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WEATHER FORECAST:
s GEORGIA Fair tonigtit and
> slightly warmer in the northwestern
; portion; Thursday fair and warmer.
FORT Y THIRD YEAR —NO. 2 If
HUDSON ro HANG ■ . ANY NOV 181
JURY RETURNS
GUILTY VERDICT
WITH NO MERCY
Extreme Penalty To Be Inflicted
For Slaying Os Two Little
Beys
STATEMENT ON STAND
BRIEF SHIFT OF BLAME
Wife, Mother Oi Lads, Jointly
Indicted, To Go Gn Trial
Monday
ALBANY, Oct. s.—The jury in tin
case of Glen Moore Hudson, chafgei
with the murder of his two little step
sons here July 12, returned a verdie.
at 11 o’clock this morning, finding
Hudson guilty of firSt degree murdei
without recommendation for mer-y.
Hudson was sentenced by Ju lg<
Bell to be hang, d November 18 be
tween 10 and 2 o’clock.
The jury resumed its deliberations
early today after failing to return a
verdict last night after being cut
over three hours. The case went
the jury at 10:25 p. m., after Hud
son in an unsworn statement hao
asserted lets innocence.
When fl- case was placed in the
jury’s hantis it was announced that
Mrs. Hudson, wfe of the defendant
ai'd jointly indicted with hci hu v
hand co a murder charg-. w.!l be
placed <it ttial here next ".Lmday
i u.rning Attorneys representing
Mrs. Hudson announced tirnt they
would be ready for trial.
Nothing New Revealed.
The state closed its ease during
the morning session, and the defense
immediately began to introduce evi
deuce in which it planned to show
some other person titan Hudson com
mitted tho crime, that the mother of
the children was such a low and de
praved character that she plotted to
g<t rid of the children, with T. M.
Skipper, principal witness for the
«UUx».uluj. .by planted evidi-nne*-h+-
thmw suspicion on Hudson and in
that, way to get rid of him also.
The trial was devoid of anything
new in the way of evidence or of the
facts that had not been made publi<
during the investigation of the crime.
Its only really dramatic moment was
when Hudson took the stand Tuesday
afternoon to make an unsworn state
ment in his own defense.
If any one present thought this
statement would bring out anything
of a sensational nature he was doom*
ed to disappointment, for the state
ment was of few words and deliver
ed in a halting, hesitant'manner with
long* pauses between sentences.
“Gentlemen: lam before a court
to be tried for the first time in my
life, accused of a crime I am not
guilty of," he .'-aid. 1 am as innocent
as an angel in heaven, God knows 1
am. These children's mother was
cruel to the litle ones. Her and Mr
Skipper both seemed like they had
a grudge against them. Many times |
I’ve seen her take pieces of rope and
sticks and beat the largest boy <lnd
I’d beg her not to be so horrible to
the little fellows.’’
Kissed By Sister.
When Hudson completed his state
ment, his leading attorney, Claude
Payton, asked him if he had anything
further to tell the iury and he replied
in the negative. As he left the wit
ms- stand he returned to his chair
by the side of his attorneys, where
h’s brother, a young college student,
shock hands with him and 'is sister
k's'-i'd him. Both sat a 1 his side
while the trial progresed. The broth
er and sister are from Columbia, Ala.
Argument before the jury was be
•:un by J. j). Gardimr, of Camilla.
bro' , ’er of Solicitor B. C. Gardner,
and associated with him in the prose
cution. M’r. Gardner outlined the
1 u-.’s contentions and reviewed the
< vidence, seeking to show that a per
L et < hain of circumstantial evident*'-
h'ul been established to connect Hud
with the crime.
It. E. L. Spence. Jr., of Mar-on
'" '•nod for the defense, and made a
brilliant and eloquent idea for the
<h'f endant. areuing that all of his
ch-nCs a<‘ts foliowin" the commission
"f tho crime were those of an inno
' ' nt man a id that evidence against
b im was such that it shawed an evi
dent plant or frame-up on the part
' tho real murderer.
Attarm v Claud Payton, chief conn
'l for Hudson, closed for the de
betai-e court ndicnrned for-suu
!i,,r. Mr. Payton made a forceful are'u
nient and impassioned nlea for his
' b'-nt, ridiculing the testimony of th<
'ate :-eeki.ng to conenct Hudson with
•he crime.
AMERICUS TEMPERATURES
•Furnished bv Rexall Pharmacy.)
• rm .70 -1 am 52
6 pm AG 6 am 51
8 mn . . 6.3 8 am 56
•0 mn . ... .58 10 am 6B
Midnight 56 Noon 66
2 am ...54 1 pm 68
Xlijtralia is building a 112-mile
".atcr power line from Victoria
I alls to. Melbourne.
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HEAR CLARENCE OUSLEY, of Texas, former Assistant Secretary of Agriculture at Washington, speak at the courthouse in Americus Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock.
He will talk on the prqper method of marketing cotton. He is considered one of the foremostorators of the day as w e ll as an agricultural authority. "He is worth driving 100
. . miles to hear,' said one citizen. It's all free. /■
Crowds Line Up Early For Series Opener
BETT ER REGISTER
IE EXPLOSIVES |
_ ARE. IN YOUR LINE;
• If you are a dealer in or hand- !
! ler ct explosives of any kind, ex- |
cept gun powder, and have not I
registered with the ordinary, you |
are a violator of a state law and I
subject t-j prosecution for misde- I
meaner. .
The seci’viary of sta’te has just I
forwarded io Ordinary Cobb a •
c< py cf a statute enacted in the I
recent session of the Georgia Leg- !
ishiture setting forth that all per- ;
sons handling or dealing in these j
explosives must register with the
ordinary every 90 days. Blanks !
were enclosed by the secretary of i
state for making t is registration.
The registrant must, name tn.' j
character of explosives handled by
him, state tin- quantity, specjfy ,
where obtained, to whom sold or
I disposed of, in what quantities and
for what, purpose. A fee of 25 |
] cents is provided for registering, ;
I Ihe law has been effective since it j
I was signed by the governor shortly |
• after pas sage.
U.S. MUST PLAY
WORLD PART,
BIG MEN REPORT
I
Leaders In Business Report After
I rip Os Inspection Through
Europe
WASHINGTON, Oct. 5. Con
viction that the United States cannot
refrain from active participation
the settlement of economic and I’j
nam-ial difficulties conLpuitjng the l .
o »,i 1- ctnYN*
miftee of tho Chafiiber of Comfffierci '
of the United States just back from
an extended trip through European!
countries where government officials'
and business leaders were interview- i
ed and where in a close study on the
ground the committee sought the;
views of the various elements of the ;
populations.
In a report to the Chamber’s Board I
of Directors, made public today, the !
committee declares that:
“In every country visited the opin- i
ion was expressed that neither’
Western nor Central Europe can be i
restored to a condition which prom- I
ises hope and progress for the fu
ture without assistance. Ex cry conn-;
try desires our friendship and assist !
ance, and it is apparent we can par ;
ticipate in the restoration of com
mercial and industrial productivity I
on any reasonable and consistent I
termc, either by modification of the!
Versailles treaty to meet the policies'
of the United States, or independent- i
ly of it.”
On the Chamber’s committee are
Joseph H. Defrees, of Chicago, presi
dent of the Chamber; John H. Fahey
of Boston, former president of the
Chamber and director of the Inter
national Chamber of Commerce;
Silas 11. Strawn, of Chicago, chair
man of the board. Montgomery Ward
& Co.; Robert P. Lamont, of Chi
cago, president. American Steel
boundaries Co.; Jehu J. O’Connor, of
Washington, manager. Finance De
partment, Chamber of Commerce of
the United States; and James H.
Douglas, Jr., secretary.
War Chief Obstacle.
A chief obstacle at present to -a |
return to normal business conditions j
throughout the world, the committee
asserts, is found in the armed con
flicts in progress and in the contin
ued threat, of renewal clashes. Busi
ness v/ill not resume its forward
movement, it is declared, until the
menace of recurring warfare is re
moved.
Conclusions of the committee, bas
ed on an intensive study, stand out
as follows:
There is a heavy financial burden
involved in continuing the armies of
occupation, but the removal of this;
load depends on seme effective plan
for 'he maintenance of peace, on
which the nations shall unite. y
T' i- United States and the Allies
should present a" solid front in de
manding that Germany make good'
in the matter of reparations.
The United States should partici- '
pate in the work cf reparations eom
misison and in the work of the other,
cemmis ions now existing or to be
created which may deal with eco
nianii and financial questions whi-.
affect the United States.
There should be f irmed an inter
national commission of business mer
to aid the reparations commission ir
! working out difficult financial prob
kins concerning reparations.
Should Stay On Fl line.
The United States should not with
draw at this time her army on the
Rhine. The conrmiftee found furth
cr that : ,
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THE TIMES RECORDER
PUBLISHED IN THE HEART OF
SOUTHER FIELD .
TO BE DROPPED,
SENATOR IS TOLD
Flying Post To Be Abandoned,
Says Chief, In Economy
Program
FATE OF SUPPLY DEPOT
IS NOT MENTIONED
Nothing Official Known, Says
Field Commander—lnactive
For Some Time
* \
Tint Souther Field, located four
miles from Americus, a pc f of the
United States army air service, is to
be abandoned, was the information
given officially at the War Depart
ment by the chief of air service on
Tuesday afternoon to Senator Harris,
according to word from the capital
today. The. change in contemplated
as a part of the government’s re
trenchment policy, it was stated. No
information was given as to when the
order would be given or become ef
fective. The field for somestime has
( been inactive, and only ni’.q yffipers
' and a score of enlisted mentare sta
i tioned there.
Lieutenant Dowman, oflicer ir
charge, was asked by phone whether
any orders cf this kind had been re
ceived at the post. He staled that
the news had been received by him
only through the morning newspapers
and that he had not received any
previous information, and nothing
whatever official.
Citizens Interested
Americus citizens generally were
interested in *he report, but so far
■•jis . eouM be learngd no Mkl ,s
been taken to atteiupt- to have the
government a F’r its declared eourZ'
Souther Field, besides being a fly
ing field, is the scene of a large air
service supply depot, and two hug.’
warehouses and many steel angars
are filled with (lacked airplanes and
ether equipment. Whether it is the
intention of the War Department t
abandon the depot as well as the
flying- field is not stated, and not
known here. In any event, it is' be
lieved it will reauire some tim< tc
get matters in shape for closing ih'
field.
The correspoirdent of the Macon
Telegraph wires that paper from
Washington under date of Tuesd iy
a,s follows:
Harris Informed.
The chief of the air service. Wai
Department, today informed Senator
William J. Harris that Americus, Ga.,
is being abandoned as an air serv
ice station because of retrenchment
necessarily adopted. The decision
came in the course of a communi
cation to Senator Harris, discussing
the policy of placing Americus <>n
the Savannah-San Diego air route,
an idea eagerly advocated by the
civic bodies of Americus.
Senator Harris said he would urge
Ihe War Department to continue the
air service activities at Americus with
the supply denot as long as possible,
and he would co-operate with Con
gressinan Charles R. Crisp, of the
Americus district. in pressing the
claims of the field.
The communication today from
Major William F. Pearson, adminis
trative executive of the air service,
said: “The chief" of the air service
has been requested to advise you that
he appreciates the claim of Americus.
Ga., by reason of facilities
there and its geographical location
to-designation as a station on the
Savannah-San Diego air route. Eco
nomical reasons have, however, made
a policy of retrenchment necessary
and in consequence Americus is be
ing abandoned as an air service sta
tion.
Suggests Community Action.
“It is suggested that if the communi
ty wishes to take this matter up with
a view to establishing at Americus a
muincipal landing field, wits neces
sary facilities for providing accom
modations to pilots and the servicing
of planes, it may be possible 4 hat.
Americus be designated as a sta'ion
cn the Savannah-San Diego .aiiavay
as desired.
“It will be imposible fir the air
service to provide funds for the pur.
pose.
"The chief of mr service appre
ciates the spirit of interest and co
o’or«tiOn in aeronautics nrompting
the Americus Chamber of Commerce
and affiliated organizations >f that
town in their effort to secure a posi
tion for Americus as a station on "be
air route in question and-trusts that
it will be possible to establish a mu
nimlwil landing field at tha' point.”
Sen:it<‘ v Earris forwarded a copx
of «i>o. ificafio”* for rn’inicipal land
ing fields to the Americus Chamber
of Commerce a« well a« the Rotarv,
Kiwanis and Lions clubs, which are
AMERICUS, GEORGIA. WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. OC TOBER 5. 1921
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CLEANUPSQUAD
HAS HEAVY DAY
Eighty Ex-Servics Men Appear
For Attention By Noon—
Here Three Days
The Red Cro.-ss-Leg'ion 'Clean-up
squad, which opened a three-day stay
in Americus Wednesday morning to
assist ex-service men in getting ac
tion on disability claims, did a land
i.tt'ice business on their first forenoon
Consisting of about ten men and
women, will several local vohinteei
helpers, the squad was fairly
swamped with applicants for atten
tion. The council chamber on t.h<
third floor of the city hall was used, :
and the numerous seats were con-;
stantly tilled with men, both white
and colored, waiting t > be called. T 1
men were each given a number as
they entered the door, and summon
ed in turn. At noon 8(1 men had
received numbers. At least, two
thirds were from outside Sumter
county.
cc-cpeiating in securing a landing
field at Ameiicus.
Ti e air service stated that corps
area commanders have been asked to
make recommendations on location
for the establishment of flying field.;
within their respective corps area,
and -it is probable- flrit'-i-ceommeuda
lions submitted will advocate the es
tablishment and maintenance of ac
Hve field at. points acessible from’
large centers of population.
OUSLEY CLASS
MATE OF SHIPP
Noted Texan, Who Speaks Here
Thursday, Native Os
Georgia
Clarence Ousley, former assistant
secretary of agriculture at Washing
ten, who will speak in Americus or,
Thursday at 3 p. m., on cotton mar
keting, i- a former Georgian ants
wa once a classmate of an Ameri
cus man, Colonel J. E. D. Shipp. Ai
the time Col. S’ipp was studying
law at Auburn, Mr. Ousley was a
student there, taking a general aca
demic cnerse. He is the son of a
former prominent merchant of Ous
ley, Ga., and is about 53 years of
age. For a number of years he has
resided in Texas, and for some time
was editor of The Galveston News,
a powerful newspaper of that section.
The late Colonel C. R. Pendleton,
of I’he Macon Telegraph, once said
cf Mr. Ousley that ho considered him
one of the foremost American edi
tors and thinkers. He is a writer of
splendid ability, and created much
attention during his occupancy of the
pest of assistant secretary of agri
culture in the Wilson admiriistration
TAX PAYERS UNITE,
LONDON, Oct. 5. T-he Income
I’.’ iav.-r-' Stmcietv. under the leader
ship of Lord Inchcape, has 9 been
formed here to simplify the taxing
1 machinery and maintain the consti
tutional rights of the members.
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PRICE FIVE CENTS.
Fair Weather Greets j
‘Yankees and Giants j
In Diamond Struggle J
(GINNINGS REACH I
| 12,336 BALES!
I Fi ,u es For Sumter County Up To
Sept. 25 Announced By
Census Taker
] Gii'iiitV's of cotton in Sumter coun
> ty up to Septembi r 25 totaled 12,336
| bales, counting round bales as half
i bales, Wm. I'. Pearsons, U. S. cot
, to:, ecu us taker for Sumter county,
I announced today. This compared tol
‘ 11,067 bale:- 4 to thi same date j
; last year.
, These figures caused pessimistic
; guossers. who have been talking of a
crop of 13,000 to 1 1,000 bales for
Sumter county, to revise their esti
mates and now concede that the crop
' will reach at least 16,000 bale- for
this year.
FLYING SWING AT
• FAIR BREAKS; 8
CHILDREN HURT
BROCTON, Mass., Oct. 5
I Eight children were badly injur
ed today when a flying swing de-
| vice at the fair grounds gave way,
, throwing one of the swings into a
< rowd. The children were taken
! to a hospital. Several < ther per*
I sons were treated at an emergency
- station.
ADMITS PART IN EXPRESS
ROBBERY; IS FINED S4OO
MACON, Oct. s.—l'h-.-.di.ig guilt?
to conspiracy to rob the American
Railway Express company, 11. E. Sta
ley was fined S4OO in federal court
i here today.
Over two score defendants had al
j ready received fines or prison sen
tences in connection with charges
i that a million dollars worth of goods
had been stolen from tin express
' company.
GEN. WOOD RETIRES TO
TAKE PHILIPPINES POST
WASHINGTON, Oct. 5. Ma.im
i General Leonard Wood ret red today
from active servich in the army to
I accent, appointment as governor gen
! eral Os the Philippines, thus termi
nating voluntarily more than thirty-
• six years of distinguished military
I life.
| His retirement was caused by the
insistence of administration officials
that he accept th(*new pos‘ -uid the
i refusal by Congress to permit him
Ito do so while continuing an active
i military status.
NEW POINT METHODIST
CHURCH IS REBUILT
i Rapid progress is being made in
the rebuilding of the New Point
Methodist church, about three miles
west of Americus on 'he Plains road,
which burned about a year ago, ana
the contractor has promised to have
it completed by next Monday. When
finished it will be one of the coziest
and most attractive small churches
of this section.
MOVE TO END SPECIAL
SESSION IN ALABAMA
MONTGOMERY, Ala., Oct. 5.-
The Alabama Senaip awaited wit’
interest, today the report by the rules
committee on a resolution asking
• sine die adjournment of the special
session which convened yesterday un
til six vacancies in the House may
be filled by special elections.
R. E. LEE INSTITUTE AT
THOMASTON BURNS
THOMASTON. Oct. 5.- The mag-
• nificent school building and audito
-1 ; riurn of R. E. Lee Institute was burn
-1( ed Tuesday afternoon, entailing a,
;; loss of approximately $75,000. The
! building and contents were totally
1 deslioyed with an auditorium to seat
' I 1,000 people. The institute was of
: brick and contained abcut 25 rooms.
It was built about 10 years ago and
< wa.- one •’ of the best higfi school
buildings in this section. The build
ing aAd contents were insured for
• | $28,000.
f I The world’s smallest paper inak
-. ing machine was recently Ln exhibi-
1 tion in Chicago.
« Oil
EbtHOW
PALO GROUNDS, New York Oct 5
-Fair, cool weather, with a light
northeast wind this morning imlicat
cd that favorable elements would
greet the Yankee • and the Giants
this afternoon in the first game of
the 1921 series.
New York was astir early. Even
at midnight several fans assembled
at the gates to the Polo Grounds
and braved the cold night to be first;
into the park. An automobile, with
drawn curtains, indicating their occu*
pants were sleeping, also was parked
in t.he street nearby.
Never in world series history were
(wo teams more evenly matched.
Led by Babe Ruth, the Americans
slugged their way to the pannant.
while the Giants, apparently with
greater odds to overcome, achieved
victory through daring cleverness. ;
TAFT URGES 18 |
NEW U S. JUDGES
Tells Senate Committee Sdme»
thing Musi Be Done To Re
lieve Situation
WASHINGTON, Oct. s.—Chief
Justice Taft, appearing today before
the senate judiciary <<>nnn ; ttee, urg
ed the creation of eighteen additional
district judges a : of ceiiev*
ing congestion in f’.t> i
cfs. Somethng must be done im
mediately, he declared, to keep tho
courts fiom being swamped.
NEWERAOFFERS
BIG NIGHT FRIDAY
AT BOX SUPPER
rf
A box supper and social' enter*
tainmenL will be given at New
Era High school, northeast of Am
ericus, Friday evening, beginning
at 7 o’clock.
"Everybody is invited,” says the
committee in charge. Little boys,
young men, bachelors, widowers,
married men, and all, come with
your pockets full of it. and we
will exchange for boxes of all ,
kinds of goodies, a trial for your
fishing luck, and numbers of oth
er things. So don’t fail to come.
You will carry home a smile that
will last you through the cold win
ter mornings.
“We have just begun cur co
operative work, and it calls for ex
tra funds in all the literary depart*
ments. Also our music department
is greatly in need of. money. We
also need funds for our basket
ball and baseball teams.
“We are trying to make* our
school better than it has ever been
before, and you can help us" car
ry thi:- out, by coming with a
smile, and help us enjoy the. eve
ning. So don’t forget the date
and place, October 7, New Era
High sehi.-ol.”
MARKETS
Reflecting an overbought condition
following the marke drise of the last
few days, the cotton futures market
: broke a cent a pound.todty on the
1 heels <>f a drop of a quarter cf a cent
Tuesday at the close. The market
was pronouncedly weak following a
weak close of Liverpool.
AMERICUS SPOT COTTON
Good Middling 19 l-2c.
LIVERPOOL COTTON
LIVERPOOL, Oct. 5. Market
i opened, steady 27-31 down. Quota
tions, fullys, 14 9-1. Sal :s, 12,000
bales. Receipts 1,951 bales.
i Futures: Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb.
Piev Close 14.47 14.30 1 4.11 13192
Open- 13.97 13.83 13.57
I Close 13.67 12.55 13.40 13.20
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NEW YORK FUTURES
Dee. Jan. Meh Mat
Prev. Clo-’e 20.35 20.04 19.85 19.40
Open 20.00 19.73 19.60 19.20
10:15 am 20.10 19.72 19.57 19.10
10:35 19.80 19.55 1/9.40 19.02
10:45 19.90 19.60 19.40 19.03
11 :00 . 19,95 19.63 1!' .19 19.18
1 11:15 .19.98 19.70 19,50 10.1?
11:30 20.00 19.64 19.50 19.12
11 :45 20 07 19.73 19.50 19.20
12:00 29.02 19.70 19.50 19.14
12:15 pm . 'ta.o6' 1 9.72"‘-l 9.57 19.19
1 ? :30 . ;’o.ii > 19.72 1!) ’ 19.1
■ 1 ;-.9 19 "0 p. 45 19.04
f:00 -D».9S I'’.7o' 10.49 10.06
1:15 19.89 -19.G0 19.42 19.H1
1:30 19.75 D .56 19.25 '18.85
1:45 19.61 19.29 19,'l's 18.89
2:00 19.62 19.26 10.15 18.80