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WEATHER FORECAST:
FORECAST FOR GEORGlA—To
night and Saturday Fair; slightly
warmer tonight.
FORTY-THIRD YEAR—NO. 224.
RAIL EXECUTIVES TAKE UP RATE CUTS
62 NOW SIGNED UP TO
BACK GOLDEN RULE SALES
President Mize Announces Com
mittee Pesonne!—Member
ship Roste
The Golden Rule Community Sales
proposition is going over bigger than
ally of its backers expected when
they decided last week to get behind
if and put it into operation in Amer
icas. President Arthur Mize, in
announcing the complete personnel
of the various committees of tin
Americus Advertising Club, the ve
hicle through which the sale will
function, stated that already (52 mem
berships had been signed up, and
several merchants are yet to be call
ed upon with invitations to join. Only
two or three have refused to join
The membership list includes a num
ber of individuals and firms other
than retailers, who arc throwing
their support behind this movement
to extend the trading territory of
Americus and build the town through
the bringing in of good will and
money not now coming here.
Mr. Mize announced that a meet
ing of the full membership will be
held at the court house next Tues
day afternoon at 55 o’clock. At this
meeting the whole program will lie
gone over again for the benefit of
members not yet fully informed as
to details, and final arrangements
will be made for the first community
sale on November 7. Advertising
copy will be required to be in the
hands of the vigilance committee for
inspection two days after the meet
ing, or on next Thursday, according
to the rules and plans, and it is said
by the president to be of the great
est importance that a ton attendance
be accorded Tusday’s meeting.
Committe Personnel.
A The officers and various cornmit-
Ves follow, the executive committee
being composed of the various spe*
eial committee heads and a chair
man :
President, Arthur Mize; vice pres
ident, J. E. Hightower; secretary ,
treasurer, A. R. Royal.
Executive committee: Frank liar
rold, chairrtan; Arthur Mize, J. E.
Hightower, A. R. Royal. J. A. Pink
ston, -Jr., George O. Marshall, Sam
Cohen, W. E. Taylor, Carr S. Glover,
J. Ralston Cargill.
Publicity committee: J. A. Pink
stqn, Jr., chairman; Lovelace Eve
and R. P. Snow.
Auction committee: George O.
Marshall, chairman; Sam Heyes, W.
J. .Tosey.
Vigilance committee: Sam Cohen,
chairman. J. W. Harris, Jr., J. L.
Sparks, George Duncan, T. Till
man.
Rural meetings committee: George
O. Marshall, chairman; Grid lildridge.
Roy Black, Dr. S. F. Howell arid
Evan Mathis.
Mailing list committee: W E. Tay-j
lor, chairman; R. E. AHiuon, R. P-
Ewing.
Membership committee: G. S. Glo- j
’'or, chairman; James I.ott, and W-j
M. Jones.
Program committee: J. Ralston j
Cargill, chairman; John W. Shivet
and Walter Rylander.
Present Membership.
Following is the complete list of
members reported up to today:
Liberty Case
Americus Grocery Co.
Pinkston Company
Tillman & Brown
Gyles-Andrcws Co.
Ellis, Webb & Ellis
J. A. Da onport
Edwards Grocery Co.
Williams-Niies Co.
Americus Seed 00.
Latson Welding Co.
Ivey Machine & Electric Co,
Rylander Theater
George K'olston
Loving Oil Co.
American Rly. Express Co. I
Harrold Bros.
Piggly-Wiggly
Allison Furniture Co.
W. J. Josey
Americus Vulcanizing Co.
Planters Bank
Mize Grocery Co.
Churchwell Bros.
Amerieus -Lighting Co.
Hightower’s Book Store
Gatewood-Cogdell Co.
Sheffield Go.
A. Harris Grocery Co.
J. W, Harris Hardware Co.
Glover Grocery Co.
Rylander Shoe Co.
A. Cohen & Sons
J. H. Poole & / Sons
Model Bread Co.
Timas-Recorder Co.
Moreland-Jones Co.
McClure Ten Cent Co.
Sparks Grocery Co.
J. Ralston Cargill.
I. Golden.
G. M. Eld ridge
L. W. Rogers Co.
The Fashion Shop
Turner Electric Company
Bank of Commerce
Farmers Oil Co.
Americus Battery Co.
•Buchanan Hardware Co.
John W. Shiver
Shipp Grocery Co.
Thomas L. Bell
Americus Coca-Cola Co.
Roy Black
ur. L. F. Grubbs
F. M. Flournoy t o.
Hooks Motor Co.
Royal Case
Mike Thomas ,
United Grocery Co. '
htandayd Dev Go >ch Up.
THOMPSON HICH
j SCHOOt BURNS
Defective Flue Causes Loss Os
3-Room Building—To Use
Hebron Church
‘ The Thompson consolidated rural
! high school building, located several
j miles southwest of Amcricous in the
17th district, burned to the ground
I about 9:30 o’clock Friday morning
|as a result of a defective flue. The
| building was of frame construction
1 and was a total loss. Practically
j all the equipment, however, includ
j ing desks, blackboards, window
| shades, etc., was saved,
j School was in session when the fire
j started. The three rooms, housing
| 90 pupils, was qiuckly emptied and
I while part of the larger pupils and
residents of the vicinity worked he
| roically to save the building, others
| busied themselves and saved its con
; tents. A brisk northeast wind fan
ned the flames and made fighting
them useless.
Soon after the fire and after
| conferences of the trustees and the
teachers, it was announced by Prin
cipal Phillips that classes would be
held in Hebron church, nearby, so
that school work would really not
be interrupted longer than the day.
It was also announced that the trus
tees had decided to rebuild the
school house at once, and hope to
have the new structure ready for use
within a month.
HAWKINS HERD A
FAIR ATTRACTION
Duroc Show At Atlanta To Be
Largest Yet Held, Emmett
Hawkins Wies
The two carloads of fine Duroc
hogs from the farm of C. C. Haw
kins & Son, which was shaped this
week to the Southeastern fair at At
lanta, reached there in fine condition,
Mr. Hawkins heard this morn
ing in a letter from Emmett Haw
kins, who accompanied them and is
in charge of them. Mr. Hawkins
writes that everything looks good to
pull down a bunch of premiums.
. “Our under-year herd is the larg
! est here,” he writes. “This will be
i the largest Duroc show they have
! cvcv 'had . Among the breeders
{ showing will be Thos. Johnson, Me
| Kee brothers, Dr. Fitz, Teague, Pea
| cock, McArthur, Highland O iks
j Farm, Bradham, Sardis, Berry, Shee
| han and several others.”
“I don’t think you need worry
j about the car of barrow-:.” he con
i' tinues. “I think they have attracted
: about as much attention as anything
on the fairgrounds in the way of live!
stock. Red Hudson ("eacocVs herds- j
man) thinks ours are as good or bet-1
L" than anything ever shown at the!
international in their glass.
Hogs will be judge! Monday at the!
Southeastern Fair and C. C. Maw-!
'oil, plans to go lo Atlanta Sunday j
Lo lie present at the judging and j
during the week.
MOULTRIE TRIES j
NEOSHO SALES:
Biggest Crowd Ever Seen In City j
On Mid-Week Day For
Starter
i j
xMOULTRIE. Oct. T 4. Moultrie j
merchants declare that Wednesday,■
the first special co-operative sales
trade day, saw one of the biggest !
crowds of shoppers ever seen in the
city on the mid-week day. More than
30 merchants are in on the Neosha
trade plan and all of them expressed
themselves as being gratified with the
first day’s results. Special bargains
will be offered on the second Wednes-i
day of each month. One of the ob-;
jects of the trade campaign is to ex- !
tend the trade territory of Moultrie!
and the advertising is sent cut over '
a wide radius.
OFFICIAL WASHINGTON
HONORS SENATOR KNOX
WASHINGTON, Oct. 14.—Repre
sentatives of every department of the
.government and diplomatic corps
| gathered today to pay tribute to the
memory of the late Senator Knox at
i services at St. John Episcopal church.
The services here will be followed
by the funeral at his home in Valley
Forge, Penn., Saturday.
At the church. President and Mrs.
Harding, Secretary Christian, and
| Col. Sherrell. the executive military
aide, occupied the front pew, while
i behind them were the Coolidges, and
j Gillettes, Mrs. Knox the senator’s
j children and other relatives, besides
1 other notables. Almost naif the mem
bership of the senato were present,
and the house w,■> represented by a
large committee.
THE flilfiiiiSßDEß
REftIfPUBUSHEb IN THE
COL. W. J. SIMMONS, HEAD OF KU KLUX KLAN, AT WASHINGTON INVESTIGATION.
William Joseph Simmers, of Atlanta, Imperial Wizard of the Ku Klu x Klait, arriving at the House offiuc building, ill Washington, to talk witti
congressional committee member.; considering resolutions for an extensive investigation of the Klan’s activities, and snapped in the congressional
committee room.
late mms
BULLETIN
WASHINGTON, Oct. 15. Wil
Ham J. Simmons, head of the Ku
Klux Klan was prevented by illnc ;
today from appearing before . the
house committee. He collapsed yes
terday after his five hours statement
of the activities of the order. Chair
man Campbell adjourned the hearing
, after stating lie had been’ inforced
j Col. Simmons could not appear be-
I fore Monday.
DOUGLAS, Oct. 14.-At least
three men, Preston Ware, W. C. Bur
well and O. C. Fairfield, all strikers
and former employes of the Atlanta,'
Birmingham and Atlantic railroad,
will be placed on trial here next week
on an indictment charging them with
wrecking an A., B. & A. train at
Ambrose July 25.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Oct. 14.—j
The University of Georgia football
squad arrived here today and prac
ticed in the stadium in preparation]
for their game tomorrow with Har
vard. Coach Stcgeman said his men
are all in good shape, except Pitts,
quarterback,, who has a wrenched
knee, and that Randal 1 will fill his
place in the game here.
MEXICO CITY, Oct. 14.—(8y Asso
ciated Press.) —Fifty armed men un
der thea leadership of the rebel Cap
tain Castillo yesterday held up a
passenger train en route from Vera
Cruz to Mexico City, near Puegla,
robbed the passengers and escaped
wiht considerable booty.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 14— Be
cause of the death of Senator Knox,
the senate agreed today to defer un
til Monday considerattion of the
pending peace treaties.
CHARLESTON, W. Va. Oct. 14.
All federal troops on duty in the
southern West Virginia coal fields
will be withdrawn, probably within
I he next month, it was announced to
day.
GORDON HOWELL HOLDS
REUNION CERTIFICATES j
Brig. Gen. Joe Day Stewart, of the (
U C. V.. has appointed Gordon How- j
ell as adjutant to look after distri-j
button of certificates to all desiring.
to attend the coming Confederate
general reunion at Chattanpoga by
which they will be able to obtain
the special fare of 1 cent per mile.,
Ail veterans, widows, of veterans,’
sons of veterans, daughters of vet-,
erans, or members of their families, I
are entitled to the reduced fare for i
this trio. 1 j
General Stewart has received word j
from General D. B. Morgan, of Sa
vannah, commander of the Southern:
brigade, that the Savannah delega-'
tion will leave that city at 7:10 a.,
m. on the morning before the open- ]
in of the reunion, and will arrive in!
Chattanooga at 8 p. m., in time for:
the opening festivities. He is taking:
with him a pressing invitation from
the Savananh Chamber of Commerce
and other civic bodies to entertain
the veterans in 1922, . ,
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 14. 1921.
AMERICUS TO RETAIN
UPTOWN EXPRESS OFFICE
Join! Committee Os Officials Os
Three Companies Confer
Here On Local Office
While many towns and small cities
arTMu ing thuir uptown express of
fice:-: through consolidation with the
(he railroad station office, in a move
ment of economy now being pul into
effect all over the Southeast, the!
A •..••ficus express office will remain!
without any changes whatsoever.:
This was announced Thursday after-j
noon after a conference here of j
m i minent. officials of (he American ;
Railway Express company, the Gen-j
iral of Georgia and the Seaboard]
Air Line railroads.
The conference, which was held at]
the Windsor hotel, was for consid-j
oration of the Americus office en-j
lively and whether i' would be pos-:
ible ♦» effect, economies without cur-j
tailim. - the service to the public. As-1
ter going over the local situation the j
officials found that jll possible econ-j
iililies bad already been put into of- f
feet and that no changes were ad-;
visahle or desirable.
The officials, who constituted a
joint committee, were as follows: E.
C. Bagwell, Savannah, superintend-1
ELLAVILLE CHARGE IN
QUARTERLY CONFERENCE
ELI.AVILLE, Oct. 14. The,
fourth quarterly conference of the
Ellaville charge was splendid enter
tained Wednesday by member
ship of Concord church situated six
miles norm of Ellaville. Dr. Vi. C.
Lovett, the providing elder, preached.
at 11. He stated that the greatest;
Os all .needs, was an abiding faith in
God. His r.euarim were eloquent.
At the coaduvmi of his sermon
basket dinner was served on too]
grounds.
The busnov meeting of the con
ference convene i at 1 .30 w.h L'r.
Lovett in the chair and M D. Her
ring, .serrecary. The pastor. Rev. B. i
L. Jordan, made a fine report, con-,
corning the spiritual welfare ol’ ;Le ]
church, while splendid reports were j
made by the superintendent of the j
three Sunday schools in the circuit.,
A report was also read from the wo- ]
man's missionary society which noted ;
progress. Dr. Lovett compliment
the charge on (he work achieved dur
ing the past year.
It is hoped by the entire member-j
ship of the circuit that Bishop Cand
led will see‘fit to return Rev. Mr. j
Jordan to this work. He is a preach-;
er without fear or favor.
.The next quarterly conference,’
which is to be held in January, was
invited to meet with the Ellaville j
church.
AMERICUS TEMPERATURES
(Furnished by Rexal! Pharmacy) I
4 pm (57 4 am 46
(5 pm 655 6 am 45
8 pm 60 8 am ...I 52
10 pm 56 10 am 62
Midnight 54 Noon ...68 ,
2 aru...... .52 , \
| put, S. A. Is.; H. Marshall, Gordele, ]
! route • agent, American Railway Ex-1
I press company; S. M. Dutton, Savan-
I nah, trainmaster, S. A. Lt; A. B.
! Scruggs, superintedent, express com
! pany; If. Baldwin, Macon, superin
tendent, Central of Georgia; C. B;H
--. din, Columbus, superintedent; Cen
tral of Georgia; H. D. Walker, M.a
--.j con, route agent, express company;
,I H. C. Garner, Columbus, route agent,
I express company; W. M. Mathews,
Columbus, local agent, express com
] pany; George Anderson, Americus,!
i local ‘agent, Central of Georgia; W. j
JH. Morris, Americus, local agent,:
i express company; and W. L. Carpen-;
] ter, Savannah, secretary to Superin-!
j tendent Bagwell.
! The men spent several hours to- j
gether going over the Americus situ - j
j atien, and the remit -rtf the confer-]
ence came as a distinct compliment,
to Agent Morris. The Americus of-]
| fice. which occupies uptown quarters j
j in the Planters bank
! ploys six men.
I After the conference the Seaboard.]
] officials went to Cordele for a similar
, meeting while most of the Central of ;
i Gc-rgia men went to Fort Gaines,
i Messrs. Gardner and Baldin returned ]
i to their headquarters in Columbus by i
i motor car during the afternoon.
! RUFUS NEEDED
GOOD LAWYER
AND TOLD WHY
MOULTRIE, Oct. 14. Rufus ;
I Thomas, a negro, was guilty of vi- j
olating the prohibition law and for !
that reason he was all the more
in need of the service of a good . j
lawyer, he naively told Joudge W. j
E. Thomas in Colquitt Superior J
court.
Thomas' statement came when
:] the case against him- was called,
j The courts saw that he had no at
torney and asked him war, he guil
ty or not guilty. “Guilty, judge,”
] was his answer. But before any j
further action could be taken, the j
I negro added, “for that reason, :
jedge, I wish you would name me a
mighty good lawyer to help get !
j out of this trouble.”
Judge Thomas humorously re- ]
plied, “well, that is all right, just |
I sit down. 1 will be your lawyer.”
Rufus will be sentenced later in j
j the week.
ONE.DAY FAIR STAGED BY
COLQUIT FARM BUREAU j
MOULTRIE, Oct. 14.—The one,
day fair staged in Moultrie under the
1 auspices of the Colquitt County farm j
; bureau was" a conspicuously success*
! ful event. No attempt was made to |
] put. on a pretentious show. The ex- j
! hibits were not large, nor very nu
merous, but what was shown stacked
up with the best ever seen at the
tair grounds.
The horse raping in the afternoon |
was an feature, and an
[ other drawing card was a fine barbe
cue - n'liit Viinii • liiiii'iiiiii'
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
THRONG TO SEE
! MUSICAL PLAY
i
Best ot City’s Talent Appear To
night In Tuneful Comedy
‘Katcha-Koo’
With practically everything in the
house sold out, a bright, crisp au
tumn day and everybody happily an
ticipating the delightful musical
comedy which closed its final rehear
j sal Thursday‘night, the prospects are
| bright for the best amateur perform
ance jyhich has ever been staged in
! Americus.
A feature which adds everything
! to the anticipation of ti e production
i is that it is composed entirely of local
tiflent, the very best which the city
j affords, among whom are many with
! splendid qualifications for putting on
| a real professional play. Among the
i number of stars are Miss Melva Clark,
] who has enjoyed several years’ ex
! perience be tore musical audiences;
] Prof. Ned Warren, who has a store
] of histrionic art; Miss Vera Henry,
.James Davenport, Otis Physioc, Miss
i Maude Sherlock, Miss Marie Walker,
j and a score of others.
The dances will prove a delightful
. variation from the usual amateur
! performance.
! The grand finale comes when all
j the various groups, comprising 150
performers, form into one great
whole and present “Liberty Aflame,”
! a patriotic tableau.
The Music Study Club under whose
ihe production is being staged, is
] gratified at the success of the under
j taking and expresses appreciation to
I each one who has contributed time
• and talent to its production.
MARKETS
consumption increases
! WASHINGTON, Oct. 14.—Cotton
consumed during September amount
ed to 84,647 bales of line and 56,428
j bales of linters, the census bureau
■ announced today.
This, compares with 456,657 bales
i consumed in September, 1 >2O, 410-
i 120 in ruly, 1920? 294.581 in I>c
; cember, 1920; and 467,103 in August
i 1920.
AMERICUS SPOT COTTON
! Good Middling 18 l-2c.
LIVERPOOL COTTON
LIVERPOOL, Oct. 14. - Market
j opened 13-31 down. Quotations, fui
j i.ys, 13.02. Sales, 8.000 bales.
Futures: Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb.
j Prev. Close 13.05 12.96 12.82 12 67
I Open 12.37 12.28 12.03
j Close 12.47
NEW YORK FUTURES
i Dec. Jan. Mch. May.
Prev. Close 19.15 18.85 18.67 18.25
| Open 19.10 18 70 18.55 18.15
; 10:15 am .19.03 18.67 18.50 18.18
10:30 18.96 18.62 18.45 18.07
! 10:45 18.90 18.55 18.40 18.93
11:00 18.90 18.60 18.41 18.03
11:15 18.95 18.60 18.48 18.08
11:30 19.00 18.67 18.50 18.12
; 11:45 18.98 18.G5 18,48 18.11
1 12:00 19.09 18.80 18.60 18.25
12:15 pm ... 9.08 18.78 18.51 18.24
12:30 19.02 18.75 18.65 18.21
yijyyhlsi
REDUCTIONS IN
LINE WITH WAGE
CUTS DEMANDED
Shippers’ Insistence Confront*
Transportation Men In Chi
cago Conference
POSSIBLE STRIKE ALSO
PROBLEM TO BE FACED
Consider Proposal To Place Pay
Authority With Interstate
Commission
CHICAGO.- 14.—Warren S.
Stone, grand chief of the Brother
hood of Locomotive Engineers today
requested a conference with the i ail
road executives in session here, on
behalf of the six big railroad unions
which have veted to strike.
Officers of sixteen railroad; unions
who are also here, went into session
shortly before noon at one hotel,
while one hundred railroad execu
tives met at another.
The executives let it be un
derstood that they would vote to ask
the Railroad Labor board for further
wage reductions, promising to pass
all future cuts to the public in lower
freight and passenger rates.
’l ue crisis was rendered acute this
morning when the Railroad Labor
hoard handed down a decision pro
viding for the restoration of piece
work. The executives were jubilant
over this, but union leaders feared
its effect on their men, over 80 per
cent of whom have already voted to
stiike rather than accept further
wage reduction.
CHICAGO, Oct. 14. —Confronted
by a possible railroad strike over
wage reductions and insistent de
mands from shippers for lower rates
on freights, the railway executives
meeting here today discussed tne
proposal lo reduce transportation
charges in proportion to future wage
reductions. ,
The railway 'executives, it is said,
also will consider a proposal to seek. <
an amendment to the transportation
act transferring to the Interstate
commerce commission the wage ad
justmentments authority now deli
gated in the Railroad Labor Board,
PENNINGTON
Mr and M.'rs. J. I. Pennington and
son, Dallas and Miss Lillie Penning
ton were spend the day guests Sun
day of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Easterlin
at Andersonville.
Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Holloway end
children were Sunday guests of Mr. -
and Mrs. L. J. Methvin in the 28th
district.
Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Pennington
and children and Clark and Clayton
Pennington of Unadilla, were Sun
day gucstg of Mr. and Mrs. O. A.
Summers.
Miss Leila Israel attended the
Primitive Baptist association at Mars
Hill near Edison Saturday and Sun
day.
Mrs. R. \V. Finley of Americus was
the week end guest of her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Pennington.
Mrs. \V. VV. Pennington spent the
week end \yith Mrs. J. L. Griffin
near Americus.
Mr. Grady Kitchens, of Cut Off
and Miss Mary Lou Chambliss sur
prised their many friends Saturday
afternoon by driving up to Ogle
thorpe where they were quietly mar
ried. #4
Miss Jewel Pennington returned to
her home at Unadilla Sunday after
spending several weeks here with
sister, Mrs. O. A. Summers.
MV. and Mrs. Tom Avery wero
shoppers in Americus Monday,
Dallas Pennington and T. B. Avcra
.visited friends near Oglethorpe Sat
urday evening.
J. P. Button is on the sick list
this week.
Mr. and Mrs. O. A. Summers and
son, O. T., were guests of Mr. and
Mrs. J. I. Pennington Saturday eve
ning.
Websten Rouse, of Pelham, wa3
a visitor the past weejc of Mrs. P. N.
Pennington and family,
pha, le.hgkuE? WoSßonSm-n
J. I). Pennington and son Charlie
and little Miss Louise motored to
Americus Saturday afternoon.
O. A. Summers was a business vis
itor to Americus- Tuesday afternoon.
IRISH CONFERENCE IN
OVER-SUNDAY RECESS
m
LONDON, Oct. 14 (By Associated
Press)' —The conference of Sinn Fein
leaders and members of the British
■cabinet convened at'll o’clock this
morning in Premier Lloyd George’s
ofTii ial residence with a view of
reaching an agreement on a basis
of settlement <: f ‘the Irish question
and adjourned at 1:30 o’clock until
3 :30 Monday afternoon.
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FLEE FROM SMALLPOX
MELBOURNE, Oct. 14 Great
numbers of natives from Dutch New
Guinea are crossing the border into
the mandater territory that was for- -Jt
merly German New Guinea, Preva
lence of smallpox is the causa of the
migration.
- 'A' |j
TOO ANXIOUS TO OUIT 1
SHANGHAI, Oct. 14 —Yen Heng- 8
ti, employed by M. Ha motion, showed
such anxiety to resign that Hamntion
beeaff'e suspicious. A search of Yen’s t
luggage revealed several pieces of .J