Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-02-06
DIPPING VAT WAR
FLARES; j. 6. AGENT
SLAIN; SECOND shot

STATEWIDE, Ga, Feb. 5.-Dr.
S. Horn, Of Atlanta, federal dipping
agent for the state of Georgia, ar
rived here Sunday and Swore out
affidavits upon which warrants Were
issued for the arrest Of Mann Garter
and his son, Will, on charges OF
murder.
The warrants were placed in the
hands of Sheriff w. w. Pennington,
of Echols county, but he reported
today that he had been unable to
locate either of the men named il
the warrants.
STATENVILLE, Ga, FEB. g.
Echols county's cattle dipping war
broke out again this morning, one
federal enforcement officer being
killed and another wounded. Mack
Lockridge, of Dawson, Ga, was
shot and almost instantly killed,
and his compnaion, r. S. Ritchley,
also of Dawson, was seriously
wounded during a quarrel that oc-
CURED on the highway near the
farm of Mann Carter.
Garter and his son, Will, who are
said to have fired the shots at the
federal officers, have not been ar
rested Officers in this (Echols)
county, indicated that no arrests
would be made until warrants have
been issued.
The two federal officers are said
to have visited the Carter farm this
morning and informed the elder Car
ter that they. had taken up one OF
his COWS that had not been dipped
and that the animal was subject to
redemption. A heated argument fol
lowed, and the cattle inspectors
turned and walked toward an auto
mobile in the roadway. s.
Mann Carter and his son are
said to have pursued the inspectors,
one carrying a shotgun and the
other a pistol. Reports reaching Of
ficers here indicate that both Car.
tiers shot just as Lockridge and
Ritchley reached the automobile.
Lockridge received charge from
the shotgun and Ritchley was
wounded with a pistol bullet, and
almost by a shotgun.
, Lockridge died in a few minutes
but Ritchley summoned aid and was
taken to hospital in Valdosta,
Ga, where it is said that he has
little chance to recover.
Both officers were members of
the force sent to Echols county
last summer to enforce cattle dip
ping, for the elimination of ticks.
They established a camp near here
and have been riding the ranges,
enforcing the dipping law.
Several clashes have occurred at
various times and only few weeks
ago sons of Mann Carter and the
federal officers exchanged shots.
The officers were said to have
been armed with pistols and guns
and also had two machine guns at
the camp, which was known as
Fort McKinnion. But it is stated
the officers did not use their guns
CATTLE DIPPING WAR
NOT OF RECENT ORIGIN
The cattle-dipping war in Echols
county is not of recent origin. 1t
has BEEN in progress virtually ever
since the catt1e-dipping law was en-
acted. A number of the cattle own
ers apparently are resolved not to
dip their cattle. They contend that
the law is unreasonable in many of
it's requirements-that to round up
Etheir cattle from the swamps and
hammocks several times a year
costs more money than the cattle
are worth.
Last summer, just prior to the
legislative session, there was an out
break Of trouble. Several dipping
watts were destroyed by dynamite.
Inspectors. armed with shotguns.
had a brief pitched battle with a
party of men attempting to dyna-
mite a vat.
DIR. Peter F. Bahnsen, state vet
erinarian, who has charge of the en-
forcement of the cattle-dipping law,
publicly charged at that time that
the law enforcement officers of Ech-
OILS county were in sympathy with
the dynamiters and were not giving
protection to his men.
In an effort to harmonic the stu
alton, Governor Hardwick suggested
to the legislature an amendment
modifying in some respects the re-
Quirements of the dipping law. sThe
bill was introduced and made con-
siderable Roadway until DR.. BahnSen
launched his influence against it, on
the ground that it was unfair to
cattle owners in other counties to
require them to eradicate the cattle
tick by frequent dipping over a pc.
riod of years, and then to let down
the bars for the benefit of Echols
county cattle men.
DR.. Bahnsen was not in Atlanta
| Saturday. 1t was reported that he
was i'll in bed at his home at Amer
| icus. J. J. Brown, who as commits
| sioner of agriculture, is the tftular
| head of the veterinary department,
| had received no report of the Echols