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YOU AND I MUST LOOK TO HARDING T O FULFILL TWO GREAT RESPONSIBILITIES. THE senate was expected to obey the president’s orders and side trick the soldiers’ bonus bill. This means that it will be a long t.nte—certainly many months, pos c’ihlv years —before the men who fought their country’s battle in the great war, get the adjusted compen sation that they are entitled to, by any rule of justice that can be ap plied. It may mean that they will never get it. . . ± . This may be a pessimistic view, but the realities of the situation seem to justify it. The two arguments that the presi dent used to convince the senate W ere that the government’s financial condition could not stand the strain o f the bonus i.nd that everything that a grateful nation can do is to be done in caring for the disabled soldiers. RESPONSIBILITIES Having won his case with these two arguments, the president has accepted two great responsibilities. It is distinctly up to him to enforce such rules of economy in every de partment of the government service that not a dollar of public money will be wasted. For if our financial situa tion is so harzardous that the soldiers must forego their bonus, the wasting of public money is inexcusable. The other responsibility is to de mand of congress that without delay it pas the Sweet bill, which provides, the machinery and money for taking care of disabled soldiers. Secretary of the Treasury Mellon has pointed out that to carry out the provision of this bill will cost the government $500,000,000 a year. No one else has made so high an estimate. It may be that the secretary in facing the great task of handling the nation's finances has become some thing of an alarmist. But whether it is five hundred mil lion or twice as much, is entirely outside of the argument. DEBATE ON HONOR The nation’s debt to its disabled* veterans is a debt of honor which must be paid in full and paid with out further delay. If more taxes must be levied to pay it, then come on with the taxes. No arguments about financial strain, treasury breakdowns, etc., in this matter, Mr. President, Mr. Sec retary and senators. The most ri&id economy, cheese-; paring economy, if you please, every where else. k But generosity, even to the point B extravagance here. And along* ivith generosity, speed. f A lew days ago a soldier died in New York of tuberculosis. He was alone and friendless. He fought so gallantly in the great war that he won three medals for bravery. By the merest chance his body was ' saved from burial in the potter’s field. ihts is but o«e of the thousands of cases of neglect which have dishon ored the nation. Finances are important, yes. But duty and honr are more important. ENGLISH Miss Dagmar Perkins, of New >ork, president of the National As sociation for the Improvemment of • merican Speech, has undertaken a h ai’d job. She wants Americans to quit paying “gimmie” and “ain’t’ and " w “ tch y ers tep” and the like, ’w. i > . Perk ' ns not a pioneer. ( ay back in the early years of the ■th century the distinguished edu- t 1 °f’ , race Mann, attempted to each New England how to speak bnm' Sh | * le lai !'-’ d miserably. New ■'banders continue to murder tnc ‘anguage until this day. TWO GEORGES Hi . I IS z. about two kings—George 1 and George V of England. , made a conciliatory •P ch in Belfast that resulted in hm jarring factions of Ire ' "gc Iler in peace parley. George with i'i" gainst any compromise ">th the ’American rebels.” fi llou * eo , l P ;e HI been as sensible a been .J ■ t ' orge V there might have Star < " z \" 1 ‘* I ' ican revolution, no States Banner > no United than 11 1 Abraham Lincoln other Iha » the country lawyer. Can>t h<?lp but ven , hat Ge °rge 111 was a •' stu P‘d old fool. T , THE smiths. American 81 ? mOSC P rom >nent 000 of nJ dy ‘ More tha n 150,- fought fm A~ f ‘ V - e a '’ my divisi°ns— cording ,n the war, ac- tist;e‘- ! rh cent, y announced sta may he «J ey i are in egress. They legislature H< i ln nearl y ev, ‘ r .V state Other f ail u- ° n eve *'y Police force, city n •. m >ght leave any Would c'rcefv x nd tbe ‘ r de P arture Pose ;i u t‘h, J ** noticed, but sup- Th a Knuths left! "ufficient. 1 ? 11 ?’ > thc on 'y family to sepai nt . ltse . lf ’ for were they of the <• ' hemselve« from the Test a 'ong verv u nity they cou,d «et bore, ’ What with lhe ir la- Pifach’er. band it t ' > '‘ ac 'hers. You’ve gotta to ’em. Dr. J H k H^ R ° ISM cut his own u" t J Ve ,. 1 ’ ,°f Philadelphia, at n ., <• . hand slightly while oper su- I'end,.,! TiP* ndlCi,is ’ Be conld have Ms. d the operation to save him the dam-.,* would have increased -a weTi J l' S patient - He didn’t oni n £ k er he died of blood pois hom’r ?? P r, ' ff ' Sß '<>n has to its duty. Rg lst B uch sacrifices to ERIC THE TIMES';., t RECORDER [%OII PUBLISHED IN THE HEART OF DiX~,E~gfr~O? FORTY-THIRD YEAR.—NO. 165 HARDWICK ASKS BIENNIAL SESSIONS Mrs. Bergdoll Admits Paying Officer $5,000 Escaped Slacker’s Mother Says It Was For Distri bution “Among High Officials At Washington’’ WASHINGTON, July 19.—Mrs. Emma Bergdoll today told the house committee investigating the escape of Grover C. Bergdoll, her slacker son, that she gave $5,000 to Major Bruce Campbell, an army officer at Gov ernor’s Island, for use ‘among hig hofficials at Washington” to help obtain his freedom. She said Campbell first demanded SIOO,OOO, but she refused. MILLION DOLLAR COTTON CREDITS FIXED IN BERLIN First Arrangement lust Negotiated By Charles ton Concern BERLIN, July 19.—(8y Associat ed Press.) —The first million dollar American cotton credit has just been negotiated between the American Products Export and Import Corpora tion, of Charleston, S. C., and the Darmstader bank of Berlin, the lat ter guaranteeing repayment, which is based on three and six-month credit on the dollar basis. Nephew Asphyxiated In Tank Os Gasoline Dr. Mamie Cassady has been call ed to Bainbridge to attend the fun eral of her nephew, Alex Berry, aged 17, news of whose tragic death there late Monday by asphyxiation in a gasoline tank reached her last night. Alex Berry was asphyxiated by gasoline fumes at the Bainbridge plant of the Texas company. He was taking the closing inventory of gas in the huge storage lank and dropped his pencil inside. With aid of cross bars inside the tank he lowered himself and secured the pen »nil, there being a low depth of gaso line in the tank. He returned to within reaching distance of his com panion, John Neely, grabbing his hand when he was overcome by gas fumes and fell back. He was dead when rescued five minutes later, Short Staple Cotton Kept On Free List WASHINGTON, July 19.—The house late Monday put long staple cotton on the dutiable last with an advalorem rate of 15 per cent. The duty will apply only to cotton with a staple one and one-eighth inches in lenfth and affect only imports of Egyptian or other cotton not compar able to the ordinary commodity pro duced in the South. Members were in doubt as to what compensatory rates on all cotton boods would be considered necessary by reason of the imposition of a tax on the raw product. There was no explanation of the committee’s action in deciding at the last moment not to take the ordinary variety of cotton such as is raised in the South from the free list. MARKETS AMERICUS SPOT COTTON Good Middling 11c. LIVERPOOL COTTON LIVERPOOL, July 19.—Market opened 5-11 points down. Quota tions, fully middling 8.77. Sales 14,- 000 bales. Receipts, 18,877 bales, of which 1.8,735 are American. Futures: Oct. Dec. Jan. Prev. Close .8.87 8.93 Open 8.84 ——— Close .8.73 . 8.81 NEW YORK FUTURES Oct. Dec. Jan. Prev. Close 12.70 13-.10 13.10 Open .. .12.74 1.3.17 13.17 10:15 am 12.73 13.10 13.14, 10:30 .12.73 13.10 13.10 10.45 .... ...12.74 13.12 HUH 11:00 ..12.74 13.13 13.16 11:15 12.77 13.17 13.22 11:30 ...12.67 13.09 13.14 11-45 12.73 13.13 13.14 12:00 12.76 13.17 13.16 12:15 pm 12.69 13.16 13.16 12:30 12.71 13.14 13.13 12:45 . 12.74 13.15 13.15 : 1 :00 12.74 13.19 13.21 1:15 12.78 13.17 13.22 1:30 . 12.78 13.17 13.22 1:45 12.76 13.20 13.22 2:00 12.82 13.38 13:4 5 2:30 12.83 13.23 13.27 WEATHER. Forecast for Georgia—Local thun dershowers tonight or Wednesday. AMERICUS TEMPERATURES (Furnished by Rexall Pharmacy 1 4 mu *...90 4 am .74 6 pnr 85 6 am ..72 8 pm ..80 8 am 80 10 pm 79 10 am ~86 Midnight 7G Noon 89 2 am .76 1 pm 88 ALBANYTO PLAY HERE THURSDAY; CROWD COMING Fans To Make Trip In Special Cars On Ro tary Day Thursday will be a notable day in Americus. Announcement was made today that a game of baseball had been scheduled for Thurssday after noon at 4 o’clock at the Playground between Americus and her ancient rival, Albany, and that the Albany fans were coming in at least three special coaches to be attached to the 2 o’clock CT ntral passenger train. A considerable share of the party will be members of the Albany Ro tary clut. who are coming on that day to be the guests of the Ameri cus Rotary club at the regular mid week luncheon at the Tea Room. A notable game of baseball, with rabid rooting on each side, is prom ised! foW the game here. Albany will bring practically the same team which met Americus in that city July 4 On that occasion the Albany team was composed of the pick of the city league there, and Ameri cus was represented by a very strong tfSfin wTich won by a score" of .3-2. So close was the game and so strong the feeling of interest that the Al bany team refused to proceed with the game with’ two men out in the ninth inning when one of the um pires changed his decision ruling j against them. In the July 4 game Bradley Hogg pitched for the Americus club and delivered a great game. It had been i hoped to use him in the return game] here, but he is now {filling an en- j gagement of three weeks with the j Madison, Fla., club and will be un-| able to be here. It has not been an nounced yet who will pitch for Amer icus, but it is stated that a strong team, one that will put up a fast game, will be on hand to meet the Albany sluggers. The rivalry Between the two cities, the recent defeat oT Albany by Am ericus in a close score, ’and the fact that special railroad facilities are obtainable assures a crowd of prob ably 150 fans from Albany for the game. Thursday afternoon being a half holiday here, and Americus be ing well supplied with lovers of base ball, assures a large local attend ance. Ihe game scheduled for Thursday here with Montezuma has been postponed until Friday because of the Albany occasion. NO RUPTURE IN CRAIG’S RETURN BELFAST, July 19. (By Asso ciated Press.) —The return to Belfast of Sir James Craig, Ulster premier, and the members of his cabinet, who had been in London in connection with the Irish peace movement, must not be taken as a rupture of negotia tions, it was declared today by Col. Spender, secretary of the delegation. It is thought, indeed, the delegation will be recalled to London next week. None of the members of the cabi net would have anything to say. SIR JAMES MAKES STATEMENT ON LEAVING LONDON, July 19.—The Irish ne gotiations took on an unexpected de velopment late last night. Sir James Claif, Ulster premier, on leaving for Belfast, made an important state ment. The Ulster leader maintains that the Sinn Fciners themselves by con testing the ejections for the Northern parliament on a platform of ‘‘no par tition,” in which they were roundly defeated, have recognized Ulster’s claim to self-determination.'and, so far as his words have been interpret ed for the present, he seems to wash his hands of any further participa tion in the peace negotiations'. Sir James said: ‘T return home well satisfied with the efforts beipg made toward peace. Mr. DeValera has broken his silence and cleared the ground by his state ment to the press that he ptoposes to found his claim on recognition of the right of self-determination.” AMERICUS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 19, 1921. NAVAL SCANDAL ‘PROVED’; REPORT SCORES DANIELS Ex-Secretary Roosevelt, Censured, Charges Unfairness WASHINGTON, July 19.—For mer Secretary Daniels and former Assistant Secretary Franklin D. Roosevelt, of the navy, were de nounced for methods used in the in vestigation of the war time scanda; among the enlisted men at the New port training station in the majority report of the senate sub-committee, made public today. The charges' made by the clergy of Newport and the Providence Jour nal, the report says, have “been proven to the satisfaction of the com mittee” and both clergy and the Journal “deserve the thanks of the people at large.” At the same time Mr. Roosevel. issued a statement declaring that Republican Senator Fall and Keys, constituting the majority of the sub committee, issued the findings with out giving hi ma 'hearing, which Roosevelt contended “shows a pre meditated and unfair', purpose of seeking what they mistakenly believe to be a partisan and political ad vantage.” . Most of the details of the scandal as disclosed Ki the investigation are of an unprintable nature. HEARD IN PASSING WHAT AMERICUS PEOPLE ARE SAYING AND THINKING > ‘T’HE general trend of conver * sation about the streets as knots of Americus business men and Sumter county farmers gath er to discuss vital questions of the day, would impress! the casual listener that underlying jest and humpr and occasional .seriousness is’ a spirit of optimisffc expectancy. The long-faced grouch who some time back could be seen gesticulat ing about the street corners, wild eyed and threatening in attitude, warning the young and old that we were on the verge of financial and national calamity, has mysteri ously disappeared. It is 'hoped that he has gone to work, the sure cure for pessimism. “I have just ridden about forty miles over Sumter county farm section,” said an Americus mer chant today. ‘‘lf what I saw means any thing at all at this time, it means that Sumter is certain to have a bumper crop. I don’t say that there will be more of any par ticular product than in previous years, but, I do believe that there will be the best balanced crop that we have I had any time lately. What cotton I saw is growing, clear of grass and full of fruit from the ground up. The corn is full of promise and except in iso lated instances, is as good as 1 have seen any year.” “I just traveled through Sum ter, west and southwest byway of Plains,” said another merchant farmer, “and though the recent heavy rains have halted the work of the farmers, the crops of all kinds are as fine, generally, as 1 have seen for years. Notwith standing the cut in acreage and re duced amount of fertilizer used, I believe Sumter county will near ly duplicate last year’s cotton crop.” “We are bound to have a won derful business season this fall,” sa.d another merchant as the re porter stepped into the store to day. It was such an unusual state ment, coming like a bolt from the well trained business brain, that the reporter asked upon what he based the assumption. > “Well,” resumed the merchant, | “this time last year our firm owed for $25,000 worth of merchan dise that had to be paid for out of the fall’s business. The farmer and working man had to pay us for this merchandise m addition to heavy fertilizer bills. This year we, like the majority of other mer chants, have not bought heavily. Just enough merchandise has been bought to meet the immediate de mands. Consequently we will have only about $5,000 to pay out this fall and the farmer and working man who have not bought of us heavily on account will have their money to spend. They will have smaller hills to pay of every sort. With the bright prospects of this year’s crop as it now appears, even though the price of cotton does not go beyond twelve cents, there will be more cash money spent in Am ericus this fall than in a long time. 1 know that what is true in our case is true of others. I never felt better and more .full of pep than I do today when J think of the business outlook for the fall season.”. Another merchant was accosted SHE’S MISSOURI’S LEADING LOBBYIST ■ JMMK * zV*’ ■ rJJIr : M 881 t' 1 .l__ MISS MARIE AMES She Tells How To Get Good Laws Enacted By State Legislators JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., July 19. —“Don’t try to vamp legislators,” warns Miss Marie Ames, successful lobbyist. “When a woman begins to try feminine wiles upon lawmakers she only disgusts them—or, at least, she doesn't get the votes.” Miss Ames has to her credit in Missouri the ratification of the suf frage amendment; the reform of election methods in Kansas City and St. Louis; revision of the children's code; legislation providing factory inspection; and the submission to voters of the constitutional amend ment to strike the word “male” from the state constiution’s le quirements for state officeholders. She worked during the last two sessions of the Missouri legislature as legislative representative of the Missouri Woman’s Legislative Com mittee, composed of delegates of 19 state organizations of women with more than 200,000 members. “I try to meet the men of thc legislature on their own plane, I discuss bills on their merit and re- TECH ON ARMY LIST OF HONOR Given Special Privileges With 33 Other Schools WASHINGTON, July 19.—Thirty four educational institutions of the United States were named by the War Department today as “dis tinguished colleges and honor mili tary schools, respectively, for 1921.” The order gives the colleges the right to one appointment each vir tually without examination to the regular army and each honor school the right to maintain one represen tative candidate at West Point. The schools include Alabama Poly technic Institute, Clemson College and Georgia Tech. on the streets who seemed to be in a great hurry He is a new comer to Americus and it occurred to the reporter from his hustling attitude that there might, be some thing in the air. “What's on your mind?” he was asked. ■ “Oh! I am late getting off to he market for fall buying. I have been rushing for two weeks tryihg to get away. 1 want to have my store renovated, that, is repainted and new shelving put in to take care of the fresh new stock that I am going to buy.” He was all in a hurry and beaming with hope and keen anticipation of next business returns. So the reporter asked him what he thought of the prospects for busi ness this fall. “Well, I’ll tell my friend. I , believe there is something good just around the corner. For many weeks I have ridden over South Georgia and up as far as Atlanta and over to Columbus. The crops generally are good and. unless August rains interfere with the • fruition, we are going to have Can you arrange four 7’s with arithmetical signs so that they will make 100? Amwer to yeiterday’i: 79 plu» 5 1-3 equal* 84 1-3; 84 p!u» 2-6 equal* 84 1-3. A. .a . » . , fuse questionable dinner invitations,” she said. “Effective lobbying means long and tedious work before the com mittees, especially to watch every move of a bill during the latter part of a session. For then is when it is easy for a bill to get sidetracked.” Miss Ames began her career as a worker for suffrage 11 years ago in Springfield, Mass., her home. He< campaigning took her into the mountains of Kentucky, the mine districts of Michigan and the farms country of MiiVouii. Iler most spectacular accomplish ment was in 1919 when the lower house of the Missouri legislature had passed a bill giving women the right to vote for presidential elec tors in Missouri. Thc senate was known to be even ly divided. Miss Ames saved Hie bill by hiring a special train to bring from his home city an absent sena torial advocate of suffrage who was defending a young man in a murder trial. The vote showed a tie—-when the senator walked in and said: “I vote aye.” U. S. EXPENSES CUT 9 BILLIONS Huge Reduction Over Last Year Shown Bv Treasury WASHINGTON, July 19 The total government expenditures dur ing the fiscal year just ended drop ped off nine billion dollars, as com pared to last year, representing a decrease of $1,387,000,000 in ordi nary disbursements and a reduction of $7,846,000,000 in payments on the public deh>, according to the an nual statement issued today by the U. S. treasury. mighty good times when the new crop is on the market. This year’s crop has been raised mighty cheap ly. The laborer has spent very lit tle because he could not get it. The farmer has spent practically noth ing because he has been afraid. The merchant has not loaded up with large stocks to carry over. Now, we all start even with a large new crop, new goods, fair prices and reawakened confidence of the buying public. Why should we not have a proseprous fall?’ ” So it goes and the sad, wrinkled, wan faced individual is taking on a smile' and a sparkle twinkles in the hopeful eye. May Call In Mellon On Muscle Shoals Deal WASHINGTON, July 19.—Secre tary Mellon may be called into con sultation with Secretary Weeks, of ficials said today, before determina tion of the government’s attitude towarc} Henry Ford’s offer to take oyer the Muscle Shoals nitrate plant for conversion into a fertilizer plant. Officials .'said Mellon is, regarded as an authority on hydraulic powef. A spreading oak sixty feet high will contain about six million leaves. PRICE FIVE CENTS. $56,000 ANNUAL SAVING TO STATE, SAYS MESSAGE Governor Fells Assem bly It Behooves To Ef fect Every Economy Times-Reeorder Bureau, Kimball House. ATLANTA, July 19.—Declaring the state would be saved $56,000 per annum and that fewer changes would be made in the Georgia laws, Gov ernor Thomas W. Hardwick sent a message'to the general assembly thia morning uringing bi-ennial instead of annual sessions of the legislature. “In times like these, it behooves us to effect every possible economy in expenditure of the money of the people,” said the message. The new general tax act, providing for a total increased revenue of $500,000 for the state, which will briftg the entire sum to $1,000,000 annually, was introduced in the house today by Representative J. W. Cul pepper ,and was immediately refer red to the appropriations committee, a sub-committee of the ways and means committee. Two hundred and fifty thousand doilai’s would be added through the imposition of a poll tax on women, and a similar amount from special taxes. Hotels would be taxecj $1 per robin each year, restaurants and cases $.16 io SIOO, cigar dealers SSO, cigarette dealers $25 to SSO, whole sale tire dealers $250 and coal, coke and wood agents $lO to SIOO, and motion picture theaters $5 to SIOO per month. This act does not include the spe cial taxes on gasoline and soft drinks, which will be piovided for in bill to be introduced this week. In the senate, the fight on the lax equalization act again raged furious ly today, while the house spent the morning attending to local bills and concurred in the senate resolution calling for an investigation of the state highway depart. SALE OR LEASE OF MANSION FAVORED ATLANTA, July 19.—The senate committee on public property Mon day afternoon voted to favorably re port a bill providing for the sale or lease of the governor’s mansion. This actitfh folllowed a fiery debate Friday in which representatives of the capitol ren<oVal aggregation urg ed that no action be taken until after the legislature had passed definitely upon the capitol removal issue. A fight in favor of the eugenics bill, which was defeated last week, won in the house on a motion by Representative Moore, of Appling, for reconsideration. The motion to reconsider carried by a vote of 79 to 49. This bill provides for a medical examination all males fifteen days before the issuance of a marriage license. The bill now will be played on the calendar again for another vote. COLLUM SETS SENATE RIGHT Puts Congressman Crisp Forward As First Far mer’s Friend Times-Recorder Bureau, Kimball House. ATLANTA, July 19.—Because the house and senate has passed resolu tions ihdorsing Congressman Gordon Lee’s measure in congress to secure a federal farm loan for the farmers made no mention of Congress Chas. R. Crisp, of Americus, Senator J. M. Collum, of the Thirteenth district, introduced in the state senate this morning a resolution including the latter. The measure also gives Congress man Crisp credit for having first in troduced the movement and express es appreciation and support of the senate. ——* ■ -.. , 1 ■ To Spread Leprosy Cure News On Island HONOLULU, T~H., July 19. A corps of doctors is to be dispatch ed to the islands of the Hawaiian group of the board of health to in duce persons tainted with leprosy to enter Kalihi leprosy station here for the successful chaulmoogra oil treat ment. Moving pictures of life in the Kali hi station and at the old leper col ony o fKalaupapa on the Island of Melokai, showing the beneficiate f fect of the refined chaulmoogra specific for leprosy, will be shown in all the towns, and villages of Ha waii. • Mrs. Lloyd the wife of the * British premier, •.attended the first. ■ showing, of “The Princess of, New. York” in London. It was made in London studio of Paramount by Don ald Crisp, • ■ | MAIL EDITION