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YOU AND I must agree with hard- \ ING THAT CHINA’S VOICE j SHOULD BE HEARD. ' THE inclusion of' China in Presi dent Harding’s inviations to the - :mament conference is an indica t >n of how important a part the discusison of Pacific and Far East erl, question is to play in the nego tiations. As the least militaristic nations, China has but an academic interest in the question of diarmament. But she has a vital interest in any decisions that are taken which di rectly or indirectly affect the future policies of America, Great Britain and Japan in the Pacific. Jt would be folly to attempt to ar rive at these decisions without giv ing China a chance to state her case. That President Hrading has not con.mitteed this folly is one of the good auguries for the success of the great venture he has undertaken. ALVIN YORK. Alvin York, the war’s greatest hero, has the sympathy of thousands in his fight to save his mortgaged farm. The story of his danger of being ousted was printed in the Times-Re corder and other papers throughout the country last 'week. And from all parts of the country, uy hundreds, have come offers of aid. In addition to the individual offers, Sunday schools in Kansas City have started a fund to meet the mortgage. The world admires a game fighter. And more, it is always ready to help him. PERFUME. Egyptians had wonderful perfumes. Sicentitst excavating there report they found a jar of scent in the tomb of a princess. When the jar was opened the fragrance of the scent was still strong, though it had been buried since about 2000 B. C. Four thousand years! That’s even more lasting than the fragrance of cabbage cooked in Americus kitchens on a hot day in July. MANAGER PLAN. More than 8,000 citizens of Day ton, I)., one of the fist cities to adopt the city manager plair of government, have signed petitions for a referen dum to abolish the city managership! I and the commission form. I Citizens of Dayton are displeased MNith the present form of government ■toause of a recent rise in the gas Mte. ■ After »iH, it is men and not forjjis ■that make governments good or bod. | But no city has ever gone back on ■ the city manager plan. Almost jn- I variably it has eliminated politicians F and brought good men into politics. The Dayton movement will be watched with interest everywhere. . AMBASSADORS Os 25 picture shows advertised in the London Mail recently, 24 were American productions. Now Mary Pickford and Doug Fairbanks and Wally Reid and Mar guerite Clarke and Charlie Chapplin don’t know a thing about interna tional diplomacy, but nevertheless I they are our envoys extraordinary, not in the Court of St. James, but direct to the people of England. They are ambassadors of good will in away that no ambassador tc a i there court can possibly be. 2'hey are teaching English people to smile and cry with us and folks who smile and cry together over the same things a >e not likely to fight each other though' they may fight together. HARD TIMES Die necessity of dealing with our economic problems on a world basis, and the impossibility of the United states prospering by itself alone, is ‘‘ iikmgly stated by Herbert Hoover, secretary of commerce. lhe hard times that knock at ev ery cottage door today,” says'Hoover, came front Europe. No tariffs, no embargoes, no ’ n< ? ,l, mies can ever defend I S 1 ” om invasions. I itv y 1 K °' e defense-is the prosper ■' or our neighbors and our own commencal skill.” ARMISTICE > . > ! i 111 Warding himself has sug .' at ’t would be fine if the ,1, . vl ' "’ternational conference on -m mam,. nt could convene on Arm -ISI' Ce Day, November-11. h Armistice Day, 1918, the Allied t< i ,ated P° wers laid down the th.- e la t ’ Gripped Germany and mjita™ ' al Powers of danger as a ‘i.ntaty menace. samp o ,'' Armistice Day, 1921, these of P'’ w, ‘I’s 1 ’ s take up the problem amongT£ nß , mUitar y aggression rrad?! ~h l eniselves the day will be la,ie doubly memorable. KISSING BCru<- i M n h ° dlst Central Sabbath l"titio'‘‘ ( " mmi ttee is planning to Tb , , ( “"gress to enact Sunday thim ‘lm aw . s -, that ’ amon ff other nine,’ , P r «hibit trains from run-' '»i the Sabbath. er. ~h,!'!' 0| ’ ,>se d laws, Noah W. Coop- Wi’ui i ' m . an of the committee says, Plea' ~.-I'o ; ,'n terfere w ‘th innocent wif,. ■ S ’ suc 'l l as a ll tan kissing his is S COuld never understand ihg after ere is so niuch less kiss- I ','narriage than there was be ‘ftpv h, she the same gi r l? Aren’t the same lips? ion P uzz, es no less a per- Sa vs Pev ’ ®dl- v Sunday, who lurnri-j hen y ° ll g 0 hotne tonight, * lse your wife by kissing her.” E RIC THE TIMES'” RECORDER PUBLISHED IN THE HEART OF FORTY-THIRD YEAR.—NO. 164 People Want No Extra Session,Asserts Clay Meet Baron Byng O’ the Tanks! He’s Coining to Govern Canada BY MILTON BRONNER , LONDON, July 18.—Baron Byng-, o’-the Tanks sails fox America August 3. The immortal hero of Vimy Ridge —the British gen eral who for the first time in his tory unleashed i i fleet of battl I tanks at Cam brail anti routed a su-1 perior force of? awe-struck Ger? mans comes to’ Canada to assume his new duties as governor general for five years. I asked him to talk to me about himself, his plans, his hopes and aspi rations—always a hard thing for a . man who has done fl big things to con-1 sent to do. Picture him 59 years old, straight as a line, al most six feet, with dark brown hair, scarcely showing any pray; a dark brown mustache, and friendly smil ing blue eyes. All the time he talks he puffs at a little briar pipe which has gone through many a battle with; him. “I expect to be sworn in at Que bec August 10 and to be in Ottawa on August 11,” he says. “I have never held a diplomatic position be fore. I am not a diplomat, but I think my good friends, the Can adians, will pull me out of holes as they have done before.” “Canada’s a Democratic country like the United States,” I ventured. “They will take to you because you are Democratic.” “Oh, everybody has to b'e Demo cratic- these days. Did you ever hear of the w’orld post-war-dom ? That is the condition of all the civilized world. It means that since the war the world is more Democratic, peo ple are Democratic, institutions are Democratic. It’s an age of more simplicity. It’s also an age of more criticism. “People take a man only for what he is not for what he was born, nor for what het imagines him self to be. WHIPPED PASTOR STILL IN MIAMI Found At Office In His Negro Church, De spite Order MIAMI, Fla., July 18.—Rev. Philip S. Irwin, white, who is a British subject, and pastor of an Episcopal church in the negro quarter of this city, was tound in the office of his church today attending to his du ties, though suffering from injuries sustained last night when eight un identified masked men took him to the woods, stripped and whipped him and applied tar and feathers. The police say Irwin refused to answer to direct questioning whether he had advocated race equality. Certain doctrines of uplift to the negroes delivered by Archdeacon Ir win, objectionable to white resi dents, are said to have been the rea son for the deed. Before being tarred and feathered Irwin was carried into some woods neal Miami, where he was stripped, tied to a tree and whipped. The group of masked men outlined their Pro gram to him before it was executed and then gave him forty-eight hours within which to leave Miami. WILSON REFUSED TO CANCEL DEBT WASHINGTON, July 18.—A let ter from former President Wilson to Premier Lloyd George, of Eng land, saying the U. S. could not consider proposals to cancel the war debts, was placed in the congres sional record today by Senator Lodge. 118 Baracas Present At Class Tent Sunday With 118 Baracas present Sunday raorni.’g in the Baraca tent on the lawn of the First Methodist church, Joo Bryan, teacher of the large class, stated that it looked like organization times to see so many take their places as the class roll was called. The contest for membership and attendance is' progressing steadily, with the Blues slightly in the lead on Sunday morning. While this is encouraging to that contingent, the Reds- are still in the' lead on mem bership and attendance, and the in dications are now that the Blues will have to furnish the chicken fdt - the supper, which will conclude con test afc the epd of the prescribed’ six weeks. “The thing I am proud of about this appointment to Canada is that the Canadians themselves wanted me. They asked for me. And if anybody knows me, it’s the Canadians. They were a real fighting lot. “When the king conferred the peerage upon me, I said I wanted to be called Baron Byng of Vimy in commemoration of the great battle of Vimy Ridge the Canadian troops fought. But I didn’t want to take that title unless the Canadians were satisfied I should. So I sent word to them and got a very satisfactory answer.” I asked him whether he was go ing to visit us while he was governor general. “1 can’t,” he replied. “It’s an un written rule that the governor gen eral does not leave Canada. His wife can, lus staff can, but not he. “Still, I can go down and look at the most wonderful frontier in the —the Canada-United States border which has never had its par allel. Three thousand miles with not a soldier, nor a fort, nor a gun on either side, but everywhere the signs of amity and peace. That’s a won derful object lession for the world.” Julian Byng joined the army in 1883, saw service in the Sudan and in the Boer war, becoming a colonel. At the outbreak of the big war he was ;n command of the British troops in Egypt. He fought in France and Gallipoli. Returning to France as a lieutenant general, he had command of the 17th corps and in May, I9IG, was given command of the Canadian corps with'which his name, is chief ly associated. With them he won the great surprise battle of Cambrai with the tank.:. He was made a full general and in the Jinal campaign of 1918 his army held the line north of the Somme and won some crushing victories against the Germans. The government made him a peer, gave him the thanks of parliament and a grant of 30,000 pounds. In August, 1919, he rsigned from the army to become chairman of the United Service Fund, formed to ad minister the proceeds from profits made by army and navy canteens. The fund is used to assist disabled soldiers and sailors and their widows and dependents. BARON BYNG JERUSALEM POST FORGEORGECOBB Americus Man Made U. S Vice Counsul Os Ancient City News has been received bere by Capt. and Mrs. John A. Cobb of the appointment of their sen, George Calhoun Cobb, to the post of U. S. vice consul at Jerusalem, Palestine. Mr. Cobb will sail for New York on Wednesday of this week for Mar seilles, from which point he will pro ceed by steamer through the Medi terranean seat to Beirut, going by rail fronl that port to Jerusalem. The new appoinment, besides be ing highly desirable, is regarded as a' distinctly comlpimentary promo tion. It will be desirable because of the fact that, besides being in a land teeming in historical interest, it is in the heart of a new activity, and has a large British colony, being un der British military rule at the pres ent. It is a city of 40,000 people and is taking on decidely modern fea tures as a result of the British oc cupation and also the Zionist move ment, which is bringing in notable Jews and Jewish money for redeem ing Palestine for the Jews from all over the world. It is only a few hours’ ride by rail from Egypt and other places of high interest to the student of history and travel and it is visited by large number of Ameri can tourists annually. | Mr. Cobb joined the consular serv ' ice only a little two years ago and no thing ago returned from the i Portuguese Azores islands, which was his first post as vice consul. Recent ly he stood an examination in Wash ington for promotion, and received the present- appointment before the result of this examination was an nounced. Leaves Car Stalled On Track; Flyer Hits It An automobile driven by a negro named Wiley, living on Frank Webb’s farm soutM of Americus, was de molished when hit by the North bound Seminole Limited at the Spring street crossing about 3:30 o'clock this morning. The car is said to have stalled on the track. The night superintendent at the ice plant nearby saw the car and hurried to inform the negro that the fast train was due shortly and he would be kill ed. The negro go tout and saunter ed about without attempting to push, the car from the rails, it was said, then walked to the ice plant, and while he was gohe the train arrived. The negro was said to have been drinking. AMERICUS, GEORGIA, MONDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 18, 1921. PENSION MONEY READY SOON IF ASSEMBLY ACTS W. & A. Funding Plan Drawn By Secretary Os State Times-Recorder Bureau, Kimball House. ATLANTA, July 18.—Governor Thomas W. Hardwick will have one of his floorleaders in the house Tues day or Wednesday to introduce a measure designed to put in effect the McLendon Western and Atlantic funding plan, Secretary of State S. Guyton McLendon having completed drafting the bill and placing it in the hands of the chief executive this morning. For the past few months, the scheme of Secretary McLendon has been regarded as the best method of securing immediate relief of the state’s serious ifnancial condition. Several bills proposing to put the plan in effect have already been in troduced in the house, but they are I said to be replete with flaws and un-i satisfactory to the governor and the way and means sub-cpnnnittee of the lower branch. “If my measure is enacted within the next ten days,” stated Mr. Mc- Lendon this mornjng, “Confederate veterans will be paid their back pcn- : r.ions by August 1, the imnvZduUn! problems of the treasury will be aolv ed. “I have suggested to the governor' that he have the measure introduced at once, or have the sub-committee offer it as a substitute to one of the measures already presented. If quick action is shown by the leaders, the bill can be enacted at the Satur day session of the senaj,er after pass ing the house earlier in the week. “Several days ago the governor asked me if 1 had drafted a measure to put my suggestion in effect. He had just held a conference with mem bers of the ways and means com mittee. I told him that I had not, as I had not considered it proper on my part to be so forward in attempting to have my plan enacted. Since the Request was made, however, the bill has been completed and I gave it to the chief executive this morning.” To date, no opposition, to the pass age of the McLendon measure has been voiced in the house. Practical ly all of the leaders are united in the expression that it is the best method of solving the problems of the treas ury and will urge its adoption. General James A .Thomas, of Dub lin, commander of the United Con federate Veterans of Georgia, has indorsed it, and believes that if the assembly passes it, the old soldiers will be given relief within thirty days after it becomes a law. 10 Factory Buildings In Penitentiary Burn PITTSBURG, July 18.—A report ed outbreak of prisoners in the west ern penitentiary on the Ohio river here was followed soon after noon today by fire which quickly destroy ed ten frame factory buildings with in- encloseure. weaTthTer . Forecast for Georgia—Local show ers tonight or Tuesday. AMERICUS TEMPERATURES (Furnished by Rexall Pharmacy.) 4 pm 92 4 am 78 6 pm .89 6 am 78 8 pm 82 8 am 83 10 pm 80 10 am 86 Midnight 78 ’Joon ...90 2 am 77 2 pm 92 MONTGOMERY LIVE STOCK MONTGOMERY, July 1 18.—Hog market, tops, 9.00; lights, 9.00; pigs, 8.00; light pigs, 7.00; roughs, 7.00. LIVERPOOL COTTON , LIVERPOOL, July 18.—Market opened steady. Quotations, middling 8.83. Sales, 1,500 bale:). Futures: Oct. Dec. Jan. Prev. Close .... 8.77 8.88 8.85 Open 8.89 8.97 Close 8.87 8.93 NEW YORK FUTURES Oct. Dec. Jan. Prev. Close 13.03 13.45 13.46 Open 13.10 13.52 13.52 10:15 am .13.12 13.53 1.3 r 10:30 13.10 13.51 13.54 10:45 13.13 13.53 13.50 11:00 13.05 13.42 13.50 11:15 13.02 13.43 13.43 11:30 13.03 13.44 13.47 11.45 13.08 13.42 13 3- 12:00 13.07 13.42 13.41 12:15 pm 12.98 13.40 13.39 12:30 12.99 13.38 13.40 12:45 12 99 13.40 13.39 1:00 12.98 13.40 13.40 1:15 12.86 13.27 13.4- 1:45 12.76 13.17 13.16 2:00 12.76 13.18 13.15 2:30 12.73 13.10 L 3.10 2:45 12.61 13.01 13.02 Close 12.70 13.10 13.10 AMERICUS SPOT COTTON Good Middling, 11c. TITLED BEAUTY’S W AR ROMANCE ENEfe /W i- * fll Mi I « Viscountess Uffington. LONDON, July 18.—Viscountess Offington, beautv bride of the son of the late Earl of Craven, has just filed*a petition in the divorce court here asking for a decree for restitu tion of conjugal rights. This, in Eng lish courts, is the usual first step in application for divorce. The father-in-law of the vis countess fell from his yacht recently off the Isle of Wight and was drown ed. Her husband inherits the title and estates. The viscount had about everything that society- and good luck can give a man. He was handsome, and he had a good stack of American dol- FOUND GRAVEOF AMERICUS HERO Rev. Silas Johnson Lo cates John D. Mathis Resting Place That the grave of Lieut. John D. Mathis, of Americus, who was slain in France, and for whom the local American Legion Post is named, is known and marked, instead of being unknown as was believed by his par ents, Dr. and Mrs. E. T. Mathis, is reported bv Rev. Silas Johnson, who returned Friday from six weeks abroad in which he visited various battlefields of France and Bel gium. ‘T found the grave of John D. Ma this,’ said Mr. Johnson, “in a little cemetery in France near the spot where he fell. I found a caretaker who located it from the records with out much difficulty. There are two large American cemetaries and sev eral smaller ones. I was told that about 4,000 bodies were being re turned to the United States at the request of the families of the dead, which has caused these cemeteries to be widely torn up just now. As a re sult visitors are not allowed in them and canvass curtains around them keep prying eyes away. It is the plan, I understood, to till up the vacated spots in the large cemeteries, after the removal is with bodies from the smaller burying grounds, concentrating the fallen Americans in two large cemeteries. The body of John D. Mathis will be allowed by his parents to lie in France with his comrades.” Dry Officer Slain In Raid With Posse CHATTANOOGA, July 18.—Ed Howell, deputy prohibition enforce ment Office?, was killed from ambush 12 miles from Decatur, Al t., on the Tennessee river late last, night. He was with a posse, hunting a wildcat still when fired upon. * RAILWAY MERGER ASKED. WASHINGTON, July 18. Au thority to unite the Chesapeake and Ohio Northern Railroad with the Chesapeake and Ohio Was sought of the Interstate Commerce Commission today in a petition filed by th- lat ter or parent concern. Three tenta tive plans were oufhned for approval. The odd digits 1, ’, 5, 7 and 0, total 25; the even figures 2|4, 6, and 8 total 20. Arrange these so that the odd ones and the even ones add up alike. Answer to Saturday’s: Otrain is twice as fast as the other. K a . A . lars, for his mother was an American heiress, daughter of the late Bradley Martin, New York capitalist. War came and the viscount enlist ed, joining up as a subaltern as soon as he reached the age of 17. He was sent tp Scotland for training. There he met the viscountess, who was Mary Williamina George, daugh ter of the town clerk of a Scottish village, x The bridegroom was sent to r rance for active duty. Shortly before the that one leg had to be amputated and armistice he was wounded so badly his left arm was permanently crippled. PREMIER CALLS DE VALERA ANEW General Smuts Reap pears, Also, In Irish Negotiations LONDON, July 18.— (By Asso ciated Press.) General Smuts, South African premier, reappeared today as a factor in the Irish nego tiations. With Lord Lieutenant of Ireland he conferred with Premier Lloyd . George more than an hour this morning. It. was learned the prime minister and Smuts had a long discussion on the situation yesterday at Chequers Court. At the conclusion of the morning conference the premier called the cabinet members to meet him in the commons this afternoon. De Valera, the Dish Republican leader, in response to an invitation of L’oyd George, .?<»llel at No. 10 Downing street at 4:15 this after noon for a conference. CARPENTIER TO FIGHT GIBBONS NEW YORK, July 18.—Tom Gib bons, of St. Paul, was today matched to met Georges Carpentier in Oc tober for the world’s I’ght heavy weight championship. 100 Added In Year Under Pastor Minor The first -Sunday in August will mark the end of the third year of the pastorage of Dr. Car! W. Minor, of the First Baptist church, he an nounced from his pulpit Sunday night, and he will interrupt his va cation, which will start this week, to hold services on the occasion. Ke stated that the last year has been the most successful ;n the history of the congregation, 100 names hav ing been added to the church roll, and that for the period of pastorate an average of one name each Sun day has been added. The-pulse of a butterfly has been measured to beat 60 times a minute. Heat given off by the sun varies 10 per cent every ten days.. PRICE FIVE CENTS. PROBE AT ONCE OF HIGHWAY DEFT. IS VOTED House Refuses 1 o Re fuses- To Reconsider Savins Junkets Times-Recorder Bureau, Kimball House. ATLANTA, July 18. Open declaration by President Herbert Clay in the Georgia senate today that the people throughout the state are oppc.sed to an extraordinary session of the general assembly; this body’s passage of a substitute resolution providing for an immediate investi gation of the stjjte highway depart ment; the house’s refusal to recon sider the Arnold junketing resolu tion and the passage of Webb’s measure by the house requesting the chief executive to put all branches of the government on the same basis, making annual reports as that of secretary of state department, were the chief developments in both branches of the assembly today. * A resolution of much importance, which provides for the investigation c f all district, agricultural and indus trial colleges of the state, was intro duced in the senate by Senator Alvin Golucky, of Nineteenth district. The measure provider that five memhsSi'a ■ of the assembly shall be to examine the records of the schools to ascertain whether they are being operated under the requirements c.f the act, the courses of study eippfey ed, the number of students enrolled, the cost for each attendant and what percentage of the graduated engaged in agricultural occupations. Arnold Fails Again Representative Arnold, of Clay, made a long speech on the reconsid eration of his resolution abolishing appropriations for house committees which make annual investigations of all state institutions. He frequent!*' was interrupted with questions, and on the vote the house took the po sition that the funds expended in the examination of the institutions wer necessary to protect the taxpayers. Approximately $20,000 would have been saved the state if the measure had passed. President Clay declared in th , senate that reports throughout the state than an extraordinary session of the assembly would be necessary were absolutely false; that the unan imous sentiment was opposed t-> such a step by the lawmakers and urged the senate to give immediate attention to all matters before it holding appropriations within the in come the state will receive this year and in 1922. Complimenting the report of Sec retary of State Guyt S. McLendon as being ' complete, Representative Webb, of Lowndes, asserted that all departments should make similar re ports to the general assembly. The house passed a measure requesting this by a large majority. Representative R. J. Lewis, of Col quitt, announced he would introduce Tuesday an amendment to the city charter of Moultrie providing for the establishment of a municipal tele phone system. Davis Bill Favored. Despite the fact that the house highway committee rendered unfa vorable feportsi on three measures designed to limit authority of the highway commission, distribute the motor vehicle license funds among i the counties on a pdst road mileage l asis, and allow the board fifteen ( per cent for overhead expense, the general agricultural committee num . her two announced this morning that it, had recommended passage'of the Davis bill, containing practically the same provision. This announcement came as a sur . prise to those who have' been close ly studying the situation and is re garded as a final effort to curtail activities of the highway department, the decisive fight to be made Tues day or Wednesday when Represen tative Davis, of Oglethorpe, author of the bill, calls for a vote. Should this effort fail, it is believed -t will mark the end of the fight on the- de partment. “My bills, as amended, will not de ’ stroy the highway commission, said Representative Davis, “but will regu ' late its activities and expenditure of state funds. The measure would al low all 4 per cent of the license fees collected to pay for administration of the law. Os the remaining amount eighty-five per. cent would be dis tributed among the several counties on a post road mileage basis, while fifteen per cent would be allowed I the commission for its expenses.” , “But isn’t it true, Mr. Davis,” he was asked, “that the authority of ’ the commission would not be final r or binding in stating in what manner and where in the respective counties the funds should be expended, should J your measure be enacted?” ! “No,” he replied. “The commis- r sion’s decision would be final and its right to obtain federal aid funds would not be hindered.” ’ Counties Cost Authority. Opponents of the bill maintain, however, that it is so phrased as i to give the counties final authority Jin expenditure of the funds, leav ing the highway, department prac i tically without any power. s ; The income tax measure and the Continued on Page Two.) FINAL EDITION