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ASSOCIATED
PRESS NEWS OF
THE WORLD
FORTY-THIRD YEAR.—NO. 43
[Daugherty Given Post of Attorney General
PEACHES SAFE
FOR PRESENT AS
i STORM PASSES
| Minimum Temperature
Os 38 Degrees With
Warmer Coming
The peach crop is safe for the pres
j ent, to all indications. The cold wave
I arrived, but it failed to reach the
I freezing point, or even very close to
I freezing. The minimum Sunday
| night, acocrding to the government
[ thermometer in charge of J. M. Bry-
I an, local weather observer, was 33
degrees. The storm having passed far
5 to the northeast, the temperature
from the present disturbance is not
expected to go any lower than this
figure. The official forecast for Geor
gia today was “Unsettled weather to
night, with probably rain or snow
and rising temperature Tuesday.”
Drizzling rain fell at intiei*vals
throughout Monday, with indications
that, it might become a downpour at
any time,.
The passing of the cold wave with
out a freeze proved a source of great
relief to peach orchard owners. The
trees are generally in nearly full
blossom and even a slight freeze
might do great damage at this time.
ANOTHER SNOWSTORM
PROBABLE IN EAST.
'WASHINGTON, Feb. 2lf—Anoth
er snowstorm ove ' the greater por
tion of the territory east of the Mis
sissippi and north of the Tennessee
and North Carolina line, is probable
tonight and Tu ay, the Weather
Bureau announceu today.
9 DEATHS RESULT OP
STORM IN NEW YORK.
NEW YORK, Feb. 21.—Nine per
sons lost their lives, directly or indi
rectly as the result of the storm
which struck here early Sunday morn
ing and continued until after 10
last night. Snow reached a depth of
12 and a half inches. Thousands were
employed today clearing the way for
traffic.
Houston Replies To
Hearst Injunction Suit
m
WASHINGTON, Feb. 21.—Denial
that any portion of the money ad
vanced to the Kerensky government
of Russia is still under the control of
Secretary Houston was made by Sol
icitor General William L. Frierson, in
a brief filed today with the District
of Columbia Supreme court in re
sponse to the suit brought by William
Randolph Hearst, as a tax-payer, to
enjoin the secretary of the treasury
from further financial transactions
with foreign governments.
Frierson declared there was no oc
casion for an injunction, as the de
' fendant had no intention of estab
lishing further credits to any foreign
governments, as must have been
known to the plaintiff when he filed
his bill.
Stages Daring .Hold-Up
In Memphis Square
MEMPHIS, Feb. 21.—An unidenti
fied man held up a messenger employ
ed by the Memphis branch of the
Federal Reserve bank as he was pass
ing through Courts Square, in the
center of the business district, shortly
before noon today and robbed him of
a satchel said to have contained $2.-
700 in currency. After admonishing
the messenger to “keep going”, the
robber escaped in the crowds passing
through the square.
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tryiti’ to make people think we’re
rifcht, instead o’ being right, A lot
o’ex-town drunkards ’ll die'thirsty,
but not in th’ poorhouse.
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suffering he has endured. The photograph shows (left to right) president Wilson and Secretaries Houston, i-'aimer, Daniel, Meredith, Wilson, Colby, Baker, Burleson,
farewell picture
of President Wil
son and his cabi
net. It was taken
in the cabinet
room of the
White House on
Feb. 15, and
confirms the pa
thetic picture of
the president
penned by Miss
Ellen Estes in
her letter pub
lished Sunday.
The p r e s i d ent
came to the cab
inet room lean
ing on a heavy
i liber - tipped
cane, which he
continued to
hold in his hand
lifter he was seat
ed. The president
has gained some
weight, but he is
far from strong
and his face and I
stooping carriage j
1 plainly show the
Payne and Alexa
Hawkins Duroc Herd Takes
Its Place as Equal of Best In
U. S.; Swine Royalty There
Few Georgians—even few • Sum
ter county people—know that Sun*
ter county has a herd of pure bred j
hogs as fine as anything in the Unit
ed States. Yet such is‘ the case. The
herd belongs to C. C. Hawkins and is
located his-farm of more than
800 acres' four miles from Ameri
cus on the Ellaville road. It is of the
Duroc variety, composed of repre
sentatives oi’ tha royalty and aristoc
racy of the breed.
“There is not a finer herd any
where,” said Mr. Hawkins this morn
ing to a Times-Recorder man, after
showing him through fte 28 farrow
ing pens and acrbss the field to where
Pattern Defender, grand champion
boar, was browsing on young oats
near the herdsman’s cottage. “There
is no finer herd because there can t
be; we have tine best strains in exist
ence and the best of these strains that
money can buy, and that is why I say
there are no better herds. We have
secured many of these animals by
careful search through the best herds
of the country and at heavy cost. For
instance, last year my son, Emmett,
and our overseer journeyed 1,000
miles through OMo and Indiana,
stopping at every farm on the way
where there were good herds. These
two fine sows von see here are what,
they found, and they are as fine sows
as will be seen in any herd in Ameri
ca today. They would have been the
class of the show's last fall had we
been able to exhibit them, but we
were short of competent help at that
time and were unable to synd them
to the fairs. We expect to show
them this fall.
In the Hawkins herd will be found
direct decendants of the following
fancy pficed champion boars: Walt
Top Colonel, Jackson’s Orion King,
Scissors, Joe Orioji 2d, Orion Cherry
King, Jr., and Defender. The sig
nificance of all these'names is known
to every breeder of Duroc hogs.
Mr. Hawkins has 28 farrowing
pens, leading from th,e main,road. In
thie first pen shown wds a 500- pound
sow, a beauty, sired by Jackson’s Ori
on King, the $32,000 boar of Colum
bia, Miss. “Yes, she cost us a good
bit of money,” said Mr. Hawkins.
In the next pen was one of the
two herd boars, Pattern Defender.
This boar was bought last year by
Mr. Hawkins from McKee Brothers,
of Versailles, Ky., atf’ter they had sold
him to another breeder for $7,500
and the deal had fallen through un
expectedly.
“He was grand champion over all
breeds at Louisville, Ky., last Oc
tober,” said Mr. . Hawkins. “At the
Southeastern fair, at Atlanta he won!
first place in his class; at the state
fair in Macon he was grand cham
pion over all, won the same .distinc
tion at Savannah and Valdosta, and
first in his class again at Jackson
ville.” » ■ ■ •
“Here is a sow bred to. Scissors,
the great $50,000,” said Mr. Haw
kins as the next, pen was reached.
“Scissors is', recognized as probably
the greatest boar of the day. We
have eight or ten pigs, top, out of
Scissors.
“And here are nine pretty gilts
from Orion Cherry King, Jr., the boar
sold by Peacock and . Hodges, of
Cochran, for $1(5,000 to an Arkansas
breeder.
“This big-boned boar is Orion King j
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Orion 4th, line bred direct from
Orion Cherry King. We are using
him for herd purposes along Pattern
Defender. Iff* ths pen you wll see ten
young boars. These are all ready for
light use in breeding, and all are
fine stock. Three of them are sired
by Scissors, which puts them in the
top notch class.”
This is but a glimpse of the fine
lot of individuals and families of
swine aristocracy which Mr. Haw
kins showed. There were a dozen
sows, weighing from 350 to GOO
pounds each, with litters of silky,
kittenish pigs playing about them.
“They rum “about 10 to 13 to the lit
er,” said Mr. Hawkins. “When spring
farrowing is through he will have
about 200 small pigs coming on.”
The Hawkins herds is in charge of
Emmett Hawkins, who' is associated
witfo his father, and R. A. Lucas, a
herdsman of many years experience,
who was brought here a short time
ago from Indiana. He has been as
sociated with many fine herds', but
thinks he is now with the finest he
has ever handled.
“We have many breeding animals
here that the farmers of Sumter could
now use to advantage,” said Mr.
Hawkins. “There are a number of
fine young boars and sows that are
ready to be disposed of. I. am very
anxious to get a number of Sumter
county farmers interested in growing
this fine grade of hogs, not only for
their own good ahd the good of Sum
ter county, but also from a selfish
standpoint. The more fipe bogs we
raise here the more buyers we will
have coming in here looking for
choce breeding at good prices. Buy
ers go where there are plenty of
herds to pick from; they will not go
where there ir a single herd or two.
That is" one reason why I do not ob
ject to other farmers going into the
fancy stock business alongside of
me; it will be good business for me
as well as for him. And so I am very
anxicus to have at least a god share
of the animals 1 will have for dis
posal this spring taken right here in
Sumter county.
Many of these' arc ready right
now to be sold. Wq had planned a
sale for last December, but economic
conditions made it advisable to post
pone it. We have now decided to
hold it in July. We will have at least
breed sows, all fine stock, to
place in this sale, and hope the dis
tinguished strains represented will
prove attractive enough to interest
breeders from a considerable dis
tance. We are preparing now to erect
a combination farrowing and sales
barn, and have the material
on the ground. The farrow
ing section will be 2G by GO feet,
and the sales barn 48 by 38-feet, :
with high ceiling seats and evej'y con
venience for buyers.”
As said at the beginning of tfais ar
ticle, few people even in Sumter
county know (hat they have right'
here among them a herd of hogs as
fine as any in thp country. A trip
to the Hawkins farm is worth the
time of any lover of classy stock.
For class stands -out all over every
bit of it.
The temperature of the human
body is only about 97.2 .degrees-be
tween 2 and G -o'clock in the morn
ing.
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, MONDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 21, 1921.
NEW CIVIC CLIJB,
LIONS, IS BEING
ORGANIZED HERE
First Luncheon Set For
Wednesday—Visitors
Coming
Americuq.is to hayp a new civic
organization, the announcement be-
today that a Lions
Club, a branch of the international
organization of that name, is being
formed here and organization will be
peifeeted* at a luncheon at the Tea
Room at 12:30 o’clock "Wednesday.
At that time Tom Marriott, of Chi
cago, national organizer now work
ingout of Atlanta, will be present, ac
companied by about ten members of
the flourishing Atlanta Lion’s club,
including J. It. Smith, well known
state political leader, and Tom Gen
try, popular young Atlanta business
man.'
The 1-ions dub is said to be simi
lar in plan and purpose to the Ro
tary and Kiwanis clubs, and to be
strong in other sections of the coun
try. The work of organizing new
clubs in the South on an extensive
scale has only recently been under
taken, and Americus is one of the
earliest towns outside of the largest
cities to be given a club. A mini
mum of thirty charter memfiers-is re
quired to organize. Classification is
limited to .two members from a sin
gle profession or line of business,
one of whom is given an active sta
tus, with the voting privilege, and
the other an associate or non-voting
status. The associate member is
constantly in line for the active mem
bership whenever the active member,
by non-attendance or lack of inter
est suspends himself under the rules
of the 'organization.
Organizer Marriott visited Amer
icus last week at the invitation of
Dan Chappell, and, assisted -by Mr.-
Chappell and a small group of other
local men, enrolled a large share of
(he required 30 men. The mem
berships, it is said, will extent into
(he. rural district and other towns in
Sumter county.
Caruso Permitted To
Eat Heavy Breakfast
NEW YORK, Feb. 21.—Enrico Ca
ruso spent a restful night and was
permitted tb eat a hearty meal when
he awoke this morning. Ho was smil
ing and talkative. . .
LAYMEN”S MEETING OPENS
NASHVILLE, Feb. 21.—The Lay
men’s Missionary' movement of the
Southern Presbyterian church open
ed a two days session here today with
“Forward t.o. Normal” as the. conven
tion theme. Preeminent laymen from
various Southern cities are attending.
About 500 people are killed and’
800 injured by boiler explosions ev
ery year in this country.
W® R FSJII C
Mayor In Proclamation Calls
For Washington’s Birthday To
Be Observed; Banks To Close
The birthday of George Washing
ton, the first president of the United
States, and the man who led the Con
tinental armies and, against the
greatest of odds, won independence
for our country from England, will
be observed by the city officials, and
the banks, and by the city schools
with a half holiday and a program at
the High school building. The banks
and offices will be closed all day.
Today Mayor Sheppard issued a
proclamation calling on the citizen
ship for general observation of the
day qs follows:
“MAYOR’S OFFICE,
“Feb. 1, 1921.
“Whereas, Feb. 22nd has been hal
lowed and made a legal holiday, by
reason of its being the birthday of
him who was first in war, first in
peace and first in the hearts of jiis
countrymen • v
“Therefore, I, J.. E. Sheppard,
mayor of the City qf Americus, do
hereby issue this, my proclamation
requesting that the day be generally
observed, and directing that it be ob
served by the different departments
of the Mayor and City Council of
Americus, in sa far as it may be prac-
DR. ALLEN FORT
SERIOUSLY ILL
Slightly Improved, Hol
lis Fort Wires Pneu
monia Follows Flu
In response to a wire from Nash
ville, Tenn., Sunday saying that his
brother, I)r. Allen Fort, formerly of
this city, was dangeiously. ill front
pneumonia .following an attack of
influenza, Hollis Fort, left Sunday
afternoon for that city to be at his
bedside. This afternoon Mrs. Hollis
Fort received a telegram from her
husband stating that he had arrived
this morning, had verified the word
that his hrotjbier. was suffering from
pneumonia, but had been informed
by his physician that his condition
was slightly more favorable. Dr.
Fort’s little son.-who has fiperr suffer
ing from a siege of scarlet fever,
was found considerably improved, fie
wired.
Dr. Fort is pastor of the First
Baptist phurch of Nashville ‘and one
of the most prominent ministers In
the Southern Baptist church.
Statistics show that annually $2,-
000,000,000 is lost by aefidents in
the United States,
The crystal, tourmaline, acts like
ember in attracting srnal. 1 bits • of
paper and straw.
tical in the conduct of the city’s busi
ness. J. E. SHEPPARD,
Mayor, City of Americus, Ga.”
The pupils of the grammar schools
of the city will be marched to the
high school to listen to the Washing
ton Day program. Representatives
of the D. A. R. also be present.
The following program will be
rendered:
Song, “Columbia, The Gem of the
Ocean”—School.
Reading, “The Twenty-Second of
February” (William Cullen Bryant)
—Eleanor Bass. »
Address, “The Life of Washing
ton”—James Collins.
Music—Americus Mandolin Club.
Reading, Acceptance of the Ap
pointment as Commander-in-Chief
(Washington)—Flora Bacot.
Music—Mandolin ciub.
Reading, Washington’s FarcweH to
the Army—Hewin Hammond. *
Reading, "Washington” (James
Rustel 1 Lowell)—Dorothy Dunaway.
Two five-minute talks—“A Trip to
Mount Vernon’, —Miss Eunice Rus
tin. “A Trip to Fairfax Courthouse,”
Prof. C. M, Hale.
Star Spangled Banner—School.
After (he exercises the entire
school will be dismissed, giving the
pupils a half holiday.
TURKS TO GET
GREEK 801 DINGS
1 Premiers Agree On
Change In Sevres
Treaty
LONDON, Feb. 21 (By ‘Asso
ciated Press,) —-Revision of the
treaty of Sevres to give Turkey ad
ditional territory in Thrace now oc
cupied by the Greeks, \yas decided
upon by Premier Lloyd George and
-llriand- today in •consultations preced
ing the NeqY East Conferences here.
The decision, before coming effec
tive, however; •must be approved by
the Allied colleagues of the premiers’.
BIG QUESTIONS FOR
LEAGUE COUNCIL.
PARIS, F,eb. 21. ■>— Questions of
great, importance, including the Al
lied attitude toward Danzig, were
laid before the council of the League
of •Nations when it met here today.
Gotham Hires Johnson
To Fight Traction Bills
NEW YORK, Fob.- 21.—Corpora
tion Counsel O’Brien announced To
day that with the approval of Mayor
Ilylan he had engaged Senator Hiram
Johnson, of California, to fight the
traction hills before the legislature,
Senator Johnson has- accepted.
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PRICE FIVE CENTS.
! FLETCHER TO BE
FIRST ASSISTANT
TOSECY HUGHES
Tariff and 7 ax Program
Are O. K’c! By
Harding
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla., Feb. 21,
j Definite announcement that Harry M.
j Daugherty, of Ohio, had been chos
en by him to be attorney general in
the new administration was made by
President-elect Harding today.
Daugherty was Harding’s pre-conven-
1 1 ion campaign manager.
;
FLETCHER TO BE
HUGHES’ ASSISTANT.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 21.—Henry
P. Fletcher, former ambassador to
Mexico, will be under-secrctary of
state in tsre Harding administration,
formal acceptance of the position is
said to he'planned by Fletcher im
mediately^
TARIFF AND TAX
jPROGRAM APPROVED,
v - WASHINGTON, Feb. 21.—Presi
dent-elect Harding has approved the
program of tariff and tax legislation
for the extra session, comprising two
tariff bills, temporary and perma
nent measures, with tax legislation
sandwiched in between, Ohiairman
Fordney announced today on his re
turn from a conference with Hard- ,
ing at St. Augustine.
i
1 if ton Stores Suffer
$150,000 Fire Damage
TIFTON, Feb. 21 Tifton was
making plans for rebuilding today,
following a $150,000 lire at noon
yesterday which destroyed four busi
ness concerns. The Fitzgerald depart
ment responded to call for help, al
though it was not needed. The Cor
dele department reached Ashburn,
where it was turned back.
Tiie building occupied by the Dar
nell company, belong to H. H. Tift,
and valued at $40,000, was entirely
burned out. The $40,000 stock of the
Darnell company, the $45,000 stock
of the Ivey Furniture company wete
both total losses. Darnell carried
$20,000 insurance. Ivey carried $30,-
000 insurance. Tift carried $15,000
insurance. Heavy smoke and water
damage, not estimated, was suffered
by the Kent Music and Furnitur
company and the Parker Grocer;,
company.
Dudley Accents Okla.
Bank Receivership
Macon Dudley today announced
that he had accepted the offer from
the comptroller of the currency at
Washington to become receiver for
the National Bank of richer, of,
Picher, Olda., and that Jje had resign
ed the post of liquidating agent of the
Commercial City Bank* of AmerfcuS.
“I am now waiting on Mr. Bennett,
the state superintendent of banks, to
name my successor here,” said Mr.
Dudley this afternoon, “before mak
ing my arrangements to leave for
Oklahoma.”
A huge water whetd, 60 feet high,
has been in existence at Troy, N. Y *r
far the past 80 years. ”
There are several hot springs in
Iceland.
MARKETS
AMERICUS SPOT COTTON
Good Middling 13 cents.
NEW YORK FUTURES.
Pc. Open I.lam Ipm Close
Meh- 12.90 12,82 12.89 12.93 12.85
May- >3,45 13.45 13.40 13.52 13.43
July 13.90 „13.97 13.89 13.9,3 13.87
Oct. 11.10 14.30 14.33 14.37 14.33
WEATHER.
Forecast for Georgia—Unsettled
weather tonight and Tuesrfay; prob
ably rain arid slowly, risyig tempera
ture Tuesday.
AMERICUS TEMPERATURES
(Furnished by Rcxall Store.)
4pm ~58 , 4am 44
0 pm .59 ■ -C am *..'46
8 pm 58 8' am A 44
19 pm 57 10 am 48
Midnight 48 Noon 48
2 am :....4G 2 pm 47