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FORTY-THIRD YEAR.—NO- 44.
Cabinet Completed With Only One Surprise
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ALABAMA COAL STRIKE
ENDS; TROOPS RECALLED
Governor Kilby Macle Sole Arbiter By Agreement
Os Union Miners And Mine
Operators
MONTGOMERY, Feb. 22 The|
Alabama coal strike ended today.
Concurrent with an order by th®!
United Mine Workers of America]
suspending the strike. Governor Ki!- 1
by issued an order withdrawing the'
guardsmen from the strike area.
Earlier in the day it was stated {
that settlement of the strike rested
‘in the hands of Governor Kilby,”'
POSTAL SAVINGS
VARY IN GEORGIA
Americus Postoffice Had i
7 4 Depositors At An
nual Report
The statement of the operations
of the postal savings system, just is
sued by the postmaster general, con
tains some interesting figures for Am
ericus people. The statement, for the
fiscal year ending June 30, 1920,
shows that the Americus post office
on that date had 74 depositors with
$7,008. On the same date the Albany
postoffice had 12 depositors with
$790, Athens had four with s9;’At
lanta had 165 with $30,120; Augusta
had 20 with $31,710; Macon had 56
with $14,867; Moultrie had two with
$132; Thomasville had three with
$56; Tifton had six with $3,023; Val
dosta had four with $307; Waycross
had 42 with $11,947. The following
post offices had no depositors: Bos
ton, Ga., Cartersville, Cedartown.
Claxton, Crawfordville, Mcßae, Mon
ticello, Newnan, Rome Sandersville.
The total number of depositors for ,
the state was 582 and the total de
posits $131,986.
Countv Supt. Dunree’s
Office Goes Upstairs
County Superintendent Dupree’.-
desk was being moved today from,
the old County Court room on the I
first floor of the court house to the
grand jury room on the second floor
where he will now make his head
quarters. This will give the entire
room to the office of W. C. Caye, I
division lughway engineer, the needs
of which havd been constantly grow
ing since being established here last
year as highway projects are put un
der way in various parts of the Thirl
district.
The office of Dr. B. F. Bond,
county commissioner of health was
moved from this room to the room
long occupied by Tax Receiver Jones
several months ago.
| the Alabama Coal Operators associa-
I tion and representatives of the mine
| workers having pledged themselves in
I writing to abide by all the decisions,
: the governor might make as sole ]
I arbiter.
The agreement was brought about;
| through; the efforts of Victor H.
{Hanson, Birmingham publisher, who;
acted as representative of the people;
' of Alabama.
SHARES PROFITS
WITH STARVING
Church well’s To Give 1 0
Per Cent of Cash
Sales Tomorrow
Announcement was made today by
W. E. Taylor, manager of Church
well's Department store, than ten
per cent of the total casfh sales of
the store tomorrow will be given to
the fund being raised in Sumter >
county for the European Relief, to (
feed the starving millions of children >
across the Atlantic. And to make the ;
spending of nYbney more attractive
on that day he is today announcing j
a number of special offers for shop
. pers.
MA R kTe f S
Exchanges closed; holiday.
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THE TIMgSBRtTdRDER
IN THE OF DTx' )
ILEAGUECOUM.
GETS U. 3. NOTE
Equal Privileges For All
Demanded In Mandate
Territories
WASHINGTON, Feb. 22. (By
Associated Press.) —The American
government has presented directly to
; the council of the League of Nations
! its demand that all Allied and asso-
I ciated nations be given equal oppor-
I [unities in mandate territorities, it
I was announced today.
A note virtually identical with the
one sent to Great Britain in Novem
ber has been dispatched to the coun
cil in session in Paris.
Soldier Lynching Case
Is Given Queer Turn
HAMILTON, Ala., Feb. 22—The
case, of the state against Sergeant
Glenn Stephens, on trial here, and
eight other members of the National
Guard of Alabama for connection
with the lynching of William Baird,
a miner, were nol pressed when court
convened this morning and the trial
of Stephens was abruptly ended.
New warrants in the hands of the
sheriff were immediately served on
Stephens and the others, charging
murder in connection with the lynch
ing.
Congress Too Busy To
Observe This Holiday
WASHINGTON, Feb. 22. Al
though all the executive departments
of the government were closed to
day in observance of Washington’s
birthday, bo Hi houses of congress,
facing crammed legislative calendars
with adjournment only ten days off,
remained in* session. However, busi
ness was suspended long enough for
(he customary reading of Washing
ton’s farewell address.
Gasoline Cui Aijain:
Now 30 l-2c Here
The price of gasoline was reduced
one cent a gallon in Americus Mon
day, making the retail price now
30 1-2 cents a gallon. This reduction
is made by concerns in Americus. It
is thesecond cut of a cent here with
in a few weeks.
DR.AILENFORT
VERY CRITICAL
A m ssage received by Mrs. Hol
lis For. at. 11 30 a. m. today from
her husband, who is at the beside of
his brother, Dr. Allen Fort, at Nash
ville, stated that Dr. Fort’s condi
tion was very critical.
Dr. Fort is suffering from pneu
monia, following influenza.
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 22, 1921.
GEORGIA FARMS
DID FULL SHARE
INCROPSOFI92O
Figures lust Compiled
Show Production And
Market Values
That Georgia’s farmers performed
their full duty last' year in the mat
ter of contributing their share to
the world’s supply of food and rai
ment is interestingly told in a story
given, out today by John S. Denneo, I
agricultural statistician for \ the i
Georgia Co-operative Crop Report- j
ing Service, a combination of the I
forces of the United States Bureau I
of Crop Estimates and the statistical
division pf the Georgia Department i
of Agriculture.
According to the statistician Geor
gia’s cultivated area in 1920 was 12,-
439.000 acres—about an eighth of
all the land under crops in the eleven
Southern states. She had slightly less
than half the area under cultivation
in Texas and one-fourth more acre
age than her 1 nearest Southern com
petitor, Alabama. Tn planted acrea
age she held eleventh place in the en
tire country.
Twelfth Among States.
The farm value of her crops is
estimated at $323,290,000, and in
crop value she ranked twelfth among
the forty-eight states. In the pre-war
year 1913, Georgia crops were val
ued at $279,171,000; and at that time
cotton, her major crop, was selling
for almost exactly \vhat it is bring
ing today. excelled all oth
er Southern states,! excepting Texas
and North Carolina, in the value of
her crops last year. Texas led the
country. North Carolina had” slightly
better than half of Georgia’s plant
ed acreage but included < 582,000
acres of tobacco which yielded the
producers $lO7 per acre, against
Georgia’s cotton, which returned an
average of only $20.66 per acre.
Tn 1920, Georgia produced 76,-
500,000 bushels of corn; 2,110,000
bushels of wheat; 11,550,000 bushels
of oats; 1,628,000 bushels of Irish
potatoes; 13,764,000 bushels of
sweet potatoes, in which crop she held
second place; 290,000 bushels of rye;
16,020,000 pounds of tobacco; 771,-
000 tons of hay; 7,616,000 bushels of
| peanuts, nearly a fifth; of the coun
j try’s crop; 990,000 bushels of cow
peaS; 9,697,000 gallons of cane sy
rup, exceeded only by Alabama; and
1,410,000 gallons of sorghum syrup.
Third in Cotton.
In cotton production Georgia rank
ed third. She was exceeded by Texas
. and South Carolina. Her crop last
year reached only 1,400,000 bales,
i And it had an estimated farm value
(lint and seed) of $127,900,000, say
of the aggregate value of
all crops produced in Georgia that
year.
The peach crop had a bad year.
Weather conditions from the very
outset were most adverse. And the
season was from one to two weeks
! late. But Georgia shipped, notwith
standing, nearly 7,000 carloads, over
1600 of which went to New York.
Georgia’s peach orchards cover, at a
conservative estimate, 140,000 acres
and number over 18,000,000 trees.
At a fair valuation these orchards
are worth over $40,000. California]
alone exceeded Georgia in quantity,;
but quality, of peaches produced, !
Pecan production was short, only
1,993,000 pounds. Apples produced
amounted to 1,765,000 bushels. Pears
148,000 bushels.
Products Celebrated.
Tn watermelon production Georgia
led the entire country with 40,333
acres. Florida, her nearest competitor
had 12,000 acres less.
Georgia’s peaches, watermelons
and pecans are justly celebrated and
enjoy a great sale in the northern
and eastern cities.
There are 310,737 farms in Geor
gia, averaging 93 acres'to the farm.
Last year, roughly estimated, these!
] farms produced 23,975,628 dozen!
I eggs. Over 2,000,000 people live on!
farms in Georgia, say 70 per cent,
of her population. She has 4,933,0001
farm animals, valued at $141,000, ]
000. Livestock forms an important]
part of Georgia’s wealth. In the]
production of hogs she holds sixth;
place in the entire United States.
She excels all other Southern states,
having 3.102,000 'hogs on farms, val
ued at $35,673,00 at the close of
last year. A comparison of aggregate
j livestock values places Georgia six-
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attempted to fly from San Diego, Cal., to Pablo Beach, Jacksonville, Fla., in
24 hours. Map shows his route.
GEORGIA FLYER FORCED
DOWN IN TRANS-U.S. DASH
Lieut. Coney, Trying I'or Jacksonville brom San
Diego in Day ?
Tn Texas
DALLAS, Feb. 22.—Lieut. W. D. Coney, the Georgia trans-continen
tal flyer, was forced to land in Bronte, Coke county, Texas, early today by
engine trouble, according to reports received at Love Field. Lieut. Coney
was reported uninjured.
LEFT SAN DIEGO
AT 7 LAST NIGHT.
EL PASO, Feb. 22.—An airplane
believed to be the De Haviland ma
chine of Lieut. Coney, who is at
tempting a flight from San Diego to
Jacksonville in 24 hours, passed over
El Paso at 2:20 this morning, moun
tain time. Coney left San Diego at
7 o’clock last night.
SOUTHER FIELD WIRES
WEATHER FOR CONEY
The weather condition in this sec
tion was wired to Love Field, Dallas,
Tex., at 4 o’clock this morning for
the guidance of Lieut. Coney, who
would have passed over South Geor
gia or Northern Florida had he com
pleted his flight today. However,
Souther Field officers were not hope
ful of his success.
“It is a question of engine en
durance.” said Lieut. Wyatt, post ad
jutant, before the news of his land
ing came, “and somehow the engines
just won’t stand up for flights as
long as he plans without stops for re
adjustments, cooling, etc.”
SILVER LOVING CUP
AWAITED HIM.
BRUNSWICK, Feb. 22—Lieut. W.
D. Coney, the daring young army avi
ator who was reared in this city,
and whose attempt to establish a new
transcontinental airplane record has
attracted nation-wide attention, was
to have been presented with a silver
loving cup by Brunswick Young Men’s
club upon this arrival in Brunswick
after he had completed his record
breaking flight.
The fund for the purchase of the
cup was subscribed at the regular
weekly luncheon of the club a few
days ago and the secretary was in
structed to send Lieut. Coney a
telegram wishing him success in his
long flight.
A number of Brunswick people, in
cluding Mrs. E. F. Coney, mother of
the young aviator; W. F. Park'er and
family and others went to Jackson
ville to be present upon his expected
arrival at Pablo Beach.
teenth in the whole United States
in the value of her farm animals.
CORDELE TO PLAV
A. A. A. AT 7 P. M.
Game To Be Called Ear
ly Because Os Glee
Club
The Americus Athletic Association
basketball five will play the Cordele
National Guard five at the Salvation
Army gym tonight. The ganfe will
be called at 7 o’clock to allow the
players and spectators to get away
in time to attend the Emory Glee
club concert at the Americus High
school at 8:15.
The Cordele National Guard has
a strong , five, having defeated ail
teams yc't' played by large scores and
are now coming to Americus with the
intention of serving the Americus five
the same way. The Americus five
has some good players, the two Woot
en brothers being excellent basket
eers while Redd at guard is a crack
er-jack. Bennett Williams, the other
guard will not be in the -game, he
being out of the city.-
The lineup to be used by Americus
will be Wodten and Lane, forwards;
Wooten, center; Redd and Glover or
Howe, guards.
W. F. McCombs Dies
Os Heart Disease
NEW YORK, Feb. 22.—William
F. McCombs, former chairman of
the Democratic National Committee,
died at Greenwich, Conn., today of
heart disease, it as announced here
today by Frederick -R. .Rryan,, his
business partner.
WEATHER.
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DENBY TO
BE SEC’Y
OF NAVY
Herbert I loover Given
Post Os Secretary Os
Commerce
(By Associated Press.)
I he new cabinet as selected by
I President-elect ’ larding will be:
Secretary of State, Charles Ev
i ans Hughes ,of New York.
I - Seer, i»y of tb< 1 reasury, An
drew Mellon, ol Pennsylvania.
Secretary of War, John W.
Weeks of Massachusetts.
Attorney G-neial, Harry M.
Daugherty, of Ohio.
PoMmastci General, Will 11.
Hava, of Indiana.
i Secretary of the Navy, Edwin
| Denby, of Michigan.
Secretary of the Interior, A B
I'all, of New Mexico-
Secretary of Commerce, Her
bert Hoover, of California.
Secretary of Labor, James J.
Davis, of Pennsylvania*.
DENBY’S NAME IS
FIRST BIG SURPRISE.
ST. AUGUSTINE, Feb. 22—(By
Associated PreSs.)— President-elect
Harding completed his cabinet slate
today by the virtual selection of Ed
jjdn Depby, of Detroit, as secretary
of the navy, ,
Denby’s choice is the first btg
rurpri ■■ among the '.elections, his
name having never appeared in news
paper speculations.
Denby served three terms in con
gress, 1905 to 1911, and is aged
50. IL- is a veteran of the Spanish
'-Anferican and World Wars. In the
former he served as gunner's mate
on the Yosemite and in the latter he
was sergeant, and later lieutenant in
the marine corps. He is a native of
Indiana and son of Charles Denby,
former American misirtster of China.
He wa:; admitted to the bar in 1896.
HOOVER NOT ASKED
TO ENTFT CABINET.
NEW YORK. Feb. 22.—Herbert
Hoover has not be.en asked*t» become
President-elect Hardin’gs
cabinet, said a statement today by
George Barr Baker, identified with
Hoover in relief work.
WHO’S WHO IN
HARDING’S CABINET.
HARRY M. DAUGHERTY, of Co
lumbus, Ohio. Lawyer. Born, Wash
ington courthouse, Ohio. Age 61
yi arr. University education. Practiced
law, Washington courthouse 1881-88.
Elected state legislator in 1888, serv
| ing 5 years. Chaififian state Repub'i
, can executive committee 1912. also
twice elector chairman state Reppbli
i can c.-ntral committee of Ohio. Cam
paign manager for Harding at Chi
cago convention.
JAMES JOHN DAVIS, of Pitts
burg. Labor leader. Born Tredegar,
Wales. Age 47 years. Went to Pitts
burg with parents at age of 4 years.
(Coisliiiued on Page Two.)
AMERICUS
SCHOOL. HONOR
ROLL, OF THIRTY
YRS. AGO TODAY
<T\F COURSE, you are reading
th. “In Old Americus” col
umn running daily in the Timej-
Recordi r. ' Today on the editorial
page you wifi fi.nd the most inter
esting extract’vet from the old
file -the honor roll' >f the Ameri
cus public schools of thirty yea-s
ago. The list is long and you will
find many name' of men and wo
men now father: and mothers of
children whose names appear in
the current honor roll, also print
ed today. There are names for
gotten and others’ well remem
bered but lost sight of. But it is
just one of the features you find
in the Times-RecoTder every <jay
that go to make this paper more
interesting'than any other South
ern newspaper published in a city
the size of Americus.