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ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWS OF THE WORLD FROTY THIRD YEAR.—NO 31. ‘COUNTRY NOW ON SOUNDEST BASIS IN YEARS’ * HELD AS SLAYER OF COLUMBUS POLICE OFFICER Negro Caught Here At Home Os His , Sister Cleveland Edwards, a negro about 25 years of age, is being held in the Sumter cour.ty jail on a charge of suspicion of being the slayer of Ogi cer W. G. Pate, young Columbus plain clothes policeman, Saturday night. He was arrested at the home of his sister here Sunday night about 10 o’clock by Sheriff Harvey and Police Lieut. Lee on orders from the Columbus police department. Offi ' cers are understood to be on their way here to take him back to Col umbus. The negro’s sister is Mamie Ross, who lives at the corner of Jackson street and Factory Row. The negro was in bed when the officers arrived. The front door was locked, but the back door, near which he was lying, was unlocked, it was said, presuma bly so that he could easily escape. The officer were upon him, however, before he knew it, and no effort to flee or to resist was made. Edwards reached Americus on the Seminole Sunday midnight from Col umbus, he said. Columbus officers reported that he had boarded that train there. He said he had heard of the killing of the policeman, but vowed he knew nothing whatever of it himself. SLAYER UNSEEN; OFFICER DIES IN HIS TRACKS. 2.LUMBUS, I-'eb. 7.—Officer W. G. x -te, 27, operating in plain clothes, was shot and instantly killed by an ijK unknown assailant last night shortly before 8 o’clock between Nineteenth and Twentieth streets on Thirteenth avenue. Officer Pate was standing at the west side of the alley running through toward Springer’s woods be tweenth Nineteenth and Twentieth streets. He was shot by an unidenti fied person standing on the east side of Thirteenth avenue. Shortly after Officer Pate was shot, a bicycle was taken from a small boy named Fulford, said tc have been delivering packages for the East Highlands Drug company. The officer was shot just above the heart. He died in his tracks without regaining consciousness, except a gasp or two. Office) Lite was appoint -d to the police force July 13, 1920. He was one of the most conscientious and ef ficient officers on the force. For the past several weeks he had been de railed on special duty and had been operating in plain clothes, during which time he arrested several alleg ed burglars and made a number of arrests. Prior to his connection with the po lice department he was a member of No. 1 fire company. He also served in the army during the war. The officer fired two shots, accord ing to persons who saw the flames from the revolvers. His assailant is aid to have fired thrice. A reward of S2OO was offered by Mayor J. L. Couch for any informa tion leading to the arrest of the per son. who killed the officer. Turk Nationalists To Join In Conference CONSTANTINOPLE, Feb. 7. Indication that Murtapha Kemal Pasha and other Turkish Nationalist leaders had reconsidered their re fusal not to participate in the Near East conference in London, is given in a dispatch received yesterday from Angora? It was said the Turkish Nationalist delegates will leave An gora today for London. >EGGED LABORITE OF MISS. IS GIVEN VERDICT FOR $10,750 SUMERALL, Miss, Feb. 7. A verdict of $10,750 today was awarded Charles H. Francke, for mer vice-president of the Missis sippi Federation of Labor, Because he was showered with rotten eggs and brickbats here last August. The verdict is against three spuerintendents of the J. J. New man Lumber company. , Eidence in the trial showed Francke was trying to form a la bor union among the negro mill operatives. The jury held the company blameless. THE TIMES'JRECORDER IN THE HEART OF > MEN FAIL TO LIFT GEORGIA MAGNET j ... ■■lr ; > I i-WlfiSlil va. FL 7 - ■H B -wllii •" v I ' • I I WWBiBL'Oi ANNIE ABBOTT. THE “MA GNET,” DEFYING LIFTERS. NEW YORK, Feb. 7.—She weighs | only 115 pounds, but five men, weighing anywhere from 150 to 200 pounds, could not budge her from j the floor. Her name is Miss Annie Abbott. I She came from Strathem, Georgia,' and is famous the world over as “The Georgia Magnet.” How does she overcome natural I laws? A dozen different theories! have been advanced by medical; men, physicists, philosophers and i believers in the occult, ranging all I the way from jiu-jitsu to something approaching witchcraft. Miss Abbott' says she doesn’t know. One other person in the world re-I cently has become famous for per-I forming a similar feat, and that is; Johnny Coulon, the American ban! tamweight boxer who has oeen un-j dergoing scientific investigation of! his lift-resistance powers in Paris. I “The difference between my work; and Mr. Coulon’s,” said Miss Abbott,! “is that I do not touch the person! or persons trying to move me, while ■ Mr. Coulon does.” The secret of such contacts would ! seem, Miss Abbott explains, to be, for the purpose of throwing the per-1 son trying to do the lifting off his | balance. REPLACEMENT OF WHITE FORESEEN Call For Democratic Re- Organization Stirs Capital WASHINGTON, Feb. 7.—The re quest made by 49 members of the Democratic National committee that Chairman White call a meeting for March 1 of the entire committee membership to re-organize the par ty’s machinery, was the chief topic of discussion in Washington political circles today. One portion of the re quest of the 49 was the statement that they wished Chairman White “many years of happiness and added usefulness upon his retirement which he announced shortly after Novem ber 2 his private interests would make it necessary for him to seek.” Texas Lawyer Is Given Tar And Feather Cpat HOUSTON, Tex., Feb. 7.—The po lice said today they had little hope of capturing the five men who Sat urday night took B. L. Hobbs, a lawyer, from his home and gave his body a coating of tar and feathers. Hobbs, who told the officers he could not identify the men, is re ported to be at Alvin, Texas, today. He said the men warned him to leave Houston in three days. AMERICUS, GEORGIA, MONDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 7, 1921. “The man does not live.” Miss Ab bott asserted, “who can lift me, move or even sway me off my feet when I focus my mind against it.” This strange power has been hers since childhood. “I didn’t understand it when it came to me, or rather when I dis covered it,” Miss Abbott said. “I was only eight years old. “My stepmother had a son, Charley, about my age, and we used to squabble as children will. “My own mother taught me to read the Bible, and the story of Lot’s wife, who was turned into a pillar of salt, made a deep impres sion on me. “It seemed to me if I could turn Charley into a pillar of salt I would be avenged. Sol used to point my finger at him and scream: ‘Charley, I am going to turn you into a pillar of salt!’ , “And finally I got to thinking if I willed it I could turn myself into a pillar of salt. I used to tell my old black mammy that I was a pil lar of salt and she could not lift me. Sure enough, she couldn’t. “Finally it came to me that I possessed a certain power. It was un natural, and it freightened me. I have never known what the spiritual or scientific explanation is.” Mexico City Police Hunt Bomb Hurlers MEXICO CITY, Feb. 7. Police and government weie engag ed today in collecting evidence which might lead to the arrest of the men who bombed the residence of Arch bishop of Mexico and the building oc cupied by the Juergens company, in this city yesterday morning. Four mep are under arrest but it is known several others are implicat ed in the two crimes. , Radical activity has been increas ing in Mexico City recently and newspapers here say two communist congresses will be held this month, one in Mexico City and the other in Tampico. TO SAVE STARVING CHILDREN OF EUROPE I( 100 Cents of Every Dollar Donated is Used For This Purpose.) I AGREE TO DONATE: Cash $; Wheat, sacked, bushels ~ Corn, sacked, bushels, ; Peas, sacked, bushels, ; Peanuts, sacked, bushels, ; Potatoes, sacked, bush els ; Syrup, gallons ; Hams ; Shoulders....; Sides Will deliver to J. E. Hightower in Americus, or to School house on day of Feb. 1921. (Sign Here.) LYNCHING JURY FAILSTOAGREE; IS DISCHARGED Second Guardsman To Go On Trial Feb. 21 For Murder HAMILTON, Ala., Feb. 7. A mistrial was declared at 10 o’clock this morning in the case of Sergeant Robert L. Lancaster, national guards man indicted in connection with the lynching of William Baird, a miner, near Jasper January 13. The jury had been out 48 hours. The foreman reported to the court that further deliberations were useless, where upon the jury was discharged. Members of the jury said the final i vote stood five for acquittal and five ! for second degree murder with life imprisonment, one for a lesser sen tence and one undecided. No date for Lancaster’s second trial was announced. The trial of Sergeant Glenn Stephens was set for February 21. , The nine defendants will remain in jail here, it was stated. utjPmws FLASHES WASHINGTON. Feb , 7.—The Winslow bill, authorizing partial payments to railroads ujider the guaranty section of the transporta tion act, failed of passage in the house today. ! WASHINGTON, Feb. 7.—The sen j ate bill creating a government cor i poration to take over and operate ! the nitrate plant at Muscle Shoals, Ala., has “no earthly chance” of getting through the house at this session because of the press of other matter, Chairman Campbell, of the rules committee, predicted today. The bill is now before the house military committee. NORFOLK, Va., Feb. 7.—Robbers early today attacked the Bank of Sussex at Wakefield, Va., and after blowing off the doors of the vault escaped with Liberty bonds and war saw’ngs stamps valued at $30,000, b’i fined to onen the -as- in the vault containing a larger sum in cash. WASHINGTON, Feb. 7.—The house unanimously passed the bill today authorizing the construction of five hospitals for disabled war vet erans at an estimated cost o' $12,- 500,000. WASHINGTON, Feb. 7. A resolution proposing congressional investigation of the West Virginia coal strike situtaion, including arm ed violence in the mining camps, Was introduced today by Senator John son. It was referred to the senate labor committee without discussion. Harding’s House Boat Far Behind Schedule ORMOND, Fla., Feb. 7.—Already far behind her schedule, President elect Harding’s houseboat Victoria was put on a leisurely schedule again today and probably will not complete her trip up to the coast to St. Augus tine until noon tomorrow. The Vic toria spent last night at anchor 20 miles from Ormond. Gounaris Remains In Greek Cabinet LONDON, Feb. 7.—M. Gounaris, whose break with Former Premier Rhallis led to the Greek ministerial crisis last week, remains as minister of war in the new cabinet, which took the oath of office yesteraay, says an Athens dispatch. Teeth of Little Children Fall Out From Hunger-Made Disease Osteomalacia, a disease dueentire-! ly to malnutrition has broken out m Vienna and the hospitals are full of little children whose teeth are drop ping out and for whom every move ment is agony. Hundreds of cases are being treated in the dispensary at Mariahilf, according to Francis P. O. Bridgeman, correspondent of the London Daily Herald, and the dis ease is not confined to children bjit afflicts adults also. “Cod Liver Oil is a partial cure for this illness,” says Mr. Bridge man, “but of course supplies of that are limited and often it is not, avail able. What the children really need is nourishing food and with the in flated price of food today in Austria it is almost impossible for the chil dren of the poorer classes to be prop erly fed. The visit to the children’s hospital at Meidlung was the most pathetic sight I could imagine. To see those tragic little dwarf figures with bones all twisted and stunted and their teeth decaying and drop ping out is heart rending. One feels in away personally responsible for a great deal of this suffering] In one ward I was shown a girl suf fering from osteomalacia (morbid bone suffering) which is a kind of late rickets, and formerly unknown in Austria. The suffering and shortage of last winter produced lit (Continued on Page Eight) U.S. FLEETS TO MEET IN BATHE Atlantic And Pacific Squadrons Ready For Sham Fray ON BOARD THE BATTLESHIP PENNSYLVANIA, Feb. 7. (By Wireless to the Associated Press.) War-time routing was being observ ed today on board the battleships and destroyers of the United States Atlantic fleet. The warships, which left Callao late Saturday, were steaming southward along the Pe ruvian coast to meet the United States Pacific fleet which left Val paraiso headed north. The two squadrons expected to meet any time in a sham battle, which would closely approximate conditions encountered in wartime on the high seas. VESSELS IN BATTLE FORMATION. SAN DIEGO, Feb. 7. Admiral Rodman, commander-in-chief of the. United States Pacific fleet, which left Valparaiso Saturday, had his vessels in battle formation today in preparation for the sham engagement with the United States Atlantic; squadron. The fleets expected to meet somewhere off the northern coast of Chile. Legion Exoected To Accept K. of C. Offer .... WASHINGTON, Feb. 7. The national executive committee of the American Legion, meeting here to day in the first of a three days ses sion, is expected to take final ac tion on the offer of the Knights of Columbus of a gift of $5,000,000 to be used for the erection in Wash ington of a war memorial building. Acceptance of the offer already has; been-recommended by a sub-commit tee and it was expected the full committee would follow the recom mendation. Mexicon Congress In Special Session MEXICO CITY, Feb. 7. The members of the Mexican congress met in extra session here today, ex pecting to dispose of many items in President Obregon’s reconstuction program before adjourning. Constable Killed Bv Thrown Irish Bomb BELFAST, Feb. 7.—One constable was killed and two others wounded by the explosion of a bomb thrown at them while on duty at Warren point, near Dunkalk last night. M~A~RIKETS . AMERICUS SPOT COTTON. Good Middling 13 l-4c. NEW YORK FUTURES. Pc Open 11am Ipm Close Meh ’3.75 13.95 1".75 13.40 13.34 Mav 14.14 14.20 14 11 13.80 13.”5 July 14.50 14.65 14.43 14 19 14.15 Oct. 14.80 14.95 11.75 14.45 14 23 PROUD OF IT. American boys would refuse to wear a girl’s muff—the “other fel lahs” might call him “sissy.” But Charles, an Austrian ward of the American Red Cross in Vienna, is proud of it. Clothes are scarce, in Vienna. DR. ELLIS HERE FOR MEETINGS .Overflowing Congrega gations Hear Unique Wisdom Sisters. Dr. T.iD. Ellis, pastor of Mulberry Street Methodist church, Maion, ar rived in Americus Monday at noon and preached a stirring senr.cn in the auditorium of the First Metho dist church in the afternoon to a well filled house. Dr. Ellis will be the guest of his brother, Col. George R. Ellis, during his two weeks’ stay in Americus. Assisting Dr. Ellis in the revival services are the Wisdom sisters, the famous trio of singers, who have toured the United States in the soul winning campaign they instituted several years ago. They will have charge of the musical features of the services, and under their direction a large ■chorus choir will be inaugurat ed at once. Members of the choirs from other churches have been in vited to participate in the song serv ices, and it is urged that every one who can sing will join this chorus work. / The methods of the WisSom sisters are unique. The old-fashioned spir itual hymns are sung without instru ment, their voices supplementing the musical tones of the instrument they wish to represent. They sang Sun day at both services, and overflow ing congregations heard them. They will sing at each service afternoon and evening during the two weeks continuance of the revival services. This church is the first in the South Georgia conference to secure the services of the Wisdom sisters, who came from Birmingham, Ala. From here they will go to Macon to assist Dr. Ellis in a revival which will be held in Mulberry Street church for two weeks. Later they will go to Columbus to assist Dr. J. A. Thomas in a revival in St. Luke’s church. A. A. A. Five Defeats High School Team The Amdricus Athletic Association defeated the Americus High school basketball five at the Y. M. C. A. Saturday night in a fast and hard fought game by a score of 36 to 12. The High School was outplayed, but did not give up, fighting until the last whistle. The High ' School's star forward, J. Wooten, is also a mem ber of the Athletic Association team and chose to play with the school team. The feature of the game was the gameness of the High School lads, they fighting every minute of the game, though the association team ran up enough points in the first quartet to win the game if there had been no scoring by them after than. The line-up for the game was: High School—J. Wooten and Perkins, for wards; R. Glover, center; Hammond and Fetner, guards; subs, Dudley, Johnson. Athletic Asso.—"Clarice and D. Glover, forwards; P. Wooten, center; Redd and Howe, guards; Pearlman, sub. Cq what ■MXII.D r Y voo mkb- ro«. GBOR<qfc» PRICE FIVE CENTS. SITUATION UP TO MIDDLEMAN, SAYS WILLIAMS Labor Must Make Decis ion, Comptroller Declares WASHINGTON, Feb 7.—The country is now in many respects on a sounder basis economically than it has been for years, Comptroller of the Currency John Skelton Williams informed congress today in what he described as his "seventh and last annual report.” Deflation, obviously inevitable a year ago, hns come, he said, and the prices of many basic commodities and raw materials have returned to pre-war levels or below. “It now remains for the middle man,” he declared, "to adjust his profits to the new prices before the ultimate consumer will receive the benefit of the reduced cost of liv ing.” Labor, Mr. Williams said, must soon determine whether shutdown and idleness is preferable to a lower wage scale, which will take into con sideration lower living charges. Mills and factories cannot afford to oper ate unless they can turn out com modities at prices the public can af ford to pay, he asserted, and said it is better for manufacturers to oper ate and produce goods at cost or at a narrow margin of profit than to close down entirely. Participation by labor with capital in profits he suggested as the only principle to restore business. Ptomaine Poisoning Fatal To Baby Boy ' Hilton Carey Bell, aged 2 1-2 I years, son of Mr. and Mrs. M. H. ' Bell, of Brooklyn Heights, died at ! 2:30 o’clock Sunday afternoon at i their home at 1110 McGarrah street ' after an illness of a few hours from I ptomaine poisoning. The death of the little fellow was ■ unusually sad, he being seized with ! convulsions and suffering terrible i agony in his last hours. The poison- I ing is supposed to have resulted from j some articles of food carelessly left ■ in an opened can about a grocery store near the child’s home and about which he frequently played. The infected food was eaten Satur day, but it was not until Sunday that his condition became such as to alarm his parents, and then medical skill was helpless. The child is survived by his pa . rents and one small sister, Mildred, I and a little brother, Elza. The fun i oral, was held Monday morning at ;11 o clock from Concord church, near Americus, conducted by Rev. G. R. I Partin. Interment took place in | Concord cemetery. Central Baotist Pastor Too 111 For Preaching Rev. Henry T. Brookshire, pastor of Central Baptist church, has been ill for the past few days, ana was un able to fill the pulpit at his church Sunday morning or evening. At the morning service A. C. Fell man, a Christian Jewish speaker, gave an interesting talk on the ways and means of his conversion, and a large congregation heard him with attention. The evening hour was spent in a prayer and praise service led by W. T. Lane, and spiritual songs were rendered by the choir. Mr. Brookshire is improving and will be able to attend his pastoral duties within the next several days. Work-or-Jail Threat Clears City Streets NEWPORT NEWS, Va., Feb. 7. A “work or jail’ ’edict, which city officials threatened a few days ago, has served to reduce idleness and begging here to a minimum, City Manager L. C. Thom declared to day. Unemployment has not reach ed a stage where the city nas con sidered it necessary to begin the sew er and street improvement program to give work to the idle. WEATHER. Forecast for Georgia Rain to night and Tuesday; warmer tonight, cooler Tuesday in northwest portion. AMERICUS TEMPERATURES (Furnished by Rexall Store,) 4 pm 64 4 am ... 54 6 r»m 6? 6 am 52 8 pm ...59 . 8 am 53. 10 pm 57 10 am ...........60 Midnight sfr Noon 66 2 am- 55 2 pm 71