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The Americus Times-Recorder
i-hirty-fifth year.
democracy is
A STORM
fim IS ON INCOME TU
Democratic Majority May Be
Forced to Yield
Washington, D. C., Aug. 29. De
nunciation of the democratic senate
caucus as a "political machine,” by
Senator Hitchcock, one of the demo
crats who refused to be bound by the
caucus on all features of the tariff
bill, marked today’s re-opening of the
struggle over the income tax provis
ions in the senat*.
“Why should senators be expected
to be bound by the hasty decisions of
a secret caucus on details of the in
come tax?” demanded Senator Hitch
cock. ‘‘Why should they be expected
to vote down every amendment, how
ever good, simply because it comes
from the other side of the chamber?
Why should the income tax section
not be amended here upon the floor
of the senate, if debate convinces sen
ators that it should be?
The ‘‘insurgent” democrats, who
yesterday demanded that, the bill be
changed to increase the income tax
on large fortunes apparently had
gained strength and insisted they
would force the parry conference late
today or tomorrow to make substan
tial increases.
Hitchcock’s attack was delivered in
■connection with his amendment for a
heavy penalty tax on trusts or monop
olies controlling more than one-fourth
of the country’s production or trade
.-dn any given line. Five per cent,
would be added to incomes of corpora
tions doing from one-fourth to one
third of all business in any given line;
10 per cent, for those doing from one
third to one-half, and 20 per .cent, for
those above one-half. It would ap
ply to no corporations capitalized at
less than $50,000,000, or doing a busi
ness of less than $10,000,000 annually
Senator Hitchcock declared his
amendment had been offered in the
caucus and beaten 23 to 18; but he
alleged it had not been an open fight
there.
‘ It was not even a fair test of cau
cus strength,” he said, “for there was
a caucus within a caucus. The nine
democratic members of the finance
committee voted as a unit, without re
gard to their individual convictions. It
was a wheel within a wheel, a machine
within a machine.
“Caucus rule makes public debates
in the senate farcical. Senators will
hot even remain in their seats to hear
them. Caucus rule kills the very
■spirit of legislation. This income tax
section ought to he a matter of living
interest. It is new legislation, with
vast possibilities affecting not only
revenue, but social conditions. In
stead of being here a thing of lit i
and interest it dies in this chamber a
'eritable corpse and great debates
that might occur if there were any
real decisions to be made here, become
farcical.
Amendments have been offered'
from the republican side by senators
"ho have made a study of the income
tax. They were not contrary to any
democratic doctrine; they would not
endanger the bill. Why then must
democrats be required by caucus rules
tjfi votes against them?
tVith other democratic senators, 1
l ave f e it bound up to this time by
these obnoxious caucus rules. Now
however, we have reached a point
"here I f ee i free to take another
course.”
Senator Hitchcock added, in sup
port of his amendment that the anti
t'o.-t laws have proven failures, so far
as che cWng monopolies and trusts
SWEPT BY
OF INSURGENCY
LIGHTING PLANT
PROPERTY SALE
AGAIN DEFERRED
POSTPONED UNTIL OCTOBER 7
No Sale of Property Next
Tuesday
The gas plant, electric lighting plant
and other property of the Americus
Gas and Electric Co. will not go upo i
the block at receiver’s sale on Tuesday
next, as advertised, representatives of
the company having extended the date
of sale until Tuesday, October 7st, lit
tle more than month hence.
No reason was announced for the
postponement of the sale of the prop
erty, but there good and suffi
cient grounds for the extension of the
time to the date mentioned when this
valuable propery will be sold at
public outcry.
The sale is a friendly one and insti
tuted largely by those interested in
the property. The plants, both gas
and electric, have never ceased oper
ation for a day and the sale is largely
to the end of adjusting financial af
fairs of the company, most of the
securities being held by banks in
New York City.
This company and the Americus
Power Co. have under consideration a
plan for the consolidation of inter
ests and operation as one company, but
this plan has not yet materialized be
cause of injunction proceedings
brought by the city council of Amer : -
cus against the Americus Power Co.
The consideration of the petition for
injunction will come before Judge Z
A. Littlejohn, on September 25th, near
ly two weeks prior to the sale of the
plant of the Americus Gas and Elec
tric Co.
were concerned. He declared his
amendment, he believed would prove
an effectual check upon the illegiti
mate control of ihe market by great
trusts.
The amendment was discussed
briefly by republicans and endorsed
by Senator Bristow, who said he did
not believe corporations would be able
to “pass on the tax” to the consumer.
“It’s a nice thing for us to talk
against trusts on the stump and then
refuse to touch them when we get a
chance,” declared Mr. Bristow.
Senator Williams, In charge of the
income tax section of the tariff bill
said, “the democratic party in tae full
ness of its wisdom” would deal com
prehensively with the trust and cur
rency questions, but it did not propose
“to load down a tariff bill with the
alleged reforms of senators along
jthese lines.”
Party dissensions veered to the re
publican side when Senator Cummins
predicted that the Hitchcock amend
ment would probably be assailed as
another attack on the rich as Senator
Lodge had assailed income tax amend
ments yesterday. He denied there
was a campaign on foot against
wealth, but declared there was a cam.
paign against "unscrupulous watering
of stock,” such as he declared occurred
in the steel corporation and the Chi
cago and Alton “deal.”
The Hitchcock amendment was de
feated 41 to 30. Senator Hitchcock
was the only democrat voting with
republicans in support tl.
AMERICUS. GEORG
CARNEGIE LIBRARY
PROVES USEFUL TO
AMERICUS PEOPLE
CITIZENS HAVE TIME TO READ
Statistics Show That Its Field
is Broadening
In the mad rush for the dollar mod
ern American cities are apt to forget
that such a thing as a book ever ex
isted. But this is not the case in our
hustling little city of Americus. Sta
tistics compiled by Miss Virginia Gunn,
the efficient librarian of the local Car
negie library, show that the people if
Americus have time to read books, and
that they make the best of their op
portunity.
During the month of August 1189
books have been borrowed from the li
brary, and over 560 persons have vis
ited the reading rooms to consult the
reference books or look at the pictures
in the magazines. This shows an in
crease of 110 over the month of July
for during that month 450 people used
the reading rooms.
The slogan of the modern breakfast
food, “Tell us what you eat and we
will tell you what you are,” is familiar
to all. Turn it around to “Tell us
what you read and we will tell you
what you are.” Here goes in an effort
to determine what the people of Ameri
cus are.
While the children of the town have
drawn out 350 books during the month
of August they have not all been fairy
stories, as some folks would believe
In fact 17 of the little readers have
taken books on sociology home with
them, and twelve histories have been
perused by them. The other figures
show that they have read 275 books
of fiction; 1 book on fine art; 3 on
useful art and 1 on religion.
The grown people of the town have
read fiction almost exclusively; 750
books of that class have t>een drawn
out; 5 copies of general literature; *
of history and 1 on socialism. The
rent collection has been called into
play 120 times.
All in all the report shows that the
library is growing in popularity with
the people of Americus. Miss Gunn
is to be congratulated on her efficient
work as librarian.
STILL AT TWELVE CENTS
COTTON BALES ARE SOLO
Receipts Yesterday Were 325
Bales
While the cotton market yesterda' -
was not as strong as upon the day
previous, Americus buyers paid 12
cents for fancy cotton, although the
ruling price was 11 7-8 cents. The
market sustained a loss of ten points
from the high notch of the day before,
the October option closing at 12.2 >
cents. Warehouse receipts for the day
were 325 bales.
NABBED AS TRAMP, HE
CLAIMS TO BE STUDENT
Huntsville, Ala., August 29.—W. G.
Maloney, a young man who was ar
rested today for riding trains contrary
to law, claimed in the police court
this morning that he was making a
study of the underworld and became
a hobo in order to get closer view.
Mayor Smith imposed a twenty day
sentenoe on him and informed him
that he would be given every oppor
tunity to make a study of hoboes and
other members of the chaingang.
THE WEATHER:—Probably Locay Showers Today.
[A. SATURDAY MORNING. AUGUST 30, 1913.
THE FLIERS!
A
—Carter in New York Evening Bun.
YOUNG COTTON
MAY BE HELPED
BY RECENT RAIN
TOO LATE TO BE EFFECTIVE
Rain on Friday General in
South Georgia
Sumter county farmers welcomed the
general rain which came yesterday
morning after a protracted drougli*,
as while much of the cotton of late
planting has been blistered beyond re
covery, there are not a few green
fields of the fleecy which will be
benefitted to a considerable degre ev
en now.
Capt. Henry Stokes, of the Seaboard,
stated that the rain was a very gen
eral one, extending over his territory
from Helena to the Chattahoochee riv
er, a distance of 130 miles, and proba
bly much further.
Young cotton of late planting, which
by the way constitutes very neatly
half the crop of Sumter, has suffered
greatly from the drouth recently pre
vailing and much of it has turned red
showing all lack of vitality. Rain,
therefore, would not help cotton in
that condition.
Cotton of first planting will derive
some benefit from occasional showers,
as it is well fruited and continues to
grow. It is the concensus of opinion
that the yield in Sumter has been cut
off very largely by dry weather re
cently prevailing, probably as much
as 25 per cent.
But the rain was welcomed a,s ‘t
broke the backbone of long dry sum
mer, and afforded relief to that exten‘,
besides proving beneficial to the hay,
potato and other smaller crops.
MR. MARSHALL IS HURT
IN FALL OFF WAGON
Three Ribs Broken by the
Accident
Mr. J. M. Marshall is confined to his
home here by Injuries sustained in a
fall from his wagon a day or two
since. In attempting to catch a can
of lard about to fall from the rig Mr.
Marshall himself fell, sustaining threq
broken ribs.
MEXICAN REBELS
ARE PLEASED WITH
WILSONSMESSAGE
NO COM IT MEXICO CITt
General Opinion is Huerta
Will Accede to Plan
Eagle Pass, Texas, Aug. 29. —Gen-
eral satisfaction with President Wil
son’s Mexican message was expressed
today in a statement by General Jesus
Carranza, acting head of the consti
tutionalists at their provisional ca <-
itai, Piedras Negras, in the absence
of his brother, Governor Carranza,
who is fighting at Torreon.
General Carranza predicted, how
ever, that war would continue, be
cause Huerta would be unable to
comply with American sugegstions.
He asserted that Huerta would have
to be “driven from the country,” be
fore peace could be restored.
| “On the whole, the message of the
president and the stand he takes with
regard to our country is satisfactory
to constitutionalists,” the statement
declared, “but the principal point
the best thing for Mexico, is his con
tinued refusal to recognize Huerta.
Without such recognition by the
United States, Huerta has no credit
and his administration must fall in a
short time. There is no other pos
sible outcome.
| “With regard to holding leaders
on both sides responsible for damage
to the persons and porperty of the
foreigners, we have from the begin
ning tried to do this, and we shall
try to continue to do so. If by ac
cident or the necessity of war, there
should be any violation of the de
cree of the first chief (Governor
Carranza) with regard to this matter,
to punish those responsible and in
we shall do everything in our power
demnify those suffering losses.
“DO N’T WORRY,” SAYS
WOMAN 103 YEARS OLD
Whittier, Cal., Aug. 29.—Mrs. Lydia
Heald Sharpless has just celebrated
her 103 d aniversary.
I Mrs. Sharpless, who was the first
woman in Whittier to register after
the enfranchisement of women, said
her longeviy was due o her living up
o hjei; motto, “Don't worry!”
'MOTOR TRUCKS
WILL BE TRIED
ON SUMTER ROADS
COMPANIESTO TRY MACHINES
Demonstration Will be Inter
esting One
A tryout of auto engines and mo
tor trucks upon Sumter’s good roads
is being arranged for an early date,
_and the test to be pulled off between
these high-power engines will be in
teresting. The exact date has not
yet been selected, but the test will
take place wihin the next ten days, it
is thought.
Supt. Henry Christian, of the roads
department, stated yesterday that the
machines had been shipped by the
manufacturers, and would arrive
shortly. The test will be made at the
expense of the manufacturers.
The county commissioners content
plate purchasing a motor truck, or
motor engine, and the test to be made
will demonstrate which machine 's
best adapted to the uses required in
working the roads of Sumter; speed
strength and general utility being
alike conisdered.
One of the machines will be a motor
engine simply, designed to pull
drags or in pulling wagons and con
vict vans about the county. The other
machine is a motor truck only, de •
signed to carry heavy loads, but not
used in hauling other cars. The com
missioners well determine the merits
of both machines.
The demonstration will continm
through several days, and will be of
much interest to citizens of the coun
ty and all interested in good roads de
velopment.
CHAMP CLARK JOINS
SPEAKERS IN MAINE
Washington, D. C., Aug. 29.
Speaker Clark left for Maine today to
join the array of speakers in behalf
of the democratic candidate for con
gress in the Third Maine district. His
program calls for two speeches «;t
Unity Saturday afternoon, and Skew
hegan Saturday night. He will re
turn here Monday in time to preside
over the house.
NEWPORT’S NEWEST
BEAUTY 6 FEET 2
Newport, August 29.—Mrs. Mitchell
Henry is Newport’s newest and most
amazing beauty.
Apparently Newport's taste has
veered from the petite and dainty.
For Mrs. Henry, according to report
stands six feet, two inches in her
stockings, and she only wears the
thinnest webs.
Mrs. Henry is an English woman.
On her last trip across she came
with the Duke and Duchess of Man
chester. They visited the Goulds at
Lakewotod. They are now visiting
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred G. Vanderbilt at
Oakland Farm.
PEOPLE OF MESSINA
FEAR ANOTHER QUAKE
Messina, Italy, Aug. 20. —The seis- ’
mic instruments here have register
ed during the past 24 hours, continued
earth disturbances. A strong hurri-,
cane also has been blowing which has
caused the virtual destruction of a
Jnumber of huts in the American quar
ter. The populace fears that these
conditions foretell a fresh disaster.
SIXTEEN LODGES
KNIGHTS PYTHIAS
IN ORGANIZATION
AMERICUS LODGE INCLUDED
In Organization of Two Dis
tricts
Dr. Morris K. Ford returned yester
day from Cordele, where on the day
before he attended a joint meeting o?
representatives of the sixteen lodges
Knights of Pythias of the Second and
Third congressional districts. Ths
purpose of the meeting was to con
solidate all of the sixteen lodges inL»
one district
This plan was accomplished, and th*
1 consolidation will be designated the
Third Pythian district. J. P. Hughes,
distritc deputy grand chancellor, pre
sided over the meeting J. E. Lind
sey acting as secretary.
The new officers elected are as fol
lows: T. T. James, of Lumpkin, presi
lent; R. E. L. Evans, of Ellaville, vice
president; M. Ki Ford; of Americus,
chaplain; R. L. King, of Fitzgerald,
secretary and treasurer; J. E. Reid,
of Montezuma, S. at S.; J. L. Amasor.,
of Leslie, inner guard; T. L. Blackwell,
of Cordele, outer guard.
There has recently been a great re
vival of interest in the affairs of Georg»
F. Cboper Lodge, of Americus, Dr.
Ford states, and it is expected that th«
membership will increase considera
bly during the fall season.
FUGITIVE WINS
ANOTHER POINT
Jerome is Worsted at Every
Turn of Hie Case
Sherbrooke, Que., Aug. 29.—“ Ge
ntleman Roger” Thompson, the New
York chauffeur who whirled Harry
Thaw away from Matteawan in an
automobile, walked the streets of
Sherbrooke today a free man. Police
Magistrate Mulvena admitted him
to SSOO bail after he had appeared!
fir trial, charged with aiding Thaw, a
lunatic, and therefore an undesirable,
to enter Canada.
F. Campbell, of the immigration de
partment, announced to the court that
he wished to press first the charge* of
Thompson having entered Canada by
stealth. Thompson’s counsel, Louis
St. Laurent, acting with the Thaw
counsel objected to proceedings o&
this charge and at their request the
adjournment was granted.
William Travers Jerome, District
Attorney Conger of Dutchell
Deputy Attorney General Franklin
ennedy and others here, trying Lx,
get Thaw back to Matteawan, were i«r
court. The little courtroom was
packed.
With Thaw in jail for an indefinite
period, probably till the session of the
king’s bench in October, and tin
Thompson case postponed, indications
were today that there had set In a de
cided quiet in matters pertaining to
Stanford White’s slayer.
Mr. Jerome’s unproductive visit to
Quebec, where he had hoped to s@J
the premier and attorney general,
brought the case back to where It was
when Thaw was first committed to ths
Sherbrooke jail. Messrs Jerome and
Kennedy were still here today, hut
what move, if any, New York would
make next they would not say.
i Thompson’s bail was supplied by
the Thaw family. They have done ait
in their power to ease his position fol
low ing hiytwib*! tWreACW eorVess #id
reveal who was behind fctoe plot-that.
resulted in Thaw's liberation. .4,
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