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FORTY-SECOND YEAR—NUMBER 211
MOORE BRINGS COX’S PROOF TO PROBERS
‘PLAN ELABORATE
STYLE SHOW AS
FEATURE OF FAIR
Merchants and Manufac
turers Committee Busy
on Program
The Merchants and Manufactur
ers’ Committee of the Fair Asso
ciation will hold its second meeting
at the Chamber of Commerce Thurs
day at 12 o’clock. Members of the
committee have been busy on plans
tentatively agreed upon at their meet
ing last week and some interesting
reports will be made.
One of the features which is re
ceiving special attention is the stag
ing of an extensive Style Show cur
ing the fair. One merchant has al
ready perfected plans for the most
elaborate display along the same line.
It is planned to use the second floor
of the new A. & M. college adminis
tration building for the Style Show.
This arrangement will provide the
best possible facilities for an exhibit,
of this nature and the committee in
charge plans to make it an event
which will attract widespread atten-j
tion.
Buys in 760 Acres at
Foreclosure for $7,000
A farm which he sold three years
ago for $25,000 was bought back to
day at sheriff’s sale on foreclosure
by J. M. Johnson for $7,000. The,
farm, consisting of 760 acres, lips;
9 miles east of Americus and was!
formerly known as the old Captain
Felder place. Formerly a highly
productive place, it was purchased;
from Johnson by J. S. Carter, of
South Carolina, who lived on it for >
a time and then left. Since then it j
has been tenanted and permitted to
run down. It it worth much more
than the price paid, according to gen
eral estimate.
Poles Make Appeal to
League of Nations
LONDON. Sept. 7 —The Polish
government has appealed to the
League of Nations requesting medi- 1
ation of the Polish-Lithuanian dis
pute. Unless improvement occurs in
the situation Poland will be compell- ;
ed to declare war, the appeal states.
The League of Nations is consider
ing the appeal.
Poland demands that Lithuanian
troops evacuate Polish territory ;
within a few days. •
To Test I. C. C. Power
Over Rail Securities
WASHINGTON, Sept. 7—The va-j
lidity of the transportation act pro
visions giving the Interstate Com
merce Commission, instead of state
authorities, supervision over the is
suance of railroad securties, will be
tested in the courts, the commission
was informed during the hearing to- .
dav of the application of the New
York Central to issue $25,000,000
of go l ' bonds.
MARKETS
AMERICUS SPOT COTTON
Good middling, 29 1-2 cents.
NEW YORK FUTURES
PC Open 11 am Close
n c t 26.35 27.00 27.60 27.90
Dec ...24.65 25.65 25.85 26.20
j an ’ 23.65 24.80 25.24 25.30
Meh 23.30 24.20 24.50 251.15
NEW ORLEANS FUTURES
PC Open 11 am Close :
Oct 24.76 25.73 26.60 26.76
Dec 23.65 24.69 25.36 25.65 ;
Jan 23.24 24.24 24.81 25.24
Meh22.90 23.85 24.30 24.90 |
MONTGOMERY LIVE STOCK
UNION STOCK YARDS, Sept. 7.
Choice butcher steers, 1,000 lbs. up
$lO @ $11; choice butcher steers,
800 to 1.000 lbs.. $9 @ $10; choice
butcher steers, 600 to 800 lbs., $7
@ $8.50; butcher heifers, $6 @
$7.50; common light yearlings, $3.50
@ $4.50; choice butcher cows. $6.50
@ $7.50; medium fat cows, $4.50
@ $5.50; cutters, $4 @ $4.50; can
ners, $3 @ $4; choice stock cattle.
$6.50 @ $7.50; common to medium
s4'so @ $5.50; choice veal calves,
$8 @ $10; common veal calves, $5 @
$7; bull*, $4 @ $7.90. v
Hog Market
165 lbs uo. $14.75: 130 to 165
lbs,. $13.75: 90 to 130 lbs., $11.50; |
90 lbs. down, $1Q.50; roughs, $10.75.
MOULTRIE LIVESTOCK MARKET
MOULTRIE. Sept. 7—Hogs, 165
lbs. up, 14 @ 14 1-2; 135 to 165 lbs.
13 ® 13 1-2; 110 to 135 lbs.. 12 @
12 1-2: 110 lbs. down 10 @ 10 1-2.
Rdughs and skips priced on basis
of ouality. Piggy sows docked 40
nounds. Stags docked 70 pounds.
Prices f. o. b. Moultrie.
Legislature Candidates Give
j Answers on 3 Vital Issues
Asked Their Attitude on Water Power Develop
ment, State Budget System and State
Highway Program
On September 2 the Times-Record-'
er mailed to each of the five candi-(
date for the legislature duplicate let-!
ters proposing theree questions for
them to answer having to do with
their attitude toward three important)
matters which are likely to come up;
in the assembly next year. The let-;
ters were mailed to George W. RiL
ey, A. E. Hines, J. E. D. Shipp, G.i
C. Thomas and John D. Williams.!
Replies have been received from all 1
except Mr. Williams. Whether or
not the letter addressed to him was
received by him or not the Times-
Recorder is not informed.
Folowing is a copy 0 fthe letter!
mailed to each of the five candidates,;
followed by the answers of the four
who replied:
The Question.
Sept. 2, 1920
Mr
City.
Dear Sir: This identical letter is
being addressed by us this day to I
each of the five candidates for the
legislature from this county in car
rying out bur promise to the public
a short time ago that we would as
certain from the candidates for this
office their attitude toward two im
portant questions which were before |
the assembly during the last session
and will be again, no doubt. To;
these we are adding a third and are
submitting three questions which we
would thank you to answer and re- j
turn to us before the date of the pri
mary. We desire this information!
solely for the information of the pub-I
lie. These three questions are:
1. If elected to the legislature!
will you supoort in principle the Geor-j
gia Municipal League plan to develop'
the water power of our state for the
public good, or some similar plan
to have the same object, if it be
comes an issue in the Legislature?
2. If elected, will you favor the
enactment of a budget bill to put the
state’s finances on a business basis?
3. If elected, will you support the
state highway department’s state(
bond issue plan for the carrying out
of its, statewide system of perma
nent highways?
Very truly,
THE TIMES-RECORDER.
Mr. Thomas’ Reply.
Mr Thomas’ reply, the first to ar
rive. follows:
Cobb. Ga.. Sept. 3, 1920.
“Dear Sirs: In reply to your valued!
favor of yesterday regarding my po-'
sition as to three important questions
that would likely come up in the
next assembly, beg to advise as fol
lows:
Ist., “I am onposed to any legis
lation at present that will increase
the burden of taxation now being car
ried by the tax payers of the state.
2nd. “I am heartily in favor of
the development of our water power
on a business basis by the state, that
will result in most good to the pub-1
he.
3rd. “I am in favor of the state’s I
financial affairs bein'! handled ir i
BOARD DECLINES WOMEN VOTE IN
TAX RAISE ORDER MASS. PRIMARIES
Fixing of Rate Now
Must Await Probable
Arbitration
The county commissioners met in
regular session yesterday with the
expectation of fixing the tax rate for
this year, the work of the board of
equalization having been completed,
but they were unable to do so, hav
ing placed before them the demand
of the state tax commissioner that
values in Sumter county be increas
ed another 20 per cent.
George Wheatley and Frank A.
Wilson, of the equalizers board, were
before the commissioners with the
state tax commissioner’s recommen
dation and asked for instructions.
Upon their recommendation the
board ordered that the re
ply to the tax commis
sioner be a flat refusal. This will
put the matter up to the state
probably mean arbitration. Until
this development is settled the tax
rate will not be fixed.
Homer Lee Elected
Police Lieutenant
Homer A. Lee, for several years
a member of the city police force,
working much of the time as a plain
clothes man, was elected police lieu
tenant at a meeting of the police
commission Mondaysucceeding Lieut.
Kimsey, resigned. This designa
tion corresponds to assistant chief.
THIE TIMEWRtCbRDER
qSBLpu bushed in the heart or dixie
the same manner and by the same
rule we apply to our private affairs.
In doing this it seems to me the first
action should be to ascertain the
amount of revenue available, mak
ing appropriations and expenditures
correspond with this amount, as its
absolutely foolish to appropriate a
lot of money knowing at the time
that it will never be available.
4th. “I will gladly support any
reasonable plan for the improvement
of our highways, and will support the
best obtainable method for financ
ing same.
“Hoping above explanations will
prove satisfactory both to you and
the public, I beg to remain,
Yours very truly,
“G. C. THOMAS.”
Mr. Shipp Says “Yes.”
Mr. Shipn answered “Yes” to each
of the three questions.
Mr. Riley’s Reply.
Mr. Riley’s reply, received yester
day follows:
“Times-Recorder, Gentlemen:
“Your letter of the 2nd inst., just
received. I have not had the oppor
tunity to study the bills now pending
or which were pending before the last
legislature, and of course cannot com
mit myself to the terms and provis
ions of any particular bill until I
can look into it and become famil
iar with it.
“If my general letter which I am
sure has reached all the voters, failed
to make my position clear, I am glad
of the opportunity, if you desire to
give it any publicity to make it more
explicit.
“If elected to the legislature, it will
be my purpose to support all meas
ures which will inure to the benefit
of the greatest number of people of
the State.
“If the budget bill will operate to
put a stop to the foolish and ex
travagant expenditure of money, so
as to reduce the taxes of our people,
I am for it.
“If the plan suggested by the
Georgia Municipal League means the
development of this State, so as to
bring a direct benefit to our people,
without an increased burden of taxa
tion, I am for it.
“If the people of my county want
a state bond issue as suggested by
the state highway department, I am
willing that they shall have it, and if
they petition or otherwise request me
to support such a measure, I will
gladly do so. If the people of Sumter
county oppose such a measure, I will
certainly carry out their wishes. I
have not studied their plan, but it
evidently means additional burdens
on the peonle. and as to such bur
dens, the people will have to ask for
it, before I vote to put it upon them.
“Very trulv vours.
“G. W. RILEY.”
Mr. Hines Answers.
Mr. Hines replied as follows:
“Question No. I.—Yes, providing
it can be done without’ increasing
taxes.
“Question No. 2.—Yes.
“Question No. 3.—Yes, provided
this can be carried out without fur
ther increasing taxes.”
Participate For First
Time—New Hamp-
shire Balloting
BOSTON, Sept. 7—Women par
ticipated for the first time in the
state-wide primary today. State ant
congressional tickets will be nomina
ted by both parties.
RUNS FOR BOTH
SENATOR AND GOVERNOR
CONCORD. New Hampshire, Sept.
7 —Senator Moses’ effort to win re
nomination by the Republicans fea
tuered today’s statewide primaries.
Albert W. Noone was running for
both senator and governor on a wet
platform on the Democratic ticket,
opposed by Raymond Stevens, for
senator, and Charles E. Tilton for
governor.
3 Georgia Heroes
Buried in Arlington
WASHINGTON, Sept. 7—One of
ficer and forty-six enlisted men who
died overseas were buried today with
full military honors in Arlington
National Cemetery. The dead includ
ed Charles S. Walden, Millwood, Ga..
Marvin Stansail, of Early, Ga.. Lon
nie Stgptoe. Kite. Ga.. and Amos
Mack, Palatka, Fla.
The fish-haw is believed to be the
only bird that feeds on the wing.
AMERICUS, GA., TUESDAY AFTERNOON, SEPT. 7, 1920
BITTER CAMPAIGN
COMES TO CLOSE;
VOTE TOMORROW
Many Expect Run-Over!
For Governor and
Senator
The bitter campaign which has;
raged around the offices of United!
States senator and governor for sev-;
feral weeks, will come to a close to
night and the voters of Georgia will
go to the polls tomorrow to decide
the disputes. Besides the offices
mentioned a complete list of state
officials will be elected, as well as
congressmen, circuit judges and so
licitors general, state senators and
I legislators.
In ajl statehouse offices except
those of governor, in case of no ma
jority being received in the primary,
the state convention will nominate.
In the races for senator and gover-'
nor, in case neither candidate re-;
ceives a majority, a second primary;
t between the two highest for either;
;or both offices will be held one l
month hence to decide the issue. I
Many Georgians are confident both |
races will require the second primary.
Final statements were made in At-;
lanta today by the Smith and Dorsey |
headquarters, and by Watson in per-!
son through the Atlanta Georgian.
The Smith and Dorsey statements,
which are brief, and part of the Wat
son statement, which is lengthy, are'
appended. Statements from two of!
the gubernatorial candidates appear!
elsewhere.
ASK YOUR NEIGHBOR,
IS SENATOR SMITHS ADVICE.
ATLANTA, Sept. 7—-That Senator
Smith is certain to lead the ticket
and has a most encouraging prospect
of winning the nomination on the
; first ballot if the tide continues ris
; ing in his favor in the next twenty
four hours at it has in the past ten
days, is tile prediction made today
by his campaign headquarters in the
following statement:
“Throughout Georgia the anti-
Watson men are following the lead
of Wilkes county and consolidating
on Senator Smith as the strongest
! candidate to insure the defeat of the
! gentleman from McDuffie.
“All efforts to upset the gentle
! men’s agreement among loyal Demo
jerats of Wil-kes county have failed.
! We are advised by Fred G. Booker,
I one of the Smith leaders, that the
statement in the Atlanta Constitu
. tion and other papers, asserting tl at
; the Smith men had released t’ae
! Dorsey men from their agree
ment, was a deliberate and unscrup
! ulous mis-statement of facts. He also
' advised us that the Dorsey men do
not wish to be released. W likes
; county Democrats believe in stand-
I ing by their word.
“Everywhere in Georgia, in every
! congressional district, we are advised
I that Smith and Dorsey leaders are
uniting today on Senator Smith to
1 insure the defeat of Mr. Watson.
i.The prevailing impression in more
; than one hundred and twenty-five
i counties is that Senator Smith is
Heading the field against Mr. Watson.
! This accounts for the general con
! soljdsttion. Carefully conducted
! polls, bona fide straw ballots, betting
j odds and other infalible indications
I demonstrate the superior strength of
Senator Smith over Governor Dor
sey •
“Senator Smith is sure to lead the
ticket if the tide continues rising
in his favor in the next twenty-four
I hours, which we believe it will There
! is a possiblity of the complete col
j lapse of the Dorsey campaign, and
; that the senator will be nominated on
| the first ballot, however.
“The race between Senator Smith
! and Mr. Watson is exceedingly close.
I We advise doubtful Democrats to
iconsuit their neighbors anywhere in
1 Georgia, as to whether the senator
dor the governci is the stronger, and
Ito vote accordingly. We arc so ab
(Contiued on Page 5.)
ELECTION
RETURNS
Wednesday Night
At Times-Recorder
Plenty of Room
Outdoor Seats
Where You Can
Smoke If Yqsi Like
And Keep Cool.
Lots of Room
Inside If It
Rains. Places
Os Comfort For
The Ladies.
We Want You To
Be Our Guests
WeThankYou.
—T. R.
WOMAN TO REPRESENT WOUNDED VETS j
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Mrs. Wendell Phillips, of New York, who was wounded while serving
with the ambulance corsp in France, has been appointed by the American Le
gion to represent America's war disabled at the fourth inter-allied confer
ence to discuss problems affecting the disabled. The conference opens in
Brussels. Sept. 19. Mrs. Phillips is president of the “Carry On” Association
and chairman of the finance committee of the National Committee for Aid
to Disabled Veterans. Mrs. Phillips is the only woman ever recommended
to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor.
PAVING COVERING 60 BLOCKS TO
TO BE TRIED OUT BLAZE FOR VETS
Lee Street, From Monu
ment to Well, to Be
| Coated
The method* of saving wood block;
j paving by covering it with a coat-;
ling of hot asphalt and crushed stone.'
;as recommended to the city council
last night by Prof. R. D. Kneale, rep-;
: resenting the Finley Method which;
lis being used on the county paving'
I projects, will be given a try-out, a;
I proposal to cover the wood blocks on;
I Lee street from the Soldiers’ rnonu-'
| ment to the well as a demonstration!
i having been accepted by the city and;
; the county.
Prof. Kneale, during his visit here,!
I offered to furnish the asphalt free;
and do the work on a portion of this;
section of street, provided the county,;
! which has the stone on hand, would 1
furnish that material without charge.!
The laying of the material the full!
length of the block paving on this]
street being advisable to avoid the!
neccesity of building a water head!
at the end of a shorter stretch of the
covering to prevent moisture gain-!
ing entrance under the old blocks, |
; the city agreed to pay for the asphalt;
! at the rate of 22 cents per gallon for
! the remainder of the block, and May
or Sheppard and a commithtee from!
• council appeared before the county;
(commissioners yesterday and asked!
i them to donate a carload of crushed)
j rock for the project. Mayor Shep-;
! pard stated that the city’s part of;
! the expense would be about S2OO for;
; oil, while he had been informed that
j the rock required would cost the 1
county about $l5O. County Engi
neer Ansley later estimated the rock;
(required at $268. In executive ses-i
' sion later the commissioners voted
Ito let the city have $l5O worth ofi
iof rock, putting the limit on that;
{amount and refusing to specify that
enough for the job should be grant-;
; ed.
It is understood the board was di-|
vided 3 to 2 on the matter of making
| the limitation $l5O worth of material,
| but there being no division on par
ticipating in the experiment. 'I he.
county owns one-fourth of the entire]
! frontage on this block.
200 Drown in Tidal
Wave Sweeping Isle
TOKIO, Sept. 7—Two hundred
men were drowned in the tidal wave
which swept over buildings and bar
racks on the Island of Saghalien. ‘
Houston to Make I 920
Reunion the Best
Ever
HOUSTON, Texas. Sept. 7—Prep
arations for the great Confederate
reunion in Houston are now in full
swing.
The collection of a $50,000 fund
for the entertainment of the city’s;
guests got under way September 1.
Decorations more elaborate than
any ever put up for a Confederate ;
reunion are planned. C. D. G. John
son, the man who decked out Tulsa, |
for the 1918 reunion, memorable fori
the beauty of its decorations, is in j
complete charge of the work in Hous
ton. Sixty city blocks will blaze with
fluttering color. Avenues of approach
from the three railroad terminals will ]
lead the incoming visitors into a maze
of flags and bunting in the center of }
the city, the “Court of Honor.”
Housing solicitors are working oyer ;
the city, house by house, getting
pledges signed to furnish rooms and
board at reasonable rates to reunion
visitors.
Fourteen railroads have so far
granted a rate of one cent a mile to
and from the reunion. Only veterans,
and those sons and grandsons who
belong to camps of the S. C. V. their
families, and members of the Con
federate Southern Memorial Associa
tion can get the one cent rate, on
presentation of certificates of identi
fication.
Steward E. A. Pickens, who has
fed the veterans at seven reunions, is
already in Houston preparing for his
“boys.” Every veteran knows that
with “Pick” on hand he will be well
fed in camp.
Including 8,000 to 10,000 veterans
Houston expects 75,000 to attend the
reunion.
T ’ 3W Activity Noted
In Sinn Fein Army
LONDON, Sept. 7—The Daily
Mail says it learns that new activity
has been noted among certain units
of the Sinn Fien Republican army. It
is believed in official circles, the pa
per sars that a new series of armed
outbreaks is planned to begin about
September 25.
Ninety-nine per cent of the Hindoo
women cannot read nor write.
,a, 1 \
) r MADKc7J S
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
BEST EVIDENCE
NOT SOUGHT, HE
TELLS OUIZZERS
Asks Why Col. Thomp
son and Others Are
Not Called
CHICAGO, Sept. 7.—The sena
torial committee investigating cam
paign expenditures is “not seeking
the best evidence” to prove Governor
Cox’s charges against the Republican
party, Edmund 11. Moore, Youngs
town, 0., his pre-convention man
ager, told the committee today. Mr.
Moore told Senator Kenyon there
were men better able to tell of the
Republican plan he or Governor Cox
and asked why Colonel William
Boyce Thompson, chairman of the
Republicans’ ways and means com
mittee, and “sixty men of the paid
organization,” were not called.
Signs of friction continued when
Chairman Kenyon questioned Mr.
Moore about the interview he gave
the newspaper correspondents Thurs<
day when he appeared to testify but
was not called.
Governor Cox has no evidence to
support his charges outside of what
Moore brought with him, the witness
said, unfolding a massive brief of
case and taking out a stack of papers
apparently numbering several hun
dred sheets.
“Did you say, if the committee
wants to it can get men nere who
will prove the falsity or truth of
Governor Cox’s charges in forty-eight
hours?” asked Chairman Kenyon.
“Well, if I did not say it then I
say it now,” responded Moore.
Double Header Lost
By Tigers to Leslie
The Americus Tigers, boys’ base
ball team, lost a dotlble header to
a Leslie hoys’ team there yesterday,
the first by a score of 6-4 and the
second 6-1. The score by innings of
i the two games follows:
I Ist game—
-1 Americus 000 000 4 —l
Leslie 004 020 x—6
2nd game—
Americus 000 001 o—l
Leslie - 010 230 x—6
Batteries, first game: Americus.
Reed and Roberts; Leslie, Hines and
Hines. Second game: Americus,
Finley and Roberts; Leslie, Bradley
and Hines.
Mac Sweeney Weaker,
Still Able to Talk
LONDON, Sept. 7—Lord Mayor
MacSweenev the hunger striker, was
reported appreciably weaker this
morning but conscious and able to
speak. The prisoner was suffering in
tense pain.
Public Hearing on
Alabama Mine Strike
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Sept. 7
Public hearings were started today
by the commission of conciliators ap
pointed by Governor Kilby in an
effort to avert a general strike of
Alabama coal miners.
Italy Is Shaken By
Earthquakes Again
ROME, Sept. 7—Marked earth
quake shocks were reported this
morning from points in Tuscany.
Shocks lasting five seconds were felt
this morning in Milan and Geneva.
LETTERS FROM
THE PEOPLE
Editor, Times-Recorder:
The writer wishes to commend the
attitude assumed by your paper dur
ing present bitter campaign. He
I believes that you have a clear con
j ception of the true functions of a
, newspaper and that the thanks of
i the public should be yours for en
deavoring to shed light on the sit
! nation which such a number of our
| so-called “Leading (?) Dailies” have
been spraying the atmosphere with
i the fog of misrepresentation. A vot
er might as well scratch his ticket in
I the dark or approach the ballot box
blinrhfplded if he be so foolish as to
defend on some of these sheets for
information.
DR. E. L. THURMAN.
NOTICE!
The John D. Mathis Post American
Legion will hold an important meet
i ing tonight at 7:30 o’clock at the
Chamber of Commerce. All mem
' hers are requested to be present.
B. C. HOGUE, Adjutant.
Forecast for Georgia—Partly
cloudy in south and probably in
north portion tonight: Wednesday
i showers.