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FORTY-FIRST YEAR —NO. 235
FAIR EXHIBITS
POUR IN; FILL
FIVE BUILDINGS
J. S. Public Health Ser
vice Sends Its Big
Display.
“Exhibits have been pouring in at
the fair grounds today,” said Secre
tary Perkins this afternoon, “and we
have found that, instead of using only
four buildings, as we had intended,
we will be required to use all five of
them. And they promise to be filled
to overflowing.”
Exhibits of all kinds were being
brought to the fair grounds and were
being received by O. C. Johnson, sup
erintendent of grounds, and a number
of assistants. Placing of the exhibits
was also begun, under the supervision
of Mr. Perkins, Mr. Johnson and the
decorators who arrived this morning
from Atlanta. A number of exhibits
of various fends, mostly of the wo
man's work department, were left at
the Chamber of Commerce today, but
it was raid no more were to be re
ceived there, it being necessary from
this time forward to take them direct
to the fair grounds.
It was announced today that the
government has sent here its public
health exhibit, a highly instructive,
as well as intensely interesting affair,
and this is being placed today by
Lieut. W. D. Tiedemann, of the pub
lic health department, who will be in
charge of it through the fair.
Souther Field, through Lieut. Col
onel Rader, the commanding officer,
is also making an excellent exhibit
for the Air Service, placing an display
a considerable number of relics from
the g’eat war, among them several
foreign planes, including captured
German planes, etc. There will also
be the latest type of American planes
and motors and appliances from the
Aviation General Supply depot, in
connection with Souther Field.
A feature of the live stock show
at the fair will be the public auction
of a number of thoroughbred animals
on Friday. All of the animals to be
sold will be from the exhibit pens and
will include some of the choice pig
club pigs. They will include Duroc
Jerseys and Poland Chinas, with a
few Hampshires.
Speculation continued keen today
on the identity of the bride and
groom in Thursday's public wedding,
but without the positive knowledge
leaking out. The ceremony promises!
to be one of the most interesting
events of the three days, and will
take place Thursday, “either just be
fore dinner time or at 3 o’clock, ac
cording to Rev. Silas Johnson, who
will tie the knot.
PREDICTS 55CT
COTTON; WILD
SCRAMBLE SEEN
ATHENS, Oct. 13.—“1n thirty
days there will be a wild scramble
for and, in my judgment, 55-cent
cotton is in sight,' declared Thomas
J. Shackelford up his return from Ar
kansas, wh'ere he has been busily en
gaged for the last two weeks in or
ganizing the American Cotton Asso
ciation.
Mr. Shackelford has been in every
cotton state in the Union during the
past six weks, and says he is in a
position to know that the 1920 crop
is exceedingly small. “People have
have been selling very freely at the
beginning of the season. They were
afraid of the steel strike and also the
big rail strike in England, but neith
er of these any longer effect cotton,”
in the opinion of Mr. Shackelford.
“Wherever I have been Southern
mills have been frightened about cot
ton and have been holding out. Now
they are buying fast. They realize ;
now that there will not be enough
cotton to meet the demand.”
Cotton should be selling at 55
cents a pound today, according to
Mr. Shackelford. He says the man
ufacturers could pay the price and
then realize a large profit. Cotton
goods are going up every day, the
mills can hardly supply the demand
and the only reason that cotton is
not selling at 50 cents now is be
cause European buyers have been
kept out of the market to an extent
by the great difference in exchange
and by the railroad strike in England.
The peace treaty delay has also had
its effect. All of the differences and
difficulties, however, are only tempor
ary. he thinks.
Mr. Shackelford thinks there is
nothing under the sun that can pre-
j Curses! It Won’t Explode In America
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ARMENIA FINDS
I son SPOT IN
:
I SIVAS, Asiatic Turkey, Sept 20.
(By Courier to the Associated
Press.)- —Mustpha Kemal Pasha, head
of the nationalist Turkish govern
ment recenty set up in A.sia Minor,
has informed the Associated Press
correspondent that the hew govern
j ment has issued order? to respt rt
the Armenians and deplores the
earlier Armenians massacres
All the Kurds are eager to have
the United States assume the man
date for Armenia.
Parrish McCranie Killed
By Williams At Pavo
PAVO, Oct. 13.—Late Saturday
afternon Iffarrish McCranie, whose
home was near Berlin, was killed
by W. W. Williams, of Pavo. The
j killing occurred in the store of Coop-
I er, DeVane and Co., of which firm
j Mr. Williams is a member.
It is said that a report had reach
ed the ears of Mr. McCranie to the
effect that Mr. Williams had used
| profane language in addressing a
young lady related by marriage to
Mr. McCranie, and the latter called
at the store to discuss the matter
with Mr. Williams.
The two men were in the private
I office of Williams, with the doors
closed, when several pistol shots
were heard.
Bullet pentrated the door, injuring
two m’en in the store, James John
son receiving one ball in the arm and
Josh Harrell sustained a slight wound
on the head.
Williams went out to his plantation ,
after the killing and was not located ■
by the officers until late Sunday, [
when he was arrested and taken to |
Thomasville, where he was placed in ;
the county jail.
Williams is one of the wealthiest
and most prominent men /f this
section. It is understood that he
claim self defense, sayirg *hat Mc-
Crani'e was advancing on h.m with an
open knife. Evidence at the coron- |
er's inquest, which was held Saturday i
vent cotton from going to 50 cents j
or higher before next spring. The
treaty will be signed, the financiers
and shippers are making satisfactory
agreements about exchange and the
embargo on shipments of cotton to
England has been raised.
As the director of organization
Mr. Shackelford will leave within the
next few days for Missouri for a
statewide campaign, which begins at
Tackson on October 21.
E RIC y S
THETIMESrRECORDER
PUBLISHED IN~THE~ HEART OF DIXIE
Wilson’s Physicians To
Ignore AH Idle Rumors
WASHINGTON, Oct. ‘l3.—(By
Associated Press.) —After today’s
bulletin had been issued by Dr.
Grayson, he and the other physicians
attending the president, announced
they would continue to stand on the
dilily bulletin issued, and would not
deny fumors as the President’s
condition. The announcement said
the president's mind is perfectly clear
and he is capable of forming instant
judgment on any matter. It was also
declared by the attending physicians
that nothing will be kept from the
public should the President’s condi
tion suddenly become critical.
SMITH’S LOG
SHOWS HIM AS
DERBY WINNER
MINEOLA, N. Y„ Oct. 13.—(8y
; Associated Press.) —Capt. Lowell
! Smith, the third eastbound aviator to
j complete the trans-continental flight,
i arrived here at 10:50 o’clock this
[morning.
j According to the record contained
. i« Capt. Smith’s log-book, he has beat
jen Lieut. Maynard in the race by
about thirty minutes.
Columbus Boy Badly
Hurt By Hand Grenade
, COLUMBUS? Oct. 13.—Ben E.
Gride, a 10-year-old boy, was serious
ly injured late yesterday when he ex
ploded a hand brenade which he had
picked up at the Chattahoochee Val
ley Fair last week. His entire left
side was torn by the explosion.
S3OO FIRE DAMAGE.
While the whole neighborhood was
uptown watching the circus parade
this morning, including the family,
the home of L. B. Hill, colored, at
515 Jefferson street, took fire in the
roof and had a good start before j
the fire department was i < tiffed A. 1
quick run saved part of the house.
The damage was estimated at s3oo*.
'
The Weather Forecast s I
for Georgia—Cloudy tonight and ,
Tuesday; probably showers in north
portion; cooler in southeast portion
tonight. ,
night, it was reported, was to the
effect that no weapon was found
on the dead man’s body immediately
after the shooting occurred and that
a knife found in one of his pockets i
had not been opened.
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, MONDAY AFTERNOON OCTOBER 13, 1919.
—By Morris j
U. S. TO ACT AS
LAST RESORT IN
MINERS THREAT
j WASHINGTON, Oct. 1* (By As
' sociated Press.) —Some official ac
• tion. 'either by the President or cab-
I met officials to avert the threaten
; ed strike of soft coal miners Novem
berl, is to be expected, it was stated
’ today at the White House. Officials
regard the matter as requiring gov
i elemental action if other efforts to
j avert the tie up fail.
i— ..
Albany Dressed In Gala
Attire For Fair Monday
ALBANY, Oct. 13.—Next Monday
the gates of the Daisy Dixie Fair will
i be thrown open and the public invited
[to inspect the wonders of what now is
j assured will be the largest fair in
i southern Georgia.
The city of Albany will be decor
rated as never before. Welcome
arches grace the principal thorough
fares, while every mercantile estab
lishment in the city will be gay with
1 gorgeous colors.
Many exhibits have already ar
rived on the grounds and when all
are placed visitors will be amazed at
the magnitude and stupenilousness
!of the exhibition. Five car loads
'of interesting exhibits from the U. S.
I government are now being placed In
i the Exposition building.
The live stock barns will be crowd
j ed with pure bred animals of the high
[est type. The liberal premiums have
i attracted many of the best herds to'
: Albany.
The amusement program will be by i
[far the best ever offered in the state'
of Georgia. Harness and running'
I races are programmed daily, while on 1
i Saturday, October 25, ten world I
famed speed demons will engage ini
■ furious auto races. Records are sure
to be shattered that! day, as some of
I the most daring drivers in the coun
try are entered at Albany. Circus
I acts galore will be presented free j
[ day and night. Murphy’s Shows will
afford amusement and entertainment
for all. This tented aggregation is
composed of twenty shows, the cream
of the amusement world. Each and
every night will be presented a mag
nificent display of the famous
i Thearle-Duffield fireworks. Band con
certs will be presented day and night. I
With the magnificent exhibits and
elaborate amusement program a
rare treat is in store for all who visit
Albany week of October 20. The
railroads will have cheap excursion
rates during the entire week of the
fair.
In addition to the enormous crowds
that will attend the fair it is expected
WORLD COTTON
PARLEYTACKLES
BIG PROBLEMS
Delegates From 32 Na
tions At New Orleans
Conference;
WASHINGTON, Oct. 13—(By
Associated Press.) —With more than
five hundred delegates from thirty
two nations in attendance, the world
cotton conference, called for the pur
pose of organizing internationally
and solving cotton problems, opened
here today with seperate meetings by
eleven different classes.
One of the important matters to
be taken up is revision of foreign
exchange.
GEORGIA COTTON MEN
AT WORLD CONFERENCE.
ATLANTTA, Oct. 13.—J. J.
Brown, commissioner of agriculture
for Georgia, will be the principal
speaker at two big mass meetings
which are to be held this week in
the interest of the membership cam
paign of the American Cotton Asso
ciation. He will speak Wednesday
at Carrollton and on Friday at Sum
merville.
Meetings were held every day last
week in various counties of the
state at which great interest and en
thusiasm was shown. “Cotton Day’’
Saturday at the North Georgia fair
in Rome, at which Commissioner
Brown and Sam L. Olive, president
of the Georgia Senate, spoke in the
interest of the cotton association,
proved a big uecess.
A delega of Georgia cotton
men, including several officials of the
state cotton organization, are in New
Orleans today attending the World
Cotton Congress. The delegates do
not represent any' particular organi
zation, but were named by Commis
sioner J. J. Brown, of the state agri
cultural department, to represent the
farmers of this section of the South.
The delegates are C. R. Fitzpatrick,
I of Winder; C. H. Kittrell, of Dub
lin; D. F. McClatchey and L. B. Jack
son, of Atlanta; Judge H. A. Boykin,
* of Sylvania; J. A. Davis, of Sardis;
T. J. Shackelford, of Athens; J. F.
. Johnson, of Jefferson and W. L. Bry
ant. of Lawrenceville.
A large number of Georgia ginners
are also attending the New Orleans
meeting, having been named as dele
gates by Mell M. Stephenson, secre
tary-treasurer of the Georgia Ginners
1 Association, and editor and general
manager of the Ginners Report, the
official magazine of the Georgia
ginners. The magazine will be dis
tributed among the thousands of
delegates at the congress, represent
ing more than thirty nations. It is
devoted to the cotton interests of
Georgia and the South, and accord
ing to the ginners, will be a great
I booster for this section of the coun
-1 try.
1 State Officials Probing
Fairburn Bank’s Affairs
3
ATLANTA, Oct. 13.—Investiga
" tion of the affairs of the Fairburn
1 Banking Company, at Fairburn, near
here, were being made today by W. J.
" I Speer, state bank examiner, who took
(chairge of the affairs of the bank Sat-
Murday after the arrest of Wm. B.
'lGreen, vice president and cashier, on
’ a charge of embezzlement. The ar
■ rest of Green followed the taking into
1 custody here Saturday night of a
couple giving their names as Mr. and
Mrs. Clarence Bradstreet. Their
chauffeur, Robert Ellison, a negro,
' | also was held. Blanket charges of
'.suspicion were docketed against all
'three. Bradstreet is said to have been
| a sergeant at Camp Gordon before
I his discharge. The woman, who is
I twenty-two years old, confessed, ac
cording to the police, that Green had
given her large sums of money, ap
proximately $50,000. She denied this
later. Green, the police say, declar
ed he had loaned her money, but it
was from his own money and not the
bank’s funds.
| Last Thursday night the bank
building was set on fire and Green
said two masked men had surprised I
him working on the books, robbed the I
bank of a sum of money and set it
afire, leaving him bound and gagged !
on the floor. He wriggled loose and i
escaped, he said.
’that no less than twenty-five thous
and Choppers will attend the conven- J
tion of the Southern Georgia Log-
Rollers’ Association. This meeting [
'will be featured with a spectacular;
parade October 21, while on Wednes-!
day, October 22, will occur the prize i
drill. Six camps have entered teams j
in the drill. Woodmen are antici pat-;
ing a royal good time in Albany.
Sergt. McLean, Marines,
Who Inherits The Job Os
Sultan And Forty Wives
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Serjeant Robert A. McLean.
Sergeant Robert A. McLean, of the
New York Marine recruiting station,
has applied for leave to go to the
island of Llang-Llang off the coast of
Borneo. He wants to find out wheth
er he wants to be Sultan of Llang-
Llang and assume responsibility for
the late Sultan’s, forty wives. While
McLean was stationed in the Phillip
pines he got into the good graces of
the Sultan who adopted him. The
Sergeant has been notified that his
foster father is dead and the job of
Sultan awaits him.
HINES SCORES
UNRECOGNIZED
RAIL STRIKE
I
WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 —(By As
sociated Press.) —-Strikes of railroad
employes, such as that at ’.he Al
toona, Pa., yards of the Pennsyl
vania road, were declared today by
Director General Hines as “creating
a basis for argument that is nonsense
as it heals solely with labor or
ganizations because th'ey will not
obey their own rules, and therefore
makes the orderly handling of bus-
' iness impossible.’’
The statement was made in a let
ter to Ben Jewell, acting president
I of the American Federation of La
[ jf the railway employes’ department
of the American Federation of La
-1 bor.
The railroad administration was
( notified today that the striking shop
men at Altoona would return to work
[ this afternoon. The strike was lo
cal. and not authorized by thfe union.
Many Arrested As
Steel Mills Re-Open
YOUNGSTOWN, Oct. 13.—(8y
Associated Press.) Considerable
I turbulence was reported throughout
the valley this morning as the steel
mills resuming operations in greater
volume after being closed by the
. strike. Many arrests were made.
1
Another Good Night
Passed By President
WASHINGTON, Oct. 13.—(8y
• Associated Press.) —After another
e-ood night’s rest, President Wilson
showed further signs of improvement
I today, White House officials said.
Threaten To Tie Up
New Orleans Port
NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 13—(By
Associated Press.)—Shipping at the
port of New Orleans is threatened
with complete tieup by next Thurs
day, unless the demands for ihcreased i
wages of nearly five thousand long
shoremen now on strike are granted i
according to statements of union lead- I
ers today.
' The Cotton Market !
No market; exchanges closed for
Columbus Day. i.
HOME
EDITION
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
FRANCE BACK ONi
..PEACUBASIS AS
TREATYISSIGNED
State Os Siege, Censor
ship And Army Rule
Ended
PARIS, Oct. 13. (By Associated
Press.) —Decrees published in the
Journal officially this morning place
the internal affairs of France on a
peace basis, ending a state of seige,
lifting the. censorship, and transfer
ring jurisdiction over police affair*
from the army to the prefectures.
The French senate Saturday rati
fied the peace treaty and also the
Franco-American and Franco-Brit
ish defense treaties.
Th'e vote on the peace treaty with
Germany was 217 for ratification,
none against, and one absentation—
that of Senator Delahaye. The vote
for the adoption of the ratifieaXiM
of the two defense treaties
uanimous, all of the 218 votes being
cast in its favor.
Only th'e formal act of the French
executive was required today to bring
into effect the second ratificatis®
of the three required ratifications by
prinicipal allied and asociated pow
ers, Great Britain having alreadjy
completed its ratification.
Crawleys To Hang For
Shooting U. S. Marsha!
BLAIRSVILLE, Oct. 13. The
trial of the Crawley gang, charged
with the murder of Marshal Ben
Dixon in January, in fleeing arrest as
draft law evaders, ended with the
following veridets:
George and Decatur Crawley,
, giulty of murder.
Rose Crawley and Blane Stewart;
giulty of murder, with recommendn
’ tion to the mercy of the court.
Felix Crawley, not guilty.
Upon the freeing of Felix Craw
ley he was rearrested on the charge
of sheltering a deserter from the
army.
George and Decatur Crawley were
sentenced to hang December 5. and
Rose and Blaine Stewart were giv
en life imprisonment by Judge J. B.
, Jones when court reconvened tbs
morning.
Four Cantonments
To Be Sold By U. S.
i
WASHINGTON. Oct. 13—(By
ciated Press.) —Camp Shelby, Miss.,
and Camp Mills, Minola, N. Y.; tbe
cantonments at Chicamauga and Fort
Oglethorpe, Ga., and the government
improvements at New Port News.
Va., are to be sold by the War De
partment. Bids will be opened No
vember 6 and 11.
11,000 Teamsters And
Chauffeurs Ort Strike
NEW YORK, Oct. 13.—(8y Asso
ciated Press.) —New York’s latest
j strike, that of 11,000 members of the
International Teamsters, Chauffer*
and Helpers brotherhood, tied up the
; principal railroad terminals today.
The strikers demand a flat $25 per
month raise, an eight hour day and
one week vacation yearly.
Sheriff Drops In In
Midst Os Liquor Run
Wesley and George Clark and Char
ley Wilson, negroes, living on one of
M. B. Council’s farms about 12 miles
from Americus on the River road,
, were in the midst of a “run” with a
i lard '■;-n still Saturday evening when
Sheriff Harvey and Deputy Summers,
, who had started for Ashburn, “hap
pened” in for a drink of water.
The officers poured out a quantity
1 of beer from two barrels, smashed the
still, and brought the negroes and the
I captured liquor back to Americus
where the men were placed in jail to
await the action of the grand jury,
RAINEY SWORN IN.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 13. (By
Associated Press.) —L. B. Rainey,
recently elected representative for
the Seventh Alabama distsict, was
sworn in today as a member of the
house. Representative Dent, of Ala
bama presented Congressman Rai
ney’s credentials.
HOSPITAL ASSO. TO MEET.
The officers of the Americus and
i Sumter County Hospital association
announce the regular monthly meet
ing of the members Tnesdav after
noon at 4 o’clock at the home of the
nresident. Mrs. C. C. Hawkins, or
College street AH members are urg
ed to be present at this meeting.