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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-11-02

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the last few minutes for brewing dart
poison. There were bamboo spoons Gov
. cred with the brown sticky mess of the
dried ipoh, or poison from the ipoh-tree.
One of these trees was not far away,
its bark cross scored With knives SO that
the, poison juice was dripping, from the
frayed bark. He was q little worried
now, for he had. no wish to be struck by
a poisoned arfew--and he understood from
the fire ana other signs that the natives
had fed before his approach.
Before long he heard them moving
close by in the brush When he disre-
garded the Mrkers, they became holder.
and moved out Into sight-at least he
could see az black grizzled head or a
brown shoulder in the shadowy recesses
Of the, SURROUNDING jungle. Now he raised
a hand and made the peace sign.
They were reluctant to come in, but
Wheaton knew that in time their curios-
ity about the white man would overcome
their nistrilsts espee tally when they came
to understand that bis intentions were
not hostile. 49,
Presently a brown man stepped out OF
the Jungle. He wac naked except for
a breech-ciout of some poor cotton stuff
which he had probably obtained from
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fly hunter now was the remnants Of his
white trousera.
The native grunted, and moved as n
You good mani" went n on wheaton
gTasping the natives big hand and shak-
ing it heartily. You save my life
And then In an outburst of emotion as
ne thought that but for this native his
own head would be swinging in the head
house, he cried out: :
oh you have proved that what said
to Thusby was right! You poor savage,
you can not understand that you are
living example Of the fact that there Is
goodness and humanity in the wild folk
Of the jungies! Poor Thusbyl II he'd
only used my methods in dealing with
them, he might have saved the lives of
his men, and his own. I've had a tight
squeak. but Eve come out all right, just
as said should. Good man, you Good
man of the wilderness!'
The native dropped to the ground; and.
SfdhlnS his Deau ITOnl SiOe TO sue anu
slapping his bare leg with his hand, he
broke out into gurgling. hilarious laugh
ter
"Can it be that you understand cried
the astounded Wheaton. do you know
enough of my language to realize how
grateful am that you have saved my
life?'
Sure; l understand, matey,p came the
startling reply Say, you're funnyl Are
you boob enough to think black -
would have slipped you away? That any,
body but white man would have both
cred about saving your head?''
And the native" burst into laughter
once more. Good Heavens!" gasped
Wheaton. You're whiter'
II was once" said the man; land
maybe III be one again--a regular white
man." ~
But how have you lived here-among
natives-and not been killed? The fact
that you have, proves I'm right-Tm
right"
Forget it! I've got tattoo marks on
me that the thought was charms
the Staue of Liberty on my chest-they
thought that was god. And l done
few seight Inland tricks that scared 'em
SO they broke out in rash But this
was the best
And the man held up a small object
which caught a glimmer of moonlight
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ThusDS shut his teeth down hard on his
WASN'T there a gunboat in the ofing.
or soldiers who would punish the natives
mot always" said Wheaton. 1--WE Of
ton
lessons before you got here-and had good
memories. :. I've heard that kind OF talk
before. The Legations In Picking prayed
that relief forces; would arrive in time
to save the women and children, and a.
lot Of rough meek soldiers and marines
got there. They saved the women with
Krag rifles, for which the rescued people
their own ideas-and haven't forgotten
yet
1T believe that the meek shall inherit
the EARTH" said Wheaton quietly.
Eyes, six feet Of It," said Thusby "Or
they'll inherit while somebody is pro-
tecting them while they inherit. Re-
member, this Is Rasgana, and II Is the
head season, and the natives are mad
as hornets because we have caught
Asama. If you 60 into these hills alone.
it means death, and we'll risk our lives
to show these natives that they can't
kill white men and get away with it.
Seven years ago there was a sailor
who killed the mate of a tramp steamer
down this way, ana swan ashore in this
neighborhood, He got into the hills, and
that was the last seen Of him. His head
is hanging. in nead-house somewhere
up in those jungles above u.s.
Nevertheless, IN start in the morn
Ing" said Wheaton, and Thusby shrugged
his shoulders las if he were unconcerned
further insthe matter. IS
TWO natives came out of the palm
i grove in the rear of the house They
were naked except for wiregrass fringes
about their ,lpiddtes and breech- cloths Of
trade cotton STheir long. black hair hung
over their shoulders, and they walked
with the peculiar housekeeping stride of
men accustomed TO hunting in close
jungle. t>%
Thusby cackled at them again.. and
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~ NE of the eompany's trading
schooners brought white man
to Dasgana Island and dumped
him down on the beach with his bag
gage, just below Thusby's bungalow.
The stranger stood beside his bum
dies on the white and burning sand,
waiting for Thusby, who was walking
down from his bungalow to welcome
the visitor. This newcomer wore
heavy and empowering cork sun-hel-
met of white with pale green pug
garee dropping over his neck; he had
on the ordinary white coat and trous-
ers of duck, a trifle soiled after the
passage down from Manila in the
schooner.
Thusby was in charge of detachment
of company police on Rasgana-a few men
who prevented raids from adjoining is
lands, put down head-hunting among the
natives and preserved certain amount
Of order without attempting to control
the tribes.
MY name is wheaton" began the
e stranger, Mortimer Wheaton, the but
terHy expert. You are Mr.. Thusby. in
command here, presume"
Correct, SIR" said Thusby, What can
i do for you?'
IT have a letter from the manager in
Manila said Wheaton, and he handed It
over with a genial smile.
Thusby glanced at the letter-one Of
those letters in which strangers are per-
functorily passed along as a matter of
courtesy.
Probably you've heard. Mr.. Wheaton,
that the natives on this island are dan
gerous lot. Did they tell you that in
Manila?"
II didn't inquire" said Wheaton calm
~. you see, I'm not new to the tropics.
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The wonderful develop ment of villas and homes at Coral Gables, Miami, Florida, is another tribute to the quality of Lehigh Cement.
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In step with the growing South
 Al, announcement to a interested i Southern prosperity

yOR years the South has building activities of the most
 progressive type. No part of the country be proud
 of what has built in the past decade No locality during this period has been eager develop and adopt uction principles No region has advanced further using modern forms of construction, such concrete.
 The Souths constant call for quality and service has madet for years one of the principal markets for Lehgh Cement But this failed forete the reception that has been given
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Over one million barrels of Lehigh Cement used in the North Carolina State Highway program.
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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-10-25

ton for the revolutionary movement.
Down in Christopher, ILL.,, the Ku
KIux mayor and his Ku Klux helpers
and sheriffs closed the hall on Mother
Bloor, the Workers Party campaign
speaker, and drove the assembled
workers on the streets. He prohib-
tied any Communist meeting in the
town. Then the miners who filled the
streets to hear the Communist mes
sage marched to the city limits fol-
lowed by their wives carrying chill
dren in their arms. "a pathetic but
impressive sight," said an eye-wit-
ness. Under the Pickering glare of a
lantern the meeting was held That,
however, did not end the fight. One
week later VIM. F. Dunno, Communist
candidate for governor of the state,
spoke to much larger gathering right
in the heart of the town.
The mayor of Madison, ILL.,, issued
the same sort Of an edict against
Communist campaign meetings and
closed the halls. 1t only resulted in
bigger protest meeting addressed
by Mother Bloor at Granite City
which is virtually built together with
Madison and ruled by the same steel
trust. The numbers Of this gathering
was further increased at the subse,
quent meeting addressed by Comrade
Dunno.
Surely great efforts are being ex
erted to line up the Illinois workers
for LaFollette. Here is where this
campaign is being particularly concen,
trated to attempt to carry IN a popu.
lar sweep all the less conscious work
ing class votes. But with this concen
tration the issue LaFollette versus
Foster has become more pronounced
Illinois is supposed to be a cinch for
LaFollette. Undoubtedly the expert
ences Of the great industrial proletar
lat Of this state will manifest itself In
confused rebellion against the strike
breaker president and the Morgan
Rockefeller lawyer and all that they
stand for. The vague desire for la
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-10-25

| name to your petition, you see, he ii
only socialist"
Seemingly nothing could stop La
Toilette in his own state, Wisconsin.
Nay more-supported by the MiIwau-
kee socialist party, bankrupted by the
traitorous selling out Of their official
leadership, LaFollette was ready to
annihilate all working class opposi-
ton. Although filing nominating petit
tons containing nearly twice the
amount of signatures required by the
state, his chief satellite, Attorney Gen
eral Herman L. Ekern ruled that the
names of the Worker Party candi-
dates for president and vice presi-
dent, VIM. z. Foster and Benjamin
Gitlow could not appear on the ballot.
That privilege would be reserved only
for LaFollette and Wheeler even tho
they were nominated in the same
manner. Meanwhile the police under
the jurisdiction of the socialist
mayor of Milwaukee discovered that
the restricted zone" rule could con-
veniently be applied against Workers
Party street speakers, no matter what
part of the city that might be. Never
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-10-25

ruling in the case OF our party.
Capitalist solidarity knows many
methods. When one fails another
will be tried. And SO when our com
rades Of Gary, Ind, approached the
banker who is in charge Of the arm
DRY of that city to make arrangements
to rent the premises for meeting,
bringing with them the necessary
amount of money, he asked who was
to speak and for what party. Upon
being informed that the speaker
would be VIM. 2. Foster, the candi-
date for president of the Workers
Party, he said Nothing doing, Eos
ter is not a good citizen" This was
the verdict Of banker.
Nevertheless Foster will be on the
ballot in Indiana and he will also
speak at Gary. The steel workers
viii know that a vote for Foster
means the first step toward class &C
ton. To many of them the issue La
Toilette versus Foster has gone a long
way towards complete Qualification.
The brutal capitalist exploitation, as
particularly manifested in the steel
mills, breeds class consciousness and
continually strengthens the founda-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-10-25

mind the regular republicans, the
LaFolletteites and the Salvation Army
that were holding forth in the same
zones.
Our party fought both distractions
compelling a reversal of the rulings
on the ballot, and our street speakers,
interrupted now and then by involun-
tary visits to the Milwaukee police
station, addressed thousands of work
ers. The names Of our presidential
candidates are now on the ballot
while ever growing numbers of work
ers come to listen to the Communist
message delivered by our speakers.
Actual demonstrations teaching these
workers that the capitalist face is by
far the predominating part of the La
Toilette movement. They are turn
ing toward the leader of the revolu-
tionary proletariat-the Communist
Party.
Strange enough, precisely the same
methods to hamstring the revolution
airy workers attempted in the state
dominated by LaFollette were pur-
saed in Indiana, dominated by the
steel kings, the Ku Klux Khan and
home of the headquarters of the
grandest collection of reactionary
union takers. But they failed just as
miserably there.
The political lackeys and lickspit-
ties Of these dominant powers in In
diana secured an injunction restrain.
/ ing the Board of Election Commits.
sioners from placing the candidates OF
the Workers Party with those OF other
so-called minor parties on the ballot,
giving their usual fiimsy excuses for
such action. 1t is interesting to note
that the injunction appeared as soon
as nominating petitions of the Work.
ers Party had been filed. But no mat
ter how endeared the injunction wea-
pom has become to this gentry, this
time it could not stand the test. A
demand for rehearing finally re.
suited in a reversal Of the injunction
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1924-06-26
RELIEF CORPS
CELEBRATES

The Woman's Relief Corps of this
city celebrated its second quarterly
birthday anniversary for this year last
Tuesday. A dinner of the most tempt
ing viands was served in the banquet
hall, gay with festine decorations of
summer flowers, ferns and patriotic
oolors. The most attractive feature of
the decoration was large bunch of
grapes grown on the premises of the
w. r. c. and very happy seemed the
small urchine who received it at the
close of the dinner.
About seventy guests enjoyed the
hospitality of the ladies of this patriotic
order and were delightfully."- entertain
ed after dinner with the following pro-
gram:
Presentation of nice new Flag to the
Post-by One Patriotic Instructor and
graciously accepted by the Commander
of that Order.
Recitation-Miss Catherine Frey.
Solo--Miss Mary Frances Turner.
,Solo-Mrs. L. A. Turner.
With expressions of appreciation and
pleasure to their hostess, the guests
took their leave, feeling that they had
spent several very happy and profita
Bile hours.
Miriam Lee, Press Cor
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Boil weevils are greatly influenced
~ weather conditions at all times of
fhs year. The rate Of increase In
the spring and summer depends on
climatic conditions as do the length
time they remain in winter quar-
ters, the death rate during the winter
and the time of coming from winter
huarters
BY far the most important check
the weevil receives is dry weather
During June and July. II has been
found that in Texas and other West
ern states an average OF about a
quarter OF all the grubs in the fields
are killed by heat and dryness. IL
the weather is sufficiently dry a wee
vii In square which fails to the
ground is soon killed by the heat or
by the fact that the square soon be-
comes so dry that II does not furnish
suitable food. Even in tarlen bolls
- many as ten out of a hundred of
the grubs are sometimes killed by
these conditions. The bolls which do
not fail to the ground do not become
80 heated as to affect the grubs.
In very dry weather, and especial
hy Wh6u NuS SOilou
20 there lie very little shade, even the,
grown weevils are killed in a few.
seconds when they happen to fall up
On the ground, provided they do not
fall in a place where they can crawl
Immediately upon some object from
which they can fly back to the cot
ton giant /
The seasons in which the boil Wee,
vii villa always do the most damage
are those with much wet weather in
June and July and in such cases
efforts to check their progress and
rapid multiplication must be re-
doubled and the fields watched closely
eo determine the time for applications
bf calcium arsenate In dust form.
The greatest movement of the wee,
wills into winter quarters ia when an
average temperature OF so degrees
Is reached, especially II the nights
are cold and the days comparatively
warm. Under such conditions there
Is a very noticeable activity on the
part Of the weevils in the fields
This generally takes place IN Octo-
Der and November and is a gradual
rather than a sudden movement
Tue conditions most destructive to
the weevil in the winter are more or
less frequent changes from low to
high temperatures. A number of
changes of this kind will kill many
more weevils than a very low vemper-
ature alone. During very warm spells
in the winter the weevils are some
times found flying about Activity of
this kind seems to weaken them and
when a cold spell comes they usually
cannot withstand It,
Further information may obtained
from the state college of agriculture.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1924-06-26
By GORDON SAUSSY
CAT Brunswick

ON 1921 the Georgia Legislature
passed an act creating the harbor,
port and terminal commission for
the State of Georgia and appointed
as commissioners: the governor of
Georgia, the Secretary of State, the
Commissioner of Agriculture, and as
representative of the Farmers Union
the Honorable c. H. Kittrell, and as
representative of the Manufacturer S
Association OF Georgia the Honorable
| w. B. Baker.
The city of Savannah, so far as |
know, was neither advised nor con-
suited concerning the preparation, the
introduction and passage of the act,
or the appointment of the commiss-
ion, but on the other hand, believes it
cane from the farmer and manufac-
turer, producers Of Georgia. The city
OF Savannah was not consulted and had
nothing to do with the employment
OF the engineer retained to- make the
physical, commercial and economic
survey of Georgia, preparatory to the
commission report to the Legislature.
In 1922 this commission began and
completed its investigation and made
its report in August, 1922.
In April 1922, the city of Savannah
was informed that the commission had
designated Savannah as the site of the
proposed state port, upon the condi-
ton that the city would furnish, free
of cost, to the state, the Atlantic Coast
Line terminals at Savannah. We agreed
to do this. The city of Savannah was
then asked to pay the cost OF design
ing the terminals. We did So
Bill Introduced
In August 1922 bill was introduc
ed providing for a state bond issue
of fifteen million ($l5,0 O0,OOO) dollars
to create public water terminals al
Savannah, Ga. We had nothing to dc
with the drafting of this bill The SEN
ator from the fifth district of Georgia
introduced the bill 1t was defeated
We framed and introduced the bill
now pending before the generaleas.
sembly in which it is left to the peo-
pie of Georgia to determine the mat.
ter of the cite of the terminals as wei
as the question-shall the state make
provision for state-owned and operated
terminals at Georgia port?
Not Political
In the sense usually understood BY
Georgians, the state port project fol
{ Georgia is not political question, bu
in so far as it pertains to the public
! policy of the state, and the admins
, tration of public affairs, in the interes
of the peace, prosperity and safety o
, the state, it is political question. l
deals with platforms and principles, bu
most certainly, however, not with can
, ldidates.
1t has to do with the means and me
thodS OF living well tor the state, tn,
= family and the individual, with the de
, velopment of the material resources o
Georgia, its production, the preserva
ton and distribution of such produc
ton, and therefore, necessarily a grea
economic question.
1t is concerned with the exchanq
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1924-06-26
NIXON FOUND IN DEKALB
WITH THROAT CUT

ATLANTA, June % With the
throat slashed from ear TO ear, the
body OF Oliver Nixon, 40 of Macon
drive, was found Sunday night by a
party of blackberry pickers, partially
submerged in stream just off the
Dunwoody road in DeKalb county.
Nixon, bookkeeper for the Phoe-
nix Supply company. had been mys-
teriously missing since Thursday morn
ing of last week. He left the office
about BIS O'clock telling other en-
ployees that he would return shortly,
and he had not been heard from since.
Murder Is Charged
Dekalb county officials investigat-
ing the case at once expressed the OPP
non that Nixon was murdered ex-
planning that it would have been ply
sically impossible for the victim to
have inflicted such wound
A sack was tied about his head and
all indications pointed to the worl
OF at least two persons.
Nixon was murdered, his tbroa
having been cut by a sharp instru
ment in the hands of unknown per
sons" according to the verdict of G
III. Livsey, justice of the peace of D,
Kalb county, who substituted for tn
coroner
Mr.. Livsey said that no motive 70
the murder had been advanced. H
declared that he was at loss to ex
plain the mystery, since his investi
cation failed to disclose any clues.
Survived By Widow
In addition to his widow, Nixon ha
three little children, Mildred, age g
Oliver, Jr., 7, and George S. He ais
has five brothers, Walton, John Dew
ey, Henderson and Porter Nixon an
two sisters, Mrs. Archie Whitley {
Mystic. Ga. and one living in Jack
sonville. Fla. MI
The widow, when notified of til
finding of her husbands body, co
iapsed. She stated that so far as sh
knew her husband had no enemies.
Identification was first made by
receipt found in his pockets from til
Phoenix Supply Co.
Sheriff J. A. McCurdy announce
that investigations would be prosecu
ted through the night in an effort t
find clues upon which to base an al
rest in connection with the murde
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pending, already passed by the general
assembly and n the next general ell
ection for ratification a local consti-
tutional amendment having the same
detectives and we frankly ask the
same cooperation of you in behalf Of
our plan for municipal port develop
ment.
Not Angry
We are not peeved at, nor do we
resent any effort on your part, to have
the state port established at Brunswick
The situation at home is quite the
reverse. We invite and welcome your
every effort. l have released most of
the publicity coming from Savannah,
concerning the state port, and l think
you will find there, nothing but ad-
vocacy of the port for the state, and
its construction at Savannah.
The bill now pending in the gen.
eral assembly, not only provides that
the constitution may be amended so
as to allow the state to issue fifteen
million ($15,OOO,O00) dollars of bonds
to create a public water terminal. but
as well, leaves it to the people to say
where it shall be. There are three mil
lion (3,0O0,000) people in Georgia
Many hundreds of thousands of men
and women, who must vote in the cleo
ton of ratification-they must be in
F. formed. We, Brunswickians and Sa-
vannahians, must furnish the informa-
ton necessary to crystalize Georgia
thought into that we'll informed public
opinion which will defeat or ratify the
proposal, and which will name or not
name the port
Georgians First
We are Gergians frst-if you adj
vocate the idea of a state port for
Georgia, or if you oppose the idea of
a state port for Georgia, as Georgians,
give Georgians the benefit of your
reasoning If you believe in the affirm
alive, advance every claim of Bruins
wick for Brunswick as the site. Exact
| ly, that is our plan and intention for
Savannah The answer rests in the
reasons and logic of the entire situation
and lies in the lap of the poll of all
| Georgia.