About Americus times-recorder. (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 9, 1922)
WEATHER FORECAST. For Georgia—Unsettled and warm er tonight, probably light rain in north portion; Friday cloudy and warmer. FORTY-FOURTH YEAR.—NO. 34." - • -- —, Co-Operative Cotton Marketing Given, Big Boost YOU AND I 5 /I i AREN’T IN DANGER OF A BAD FLU EPIDEMIC HEALTH EXPERT SAYS. ’THE flu epidemic that is going the I * rounds in some communities, j especially New York City, is a dif ferent disease from the deadly Span ish influenza of three years ago. This is announced by Dr. William 11. Park. He has charge of the re search laboratories of New York’s health department. The Spanish flu of 1918-19 took its heaviest death toll among the mid dle aged. Flue this winter is mild. Its mor tality is slight. Most of its victims are the aged and very young. It’s I really Russian flue, like the epidemic of <32 years ago. Grandma called it “la grippe.” To dodge it, get plenty of fresh ;.ir. Don’t over-eat. Don’t neglect a cold. If it gets bad, consult a re-i hable physician. Above all, don’t worry. Nothing i:. deadlier than worry in lowering the body’s resistance against germs. DEBT All is not gloom. The national debt was reduced another $59,000,- <'oo during January. That brought is down to $2.3,388,- 514,236. A staggering figure, to look at. But it'r only about $212 for each American—and less than $125 if Eu rope pays what she owes us. Few of us would consider that a real burden, if it were a payment due on an auto or house. JEST Lenin has a sense of humor. In Russian, his name is Ulianov. Asked recently, how many communists were left in ’’.ussia, he is reported to have said: ’’Three—Lenin, Ulianov and my self.” Il has taken many secret service ea.-.rds to keep those three alive. Lenin is learning, as all visionaries learn sooner or later, that a political lAght-of-h.nnd eXpert can gdt away with almost anytlyng, as long as his audience have full stomachs. When (he audience gels hungry, look out for fireworks. COUNTERFEIT For the first time since 1894, counterfeit two-cent stamps are in circulation. In very small quanti ties, though, so don’t wear out spec tacles looking for them. The counterfeiter will «*soon be caught. If he had brains, he’d go after big game. What are his chances against the super-brains of . Uncle Sam’s secret service? None at ! all. SKYADS Clever advertising men are prepar- | l.ng biliion-candlepowef searchlights i for projecting advertising words ami pictures on clouds over New York , t’ity at night. This elaboration of the old-time magic lantern, they claim, will be 'isible 100 miles away. Ad men, publicity agents and Propagandists arc at work. With wire less telephone rapidly coming into! 1 onimon use, they probably are get-j t’ne. ready to clutter the air with their ""'ages about pills, contraptions and ' "ididates. Due more reason why the govern- I nmiit is wire j n restricting-the send-i mg of wireless messages to licensed < stations. . *> HONK! Lan you remember 25 years ago? j Only four autos in the whole United ! c 'mtes then. Imlay there arc about 10,000,000 1 motor vehicles registered in all the j talcs. Farmers have ,3,000,000 of j them. Jbe next 25 years probably will j bring an equally rapid growth of air- j '•■mm, and wireless telephones. i FARMS ' 'op-growing farm land, classed a ‘""proved,* totaled 503,073,007 acres *hc last, census. 'l'Parently -it. takes the yield oft '' " l.v five acres to feed the average 1 i’’an and provide an export sur- i l ''' l That should interest families I "ondering how much land they’d > '" yd il t'my went back to the land, i 1 here’ s decided needed of a “going | ' " ’ Populations increased 15 per ■ "'"L between 1910 and J 920, but' "’"go of improved farm land gain- | only 5 pep cent. RUSSIAN FAMINE RELIEF UNDER U. S. OBSERVATION Washington, Feb. 9?— Aetivi 'l Bolsheviki agents in the Unit- States in the collection of funds ■tcnsibly for famine relief in Soviet ' u “ ia are understood today to be under observation by the Department Justice. Many inquiries have been : eived by the department, it is said, 'O connection between a number ’’f famine relief organization with t ie Soviet authorities! ULSTER FRONTIER' A LINF OF STEEL; NEW KIDNAPINGS I Specials And Regular Constabu lary On Guard Following Wholesale Kidnaping BELFAST, Feb. 9. (By Asso ciated Press.)—Ulster's frontier was virtually a line of steel today follow, ing raids yesterday in which many Unionists were captured and kidnap ed. Forces of “specials” were on guard as well as heavy contingehts ! of regular constabulary. Additional kidnapings occurred to day in county Fermanagh. Four class “B” special constables were kidnaped in Rosalea district and tak en in the direction of Ballybay, I whcrc.it is believed the other prison ers are bong held. It s stated that the persons kid naped today aggregate nearly 200. They include Rev. J. Donnelly. Sir James Craig, premier of Ulster, issued a manifesto to the people of Northern Ireland yesterday after noon, declaring the British govern ment was responsible for the day’s kidnaping outrages because of the demobilization of the special con stabulary following the Irish truce. The kidnaping incidents of the day declared Sir James, would strengthen the Ulstermen’s determination that “what Ulster has she holds.’ ’ GOVERNMENT SEEKING RETURN OF VICTIMS LONDON, Feb. 9.—Michael Col lins, head of the provisions Igovern ment of Southern Ireland,, has re plied to the British government’s rep resentations concerning the kidnap ings in Northern Ireland. He said these had been due to apprehensions regarding the men under sentence of death at Londonderry, but that the provisional government was doing its utmost to insure the safe return to their homes of* those kidnaped. ute ram BULLETINS CHARLESTON, W. Va,, Feb. 9. - The naval ordinance plant al South Charleston was under orders today from Secretary Denby to dose at once ami lay off hands without pay until June .30, all employes except those necessary for maintenance and i protection of the plant. WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.—Secre tary Hoover was understood today to | have submitted to President Hard ’ ing a report on the activities of cer jtain Russian famine relief organiza ition in this country and their pro nosed connection with the Russian j Soviet government. WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.—Approx imately 1500 of the 57000 employes of the Washington navy yard were i handed temporary furloughs without pay when they presented themselves (for work today, Most of the men j were machinists. HUMAN HEAD FOUND IN RUINS OF HOTEL i RICHMOND, Va., Feb. 9.—Fire 'me nsearching in the ruins of the I Lexington hotel, destroyed by lire ieaily Tuesday, today found a human i head, bringing the number of known • dead in the disaster to five. The head ' was not identified. Twelve persons ' still were unaccounted for today. The body found today was later . idetnified a- that of E. J. Bush, ol i Richmond. AMERICUS SPOT COTTON i Good middling, 16 1-2 cents. LIVERPOOL COTTON I LIVERPOOL, Feb. 9. Market, opened very steady 1.0-18 up- I udy 9.99. Sali's SOOO bales. Receipts, i 2065 bales, of which 1385 are Amer- I icon. Futures; Feb. April June i Prcv. close .9.10 9..’>9 !’• ■> j Open 9.G3 9.62 9."9 (Close ■ 9.61 9.60 9.5 b NEW YORK FUTURES Meh. May Jd.V Prcv close 17-H» tG.BO " .39 (Open 17.35 17.00 !’ 53 ! 19:15 mn I 7.27 1 6.99 1" •> 1 I !(,.;() 17.26 16.98 1 j 0 -j;, 17.21 16 92 16.50 j I i .no 17.18 16.90 16.48 ; ' 17.17 16.90 I 3.41 ii.in 17.15 16.89 16.46 1P45 17.17 16190 16.48 12:00 noon - iJ-U 16*8 19.15 11.18 16.91 -0.48 I 9.30 - 17-13 16.85 16.42 i .9.45 17.15 16.88 16.45 ; POO 16 ' 88 1(5 ’ 47 1 .17.22 16.93 16.50 | 17.25 16.98 16.53 I ’:Jo - 1 " 21 PUBLISHED IN THE HEART OF MABEL NORMAND IS CENTER OFNEW MURDER INQUIRY FORMER FIANCEE J? Neva Gerber, movie actress, has told Los Angeles officials that she was onre engaged to marry Wm. D. , Taylor and that he gave her many I presents, among them three auto ‘ mobiles. Their engagement was I broken by muthal agreement two years ago. TO HEAR FORD’S CHIEF ENGINEER House Committee To Quiz W. 13, Mayo Monday—Army Officer Testifies WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.—An nouncement by Chairman Kahn, of the honse military committee that AV. B. Maayo, chief engineer for Henry •Ford, will testify Monday, opened the I second day’s inquiry into Ford's offer (for the. Muscle Shoals plants. i Maj.-Gen. Williams, chief of army I ordnance, today gave in detaial the 1 reasons for construction of the ni ; Irate plants. Re ferring to the War rior river power plant and sub-sta tion, he declnared in his opinion that was a “moral obligation” on the part of the government to give the Alabama Power Company the right to purchase those properties be fore they were disposed ol to any other private interests. FOUL PLAY SUSPECTED IN BURNING OF SHIP NEWPORT NEWS, Va., Feb. 9. Survivors of the steamship Northern I Pacific, which burned at sea early ' yesterday with a loss of four lives, j are not satisfied that the burning was wholly accidental. Lusti, master of the Northern Pacific, de clined to make a statement, but mem bers of the crew intimated they sus pected foul play. j WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.- J)"-sti ! gallon of the tire which yesterday ! (h'stroyed the former army transport , Northern Pacific is understood to j have been instituted today by the i government.- 1 ■ AMERICUS, GEORGIA. THURSDAY AFTERNOON, F EBRUARY 9, 1922 r ® THE GREAT AMERICAN HOME. / -7, / NORMAN, DID you L i ML / PUT "SKIP" OUT for zg THE NIGHT BEFORE [ IWWWX X you WENT TO BED? K ' / j h - I f | <“’“"7 JB I SwMx X «W > /] »W r* - f • • t- ' // v i' KL™,. <■ j ; w |K.. 1 ' 7AP / • X- \ ■_• y- ■ . ri;>f ■■• ■■ ■ - -.’./ ' ‘7 J <' <g~- ' ..¥ «- »-< 4t.fr WIFE WHO DIVORCED TAYLOR Mrs. Edward L. C. Robins, who divorced Wm. D. Taylor, elain movie director, and their daughter, Ethel DaisyDeane-Tanner, 19. The daughtei corresponded with her father from 1912 until the time of his death. Mrs. Robins is now the wife of the lessee of Delmonico’s restaurant, New York. The daughter will inherit Taylor’s estate, estimated at $60,000. Messages and Letters Written By Actress To Slain Movie Director 7 urned Over To District Attorney LOS ANGELES, Feb. 9.—Central | ized iuvc-'tigat ion a' the district at toniey’s office of the mystery sur | rounding the murder of William Des- ' mond Taylor, film director, was ex- i peeled to bcgin|today following the alleged discoveiw and turning over t<> that official (lit night of messages and letters written to the director by Mabel NormSml, the actress, who was among the** last persons to see Taylor alive ;in<l who admitted Visit- | ing him al Ms home a lew minutes I before hi.r J W*?TTTI*’ The police charge the readers of I the motion picture industry here arc attempting to block t.m investiga- ( tions. Stars who spoke freely have been hushed, they say. Giddy par- | ties in the fast road houses resorts i have been canceled. The lights of ' ibe while light cabarets no longer ; h'ne on deco.'l' l ted and : himmy lov ing; women of the w reen, and the i stars are keeping the Irime fires j burning. Attorneys for Mary Miles Minter,' after a prolonged session with her | producers and the little star at her | home, declared that while Miss Min-; ter has no further statement to make ; regarding her admitted love for the murdered director and her “I love you—l love you—l love you” note to him, that noihing whatsoever will be dmm to shield her eomvetion with the case.* Far from it, Los Angeles theaters wheie Miss Minter’s pictures were shown Wednesday carried an adver tising streamer with “I love you I love you I love you” in gigantic letters. Miss Minter is proud of her love for Mr. Taylor aud»would proclaim it from the housetops if called upon to do it,” declares a representative. | Mabel Normand, following her dra , matte collapse al the Taylor funeral, i r'-mained in. seclusion throughout the .day yesterday, She is said to be in la serious nervous condition. One of I he e vents for which Holly wood is waiting with deep interest is the arrival on the scene of the mur dered director’s 18-year-old daughter —Ethel Daisy Tanner. The movie colony has anlieipateqi > her coming because it expected her I appearance to be one breath of whole- I oumne-s in the stream of exotic in ' cidents. The funeral was delayed for her. She did not come. The body 'was placed m a vault so she could see her father before he was placed jin his grave. She has not appeared, i Administrator Frank Bryson, in ' charge of Taylor’s estate, declared H’.at he bad received no word of Iw i coming. 1 The Briti:;h consulate here has in jterested itself in her behalf. Major iThomas A. Osborne, British consul, j intimated that the {secret service of I his government is following a lead | in the murder possibly involving an iancient enmity acquired by Taylor jin his youth. The murder has wrought distinctly noticeably changes in the affairs of ecri tin screen notables. Persons * whose affairs have been notorious in j Holly woml are said to be doing every i thing possible to Y-lear their skirts I and keep their affairs out of the ■ newspapers. One star, married and with a child, wh-,su marital affairs have been I strained for three ’ months, was seen lunching with his wife in a prominent j hotel. 11 was the first time since last November that they 'had been seen together. Another reconciliation—that of a PRICE FIVE CENTS. ACCUSED Id— ■ffW.IIH ! I ■ I A* , 1 I A warrant charging Edward F. Sands with the murder of Taylor is in the hands of the sheriff at Elko, Nev. FINDS BUSINESS BRISK IN EAST Goods Near Pre-War Level, Stecks Complete. Liquidation Past TIFTON, Feb. 9. Reid Corry, muqagei; and buyer for Wade-Corry’s retail store, just back from New York says business conditions are surpris ingly good in the metropolis and busi ness apparently is back on a normal basis. Buying was easier and more l pleasant than at any time in the last several years, stocks being complete ami prices on a majority of items near the. pre-war level. Mr. Corry says jobbers are anxious to sell but are not giving away any goods, noi ther are they profitecrinw- Liquida tion api>arently is over and prices are about on a normal basis. Some lines are still high but those are due for a tumble. The general feeling is optimistic, and prospects for busi ness are good. ALLIED DEBT BILL IS SIGNED BY HARDING WASHINGTON, Feb. 9—The bill creating a commission and otherwise making provision for the conversion of the eleven billion dollar debt owed to the United States by the Allied (powers, was signed today by Presi dent Harding. Attorneys M. J. Yeomans and H. A. Wilkinson, of Dawson, were here on legal business today. popular young woman player of first rank with her New York husband, is sa'd to be in the making. She is re ported to have made arrangements to have him announce hia departure for Hollywood at once. They were married but a fe.w months previous to their separation. Another player, a star in “western’’ was met at his studio after shooting interior scenes Tuesday by his wife. She waited for him in her automo bile. This, too, is the first time Hol lywood has seen this happen in some time. The matron in charge of women extras and girls applying for jobs at one of the biggest studios here Wednesday said she was “glad it-hap pened,” and she predicted "that the Arbuckle incident and the Taylor murder would better conditions. “I can’t let you use my, name,” she said. “I have a good position, and If want to keep it. .But-let me say I I am glad these thingstranspiring lately have happened, although I am i sorry in away. “it is going to mean that the flow I of women to Hollywood, hoping to I go into pictures through pretty faces and loose morals is going to stop. It is my job to care for our girls. 1 hire only the honest opes. But late ly there have been the wrong kind of girls coming here, and the ex ample for the nice girls has not been any too good., l am sure we would | bo better off without them and a few i prinqjpals. We want to keep them ' I hat way. The publicity lately has j brmighX in a horde of women that < an only be described as resembling | mining town camp followers. | “Work has been too scare. With lif example set by some of out liJncipais, it. has been too much of a temptation for some of the girls. I am glad—glad—glad it has heppen ed.” ’ Mabel Normand and Mary Miles Minter were the Only stars now work ing who were not “on the lot” Wed nesday. The Mack Sennet studios were busy. Claire Windsor was “on location,” Betty Compson was busy with the first scenes of a coming rulß duction, and j g FARMERS' UNION PUTS SHOULDER TOCOTTONPOOL State Convention Pledges Itself To Work For Plan In Georgia 5 MACON, Feb. 9. “Farmers are going to pool their cotton and don t you forget that,” said Charles S. Barrett, president of the National Farmers union, followiiig a meeting of the members of the state organi zation at the Hotel Lanier yesterday, in asserting that there must be co operative marketing and “co-operu tive politics,” too, o"r» b’ae part ol ag riculturalists. “For twenty-one years 1 have been attending fanners meetings in vari ous parts of the JJnited States, bpt never have I seen such enthi-asm and such determination as was dis played here. “I saw the proposal of the Geprgia Cotton Growers’ Co-operative associa tion put to a vote. Thy farmei 1 ros i as one and pledged, to go the limit for the association. T-hey pledged themselves to go back home and work for the success of ..lw as sociation—work until every farmer in Georgia has become a member of that body. There will be no let-up in their work. “There must be co-operative mar kcting and co-operative politic.-, loo,’’ said Mr. Barrett, the latter reference in a tone that indicated twat farmers are planning to get into national pol itics even more than they have done in the past. Asked if the plan indorsed is what is commonly known as the California plan, Mr. Barrett said: “Yes, incor rectly so. It also has been called the Sapiro plan. But let me say one thing: This co-operative system of marketing was in effect successful ly in Denmark and parts of Europe long Mr. Sapiro was born and before Californiaiw knew anything about agriculture. Succcua In Co-operation. “As to the‘future, we can only guess. We believe that our success —the success of the farmers of this country—lies in the co-operative methods of selling that have been adopted here today.’’ Seven hundred and fifty fanners, in attendance at the two-day meet ing of the Georgia division of the Farmers’ Education and Cq-operative Union yesterday afternoon adopted resolutions unanimously endorsing the Sapiro, or California, plan of marketing products, especially cotton, and urged that every farmer iji live state up-to market his produc tion for the next five years, through the Georgia Cotton Growers’ asso •lo tion. Macon as headquarter* ftij freely discussed. ; The resolution followed addresses ondMKwfz xzfiflff xzfifl ffvbg& vbgxz by Charles S. Barrett, president of the National Farmers union; J. J. Brown, comissioner of agriculture; ■ former Gdvernor Nat E. Harris, and E. E. Elmore. Mr. Elmore reported to tne conference that of the 200,- 000 bales in pledges asked of Geor gia farmers, 100,000 have already been secured and the entire matter will be completed by April 1. T/ie association is to market the crop./ The resolution endorsing the move ment is: "We heartily endorse tide forma tion of commodity association tor. i al lof Georgia’s principal products, ’ and we recommend: For Long Term Contract. “That associations be organized under a long-term binding contract, in which the growers should pool their products and average prices for tihe same quality and grade of stuff hand led. “We recommend that associations !be organized around the particular i commodity that is to be 'handled; w«' I recommend that these associations be ! non-profit and non-capital. i “We wish especially to call attijn i tioif to the Georgia Cotton Growers' I association and earnestly urge farmer in the State of Gcorgii to sign his cotton for sale through t|)iu I association for the next five years. “We consider the quesj-ibn of | solving the farmers’ marketing problem as much the problem of the business man as the problem of farmer and we tehrefore wish to call upon al) business men of the state for their assistance in forming mar i keting associations around Georgia products. We have no hesitancy in ' say that the business man should < on i tribute both in time and financing, in helping the farmers to form th,eir marketing associations. “And this, the Georgia divisicHhof ■ the Farmers’ Education and Cp-op = erative Union, do here and'now |or i all timte go on record and pledge opr earnest support and work to the suc cessful completion of the campaign | to sign t’ - '*** '■*
