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I WHAT CARP WILL NEED. Admiring friends have sent to Carp ? A rabbit's foot for luck— But what he’ll need most July 2 Will be the well known duck. FORTY-THIRD YEAR.—NO. 128. 1,500 TO 3,000 DIE IN PUEBLO FLOOD COUNTRY CLUB PROPOSAL HERE GAINS IMPETUS K iwanians Hear Os Pos sibilities And Endorse Movement That high interest in the propos ed establishment here of a golf course and country club exists in the ranks of the membership of the Americus Kiwanis club was demonstrated al the club s regular luncheon Friday, when the subject came up for dis cussion. No effort was made to pledge the club or the members to back the movement, but after some data on the proposal was offered as I a matter of information, the mem- | hers were asked how many felt in terested in becoming members of such a club. Nearly the entire mem bership arose. On instruction by a vote of the dub. President Lewis El lis appointed a committee consisting of W. M. Humber, chairman; W. M. Jones and Chas. L. Ansley to Co operate with other committees that might be appointed by other organ izations to Participate in the coun try club mdrement. The subject came up when Love lace Eve, who was a guest of the club, was asked to say something along the line, he being a member of the Rotary club’s committee on this movement and having already obtain ed some information. In a 10-minute talk he went into the subject quite thoroughly. He opened by saying that there probably would be some objection at the start to any country club since an organization of this kind previously to his coming to Americus had not been properly con ducted. He declared the men before him and others of their standing in the community had no one to blame but themselves for the existence of such a condition, as they had the laws, the remedies in their own hands, and that such conditions could not continue only by their permission. What It Means Elsewhere He said that in bis recent visits to other South Georgia cities and towns he was impressed with what the country clubs and their golf courses are doing for the health and spirit of the communities. He pointed to the fact that Americus hag no place now where a father hiay go with his son growing into manhood and have a pleasant afternoon together out doors at wholesome and enjoyable recreation—no place whero. the com munity may meet and mingle in a democratic way such as would be pos sible at a country club. He recalled / that there is no place and no interest here now to call the business man away from his desk and compel him to take the recreation and exercise so vital to his well-being; that while some men have gardens to provide their diversion, many have not, and few if any work at their gardens reg ularly or with the same intensiveness that they would follow a' olf ball in an enjoyable game. V ... I Mr. Eve stated that the possibili-] ties of a country club and golf | course had been investigated some what, anefean entirely suitable place with anwe acreage for a course and with a f lub house already erected, thus requiring little expenditure, could be had at a reasonable figure. A pool would likely be wanted and some other faculties provided, but nearly everything was already here. He said preliminary estimates had indicated that the property could be acquired on lease, and pool built, golf course laid out apd put in con dition. baths provided and every thing done to tur n the property into a first-class country club with a mem bership of 100 men at an initiation fee of SSO each and monthly dues of $5 each. Would Provide Capital This would provide $5,000 capital for putting the plant into perfect shape and leave a surplus, while the dues of SSOO a month would properly maintain it- He gave it as his opin ion at the end of five years or less ; the money to purchase the property could be secured from among the gnembers with the greatest of ease. Several members followed Mr. Eve with hearty endorsement of the pro posal. "I am often asked, in visiting other towns,” said W. M, Humbert “if Americus haS a golf course. I have to reply in each that we have | iTPt. It is very embarrassing. I don’t i think any. one thing would afford as { fine an advertisement for Americus right now as a country club and golf course, and I am heartily in favor of the movement.” “Mr. only/Objection.” said Dr. Carl W. Minor, ‘“would be that since I have great difficulty now devoting * much time to my church if a country club and golf course were establish ed here I likely would find myself without a pastorate, for I fear I would spent much time there playing golf. Seriously, I think it would be a splendid thing’and a good thing for the community. We need it and I should be very glad to have it realized here.’* W. M. Jones said he had heard a number of persons express the wish for a golf course here. He heartily endorsed the movement as one of Finds Rush to Buy in Markets of East—Slump Past, Says Bailey Imbued with a spirit of optijnism • of good times immediately ahead, and an era of good business already en tered in the wholesale markets, which will be reflected everywhere shortly, W. D. Bailey returned early Satur- i day morning from New York, where he .went several -days ago to ms e special purshases of summer and fall goods for his clothing store here. “I have never seen so many buyers in New York in all my trips to mar ket there,” he said. “There were buyers everywhere and all the deal ers were swamped. It was with the greatest difficulty that 1 was abfe to make, any purchases of goods at all, and the buying I did required visits to dozens of houses. 1 was greatly surprised, as not so long ago buying was at a standstill “I found Hart, Schaffner & Marx practically sold out. but I was taken care of by telegraph from the New York office to the factory in Chica go, and so we will be provided with ! < clothing of that line. However, I | was not able to get any cut prices, j 1 The clothiers told me that prices were i : still up and would remain up, as the I strike of the clothing workers had ■ been settled with only a slight rcduc- | 1 tion in wages. Also, the strong buy- ■ : ing from every section is absorbing J all the stocks and the makers do not j : have to sacrifice their goods now to [ I move them. “In one place I got track of 250 1 CENTRAL HOTEL I HEAD INDICTED J. C. Dodgen Charged With Operating Dis orderly Resort An indictment was handed down by the grand jury shortly before it finished work this week against J. C. Dodgen, proprietor of the Cen tral hotel, for misdemeanor, charging him with operating a disorderly house. The indictment is said to have followed information that dis reputable women frequent the place, and on the specific instance of a cou ple being arrested in the place a few months ago. Other indictments were: Ben Denson, larceny after trust. Joe Love, making liquor. Jess Holman, misdemeanor. Gasoline In Moultrie 1 Cent Under Americus MOULTRIE, June 4.—Automo 1 bile drivers are putting out eight andr| a half cents a gallon less for “whizz | water” now than they had to back | a few month ago. Gasoline is be-1 ing sold retail in Moultrie, at 251 cents a gallon. The highest point it ever reached here was 33! 1-2 cents. There have been several drops -<*’ the price within the last few weeks, the latest decline being two cents. HOSPITAL SHIP SINKER IS FREED LEIPSIC, June 4. (By Associat ed Press.) Formal of Lieut. Karl Neumann, charged with sinking the hospital ship Dover Cas tle while he was in command of a German submarine during the war, wa* announced today. Pastor To Continue Discourses On Devil Last Sunday evening Rev. H. T. I Brookshire, preached on the “Deiil and His Works” to a larg ■ and at- I tentive audience in the Central Bap | tist church. He will continue tl/c’ r discourse Sunday evening, showing the deceptions of the devil as taught in the Bible and every day experi ence. The public at large is invited to hear these great addresses. The male quartette will sing one ! of their pleasing gospel songs. Barring Os Socialists On Streets Is Upheld NEW YORK, June 4. —The ap- , pellate division of the Supreme court decided today in Brooklyn that the city of Mount Vernon was within its ‘ rights when it refused to all >w Soc ialists to hold a street meeting on Oc- i tober. 1920. The Socialists had as serted the action abridge the right of free speech. wTather. Forecast For Georgja.—Cloudy to night and Sunday probably unsettled on the coast; little change in temper ature. great importance to the welfare of the community. Other members voic ed similar sediment, and. not a word was raisdp in opposition in any respect. / THETIMESBRECORDER IN THE HEART OF DIX,E~U?a? ’ men’s suits of just the sizes, grades and patterns 1 wanted, but 1 was too late, as I was informed that a dealer from Mexico had snapped them up just ahead of me. That’s the way it was everywhere. 1 “The buyers are from the north just now. but Southern buy ers are coming into the market, too, and they will continue to come in stronger. The one big reason for the heavy opening in buying, of course, is the fact that retail stocks everywhere have been permitted to run down, in anticipation of lower prices. Shelves are bare, stocks at the old high prices unloaded, and now the retailers are stocking up and ab sorbing the goods which have been stagnant in the hands of the manu facturers. “Trade seems to be increasing in the South. A shoe salesman was just in our store and informed us that his sales this year, as a result of re cently increased business, were 75 per cent greater than the same period last year in quantity, although not in money value. *‘l feel extremely optimistic. The slump seems to be at an end. I have bought goods for our store and this morning $2,000 worth of clothing that I purchased while on this trip arrived by parcel post. We are going to sell lots of goods thjs summer and fall. I know, and we are getting ready for the demand.” PASTOR TO TELL ABOUT VICE HERE Gambling Hole Uncover ed Since Grand Jury Quit, He Says Dr. Carl W. Minor, pastor the First Batist church and a member of the Sumter county grand jury which has just completed an investigation of vice conditions in this community, will deliver at his church Sunday eve ning his postponed sermon, “The Banquet of Death.” He promises a frank discussion of conditions in and around Americus. Dr. Minor Saturday indicated that he would have some new vice topics to discuss in addition to those which have come out in recent investiga tions. “An Americus woman came to me since the grand jury adjourned,” said he, “and informed me that her husband had lost SSOO gambling in a certain well known place in side this city. If I had known earlier this and some other things I have learned since the grand jury adjourned there would have been something doing on the subject be fore that body.” Second Cotton Bloom Sent In By G. O. White The second cotton bloom of the siason reported in this community to tpe Times-Recorder reached this of fice Friday evening by mail from Smithville. It was grown by G. O. White of the farm of G. B. Dell. nSar Smithville and was a fully de veloped, normal blossom. AMERICUS, GEORGIA, SATURDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 4, 1921. X ’ HERE, CHICK, CHICK, CHICK! Igr Wl 7 1 Mypß’Sy f W B - jjf)WWi" 7 Trnr \y ' I j ' ByafltlßHaTT J, ;|( I SHEILtI? TH'I j ' ># 1 Co *<N, NOW I] i F y ou fEEb M x //y™i__j'"’ - V<- J i M \ 6 -j|^pu^ s m jajEjk. via -—>«- ~ A ■ "* < \/ g Z —X (, \<- W*z v>/ a •Pl W i ~ E' <X> » 5f <r .- _• \' r i £f *tfT- ..ifiltt 'tf ■ J ii^' : .i , .?jfl7iMiMil l MT,LURE 10-CT. COMPANY BUYS OUT BUCHANAN Takes 20-Year Lease Os Building —I o Open Store Here was made Saturday of the consuipmation of a deal where by the grocery stock of Neon Buchan an, at the qiiiiher of Lamar street and Cotton jiv mue, come into pos session of tltetMct'lurc Ten Cent company, of !A Hants, together with a 20-. year lefi»' on the build ng which is own® by Mr. Buchanan. The papers w« ® signed in Atlanta and possession/ .alien Friday, follow ing the taking of an inventory of ithe stock. A. B. Long„ (who .re cently joined the McClure- organiza tion, is in charge the store. The grocery stock WiH be Closed out at I once. The deal invowes $50,000, the ren- ; tai for 20 yeaas totalling $45,000 ! and the stock sid fixtures bringing! $5,000. The (Jpal was handled by j Sills and Stillnwi, of Americus. The | building will bj£ remodeled by the I McClure company shortly, at an ex penditure of sy,ooo, according to plans. 5 The McClureiTen Cent company is owned by W. McClure, well kncwji Atlanta#, and operates a i chain of stores in a number of cities ■ in the South, iijiuding Atlanta and Macon. The Americus store, which will handle a lye of miscellaneous merchandise selling at from 10 cents to sl. will be oitfthe lines of the At lanta store, it ismannounced. At first the quarters nmv ocupied by the Buchanan storefwill be utilized for the McClure stole and the remainder of the buildingfwill be rented out. James Lott will-occupy the rear of the first floor with his Americus Steam Vuljaniz&ig Co., having tak en a 4-year least. C. W. McCWr, tnc oww of the lease, is expected in Americus short ly to direct plans for remodeling the building and opening the store. Mr. Buchanan Saturday delelined to discuss his future plans. Covintv Officers Os Georgia End Meet SAVANNAH, June 4.—Barbecues, shore dinners, boat rides and other entertainment given by the local county officers completed the two days’ session of the Georgia Coun ty Officers’ Association. On a boat ride around the harbor the associa tion elected officers for the next year: E. G. White, Dublin, president; W. L. Grayson, Savannah, vice-pres ident, and J. P. Cooper, Milledge ville, secretary-treasurer, the last named being elected over his pro test. The convention has been the largest in attendance ever held. They will meet here next year. SCHOOL BONDS BRING PAR.x VALDOSTA, June 4. —Valdosta’s school bonds, amounting to $150,- 000, were sold Friday to A. -T. Strickland of this city and J. 11. Hillman of Atlanta, jointly. The contract for the new high school building, for which this money will be used, will be let at an early date and the work pushed to completion. Who Knows Why Peck’s Boy Was Bad BoyYTell the T.R. and Win $5 Who wants a brand new $5 bill, I or a new bathing suit or a pass into the Rylai.ider theater for a whole week? Emory Rylander, manager, an nounces today that he is going to give these prizes away—FREE, through the Times-Recorder. The first prize of $5.00 will go to the boy or the girl who, after seeing “Peck’s Bad Boy,” which will be on at the Rylander next Friday and Saturday, writes the best story on— " Why Peck's Boy Was a BAD BOY.” Here are the rules: 1— Story must not exceed 250 I words. 2 Must be written on only one I side of the paper. 3 Must be in the hands of the editor of ,*the Times-Recorder by Wednesday, June 15, at. 6 p. m. 4 Address your story to “Peck’s I Bad Boy,” care Times-Recorder. The stories written by the prize winners will be published in Thurs day’s edition of the Times-Recorder,! announcing the winners. MISS MOSTELLER WINS NEW HONOR! Essay Awarded Second; Place in State High ' School Meet In the state school contest just decided at Athens, Miss Sarah Mos teller, winner of district honors at Ashburn in the girls’ essay contest, was awarded second place. First place in the essay contest went to Winder. W. M. Rogers, one of the judges, telegraphed Miss Mosteller Saturday announcing the result. Miss Mosteller is the daughter of Mr. and Mi's. J. W. MosUdlci;, of. Amerieuw; and one of the two first honor grad uates of the Americus High school class of '2l. In addition to being a first honor graduate, she won the distinction of completing the usual four-year course in three years, besides winning the Times-Recorder medal offered* the Americus High school senior making the highest record in English and composition. The graduating exercises of the Americus High school being in con flict with the date of the state meet at Athens, there was no representa tive there of this school. Miss Mos teller’s composition was in competi tion with others which had won hon ors at the various meets throughout Georgia. Miss Mosteller is very enthusias tic over the prospect of attending Agnes Scott college this fall, and her friends will follow her progress with interest in that institution. Ker record throughout her preparatory school course promises still fur hor college course promises still fur ther honors to this gifted young girl. CLEAN-UP IS ASKED. Fire Chief McArthur, who is also | sanitary inspector, asks that citizens I clean up their weeds and trash about . I heir premises without waiting for the inspector to call Inspection of | residence propcry is now going on. Boys and girls, get your mothers and daddies to tell you all about the story. They will remember when they were little fellows and read it and laughed 'until their sides and tummies ached. But Mr. Rylander is not going to stop with these three prizes. He says he will let in FREE to Friday’s performance, the first 50 boys and girls that come to the theater Friday, June 10, after 2 p. m., accompanied by a dog. The dog must have a rope around its neck, so you can tic him outside when you go in to see the picture. There will be a Jong rope stretched in front of the thea ter to tie the dogs to. And then Frank Lawson comes in and says he will give a great big lucious ice cream soda, a box of candy and a package of chewing gum to the hoy or girl who comes Friday along with the dogs and dressed most nearly like Peck’s Bad Boy. Watch for the ads in the Times-Re corder and you'll see ’how Peck’s boy is dressed —in ragged cap, rag ged overalls and ragged shoes, dirty face and all. CAUGHT (MAKING GROG DELIVERY Young Man Arrested; 5 Quarts And Car Are Seized Five and one-half quart bottles of moonshine liquor on a table in the police station at noon Saturday con-1 stituted a haul made by Chief Bragg | and Officer Redmond shortly before ! when they arrested A. T. Pedigo, a ' well known young man, prominent in ; social circles, in a downtown alley I just as he was about to deliver paid oF Ffic ca??go o? liquor from a sales man’s automobile which he had in his possession, but which, he said, he had taken from his brother without ! the latter’s knowledge. He, had pre viously made a delivery of liquor at I the home of a well known citizen, it ■ was said, and was in the act of dis- ■ tributing the entire amount when nabbed. A warrant was taken by ; Chief John Bragg for him before Justice Carter, and also one for E. F. Bell, charging him with having liquor. A brother of the accused young man declared he was the victim of other parties, and that he would “come clean” and tell all about the liquor affair, involving one of the most prominent men in Americus. “I know .someone else is in on this.” said the brother. “because my brother had only $lO when he left home this morning, and he couldn’t have gotten all that booze with $lO these days.” The car was seized by the officers. Negro City Pupils To Be Graduated Monday The annual graduating exercises of the McKay Hill colored school, which is a part of the Americus pub lic school system, will be held Mon day evening at the Opera House at 8:30 o’clock. The date was originally set for last Thursday night but was changed. According to school of ficials, the exercises will bring the school’s best year to a close. Last Tuesday evening the 7th grade graduation exercises were held at the ! A.’ M. E. church and honor certifi- I cates awarded to 33 pupils. The to ' tai enrollment for the school is 876. Following is the program for Mon , day evening’s graduation exercises: Song—“ Praise Ye the Lord” Prayer. Song—‘O. He Carita.” Salutatorian —Ben Phillips. Prophecy—Eddie Jones. History—Ulysses Todd. i Song—“ Dance of Pine Tree Fair ies.” I Home Ecpnomics Department i Ophia Cobb. Valedictorian —Clyde Wiison. Delivery of Diplomas. i Cantata —Strange Visitors. Prof. A. S. Staley, Principal. Blanche Staley, Pianist. Car Stolen, Minister’s Son Will Come By Rail Guyton Fisher, Jr., will not make i his planned trip home from Macon !by automobile as he planned the I early part of the week. When he ‘ weqt out on College street, that > city, Friday afternoon, where he boards at the home of Mrs. Mattie ! Singleton, he parked his Buick cai in front of the door and went tc supper. Coming out nd hour latei to return to his business down towr he found the car gone, and no traci or clue has since been found. I develops that his car was stolei among the 18 or 20 cars reporter missing in the big automobile thef which astounded Macon recently. Mr. Fisher will come by rail earl Sunday morning for, a day’s visit t his parents. Rev. and Mrs. Guyto Fisher. Mist; Birdie Wimberly, i : young cousin of Mr. Fisher, wh i planned to make the motor trip wit I him, will be prevented from comins HERE’S ANOTHER EASY ONE. 25 men build a facto’ry in 52 days, each laying 1800 bricks per.day. If bricks were hauled by 16 teams and there were 975 bricks in each load, how many loads did each team haul? Answer to yesterday’s: 63 boxes. TIRRIBLE DISASTER > OCCURS IN I COLORADO | Rains Continue With Ark ansas River On Rampage PUEBLO, CoiTjunc 4.-—(By ‘j Associated Press.) The loss of life from the great flood at 1:45 this afternoon was variously es- 1 | timated at froin 1500 to 3000, and the property loss to exceed ten million dollars. According to estimates at this hour a hundred | families lost everything. The identification of the detrd is a slow J process. All the fires Irurning al day light have been extinguished. DENVER, June 4.—A dispatch to the Denver Times fron\ Pueblo this morning contained the statement that “hundreds of lives have been lost.” It was the first direct dispatch from ’ Pueblo since last night. The message added that most of the lives lost were in the grove dis- || trict southeast of town. The times announced it had no , way of verifying the dispatch, which came from its regular Pueblo cor resnpndent. Another report which came from ; railroad sources, said there had been “considerable loss of life find prop- - erty.” ! ''Cnntimiod heavy rains early to l day in eastern and central Colorado • ! gave little hope for ’relief from the floods which yesterday swept those sections. Meager reports indicated the loss running into millions, with the heaviest at Pueblo, where a large part of the business district and sev eral residential sections were inun dated by waters from the Arkansas river. Marshall, a town of two hundred, was threatened by a break in the Marshall Lake dam. Louisville was inundated with several buildings washed away. At Loveland the dykes of the lake were broken and part of the town inundated, the flood putting out of commission the electric power plant which supplies the Weld county i tqwns. GUARDS KEEP ALL FROM FLOOD DISTRICT. PUEBLO. June 4. National guardsmen are patrolling Pueblo to day. permitting no one Io enter the ! sections flooded hy the waters from the Arkansas river. Early this morn ing the flood waters began to recede but it was still raining and several small fires started by lightning were ablaze. * JAPNAVYGUARD WILL QUIT YAP TOKIO, June 4. -(By Associated p ie3h .)—The minister of the navy, it was officially announced, has order ed the withdrawal of naval garrisons j from islands in the South Pacific, including Yap, leaving all the pro lection to the police force ■ to the civil administration. Soldiers Beat Chinese Crowd Seeking Premier PEKING, June 4.—(By Associat ed Press) —Several hundred students, j I teachers and others seeking an inter view with the premier regarding ar rears in pay were attavkeu by soldier guards at the gates of the cabinet grounds. The soldiers used the butts 1 of their rifles and several persons, including a director of the national 1 medical school and the vice-minis < ter of education were reported to ! have been seriously hurt. Alabama Sheriff Is Absolved By Ruling MONTGOMERY, Ala.. June 4 The Supreme court of Alabama to day dismissed the impeachment pro ceedings brought by Attorney Gen . eral against John Strength, sheriff . of Elmore county, returning a decis ’ ion of not guilty. The sheriff had been charged with wilful neglect of ’[duty and misconduct in office. t! 1 t i U. S» Tennis Champ t Wins New Laurel y ST. CLOUD, France. June 4—< By o Associated Press.)-—-William Ifi Fil n den, of PPhiiadelphia. world’s grass a court tennis champion, won the o worlds hard court tennis singles h championship here todav. defeating h Washer, of Belgium, in straight sets. j PRICE FIVE CENTS.