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The Americus Times-Recoeder
THE WEATHER:—Probably Occasional Showers Today.
■THIRTY-FIFTH year.
DAISY HOPKINS RIDDLES
TALE OF WITNESS DALTON
She Denies That She Ever Visited the Penr.il Factory
With Him—She Never Saw Drinks in Frank's
Office.
Atlanta, Ga.. Aug. 8. - Efforts by
the defense to repudiate the testi
mony of state’s witnesses continued
today in the trial of Leo M. Fiank,
charged with the murder of Mar.-
Phagan.
Miss Daisy Hopkins, mentioned in
the testimony of James Conley and
C. B. Dalton, repudiated statements
made by Dalton. She denied that she
had visited the pencil factory, where
the murder occurred, with Dalton o>-
that she had introduced Dalton to the
defendant. The witness' also denied
that she had been in Frank’s office
when drinks were being served, or in
company with other women.
Two street railway employes testi
fied today that they manned the car
-on which the Phagan girl came to the
pencil factory, two blocks away.
James Conley has already testified
the girl came in the factory a few
minutes ahead of Monteen Stover,
another employe. Miss Stover on the
witness stand stated that she entered
the factory at 12:05 and left at 12:10.
The whole status of the Frank case
has changed within the past twelve
hours. Yesterday t was the uncor
roborated word of a negro against -t
RUNNING WE
TO EIGHT MILLION
’ DOLLARRETURNS
SUHTER SIHS ill INCREASE
Total Property Vaiues Exceed
57.779,900
Americus and Sumter county have,
as usual, rolled up a handsome in
crease in property values this year as
compared with valuations given last
.'ear. As a slight decrease in values
m >ght really have been expected, in.
'itw of the general stringency prevail
ing this year, the fact that there is an
increase instead is all the more grati
fjing.
It indicates the steady upward and
onward march of progress in the ban
n* r county of south Georgia, whicn
t mporary periods of depression can
not affect, if; demonstrates the fact
tha values here are upon a substan
ial basis.
Tax Collector John T. Howell
completed yesterday the task of com-
P'irng the tax returns for the curre it
year and the result shows a net gain
0l $.,453 over the returns for 1912.
Thm may not Be em a great deal, but
a a ' n r ather than an expected
. los! >. and any gain would be gratify
ing.
( ioae to the eight million dollar
Il * ar k, the to tal property values are
tunning now, and this magnificent to
win t’p attained within a year or
as land values are increasing
while city property of every
111,1 slloWs a decided upward trend,
i )UI 'aluations of property this
are $7,779,917, which compares
h si,i .2,464 as the returns for 1913,
a act gain of $7,453. As nearly half
16 Counties of the state show a de
" a? ° m values this year, Sumter's
puts her in the progressiv col
umn.
E ‘ Bht mlllton dollars will be the to-
white man’s life. Today the negro .5
evidence stands corroborated —and b>-
a white man.
C. B. Dalton has sworn that Frank
received women visitors in his office
under improper circumstances, and
that the negro, Jim Conley, acted as
Frank’s “look-out,” and knew what
was going on, some time prior to the
commission of the Phagan murder.
If Judge Roan had j-uled out the
most sensational part of Conley’s tes
timony, branding Frank, it would
have been impossible to get the evi
dence of Dalton in the record.
After getting Dalton to testify, the
state immediately closed, feeling that
its case was complete.
The defense is first endeavoring to
break down the expert testimony of
Dr. H. F. Harris as to the time when
the girl was killed.
Some of the defense’s witnesses will
be subjected to just as gruelling a
cross examination as that which Con
ley went through. It is believed
that the solicitor is planning particu
larly to go after the testimony of Min
cey, if Mincey is put on the stand, and
that an effort will be made to impeach
other witnesses.
FARMERS WILL
MAKE CHANGES
ATGINNERS
REDUCING SUE COTTON DOUR
Regulations Will Be Regarded
Here
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Americus warehousemen, it would
seem, Will have littjle trouble re
garding the size * cotton bales stor
ed here, as there is a disposition upon
the part of the owners of public and
private ginneries to conform to the
mandate of the steamship companies
regarding the uniform cotton bale.
The warehousemen here have al
ready taken up the subject with the r
patrons in Sumter and neighboring
counties, and the standard bale 54x2"’
inches, will be the rule rather than
the exception when the crop is mar
keted in the fall.
Farmers and gin owners, as did the
warehousemen, took a philisophtc
view of the matter and as resistance
to the ruling of the steamship lines
was out of the question an acquiesc
ence to the demand laid down for a
uniform cotton bale, both in length
and width, was the only thing to do.
As a rule the ginneries in Sumter
turned out a bale 54 inches in length,
but 30 inches in thickness, whereas
the steamship lines require the bale
to be 54 by 27 inches. It was only
necessary, therefore, to reduce the
width of press boxes three inches ’n
order to meet the requirements.
Little as it would seem, this has
entailed considerable work and ex
pense, but it will result iff a uniform
bale all over the cotton growing
South, and will facilitate the loading
of bales for shipment.
tal two years hence, a figure reached
by none of the agricultural counties of
southwestern Georgiy.
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AMERICUS. GEORGIA. SATURDAY MORNING. AUGUST 9. 1913.
SHR ISN’T
DULL FOR THIS
POUR FIRM
HUMAN AND DIDIN DDSI
Throughout the Entire Sum
mer Trade Seasun
A shop where business lias been ac
tive all summer, and where It has not
been dull even during dog-days is that
of Tillman & Brown. This popular
firm has been growing all the yea - ,
and the summer season put no crimp
in the expanding trade and popularity
of this shop.
“Trade has been good with us all
summer,” said Messrs. Tillman and
Brown. “We have kept growing all
the time. We have been getting more
and more trade all the year and we ex
pect to grow. W r e are counting on
that and are putting in our stocks ac
cordingly.
“This fall’s business should he bet
ter than last fall’s. It has already
proved that way for us in our clothing
department, as we have already book
ed as many orders as we sold through
out the entire fall season i n 1912, and
the orders are" still coming in. We are
expecting the biggest fall trade since
we have been in business, and we have
put in the largest and best stocks we
have ever carried for the fall trade.
“Since we first began business we
have continued to grow. This cotton
crop seems to be much better than labt
season’s, and indications are that it
will approach nearer the record crop
of 1911. That indicates big business.
We have already placed a large part o'
our fall stock on our shelves ready for
our customers. Business certainly
looks good to us.”
LITTLE BOY IS BURNED
BY ESCAPING STEAM
Ytnng Son of W. W. McNeill
Slightly Hurt
While playing about the yards of
the Americus Construction Co. yester
day Willie McNeill, the young son of
Mr. W. W. McNeill, proprietor of the
plant, saw steam issuing from a pipe
in the engine room and wondered if it
was warm. The little fellow un
wittingly placed his foot upon the
pipe with the result that he was pain
fully burned to his knee, although the
injury was not serious.
PRESBYTERIAN PASTOR
IS FORCED TO LEAVE
Notified by Vestry to Quit Town After
Charges Made by Girls.
Los Angeles, Cal., Aug. 8. —The Rev
O. H. Mason, pastor of the fashionable
First Presbyterian church of Long
Beach, around whom a storm which
threatened to entirely disrupt the con
gregation has waged for three weeks,
was notified by a member of the vea
try today to resign at once and leave
Long Beach forever. Heeding this ad
vice Mason at once left Long Beach,
saying he was going to Winnipeg, Man
itoba.
It was announced that Mrs. Mason
would not accompany him.
The demand upon Mason came as the
result of a secret vestry meeting last
night. Charges made by two girl mera
terr of the church were investigated by
the vestry some time ago and resulted
ir. Mason being found guilty of gross
indiscr- tions. A majority of the vestry
rCusfc to demand Mason’s resignation
at, thiit time, and six members of the
t: unices resigned.
AND THEN ONE TAKES HOME A TWO OUNCER.
—Kimball in Chicago News.
GEORGIA BANKERS
ASKED FOR $4,000,000
Os Government Money to Move
The Crops
m
Washington, D. C„ Aug. 8. Repre
sentatives of Georgia bankers today
asked for $4,000,000 of the govern
ment’s money to help move the state s
1913 crop.
Two of them showed their confidence
in the treasury department’s sincerity
by ordering large blocks of the 2 per
cent, bonds. Col. Sigo Myers, in be
half of the National Bank of Savan
nah, instructed his brokers to buy one
tenth as much in government 2’s as i‘:
deposited in his bank by the govern
ment. Another Georgian whose name
is withheld ordered a “large block”
which is interpreted to mean not less
than SIOO,OOO.
W. M. Davant, of the Merchants’ Na
tional bank, spoke for Savannah, giv
ing the export figures for the port and
saying that Savannah's claim could
not be ignored under any method of
distribution.
Robert F. Maddox spoke for Atlanta
and asked for $2,500,000 for that city.
001. Myers estimated that his bank
alone could handle $2,000,000.
L. P. Hillyerr spoke for Macon. He
asked for $1,000,000. The delegation
realized, however, that the statecouli
not reasonably expect more than $4,
000,000.
Distribution according to cotton re
ceipts would put Georgia second to
Texas. According to population, the
percentage would be less. The only
drawback in the whole proposition for
some of the Georgians is the fact that
10 per cent, of the loan must be se
cured by government bonds. These
will necessarily be 'bought in a rising
market and sold when there is no more
need for the government loan.
The Georgia representatives were W.
M. Davant and Sigo Myers, of Savan
nah; Jno. H. Reynolds, of Rome; Rob
ert F. Maddox, of Atlanta; A. S. Hatch,
aul Martin and William Schweigert, of
Augusta; L. P. Hillyer, Hansell Hlll
yer, W. H. Jones, W. C. Lee, Charles
B. Davis, E. Y. Mallory and Eugene
W. Stetson, of Macon.
DAVID C. BARROW NAMED'
COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS
Washington, D. C„ Aug. B.—The
president has sent to the senate tho j
following nominations:
Minister to Haiti, Madison R. Smith,
of Michigan.
GRROVER Will RAVE
IDEXELAINDECISION
He Oversteps Authority and
Pulls “Rune”
" j
j President Groover informed The
. Times-Recorder yesterday afternoon
; in a telegram that Tuesday’s game
against Brunswick would stand as U
. was. He stated that he had given
- Whitey Morse permission to play
• Pierre in one game only.
How on earth the league president
• managed to get up nerve enough to re
■ instate a player for one game after
: suspending him for the rest of the seu
• son is a mystery. If the catcher was
! ineligible on Wednesday he was equal
’ ly ineligible on Tuesday.
i As we understand it now, we do not
blame Whitey for playing Pierre.
Groover gave him the permission. But
- we do blame Groover for overstepping
. his authority. We do not ask that the
. game be given up, but that it be thrown
' out or ordered played again. This will
be fair, both to Whitey and to us.
It is highly probable that the mat
car will be taken up at the league
meeting that is to be held in Thomas-
Jville Monday night, Groover will b<>
asked to give reasons for his decision
in the matter. He has gotten himself
i
in a hole and it will take a bunch of
alibis to clear the matter up.
ALABAMA BROTHERS-IN-LAW
MAKE TARGETS OF EACH OTHER
Huntsville, Aug. 8. —A. L. Wimber
ly and Milas Lanford, brothers-in-law
4 engaged in a fight with guns at Lex
ington as the result of a family quar
rel. Wimberly was shot through the
arm and Lanford in the head, the lat
ter’s wound being probably fatal. The
| wives of both men are daughters of
Squire Ayers. The trouble had been
brewing gome time.
FIRST BALE IN SELMA
SELLS FOR 16 CENTS
Selma. Ala., Aug. B.—The first bale
of cotton this season sold at auction
on the Selma cotton exchange at noo.i
yesterday for 16 cents a pound. The
firm of W. L. Thompson & Co., was
the buyer. The movement of the crop
will become general in the next few
days. Fields are now white with open
j staple hereabouts. Two other bales
j were received today at this market.
[The season starts ten days earlier!
than last year. ;
DEATH OF ALABAMA
SENATOR LESSENS
DEMJIAJORITY
SEVERAL BILLS ENDANGERED
Alabama Legislature Must
Elect Successor
Washington, D. C., Aug. 8. The
death of Senator Jos. F. Johnston, of
Alabama, weakens the democratic ma
jority on the administration tariff bill,
though party leaders Insist that there
still will be no serious difficulty in
passing the measure
In the democratic senate caucus, It
was announced that 49 senators had
declared they Would support the bill
on its final passage. At that time
Senators Ransdell and Thornton, of
Louisiana, were the only ones to de
clare they would vote against the bil.,
because of the sugar schedule. On
the basis of the caucus alignment,
democratic leaders figured that the
! vote on the tariff bill, without deflec
tions from either side, would be 49 to
j 47 for its passage. The death of
; Senator Johnston leaves the calcula
tion 48 to 47.
In the event that any western sen
ator, who does not strongly favor
j free sugar might possibly vote
! against the bill, the democrats had
been counting on the vice president to
carry the day in the event of a tie.
Senator Johnston’s death, provided
his seat is not filled before the vo’.e
on the tariff bill, removes the vice
president from the range of possi
bilities on any strict alignment.
Should one vote be lost to the demo
crats on the basis of present fore
casts, and no member or the minority
come to their aid, the vote would
stand 48 to 47 against the bill. There
still is the possibility that at least
one member of the minority may vote
for the democratic bill.
Danger of the democrats losing
their majority may be obviated bv
tlie legislature of Alabama, under the
seventh amendment to the constitu
tion providing quickly for the filling
of the vacancy caused by Senator
Johnston’s death.
O’Neal Asked to C«H Extra Session
i
Washington, D. C.,' Aug. 8. —After
an informal conference of senate
i
democrats today, it was decided that
Senator Kern, the majority leader,
and Senator Simmons, chairman of
the finance committee, would join in
a telegram Sunday night or Monday '
I
to Governor O’Neal, of Alabama, urg
ing him to call a special session of
the Alabama legislature immediately '
to act on the senatorial vacancy in 1
that state.
BUYS AN AUTOMOBILE
WITH SMALL CHANGE
Selma Ala., Aug. B.—Burwell Hardy 1
lias bought a brand new runabout au- '
tomobile. And i£ is all paid for, toe 1
Burwell called at a local garage a 1
day or two ago and asked the prices !
on machines of various sizes and *
types. He told the dealer he would <
call again next day, which he dU'., i
and asked to be driven over the city. ’
This was done. He said that lie
would come again. He did next day. i
Burwell told the dealer to take him i
out to the little store he conducts in <
East Selma and he would get the i
money. This was done and Burwell
lugged out a box of monoy. In tho
box was $650 in nickels, dimes and 1
quarters, nothing larger than a “two- 1
bit” piece. '
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TIGHT MONEY CAUSES
REDUCTION OF FINES
! Eufaula, AJa., Aug. 8-—The tfgh: i
'money market is providing a boon tr i
BISHOP BYRNE
EXCORIATES NEW
FANGLER DANCES
HO IRSOUITION FDD DINGERS
“Such Dances the Spawn of
Redlight Districts” j
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Nashville, Tenn., Aug. B.—The Right
-V;
Rev. Thomas B. Byrne, bishop of the
diocese of Nashville, has issued u.-»
order to the churches of Tennessee
forbidding the members to dance tna
“tango,” “turkey trot” and othe.*
dances of this character, and he takes
the position that absolution Is not fa.*
those who indulge in such pastime, he
says:
Confession Would Be Curse.
“Should any priest attempt to ab
solve such a penltient, the absolution
would be worthless, and the conmei
slon would be a curse rather than a,
blessing,
“It is a principle of Catholic morals,
as related to the sacrament of pen
ance, that no pentent who is not sin
cerely contrite for his sins can be ab
solved. -sj
“Sincere contrition for kins means
that the penitent is sorry for the past
sins and resolved not to commit the <i
again in the future. Such sorrow a
penitent must have to be worthy of
absolution. A
“The application of these principle*
is obvious. If these dances are
occasion of sin to those who indulge
in them, or if by indulging in then
they themselves become an occasion
of sin to others, and if in the tribunal
of penance they refuse to cease in
dulging in them, it follows that they
are not sincerely sorry for their sins,
and hence cannot receive absolution.”
Bishop Byrne said these principle*
were understood by all well instruc"- ' 1
ed Catholics, and he merely requested
the priests of his churches to call at
tention to what he termed “the vi e
dances.”
Call Dances Infamous.
He said that the information upo t
what he based his decree came from
the Knights of Columbus of the state,
who took the stand that they would
expel members attending entertain
ments where the dances were carried,
on.
“They call them infamous dances,”
he said, “the spawn of the red light
district, and the prolific means of se
curing from the homes or purity and
virtue recruits for bawry houses.
“These are strong words, but they
come from gentlemen who seemingly
know what they are talking about*
and justify me in warning Catholics.
“SHARK NOT A FISH."
Philodelphia, Pa., Aug. 8. —Dr. Rob
ert E. Lee, president of the Dar'bv
Health Board has applied to the State
Fish Commission to aid him ip ascer
taining whether a shark is a fish or
an animal. The health officer chargee
that he was victimized by non-payment
of a prize for the biggest catch of the
season offered by, the fishing club, of
which he is a member.
Dr. Lee landed a ninety pount
shark which had to be killed with an
axe. He claimed the prize, but the
others refused to pay on the ground,
that a “shark” 1b not a mammal.”
offenders in the city police court. In
eight cases this morning Mayor Mer
cer cut the fines as previously as
sessed practically in half.
“Money is too scarce just now to
place fines at the same Figures a*
during the winter,” ssid the mayor
.as he cut them down as low as $2.54*
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