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Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-07-24
North Caroliniian Fails
For Over a Million;
Assets Only SITS

GREENSBORO, N. c., July 21.-
Listing his total liabilities at $t,102,
$50 and his assets at only $2.775 car
ence F. True, formerly of New York
and now resident of Greensboro,
today filed a petition in bankruptcy
IN United States District court here.
While he was engaged in business
as a. building engineer and contractor
in New York prior to the World war.
Mr.. True for many years rode the
crest of the waves with the high
tides of fortune in the realm Of bush
ness. He had a hand in the con-
struction Of many expensive business
buildings in some of the most de-
sirable business districts of the me-
tropolis and had equities, it is said,
in valuable realty holdings. Mr..
True was in business with varying
degrees of success in New York for
nearly thirty years prior to the year
1918. fiji
In 1918 he discontinued all Of his
business operations in New York and
entered the United States army. He
served with the American forces
until March, 1919. With whatever
fortune he may have possessed swept
away by reVerses in business, Mr.
True, when the World war was over
came to Greensboro where he is now
engaged as building engineer for a
local contracting company.
Mr.. True's creditors are confined
to individuals and companies in New
! York citV
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-07-24
COOPER lATIVE MARKETING
DEPARTMENT DEVOTED TO THE POOL SELLING OF ALL FARM
PRODUCTS.

The Cooperative has conducted its
campaign for new members slowly
land thoroughly by canvassing only
few counties at time. Now there
is a south-wide campaign on for
new members. All of the twelve cot
ton co-operatives in the south are
making a concerted drive to sign up
every cotton producer possible be-
fore the fall season opens. To do
so means a far greater influence on
marketing conditions, as well as the
benefits it will bring to the many
new members that are being added
by all of the states.
The Georgia association is sign
ing members at the rate of more
than 5000 per month. Texas is sign
ing at the rate of 5000 and all of the
other states are reporting big gains
in their membership. When the gen
eral drive, beginning August L, is
completed, the officers of the Ameri-
can Cotton Growers Exchange, the
overhead organization of all the cot
ton co-operatives, confidently predict
that, in view of the results that have
been obtained in the past two
months, the membership in most
of the counties throughout the belt
will be doubled.
The Georgia cooperative expects
to have a. membership of 10000
growers for next season and even
if the crop is no larger than last
year, an average delivery per mem
Der will be far above last year.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-07-24

our members have signed up, after
seeing cooperative marketing for
cotton put to the practical test for
one year, is the best evidence that
can be offered in favor of producers
forming grower associa tons for
marketing their products orderly
and according to business princi-
pies"
Had all of the cotton produced
last year in Georgia been marketed
through the cooperative, the grow
ers, even under prevailing market
conditions last fall would have re-
ceived over $2O,0O0,00O more than
they did, which would have been a
most helpful debt-paying and pur-
chasing power, not only to the pro-
ducers, but in favor of all lines Of
business in our state. 1t would have
meant q great deal more, for it
would have aided in solving our tax
problems, the building of better rural
schools and churches. In fact, since
Georgia is primarily an agricultural
state, distributing our farm products
economically and profitably is funda'
mental if we are to prosper and
solve our business problems and
perform the duties Of citizenship. OF
course, with such a condition pre-
Vailing, the co-operatiVes would
have been Of even greater service.
because they would have exercised
a greater influence on marketing
conditions" t
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-07-24
THREE ACQUITTED
IN FLOGG|NC TRIAL
IN NORTH CAROLINA

LUMRERTON, N. c., July 21.-
|By the Associated Pdess. )-A YER
dict Of mot guilty" on three counts
of an : dictement on which they
were tried was returned here this
afterno~1 af : fifty minutes by the
jury in the trial of julie Brogdon,
Mike Lawson and Johnson Hedge
pet ~ men We're indicted and
tried for kidnapping, secret assault
and assault on women as a result
Of the kidnapping and floggnig near
Proctorville, N. c., on April IA last
of Mrs. Mary Watson and Mrs. Hat
tie Purvis.
Following the verdict of not guilty
on the three minor charges, Solic
itor 7. A. Mcneil Immediately moi
pressed the Indictment charging first
degree burglary, conviction on
which would have carried with it
the death penalty. The three de
PENDANTS were released, thus bring
ing the case to an end.
While the jury was oft in the
f1ogging case, Judge Sinclair heard
the evidence against TT. l.. Taliaferro
who was charged with tampering
with states witnesses on three
counts. He was found guilty and
sentenced to a fine of $3.50 and 80
days in jail on each count, to run
successfully. Pending a probable APP
peal Judge Sinclair fixed bond at
$4,000. 1t was developed in the evil
derce that Taliaferro is special in
vestigator of the intelligence depart
meEt of the Ku KIuX Khan.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-07-24

More than 10000 Georgia cotton
producers have signed up as mem
bers of the Georgia Cotton Growers
Cooperative association since the
cooperative began its second mem
bership campaign on February l.
The association was organized last
year with approximately $4,000
members. and now has a member
ship of $4,000 cotton producers, and
the campaign is still being pushed
in cotton producing counties
ing results, according to announce
ments from headquarters of the as
ISOLATION.
Comparing our sales record of
the prices received for the mem
bers' cotton with that of the prices
the individual growers sold for dur
ing the dumping season last fall,
our members will receive net .prac-
tically $1,500,000 more than they
would have got for their cotton had
they sold 1t, as it was ginned last
fall" says j. E. Conwell, president
of the cooperative.
1.-THE indications are that when
the delivery season opens up this
fall" Mr.. Conwell says, our men,
bership will be three times it's number
when the association was organized
and incorporated last year. That
the cotton-producing neEhbors of
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-07-24
Florida Hold-up 4
Suspect Insists He
Can Prove an Abb

TAMPA, Fla, July 21.--John Nc.
Donald, arrested last night in cor.
nection with the hold-up at La
Coochee, Fla, June 16. nj which
more than $11, 900 was obtained, to-
day denied that he had anything TO
do with the robbery or that he was
attempting to escape when captured
His home is several miles north. OF
town. he explained, and he has been
back and forth several times since
the theft and was on2 his waye home
last night His photograph and I'm.
ger prints were taken today. ham
Ira Holmes and Charles GerlSiu,
arrested here several days ago. are
in Jail in Dade City awaiting a hear
ing, charged with participating in
the crime. It is alleged that they
were positively identified by officials
of the Gunner Cypress company
from whom the money was taken
by four bandits just after the Off
Gals had received it from a train
messenger and were about to enter
their machine. The prisoners insist
they can prove an abb
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-07-24
One Dead, One May Die
From Effects Of Shot;
Deputy Sheriff Is Held

MEMPHIS, Tenn, July 21.-Mel-
vim Percer, 81, farmer of Atoka,
Term, died at a Memphis hospital
this morning from the effects of a
bullet wound received yesterday
when he and brother-in-law, Ed
ward Crow, 10, of Drummond, Tenn,
were fired upon by Jack Patterson,
deputy sheriff, on a highway near
Glenn Springs. Tenn.
Crow sustained an abdominal
wound which hospital authorities
here fear will be fatal.
Patterson. who was robbed by
highwaymen several months ago
claims that he thought the pair were
bandits on the point of holding him
uD as he was returning from
picric
Leo Percer, brother of the slain
man, asserts however, that his
brother told him that Il was shot
down as if [ were a dog"
Patterson was arrested Friday on
a warrant charging attempted MUIR
der
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-07-24

mittee on constitutional amend
ments, which already has voted 10
report it faVorably, because he also
wants to avoid the last-minute rush.
Interest in tax measures has to a
large extent sidetracked proposed in
vestigations of various departments.
although Representative Stewart, of
Atkinson county, announced Friday
that he will offer a resolution Tues
day for an investigation of the state
department of agriculture. The Nc
Michael resolution, adopted by the
house, providing for an investiga-
ton Of the state highway depart
ment, is now in a senate committee
Committees have grown in i'm
portance as the days of the SEES
sion have passed, and any bill that
is unufavorably reported in the flu
ture will have little chance of PISS
sage. This situation results from
advanced bills being put at the bot
tom of the calendar, and called UP
for consideration only twice per
week. The repeal of the tax equaIi-
verse report because it happened to
be the first bill introduced, and oc-
cupied a strategic position.
Fight i'm House
A fight in the house also is pre-
Gicted. over the bills of Representa-
tives Harris of Jefferson county and
Kempton of Fulton county, repeating
the acts of 1920 that created a new
class of Confederate pensioners and
increased pensions to $175 per year.
Under these acts the state is now
about $7000,9C0 behind in its pay,
ments to the old soldiers and their
widows.
Representative Linder of Jeff Da-
Wis county has announced that he
will make an effort to have the leg
islature appropriate about $625,000
additional to the public schools of
the state, to make up deficit that
was created in 1928. This alleged
deficit arose from a claim that the
actual revenues of the state exceed
ed the anticipated revenues by ST.
250. 900, and the schools are entitled
to one-half of that amount.
If the anticipated deadlock over
revenue measures develops next
week, the two houses will have little
to do except give their attention to
local bills, of which there are more
than 200 in the house and probably
so in the senate.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-07-24
FARM LABOR PARTY
IS SEEN BY MOSES
As C. 0. P. MENACE

WASHINGTON, July 22.-The
wave of popular sentiment which
carried the Farmer-Labor party to
victory in the recent Minnesota
election soon will make itself felt
in other states in the opinion of
Senator Moses, Of New Hampshire,
chairman of the Republican senate
rial campaign committee, who pre-
dicted today that the result might
for retaining a majority in the SEN
ate.
Defeat of the Minnesota Republic
an senatorial candidate by Magnus
Johnson, Farmer-Labor nominee.
was attributed by Senator Moses to
general dissatisfaction, but partic
ularly to complaints of the failure
of the farm legislations of the last
congress to produce expected re-
suits.
THE people of Minnesota seem to
forget" he said, that it was their
spokesman in Washington, claiming
to represent the farmers OF the
northwest, who framed and forced
through the, legislation.
II cannot help thinking that the
movement which we have seen in
Minnesota is going to spread. While
in the west / visited five states and
talked with a great many persons.
MY conclusion is that we have not
heard the last of this by long
shot In the territory that is likely
to be affected, the Republicans next
year will have to fight for sena-
torial seat in Idaho, Iowa, Kansas,
Michigan. Oregon, Nebraska, Okla
homa, South Dakota, Montana,
Wyoming, and again in Minnesota.
In all of thes estates excepting Mon
tana and Minnesota, the seats are
now held by Republicans.
cit does not take any greatsgitt
to see how, under present circum-
stances. we can meet disaster if this
movement. spreads.
cat the moment do not see what
can be done to check it. [ am con-
WINGED that the legislative remedy
which will be offered to us in the
next congress will be as ineffective
as that forced upon us by the agri-
cultural h.oc in the last congress-"
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-07-24
Charlotte Troneys
Halted by Explosion

CHARLOTTE, N. c., July Fl. -
Charlotte folk who do, not possess
automobiles either walked to work
today or were given lifts by their
more fortunate neighbors, for all
street car service was stopped at
1870 last night by a minor ex-
plosion at the power plant OF the
Southern Public Utilities company
which operates the local car sys-
tenn. There are practically no jit-
neys here.
The explosion of what is called
an coil switch" deranged the wiring
at the plant and for time all
city lights were out also, but they
were turned on, again just before
midnight. Workmen were started
in as soon as possible to make the
repairs necessary to turning on the
power that operates the trolley cars.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-07-24
Vienna Woman May
Die From Collision

VIENNA, Ga, July 81. - Mrs.
Roscoe Carol was probably fatally
injured when she was run over by
a fast freight train from Atlanta on
the A, B. and A. at Z o'clock yes
terday morning. The accident oc-
Cured at the crossing at the Bar
field Lumber company's plant. Mrs.
Carol was driving a sedan. When
the engine struck the car it hurled
it fifty feet down the track, the auto,
demolished, landing on the embank
ment. Mrs. Carol was taken from
the wreck unconscious, and there is
little hope for her recovery.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-07-24
VILLAS WORST ENEMY, HIS
OWN FIERY TEMPER, MADE
HOST OF FOES FOR HIM

committed the killings. The other
is that Of revenge.
Temper His Weakness
Villa, the mountain man, with
ability to ride, Shoot and swear, With
a peculiar complex, the great weak
ness of which was an uncomfortable
temper, had many epemies-proba-
bly, hundreds of men had sworn tC
take his life-and according to his
friends, he had no enemy so bitter
as Francisco Herrera. Villa Is
said practically to have exterminat
ed the Herrera family, prominent
IN Mexico. Masclovio Herrera, gen
eral over the left wing of Villa s
1914 army, was murdered myste-
riously. Melcher, another general.
his brother, Jose de la Luz Herrera;
his father, and younger Herrera.
were executed on Easter morning IN
1915, when they were led to a Par
raj graveyard. Francisco, the only
male member of the family left, IS
a government official at Gomez Pa
Hcio, Durango, not far from here.
To fiery temper is attributed his
downfall, and the boy Of the Sierra
Madres of western Chihuahua VINO
grew to be the most notorious fig
ure in all Mexico. often admitted
this weakness. From sane man,
laughing, joking with his friends,
his eyes would become blood-shot,
he would pitch his voice several
tones higher and he would pull his
pistol and fire at the slightest proVo-
cation.
A friend of the poor, this Robin
Hood would capture a town, open
stores, give people, leave to help
themselves and pour money upon
them and in the hearts of these SUI
perstitious poor people of Mexico,
the magic name of Villa" will go
on living as half saint, half devil.
His problematical place in Next
can history alone remains to be
written.
NO MILITARY FUNERAL;
VILLA NOT ON Rolls
MEXICO CITY, July 21.-(By the
Associated Press. (-President Obre-
CONS plan to accord full military
honors to the funeral Of Francisco
Villa, former rebel chieftain. who
was killed yesterday, will not be
carried out. it was announced Off.
cially at the war department late
last night, because Villas name was
not carried upon the official military
rolls of the government.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-07-24
Macon Realtors to
Urge Law to Curb
Georgia Land Sharks

MACON. Ga. July 21.-A commit
tee of Macon real estate men, head
ed by ]. Clay Murphey, president of
the state association, win visit At
lanta next Tuesday to confer with
legislators relative to the passage of
a state license law for realtors.
With the proper kind of license
legislation in effect, realtors feel that
the curb dealers and land sharks
will be eliminated.
The committee will urge some
kind of legislation along this line
as a means of protecting newcomers
in Georgia from becoming victims Of
wild cat land schemes and sales.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-07-24
Worlds Speediest
Train Makes Average
OF 81 Miles an Hour

LONDON, England fastest
train in the world is now running be-
tween London and Swindon, a dis
lance of II IA miles, which it COW
ers in 70 minutes, travelling at the
rate of 61.S miles an hour.
This is one OF five trains announc-
ed in the summer schedules of the
English railroads, that will make bet
ter than a mile a minute on regular
runs. The longest run is between
London and Bath, 100 rs miles,
which is made at the rate OF Oil
miles an hour
Another feature OF the summer
train schedules is that daily non
stop trains are run between London
and all the important cities and sum-
mer resorts in England, which are
designed to allow the worker to live
at the seaside and continue to work
in Londona
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-07-24
WAR ON WEEV|L
BY MILLION DIXIE
CHILDREN PLANNED

SUMTER, S. c., july 21.-A cru
SADIE against the boil weevil in
which one million school children
of the southern states will be en-
rolled is the plan of the Red. Bird
club, which has been organized in
the state of South Carolina and
which has opened national head
quarters here.
The plan is an adaptation of the
Florida plan of fighting the wee
vii, being modified so that the chill
dren have am incentive to work for.
The children will scour the fields
and pick the live weevils from the
cotton stalk.
Sara c. Freeman is director gem
eral of the movement, and is d.
recting the drive to organize the
south from the local offices.
Named for Fighter
Founders of the Red Bird club
adopted the name because of the,
birds well-known fighting ability.
The red bird strikes back when at
tackled and fights to the bitter end;
he knows no surrender as long as
there is life and strength with which
to battle.
All the schools close about the
time, or shortly after. the weeyils
begin to come out of winter hiber-
nation, and the plan of the national
chapter of the Red Bird club locat-
ed in Sumter, S. c., is to organize
the children thus liberated into clubs
to go into the cotton fields to catch
and destroy these first weevils be-
fore they have had time to deposit
their larvae or eggs. If all, or even
a majority of these first weevils
can be so destroyed, the planters
will be assured a crop.
Girl Catches Thousands
In a contest among the members
of the Red Bird clubs, one girl re-
ported 1000 weevils caught during
one week. and it has been stated
that the last census showed more
than four million white children. in
the rural schools alone Of the COT
| ton belt.
1t is planned and expected that
the planters and farmers in every
section will contract with the club
members to catch weevils. paying
them either by the hour or accord
| ing to the number caught.
| And already several planters have
| assured the trustees of the national
chapter of the Red Bird club that
they will be glad not only to pay
the club members for this work.
| but they will also be glad to trains
port them to and from the cotton
| fields.
While the movement thus far has
| been confined to South Carolina,
with the opening of the schools in
the fall, it will be extended to the
other states in the cotton belt.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-07-24
Plant Of Meigs Herald
Is DESTROYED by Fire

MEIGS, Ga, July 21.--The plant
of the Meigs Herald, formerly THE
Brickbat." was destroyed by fire
early today. AS The Brickbat' the
paper figured during the last six
months as a reputed organ of the
K. X. K, under the editorship of
Rev. Roy E. Davis. who figured in
recent episodes in Valdosta, and who
was deposed as president of the
Georgia Farmers union.
The last number of the paper was
published under it's former name,
Me,gs Herald, and 1T was generally
accepted that this was the end of
"The Brickbat."
The origin of the fire, which de-
stroyed the old city hall, in which
the plant was located, is unknown.
Dan Walton was publisher of both
naOerS
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-07-24
Cures PeIIa gra or
Money Refunded

The American Compromising Co.. Box SSH
Jasper. Ala, will send you free Booklet on
PeIlagra. and Tow to treat it. They will send u
to you in a plain wrapper. and you should
write for it If you suffer from Pellagra orehays
any OF the symptoms Of Peagra, such as; sore
mouth. red hands skin peeling off. lips throat
and tongue flaming red with much mucous
and choking. -
Pellagra sufferers get WE'LL and remsm-
Der they guarantee Baughn's Pellagrs Treat
meDt to do all they claim. or give you back
every cent you have paid. you take 1ahso-
iutely no risk
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-07-24
Mr.. Turner u. Cox
Dies Near Camilla

CAMILLA. Ga July 21.-Mr.
Turner U. Cox. who conducted a
2,000-acre farm half way between
Camilla and cambridge, died sud
denly last night two miles from his
home. Heart trouble was ascribed
AS the cause. Funeral services were
held Saturday at Hopeful church.
Mr.. Cox was As years old, He is
survived by two young daughters
and a son.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-07-24
Crushed by Tractor,
Florida Citrus Grower
Succumbs to Iniur,

DADE CITY, Fla, July PIE. c..
Forbes, citrus grower of the Lake
Parsadena neighborhood, died here
today as a result of injuries sus-
tanned yesterday afternoon when a
tractor attached to harrow he was
driving fell backwards upon him.
He Immediately was extricated
and medical aid called. but he was
too seriously hurt to recover. He
came to this section about two years
ago from New York and established
a grove. He was for some years
engaged in the mining business in
Mexico, it is said. He is survived
nv his widow
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-07-24
Death Sentence Affirmed

TALLAHASSEE, Fla, July IL
The supreme court today affirmed
the death sentence imposed by the
circuit court of Volusia county mon
Aubrey Lee Nickels, who was con-
victed of criminally assaulting a
white woman at Deland on Decem-
Der Z. 1921. Nickels, in his petition
for a new trial, contended he had
been sentenced without a fair trial.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-07-24

from suffering than you
have perhaps imagined.
An eminent physician,
expert in this science,
has shown the way. 1t
was he who first pro-
duced the great remedy.
IN O tn er's Friend. I"
Mrs. C. ]. Hartman,
Scranton, Pa, says:
with my first two
children / had a doctor
and a nurse, and then
they had to use instru-
ments, but with my last
4wn children T usod
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-07-24

Mothers Friend and had only a nurse we
had no time to get doctor becauseI wasn't
very sick-only about ten or fifteen min
utes." Use Mothers Friend" as our moth
ers and grandmothers did Don't wait start
today, and meanwhile write to Bradfeld
Regulator Co., BA 46, Atlanta, Ca. for a
free illustrated book containing information
every expectant mother should have. Moth
er's Friend" is sold by all drug stores
everywhere,