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FORTY-THIRD YEAR.—NO. 116
Governor Offers SSOO Reward
For Slayer of Scarborough Here
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j HERE ARE THE NAMES OF THE MEN WHO WILL COMPOSE THE SUMTER COUNTY GRAND JURY, IN ORDER DRAWN BY JUDGE LITTLEJOHN: I
LOVELACE EVE
G. M. SLAPPEY
C. H. BURKE
F. H. HINES, SR.
T. B. HOOKS, JR.
W. O. EASTERLIN
EX-GOV. CATTS ARRESTED
ATALBANYWAITINGTRAIN
LAYS TROUBLES
TO PERSECUTION
BY POLITICIANS
Indicted Floridian Pa
thetic Figure Going
io Court
ALBANY, May 21. Ex Governor
Sidney J. Catts, of Florida, indicted
in the Northern U. S. District of
that state on a charge of peonage,
was arrested here this morning by
Sheriff O. F. Tarver and Chief of
Police W. T. Lccketi on advice from
U. S. Marshal Miller, of Pensacola,
that a capias for his arrest was held
in that office, and that the former
executive of the Peninsular state
might be released on bond of $2,500
He is also under a stale charge of
accepting a bribe as goyernoi in a
pardon case while governor.
Governor Calls was arrested at
the Terminal station, where he was
awaiting and afternoon train to Jack
sonville, to which place he had a tick
et. He was taken immediately to the
sheriff’s office, where he was met
by U. S. Commissioner George F.
White, who was ready to allow bond
if the former governor could furnish
it.
Bond was made shortly for Gov
ernor Catts by A. J. Lipnitt, chair
man of the county board; B. B. Ivey,
E. R. West. W. F. Jefferson and R.
H. Ferrell, all well known citizens,
and he caught the afternoon train to
Jacksonville, as he had planned.
While he was still held the attor
ney general of Florida called on
Sheriff Tarver by long distance and
asked him to hold the ex-governor on
the state warrant charging bribe-tak.
ing. but this the sheriff refused to do
without telegraphic instructions from
the governor of Florida, which were
not received.
Persecution, He Says.
Governor Catts would make no
statement to a reporter, who saw him
at the sheriff’s office, stating that
he would not talk until he had seen
his attorney, but he told Sheriff
Tarver that both the federal charge
and the state charge of bribery were
persecutions by his political enemies.
His first remark as he started to
the courthouse was:
“Well, it seems that my enemies
won’t let me alone.”
Discussing the case of the negro
whom he is alleged to have held in '
peonage on his farm, the
nor told the sheriff that the negro
had a good home and had been giv
en $lO a month and his board ever
since he had been in the speaker’s
employ and that he was still receiving
that amount.
No demonstration accompanied the
arrest, which was made quietly a* the
station, in front of the baggage
room. As the officers were walking
back to the courthouse, Governor
Catts put his hand into his side coat
pocket, and the sheriff, evidently i
fearing that he might be attempting
to draw a weapon, seized his hand i
and stopped ,him. He was then
searched and a short billy, loaded
with lead in the end, was found in
his hip pocket. Asked about it, Gov
ernor Catts told the sheriff that he
prized it very Ijighly, as Congress
man Frank Park of this district,
had sent it to him.
A Pathetic Figure.
The ex-governor of Florida pre
sented a pathetic figure as he walked
from the depot to the sheriff’s office.
He repeatedly slated that he knew
no one here and had no way of mak
ing bond, and kept repeating that
his enemies would not let him alone.
He said once in the sheriff’s of
fice that he more than once signed
negroes’ bonds for as much as his,
but it seemed when a man got into
trouble every man’s hand was against
him. At times he almost broke down
and there was a tremor in his voice.
Sheriff Tarver and U. S. Marshal
■While learned this morning that the
indicted man was in the city, and,
having no warrant for his arrest,
they wired the federal authorities at
Pensacola for instruction as to what
action they should ’take. Governor
Catts arrived in Albany at 7 o’clock
this morning on the Central of Geor
gia train from Atlanta, and was plan
ning to go out at 1:55 p. m. to Jack
sonville. He did not state where
he had been, and denied that he was
Jiving ih Atlanta when the sheriff
asked him the question, stating that
Defuniak Springs, Fla., is still his
home. He has been sought for two
weeks, —.
PUBLISHED IN THE HEART OF
C. J. CLARK
J. B. CLARK
T. G. lIEYS
REV. D. M. TURNER
G. E. DANIEL
W J. WILLIAMSON
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SIDNEY J. CATTS
15CARS WEEK’S
PEACH OUTPUT
1
Estimate For Coming
Week Only Six
Cars
Fifteen carloads of peaches, ex |
actly thje estimate made last Sunday
by Manager Gray Tillman of the 10-'
cal plant of the AJlautic Iceland!
C oal ( ’ <> rpb r; it To nT< tl*"ffflTgtve r e snip -
ped from Sumter county last week.
The estimate for the coming week is
only six carloads, the early varieties
having largely been Irarve ted. Last
week’s shipment included three cars
from Maddox Station, two from Am
ericus, three from Arles Station and (
seven from Gatewood Station and
Huntington.
In addition to icing the cars listed
here, the local ice plant re-iced nine
teen cars of peaches from west, of
of here on the Seaboard and south
of here on the Central of Georgia.
Fairly good prices have been obtain
ed on all shipments, it is said.
HANSFORD’S CROP
HIS FINEST YET.
Lee M. Hansford, originator of the j
famous Hansford Beauty variety of
early peaches, and extensive grower |
of them, delivered to the Times-Re-1
corder Saturday a bushel of the fin-|
est specimens of Georgia peaches |
seen this year. They were larger
than usual, beautifully colored and ■
delicious in flavor.
Mr. Hansford has shipped 3 1-2 i
carloads by freight and will have i
about one-half car yet to go. His,
crop this year is about one-third a I
full yield, but has made up to a eon- j
siderable extent in quality what was |
lost in quantity.' He sprayed his
trees four times according to gov
ernment schedule and took every
precaution to produce the finest pos- ■
sible fruit.
Miss Rustin Goes 1 o
Philippine Islands
Miss Eunice Rustin left Saturday
afternoon for San Francisco, where
she will be joined by her sister, Mrs,
Thos. Mumford, and Lieut. Mumford,!
who will sail June 5 for Manilla, ,
Lieutenant Mumford has been trans-1
ferred to the Philippines for military
service where he will probably re
main two years.
Miss Rustin has been a member of
the High school faculty for the past
year, and has made many friends
in Americus during her short resi
dence here. She will visit all the |
important points in the Philippines, I
and it her plan at present to en- •
gage, in teaching in the schools of
Manilla. On the government trans-1
port with the American party will be I
the superintendent .bf the Manilla
schools, who has been in correspond
ence with Miss Rustin since she sig
nified her intention of going to the
islands with her sister.
MiSs Rustin plans to remain in
the Philippines orfe year at least, am!
she may extend her visit for a longer
period for the purpose of touring
some of the European, countries.
MARKETS
AMERICUS SPOT COTTON
Good Middling 11 l-2c
NEW YORK FUTURES
Pc Open 11am Close
Julv 12.78 12.75 12.75 12.66
Oct 13.48 13.45 13.45 13.37
Dec 13.84 13.83 3.83 13.75
WEATHER.
Forecast for Georgia—Cloudy and
unsettled weather Sunday; probably
occasional showers.
W. A. CHAPPELL
W. A. CARTER
LEE HUDSON
REES M. ANDREWS
W. E. TAYLOR
C. N. SMITH
PLAINS HOST TO
2 GOO AT ’CUE AT
SCHOOL CLOSING
Mkiyor Sheppard, Os
Americus Ora tor
Richland Band Plays
PLAINS, May 21. More than
2,000 persons, representatives from
the entire southwestern section of
the state, attended the barbecue at
Plains Friday, celebrating the close
of the schools in this city.
Splendid popular music was fu
nished by the Richland band. J. E.
Sheppard, mayor of Americus, de
livered an outdoor speech, his re
marks throughout being educational
and unusually interesting,
A ball game was played in the
afternoon between Plain* and
Thompson, which furnished excite
ment and thrills for the baseball fans
assembled to see the snappy game.
Ten innings were played, the score
standing at the end of the tenth in
ning 17 to 16 in favor of Thomp
son. Up to the Bth inning the score
was a tie.
People from every surrounding
community were- present, places be
ing represented including Americus,
Parrott, Smithville, Preston, Lump
kin, Bronwood, Richland, and various
rural districts.
Friday evening Miss Berta Will
Olnlll 1 A'lt'l'l lIW-WWMttrt recital, which
was heard by a large audience of
interested patrons and friends of the
pupils who participated.
The commencement sermon will be
delivered Sunday morning by Dr.
Foster, president of Bessie Tift col
lege, in the Baptist church audito
rium.
The graduating exercises will be
held Monday night in the auditorium
of the school building.
AMERICUS REPRESENTED
AT PLAINS BARBECUE.
A number of Americus people at
tended the barbeuce at Plains Fri
day. Among those going in cars
were Miss Louise Marshall, Miss
Georgia Bena Dodson, Mr. and Mrs.
Steve Pace, Mrs. George Oliver, Mrs.
John Oliver, Mrs. Clarence Davis,
Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Maynard, Mr. and
Mrs. Will C. Carter, Mrs. John N.
Scarborough, Mrs. Frank Cato, Mr.
and Mrs. Nat LeMaster, Mrs. and
Mrs. E. F. Wilder, Dr. J. R. Statham,
Mr. and Mrs. Carr Glover, Miss Rosa
McLendon, Mayor J. E. x Sheppard,
Walter Page, Charles Payne, W. T.
Kenmore, H. O. Jones, E. J. Eldridge
and a number of the young men of
the town.
A straw hat that can be converted
into a megaphone or a fan at the ball
game has been invented.
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AMERICUS, GEORGIA, SUNDAY MORNING, MAY 22, 1921.
Boy Sets Fire To
School In Play;
Damage, $350
A small boy's prank came near re
sulting in the modern new Thalean
consolidated rural school building 5
miles southwest of Americus being
destroyed by fire a few days ago, it
has become known. The lad, member
of a well known family, carried sticks
into the school house am 1 set thorn
afire, then set about having fun car
rying water in a drink glass to put
it out. When discovered the fire was
burning the walls an I ceiling, and
before extinguished, which was ac
complished/vith the greete.-c difficul
ty, had damaged the roof and some
of the contents of the building to the
extent of $350. The fire took place
while a baseball game was in prog
ress and a number of citizens of
the community were gathered.
Thalean and Thompson teams
were playing ball on the splendid dia
mond on the campus of /lie school
when smoke was discovered issuing
from the building in a considerable
volume. The players rushed in
side and found the blaze linking
against the walls, with a part of the
ceiling on fire. Calling for assist
ance from the men of the communi
ty, buckets were brought into im
mediate use, and by heroic effort, the
flames were confined to a small por
tion of the roof.
An encyclopedia set and stand,
valued at S2OO, was badly damaged
by fire and water, and will have to
be replaced. The damage to the
beaver board and ceiling is estimat
ed at SIOO. The building was the
first thoroughly modern rural school
in Sumter county and still stands at
the top. It is less than two years
old.
Tentative Agreement
In Marine Strike
WASHINGTON, May 21.—-A ten
tative agreement has been reached by
the striking marine engineers and the
U. S. shipping board, it was learned
today after a conference between
Secretary Davis and Chairman Ben
son of the Shipping board. It’s na
ture was not disclosed.
Admiral Benson will submit the 1
proposal to the ship owners and it
was expected the agreement would
be signed.
Representatives of the radio oper
ators and seamen’s union were ex- I
pected to sign similar agreements. I
$1,000,000 Concern
To Export Edible Oils
CHICAGO. May 21.— Organiza
tion of a million dollar corporation
for the exnort of edible oils was voted
at the annual meeting of the Inter
state Cotton Seed Crushers Associa
tion which closed today.
NAT LE MASTER •
FRANK LANIER
C. M. HALE
E. TIMMERMAN, JR.
E. L. WILSON
J. E. MATHIS
AMERICUS IS OUT
FOR 19221.0.0. F.
GRAND LODGE
Delegates To Go To
Athens Backed By
Local Clubs
Representatives from Ithe Odd
Fellows organization here will leave
Americus Monday and Tuesday to
attend the Grand Lodge convention
which will be held Monday, Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thursday of this
week in Athens, where more than
1,000 delegates will gather from all
parts of the stale for the meeting.
Mrs. S. H. Edge, grand warden of
the Rebekahs in Americus, accompa
nied by Mrs. E. B. Banks, also of
this city, will represent that order
at the convention.
S. H. Edge, representing the en
campment, and J. H. Clark, and Gor
don E. Brooks, representing the local
lodge, will also attend from Ameri
cus. All other lodges in this sec
tion will send officials and delegates,
who will represent the various or
ganizations.
The exercises on Monday will be
given by the Cantons; Tuesday will
be directed by the Encampment, and
Wednesday and Thursday will be
devoted to the grand lodge and its
work.- »■ in
It is the purpose of the Americus
representation to bring the conven
tion to Americus in May 1922, and
already the support of the Kiwaniahs
and Lions clubs have been pledged
the Odd Fellows in securing this city
for the next. pipe of meeting. May
or Sheppard, and a number of rep
resentative citizens, have signified
their intention of using their influ
ence to bring the meeting here.
Laurens Killings In'
Still Raid Reported
SAVANNAH, May 21.—Meager
reports here state that George
Crawford, a county policeman, and
a negro moonshiner were killed in a
fight between officers and moon
shiners in the Burch district of
Laurens county, fifteen miles from
Dublin, early today.
Rail Union Chiefs To
Discuss Wage Rulings
. CLEVELAND, May 21.—Approx
imately six hundred chairmen of the
four big railway brotherhoods and
switchmen’s union will attend a joint
conference in Chicago July 1 to con--
aider and pass upon the wage award
by the railroad labor board, which
becomes effective on that date.
T. M. FURLOW J. E. HIGHTOWER |1
J. M. PRANCE L. W. BROWN
REV. CARL W. MINOR W. P. THOMAS
B. J. RANEW E. C. WEBB
G. W. ISRAEL, JR. E R. CHAPPELL
G. B. DELL J. M. COUNCIL
Solicitor Felton Asks
Citizens Having Facts
to Give Grand Jury Aid
Gamblers On Anxious Seat As Inquiry Approaches
—How Greek Lost S3OO and Traveling Man
SIOOO in Resort On Scarborough’s Place Related
■J Solicitor General Jule Felton, of this circuit, informed the j
1 inies-Rc corder Saturday afternoon by telephone from his home <
in Montezuma that he would take up the investigation of the Scar- <
borough murder mystery before the Sumter county grand jury <
Monday morning.
, We will go into the case, working on whatever information \
■we can obtain, said he. I invite any citizen who possesses any ,
informatipn whatsoever that might have a bearing on the case to /
Ji present it to the*grand jury.’’ 8<
A reward of SSOO for the arrest, with evidence to convict, of
the murderer of W. H. Scarborough last Saturday night or Sunday
was issued Saturday by Governor Dorsey in Atlanta in the form of a
proclamation, which appears as a legal notice in today's Times-Re- =
cordcr. Ihe reward was offered by the governor on the request of
Solicitor General Jule reiton, acting upon the request of Morgan
Stevens, of Americus, representing the relatives of Scarborough.
This was the only development of a definite nature in connection with
the murder mystery Saturday, although there was an air of expectancy
about the city in anticipation of the convening of the May grand jury in |
regular session Monday morning, with Solicitor Felton in charge. It was
.ndicated that considerable ’ sweating” has been going on among the
gambling fraternity of the community during the la. t few as a result
of disclosures and the general suspicion that the gamblers who had been
frequenting Scarborough's store up until the time of the murder possess
knowledge of the perpetrators of the crime. An exodus of these gam
blers fi om the city before Monday has beep anticipated t.d avoid appearing
before the grand jury, but it is also indicated that they are all “sitting
tight,” fearing to attempt to leave, lest they be immediateyl charged with
personal connection with the crime. Officers are believed to have a num
ber of them under surveilance.
If is believed the grand jury will
get busy early Monday on the mys
tery, calling before it all persons
who are known to have knowledge
of the indentity of frequenters of
the gambling games and other places
of vice known to have existed on
the Scarborough premises. The list
of members contains the names of
many of the men of the community
known as leaders for law and order
and the punishment of crime.
Governor's Proclamation.
The text , of the governor’s procla
mation offering the SSOO reward in
the hunt for the slayer follows:
“A Proclamation, By Hugh M.
Dorsey, of Said State:
“Whereas, official informal ion has
been received at this departmen' that
W. K. Scarborugh was murdered
by unknown parties on the night of
May 14 in Sumter county, and es
caped and are now fugitives from
justice.
“I have thought proper, therefore,
to issue this my Proclamation, here
by offering a reward of Five Huih
died ($500.00) Dollars for the ap
prehension and delivery of said un
known parties with evidence suffi
cient to convict, to me sheriff of
Sumter County and State.
“And 1 do, moreover, charge and
require all officers in this state, civil
and military, to be viligant in en
deavoring to apprehend the said tin- j
known parties in order that he may!
be brought to trial for the offense
with which he stands charged.
‘Given under my hand and seal
of the state, this the 19th day of
May, 1921.
“HUGHM. DORSEY,
“Governor.
“By the Governor: S. G. M’LEN
DON, Secretary of State.”
Interesting developments continue
to crop out establishing that Scar
borough, the slain man, was sponsor
ing vice on a large scale on his prop
erty. It is recalled by court attaches
that last fall Rosa Brunson, a well
known‘ negro woman who has fre
quently "been in the keeper
of a resort, and with whom Scar
borough formerly was very friendly,
testified in a suit in which Scarbor
ough was prosecuting her that he
find Mr. Tyner, a neighbor of Scar
. borough, were operating an illicit
whisky still on his farm, informing
the attorneys questioning her where
it was located.
Scarborough Warned.
It has also developed that recently
Scarborough was given written warn
ing by Dan Chappell, solicitor 4f the
City Court, that it had been estab
lished he was & party to vice existing
on his’premises, and that unless he
put a stpp to it at once cases would
I be mfcde’ agafnst him as principal and
pr sccution pushed. This was only
a short time- before the killing, and
no answer was ever received by So
licitor Chappell;
The letter .was written to Scar-
[SPEAKING OF THE PRICE OF<RUII
Three oranges and 8 pears cost 47 cents, 6
anees and 7 pears cost 58 cent;. What is the wi
of a single orange and of a single pear?
Answer to Friday’s: 20 and 28.
borough as the result of evidence
brought cut ala commitment trial
in April before Justice Griffin of
two negro women who occupy a cot
tage about half way up the Scarbor
ough lull on the* north side of the j
load, who were arrested on complaint
of Jim Sotericu, Greek cook in the
Libcitv case, who informed the of- ;
ficers that he had been robbed of
$3lO while visiting one of these ne
gro women on the afternoon of April
4. He asserted that one of them
threw a quilt over his head and held
him while the other disappeared with
his roll of money. The women were
Lucile Brown, who was a witness in
the first inquest. The other was
Artamera Stallings. Both were re- -
leased on SSOO bond after being held
to the grand jury on the charges of
the Greek. That he really had a
roll of money on that afternoon be
fore going to their house was testi
fied by Mattie Mosely, also colored,
keeper of a store in that vicinty,
who told of having been shown it
by him in her /tore.
Gets SI,OOO Back.
During the commitment hearing
questioning brought from the two
women that they rented the house
occupied by them from Scarborough
as a place for receiving visitors, both
whites and blacks being frequenters,
and that the owner knew the char
acter of the place operated by them
and shared their profits. It was fol
lowing this disclosure that the let
ter was sent by Solicitor Chappell.
In this connection, and further
bearing out the disclosure regarding
the character of the place operated
by these women comes the informa
tion that a few weeks ago previous
to the Greek’s experience, a well
known traveling salesman from an
other city informed an officer here
that lie had been robbed of SI,OOO
by the same two negro women in
the same resort, asking for advice.
He was told to take out a warrant.
Le replied . that his employer had,
given him SI,OOO with which to pur-’
chase an automobile in which to
travel, and thatOjftides, he couldn’t
afford tcwbecomc Tcnown in connec- <.
tion witljShe theft under any consid-- \
eration. WHe ‘stated that he wanted
the back—had to have it. He
officer, saying - he would
more effort to recover his I
money and would be back later. He
returned in half an hour with the toll I
of SI,OOO in bills. The officer asked gJ
him how he got it. He replied that ■
he had secured a shot gun, visited the "
women’ house and informed that un- |
less he got his money he would blow
the heads off every one present,
whereupon they turned ever the mon
ey to him. This story is vdufh'ed for
as authentic.
Egyptian cotton grown in the Unit
ed States was worth $20,000,000 in
PRICE FIVE CENTS.