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The Americus Times-Recorder
JHIRTY-FIFTH year.
'currency bill is passed
IN HOUSEJY LARGE VOTE
286 Ayes to 84 Nays—Twenty-Four Republicans Voted
For This Democratic Measure—Essential Provis
ions Are All Adopted.
Washington, D. C., Sept. 18.—The
administration currency bill revising
the entire financial system of the
United States was passed by the house
this afternoon by a vote of 286 to 84.
The bill passed practically unamend
ed in the essential provisions. Twen
ty-four republicans voted for the bill,
and three democrats voted against it
A final fight on an amendment re-a‘-
firming the present financial policy of
a gold money standard caused some
defections from the democratic side.
The three democrats who voted against
the bill were Representatives Callo
way, of Texas, Fellows, of Louisiana,
and Witherspoon, of Mississippi; the
republicans voting for it were Repre
sentatives Baltz, Browne, Cary,. Coop
er, Cramton, Dillon, Esch, Farr, Fess,
Frear, Haughen, Ken:,
Lenroot, Lindquist, McLaughlin, Nel
son. Porter, Samuel Smith and J. M. C.
Smith, of Michigan; Smith, of Minne
sota; Stafford Young, of North Dako
ta.
The progressive vote split, two
progressives, Representatives Temple
and Walters, of Pennsylvania, voting
against the bill. Fifteen others voted
for it. They were representatives Bel',
of California; Hinebaugh, Kelley, of
Michigan; Kelly, of Pennsylvania; Laf
ferty, MacDonald, Manahan, Murdock,
Nolan, Norton, Rupley, Thomson, of
Illinois, and Stephens, of California.
The administration currency bill to
day reached the end of the first stage
of its legislative career, passage by
the house. The measure, completed 5 n
detailed consideration, after three
GREAT DAMAGE
IS INFLICTED 6V
THE RAINSTORM
LOSS Tl ins IS BEIT
Work at Standstill During
Entire Week
Cotton receipts in Americus this
veelc will be at the minimum as the
result of the continued rains, which
have prevailed without cessation dur
ing the week. During such weather it
is impossible for farmers to work in
their cotton fields, and picking, there
fore, has been at a complete standstill
since Monday morning. With the
fields white with open cotton and the
Market at the highest point of the sea
son—thirteen cents —the situation is
most unfortunate. Cotton in the fields
"ill be greatly damaged by the rain
Etna the quality for some time now
H not grade up to the best, as here
: 'tore. The equinoxial storm shows
1 o evidence of abatement and farmers
ere not a little distressed at the situa
t'on prevailing.
SIUNGO ON DELI BUOY;
~ GIRL NEARLY DROWNS
Cos Angeles, Cal., Sept. 18—Attempt
ing to dance a tango on a bell buoy
"i'or swimming a qifarter of a mile to
it- Miss Katherine Call was swept in
*° tlle sea a nd narrowly escaped death.
I- 1 scu-ed by life guards.
days of efforts to amend, reached a
final vote in the house today, prac
tically unchanged in its essential pro
visions.
Some house democrats w r ere inclined
to look with disfavor on an amend
ment incorporated in the measure
provisions were calculated to repeal
the law of 1900, prescribing the gold
money sandard or to disturb the par
ity of money.
Chairman Glass, however, declared
last night at the suggestion of the
banking committee.
The amendment, proposed by Rep
resentative Foss, republican, Ohio, in
cluded a statement that none of its
that the amendment only made clear
the meaning of the bill as originallv
framed. A few minor amendments
changing phraseology or designed to
make clear possible ambiguities in the
bill, were the only changes made in
the consideration of hundreds of
amendments offered by republicans
and progressives.
Passed by the house, the bill will
go to the senate, where a lengthy con
sideration before the banking com
mittee awaits it.
It will probably be some weeks be
fore the measure is reported to the
senate, where further debate is ex
pected to delay the final passage ot
the bill.
Representative Wingo, of Arkan
sas, demanded a record vote on the
so-called gold standard amendment,
and on a division 165 democrats and
republicans voted for it and 45 dem
ocrats voted against it. A roll call
was ordered.
THIS MARRIAGE
OF INTEREST TO
MANY FRIENDS
WERE WEDDED AT MANSE
Mrs. Lee the Bride nf Mr.
W. T. Weekly
A marriage of interest to their manv
friends and a surprise as well, was
that of Mrs. Maria Elizabeth Lee and
Air. William T. Weekly, which was
solemnized at 7:30 o'clock yesterday
evening. The bride and groom pros
pective, accompanied by several neat
friends, drove to the residence of Rev.
Robert L. Bivins, on Harrold avenue,
where the marriage ceremony was im
pressively performed and hearty gool
wishes and congratulations extended
the newly wedded couple. Mr. and
Mrs. Weekly at now “at home" at their
residence on Spring street. Both are
widely known in Americus, where they
have so long resided, and the an
nouncement of their marriage last ev
ening will be of much interest here.
VALDES TEN LOST LOVE
LETTERS AT 50c EACH
San Francisco, Cal., Sept. 18. —How
much is a love letter worth? Wm. S.
Schaeffer, a clerk of this city, ap
praises a pack of ten which were
stolen from him at $5. The letters
were taken from Schaeffer by a rival
at the point of a gun.
AMERICUS. GEORGIA. FRIDAY MORNING. SEPTEMBER 19. 1913.
BRYAN SPEAKS
TO BANKERS IN
ANNGIMEETING
UPON NEW CURRENCY BILL
Accorded Warm Greeting at
Richmond
Richmond, Va„ Sept. 18.—Secretary
of State W. J. Bryan delivered here
today before the convention of the
American Institute of Banking
virtually his first public speech
on the currency bill just passed
the house of representatives. Mr.
Bryan arrived in Richmond at 12:50,
began speaking at 1:12 o’clock, and
left at 2:20 (for Charlottesville,
where he delivered a speech tonight.
The secretary was enthusiastically
received by the convention and witn
a smiling bow plunged at once into
his extemporaneous speech:
“Banks exist for the accommoda
tion of the public, and not for the
control of business,’’ he said; and
added that in that sentence was a
fundamental truth, and one on which
all banking legislation should be
founded. It was the key note of the
secretary’s speech.
“We have had for two gener i
tions,” he continued, “legislation on
banking systems, but they have been
almost universally framed in favor
of the bankers. There can be only
one purpose in placing money in
banks; that it tp get it out again.
If you think otherwise, suppose you
draw up a paper on this subject.”
He said Congressman Glass’ speech
on the currency bill, made before the
democratic caucus in Washington, left
little or nothing to be said on the
subject by him or anybody else, and
he recommended it to the members
cf the banking institute for reading.
He said the plan to form regional
reserves for the more equal distribu
tion of the money of the country—
for the decentralization of national
finances —was a step in the right di
rection —“a step well in advance,” he
said.
JUDGE BRELBY TO
FREBIDE FOR SPEER
Macrn, Ga., Sept. 18. —Judge David
0. Shelby, of New Orleans, has been
designated to preside over the United
States district court at Macon, Albany
and Valdosta, pending the outcome of
the impeachment proceedings against
Judge Speer.
Judge Speer will not hold court
while the charges against him arc
under consideration in congress.
Judge William Newman, of Atlanta,
is holding court this week in Savan
nah, and next month, Judge Rufus
Foster, of New Orleans, will preside
in Augusta. Judge Shelby will sit at
the regular terms of court in the othe~
cities of Judge Speer’s district.
HUNTER SLAYS MAN HE
TAKES FOR A SQUIRREL
Ellijay, Sept. 18.—News has just
reached this place that George Dyjr
of the Mountaintown district, this
county, was accidentally shot and
killed by Walter Hill, a neighbor, m
the latter’s corn field.
Both men were out squirrel hunt
ing and Hill, not knowing that Dyer
v. as in his field, got a glimpse of him
through the tali corn and thinking
he was as quirrel shot him.
THE WEATHER:— Probably Continued Local Rains Today
A SEPTEMBER MORN.
— 1 ' - i
JT Jut*
JMbl jr j*
—Kessler in New York Sun.
BLUE VETERANS
ARE COMING TO
ANDERSONVILLE
FORMER PRISONERS OF RIO
Mid Visit Thai Hisloric Liltle
Fowl
Andersonville and its historic sur
roundings will again be the Mecca of
former northern troops tomorrow
morning, when more than one hun
dred veterans who are attending th’s
week the G. A. R. reunion at Chatta
nooga, will come by special train to
historic Andersonville.
Many of the visitors probably spent
some time there in the prison days of
the sixties, and the trip, therefore, will
be of no little interest to these north
erners.
The majority of the visitors will hail
from Massachusetts and other new En
gland states. It is said that a number
of officers of the G. A. R. will be among
the visitors. Arriving in Macon at '
o'clock, the party will have breakfast,
and will leave at 8 o’clock for Andev
sonville, where they will spend the day
The party will return to Macon at 6
o'clock Saturday afternoon, remain in
that city one hour and then continue
their journey to Atlanta, from where
they will board another special train
to their homes in the eastern states.
DINERS TO DEFY STORM
AND ENJOY THE FEAST
Cue Club Will Meet Today
As Usual
The Americus ’Cue club is too valiant
an aggregation to balk at a cupful of
mtfisture when there is a ’cue feast in
reaching distance, and the valiant
hosts will rally today at high noon,
and without an absentee at roll call.
The piglets, divested of pigtails but
nevertheless “ ’cued" to the queen’s
taste, are prepared already, and the
delicious odors will smite the olfac
tories of the unfed while the hosts
of hunger are yet a mile away. It is
the regular feast day of the ’Cue club
and they will rally a half hundred
strong.
CHOCTAW CHIEF
IN CHARGE OF
THE CABHERY
BIG INDIAN ON THE DOLLAR
Gabe Parker is Register of
Treasury
Washington, D. C., Sept. 17.—Gabe
E Parker, a Choctaw Indian, of
Academy, Okla., arrived here today
to .ale the oath of office on Satur
day as register of the treasury. This
is the first time in the hisory of
the country that an Indian has he'd
the office. His name will appear
upon all currency of the United
States.
I'-om 1881 until Cleveland’s admin
istration the office was held by a
negro. Cleveland appointed white
men, but from McKinley’s time in
1897 down to the present day the
register has been a negro.
President Wilson originally nomi
nated Adam Patterson, an Oklahoma
negro, to the position, but later it
was withdrawn. At the same time
Patterson announced he did not desire
to be a candidate on account of the op
position of the southern democrats.
NEW TRIAL IS REFUSED
SECRETARY OF ELKS
Fine of S7OO Imposed Will
Stand
Macon, Ga„ Sept. 18.—Judge H. A.
Mathews has decided that C. R. Wright,
former secretary of the Elks, is not
entitled to a new trial. Wright "as
convicted in the superior court at the
present term of violaing he prohibi
tion law as secretary of the Elks and
was fined S7OO. He moved for a new
trial and Arguments were made two
weeks ago.
Judge Mathews has held that in
his opinion Mr. Wright was properly'
convicted under his interpretation ol
the law, and that if his understand
ing of the law is not correct, the
higher cour should remedy it and
say just what 1@ the meaning of the
statute.
PREPARING FOR
FINAL STRUGGLE
INJHAW CASE
HARRY READS THE PAPERS
Rearing to Take Place Next
Tuesday
Concord, N- IT,. Sept. IS. —Harry
K. Thaw sat behind a great heap of
newspapers at the breakfast table
this morning reading Washington
dispatches saying that if his case
went to the United States supreme
court, years might roll by before a
decision was handed down.
“We can wait,” said the fugitive from
the New York state hospital for the in
sane at. Matteawan, "but 1 hope Gov
ernor Felker will decide against my
extradition at once so that it will
not be necessary to press our habeas
corpus writ in the federal courts."
Rain during the night swept the
big elms in front of the state house
where the extradition hearing is to
be held on Tuesday, and Thaw ex
pressed a desire to walk through the
grounds. The sheriff said that later
his wish would be granted.
Ten law clerks, retained by Thaw's
counsel, were busy today looking uo
state and federal court rulings in the
matter of extradition of a person
chanrged with a crime, yet held to be
legally insane.
“So far we have been unable to
find any case where a person tn
Thaw’s position was ever extradited,"
said one of Thaw’s lawyers today.
The same statement in substance
was made by Federal Judge Aldrich,
at Littleton, on Tuesday, in a dis
cusison with William Travers Jerome.
GINNING TD SEPT. IST
AHEAD OF LAST YEAR
The Excess is More Than
600 Bales
Mr. W. P. Persons, of Americus, who
reports for the department of agri
culture the cotton ginned in the Amer
icus territory, has recently made up
his repor of cotton ginned to Sep
tember t, 1912, showing 2.290
ginned, ■»s against 1,652 hales ginned
to the same dale last season, an ex
cess this season of 638 bales.
THIS FARMER STRUCK A LUCKY STREAK
IN DIGGING l!P GOLDEN FORTUNE
St. Louis, Mo., Sept. 17.—When
Henry Kellam, a farmer living two
miles from Shipman, 111., appeared at
I
the Shipman bank recently to deposit
a bag of moldy coins, there was little
comment. When he returned two days
later with a bag of tarnished golu,
gossip ensued. And when he appeared
again with a third bag of gold caked
with mud, together with several rolls
of mildewed greenbacks, a sensation
followed.
The gold deposits amounted to
about $9,000. In addition there was 1
SI,OOO in bills, besides a quantity of
war time currency In denominations of
fifteen, twenty-five, fifty and seven
ty-five cents, totaling about SIOO. Two
weeks ago Clayton G. Kellam, 80
years old, brother of Henry, and a
childless widower, died. He was r>
| garded as eccentric by his neighbors,
but was believed to have left an es
tate of about $25,000, consisting of
his farm and money in the bank. Hen-
I ry Kellam has been summoned from
hooks mwm
IS NOW FOLLY
INCORPORATED
hue if Gunn HIM i
Thomas B. Hooks is Made
President
From thi*date the drug store here
tofore styled jhe Murray & Hooks.
Pharmacy becomes the “Hooks Phar
macy" instead, and under the new cor
porate name the business will be con
tinued at the same stand. Mr. Thomas
B. Hcoks is president of the Hooka
Pharmacy, with a corps of capable as
sistants to conduct the extensive and'
rapidly growing business.
Under a decree of the superior court,
just granted, the former corporatioT
has ceased to exist, and instead the
“Hooks Pharmacy” becomes a duly
chartered institution.
In personal charge of the business
of the new corporation will be Mr.
Glenn Hooks, who assumed the busi
ness management some time since and
will continue to direct the large an l
rapidly increasing business now ac
corded this well known and popular
house. Manager Hooks was reared in
Americus, and is well and most favora.-
bly known here.
With the “Hooks Pharmacy” as ex
perienced pharmacists and prescrip
tionists are Dr. J. A. Clements and Dr.
Lenton Godwin, who have been with
the house for some time, and are pop
ularly known to the trade. The cleri
cal forces will remain unchanged, and
whenever opportunity permits, Mr.
Thomas Hooks will welcome his many
friends there.
The house already has a large and
well-established trade, and under the
new banner that floats aloft today its
business will, no doubt, increase rapid
ly, and deservedly, so large additions
to the store have been made, and pure
drugs of the highest quality only will
be sold by the Hooks Pharmacy.
ONE SNEEZE MEANS
DEATH TO THIS MAN
Boston, Sept. 18—Doctors in the
City hospital here declare that >f
Henry Parker sneezes just once hd
will die. Parker's back was broken
recently, and he may live several
weeks If his body is not subjected to
a jar of any kind.
California before his brother’s death.
It was learned that on his death
bed Clayton confined to his brother
that at various places on the farm
was buried a considerable sum of
money, which he could have for th<*
digging. Kellam's practice of conceal
ing his money in the ground begaa
during the civil war, when there was
no bank in Shipman, and afterward
became a habit.
| Shipman is eagerly expecting other
finds of buried wealth. No treasury
' seekers have invaled the Kellam farm
as yet.
Some of the greenbacks were so d*-«
cayed by moisture or so worm-eaten
they will have to be exchanged for
notes of more recent issue. The “shin
plasters," which have no value a*
currency, have been sent to Nev
York, to be sold at' a premium as
curios. Kellam has several brothers
' in California and says that soon hi
1 will transfer the treasure to that
i state.
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