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The Americus Times-Recorder
(THIRTY-FIFTH YEAR.
FIVE THOUSAND
BALES MARKETED
HEBE ALREADY
HERNS LEADING MARIE!
Thousand Rales Vera Satur
day's Receipts
Americus was again the destina
tion yesterday of the farmer with cot
ton to market, and more than one
thousand bales of cotton were added
to the total of 4,065 bales already re
ceived. thus running the total of new
bales for the season to date well above
the five thousand mark, which is far
in excess of receipts at this date last
season.
It was by far the best day of the
season in local cotton circles, and the
warehouses presented a scene of un
usual activity as the bales were rapid
ly weighed and sold at satisfactory
prices, and something like $60,000 or
$75,000 "new cotton” money put into
Circulation amon£ Americus mer
chants.
Every bale represented a value
ranging from ..60 to S7O, according
to weight and quality, and farmers
sold unhesitatingly.
Hundreds of farmers came to the
city along with the cotton bales, and
the business streets and stores were
crowded all day and well into the
evening. Merchants in all lines, and
especially the live ones who advertise
reported an excellent day’s business,
•quite in contrast with the period of
summer dullness recently ended.
Five thousand bales of cotton mar
keted and sold here already represent
a value of probably $315,000, or even
more, as hundreds of bales were sold
at a price around 12 l-2c to 12 3-Vc,
to say nothing of the added value of
$lO per bale from the sale of cotton
seed, quantities of which are being
sold at present prices.
It was a red-letter day in cotton and
business circles generally, and “Pros
perous Americus” has many other such
days of carmine hue ahead of her
during the busy fall months.
STOOD UP FOR HOURS !
FROM OF TICKET BOX
Americus Fans Determined
to See Game
When Americus fans go all the wav
to Atlanta to see a ball game they
mean to see it, despite hardships.
Messrs. J. E D. Shipp and Sam 0.
Clegg saw the latter half of the At
lanta-Mobile game, and it was no fau : t
of their s that they did not see it all.
They stood three hours in line in
front of the Piedmont park box office
awaiting their turn to buy tickets, and
Anally go inside at 3:30 o’clock, when
the game was in the fifth inning. Over
13,500 fans paid to get inside the
park, while 3,000 others broke down
the fence to the back lot and went in
that way, the police being unable to
stop the mad charge.
GOES TO COLORADO HOME
AFTER VISIT IN AMERICUS
i Prof- L. M. Richards, a prominent
insulting engineer and geologist, who
has been engaged for the past four
weeks in further examinations of the
bauxite deposits near Andersonville
returned last night to his home .'n
Colorado Springs, Colo. Prof. Rich
ards is the original discoverer of these
deposits and is known throughout
Southern mining circles, having been
formerly at the head of the mining de
partment of the University of Geor
gia and Identified with a number of
operating concerns in the South.
BANDS PLAY FOR HARRY THAW
WHEN NEW WRIT IS SERVED
Thau’s Lawyers Work Scheme to Prevent Deportation of
Prisoner—Thaw’s Case Now Goes to Montreal for
Trial Before King’s Bench—Jerome Jumps Border
Coaticook, Que., Sept. 6. —Harry K,
Thaw's lawyers having circumvented
plans to deport him, and William
Travers Jerome, having motored
quietly away to Norton’s Mills, Vt.,
after his arrest yesterday and release
on SSOO bail on a charge of gambling
Coaticook resumed its normal state
today. Thaw remained, deserted by
counsel, in the immigration detentio i
pen over the Grand Trunk railway sta
tion.
Jerome’s preliminary hearing was
set for 9 o’clock this morning before
Magistrate McKee, but his counsel
arranged to ask to have the hearing
continued. |
Thaw may remain here a day or a
week. Not until September 15, is he
to appear at Montreal before the full
king’s bench appeal side, on the writ
oi habeas corpus obtained by his law
yers yesterday. It is optional with
the immigration authorities to move
him at once or keep him here until the
last moment.
Case is Snarled Up.
As matters stand, the case of the
fugitive slayer is more snarled up
than at any time since his escape
from Matteawan. Ordered deported
for two reasons—entering the domin
ion by stealth and having been an in
mate of an insane asylum within five
years—his appeal to the minister of
the interior automatically stayed
proceedings. Then came the writ of
habeas corpus, and the restraining
order granted at Montreal.
As a matter of fact the restraining
order was issued prior to the time
the deportation decision was returned,
: and it is a question whether this does
rot invalidate the findings. In any
event, Thaw will have his court hear
ing, and the matter of his deporta
tion, though yesterday morning
thought practically settled, is now so
complex as to make forecasts out of
the question.
CDNVICT OLIVER
WILL BE CARRIED
TO MISSISSIPPI
Will H«l» IN AMERICUS
‘flaaatler Wit# Starred al
Climax, Ha.
Americus people who are well ac
quainted with “ Banker” Oliver, also
known facetiously as “Wallingford"
Oliver, who starred several years ago
in various get-rich-quick schemes it
the little town of Climax, down among
the tall pines, will soon see him again
in the limelight.
Oliver, who put it over the peasants
down at Climax several years ago,
and got a prison sentence, probably
will finish his term in the Mississippi
penitentiary when he leaves the Geor
gia convict camp next week, his term'
expiring then. Requisition pro • j
ceedings w r ere heard yesterday before
Governor Slaton.
Oliver opened a bank In Climax,
bought farm lands, posed as a rich
investor and married a beautiful
south Georgia girl before his bubble
burst. He was Identified as an es
caped convict from the Mississippi •
penitentiary, prosecuted for bigamy
AMERICUS. GEORGIA SUNDAY MORNING. SEPTEMBER 7. 1913.
Crowds Greet Special Train.
The arrival of the writ here last
evening on a special train was greeted
.! with wild cheering by the crowd
; around the railway station. Thaw
(himself thought it was returnable at
; once, and had prepared to go to Mon
treal on a special train. For an hour
the crowd awaited, then the special
. whirled away, but Thaw was not on it.
• It had only his victorious lawyers,
headed by J, N. Greenshields and N.
, K. LaFlamme. It was they who had
i obtained the writ and they who had
l rushed it here. E. Blake Robertson.
;' who presided as chairman of the spe-
J cial board had found Thaw subject tc
, deportation, has gone to Montreal,
i leaving Agents Whillans in charge,
iI Whillans said today that they would
(jnot attempt to move Thaw until in
■ structions had been received from the
i dominion authorities at Ottawa.
; Thaw’s guards said he slept wo.i
i last night in spite of the excitement
of yesterday. He retired after the
Coaticook band had given a concept
■ beneath his barred windows, playing
i in conclusion, “God Save the King,”
; while the throng shouted “Three
i cheers for Thaw.”
Ordinarily the band plays in the
• park, but the members could not resist
i the chance of playing for Thaw be-
E fore a sympathetic and enthusiastic
I populace.
; Beacon, N. Y„ Sept. 6. The au
thorities at the Matteawan Hospital
; for the Criminal Insane have begun
; the erection of a second fence with
, a large gate at the point where Harry
i K Thaw escaped on August 17, by
• dashing out when the gate was opeu
■ ed for the milkman. As teams enter
the first gate hereafter it will ba
; locked, then the inner gate will be op
> ened, preventing, at least, such an
: easy escape as Thaw made. The fences
are 14 feet high with sliding gates.
UPON TRAIL OF TIGERS
AT NEXT CAPITAL
Thirteen Barrooms in Macon
Raided
Macon, Ga„ Sept. 6.—Thirteen sa
loons were raided last night and today
by sheriffs who served injunction pa
pers secured by the Law Enforcement
league.
At three of the five saloons raided
last night, whiskey was found. At the
saloons searched today only beer w«s
found on the premises.
The thirteen saloon keepers are en
joined from selling intoxicating li
quors and are ordered to show cause
on the first Monday in November whv
they should not be permanently closed.
It is stated by Attorney R. D. Fea
gln, who represents the Law Enforce
ment league, that agents of tin
'league have purchased whiskey from
I each of the saloons, and that it will
Ibe produced as evidence at the hear
ing.
and sent to the Lee county convict
camp, where he now is.
Oilver Is resisting requisition o;
the plea that he Is not the man
wanted in Mississippi, but a twin
brother, and the real ex-convict is
I safe in South America.
THE YFEATHERs— LocaI Thunderstorms Today.
i LARUE INCREASE
IN ATTENDANCE
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
OTHER PI'PILS HAVE ENTERED
And Attendance is Entirely
Satisfactory
The prediction made that the attend
ance at the Americus public schools
for the fall session would far exceed
I
that of the summer term is being veri
fied in the daily registration of new
pupils until the total is already near
that, of the closing session in Mav,
while fully 200 to 300 additional pupils
will come in shortly, increasing the
grand total to a figure probably in ex
cess of 1800.
Supt. Mathis stated yesterday that
other pupils were enrolled every day
durng the past week, a fact gratifying
to the superintendent and friends cf
the schools alike. The attendance at
the colored school, as is usually the
case at this season, is not nearly up
to the average as yet.
Os course, every department of the
white schools is crowded to the cap
; acity point, several of the rooms ac
commodating more than fifty pupils,
: but this conditions will continue onlv
until the completion of the two addi
. tional buildings now under construc
. tion and which will be completed with
; in three or four months, accommodat
ing 200 to 300 pupils.
The attendance at the High school
is already up to the 200 mark, and will
easily reach 250 before the end of the
, fall term.
In fact, the attendance at the Ameri
cus schools is so large as to render
imperative the employment of three or
four additional teachers. Fifty pupils
j
crowded into one room is too great an
L undertaking for one teacher, and this
i condition prevails in several of the
grades of the Grammar school. This
• addition will, without doubt, be made
when the new buildings are ready for
occupancy.
t A most important branch, and one
the need of which has long been rec
ognized—that of domestic science- •
| will be added to the schools shortly,
and will be under the direction of a
very capable instructor. Full details
of this important work will be given
the public shortly in special articles
■ bearing upon the subject of domestic
■ science.
All of the teachers in the schools are
now in charge of their respective de
partments, and the pupils will get
down to real and earnest work this
1 week.
»
MR. WALKER IS BETTER;
CHANCE FOR RECOVERY
>
Operation Performed Was
Successful One
t
I Friends of Mr. George H. Walker,
one of Americus’ aged and highely es
teemed citizens, will be pleased to
learn that his condition yesterday, fol
lowing an operation for abscess of the
t liver, was as favorable as could be
expected. Mr. Walker has been se
* riously ill recently and for a time som :
i fear for his recovery was entertained.
i He is now much better, and unless un
j expected complications ensue he will
soon be upon the road to recovery.
GREAT FIRE AT HOT SPRINGS
CAUSE LOSS OF SIX MILLIONS
fifty City Blocks Were Swept Away by Resistless Flames
More Than 2,500 People Made Homeless —Fire!
One of Most Disastrous Ever Known in Southwest
Hot Springs, Ark., Sept. 6. —Stun-
ned by the extent of the damage
wrought by last night's fire, which
swept more than 50 city blocks here
with an estimated loss of $6,000,00'',
the people of. Hot Springs today took
first steps toward rehabilitation.
Mayor McClendon acceped Gov
ernor’s Hay’s offer of two companies of
state militia and ordered a mass meet
, ing of citizens for later in the da-,
when It will be decided whether the
city will call upon the outside cities
for help.
It is estimated about 2,500 persons
were made homeless by the fire. The
majority of these are being tempor
arily camped in the vicinity of the
Oaklawn race track and state fail
grounds.
Grand avenue, leading from the
burned area, to the fair grounds, to
day presented a picturesque sight.
Hundreds of families with what lit
tle they saved from the ruins, we.- J
- gathered along their way to the camp
. grounds. The militia will aid these
people and guard the devastated dis
tricts.
There is no danger of a water fam
ine, according to the authorities.
Even if the supply were cut off there
- are numerous cold springs through
. out the city furnishing suffleent wa
WOMAN WEARING BATHING
SUIT SLIT TO THE WAIST
Atlantic City, Sept. 6. —Bathers who
objected to the extreme style of her
’ bathing suit attacked Mrs. Charles
1 Lanning, wife of a hotel proprietor of
* Burlington, N. J., on the beach front
i her today and she fell unconscious be
-5 fore the police and life guards could
s rescue her.
- Mrs. Lanning, attired in a brilliant
purple bathing suit, the skirt of which j
> cut extremely short, was slit clear to
. the waist, strolled leisurely onto the
beach just before noon. The crowl
, numbered many thousands and the
i section of the beach selected by Mrs.
s Lanning as the starting point for her
l promenade is by far the most popu
> lar.
: As she stepped to the sand Mrs. Lan
ning coaxed beside her a toy poodle,
; white except for the ribbon bow on his
- collar. It was purple, of the exact
t shade of the bathing suit his mistress
s was wearing. Several of the bathers
caught sight of the brilliant suit and
the toy poodle at the same time, but
nothing happened until, leading the
dog in leash, Mrs. Lanning stepped out
and tried to walk in front of the
Emergency hospital, which is half way
between the board walk and the wa
1 CUBAN MILLIONAIRE AND WIFE
FIGHT IN COURTS OVER CHILD
I
Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 6—One of the
i most Involved cases ever heard in the
■ Fulton county courts will come up
! next week, when the habeas corpus
procedings of the Barlow family will
be aired. J. E. Barlow, a Stewa't
county millonaire, is fighting his wife,
Mrs. Edith Barlow, for the possession
I of their ten-year-old daughter, Mad
eline.
ter for all purposes. It was an
nounced today that the city will be
without electric lights for 60 days.
The Sentinel-Record, the morning
newspaper here, barely escaped de
struction by the fire last night, and
did not issue its regular editions.
The New Era and the Daily News,
the afternoon papers, are without
power and unable to publish. Busi
ness generally is at a standstill.
Under the personal direction ot
Governor George W. Hays, task
of providing for those made homeless
by the fire which last night destroyed
property valued at millions of
dollars in the eastern section of Hot
Springs, began at daylight today.
jeveral hundred volunteer firemen
worked to blacken the ruins for fear
that the smouldering embers again
start should the wind arise.
It had not been determined early
today whether the militia would be
eall -d on to assist In relief measures
Under orders of Mayor McLendon,
all saloons are closed, and so far
there has been no disorder.
Two hundred and fifty citizen®,
sworn in ns a special police force at
a mass meeting held last night while
the fire was at its height, continued
to patrol the fire swept area this
morning.
ter's edge.
Then the long slit in the skirt dre"’
caustic remarks from many of thf
bathers. Suddenly a strong gust of
wind caught the ends of the skirt and
they flew back to reveal a pair of viv
idly purple tights that fit snugly to
the figure of their wearer, a model
form, indeed.
Thousands of bathers were congest
ed in the immediate vicinity of the hos
pital tent, and practically every one
of them joined in the shout that
greeted the glowing revelation.
The crowd grew as the exictement
spread along the beach, and Mrs. Lan
ning, struggling to escape, was buffet
ed backward and forward for more
than ten minutes, while policemen
who ran from the board walks and
life guards tried to fight their way to
ward her.
After several more efforts to fight
their way through the crowd, the po
lce and guards formed a flying wedge
and drove the woman’s tormen*~-s
aside. Mrs. Lanning was picked up
and hurried into the hospital tent.
Here, after ten minutes’ work she wan
revived. Today •"•ps the first time she
had worn either the slit bathing suit
or the vivid tights.
The case is unique in that it now
appears before two circuits of the
superior court in three different forms
and contains an instance of an ordin
ary reversing a superior court judge.
Barlow, who claims Stewart county
as home, also maintains a magnificent
home in Cuba. He has remarried
since divorcing Madeline's mother.
The child is now with her mother at
219 West Peachtree street, Atlanta.
HON STATION
SEEMS PROBABLE
AT EARLY DATE
SEABOARD & CENTRAL LINES
Will Likely Get Togelhe
Thereupon ■
The presence in Americus a day or
two since of prominent officials of thf.
Seaboard railway revived interest ia
the suggestion of a union passenger
station, which recently has been dis
cussed with greatest interest since the
city council, by ordinance adopted,
accorded to the Central railway the
right and privilege of extending iu
tracks along Hampton street, south
ward.
The officials of the Seaboard whj
thus looked over the situation here
were Vice President C. R. Capps, Div
ision Supt H. B. Grimshaw, Mr. R. L.
Cheatham, assistant freight traffic:
manager; Mr. B. C. Prince, assistant
general freight agent, and Mr. M. A.
Calhoun, commercial agent in this
territory.
Upon arrival the officials looked
over several streets in the southwes
tern section of Americus contigious to
the Seaboard’s tracks and other prop
erty here. A lengthy consultaton witk
several citizens followed.
While neither ihe officials or citizen*,
who met with them admitted that th<?
conference was in reference to th»
union depot proposition, there was
reason Cor the belief that this subject*
along with traffic matters, was dis
cussed. Other incidents occurring
emphasized the belief that the two
roads would eventually get together
along the line suggested.
While it is true that the Centrr.t
railway has recently been serve!
with injunction proceedings by prop
erty owners on Hampton street to
prevent the extension of tracks, as
proposed, it is hoped that the matter
ruay he satisfactorily adjusted and the
proposed improvements, which will
greatly enhance realty values here, b*
permitted.
Americus sorely needs a union pas
senger station, and there should bet
unamity of action to that end among
citizens and property owners.
HE RACED FAST AUTO;
FUNERAL THE NEXT DAY
Two Killed on Track at Jack
son, Mich.
Jackson, Mich., Sept. 6. Har.-y
Endicott, of Anderson, Ind., a brother
of “Farmer Bill” Endicott, the aotedt:
automobile racer, and Mary Sarata, 0$
Jackson, a 10-year-old spectator,
were killed and three persons injur?i
here yesterday afternoon when Eltdi
cott’s automobile crashed through a
fence at the rack track when cme ot
the front tires blew up.
FARMER SAT BN TRACK
WAS KILLED BY TRAIN
Macon, Ga., Sept. 6.—While sitting
on a crosstie just across the Ocmulgee
river from the Southern railroad de*
pot, evidently asleep W. C. Evans, a
farmer living a short distance out ot
Jackson, Ga., was killed this morning
about 6:30 o’clock by a passing work
train. The step of the engine struck ,\
him just behind the ear on the right
side of the head, breaking the skuU,
and he died before the city ambulancvll
could carry him io the hospital,
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