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ASSOCIATED
PRESS NEWS
OF THE WORLD
FORTY-SECOND YEAR—NO. 146
U. S. Can’t Escape World League, Says Taft
M’MATH BUILDS
PLATFORM FOR
ASSEMBLY RACE
Issues Statement Indicat
ing He May Enter
Contest This Fall
On the eve of his departure for the
Democratic National convention at
San Francisco, where he goes as a
delegate named by the recent state
convention from the Third congres
sional district, W. T. McMath, until
recently ex-officio justice of the
peace in this militia district, today
issued a statement indicating that he
might make the race for the state leg
islature from Sumter county this fall
and outlining his probable platform in
case he did so decide.
Mr. McMath’s name has been men
tioned in connection with this race
for several weeks, although he de
clares that he did not originate the
discussion. In his announcement he
declares that if he makes the race he
will favor the abolishment of soft
snaps, easv jobs and sinecures “now
filled by men too lazy to work.” He
is further for opposing the movement
to make judgeships appointive instead
of elective, stands for referendums
to precede any vote by the legislature
on anv federal amendment and favors
a law making the throttling of free
speech or free assembly a felony. His
statement in full follows:
“Because of many solicitations to
make the race for representative of
Sumter county, I desire through the
Times-Recorder to make a statement
to all who are interested. I can, of
course, make no decision until after
my return from the Democratic Na
tional convention, but if I should i
make the race, it would be mainly
because I am interested in the follow
ing Democratic measures:
•'S “1. I would favor an amendment
J to our State Constitution providing
that whenever congress shall propose I
an amendment to the Federal consti-I
tution the General Assembly shall by i
referendum submit the same to the ]
voters of Georgia at the first general I
election-thereafter, and that the ap-!
proval of the people to said Federal
Amendment shall be first secured
before the General Assembly shall
have the right to ratify said Federal
amendment. Those who live under the
law have a sovereign right to be heard
in the law-making and law-enforcing. ■
“2. The Georgia Bar Association i
seeks to take away from the people .
their right to elect judges. They pro
pose to return that power to the gov- i
ernor. I would oppose any change. '
Let’s not surrender the right to elect
our judges.
“3. To reduce appropriation and
lower the tax rate, I would favor a
program whereby many offices, posts
sinecures, soft snaps and easy jobs
now filled by men too lazy to work
shall be abolished with as little cer
emony as possible. Taxation can be
reduced. We are taxed to death for
nothing in return.
“4. I would favor a law making it
a felony for any public officer to
throttle free speech or deprive the
people of their Constitutional right to
assemble and discuss public questions.
In this way only, can we safeguard
the Constitutional right of free speech
and assemblage.
“5. I would favor the same appro
priation being made to consolidated
schools in counties where an Agricul
ture hoocsliln -, iRI
tural school is located as are made to
schools in other counties of the state.’’
Third of Ga. Convicts
Serving Life Terms
ATLANTA, June 18—That a third
of the convicts in Georgia are serv
ing life terms is one of the interest-1
ing facts disclosed by the annual re
port of the prison commission to the
legislature, which has just been made
public. Another striking feature of
the report is that more convicts are
serving terms for murder than for
any other crime, there being a total
of 994. The toal number of convicts
in the state is 2,950. The total num
ber of life termers is 1,005.
OPlan to Organize
Phone Operators
MONTREAL, June 18—The Am
erican Federation of Labor conven
tion today authorized a nation-wide
campaign to organize the telephone
operators.
The convention declared this ac
tion necessary because of the “op
pressive anti-labor policy of the Bell
Telephone company and its associa
ted companies.”
Forecast for Georgia—Thunder
storms this afternoon or tonight;
showers south portion.
Albanians Murder
330 Italians When
Ex-Ruler Is Slain
I GENEVA, June 18.—Three hun
died and thirty Italian prisoners
have been killed by infuriated Al
banians at Tirana, according to a
i f F om Belgrade. It is said
■ the Albanians were maddened by
news of the assassination of Essad
Pasha, former president of Al-
I bania, in Paris.
Taxi Speeding With
Upshaw, Discharged
ATLANTA, June 18.—Because of
extenuating circumstances, complaint
again E. C. Granger, taxi chauffeur
charged with speeding, Congressman
W. D. Upshaw, of Atlanta, through
the streets of Richmond, Va., from
one railway station to another so that
he might catch a train for Fort Royal,
Va., and reach there in time to make
speech on schedule was dismissed in
police court in Richmond, according
to a telegram received in Atlanta.
Mr. Upshaw had made a prohibi
tion talk in Norfolk the day previous
ly and was late in arriving in Rich
mond because he caught the wrong
train out of the city. It was stated
in court by Mr. Upshaw that he was
willing to assume all responsibility
for violation of the speed law.
Official Thermometer
Found Tampered With
Some person entered the small
house where the official weather ob
servatory instruments are kept in
the rear of the home of J. H. Bryan,
on Lee street, either last night or
late yesterday, and damaged the
thermometer there. Norman Knigh
ton, who discovered the damage this
morning said he believed some young
boy unthoughtfully damaged the
thermometer and called attention to
the facts’ that these instruments must
not be molested by anyone hereaf
ter. The thermometer is kept ex
posed to the outside air constantly
which prevents it being locked en- !
tirely away from prying persons.
KIWANIANS GIVEN CHARTER
AS 200 BANQUET AND PLAY
Presentation Banquet Charming Affair, With
Brilliant Talks and Sparkling
Entertainment
“I have attended numerous other
Kiwanis charter presentations; I have 1
been a frequent guest of Rotary af-|
fairs, and attended scores of other
banquets. I can truthfully say that!
never have I been a guest at one!
more superbly handled, one more en-'
tertaining, or one more satisfactory
in every way. In fact, the whole day!
spent in Americus has been most en-!
joyable, including the trip in the air
ship at Souther Field.”
This was the sentiment expressed
last night by Frank Reynolds, Atlan-I
ta Kiwanian and secretary of the
state automobile association, after
the conclusion of the bamjuet at
tending the charter presentation'
ceremony of the local Kiwanis Club)
at the Windsor Hotel, lasting from;
9:30 to 12:30 o’clock.
“And that goes for me,” said Gov-'
ernor R. S. Wessels, also of Atlanta,!
who made the formal presentation.
It was a most pleasing affair. About
half the number present were visi
tors, including half a hundred Ki
wanians and their ladies from Colum
bus, fifteen from Albany and delega
tions from Macon, Eastman and At
lanta. Plates were laid for about
200, filling the main dining room of
the Windsor beyond its comfortable
capacity and necessitating the plac
ing of the tables too clase together
to permit of perfect service from
the waiters. But the guests realized
the situation and all were fed well
and were happy.
It was the first function of the
local Kiwanis Club outside of its reg-!
ular weekly luncheons, and all the!
members and their wives had done’
their best to prepare an entertain-j
ment of unusual excellence. The
visitors appeared not to doubt that
they had succeeded.
The Program Starts.
The evening opened with prayei j
by Kiwanian-Bass Fiddler “Guyt”
Fisher. It is doubtful if a prayer
was ever before applauded in Amer-!
icus. The orchestra, composed of
some ten of “Americus’ own,” swung
into “Pack Up Your Troubles,” and!
all “Kit-Baggers” joined in. At this,
juncture a multitude of toy sausage |
balloons were let loose by severe 1 1
pretty young ladies and the guests!
had a thrilling five minutes batting'
them about the banquet hall and get-;
ting amusement out of the numerous,
“blow-outs” caused by punctures;
from table forks.
Before the last balloon was prick
ed loud-voiced newsboys were heard
shouting “Extra Paper,” Extra,”
from the outside, and just then the
THE TIMESBrECORDER
feoll PUBLISHED IN THQ^^/hEAhT’ OF DIXIE"#?#?
DETROIT, WITH
NEAR MILLION
! IN 4TH PLACE
I
U. S. Census Gives Mo
tor City Population
Os 993,739
WASHINGTON, June 18.—The
census of Detroit was announced to
! dajr as 993,739, an increase of 113.4
| per cent. Cleveland’s population
I was given out as 796,836, an increase
of 42.1 per cent.
Detroit is now the fourth largest
city in the United States, displacing
St. Lofcis and out-ranking Boston,
Cleveland, Baltimore and Pittsburg
i all of which were larger ten years
i ago.
Settlements Asked
For 801 l Weevil Picking
All farmers on whose places the
boll weevil squads picked weevils du
ring the contest just closed are asked
by George O. Marshall, county dem
onstrator, to call at his office at the
Chamber of Commerce Saturday to
settle for the weevils picked from
their fields. Announcement of the
winners in the contest will be pub
lished Sunday, and it is planned to
distribute the prize money and also
the money earned by the pickers some
time Monday.
White House Silent
On Fate of Measures
WASHINGTON, June 18.—White
House officials indicated that Presi
dent Wilson’s action in regard to
eleven measures passed by congress
towards the close of the last session
might be revealed -in a statement to
day. No intimation had come from
the President as to his disposition of
; the waterpower bill, the time limit
on which expired last Friday at mid-
I night.
doors were burst open and a quartet
of street newsies distributed to all
the tuners copies of a miniature
newspaper, “The Kiwanis Recorder,”
containing the program on its front
page, numerous gags on members,
full club roster, list of officers and
committees, editorials, illustrations,
and other features usually seen in a
modern newspaper.
Visitors Welcomed.
Kiwanian “Shep,” otherwise Mayor
J. E. Sheppard, vice-president of the
local club, was introduced by Presi
dent Lewis Ellis, the toastmaster, to
make the address of welcome, which
he did in glowing and witty style,
paying many graceful compliments,
especially to the many ladies present
on this first affair of the local club.
He assured the visitors from other
towns of the desire of the Americus
men to co-operate in all movements
for the advancement of Georgia. He
referred to Americus’ distinctions,
among them being two parsons in the
orchestra, and “Tiedie,” the club’s
hymn hister of renown. Toastmaster
Ellis, following, declared “Tiede” was
not the only hymn hister; that Mrs.
Tiedie was some “hymn hister” or
“him hister” herself, he didn’t know
which, but he introduced Mrs. Tiede
man, who sang a Kiwanian welcome
song written for the occasion by Ki
wanian Dr. Carl W. Minor. She fol
lowed with a dainty encore.
She had scarcely finished when a
huge gaily decorated flower basket
made its appearance through the
door and as it was deposited on the
floor out tripped little Nancy Hooks,
who delighted the diners with a but
terfly dance.
Judge A. W. Cozart, of Columbus,
a member of the club from that city,
delivered the response to the address
of welcome. Judge Cozart is known
as a most entertaining speaker, but
his address last night was as spark
lingly brilliant, his friends said, as
any he had ever delivered. He paid
a high compliment to Americus and
the local club on behalf of the visi
tors.
Still More Eentertaining.
While the tastily prepared half
spring broilers and “trimmings” were
being disposed of by the diners, the
orchestra supplied a lively march,
following which Mrs. “Jim” Harris
entertained with»the son “Sahara” in
her inimitable style, winning rounds
bf applause. A Greek interpretive
dance by little Misses Cordelia Hooks
and Florence Fort, under the direc
tion of Miss Emma Chapman, their
(Continued on last page)
AMERICUS, GA., FRIDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 18, 1920.
COUNCIL RAISES
SCALEOFSALARY
FOR 5 FIREMEN
Three Drivers and Fore
man to Get SIOO, and
Asst. Chief sllO.
Americus firemen were given an
additional raise in salary by city |
council yesterday on motion of Chair- i
man Charles Burke of the fire com-!
mittee. The committee report, which I
had been agreed upon by Chairman'
Burke and Chief Naylor, provided >
that the salary of Assistant Chief l
Murray Dunn be raised to sllO from'
SIOO, and that three drivers, to be I
named by Chief Naylor, be given sal
aries of SIOO each, with the salaries
of all other firemen to remain as at
present.
Aiderman Allison objected to plac
ing the firemen and policemen on the
same pay basis, he said, and explain-'
ed his objections to the proposed!
raise, but other members present!
failed to agree with him.
“Policemen,” he said, “have more!
I responsible positions, and therefore!
should recive more nay.”
Chairman Poole, of the finance i
committee, agreed with Aiderman!
Burke that the firemen should have'
a raise, and suggested that the new!
scale of pay be arranged as to pre-'
vent new men securing larger pay j
than older members of the depart
ment. He referred to C. E. Guerry,
I foreman of the department, who now '
receives $95 a month, and urged that |
his salary be increased because of
his long service. This brought outi
the fact that Guerry is not a driver,'
and that he has thus far declined to
learn the duties of this position “be
cause of the additional responsibili
ty,” accprding to Mayor Sheppard. It
was then agreed that the salary of
the foreman be made SIOO, or the
same as the three drivers, and that
i Chief Naylor should designate these.
The new scale of wages, as finally
adopted, provides that the assistant'
chief shall receive sllO, foreman |
i SIOO, and three drivers SIOO month-1
I ly, with the salaries of Chief Naylor!
and other members of the depart-1
I ment remaining as at present.
West College and East
Church St. Paving Next
Paving projects favorably reported !
and adopted as the next to be under- !
taken by the city 7 are those on East |
Church and west College streets, with
the paving of Hampton street to fol- !
low these. City council determined ■
this yeterday afternoon, the report of !
the street committee providing this 1
being formally adopted. Chairman ■
Allison who made the report of the !
fcommittee, stated that the completion j
iof the West Church and Hampton
| street projects would provide a new
j paved street circut, and urged that
[ paved street circuit and urged that
I menced as soon as possible.
Ship and 31 Autos
Seized During May
ATLANTA, June 18.—Equipment
valued at $155,908.25 and including
a $40,000 sailing vessel, thirty-one
automobiles and 495 distilleries, was
seized by prohibition agents during
May in the five Southern states in the
Gulf division, according to the month
ly report just forwarded to Washing
ton by D. J. Gantt, of Atlanta, pro
hibition supervisor in the southeast.
Nurses’ Convention
Here is Postponed
A telegram received this morning
from headquarters by Miss Edith Nel
son, superintendent of the Americus ,
'find Sumter County hospital announc- |
ed that the district convention of j
registered nurses, which was schedul-h
fed to have taken place in Americus i
today had ben postponed. The date of i
the meeting will be announced later, j
Seven Against Four,
But The Cops Won
SHREVEPORT, June 17 lt
was seven against four—but the
four had all the edge on the seven
i negroes who were caught playing
j with the galloping domin es. “Ah,!
sergeant, we wasn’t shooting noj
dice,” said one. But the quartet of I
I “de law” won.
——
Raisins, Mash and
Everything—Pinched
PUEBLO, June 17—Dan Me-1
Goorty had been doing a thriving
business on his ranch near Foum-,
tain. He had raisins, grain, corn !
mash ’n’ everything. An 1 then Sher-1
iff Thomas visited the ranch and!
arrested him.
Paper money issued to the amount |
of $240,000,000 in 1780 was worth-1
less by 1791.
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DEATH CLAIMS
GEO. W. PERKINS
Noted Financier Suc
cumbs to Effects of Flu
in France
NEW YORK, June 18.—George
W. Perkins, financier, died this
morning in Stamford Hall sanitarium,
Stamford, Conn.
It became known June 11 that
Mr. Perkins had suffered a nervous
breakdown, but members of his
family did not intimate at the time
that his life was in danger. The
affection to which Mr. Perkins suc
cumbed is believed to have been the
result of influenza and pneumonia
contracted while Irving with the
Y. M. C. A. in France.
George Walbridge Perkins, for ten
years a member of the firm of J.
P. Morgan & Company, was reputed
to have first suggested to and per
suaded “big business” to adopt prof
it-sharing, insurance, service bonus
sick benefits and old-age pensions.
It was Perkins who was also said
to have inaugurated the plan which
permitted employes of the United
States Steel Corporation and the
International Harvester Company,
in both of which he was at one time
an executive, to purchase stock on
instalments and at less than market
value on the assumption that “in
dustrial justice is the most profitable
of investments, that justice promotes
.peace, peace promotes prosperity and
that the workmen’s prosperity is
necessary to the nrosperity of the
business man.”
Mr. Perkins was born in Chicago,
January 31, 1862. He entered the
life insurance business in Chicago
when 15 as a clerk, became a book
keeper, an agent and subsequently
manager of a Cleveland office. He
went to Denver and in 1903 was
made vice-president of the New York
Life Insurance Comnany. His
achievements attracted the attention
of the elder Morgan and in 1900
he was invited to become a member
of the Wall street firm. In this ca
pacity he negotiated a number of
big foreign loans. He remained
with J. P. Morgan & Company un
til 1910, meanwhile becoming a di
rector of numerous large corporations
including the steel and harvester
companies, a number of railroads
and the International Mercantile
; Marine Company.
Retiring from business a few years
i later as he said, “to devote myself
! to other work of a public and semi
j public nature,” Mr. Perkins wrote
! and spoke frequently on the subject
, of industrial justice and when Colonel
i Roosevelt became Progressive can-
Continued on page 5)
WANT SERVICE,
NOT EXCUSES
Mayor Sheppard Tells
Light Company Mana
ger at Council
A proposal that the city pump its
water supply with electric power, |
made to city council yesterday by
J. E. Johnson, manager of the Light
ing Company, was turned flown flat.
Mr. Johnson appeared before council
following a conference with the Wa
ter committee of council and assert
ed he had been informed that the
pumping cou.d be done as cheaply'
witii elect’icity as with steam under!
existing conditions, with the rate as
propo.-ri-i by *he power company in
January controlling the price of cur
rent used. Mayor Sheppard said the
city already having one contract with!
the Lighting Company under which!
unsatisfactory service is being ren
dered, sugested that the matter be
carried over until this service was
improved. Mr. Johnson then said the
(electric service of his company had*
been satisfactory with certain ex- j
ceptions, and that these would be'
remedied within thirty days giving!
the reasons for past unsatisfactory!
service. The causes for these intex.- j
ruptions of service, Mayor Sheppard!
said, did not interest council. “What!
council and the public want,” he 1
told Mr. Johnson, “is service.” He
then added that as an individual he|
! would not be satisfied for council to!
I enter into a second contract with!
! the Lighting Company for any serv
! ice whatever until the service already
! contracted for has been made con- i
! tinuously satisfactory. He then ask-!
j ed Mr. Johnson if he wanted council I
to pass on the matter at this time,
and the proposal to renew the pump
ing contract was then voted upon
Chairman Mashbbrn of the Water |
committee that the offer of i
the power company be rejected, and!
! his motion was unanimously adopted.!
White Convict Flees
Stewart County Gang
S. C. Hulme, a white convict on
the Stewart county chaingang, es
caped yesterday, and is believed to
be heading toward Americus. He is
described as weighing about 165
pounds, 28 or 30 years of age, stoop
shoulders and walks with a slight
limp. He has brown hair and eyes
and when he eseaped wore blue over
alls and a slouch hat. Details of the
escape are unknow here, but officers
have been asked to be on the lookout
for the missing convict.
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PRICE FIVE CENTS.
SEES ADOPTION
AFTER ELECTION
STRIFE PASSES
Harding Accepts Wil
son’s Challenge For
Pact Referendum
BALTIMORE, June 18.—Speaking
at a dinner here last night of the
Maryland branch of the English
Speaking Union of America, former
President Wm. H. Taft said that
America couldn’t escape the League
of Nations and that the league would
be adopted after the “obscuring
lights” of election had been dimmed.
HARDING ACCEPTS
WILSON’S CHALLENGE.
WASHINGTON, June 18.—Presi
dent Wilson’s challenge to submit
the peace treaty to a referendum of
the American people was accepted to
day by Senator Harding, the Repub
lican presidential nominee.
“I’m sure,” Senator Harding said,
“the Republican party will gladly
welcome a referendum on the ques
tion of foreign relationship of this
republic and the republic’s attitude
of preserved nationality will be over
whelmingly endorsed.
Senator Harding’s statement was
in reply to an interview with Presi
dent Wilson published today in which
the President discussed the League
of Nations issue and the Republican
platform.
Herbert Hoover had breakfast with
Senator Harding today at the sena
tor’s invitation. Hoover announced
formally he would sunport the ticket
nominated by the Chicago convention
in statement issued after the break
fast conference.
Hoover characterized the greater
part of the platform adopted at Chi
cago as “constructive and progress
ive.”
Hoover called upon all the friends
of the party to support the National
ticket at the polls. He declared “noth
ing prevents the compromise planks
on labor, the League of Nations, etc.
from being given a forward-looking
interpretation.” He added, however,
that “some things, including the rec
ognition of our election expenditures
in the primaries were not adequately
dealt with.”
“Nothing could be more disastrous
he continued, “than the development
of several petty organizations rep
resenting the complexion of every
group in the country. If we come to
this position we shall be entirely rul
ed .by log-rolling minorities of sterile
political conditions.”
S2OO Fine and Parole
Are Granted Mrs. Grady
Judge Z. A. Littlejohn today sen
tenced Mrs. C. L. Grady serve one
year on the state farm at Milledge
ville, with the provision that she may
be relieved of this on payment of
S2OO fine, and the further provision
that her sentence then be served un
der probation. Under the law this
means Mrs. Grady must be paroled
in the custody of some resident of
Sumter county, who will become re
sponsible for her behavior during the
term of her sentence.
She was convicted at the recent
term of Sumter Superior Court of
furnishing tools to nrisoners with
which to escape. Her husband, C. L.
Grady, who is a prisoner in jail here,
is the one to whom the tools were
furnished.
Revival Series at
Central Baptist Closes
Revival services which have been in
progress at Central Baptist church
for the past week were suspended
with last night’s service and the con
cluding meeting of the series will be
held Sunday night. Rev. Wallace
Wear, who has been conducting the
meetings, returned last night to his
home in Cordele. Fifteen additions
have beep taken into the church since
the beginning of the meeting, one of
these being received on confession of
faith at last night’s services. A num
of others, it is expected, will join
at the conclusion of the Sunday eve
ning service.
Rev. George F. of
j the congregation, will officiate at this
■ service, and he will be assisted by
1 the revival choir, directed by Gordon
Howell.
Sumter County Given
Wilson and Duckworth
Walter W. Wilson and Sam Duck
worth, whose life sentences for mur
der were affirmed by the Supreme
Court this week, have been assigned
to Sumter county by the state prison
commission and will be placed in thb
prison camp here as soon as the rec
ords are complete. The assignment
was made today after Neill A. Ray,
chairman of the Sumter county
board, had made application to the
commission by long distance tele
phone.