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BIG STEEL MILLS
STARTTURNING
• TO FILL ORDERS!
Gradually Increased Ac
tivity’ Expected—
Some Exports
PITTSBURG, Feb. I.—Many in
dependent steel manufacturing con
cerns in this district tody increased
their operations on what their ex-'
• ecutives were united in saying was a :
“cautiously conservative” basis, as-1
ter about six weeks in which opera- ]
tion had bee’n entirely suspended or
greatly curtailed.
It was predicted that within a few
days’ operations would be about
forty per cent of capacity, with pros
pects as increased activity if condi
tions warrant.
Some of the business .which
brought about resumption was for
export trade, one order being for
$1,000,000 for steel towers for wire
less installation in Japan.
Points outside of the immediate
Pittsburg district also reported in
creased operations today, including
plants at Youngstown, Canton and
Warren.
&
Justice J. N. Carter
Un lergoes Operation
J. N. Carter, who holds the office
of justice of the peace at the court
house, was stricken with 'acute ap
• dicitis Sunday at his home on
i _.der street, and a high tempera
ture resulted therefrom.'
I.is condition grew so much worse
that a diagnosis late Monday after
noon convinced attending physicians
an immediate operation was neces
sary, and Mr. Carter was taken to
the city hospital and was operated •
on Monday night. He has rallied
from the anesthesia and a favorable
condition is reported today.
It will be several .weeks before'
Mr. Carter will be able to be at his I
office.
SUGAR FREE IN SPAIN.
MADRID, Feb. I. Import du
flyes on foreign sugar will be discon-
it was decided by the Span
ish cabinet today, resolution being j
passed to reject the demands of the
sugar refiners for a heavy tariff on
the product.
MARKETS.
AMERICUS COTTON SEED.
Unchanged, $26 ton.
AMER’CUS SPOT COTTON.
Good Middling 14c.
NEW YORK FUTURES.
Pc Open 11am Ipm Close
Meh 14 00 14.00 13.79 13.60 13.85
Mav 14 23 14.10 14.05 13 91 14.11
July 14.55 14.50 14.35 14.24 14.42
Oct 114.83 14.75 14.63 14.53 14.67
KINGDONGOULD SUED FOR
SSOO,OOO.OOJHEART BALM
i Denies He Hired Detectives Who Got Evidence
On Which Mrs. Blum Secured
Her Divorce
NEW YORK, Feb. I. The exist
ence of a $500,000 suit in which!
Kingdon Gould, the youngest son of
George Jay Gould, is charged with
breach of promise to marry Mrs.
Richard Blum, of Arkville, N. Y.,
was disclosed today in the report of
! supplementary proceedings begun
I yesterday in Supreme court here.
HARDING ASKS i
SENATESESSION
Requests “ Wilson To
Summon Body For
March 4 Business
WASHINGTON, Feb. I.—A re
quest from President-elect Harding
that a special session of the new
senate be called for March 4 to con
firm the cabinet and other appoint
ments to be made by the incoming
executive was conveyed today to
President Wilson.
Such a session is customary when
there is a change in administrations
and usually lasts only one week at
most.
Harding’s request was contained
in a telegram received by Senator
Lodge, Republican leader, and con
veyed to the White House by Sena
tor Underwood, Democratic leader.
Nearly a score of new senators
| were elected in November, and in
j order for them to be here a call
■ would have to go out ten days in
more in advance of that date.
A call for a special session of the
new congress will be issued by Hard
ing. It is expected the session will
I begin late in March or early in l
April
WRECK TRAIN WRECKED.
NEWARK, Ohio, Feb. I.—Four
members of the Pennsylvania wreck-
J ing crew, all from Columbus, were
j killed this- morning while returning
|to Columbus when their wreck train
was hit by a freight three miles east
of Several others were in
jured.
WE ATHER~
Forecast for Georgia Rain to
night probably clearing Wednesday!
morning; not much change in temp
erature.
AMERICUS TEMPERATURES
(Furnished by Rexall Store.)
4 pm 59 4 am 41
6 pm 55 6 am 41
i 8 pm 56 8 am 42
10 pm 47 10 am 45
Midnight 44 Noon .48
j 2 am 42 2 pm ... v 49
THETffIt&iEORDER
PUBLISHED IN THE HEART or
Gould appeared in court and de-
I nied statements by Mrs. Blum who
aserted that Gould employed detec
tives to gather evidence in which she
obtained a divorce in June, 1917.
They previously had agreed, she said,
to marry when she was free and
were on friendly terms until his mar
riage to Miss Annunziata Lucci, in
July, 1917.
TARIFFBILLIS
ADRIFT, SINKING
Like Wooden Ship In A
Bamacle-Infested Sea,
Says Report
WASHINGTON, Feb. I. The
Fordney tariff bill, awaiting action
in the senate, has begun to resemble
a wooden ship adrift in a barnacle
infested sea. r,very day sees en
cumbrances added, both by oppon-'
ents and friends, and the latter to-'
day began to see visions of its sink-,
ing from the weight imposed.
The bill faced another round of
debate today, jlvhich some senators
said would be the last full day, for
tomorrow effort will be made to get
a vote on the petition for cloture.
| Would Force Firms
To Pay Men Laid Off
MADISON, Wis., Feb. I. A
bill to compel employers to pay un
employment insurance benefits to
their workers when unemployed, was
introduced in the Wisconsin legis-
I lature today. The measure was pre
' pared by Prof. John Commons, of
the department of economics at tne
University of Wisconsin. It would
require employers to form mutual
insurance companies and pay bene
fits to workers they lay off at the
rate of $1.50 per day for adult men
and women and seventy-five cents
a day for boys and girls between
the ages of 16 and 18.
Before China banned the impor
tation of opium, 70,000 tons of the
drug were absorbed annually by the
Chinese. i
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AMERICUS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 1, 1921.
KLAN BLAMES
FOE’S MALICE
OR IGNORANCE
Reply To Columbus Pa
per, However, Not Up
To Expectations
Before a crowd that filled the firsk
floor of the old Opera House. with a
considerable number of leading col
ored people in the balccony present
by invitation, principles of the Ku
Klux Klan were expounded Monday
night by J. Q. Nolan, of Atlanta, a
member of the clan and an orator of
ability. The feature of the occas
ion was the reading by Mr. Nclan of
statements by Col. W. J. Simmons,
of Atlanta, Imperial Wizard c" the
Klan, in reply to attacks on the order
by the Columbus Enquirer-Sun.
These attacks were not as specific as
many had expected, but it was hinted
that for reasons which were sufficient
matters which were to have been di
vulged on this occasion were being
temporarily withheld. The accusa
tions of the Enquirer-Sun, however,
were denounc d as false and their
motive laid either to “ignorance or
malicious intent.”
The speaker told the audience,
which embraced many of the most
prominent people of the community,
i that wh ; le at supper he had. read the
Times-Recorder’s editorial ,of Mon
day evening regarding the Klan, and
paid it the compliment of being the
. truth in every word. “The only
shortcoming,” he said, “was that the
man who wrote it did not know the
' half of the story of the Macon ex
press messenger who discovered the
rifles coming in disguise to a negro
firm. But he will know shortly and
so will you all.”
Col. Simmont’
Following is a copy of the letter
read by Mr. Nolan:
“To The People of Americus and
Whomsoever Else It May Concern:
■ “My attention has been called to a
i series of vitriolic and malicious at-
■ tacks upon the Knights of the Ku
; Klux Klan appearing on the editorial
. page of the Columbus Enquirer-Sun.
, We do not court public praise, nor
are we particularly concerned about
public criticism, provided same does
not attack the motives and purposes
and fundamental principles of the
organization. The close proximity of
Americus to Columbus and the fact
that I am informed a public mass
meeting is to be held in Americus to
consider the subject of the Ku Klux
Klan gives me the opportunity to
denounce most emphatically the false
statements and charges which have
appeared in the Columbus Enquirer-
Sun. I regret it is not possible for
me to appear in person before you
and specifically answer all untruths
above referred to which have been
made either with malicious intent or
out of ignorance.
“So far as the people of Georgia
are concerned, I am not alarmed as
to what will be their attitude toward
the Ku Klux Klan and toward the
i editor whose name appears at the
! masthead of the Enquirer-Sun. If
I recall correctly, it was the -amc
; man who waged such bitter and re
' lentless war on Thos. E. Watson a
few years ago, yet the people of
Georgia do not seem to have agreed
with him in his estimate of Mr.
Watson. I doubt not they will re
gard with as little consideration his
attack on us as they regarded his
vitriolic attacks on Mr. Watson.
“However, I desire at this time to
reiterate the fact that the Knights
of the Ku Klux Klan does not foster
1 or condone race hatred or religious
’ prejudice. It is the unfaltering cham
pion of law and order and the anti
titheses of tyranny. Klansmen at all
times stand ready to do their duty
without fear, without fault, without
favor and without reproach.
“And allow me to br'efly nre«ent
what the Klan stands for in America:
It is .a standard fraternal order stand
ing for pure Americanism; it un
ashamedly stands for white suprem
acy in all things in America It is
the stalwart champion of the separa-
■ tion of church and state, believing
| history has proven that where
preacher or priest dominates in poli
tics or government, intolerance pre
vails, and that where intolerence
( Continued on Page Eight.)
Coming Here of Pathologist and
X-Ray Expert T o Make Americus
Medical Center of Importance
The biggest news story, in poin:
of importance to the people of Am
■ ericus and surrounding territory,
which the Times-Recorder has had
the good fortune to print in a long
time, is the announcement of the
location in Americus of a pathologist
and X-Ray expert, with a complete-
■ ly equipped laboratory. The man is
Dr. George Walter, recently of
Houston, Texas, and formerly of
New York City, a scientist of some
1 14 years of experience and with a
record of work successfully done for
. some of the greatest practitioners
■ in America.
Dr. Walter is regarded by men
• who know him as the leading man
of his profession in Georgia and as
’ a result of his coming Americus is
] expected to become a medical centei
of importance for the southeast.
' Experienced pathologists are scarce,
j even in large cities. It is said that
Atlanta has only one qualified as an
' expert specialist, and this his ex
’ perience is not equal to that of Dr.
Walter. Dr. R. P. Glenn, of Ameri
cus, who knew Dr. Walter at Hous-
■ ton is familiar with his work, regards
him as a find of the greatest import
ance for Americus. “It is almost
! unbelievable that a small city should
• ! have the services of such a man,” j
: said Dr. Glenn.
>. Perhaps many our readers are
‘ ! wondering just ' what is a patholo-
■ i gist, and wherein lies the importance
I 1 to the public of having one locate !
> here-
What Is a Pothologist.
■ i A pathologist, according to the i
‘ dictionary, is one skilled in the sci- ■
• ence of diseases. As applied, a path
■ ologist is a scientist in disease bec-
> teriology particularly, working
I | through the compound microscope
| and other scientific insturments.
! This, in conjunction with the X-Ray
r i and the revelations it is able to make,
j establishes the importance of such
I a scientist as a diagnostician. An I
| that is exactly what he is and where
[ his importance comes in.
Dr. Walter does not work for the
public directly, but instead works
only through physicians. Frequently
! a physician, because of limited facili
ties, is unable to make a concul-ive
diagnosis of a patient’s case. Per
haps an intricate blood test is re
quired; possibly for some unaccount
RICHLANDLADS™
! DENYBANKYARN
i Told No One They Saw
Marshal Fall, One
. Says
Marshall Arrington, of Plains, is
' right, and the Richland News is
' wrong, the Richland lads mention
i ed Monday by Mr. Arrington in de
fense of his version of the reported'
reecnt attempt at robbery of the
! Plains bank. At least Mr. Arring ‘
ton is right in his denial that they!
i were the “burglars” that he said he!
I saw at the window of the bank. They!
ideny that they gave out any such i
statements or intimations to anyone, 1
I and declare the story was purely an
! imaginary one, pieced together with
j a few facts.
J French Snelling, one of the young
! men mentioned by Mr. Arrington as
having been seen by him about the
! bank that night, said the story in the
News, as reprinted by the Times-
Recorder, was all a mistake.
“We were in Plains that night call-!
ing on some girls, and were wait-1
ing down town for a car from Am-
• ericus to take us home,” he said..
i “We met up with Mr. Arrington, who!
! asked Us what- we were doing and)
! who we were. We told him er were!
' from Richland and ere waiting for a;
ride home. He asked us' if we were !
bank robbers, and we told him’that
we weer not. No, he wasn’t joking,
but just wanted to find out. He tam
ed with us some time, joking And
walking about, and later our car $
camealong and-we; went home. We!
did not see him fall over in the bank,,
as was said, and did tell anybody
we did.” . . •
Mr. Snelling was called to the
telephone from school, where he is'
a student, for the interview. Gor-,
■ I.
able reason the patient does not re
spond to the prescribed treatment,
indicating an unknown cause of the
trouble; possibly hidden infections
are feared that an X-Ray would re
veal. The patient *is given a pre
scription calling for an examination
by the Smentist, who reports his
findings physician, who in
turn, applies the proper treatment
to the patient, knowing then with
exactitude the cause of the ailment.
Every Pk_ fician Knows.
The importance c having such a
scientist here is recoCT&tad by every
local physician, all of wfflfe,' are fa
miliar with scores of cases annual
ly which go to other Irrger cities for
expert examination. It is said these
patients do not get what they go
away for and pay large prices for
since competent men are so infre
quently found in this field, even in
large cities.
All physicians, it is said, regard
the of the pathologist as
a profession® necessity in carrying
on their practice with the greatest
amoun tof service to the community.
This applies not only to the medical
but the dental profession, when the
use of the X-Ray has become a
recognized necessity to ascertain the
i advisability for extraction or prob
ability of good results from treat
ment. Even the treatment is some
time handicapped after diagnosis
for lack of laboratory preparation
of vaccines, cultures and checking of
I results before finally closing up the
j dental canals which, if done prior to
| elimination of infections, may result
; in systemic complications of serious
import with which the physician is
concerned.
Private Laboratories Important.
Dr .Walter has taken offices in
the Commercial City bank building,
where hr. has three rooms filled with
scientific insturments o£ many kinds,
many of them extending in value
to consuderable sums of money.
Much work of the character done
by pathologists is done by the state
board of health, but the board of
health is concerned with the diagnos
is of what are known as communi
cable disease such as diphtheria,
whooping cough, measles, hydropho
bia, tetanus or lock jaw, and other
specific diseases. Beyond the diag
(Continued on Page Eight.)
LATPNEWS
FtASHES
ATLANTA, Feb I.—Officials all
representatives of the employes S .
the Atlanta, Birmingham and At
lanta road, after a two-hours’ con-;
ferente here today definitely “agreed
to disagree” and leave the question
of wage reduction with the federal
Railroad .Labor board, w’Jich will
hold its hearing February 10.
President Bugg, in a statement,
j said:
j “We reached a cordial and mutual
agreement that we could not agree.
! and that there exists no basis for
compromise of harmonizing of ideas.
The only tihng we did agree on was [
to let the whole issue go to the labor
board.”
man Pickett, another of the trio
mentioned, was in school and could
not be reached.
Frank Bryant, the third, an em-;
ploye ( of the Richland Oil company, I
corroborated the statement of Snell-
except that he couldn't vouch
for what had taken place in Plains, I
[as he had merely passed through
there and had not stopped. He said
t no reports such as had been published!
had been given out.
The editor of the Richland News, I
interviewed by telephone, reluctant-]
ly admitted that three young men j
mentioned were those referred to in'
the News’ story. He said he per-1
sonally knew little of the matter and
referred the reporter to Mr. Bry-i
I ant.
One of the lads advanced the belief'
i that the report originated from some i
one in Plains who knew of their]
: presence there that night and who,
i discrediting the story of the attemp.-j
! cd robbery, sought to give Mr. Ar
' rington a bit of additicnal alleged
. advertising.
I ; .' ' I
_ CALL IT ‘ ~
.CHATTSA/-)
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
BUT DELEGATES
STILL REMAIN IN
PARISTOCONFER
Foreign Minister To Re
sign As Reply Is Ber
lin Report
BERLIN, Feb. I. Dr. Walter
Simons, German foreign minister,
will tell the reichstag at its session
this afternoon, according to the Zei
tung, that Germany cannot subscrilii
to the Allied reparation demands on
the ground that they are not pos
sible of fulfillment.
GERMAN DELEGATES
STILL IN PARIS.
. PARIS, Feb. I. The fact that
, the German delegates to the Brus
■ seis conference of finanical and eco
nomic expert* in Paris
and continuing their consultations is
taken in political quarters here to
mean that Germany is willing to ae
i cept the decision of the Allies regard
in reparations as a basis for dis
cussion, not withstanding the com
ment that is coming from Berlin giv
ing the idea that the disposition there
is to reject the
J “MADNESS,” SAY
REICHSTG LEADERS.
BERLIN, Feb. I. Germany re
gards the reparations terms decided
i upon by the Supreme Council in
i Paris last week as fantastic and im-
■ possible of execution, bind it is the
general opinion that thß government
, agree to them. \
Trit-cabinet which receded the text
; of the Allied note yesHWay, was
. in executive session unt\ late last
night.
“Madness” is the term leaders in
i the reichstag used in discussing the
, • conditions.
’) FOREIGN MINISTER
,’j LIKELY TO RESIGN.
HAMBURG, Feb. I. It is not
J improbable that Foreign Minister
Simons will reply to the repara ion
demanns of the Allies by resigning
fropi the German government, says
j the Berlin correspondent of Frem-
I denblatt, of this city.
CAN’T PAY IT, SAYS
| BRITISH EXPERT.
LONDON, Feb. I. It will be
impossible for Germany to pay the
amounts fixed for her reparation debt
| to the Allies by the Supreme Gpun
cil at Paris last week, says Prof.
; Keynes, the principal representative
. of the British treasury at Versailles.
1 FRENCH PRESIDENT
PLEASED AT OUTCOME.
PARIS, Feb. I. The council of
ministers met today with President
, Millerand presiding and heard the re
sults of the Paris conference of Al
lied premiers presented by Premier
Briand.
President Millerand expressed
complete satisfaction with the out
come.
Catches 3 Bicycles
Thieves In Month
John Henry Woodall,, colored, was
■ arrested Monday by Officer Janes
J for stealing a bicycle. Woodall ad
mitted, after first stating that he
‘ bought the bicycle from a negro near
! Huntington, that it was tsolen from
a negro here. Officer Janes first
i arrested John Henry’s small brother,
i who to’d the officer that the bi
; cycle belonged to John Henry. The
thief has been turned over to Sheriff
Harvey and the bicycle returned to
. its owner. This is the third stolen
bicycle recovered by Officer Janes
during January.
Amet’m's Women At
Missionary Council
The Missionary Council of ■ the
I South Georgia conference met in F.t,
■ Valley Tuesday. Many prominent
women of Georgia will be present
and jan excellent program has been
; prepared fcr the. three days of the
meet. Two misisonaries, home from
Korea, will address the council and
othe rinteresting features have been
prepared. Those attend : ng from
Americus are Mrs. N. A. Ray, who is
one of the district officers, Mrs. S.
R. Heys, Mrs. John Ansley and Mrs.
i Cloyd Buchanan.
Bank BcHw*
Off With $30,000
CHICAGO, Feb. I.—Half a dozen
robbers entered the Kenwood Tmst
& Savings Bank, in the SonthWe
business quarter today and escaned
in an .automobile w : th, more than
$30,000, after holding up a dozen
employes •