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Newspaper Page TextASSOCIATED PRESS NEWS OF THE WORLD FORTY-THIRD YEAR.—NO. 27. • DAVIS CONVICTED OF MURDER AT SOPERTON THE ORATOR! TO SEt My SHADOW OR. \ F NOT TO SEE it. that »s V THt QUESTION THAT W USF J agitatin’ th' minds O? 1 / WW * MILLIONS OF PEOPLE- T DA?- Cl | WHV hang this weather OH ‘h ME? lr IT'S HOT. COLD. MOIST If OR DR.V I get th blame-' - W O ANVWAy. I'M NO J ...AU, |i -J k almanac, I AINT ! /A \ : \\lJ Kz , X 4" K 9 / ' ::T. \W / £ t jf \J / / —''' ?*>» 'J, - 1 . 1 \ y /, rs— — S. \ ~^U> M Wj/VQ Wl /<4 ( e,ve ‘! K A _ W wrl WWlg/ / t Fits.oltiher Hr wi h <L£~> V" 11 uncle WsQim H LI / GKOUNHO6 L. Wf U • !$& *1 \ □■u'TT.t V iprU x 7\ v "«b/ --- V Qtvjl F BWBW FORD LOSES IN BALLOTRECOUNT A WASHINGTC.Si, r«b. 2. The recount of ballots in the Michigan senatorial election was finished to-i day by the senate elections committee, It left Senator Newberry, Republi-i can, with a plurality of 4,334 votes) over Henry Ford. Ford made a net) gain of ’ 3,233 in the recount, but! Newberry’s original plurality was 7,567. C. O.P. TARIFF CLOTURE FAILS WASHINGTON, Feb. 2. The Republican attempt to enforce a clo ture for consideration of the emerg ency tariff bill was defeated today in the senate by a vote of 36 for to 35 against, less than the necesary i two-thirds. The cloture petition • was supported by 27 Republicans and \ * nine democrats. Passenger Trains To Arrive A Bit Earlier A slight change in Central of Georgia passenger train schedules, effective next Sunday, was announc ed today by George Anderson, local agent. Northbound train No. 6, now due here at 2:01 p. m., will ar-j rive at 1:52 p. m., and train No. 5,| now due at 2:20 p. m., will arrive j at 2:15 p. m. They will continue to past at Arles siding. DIXIE CATTLE MEN MEET. COLUMBIA, S. C., Feb. 2 An addresson cattle tuberculosis, il lustrated with motion pictures, de livered by Dr. J. A. Kiernan, of the Federal Bureau of Animal Industry, featured today’s session of the con vention of the Southern Cattlemens association here, which is being at tended by delegates from thirteen Southern states. JOHN GOES AFTER TRUTH OF REPORT ’BOUT GROUNDHOG t MONMOUTH, Kans., Feb. 2. ohn Wilheimer, of this place, got up early today and went down to Lightning creek for some first hand information on whether the groundhog knows how long win ter is going to last. Wilheimer had made prepara tions for today’s experiment. For fear one ground og would not act true to tradition, he had laid in a supply of five. They were billet ed advantageously along the bank of the Creek, while the investiga tor was perched in a specially built observaiton tower. He promised a statement on his observations later in the day. Mexico’s national debts to foreign | «ia amount to more than $570,000,-' I 000. U.S. NAVAL PROGRAM TO COST HALF BILLION MORE WASHINGTON, Feb. 2. Nearly a half billion dollars in addition to funds already appropriated will be ) required to complete the great naval . building program embarked upon in j 1916, the house appropriations com mittee estimated today in reporting) i to the house the naval appropriations; stayprepareT SAYS PERSHING WASHINGTON, Feb. 2. Warn | ing against pacifism unpreparedness I was given the house naval committee today by General Pershing, who ap peared to discuss world disarmament. While expressing approval of the proposal for a world disarmament) conference, General Pershing said the. United States should go ahead) with its present army and navy pro-| i grams until a definite agreement has) been reached by at least five great world powers. Palmer Rules On Liquor Withdrawals WASHINGTON, Feb 2.—The au thority of the government to issue permits for the withdrawal of liquor from bonded warehouses is limited to manufacturers and wholesale drug gists, Attorney General Palmer ruled in a new opinion made public today by of Internal Rev enue Williams. The issuance of permits for the disposition of liquors by wholesale is also limited to manufacturers and wholesale druggists, the attorney general ruled. Columbus Girls To Play Here Friday The Columbus High school girls’ basketball team will come to Ameri cus Friday for a game with the Amer icus High girls. Both teams are strong, the Americus High being the best in several years, and both have defeated the fast Albany High in the past two weeks, therefore an ex cellent game in prospect. . This will be the second game of the season for the Columbus girls, their first being with Albany, whom they defeated by a good score. M A R K E TS. AMERICUS COTTON SSED. Unchanged, $26 ton. AMERICUS SPOT COTTON. Good Middling 14 cents. NEW YORK FUTURES. Pc Open 11am Ipm Close Meh 13.85 13.75 13.83 13.93 13.84 May 14.11 14.10 14.14 14.25 14.17 July 14.42 14.45 14.48 14.59 14 50 Oct. 14.67 14.65 14.80 14.90 14.82 T H ETIMESARECORDER SHED IN TH£ HEART OF • bill for the fiscal year 1922. > The bill provides $90,000,000 for : the construction of ships. The naval I act of 1916 authorized the con struction of 156 vesels, all of which with the exception of twelve torpedo ■) boat destroyers and one transport, neither she built or.is building. 10 MILLIONS IS LENTTO BANKERS WASHINGTON, Feb. 2. Pre liminary approval of a loan of $lO,- 000 to ,a group of American bankers' to finance the exportation of con-1 densed milk and similar products! was anounced by the war finance! corporation. This firm’s application j | for the loan was approved when the I corporation was revived last month. NEGROLTOED IN LOUISIANA La., Feb. 2. George Werner, the negro who shot and dangerously wounded Numa Tir cuit, a rice planter Monday, was taken from the parish jail at Port ellen last night and hanged to a sign post near the scene of the shooting. This is the first lynching in the state ip over a year. Skyscrapers Wanted To Solve German Housing BERLIN, Feb. 2. Agitation for the construction of skyscrapers has started in virtually every city in Germany where for many months the housing problem has taxed the ingenuity of city officials, relief workers and flat dwellers. Buildings under the old regime were limited to a uniform height of a few more tbair four stories. WEATHER. Forecast for Georgia Fair to night and Thursday; not much change in temperature. AMERICUS TEMPERATURES (Furnished by Rexall Store.) 4 pm 48 4 am ............42 6 pm —.......45 6 am 42 8 pm 44 8 am ............42 10 pm 44 10 am 45 Midnight .......44 Noon 46 2 am .’..43 2 pm 47 y 7-? 74 4®w ™ ° w *®F- i £ Ir <3^" z^l _jJl.l* AMERICUS, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 2, 1921. MINER LYNCHING IS DESCRIBED BY DRIVER OF TAXI Crowd Flocks Earlv To Alabama Court To Hear Witness HAMILTON, Aia , Feb. 2.—By daybreak crowds were today making their way toward the county court house here in expectation of hearing Leslie West, star witness for the state in the trial of Sergeant Robert L. Lancaster, a National Guardsman, describe the lynching of William Baird, a white miner, Jasper during January. Largely upon West’s testimony, it is said, the state will rely for establishing the personnel of the lynching party. West is owner of a garage to which a car, which proved to be his, was tracked from the scene of the lynching. Subsequently he confess ed driving a car full of soldiers. West was calm when he took the stand. He described in simple terms without a show of emotion the autombile trip from Townley to Jasp er, the storming of the jail and the events that followed in the lynching of Bainl. He said after the mob emerged from the jail a smaller car led and his party trailed it to a point two miles from Jasper. The leading car stopped, the witness said. He then was ordered to stop and “turn his head.’’ Then about thirty shots rang out, almost simultaneously. Aft er firing, the passengers returned to the cars, and he was ordered to drive I back to Townley, he said, f HARDINCW 150 LEGION MIN Shakes Hands With All —Starts North From Miami MIAMI, Fla., Feb.—President elect Harding turned northward to- ! i day on his Florida vacation trip j leaving here early in the forenoon ■ for Fort Lauderdale, which is to be ! his first stop on the way back to ■ St. Augustine. On his way back, Harding expects to stop for golf a* Palm Beach, Ormond and possibly i several other points, reaching St. I Aue-nstine Sunday or Monday. Officers of various Masonic fra- ! ternaties here called upon Harding! last night at the latter’s invitation and later in the evening 150 mem bers of the local post, American Legion, were granted an audience. The legion is the only organization as such to meet the distinguished visitor, who shook hands with each man. WIILARDBOUT OFF-DEMPSEY LOS ANGELES, Feb. 2. The' fifteen round bout between Jack Dempsey and Jess Willard, scheduled for March 17 in New York, has been indefinitely postponed, Dempsey an nounced today. TRIP TO THEATER •RESULTS IM NO HARM TO WILSON WASHINGTON, Feb. 2. So far as has been learned at the White House today, President Wil son is suffering no ill effects from his attendance at the theater last' night, the first since his illness which interrupted his League of Nations speaking tour in Septem ber, 1919. With his wife and brother-in- . law, the president witnessed a per formance of John Drinkwater’s “Abraham Lincoln.” surprising the large audience when he appear ed in a lower box shortly before the curtain rose. ‘ A round of cheer and applause greeted the president, the audi ence rising in unison and remain ing standing until he was seated. * Get Ready For Spring, Folks! Mr. Groundhog Misses Shadow X NO SUN - KO MOR.&’X \ I k stttp yep- YOUR. ) uncut GRouNHOGjy ’ Ydifl /I V/ 'N 111 Jk \\ I \ \ If tradition holds good, winter is over, for Old Man Groundhog, when he ventured out of his hole today, looked about, saw no shadow, and remained out. If the sun had been shining, he would'have popped back into his burrow and not ventured out for six weeks, and we would have had winter weather all through that time But now we are safe, ac cording to old time prophets and re vered beliefs. At least at press time there .wasn’t the slightest indication tnat the sun would be shining in this locality before tomorrow. . _ Q r ? Un dh o g “World Markets Will Tell If German Levy Is Fair”-Baruch American Member of Reparations Commission Is Not Sure Business M en Will Accept Allied View That Germa nv Can Pay Tax By HARRY B. HUNT. WASHINGTON, Feb. 2. “ls the reparation agreement reached by the Allies within Germany’s ability to pay, and if so, what will be the efefet on economic condi -1 tions generally of having -—the j amount of reparation and the terms ! of payment defintely fixed?” Bernard M. Baruch, economic ! advisorof the American Peace Mis sion to Paris when the treaty was i drafted, and one of the American ■ members on the Reparations Com mission, didn’t give any snapshot answer. He did quite a bit of fig uring and put through several tele- I phone calls before he answered, i His figuring was done to trans j late into American dol’ars the i amount of indemnity the allies now • agree Germany must pay and to determine how great a capital charge would have to be set as'de by German industry in order to amortize the 226,000,000,000 gold marks in the next 42 years. His telephone calls summoned . to his aid expert statisticians and j also put him in touch with officials from whom he obtained details of the agreement which have not been carried by press dispatches. “Well.” he finally announced, “from the facts in hand, I would say that the total amount of the reparations looks pretty stiff. “Merely because Germany may accept it, and because the Allies say it is acceptable, does not mean that business men generally throughout the world will so re gard it. “The real story of whether the reparations agreed on are reason able or excessive, will be told with in the next few days in the world’s markets. “That will be the real and only dependable gauge. “If it is a sum within Germany’s ability to pay, and if she accents this arrangement in good faith, and not simply because she has to, and, further, if it meets the ap proval of business men and finan ciers, there is sure to be an im provement in world-wide economic conditions. “There has already been a rise in exchange in anticipation that the settlement would be reason able. There would be a further rise,- with a tendency over a pe riod of time slowly to approach normal. “This would increase the credit facilities of all nations involved and improve their buying capacity and their ability to exchange com modities with one another. - It would tend to increase the wealth of the world, and, therefore, in crease the ability to lessen the per centage of taxation because of the increased taxable volume.” The big load Germany must car ray in meeting the reparation pay- do not mean so much to South Geor gia, after all. The same tradition prevails in the North, as well. And even when the little animal doesn’t see his shadow the folks there can safely count on six weeks of win tery weather anyway! In the South, however, when February comes win ter is nearly over. There may be some blustery days and a freezing spell or two, but as March 1 rolls arond it generally brings real spring with it. By the way, how many know what a groundhog really is? If you don’t consult your library on the subject of ‘‘Woodchuck.” ments demanded, Baruch points out, is not primarily the amount of cash she must pay out. A capital sum equal to the debt America incurred in the war, at 5 per cent interest over 12 yws,- i wou d just about equal the total , of tae gash indemnity. But by stripping Germany of her shipping, by imposing a twelve and one-half per cent tax against the total of her exports, by re quiring that she deliver to France large quantities of coal, and by similar limitations on her indus • trial expansion, the difficulties of making payment are multiplied many fold. i “A capital sum of 83,580,000,- i 000 gold marks,” said Baruch, i turning through memoranda : brought him by his statisticians, i “if placed on interest at 5 per j I cent for 42 years, would amount | to 226,000,000,000 marks, the ) amount of the cash indemnity. “That amounts, in round figures to 21 billion dollars. Germany al ready has paid about $3,500,000,- 000. That makes a total capital investment of a little less than $35,000,000.000—0r approximate ly the amount of bonds issued by America for the war, including the loans to the Allies.” ‘ls there any dependable basis on which to estimate the amount that will be produced by the . twelve and one-half per cent tax j on exports?” Baruch was asked. ‘No dependable basis,” he re plied. course, if her exports returned to the pre-war normal, or thereabouts, it would mean per haps a billion and a quarter or a billion and a half marks annually. “This tax, of course, affords a tariff protection against goods ex ported from Germany. This be comes, however, a tax on the Am erican consumer of goods. “Germany collects it, but it goes into the treasury of the Allies, not in the treasury of the United States, as would a similar protec tive tariff imposed by us against German manufacturers. This tax will have the effect of increasing prices and lessening exports. “The wisdom of this action may be open to criticism because of the tendency it would have to lessen the volume of German business and to make the amount indeter minable. ( “Incidentally it might be point ed out that America stands in a different position from any of her associates in the war under this export tariff provision. The tariff must be paid by American on German-made goods purchased and the money goes to the Allies. England or France, however, pur chasing the same goods, pays the ' tariff, of course, but gets it back in the form of reparation pay- _— PRICE FIVE CENTS. LIFE SENTENCE GIVEN AS JURY URGES MERCY Prominent Farmer Ac cused Os Poisoning Tenant For Insurance SOPERTON,Ta., Feb. 2. After being out more than sixteen hours, he jury in the Treutlen- Superior court today returned a verdict of guilty in the case of Dan Davis, a farmer, charged with the murder of William Hall, one of his former ten ants. On recommendation for mercy the court sentenced Davis to life im prisonment. Davis, a prosperous farmer and in fluential citizen of Treutlen, went) on trial last Wednesday on an in dictment charging murder on one count. E. C. Coleman, prominently connected in Emanuel county and a farmer in Treutlen, Wiley J. Smith and Roy Durden were also in- • dieted on a charge of murder. They are now confined in the jail here. The contention of the state was that Hall, a white cropper and for merly in the employ of Davis was giv en poison which brought about his death on the night of September 13, last. The motive of the crime, it is alleged, was tb collect insurance on Hall’s life, amounting to $15,- 000, and part of which had been made payable to Davis as security for a $2,000 debt. The contention of the defense was that Hall met his death by drowning . i by being pinned under an autorno- I bile in a small creek after it had i crashed through a bridge spanning I the water. The car was the proper -t tX-at Coleman and was being drYv jen by its owner. The other occu pants of the car escaped fqpm seri ous injuries. The cause of the ac cident was due to a defective steer ing wheel. The state to prove that there ex isted a poison plot placed on the ! stand Dr. Edgar Everhardt, of At lanta, who stated that after two tests l had bene made on the stomach of I Hall, which had been carried to him I by one of the physicians performing I an autopsy, he found 14 2-5 grains of chloral. He did not state wheth er this amount was sufficient to j bring about death. . The defense placed on the stand I Dr. H. Y. Righton, of Savannah, coro ner of Chatham county for the last I eleven years; Dr. H. V. White, Dr. R. V. Lamar and Dr. Carl Merritt, chemist professors at the medical department of the University of Georgia, in an effort to shake down ♦he testimony of Dr. Everhardt. The case during its early stages was devoted entirely to expert testi mony. There were numerous local wit nesses placed on the stand by the defense to show that the automobile accident was caused by a defective gear. The trial has attracted state-wide attion. Approximately .3,000 people attended the trial daily. meats from Germany. “If Germany accepts voluntarily, and proceeds in good faith, and if she can carry out the obliga tions.” Baruch continued, “there should be a gradual stabilization of economic conditions in all Cen tral Europe. This wou’d spread, after a time, even to Russia, which wil mean a slow but sure widen ing of the markets, and after a while an improvement in the con dition of the unemployed. “The fixing of definite repara tions will make it easier to form some adequate base to a system of taxation and give a better judg ment as to any tariffs that The party in power may have in mind.” “Will it he'n Europe repay us our war loans?’’ “It will give the Allied nations a better understanding of their ability to meet their indebtedness to us. The agreement, necessari ly. is of vital interest to us, both . with respect, to our goVernm'>ntal finances and to American business. ' But, of course, America by fac ing to ratify the treaty r°mnved itself from any direct participation in the settlement of reparations. “Whether it is a wise set t lem' , nt or not, and what benefits and ad vantages may come from it. will depend unon the spirit in which it is entered into by all the nasties to the contract, and whether or not Germany can make the pay ments. “If this will end the war —>■ and each and every one will eames H y strive to make it do so much more than the money settlement will have been gained.”

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Americus times-recorder. (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, February 02, 1921, Image 1