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WEATHER FORECAST i For Georgia—Unsettled and warm er tonight, probably light rain in north portion; Friday cloudy and warmer. J ORTY-FOURTH YEAR - NO. 34. Co-Operative Cotton Marketing Given Big Boost YOU AND I AREN’T IN DANGER OF A BAD FLU EPIDEMIC ; health expert says. ; ( _ Jx > THE flu epidemic that is going the rounds in some communities, specially New York City, is a dif ferent disease from the deadly Span ish influenza of three years ago. This is announced by Dr. William ]{. Park. He has charge of the re earch laboratories of New York’s health department. The Spanish flu of 1918-19 took it heaviest death toll among the mid dle aged. Flue this winter is mild. Its mor tality is slight. Most of its victims arc the aged and very young. It’s really Russian flue, like the epidemic of 32 years ago. Grandma called it “la grippe.” To dodge it, get plenty of fresh air. Don’t over-eat. Don’t, neglect a cold. If it gets bad, consult a re liable physician. Above all, don’t worry. Nothing is deadlier than worry in lowering the body’s resistance against germs. DEBT All is not gloom. The national debt was reduced another $50,000,- i 00 during January. That brought is down to $23,388,- 514,236. A staggering figure, to look at. But it 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 rial burden, if it were a payment due on an auto or house. JEST Fenin has a sense of humor. In Russian, his name is Ulianov. Asked . eiently, how many communists were left in Russia, he is reported to have said: ’’Three—Lenin, Ulianov and my self.” It has taken many sefcret service u.rds to keep those three alive. Lenin is learning, as all visionaries learn sooner or later, that a political ie ght-of-hand expert can get away with almost anything, as long as his audience have full stomachs. When the audience gets hungry, l ie!; out for fireworks. COUNTERFEIT For the first time since 1894, counterfeit two-cent stamffe 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 1 chances against t)he super-brains of Uncle Sam’s secret service? None at all. SKYADS ( lever advertising men arc prepar ing billion-candlepower searchlights for projecting advertising words and pictures on clouds over New York City at night. I his elaboration of the old-time magic lantern, they claim, will be visible 100 miles away. Ad men, publicity agents and propagandists are at work. With wire l"'s telephone rapidly coming into ‘ommon use, they probably are get ting ready to clutter the air with their ages about pills, contraptions and candidates. One more reason why the govern nicnt is wise in restricting the send ing of wireless messages to licensed stations. • HONK! ( an you remember 25 years ago? i ’’nly four autos in the whole United i ■ thtes then. Today there are about 10,000,009 ifiolor vehicles registered ’in all the sUtes. Farmers have 3,000,000 of ■ tile in. Ihe next 25 years probably will' ■mg an equally rapid growth of air- , piane, and wireless telephones. j FARMS „ 11 "P-growing farm Jand, classed as l| "l"-"ved,’ totaled 503,073,007 acres ’"■ last census. x apparently it takes the yield of $ 11 five acres to feed the average 11 l( an and provide an export sur I hat should interest families '•'"’dering how much land, they’d ' 'l il they went back to the land. I here’s decided needed of a “going Copulations increased 15 per between 1910 and 1920, but 11 u age of improved farm land gain- O ”1.V 5 per eent. I,l 'Man head found IN RUINS OF HOTEL , ' 'bHMOND, Va., Feb. 9.—Fire-i j searching in the ruins of the hotel, destroyed by fire I, lii 'sday, today found a human de- |', ' ! mghfg the number of Known v t' n e disaster to*five. The head . till ' l ? t identif >ed. Twelve persons ' v ere unaccounted for today. i<l. i d °dy found todav was later E - ULSTER FRONTIER A LINE OF STEEL NEW KIDNAPINGS 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 contingents of regular constabulary. Additional kidnapings occurred to day in county Fermanagh. Four class “B” special constables were kidnaped in Rosalia district and tak en in the direction of Ballybay, where it is believed the other prison ers are beng held. It is 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 provisional govern 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. FINDS BUSINESS BRISK IN EAST Goods Near Pre-War Level, Stocks Complete, Liquidation Past TIFTON, Feb. 9.—Reid Corry, manager 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 pleasant than at any time in the last several years, stocks being complete and 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, nei ther arc they profiteering. Liquida tion apparently 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. PIRATES IN NEAR EAST. CONSTANTINOPLE, Feb. 9.—A ■sailing vessel has been found in the ■ Sea of Marmora With two woundew I sailors on board. The men declare i the captain and two of the crew had > been killed by pirates. AMERICUS SPOT COT ION I Good middling, 10 1-2 cent,. i LIVERPOOL COTTON LIVERPOOL, Feb. 9. Market opened very steady 10-18 up. I'ullys 9.99. Sales 8000 bales. Receipts, ' 2065 bales, of which 1385 are Amer | ican. ; Futures: Feb. April J.une I’rev. elose 9.40 9.39 9.3:> 1 Open 9.63 9.62 9.59 Close y-G1 9-W NEW YORK FUTURES Meh. May July 1 i’rev Close 17.10 16.80 16.39 ! Open . 17.35 1 7.00 16.53 i 10:15 am 17.27 16.99 16.51 ! 10:30 17-26 16.98 16.55 I F0;45 17.21 16.92 16.50 i 11 ;00 . 17.18 16.90 16.48 • 11.15 17.17 16.90 16.41 ! ; j ;.->(> .17.15 16.89 16.46 11 : i.-, ...17.17 16.90 16.48 112:00 n00n17.15 16.88 16.49 '12:15 17.18 16.91 16.48 19-30 17.13 16.85 16.42 12-45 ... 17.15 16.88 16.45 1-00 17.17 16.88 16.47 1-15 17.19 16.93 16.52 P3O 17-22 16.93 16.50 1- 17.25 16.98 16.53 : 2-oo 17.21 16.93 16.50 j 2-15 .17.22 17.04 16.50 2 30 17-14 16.89 16.45 2- 17-19 16.89 16.45 I Close 17x02 16-.73 16.29 THE MABEL NORMAND IS CENTER OF NEW MURDER INQUIRY FORMER FIANCEE I 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 presents, among them three auto mobiles. Their engagement was broken by muthal agreement two years ago. TO HEAR FORD’S CHIEF ENGINEER House Committee To Quiz W. B. Mayo Monday—Army Officer Testifies WASHINGTON, Feb. D.—An nouncement by Chairman Kahn, of the house military committee that W. B. Mayo, chief engineer for Henry Ford, will testify'Monday, opened the second day’s inquiry into Ford’s offer for the Muscle Shoals plants. Maj.-Gen. Williams, chief of army ordnance, today gave in detail the reasons for construction of the ni trate plants. Referring to the War rior river power plant and sub-sta tion, he declared in his opinion ! that was a “moral obligation” on 1 the part of the government to give ithe Alabama Power Company the I right to purchase those properties be- I fore they were disposed of to any other private interests. FOUL PLAY SUSPECTED IN BURNING OF SHIP NEWPORT NEWS, Va., Feb. 9. Survivors of the steamship Northern Pacific, which burned at sea early yesterday with a loss of four lives, are not satisfied that the burning was wholly accidental. ;f\ipta(in Lusti, master of the Northern Pacific, de clined to make a statement, but mem bers of the crew intimated they sus pected foul play. i WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.—lnvesti • gal,ion of the fire which yesterday ■ destroyed the former army transport j Northern Pacific is understood to ! have been instituted today by the i government. THE GREAT AMERICAN HOME. A NORMAN, DID you ~~L ; ' / PUT “SKIP" OUT For I i Xp'S NIGHT BEFORE I. I 1 VESSUM-J ' ! iWHwO, few GfeW® Bl w'i l! Im /ffl® 7Z /' Hz lEIL 1/ AMERICUS, GEORGIA, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 9, 1922 WIFE WHO DIVORCED TAYLOR «r * ■ iff aV a- jk sBI x Mrs. Edward L. C. Robins, who divorced Wm. D. Taylor, slain movie director, and their daughter, Ethel DaisyDeane-Tanner, 19. The daughter 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 Turned Over To District Attorney LOS ANGELES, Feb. 9. -Central l ized investigation at the district at torney’s office of the mystery sur i rounding the murder of William Des i mond Taylor, film director, was ex i p.cctcd to begin today following the .alleged discovery and turning over I to that official last night of messages land letters written to the director I by Mabel Normand, the actress, who was among the last persons to see Taylor alive and who admitted visit ing him at his home a few minutes : before his death. i Miss NormanaJ who one.e searched | the Taylor apartments for her letters, , and who is sai-i to be ill as a result : of a collapse at the Taylor Funeral I Tuesday, has been quoted as saying I her only* desire*to regain possession j of the -letters was founded on a f’ear j that some of the phrases- would <be i misunderstood. She said she felt a j strong friendship for the director, but j there had been no serious love affair i between them. A second handkerchief found its j way into the investigation,, when about the same time detectives said they found the letters in a boot in a closet in the Taylor apartments. Henry, Peavy, Taylor’s negro house man, has suddenly found a handker chief bearing the initials “M. M. M.” A handkerchief previously reported ■found near the body shoAly after the murder was discovered, but since said to be missing, was alleged to have borne the letter “S.” The police charge the leaders of the motion picture industry here are attempting to block the investiga tions. Stars who spoke freely have been hushed, they say. Giddy par ties in the fast road houses resorts have been .canceled. The lights of the white light cabarets no longer i shine on decollettcd and shimmy lov ' ing women of the screen, and the | stars are keeping the home fires 1 burning. Attorneys for Mary Miles Minter, after a prolonged session with hw j producers and the little star al 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 nothing whatsoever will ; be done to shield her connection with ; the case. Far from it, Los Angeles theaters ! where Miss Minter’s pictures were shown Wednesday carried an adver tising streamer with “I love you— I love you—l love you” in gigantic letters. Miss Minter is proud of her love I for Mr. Taylor and would proclaim it fropi the housetops if called upon to do it,” declares a representative. Mabel Normand, following her dra matic collapse at the Taylor funeral, remained in seclusion throughout the day yesterday. She is said to be in I a serious nervous condition. One of the events for which Holly i wood is waiting with deep interest : is the arrival on the scene of the mur idered director’s 18-year-old daughter I —Ethel Daisy Tanner. The movie colony has anticipated I her coming because it expected her I appearance to be one breath of whole j someness in the dream of exotic in l cidents. The funeral was delayed for I her. She did not come. The body i was placed in a vault so she could I see her father before he was placed in his grave. She has not appeared. ; Administrator Frank Bryson, in charge of Taylor’s estate, declared PRICE FIVE CENTS. ACCUSED '■'"i l .jiii ■Mk ffiiSStKr' L. j A warrant charging Edbvard F. Sands with the murder of Taylor is in the hands of the sheriff at Elko, Nev. RECEIVER ASKED FORCOLUMBIA J- Well Known Phonograph Com pany Insolvent, Says Federal Court Petition WILMINGTON, Del., Feb. 9. Ap plication for receivership for the Co lumbia Graphophone Manufacturing company, a Delaware corporation, was made today in federal court. In solvency is alleged. that he had received no word of her coming. The British consulate here has in terested itself In her behalf. Major Thomas A.-Osborne, British consul, intimated that the secret service of his government is following a lead in the murder possibly involving an ancient enmity acquired by Taylor in his youth. The murder has wrought distinctly noticeable changes ip the affairs of certain screen notables. Persons whose affairs have been notorious in Hollywood are said to be doing every thing possible to clear their skirts and keep their affairs out of the newspapers. One star, married and with a phild, whose marital affairs have been strained for three months, was seen lunching with his wife in a prominent hotel. It was the first time since last November that they ihad been seen together. Another reconciliation—that of a popular young womqn player of first rank with New York husband, is said to be in the making. She is re ported to have made arrangements to have him announce his departure for Hollywood at once. They were married but a few months™revious to their separation. Another player, a star in “western” was met at his studio after shooting interior scenes Tuesday by his wife. She wailed 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 «he was “glad it hap pened,” and sfie )>i'edictcd that tile Arbuckle incidpni and -the Taylor murder would better conditions.' “I can’t let you .use my pame,” she said. “I have a good position, and I want to keep it. But let me say I am glad these things transpiring lately have happened, although 1 am sorry in away. “It is going to mean that the flow of women to Hollywood, hoping t« 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 to'y'good. lam sure we would be better off without them and a few principals. We. want to keep them that way. The publicity lately has brought in a horde of women that can only be described as resembling mining town camp followers. “Work has been too scare. With the example set by some of our principals, it has been too much of a temptation for some of the girls. lam glad—glad—glad it .has heppen ed’t Mabel Normand and Mary Miles Minter were the only stars now workJ ing who were ho 4 “on the lot” Wed nesday. The Mack Sennet studios were busy. Claire Windsor was ‘‘on location,” Betty .tpmpson was busy with the first scenes of a coming pro duction, and Wallace Reid was seen busily at work on the second reel of b latest picture. f- * * 'v Ki ' JU FARMERS’UNION-- PUTS SHOULDER TOCOTTONPOOL State Convention Pledge# Itself To Work For Plan In Georgia 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, following 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-opera tive politics,” too, on the part of ag riculluralists. “For twenty-one years I have been attending farmers meetings in vari ous parts of the United States, but never have 1 seen such enthusiasm and such determination as was dis played here. “I saw the proposal of the Georgia Cotton Growers’ Co-operative associa tion put to a vote. The fannei 1 ro.-> i as one and pledged to go the limit for the association. They pledged themselves to go back home and work for the success of r.he as sociation—work untii 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 piar keLing and co-operative polities, too,” said Ml-. Barrett, the latter reference in a torte that indicated that 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 before Mr. Sapiro was born and before Californians knew anything about agriculture. Success 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 farmer#, in attendance al the two-day meet ing of the Gdbrgia division of the Farmers’ Education and Co-operative Union yesterday afternoon adopted resolutions unanimously endorsing the Sapiro, or California, plan of marketing products, especially cotton, and urged that every farmer in the state sign up to market his product tion for the next five years, through the Georgia Cotton Growers’ associa-, tion. Macon as headquarters freely discussed. ■ The resolution followed addresses by Charles S. Barrett, president of the National Farmers union; J. J. Brown, comissioner of agriculture; former Governor Nat E. Hards, and E. E. Elmore. Mr. Elmore reported to the 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. association is to market the crop. ■ The resolution endorsing the move ment is: “We heartily endorse tihe forma tion of co/nmodity association fur 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 the same quality and grade of stuff hand led. “We recommend that associations be organized around the particular commodity that is to be handled; we recommend that these associations be non.rprofit and non-capital. “We wish’especially to call atten- - tion to the Georgia Cotton Growers* association and earnestly urge evei-y farmer in the State of Georgia to sign his cotton for sale through this association for the next five yeari. ’ “We consider the question ot solving the farmers’ problem as much t-he problem of the business man' as the problem of the farmer and we therefore wish to call ♦ upon all business mpn of the state for their assistance in forming mar keting associations around Georgiy products. We have no hesitancy in saying that business men should cbm tribute both in time and financing, fit helping the farmers to form tlrejr marketing associations. “And this, the Georgia division of the Farmers’ Education and Co-op erative Union, do here and now all time go on record and pledge qur earnest support and work to "the suc cessful completion of the campaign to sign the cotton in Georgia undeV thi§ contract,” f 7 Ford Offer Endorsed. A resolution was unanimously adopted in last night’s session pledg (Cpntinued on Page Two.) - K ' *
