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Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-04-28
GUNNER COX GETS |
HERO MEDAL If TEN
SEVENTEEN YEAR,

WASHINGTON-"Gunner Cox"
wearing a congressional medal
honor.
That sentence tells the story
a government that dsd not forg
through seventeen long years OF
man on the high seas who stood !
his guns in extreme peril.
The United States ship Missos
was at target practice off Pensaco
April /, 1904. - Fire broke out
powder magazine.
Robert E. Cox, acting gunner. !
Monssen and c. S. Schepke, gunner
mates, went into the magazine aft
1T had been flooded.
The fire was still burning. Poiso
GUS fumes filled the chamber. A t.
there. A spark in that powder al
the three men and many others
the crew would have been blown I
The three stuck to their posts u
til they extinguished the fire.
Monssen and Schepke were awar
ed medals of honor. but Cox was
warrant officer and regulations of t
| navy forbade the comforting of su
| honor on any man not in the ranl
| "A Recommendation for DECORATE
| was made by the captain of the sh
| the commander of the North Atlant
| fleet and by President Roosevelt.
The matter was taken up by CO
| gress in February, 1920. On Fe
ruary 1, 1921, necessary 1egislati
was enacted and on April ii "Gunn
Cox" was summoned to the VIII
| House.
Dignitaries of the nation we
there to see President Harding \
the medal on Cox and to hear t
| laudation of a man who stood by l
| guns SeYenteen wears AGO
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-04-28
Brooks County Farmer
Ships First Carload
Cabbages to Market

QUITMAN, Ga. April i26.-The first
full carload Of cabbages for the
season, SO far as is known, was ship
ped from Quitman last week. They
were grown on the farm of M. l..
Bowen, who is one of the most sue
cessful truck growers in this sec
ton. It is reported that the prices
were not so good as cabbage prices
sometimes are, but they beat cotton
with boil weevil.
J. w. Haddock, who is in charge of
the city scales, has made report of
the hogs weiehe during the period
from September, 1920 to April 1921.
The records show that 1900 hogs
have been weighed and 200 head of
cattle. This would make total of
about Is carloads of stock shipped
from Brooks county to market. In
off of about one-third from the fig
ures of last season. It is thought
that the low price, cents, has some
thing to do with this.
The postoffice at Dixie has been ad-
vanced from fourth class office to
a third class. 1t is interesting to
note that Postmaster J. B. Crane
thinks the unusual amount of plant
sales transacted through the Dixie
ceipts. Dixie. has long been a truck
ing center and in addition to ship
ping truck a vast number of plants
are sent via parcel post.
Miss Crews, Of the extension de-
partment of the College Of Agricul-
ture, was in Quitman severalS days
last week comforting with members
of the Woman's club in regard to
special features Of interest to women
to be put on at the Brooks county,
fair this fall. Miss Crews ex-
pressed regret that Brooks county,
whic his regarded as most progress
sive, has no home economic agent
to work with the women and chill
dren.
The drinking fountain which the
Daughters of Confederacy propose to
install as memorial to the world
war veterans has been ordered and
it is expected the fountain will be
placed on one of the street parks at
an early date. The design is very
handsome one of marble. surmount-
ed by the figure of a soldier in white
marble. The U. D. c. chapter has
asked that the other civic and relig-
ious organizations join in with them
in building the fountain.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-04-28
DORSEY To AID IN
PEONAGE CRUSADE

J. 3. Stribling, a well-known Pike
county farmer, was indicted by the
United States grand jury Monday on
charges of holding negroes in peon-
| age. Investigation of other peonage
charges was under way by the jury
Tuesday.
| Governor Dorsey Monday night de-
clared he has received reports of
night riding and brutal treatment of
negroes in several counties of the
state.
1.-The situation in Georgia is un-
believable," he said, land I cannot
understand it. I believe the people
should be acquainted with the full
facts in the various cases reported
to this office and I intend to give
them full publicity 1 will ask ev-
cry solicitor general in the state to
prosecute Immediately all acts of
mob violence, and will request the
laws covering all such cases.
| The governor said reports reach
ing his office are to the effect that
negroes are being murdered in Ba-
ker county and that night-riding is
common in Taliaferro, Spalding and
| DlIl6E Countess.
II am going to do everything in
my power" said the governor. etc
bring the facts to the attention OF
the people, and will cooperate with
federal agents in their peonage prose
cutions."
MORE
According to the governor, one
| white man who wrote of conditions
he said existed in his county de.
clared:
II would be killed if some of the
people of my county knew I was
| giving this information"
Another letter told of how negroes
at night and brutally logged by
night riders, Of how others are or.
dered to leave their homes, and how
still others are being murdered. THE
governors informants told him con
ditions were getting worse instead
of better"
II am bringing these reports tt
the attention of the county authori
ties, and am insisting that they take
| immediate steps to stop his lawless
ness" said he governor.
Federal agents were still pushing
their investigation Of peonage Tues
day, according to Vincent Hughes
in charge of the bureau Of investi
cation of the department of justice
| He said ten men were now at worl
in various parts of the state.
eff the situation does not improve
I have been informed by the Wash.
ington office that it will furnish me
as many as fifty men to assist ir
the campaign we are making to wipe
out -peonage in Georgia" said Mr.
Hughes.
Mr.. Hughes said one of the prob
lens his men are now wrestling will
| is the investigation of numerou
complaints from negroes that turf
out to be without merit.
"They come to us in veritabl
droves and tell us narrowing storie
of how they are being held as poems
we promptly get busy on the cas-
and in a great many instances w
learn that no peonage was bein;
| practiced," he said.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-04-28
Aviation Neglected
By People, Navy and
Congress, DENLY SAYS

WASHINGTON, April 26.-Avia-
ton has been given insufficient at
tention "by the people, the congress
and the navy" Secretary DENLY de-
clared today before the house naval
committee.\ He advocated enact
ment of Representative Huck's bill
to create a separate navy bureau of
aeronautics as first step towards
remedying the deficiency.
"a modern fleet is blind unless 1t
has air auxiliaries," he said, "and
we hope that by working out pres
ent plans we can always be assured
that an American fleet will never
meet a hostile force which over
matches it in the air"
Committee members asked ques-
tions to bring out Mr.. Denby's opin-
ion of the value of wholly sepa--
rated air organization, independent
of both war and navy departments,
as a part of American military or
ganization, but he asked to be ex-
cuSed from comment.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-04-28
OFFICERS PROBING
ARREST QE NEGRO

Federal agents of the department
of justice began inquiry Tuesday into
the circumstances surrounding the
arrest Monday night of Tom Walker,
a negro, of 152 Randolph street, who
was arrested by Patrolman c. F.
Wills and delivered to four men from
Jasper county, one of whom claimed
to be a deputy sheriff. The Jasper
county men said they wanted the ne
gro on kidnapping charge.
Chief of Police Beavers also inves-
tigated the case.
Vincent Hughes, chief of the de-
partment Of justice bureau, was given
a mass of information concerning
the case by negro fugitives from
Jasper county farms who called at
his office Tuesday morning.
Lena Walker, wife Of the arrested
negro, told Night Chief of Police Jett
that John Smith, Jasper county farm
err, for whom she and her husband
formerly worked, in company with
Oscar Thompson and two other men
from Jasper county, and Patrolman
Wills, came to her house late Monday
night and arrested her husband.
She declared they exhibited an al.
legged warrant for her husband, which
charged he had kidnapped Zollie Head
a negro farm hand She added that
Head was "a years old. The negress
said Patrolman Wills made the ar.
rest and then turned Walker over tic
the Jasper county men.
Patrolman Wills said Tuesday that
Smith and others of the party call
ed at his home late Monday night and
exhibited a warrant for Walker
smith told me he, was a deputy
sheriff." said the patrolman. He
says he then went with the party
and made the arrest.
When informed of the arrest OF
Walker, Sheriff w. E. Persons, OF
Jasper county, according to the fed.
eral agents, declared he had no in.
formation of a warrant having beer
issued for the negro.
Walkers wife declared Tuesday
that she and her husband worked for
Mr.. Smith a number of years, but
that "our financial transactions were
unsatisfactory" She said they came
to Atlanta some weeks ago. The
negro Head, who was said by the
Jasper county man to have been kid.
mapped, also left, the Smith farm OF
his own accord, she told the agents
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-04-28
Florida Senator Seeks
To Abolish His lob

TALLAHASSEE, Fla, April 90
Rarely is a senator caught in the
act of abolishing his own job, no
matter how much he may think that
other political places are merely
sinecures. However, Senator Sim
gletary put himself in that position
Monday afternoon, when he spoke in
defense of his bill abolishing the
state market commission and put
ting the state marketing commits
sioner in charge Of the bureau Of
agriculture.
Mr.. Sfngletary is one of the COM
missioners, but he did not act
grieved at the prospect of losing his
job.
He is a strong believer in the
state marketing bureau and paid its
head a fine compliment. The bill
carried an appropriation of $4,000
for the epenses of the board yearly.
raise of $4,000. Mr.. Singletary
says the board is becoming a strong
factor in the marketing of agricul-
tural products in the state. The bill
is in line with Governor Hardee's
recommendations for a return to the
constitution and a cutting down Of
boards.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-04-28
Columbus Free City
Market to Encourage
Poultry Production

COLUMBUS, Ca, April 26.-As an
inducement to increase home produc-
ton Of vegetables, poultry and other
food products. Columbus formally
opened free city market Saturday,
all restrictions being lifted and the
producers being given every concen-
fence and shown every courtesy.
The formal opening was marked by
exercises, the Benning military band
furnishing music at intervals. and
city officials and members of the
City Federation of Women's clubs
had big part in the program. There
was, a vast throng of citizens and
country people present.
The club women had offered a num-
Der of prizes for the best selections
of food products brought in to the
opening, and this resulted in a large
and very attractive assortment being
displayed. Judges composed of lead
ing club women awarded these pre-.
mlums at noon, many of the planters
being successful winners. Thirty
seven market stalls were full of good
things to eat and this display in
itself proved an attractive feature
Twenty-Five dollars in prizes were
awarded.
1t is possible this feature will be
continued every Saturday for a few
weeks to encourage the planters to
Increase production. which had dwin.
died down to very low figure here
due to the old city market plan which
carried antiquated restrictions that
proved quite expensive to the pro-
ducerS
The city council market commit
tee, George S.. Sherman, chairman,
has designated an advisory commit
tee from the woman's clubs to aid
in directing affairs of the market,
and it is stated that the women will
practically have charge. The market
house has been practically rebuilt and
put in fine shape, and it is being adj
vertised as free for use of all truck
ers of the community. 1t is made
plain, however, that no hucllsters can
come in, the market being reserved
exclusively for producers
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-04-28
COTTON GROWERS To.
SEEK NEW MEMBERS

Appointment of a finance commit
tee, and the adoption of plans to
launch a gigantic membership drive
to secure signatures to the contract
of the Georgia Cotton Growers Co.
operative associations cotton mar
Sketing contract, featured the all-day
conference of the general organiza-
ton committee Monday at the tenn
porAry headquarters in the Walton
building.
Henry c. Bagley, well-known At
lanta banker, was appointed chair
man of the finance committee, and
accepted the post. The other mem
bers of the committee, include: Ben
J. Conyers, Atlanta; H. U. Wallace,
Of Elberton. and Martin Amorous, of
Marietta. The committee is expected
TO meet Immediately and devise ways
and means Cor properly financing the
undertaking of securing members for
the association.
In addition to supervising the fl
nances of the association, the COM
mittee will have charge Of making
temporary arrangements for financ-
.ng and selling cotton. Letters nave
been received at the state headquar-
tiers, according to Cnarres S. Barrett.
general chairman of the organiza-
ton committee, from New York bank
ing and export houses, seeking to
make connections with the Georgia
association for the actual selling of
cotton.
The meeting Monday was presided
lover by Chairman Barrett, and after
the appointment of the finance COM
mittee, plans for launching the mem
bership campaign were discussed.
1t was decided to secure the serv-
ices of national expert in organi-
cation work to supervise the work
gin the campaign sometime in May.
Chairman Barrett announced that
he had been in communication with
A. A.. Gilmore, of Spokane, Wash,
ISOLATION organizers in the country
to have him come to Georgia as
general organizer for the coming
campaign.
Chairman Barrett said that Mr.. Ill
more was in charge Of the Tri-State
Wheat Terminal company, near. Spo-
kane, Wash, and succeeded in intro
ducing the Sapiro wheat marketing
plan to such an extent that the COM
pany is expected to handle more
than 100000 bushels Of wheat this
year, all on a cooperative marketing
He also conducted the organization
work among the Oklahoma cotton
growers, according to Chairman Bar
rett, and is we'll acquainted with the
details of the plan that is to be used
In Georgia. Chairman Barrett stated
that he hoped to have definite advices
from Mr.. Gilmore by the latter part
of the week, as to whether he would
accept the position in Georgia.
1t was decided to start a prelim-
mary campaign to secure cotton
planters as members of the associa-
ton at once, also to start campaign
to obtain associate members for the
association among bankers, manufac-
turers and business men.
E. o. TatA and Victor Victor, the
two delegyses who attended the cot
ton confer nce of ten southern states
in Oklahoma City, rendered a report
on the meeting, declaring that plans
were now under way to form cooper
alive cotton market association simi-
lar to the one to be formed in Georgia
in ten states, and that plans were laid
at the Oklahoma meeting for a ma
tional marketing and selling agency.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-04-28
WEEKS ASKSL|M|T
TOPATENT GRANTS
FOR FOREIGNERS

WASHINGTON, April 26.-Activity
of German citizens in obtaining pat
ents from the American government
embodying many of, the principles OF
the American railroad artillery and
other ordnance led Secretary Weeks
to ask congress today for legislation
limiting the granting of patents to
foreigners.
The secretary said 201 ordnance
German citizens since last July /,
and all transferred to Frederick
krupp. the great ordnance manufac-
turer at Essen.
1T seems to me significant" said
Secretary Weeks in a letter to Vice
President Coolidge, that out of
eight pertain to railroad artillery and
embody many of the principles of
our own railroad artillery and in
view of the circumstances, L feel
constrained to bring the matter to
your attention for such action as
you shall deem desirable in the in
terest of the United States.
Corrective legislation seems nee
essary. The principle involves the
policy of the government granting
patents to nationals of countries
with whom the United States is at
war. Furthermore, the question
arises whether we should not re-
quire all foreign patents to be put
into operation within the period. of,
say, two or three years, so as to
Sorestall condition rising similar
at the beginning of the late war
wherein the Germans. through their
patent activities in this country had
practically eliminated American
manufacture of dyestuffs because
licensed or otherwise put into opera
ton in the United States"
Secretary Weeks letter was re-
3erred to the senate patents commit
Tee
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-04-28
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Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-04-28
McGinty, Innocent,
to Return for Trial,
Says Attorney Howard

]. H. McGinty, president of the
Atlanta Supply company, who is
charged by federal agents with vio-
lating the dry laws and using the
mails to further sales of distilling
equipment throughout the country,
will return to<Atlanta in a few days
from cambridge, where he is engaged
in important work, it was stated
Tuesday by William Schley Howard.
his attorney.
Attorney Howard declared the
charges against McGinty are unjust
He said he was confident that the
trial of the case would bring a YER
diet of acquittal for his client.
Mr.. McGinty is certified public
accountant, and is in cambridge on
important work" said Mr. Howard.
He is not tyring to evade arrest,
and will be here to answer the
charges against him"
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-04-28
Man Wins Fortune
From $3.50 Kitten;
Now Owns Cat Farm


PORTLAND, Ore.-"Great fortunes
from little kittens grow"
Larry Furman's fortune grew that
way.
Five years ago, Larry had a big
idea He invested $3.50 in Persian
kitten, Sunburst by name. sun
burst grew, and in growing took
many prizes at cat shows. Larry's
cat family also grew, likewise his
fortune. Then he quit his job and
bought an automobile.
A friend borrowed the car and
paid Larry rent for it's use. Larry
had another idea.
AS a result, today he has a cat
farm of priced Persians, nine high
grade automobiles in an auto livery
business, two homes and fat bank
account.
And all because he bought Sun
burst.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-04-28
Family Trees Look Good
Due to Slippery Elm,
Statey Neal K. O'HarQ
BY NEAL b. o'HARA
(CnnNri Qht 1Q21l

A lot of folks that think the
Golden Rule is only eleven inches
to the foot have gnarled idea about
other things. They figure that il
settlers. to trim the Indians out OF
their land they've got right to view
us common birds with a grand dis
play of elevated nostrils. But they
have guessed wrong once again. II
is never safe to lay on the swans
because Of what your. forbears have
done. Because many genealogy ia
bles. are covered with spotty linen
for tablecloths.
A lot of first families are social
ed because they were first to dis
cover that the Indians were suckers
for glass beads. Some of the ear
Hest settlers also hoped on to the
fact that the Redskins would trade
a square mile of Manhattan for g
can be said for the ancient fliNflam'
mers is that they gave a nippie1
brand of stagger water than is oo-
tainable now.
If your ancestors grabbed off the
choicest sites for couple of strings
of red beads you are. very lucky
but not necessarily distinguished. DC
not arch your eyebrows at the un'
couth classes. Maybe your grand
father once ate tripe with his fore,
fingers. And always remember thai
those ancient oil paintings flattereo
the old folks in all four directions
There are plenty of bones in every
family, and twenty bones make q
family skeleton. Another natty item
to remember is that many family
trees look flossy only because they
are slippery elms. Also, that May
flower passenger list might not have
been such a wonderful gang ii
or rs
waiting for 'em. -
A lot of people that now live II
glass houses used to inhabit flat
And don't let 'em kid you that they've
always been used to transparent clap
boards. It's a long lane that has
no kipk in it. And it's a granC
family that never had a demure
daughter elope with the chauffeur
There's a bunch of authentic dope
worth knowing. For instance, many
guys with holeproof regulations have
poroknit records on st. Peters ledger
And because your wife plays bridge
on Fifth avenue is no sign your col
Iegiate son has never spent the night
in the D. T. ward.
Of course little nonsense nov
and then is relished by the best OF
men. 1t is helpful to bear in mine
that a guy of improbable character
can still make lot OF sups ina
can De CON6I6u ny dCCluClAL AAAo "a
ance. We get that straight from
number of reliable police blotters.
Some guys can't be perfect for two
weeks in succession without looping
up to the legislature with a batter
Of moral laws. Which looks very
upliftish on the surface. But if We
waited for the bimbos with unfair
nished regulations to cast the frs
stone, we'd have no more use fol
crushed boulders than a dame tina
knits linen doilies.
There is no moral pinned to this
tale except this: A bunch of oul
most venerable millionaires played
tag with the draft in the Civil war
Also, many a fortune of 1921 was
known as the swag in the early COS
And the monkey wrench in our socla
system is that three buffers and
governess often make a first family
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-04-28
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