspected the free attrac-
tionS he has contemplated offering
to the Southeastern fair visitors, and
completed final arrangements for the
grand circuit meeting. -.
ITO my mind" said Mr.. ST1plin,
zone of the best indications OF
big fair is the demand we experience
for privileges and concessions. The
talent in that line seldom ever miss
their guess on the character of such
fair from the standpoint Of busl7
ness, which they gauge by the pub
lie interest they find in the. eyent.
We have had every foot OF avallable
space sold in our buildings for. the
past two weeks, something we have
never done before and we are now
selling ground space to demonstrators
who will provide their own shelter
for showing their wares.
2'TThe same demand for space INSIDE
the buildings has been experience
on the outside. We have just moved
the big steam shovel and VIII speno
the rest of the time between now
and the fair filling in to make room
for" the greatest midway the south
"Our machinery exhibit will be the
most comprehensive that has ever
been assembled in the southeastern
states and one that every progressive
farmer in this section will want 10
INSPECT if he keeps up with the de-
mands of modern farming. EVERY.
thing in the shape of tractor tnaI
is right up to the minute and su1ta.
Bile for southern planters Will De OH
THE national hog and cattle SHOW
will axceed all the expectations OF
it's promoters-the southern live STOCK
hreedeH. We will have cattle ana
bo@s from sections far removed from
the southeastern states; breeders
from other states appreciate that
the live stock industry of Georgia
md surrounding states Is IN It's III
fancv and the national hog ana cal-
tie show will, in my opinion, JunIP
into first rank as great IlVe scoLN
show and be the means OF estaplist.i ~
n,eat the demand for purebred STOCK
IN the farms of the Southeastern
I'VE feel sure that the grand cir
omit races this year will be the mosI
exciting we have ever experience:
There have been so many Wlhneln
this season, that the field mas 1 peer
prolific of surprises. we "t The big
fine including Peter Manning, tn9
sensation of the hour, VINO trot'G IN
ss,nannarter at North Randall IN
81 ,. which is equal to l:oS eaLt,
Among the notables entered III oi.o
earIy closing events who VIII cdoet
the season at Lakewood are MargaIee
9nnrv Sir Douglas Haig and Boga111
1usa. the free-for-all classes :, VIII
a aIs' he participated in by all the
hast entries of the grand circuit.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-09-21

GRIFFIN, Ca, Sept. 1S.-Found
guilty by Spalding county jury of
the murder of Leroy TreXler a week
and less than one day after the crime
10y. known as Jack" Kelloy, was
sentenced Friday night to be hanged
October 20. The case is regarded as
constituting a record in point OF
time.
The attorneys for the defense at
once filed an application for new
trial, and the trial judge, W. E: H.
Searcy, Jr., set the hearing for Sep
-"mper 23 and signed a writ Of SUI
psrsedeas. Kelloy was taken from
The court room back to his cell in the
county Jail.
The trial progressed with a dra-
matte swiftness that seemed to cor
respond to the desperately quick &C,
ton of the death ride and tragic END
Of Leroy Trexler.. the murdered taxi
the hour fixed by the state, as the
hour of Trexler's death. Kelloy was
in court and on trial. Within the
week, all the evidence. was before
the Jury. Less than dozen an ho1 dr
the Jury had been charged; it's delln;,,
erations ended, its/verdict of guilty
rendered.: and Judge Searcy. summon
ing KelIoy before the. bench. sen
fenced him to be hanged by the neck
,ntii dead. between the hours of 10
o'clock and o'clock, on october ~.
An odd touch was given the grim
scene by the summons at the Same
tina of negro slayer. Whit Baliey;
who was in the Spalding county Jan eo
after conviction last WEDNESDAY LOT
killing a negro woman. When Ine
verdict in the Kelloy case mao oeei,
given and received in tense slleICe
6v the hundreds who packed t 1
court room, Judge Searcy sent 1or
the negro. co,+.rcad
"Stand here" said the court " 49,, eao
negro as he was brought In; men men
he motioned Kelloy to stano neSAue
him. ..h;ro +o
"Have either Of you anything TO TO
nassed?'' inquired the court:
KelIov said nothing, but John H.
Cooper, of his counsel. said:
,"This boy has already said all he
Judge searcy looked questiongly
at the negro, who looked up at him
'p Please, sir, be as light on me as
Won can, Boss" said the negro.
"I can give you only one thlng
under law" said the court, and thai
'Then he pronounced the sentence
formally on both, fixing the eXecu-
ton on the same day.
Kelloy showed no trace OF emo
ton. He said nothing, but turned
and. accompanied his guards quietly
from the crowded room back to his
cell. The spectators, who had be-
haved with exemplary regard foI
strict order. seemed rather relieved
when the court. ordered the room
cleared. The crowd occupied every
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-09-21
"Wilful Ouija, "
Amazing Serial,
Begins Saturday

The Tri-Weelzly Journal takes
pleasure in announcing that be-
ginning with next Saturdays is
sue, new, absorbing and
amazing serial story will be Of
fered to readers of the paper.
"Wilful Ouija" is the title of
the tory and Ruth Nicely is the
author. One generous INSTALL
fnent will appear in each issue of
The Tri-Weekly until the whole
remarkable chronicle is unfolded.
Everybody has. heard about
that marvellous little device
known the world over as the
Ouija board. In some mystic
rious and unaccountable way: it
answers questions and writes
messages beyond the ability of
the OPERATOR to, explain.
"Wilful Ouija," The Tri-Week-
ly's new continued story, centers
around the queer workings OF
this twentieth century riddle.
Mystery, romance, surprises.
humor and sensations fairly
jostle each other in every para
graph and every reader will be
On pins and needles before the
ungueSsahle climax.
Don't forget! "Wilful Ouiia."
he best serial every published in
The TriWeekly, will begin next
Saturday.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-09-21
SO Farmey5HaUe Whiphand,
Don't Sell Your Cotton,
DeClareSHarUieJ Ordan

where in the mills of this country
The exports are less, due to the eE>
treme lateness of the crop and to
the shortage of good grade spin
-nable cotton.
1.-THE farmers have the whip ham
die Of the situation in their own
hands right now Sell no cotton for
sixty days or until the mills get
back actively in the market IS buy.
ers to fill their needs. Let the short
sellers walk the floor for their Oc-
tober commitments. You can't spin
yarns out of tissue paper contracts
and that is the only supply they now
have on hand. No farmer is under
any kind of obligation to sell his
cotton at less than cost. plus a rea-
sonable price. That price now has
been fixed by the American Cotton
association at 40 cents, middling
basis. Store your cotton. Borrow
money on the warehouse receipts if
funds are needed and stand pat You
won't have to wait long and the
waiting will pay a big profit over
present artificial values.
AMERICAN COTTON AsSOCIA-
by Harvie Jordzn,
SecretaAs
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-09-21
kelley Sentenced to Hang
October 20 for Murder of
Ley0y7rexley, TaxiDr1Uer

available inch Of space in the room,
fand the hall outside was packed.
/ Testimony in the case was fin
ished at he noon recess Friday. The
state had introduced nineteen wit
nesses. The defense put only KEEL
defendant. after long and detailed
narrative of his life. told the story
of the death-ride in fewer than 800
cords. without mentioning Trexler,
the slain man: or that he had a
companion in the automobile.
Woman Stands by Kel1oy
The afternoon and early evening
was taken up with the speeches. Mr..
Cooper spoke for two hours and a
half, opening for the defense. w. H,
Conner, special attorney retained for
the prosecution by the Atlanta Taxi
speaking an hour. Solicitor-General
Z. NJ. Owen then spoke an hour and
half, until the adjournment for
dinner; and H. A. Allen closed for
the defense, speaking an hour and
ly brought forward the idea that the
defendant was irrational. The other
speeches were confined mostly to
! the evidence.
While Mr.. Cooper was speaking in
the afternoon Mrs. Frances Roche
the woman friend who has stood by
kelley ever since his arrest. came
into the courtroom and sat beside
him. She was not in the room in
the morning, and the defendant
seemed to welcome her return.
The courts charge to the jury
lasted ten minutes and the jury re-
tired at $40 o'clock. 1t was out
so minutes. During this time. the
| packed spectators maintained stric!
| order. kelley and Mrs Roche spoke
| occasionally sin undertones. They
appeared very serious, but showed
no marked anxiety, either while
! awaiting the verdict or when it was
given. Kelloy was perfectly un-
moved while hearing the verdict
and listening to his sentence. g..
Mrs. Roche said after the sentence
that she still believed in Jacks
| innocence and would fight for his
9equittal with all the means at he1
| disposal.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-09-21
STOPPED Her FITS

Mrs. Della Martin, a resident of
Wurtsboro, n. Y, writes that she
stopped her fits with a medicine
that she read about in the paper She
says she has not had fit since she
took the first dose and that she
this wonderful medicine and what
it did for her. If you. a friend. or
relative, suffer from these dread
full attacks, you are advised to send
name and address at once to r. r.
\. Lepso. S95 Island avenue. Mil
waukee, Wis, who is generously Of
fering to send bottle of the same
kind of medicine he gave Mrs. Mar
tin, free, to any sufferer who
writes in.-(AdVt.)
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-09-21
Two Men Killed in
Shooting ARRAY

SEVILLE, Fla, Sept. 2O.-Lester
Faircloth, of Uvalda, Ca, and Charley
Edmonds, Of Chadbourne, N. G., were
killed here Sunday by J. B.. Rainier:
who claims he shot in defense of
his family while a shooting affray
was in progress in front of his home.
Two of the men engaged in the
shooting were arrested at Crescent
City, while they were attempting to
eScane in an. autom obile.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-09-21
UnfaU0rable Weather
Has Gut Cotton Yield
In Georgia This Year

gray lands more than the red soils
The boil weevil has infested some
thing like about 25 per cent of the
farms of the section, the more
southerly counties bearing the brunt
of the weevil infestatio1. Ogle-
thorpe, Lincoln and Wilkes are hit
harder than Ebert, and Gilbert is hit
harder than Hart, Franklin and Mac =
ison. While the weevil has done
damage on possibly rs per cent of
the farms, still that damage is Linn
tied in scope. Some of the farms
show an infestation over only very
general ge:Slr 'i infestation. In EfBsrt SCUM
ty, the weevil will hurt a few farm
some others slightly, ana there are
about Is per cent who have been NJ
able to find any Weeyil at, all. TAX
ing Ebert county as whole, the
boil weevil damage this year will In
the entire county not cut down the
crop more than 500 bales.
1t is the consensus Of opinion that
the real damage has come from the
wet weather coming right at the
time the blooms were opening. and
at the very time to cause the 1ru1t
to shed.
From the very best Informed peo-
pie of this section, the opinion comes
that the section will make around
S. per cent crop, as against what
they thought along about the first OF
August before the rains began,
would be at least an go per cent crop;
Ebert county in 1919 made 25,673
bales The most reliably informed
of the county now think there Is MOI
a bare possibility of going over
10000 bales on the same acreage or
last year, or $4,000 bales this year
on the larger acreage il the entire
county. This shortage is in spite of
the fact more fertilizer was used
than ever before.
The above estimate of SIS per cent
is not only the estimate of local PEG.
pie, but only last week a, prominent
oil mill man of middle Georgia was
touring this section for the purpose
of obtaining first hand information
concerning the crop prospects. He
ties and went into the fields and ex-
amined the plant. 1t was his op1n-
ion that IS per cent would be a very
liberal estimate indeed,
Had the weed fruited UP all the
way as it started out during July
adjoining counties would be in the
big yielding class this year, but with
no fruit left from the middle of the
stalk up to the top. there is not
chance of making norma! yield.
HALL COUNTY EXPECTS
so PER CENT OF CROP
GAINESVILLE. Ca. Sept. IS
Cotton in Hall county is about three
weeks to forty days late, on account
of too much rain and too little SUM-
shine in the past two months.
The farmers of Hall county. for
many years. shave been in the habit
of planting other crops, such as corn.
wheat and oats, to say nothing OF
growing fruits. such as apples,
Continued on PAGE z. Column A
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-09-21
Never Met Before Wedding

SOUTHEND, Eng.-Mrs ,. Ernest
Smell applied to the court for sep
aration from her husband who de-
serted her. She said she never met
him until the day of their wedding,
their courtship having been carried
on by letters while he was in the
army.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-09-21

Reports from various parts of
Georgia relative, to the condition of
the cotton crop indicate that the
yield will fal at least rs per cent
tions. The cool weather in the
spring caused late planting, and the
crop generally is two weeks to
month late, these/ reports show.
Three or four weeks ago, it was
thought that the yield would APP
rainy spell setting in about that
time caused the cotton to shed it's
fruit and go to weed.
This rainy spell also accentuated
the activities of the boil weeyil, and
the reports generally agree that the
late crop will be negligible. Opinions
differ, however, as to the degree OF
destructiveness of the boil 'weevil,
some farmers holding that little
damage has been done by the. pest,
while others charge heavy losses
to it.
Farmers generally seem to be de-
termined to make the best of the
situation, although those who plant-
ed extensively of other crops, such
as corn, grain, velvet beans, peavine
hay, sweet potatoes, peanuts and to-
bacco are in the more cheerful
frame Of mind. Indications are that
these crops will command larger
acreage IMAM ever u0AI S4cdoOAI' - II
favorable conditions, including the
high cost of fertiliZing materials
and labor, are giving impetus also
to hog and cattle raising In the
state.
RAINS SPOIL GOOD CROP
IN ELBERTON SECTION
ELBERTON, Ca, Sept. 1S.-The
planters of this section of the state
tot hni r..
ton crop aow as they were four
weeks ago. The situation in north
east Georgia, including Ebert and
adjoining counties, may be summed
UP practically as follows
The crop was planted from 10 to
20 days late. 1t got good start,
there was no damage from boil wee
vii last year, but they showed up here
during the late fall after the crop
was made. The farmers figured this
make without weevil damage, and so
planted the largest acreage ever.
This crop grew off with the prettiest
weed of the last several years and
fruited up we'll during July and the
first part of August. It looked very
much like then that this section of
the state would make another bump
er crop.
However, along about the middle
Of August, or just a little prior
this section and raiped necessarily.
The blooms were filled with water
as they opened and soon dropped off.
There was good crop of bolls right
at the bottom of the stalks, but when
the heavy rains started, the bolls
stopped coming, while the stalks
began growing There is now very
little middle and absolutely no top
crop on the cotton but fair crop of
bolls aroAnd the bottom, and every
one has about the prettiest weed
ever grown here. The wet weather
seems to have hurt the crops on the
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-12-24
DECIDED CHANGE FOR BETTER Is
EVIDENT in ALL STOCK TRADING
Entire Lat Shows Improvement 81
Encouraging Mature.

NEW YORK. Dec, 2a.--A pronounced
change for the better came over the
atcek market today. supporting orders
of q substantial character and en- :
forced short covering resulting ia ex-
IRENE gains oF ! to upward ct 8
points throughout the general list.
Altogether the movement was the
most constructive Of any in several
weeks ard Indicated consideration ok
unusual investment values.
The Improvement vas the more
noteworthy because OF it's almost un-
interrupted progress. Occasional set
backs were nominal and mainly due 20
desire 20 make profits secure hut the
tone at the close was strong.
Conspicuous features of the advance
embraced oils. shippings steel equip
ments. sugars and various speeiaities
foremost ia the sharp reaction OF the
early days Of the week. Heavy aid
lot buying was reported BY commits
sion houses. Individual instances Of
strength included Mexican and Pan
American petroleums. United Fruit.
Atlantic Gulf. Bethlehem. Gruelbie.
vanadium and 4. s. steels. American
and Baldwin locomotives. American
Car. American Beet sugars. Sears
Aoebuck. Virginia Carolina Chemical
and Famous Players. There WAS q
steady demand for rails at gains Of !
70 3 points.
The only element 90 heavlneas was
shown BY coppefa and rubbers. the
former rejecting the passing Of divi-
dsnds on Inspiration and Green Ca
nanea. a. :. Rubber rallied buoy
antly az the finish. more than recov-
erlng It's s-point set back.
Money and foreign exchange agalu
failed 10 exert any influence. the only
feature ln tue international credit sit
nation being the low record ~ liability
reserves reported by the Bank ~ Eng
land speculative bonds scored mod
crate gains. also most liberty issues,
bui The list otherwise was irregular
Tatel sales. par value. s24,STs.o zoe. OLD
f bonds were unchanged on cali.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-12-24
ORLEANS COTTON
MAKES RECOVERY
Stock Market Eias Coed Effset es
Buyers.

NEW ORLEANS. Dec. ss.--Natura
reactions from the long decline were
made IN ths cotton market today.
shorts covering in order 20 realize
profits almost from the opening while
A fair volume Of buying for Ions ac-
count was met. especially after mid
session following the hulges in the
stock market. Around the opening tire
more active months were / 90 points
OF. but the whole list Soc. was higher
and late IN tho session the list sssad
SO to 81 points ever the close ae wee
terday. with January al 1889 and
July at 1873. The close showed net
gains 81 40 70 81 points
The small declines on the arst cal
were due 90 lower Liverpool cables
than due. After the first huTs.e ~
about 81 bate the market hesEtated
because Of the unfavorahEe showing
Of the weekly statement bv the BANS
Of England. hut the demand continued
from the short side and remained the
inference III the early
afternoon the market was fun II ~
ports concerning a better turn Ia the
situation among Carolina mills. sons
~ which were said "a hs aolng on
fun time. white spot men both here
and IN Texas claimed a better demand
from them. This Helped values. hui
the highest prices were made ga th.
sudden strength shown he thE stock
market
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-12-24
Do You Want Some Extra Money?

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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-12-24
LOST AND FOUND


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