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THE WORLD
FORTY-1 HIRD YEAR.—NO. 42.
Hughes Accepts Secretary Os State Post
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HO FOLLOWS
STORM, MOW
TO NORTHEAST
Memphis Has Heaviest
Snow In Three
i .... Years
WASHINGTON, Feb. 19.—Much
colder weather, wth a cold wave
and freezing temperatures as far
youth as the Gulf coast were fore
cast today by the weather bureau.
Rain or snow in northern Missis
sippi and Alabama were indicated.
Cold wave warnings were issued
for extreme southern Mississippi
and northwest Florida.
The disturbance that was central
over Arizona Friday morning had
moved, to the middle Gulf coast, at
tended by rain and snow. The storm
will move rapidly northeastward, at
tended by ri'.iij in the Southeast, rain
and '.now in the- middle, and snow in
thd northern sections cast of the
Mississippi river within the next 24
hours.
Colder weather will follow the dis
turbance.
MEMPHIS SNOW
HEAVIEST IN 3 YEARS
MEMPHIS, Feb. 19—Five and one
half inches of snow and sleet here
yesterday were followed by another
heavy fall of snow this morning. The
snowfall is the heaviest in three
years. *
Weds Girl Who Wsote
Him Letters In France
CORDELE, Feb. 19.—A romance
that had its beginning when he was a
doughboy with Uncle Sam’s expe
ditionary army in France, had its cul
mination when John Henry Pitts,
Crisp county tax collector, was mar
ried to Miss Fanic Copeland, of Grif
fin this week.
It was lonesome for the American
soldiers in France, away from* home
and friends, and they liked.to receive
letters from the good old U. S. A.
Pitts’ best chum in the army, who
lived next door neighbor to Miss
Copeland in Griffin, gave Mr. Pitts
her name and a corespondence start
ed between them. She sent her pic
ture and friendship developed into
courtship. And so ran their love af
fair which resulted so happily for
them Wednesday.
The bride is a charming young wo
man, popular among a wide circle
of friends at Griffin and elsewhere.
She is a member of a prominent
■North Georgia family. Mr. Pitts is
among the most popular young mev
of the county. The esteem in which
he is held was attested in the elec
tion held last year for county tax
collector of Crisp, in which he defeat
ed several strong opponents.
1,590 Shopmen Laid
Off At Norfolk, Va.
NORFOLK, Va., Feb. 19. Ap
proximately fifteen hundred employ
cs in the East End Shops of the Nor
folk a„nd Western Railroad here were
laid off at noon today until March
1. The cut represents about half
of the force at the shops. ,
YOUNG OFFICER WOOES AND
WINS CORDELE GIRL BY MAIL;
MEET FIRST ON WEDDING DAY
CORDELE, Feb. 19.—Iler picture,,
love at lang distance, courtship and i
engagement by mail, a trip across i
several states to claim the girl he .
loved, but whdm he had never seen,
and finally marriage, constitute the.
high spots in the matrimonial af
fair of Lieutenant Ralph li. Rule,!
Fort Meade,' Maryland, and Miss
Gladys Bartlett, of Near Cordele, ■
one of the strangest and most ro
mantic love stories ever told. Thurs
day afternoon Lieutenant Rule be
came the husband of Miss Bartlett.,
daughter of J. T. Bartlett, of Crisp ;
county, and this is how it happened:!
Some months ago, Lieut. Rule ac- I
cidentally came in possession of -a '
picture of Miss Bartlett through a j
friends on a visit at .Fort Meade, He J
immediately fell in love with the j
picture. He obtained her address
and wrote her a letter. She answer
ed it in a spirit, of fun. He sent
his picture and s h e fell in love, with !
it. Then for month after month-it- |
was a case of courtship by mail.
After a time they became engaged
and the groom set about to arrange
] ,'.ns when ho (should claim ' his
bride. Securing a fifteen-day fur
lough from Fort Meade, he arrived in
Cordele Thursday and secured an
automobile to take him to the Bart
lett home, 11 miles southeast of Cor-
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SETH TANNER
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First a Till wants a career an’
then rjhe wants a hu’band—an’
which is easier t’ git. Nobody
ever does much fer a b‘g man.
REJECT BIDS FOR
PLAINS BONDS
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Isp’je I o Be Offered For
Few Davs On 6 Pct
Basis
The bids for the $50,000 bond is
sue of the Plains consolidated school
district were rejected Friday by the
school trustees because they were un
satisfactory, and they instructed their
attorneys, Shipp & Sheppard, to rc
bffer them. The two best bidders
were J. E, D. Shipp of the firm of
Shipp & Sheppard, who /offered a
price to yield him 6 per cent for $lO,-
000 of the bonds, and Weil Roth Co.,
of Ohio, which offered 84 and inter
est. No other bids were considered.
After deliberation, the trustees de
cided to hold the entire issue to be
sold on a basis of 6 per cent with
accrued interest, .and instructed their
attorney to offer them for a few
days on that basis, and if not prompt
ly sold to withdraw them altogether.
It is understood Mr. Shipp’s offer
stands, and he is seeking a purchas
er for the remainder, or $40,000 of
the bonds,
Rylanders Finishinn
Richland Building
RICHLAND, Feb. 19.—After a de
lay of several weeks work has been
resumed on the Rylander building
and will be pushed through rapidly
until the completion of the building
Practically all of the brick work on
the walls, the interior cementing and
other heavy work was finished before
the holdup several weeks ago.
The worknjen are now on the front
work and when finished the building
will be one of the prettiest in the city.
The finishing interior, work will be
completed as soon as the front wall
and plate windows arc set. The sec
ond story will be equipped with sev
eral offices and the lower flobr will
be devoted entirely to automobile and
storage rooms.
( dele. He found no difficulty in se
I curing’the consent of the young wo
-1 man'to .have the marriage ceremony
. performed at once and little time
necessary to convince her parents
, that he was in dead earnest and a
young man of splendid qualities and
i gentlemanly conduct.
i When the couple came to the of
fice of Judge W. I*. Fleming, ordi
nary, they found the judge out of
town,’ hut aft< r considerable diffi
culty secured a marriage license
, through P. H. Greene, clerk of the
I Superior court, and his permission
! for the ceremony, to take placd in
i his office.
The Superior, court clerk happens
| to be a lover of the things of nature
J and beautiful flowers and’ he has a
! large* quantity 'of ferns and flowers
. in his office rooms. With these ar
ranged for a background, the scene
| took on pretty much., the nature of
pan elaborate we.dding when Judge Z.
; H. Winn, of the justice court, per
foriried’the rites which made Lieuten
ant Rule ahd Miss, Bartlett man and
Wife. ' ’
' • The bride is a dainty and attract
i ive little .woman.. The groom is a
son of Lieutenant Colonel Frank B.
Rule, Camp Bragg. N, C. The happy
couple left on the afternoon train eu
route to Fort Meade. '
THE TffiSgß® RDER
bW PUBLISHED IN THE HEART OR
AMERICUS GIRL I
SEES PRESIDENT
BENT, P ATRETIC
Miss Ellen Estes Writes
Os His Visit To
' Theater
A pathetic picture of President
Wil. on as “old, bent and broken and
cannot, walk,’’ who has “given his
life to bis cause and now all he gets
is a slap in the face.” is painted by
■Miss EUen Estes, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. W. 11. Estes, now playing
in “Apple Blossoms,” which appeared
in Washington a few days ago and
which was attended by the president,
Mrs. Wilson and her mother. Miss
Estes was close enough to the presi
dent almost to touch him, and se
cured an intimate view of him and
also observed his ability to get about.
Her letter, written to her mother
here, follows:
“I’ve never been so thrilled in all
my life as I’ve been today. President
Wilson was at the show tonight. Os
course we heard it this afternoon,
mid went down early to get ail dress
.cd up. We expected him to enter
through the stage entrance, as he al
ways-. does, hut instead the machines
came through another alley and
were parked right urtder our dressing
room windows. There were two ma
chines- his own and another one
guarding, or rather, escorting.
“We put out the lights inside and
watched them right under us. He and
his wife and her mother sat outside
until jjist before the overture, and
then they carried him in. I’ve never
seen anything so pitiful in all my
life he is old and bent and brok-
end and cannot walk. He is almost
bent over, and they almost carried
him in. He walked, or rather hobblefl,
on a cane, with a man on each side.
He may have made mistakes, but he
gave his life to his cause, and now
all he gets is a slap in the-face.
“When he entered the box, the au ■
dience rose, (we saw through the
peephole in the curtain) and applaud
ed, and were very sweet to him. His
face has the saddest expression I have
ever seen in my life. His wife is
very good looking, and dressed in
white with orchids. Her mother was
in black lace. They enjoyed the show
and the president smiled very often
—they were right in the box, nearly
enough to touch, and I was always
on that side of the stage. Os course
he and his wife didn’t applaud—that
isn’t done—but Mrs. Wilson’ mother
did, and 'Ley smiled their apprecia
tion.
“When they got up to leave, the
audience rose and applauded again,
and they left through the back of
the stage. Toor old man! Then we
all f’ow up to our dressing rooms
and hung out the windows. There
were all those plain clothes men in
the alley and t];e policemen. And
then came this poor old man, as >
said, almost bent double. They put
him in the machine, then the ladies
got in. Mrs. Wilson looked up and
saw us and told the president to look,
too, which he did. He took off his hat
and they both waved to us, Mrs. Wil
son with both hands, and he with
his good one—the other one is para
lyzed—and they waved until they
were out of sight. When wo camp out,
there wt're about “a million people”
waiting to see hint, but he had gone
out the other way. I've never had
such a thrilling experience, and one
I I shall never forget.” .
Health Comjnmicmer
To Attend Augusta Meet
- Dr. B. F. Bond, county commis
sioner of health, will leave a 2 o’clock
th>s afternoop for Augusta to attend
the state health officers institute
w’ ich will bp held there Feb. 21 to
March 4 inclusive. During his ab
sence Dr. J. W. Chambliss, county
physician, will enforce quarantine
regulations and otherwise perform
the. duties of the office of the com
missioner of health.
L. & N. Asks Permit To
Make 4 1-2 Million Loan
'WASHINGTON, Feb. 19. The.
Louis ville and Nashville railroad, to
day asked premission of tlje Ihter
iilate, Commerce Commission to
Pledge bonds nd other securities as
collateral upon a -proposed loan of'
$4,500,009 from "Morgan & Company,
of New York.
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 20, 1921
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‘I’VE TOILED TO WIN ESTEEM, NOT LIKING,”
DECLARES HUGHES, NEXT SECRETARY OF STATE
Here’s Something About
Man Who’ll Head
Cabinet
HUGHES’ ONCE OVER.
Age—sß.
Birthplace—Glenn Falls, N. Y.
Antecedents—Welsh.
Education —Colgate University,
Brown University, Columbia Law
School.
Profession —Teacher, later law
yer.
Wife—Miss Antoinette Carter,
Dec. 5, 1888.
Children—One son, three daugh
ters; Charles E. Hughes, Jr., Helen,
Elizabeth and Catherine.
Literary Fancies—Ficlion, sci
ence, law.
Religion—Baptist.
NEW YORK, Feb. 19.—Charles
Evans Hughes, who has accepted the
post of the next secretary of state,
sums up his own character in this
recent statement:
“The other day a man said I was
Mid-Victorian in my ways of think
ing. Well, I have lived and toiled to
win esteem, -not liking.”
Hughes promised his father that
he would not read a novel until he
completed college. He kept his
word.
He applied himself so closely to
his work that, he admits, he seldom
called uicn Miss Antoinette Car’er,
to whom he was engaged and whom
he married Dec. 5, 1888.
Entry In New York
After his marriage he moved to
New York. Few knew him. He
mixed little jn. polities.
Then in 1905 he was appointed as
counsel for a New York legislative’
committee investigating gas And elec
tric companies. In three weeks he
proved the Consolidated gas compan
ies a monopoly..
Later in the same year he was
called from abroad to conduct the
Armstrong investigation of the life
insurance companies,
Hughes emerged with the reputa
tion of being the shrewdest cross
examiner in the country.
He was elected governor of New
York in 1906, defeating William
Randolph Hearst. He was re-elected
in 1908 and before his second term
had expired was named a justice of
the Supreme court by President
Taft.
“It was my chief aim in life to
2 HELD IN HUGE
MAIL ROBBERY
Loot Valued At Hun
dreds Os Thousands
Unofficially
LITTLE FALLS, Minn., Feb. 19.
—Two suspects arrested here this
morning following a gun battle, arc
being held in connection with the in
vestigatien of the holdup of a mail
car on a Northern Pacific train last
night in which registered mail unof
ficially valued at several hundred
thousand dollars, was taken. The
mail clerk was shot in the hold up.
Ordered To Beat Up
Agitators, Quits Job
BIRMINGHAM, Feb. 19—Orders
he said he receiycd to “beat.hell out
of the agitators” today were assign
ed by Sid Cowan as one of the rea
sons for his resignation as chief dep
uty of the state law enforcement de
partment.
Enforcement officers were with
drawn yesterday from the strike zone
by executive 'order.
LEARNS SON WAS
SHOT BY BOCHES
BEFORE CANTIGNY
CHICAGO, Feb’. 19„ Official
reports .today brought to Mrs.
Frank Kendall the story that her
son, Lieut. Oliver J. Kendall, was
shot, by Germans as a spy just be
fore the first great American vic
tory at Cintigny because he.would
no toeveal details of the American
forces.
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MR. AND MRS. CHARLES I
EVANS HUGHES AND THEIR
WASHINGTON HOME.
reach the greatest bench in th* I
world,” says Hughes.
Hughes resigned from Supreme
court in 1916 to', actept the Republi
can nomination for president.
Two Pictures of Him
“A mah of ardent temperament,
dominated by absolutely clear vision”
-—that’s the picture French Ambas
sador Jusserand draws of him.
Another picture is seen by the cas
ual visitor to the Bridgehampton
home. There you find him fun-lov
ing, likable, human. A man devoted
to his family. The constant com
panion of his son and three daugh
ters. The supervisor of their edu
cation.
He is a lover of the mountains.
Every summer finds him in them.
Those very close to Hughes will
tell you that there is one office he
would rather hold than that of sec-,
retary of state. It is chief justice
of the Supreme court.
CARUSO WINS
FIGHT FOR LIFE
Physician Says He Is
Satisfied—Still Some
Danger
NEW YORK, Feb. 19.—Enrico Ca
ruso’s struggle for life which began
Tuesday night when he suffered s.
nearly fatal heart attack, apparently
has been won. There still is danger
of another relapse, Dr. Antonio Stel
la, his personal physician, stated to
day, but he asserted he was-satisfied
with the singer’s condition and was
confident he will get. well.
Past Master’s Jewel
Given Harvey Mathis
At. a regular .Communication of M.
P>! Council Lodge No. 95, F. & A.
M.. Friday night the Masters de
gree was conferred upon four can
didates. <
After the cmnpletion of the work,
a Past Master's jewel was. presented
to Past Master Harvey Mathis by the
members of the lodge as an anpre
ciation of his 'loyal services and in :
terest in the order.
MARKETS .
AMERICUS SPOT COTTON.
Good Middling •13 cents. . ’
NEW YORK. FUTURE?,
Pc Open 11am Close
Meh .13.10 J 3.05 12.98 12.90
May 13.60 13.50 13.52 13.45
July’— 14.02 1'3.95 14.00 13.90
Oct. ...'. 14.45 14.4 L 14.35 14.30
One. pf the worst penalties that
can be imposed on 3 Hindu is that
.of being outcast.
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RICHLAND FOLK
NOW PAYING UP
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Business Conditions Re
ported As Showing
Improvement
RICHLAND, Feb. 19. Business
conditions in Richland have made .1
considerable move towards times of
normalcy during the past ten days
and already the merchants, bankers
and guano concerns are ‘feeling the
good results of the upward trend of
business conditions, says the News.
The saw mills and planers through
out the territory were started in op
eration some two ago and the
big lumber trucks are seen movin x
along the highways loaded to their
capacity at all houFs of the day now.
Mills are humming and planers are
zunning as to indicate that better
times are ahead.
During the past week several thou
sand pounds of peas and peanuts
have been sold by the farmers who
arc placing the money on bank and
guano accounts or depostiing ip banks
for future use.
The peanut sales have decreased
during the past few days account o£
the. decline in the peanut market but
it is believed that the market will
revive during the next week and the
sale movement started agatn.
.The general concensus of opinion
among the people everywhere now is
to close out their last year’s crop.;
by degrees, not flooding the markets
at any true, and take stock.of the
new conditions and make a new start
for 1921.’This decision means a loss
to ail, but since merchants, manufac
turers and all others have already
had to take their losses the farmers
are becoming inclined to follow the
course and do likewise.
Needles To Fly Now '
As. Result Os Big Sale
Needles will be flying now for a
•few days ip Americus. Practically
thte entire stock of Royal Society
goods carried by the Walked.
nery store was sold Thursday, Fri
da'y and Saturday as a result of a
small advertisgjpijnt inserted in the
Times-Reeoider i;y Mrs.
The store was thronged with wom
en during the sale, to whom the at
tractive prices- for this-high grade
material for fancy work appealed:
The number of women engageiLJn
outdoor sports has increased five
times in'the last five years.
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PRICE FIVE CENTS.
HARDING MAKES
ANNOUNCEMENT
OF HIS SELECTION
President-Elect Takes
Up Policies Tn Con
ferences
ST. AUGUSTINE, Feb. 19.—The
selection of Charles Evans Hughes to
be secretary of state was definitely
announced today by President-elect
Harding. Hughes has accepted the
post. He conferred with the presi- -
dent-elect, there yesterday.
The president-elect laid aside his
uncompleted cabinet shite today and
centered his attention on policies
rather than men. The day’s consul
tations were concerned chiefly, with
two public questions, taxation and
foreign relations, which are expect
ed to loom largest, or. the first hori
zon of the new administration.
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Bankruptcy F iled
Against Lewis Concern
MONTEZUMA Feb. 19. The
Montezuma Manufacturing Company,
against which an involuntary bank
ruptcy petition has been filed ip the
federal district court in Macs'n,’ bp
erated one of the largest oil mills in
this section and a small knitting mill.
The late E. B. Lewis owned controll
ing interest in the company.
The cotton oil mill is valued at
about $200,000. It is practically a
new plant, the old mill being destroy
ed by fire' about a year and a half
ago. The knotting plant was only a
small, concern and employed but few
people .
PETITION BROUGHT BY
OUTSIDE CONCjyiNS.
MACON, Feb. 19. A pcittion in
bankruptcy agaiiwl the Montezuma
j Manufacturing Company, a $200,000
| corporation of Montezuma Friday by
I the Guaranty Trust Company, a cor-
I porqtion of New York, the American
Tread Company of New York, and
Alfred Truitt, doing business as
Truitt Coal and Iron. Co., of At
lanta.
Because of the failure of the
Lewis Banking Company of Monte
zuma and of the First National Bank,
the manufacturing company was
forced to shut down several weeks
ago.
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Two Couples Back
From Florida Towr
Mr. and Mrs. R. 1,, Maynard and
Mrs, W. C. Carter returned-Friday
afternoon from a two weeks atito trip
through Florida. Their tour carried
them to Tampa, Fort Meade, Fort
Myers, and other points.
At Fort Meade they were guests
of Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Morgan, re
cently of Americus, where, they
sampled first band from the trees
the fine oranges, grape fruit and
and tangerines grown by Mr. Mon
gan.
Minister Coming To
Inspect College Offer
Word was received by the Chamber
of Commerce yesterday from Rev. G.
O. Lankford, chairman of the col
lege locating committee of the Christ
ian church, t-’rat he would visit Am
ericus alone Thursday of this week
for the purpose of inspecting the site
and advantages offered by Americus
for the placing of the college her?.
The coming of the other members
of.the committee has been prevent
ed by "illness.
15,000 Bales Shipped
By New Export Bank
NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 19.—Ship
ment 'of 15,000 bales of cotton to
Europe by a Mississippi firm and a
transaction involving shippment of
I 300. bales of Texas co on to Lisbori
Portugal, ware the first pieces of
businc':- announced by
International Banking company, for
mally organized and chartered Mere
last Monday.
. For the last three cenfuHjps 82 per
cent .of Mexico’s arable land-has been
held in large estates. • ' " \
WEATHER.
Forecast for Georgia— '
Fair aud cooler; fresh to strang
east and northcast winds, shifting to ■
northwest. .•
AMERICUS TEMPERATURES
■ ~*'r(i&r rn ’ s l ie d Store.) .
6 pmr 62 8 am 52
Bpm 60 10 am 52
10 pm 57 Nopn ...55
Midnight 55 • 2pm 58
2 am 55 -4 pm 58
4 am 55 6 pm ...56