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The Americus Times-Recorder
(THIRTY-FIFTH YEAR.
SENDING PUBLIC
FROM DISTRICT
COLLEGE HERE
SCHOOL FILLED TO ItPtCITI
Students Coming In Snot In
Ollier Schools
The unusual spectacle of a college
turning away students simply for lack
of further accommodations is now wit
nessed at the Third District Agricul
tural college in Amerieus, though he
it said that this is done with sincerest
regret by Supt. Collum, who would
gladly enroll all who come there seek
ing an education, if it were possible
for him to do so.
The college dormitories, however,
are filled to their capacity, both the
boys’ dormitory and Crawford Wheat
ley hall, the modern and beautiful
building completed within the last
year and designed as a dormitory for
girls and containing also the large
and well appointed college dining hall.
“Not a foot of space is left,” sai l
Supt. John M. Collum yesterday, “and
pupils who have recently applied for
admittance here are sent to the other
district colleges.”
The Amerieus institution has now
enrolled more than one hundred board
ing pupils, none other than boarders
being admitted to the school. These
pupils represent a score of south Geor
gia counties while many come from up
the state, and from other states as
well, such is the excellent reputation
o: the Third District school.
Maintained under strict military dis
cipline, the school has prospered as
has none other of the state district col
leges. The class-rooms are filled up,
and the need of additional teachers as
well as additional room is sorely felt
by the excellent management. These
provided, the school could easily dou
ble its enrollment.
But before this can be done; before
young people of moderate means, un
able to attend more expensive colleger,,
can obtain here the education th°y
seek, additional facilities must be pro
vided. The school has outgrown itself
and far surpassed the expectations of
its projectors and those who have
stood by it and made it the best of its
ciass.
The Americas school needs more
money to carry on the splendid educa
tional work it is now doing.
ENGLAND TO QUIT
OLYMPIC DAMES
London, Sept. 23.—1 f the wishes of
u ma jority of British sportsmen are
followed, Great Britain’s last appear
ance * n the Olympic games will be
•it Berlin in 1916. This sentiment is
moving steadily. Public opinion would
la 'or withdrawing from the Olympic
organization immediately, except for
'" 0 roas ons, first, the Germans might
construe the withdrawal as due to
; >nii-German prejudice and second, na
s might think that after the poor
showing the team made.
FOUR girls killed on
EYE OF THEIR WEDDINGS
r, uda Pest, Sept. 23.—Four girls who
to become brides today, were
lin ' >d by F’Shtning near the village of
V arad. The girls were picking
° Wers t 0 decorate the church for
1 ' Ae ddings. They were overtaken
d a storm and took refuge in a grot-
b °' * hlch the lightning struck. The
l!l - were found in the wreckage late
laßt night.
P
RAILROADS WILL
OPPOSE SPEED
LIMIT PROPOSED
ORDINANCE IS UP AGAIN
For Final Passage, if Council
Desires
i The city council of Americus in ses
: sion tonight will pass finally upon the
• recently introduced ordinance which
■ is intended to regulate the speed of
■ railway trains at street crossings with
: in the city. The six-mile speed ordi-
I nance was passed at the meeting of
• two weeks ago.
i If the ordinance is adopted tonight
as in all probability will be the case,
, railway trains cannot be operated here
i at a speed exceeding six miles an hour.
■ Any violation of the ordinance will
subject the engineer and conductor of
such train to fine.
Accidents occurring here recently
■ wherein automobiles and wagons have
been smashed and the loss of life nar
rowly averted has induced the city
council to adopt the proposed safe
-1 guard.
It was suggested yesterday by a
member of the council that represent
atives of the railways here might pro
test against the final adoption of the
i ordinance, but this is not known to be
■ true. As nearly all street crossings
are near the two passenger stations,
• the reduction of -speed to six miles
an hour will worl* no hardship.
In the event of the passage of the or
dinance the railroads w-ould, it is said,
have to exercise more than usual cau
tion, for should a fatality occur as
the result of fast running, the compa
ny, in any resulting suit for damages,
would have to defend the charge ot
having violated a city law as well.
1 The railway speed ordinance and
other matters of equal interest will
hold the attention of the councilmen
tonight in fortnightly meeting.
PRIEST’S CRIME
NOT REGRETTED
MURDERER SAYS
IS EXAMINED BY ALIENISTS
No Remorse is Exhibited by
Schmidt
New York, Sept. 23.—Hans Schmidt,
the erstwhile priest and confesses
slayer of Anna Aumuller, was visited
in the Tombs today by three physi
cians. One of these, Dr. Michael Earl
wein, a member of St. Joseph’s church,
of which the prisoner was assistant rec
tor. The others were Dr. John H,
Branch and Dr. Chas. W. Horn. All ex
pressed the opinion that Schmidt is
not insane, but is shamming insanity.
Dr. Earlwein said:
“I saw' Father Schmidt frequently
L his state of holiness. I wanted to
see him in his criminal state. I found
him sitting on the edge of his cot in
his cell.
“You're in a fine fix,” I said when
he recognized me.
" ‘I know it,’ said Father Schmidt.
“ ‘Are you sorry?’ I asked,
i " ‘No,’ was the reply. ‘l’m not sorry
■ for that is a matter between myself
: and God. Only God knows what I did.
; I want to die as quickly as possible.’ ”
The district attorney’s office an
i nounced this afternoon that Chas. F.
- MacDonald and Dr. Wm. Mabon had
! been selected ag the alienists to ex
> amine Schmidt. The examination
probably will be made tomorrow.
AMERICUS. GEORGIA. WEDNESDAY MORNING. SEPTEMBER 24. 1913.
BULZER FACES
MANY WITNESSES
I IN TRIAL COURT
ARGUMENTS IN NOTED CASE
| Loses Out in First Round Be
fore Senate
Albany, N. Y„ Sept. 23.—D. Cady
’ Herrick, counsel for Governor Sulze;,
announced at the outset of today’s
1 session of the high court of impeach
>
meat that the governor would cease
henceforth to exercise the functions o'
the executive office until the termina
»
' tion of his trial.
Further attempts were made today
by counsel for William Sulzer, im
’ peached governor of New York, to
prevent the story of the governor j
■ alleged misuse of campaign contribu
-1 tions from being told on the witness
stand.
Defeated yesterday by a vote of 51
to 1 on their motion for dismissal of
' the impeachment on the ground of its
unconstitutionality, the governor s
counsel today offered a motion *o
strike out the three articles of im
peachment charging him with filing
1 a, false statement of campaign contri
butions, and with the use of funds for
speculation in Wall street.
The motion was prepared by D.
Cady Herrick, who argued that the
alleged offenses were not impeachable
on the ground that they were commit
ted before the governor was sworn in
to office.
Former Senator Edgar T. Brackett
was appointed to reply in behalf of
the assemblymen.
His brief held in substance that the
THE NEW IDEA IN
PUBLIC PLAYGROUNDS
The playground movement in Amer
ica by which it is sought to place the
natural activities of children of both
sexes under the direct supervision of
competent instructors that they may
atain high standards of physical and
moral development is discussed in an
illustrated article iby Grant M. Hyde
in the October Popular Mechanics
Magazine. A great many interesting
experiments have been made in con-,
nection with the playgrounds, and
location and equipment very widely.
Mr. Hyde states:
“One playground in New York City
occupies a site that is valued at $1,800,-
000, but this is unusual. Vacant lots
ir congested districts, areas useless for
commercial purposes, and bits of land
in out-of-the-way places are rapidly
being made into playgrounds. Phila
delphia has laid out tiny playgrounds
under railroad viaducts; Reading. Pa,
has a playground on the concrete root
of a water reservoir; Springfield, O ,
i r utilizing the grounds around a city
standpipe. Amusement piers have
been built in some cities, and Boston
has floating both houses for the small
boys.
“Certain standard forms of play and
apparatus are pretty generally pres
ent in all playgrounds. Swings, see
saws, slides, giant strides dan gymnas
tic apparatus are always the first
things provided. Swimming pools art
quite as common. For the smaller
children most playgrounds have sand
piles and wading pools. The love of
competitive play has brought facilities
for group games—baseball, tennis,
basket ball, volley ball, and in some
places, football and lacrosse. These
are for the oder children but war
games, "hikes,” hare and hounds, folk
dances and other games, invented
sometimes by the children themselves,
are being developed for the little tots.
THE WEATHER:— Pair and Warmer.
FARMERS MAKING
GREAT PROGRESS
GATHERING CROP
WEATHER IS IN THEIR FAVOR
Hustling in Fields While
Prices Soar
Sumter county farmers are harder
“at it” this w eek than at any time here
tofore and the number of them in
Americus yesterday could have been
counted upon the fingers of an arm
less man. The fine weather this week
w'ill result in redoubled efforts to the
end of harvesting the open cotton, ani
insures excellent receipts at Amer.-
cus warehouses on Friday and Satur
day. Prices just now are at the high
water mark of the entire season, and
farmers are anxious to get their bales
to market while things are yet good
and growing better. Thirteen and a
quarter cents was the satisfactory
price paid here yesterday and many
bales thus netted the owners amounts
around the S7O mark. Cotton men ex
pect even better prices later in thej
season, but 13 1-4 cents seems mighty
good now—and it is.
acts of a candidate for political of
fice during a campaign and after he
has become an officer-elect, are so in
timately connected to the actual hold
ing of the office as to be inserarable.
It wa s believed today that the decis
ion of the court on this question,
whether affirmative or negative,
would make possible the beginning
of the actual trial of the case tomor
row, unless something unforeseen
arises.
■ In some cities the competitive games
, of the larger hoys have grown into or
ganized athletics, with playground
, teams and interplayground games
and track meets. All furnish play un
der direction.
“Directed play naturally leads to in
struction through play. In many cit
ies, such as St. John. N. 8., there is
1 regular kindergarten work for little
children. In others, sewing, embroid
/ery, basket and raffia work are provid
ed for the older girls, along with man
ual training and gardening for the
older boys. Springfield, 0., has this.
New Orleans has regular gardens laid
out in the playgrounds, and prizes are
given for the best crops raised by the
children. In Glen Ridge, N. J„ and
other cities, manual training and cook
ing are moved from the school house
to the summer playground. Columbus,
C., and Holyoke, Mass., do the same
thing by teaching the older boys tv
clean the playground and erect and
repair the apparatus. At Youngs
town, Pa., the boys dug their own
swimming pool on the playground an 1
made water wheels.
“Many novelties in methods and ap
paratus have been brought out in va
rious part of the country. East Liv
erpool, 0., has found that if hammocks
are provided, the smaller children can
be persuaded to sleep in them during
the afternoon, benefiting both them
selves and the playground's peace. Cro
quet and quoits have appeared among
the other games at Springfield, O. Kite
day is a regular feature at Akron, O.
The boys on one of the playgrounds
at Buffalo revived the old pastime of
stilt walking and the city had a hun
i died pairs of stilts made for them.
■ Competitive athletics for the boys
brings very complete organizations in
1 many cities. At Jacksonville, Fla., reg
, ular athletic meets and an annual cir
, cue are held.
SLASHED SKIRTS
BLOCKED STREETS
I
Judge Orders the Wearer to
Get Out
Denver, Col., Sept. 23.—“1f I win
out,” said Mrs. Dora Funke, who was
arrested for blocking street traffic,
“it will be a victory for modern dress.
True, my skirt is well slit, but it af
fords me grace of movement.”
When arrested, Mrs. Funke was
wearing a double slit skirt, which
exposed well-rounded limbs clad hi
white silk hose, surmounted at each
knee with a red rosette.
She faced Judge Stapleton this
morning on a charge of vagrancy and
was given the alternative of thirty
days in jail or leaving Denver.
“The Lord pity anybody who tries
to educate this town in up-to-date
clothes,” she exclaimed as she de
cided to leave the city.
According to the policeman who
u#de the arrest, the sensational “Chi-
I cago gown” wasn’t to be compared
with the double slit one.
“I should worry about what a
j crabby policeman says concerning the
tall styles,” exclaimed Mrs. Funke.
“Maybe it was the rosette that caused
so many of them to follow me yes
terday. The policeman said that 1 in
terfered with the traffic. I didn’t see
anyone following me that was rude
about, although they were all men.
“It is freedom of movement for the
v'omen of Denver who wish to dress
comfortably that I want. And women
will Ain out. They can’t arrest us for
wearing slit skirts.
“I should like to wear skirts siit
to the hip. This one is just slit to the
knee. The sergeant said that it was
going too far, but I disagree witli
him and I believe that all the wo
men of Denver will stand by me in
the crusade for sensible clothes.”
POURED “CORN LICKER”
INTO THE CREEK
Sheriff Got Busy at Express
Office
Rome, Ga., Sept. 23.—While R. L.
Hicks, the owner, and'several thirsty
bystanders looked on and mourned,
Deputy Sheriff W. A. Kittles poured 24
pints of corn liquor into Silver creelc,
at Lindale, near here. The whiskey
had just been taken from the express
office by Hicks, who was arrested as
a first step in a crusade to break uo
the whisked traffic in the mill village.
An officer was stationed at the ex
press office all day, and as a result
Lindale spent the dryest day in its
history. The destruction of Hicks’ li
quor prevented a number of other con
signees from calling for their pack
ages, as the deputy was ready to ar
rest the people as fast as they claim
ed their shipments.
DEATH OF LITTLE BABE
OCCURS NEAR THE CiTY
Infant us Mr. and Mrs. Ad
ams Passes Away
Mr. and Mrs. G. F. Adams, who re
side on the Friendship road near
Americus, have the sympathy of their
friends in the loss of their ibaby daugh
ter, Jessie Claire Adams, which occur
red yesterday afternoon. The little
one was only a month old and the on
ly child of the devoted parents. The lit
tle body will be taken this morning to
Parrott, Ga., for burial,
vU. :-j .k* A;
STUDENTS FILL
I THE WAYCROSS
, PUBLIC SCHOOLS
FALL OPENING AUSPICIOUS
‘ Supt. Miller Doing Excellent
Work
, The many Americus friends of Supt.
, A. G. Miller, of the Waycross public
i schools who for several years was at
1 the head of the Americus public school
system, will congratulate him upon the
J auspicious opening of the schools on
Monday with an attendance of 1,500
pupils. This number, it is expected
5 will be increased to 1,700.
s The Isabella street school is the lat
■ est addition to the school system there
and represents an expenditure of ap
> proximately $20,(W)0. Miss Willie Beck,
- former assitant to Superintendent
I Miller, is principal of the new school.
The work which started Monday is
i featured by two radical changes. An
■ extra grade has been added, making
• the school course one of eleven, in-
I stead of ten years, and the fee system,
• in vogue since the schools were estab
■ lished. has been abolished. The ad
‘ dition of commercial and domestic
! science departments.
One or both of these departments
‘ may be added before the present year
> closes.
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GAMMAGE WINS
: CASE AGAINST
CITY AMERICUS
i
VERDICT FOR FULL AMOUNT
Result us Personal Injuries
Sustained
Mr. L. O. Gammage won out yester
day in his suit against the city of
Americus for personal injuries sus
tained by having fallen into a ditch left
open by employes of the city, and was
awarded the full amount claimed —$3,
500. The jury remained out only forty
five minutes, returning a verdict for
the plaintiff for the amount sued for.
The case was fried before Judge W.
M. Harper in the city court of Ameri
cus, and consumed two days in the
hearing. The afternoon session yes
terday was taken up in argument of
counsel, City Attorney Hollis Fort and
Mr. J. B. Hudson for the city, while
Messrs. L. J. Blalock and Robert i',.
Berner spoke in behalf of the plaintiff,
Mr. Gammage.
The trial of the case created consid
erable local interest, while the argu
ments of counsel were able and inter
esting as well. Mr. Gammage, it was
alleged, while going along Dodson
street one night in January, 1912, from
the Seaboard shops to his home, fe ! l
into a ditch which employes of the city
had left open. In thus falling into
the ditch he sustained injuries winch
long confined him to his home, amr
trom the effects of which he has not
yet entirely recovered, he stated.
In the first trial of the case some time
ago a mistrial resulted. City Attorney
Fort stated yesterday that motion for
another trial of. the case would be
made.
Italian Minister Dead.
Milan, Italy, Sept. 23.—The Italian
minister of posts and telegraph, T.
Calissano, died today at a banquet,
while delivering a speech. Death was |
Jue to heart disease.
GOVERNOR STILL
WRESTLING WITH
i M’NAUGHTON CASE
• SUM CIMNCE flit 4 P4MON
I Gallows or a Life Sentence
Think Many
Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 22. As the
- time draws near for the announce
t ment of the governor’s decision in the
I case of Dr. W. J .McNaughton, who is
now in the Chatham county jail, con
demned to die on October 3. the im
pression seems to be growing about
* the capital that the chances of cleru
-1 ency being extended; to the condemned
rnsn are very slight.
Whils the governor has not express
> ed himself as to what action he will
. take in the case, he is believed
to hold pretty strong convictions aa
t to the condemned physician’s guilt. It
can be stated with almost every de
j gree of confidence that, there is ot
, hope of Dr. McNaughton receiving s
- the governor’s hands an outright par
. don, as was recommended for him by
the prison commission.
If any form of clemency should be
granted about the best that can bj
. hoped Is a commutation of the death
sentence to a term of life imprieon
i raent in the penitentiary. This the
. governor might he Induced to do, ac
cording tp the opinion of some, in or
der to give the man the benefit of tho
doubt, the evidence being entirely dr—
cumstantial.
With the fact that the trial judge,
did not see fit to do this, although it
was within his discretion, and with
' the further expressed unwillingness,
of the governor to interfere with tho
verdicts of jurieß, except where thq
' lacts clearly demand such interfe--
snee, even the extension of this de
gree of clemency on the part of th»j
governor appears to be doubtful.
I The governor will probably an
nounce his opinion the latter part ct
this week and will give his reasons
lor reaching the conclusions arrived
a. in writing.
THAW IN TEARS
AS HIS COUNSEL
PLEAD FOR HIIW
CASE iS BEFORE FFLKER
Jerome Had the Closing Ar
gument
Concord, N. H„ Sept. 23. —Harry K.
Thaw wept today as his counsel plead
ed with Governor Felker not to sur
render him to the authorities of New
York, who were determined to return
the fugitive to the Matteawan insaau
asylum, from which he escaped.
Seated only a few feet from William
Travers Jerome Thaw seemed to fol
low the arguments closely, but whe.
his eyes were not blinded by his hand
kerchief, they were fixed intently on
the face of the special deputy attor
ney general of New York, as thougi.
,
the head of the opposing counsel was
the man to be convinced. By his silo
sat his mother and brother.
Jerome opened the extradition ar
guments by merely saying that the
duty of the governor to grant the pe
tition for extradition was plain.
Wm. M. Chase, of Concord, former
judge of the supreme court, and Wm..
A. Stone, of Pittsburg, former gov
ernor of Pennsylvania, argued for
Thaw. . They occupied an hour and a,
half, after which an adjournment ua»
I til 2 o'clock was taken. Jerome .will*
j make the closing argument. -
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