Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-01-10
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Thad Pirkle, of Norcross, who was
wanted in DeKalb county for the
death of little Madge and Mary
quinn, who were run over by an
auto driven by Pirkle, has sur
rendered to the Fulton ciunty au-
thorities. A reward of $500 was of
fered for him.
Mrs. Parish McCranie. of Thorn
asvllle, was awarded $4,000 in the
Townsville court against w, W
Williams for damages resulting from
the killing of her husband by Will
llams. Mrs. McCranie was repre-,
wick.
Senator Harris has requested the
department of agriculture to in
crease the weather station at
brownsville to forecast station.
Paul M. Roby, Monroe county
farmer, has posted his. land against
hunters and stated that anyone
shooting quail on his land would be
prosecuted. He declared that the
quail is the deadliest enemy of the
boil weevil and that all sportsmen
W. S. Miner, one of the leading
business men of Eastman, who owns
a cotton gin and feed mill in the ne
gro section there, was troubled by
MINOR ctfenscs and dcprcdations on
his property by the negroes. He
placed an electric sign carrying the
words God Loves You," on the
property, and now says he is trou-
bled no longer.
A. ]. Ryals, of Macon, has appeal
ed to the police to help him agains
thefts of his pigeons. Six month";
ago Ryals mad $50 fine pigeons, and
now all except have been stolen I'll
the rate of several d week. He has
not been able to Jetaet the thief.
Mrs. NJ. P. Welch, Of Athens, one
of the NEST prominent women in the
state, died at her home there Sun
day. She was 70 years old.
Sam Williams, the negro who was
lynchcd at Woodland in Talbot coun-
ty, had committed an assault on a
young white girl in Talbot county. il
is now reported. The affair had been
kept secret for the sake of the girl
bat leaked out as an explanation OF
INC ucdll oI me negro.
The organization of a Kiwanis
club has been perfected at Vidalia
W. |. DeLoach is the elected presl
dent. Presentation of the club.
charter is expected this month.
Judge j. Render Terrell, retirine
judge of the Cowcta Superior court
VIII move to Columbus and becom,
a partner of Judge Frank D. Foley
II he practice Of law.
Sonia Solomonoff, Russian ballet
master, has conferred with the Off
GERS of the Georgia School for the
Deaf al Cave Spring, relative to
the establishment of class in dane
ing there. Mr.. Solomonoff has
taught several deaf children in At
lanta to dance.
The people of Chattooga county
will try out the old swap system in
that county. On every first Tues
day in each month the people viii
bring such articles as they wish to
exchange or sell to the courthouse
and an auctioneer will acction them
off.
Theowners of the Bulloch pack
ing plant of Statesboro won the frs.
litigation over the possession of the
plant, Judge Beverly D. Evans, Al.
Savannah, refusing to turn the plant
over to K. M. Williams, receiver for
the Southern States Packing com
pany, bankrupts, who scheduled the
plant as an asset of that corpora
Il0n.
The state automobile tax produc-
cd a total revenue in 1920 of ST.
Jl8,512.13, every cent of which goes
under the law to the State Highway
department, save the expense of ad-
mlnJsterlng the act. The total ex-
pense for the purpose was $57,549.
The coroner's jury Of Dooly county
which held an inquest over the body
of Henry Mitchell, VINO died in Ma
con on December 81, 1919, and whose
body was exhumed in November, a,
the instigation of agents of the de
partment of justice, decided that
Mitchell came to his, death by arsenic
poison administered by DR.. M. c
Mitchell, negro physician, of Macon
formerly of Montezuma.
Governor-elect Thomas W. Hard
wick, of Georgia, and a delegation
paid their respects Friday afternoon
to Cary A. Hardee, Florida's new
governor, when they called at the
state capital.
Henry c. Belcber, aged so, a Con
federatc veteran and alumnus Of tbs
University of Georgia, was burned to
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