About Americus times-recorder. (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 10, 1922)
j^a^aaeaw'fru«• •■• wi« w WEATHER FORECAST i For Georgia—Rain late tonight or Saturday; warmer tonight. FORTY-FOURTH YEAR — no. 35 STEWART COUNTY SCENE OF DOUBLE KILLING OLD RIP VAN HOOD WINKER’S RETURN n i i anm iin t-b- -i i . ■, .. I (Do NT You \ I ( KNOW Me ? / fl I / I < z OL 2\- 'xzOi —I n S' 50Rl - ou Be t \ *'•* > =3| n y |S==-''\v > S'/ k KNOW You. You're \ ..ogSEL / The old that I USBD r ° VJIH ACL I ’ "S \ MY wages; BUT Ive / V 'W, ‘ J3EKs< , << fW ' 44/?\r>ijar Wl/W' * W>M JBI Zr///'W -zES® F/wfl V®Vi 1 UjlJI < _ Watch your step. Acreage was reduced, boll weevils restricted the yield. There are more supplies of food and feedstuff in the South than ever before. Disaster is averted. But a crop of more than 10,000,000 bales would invite a return to the terrifying condition,#- wiiieh prevailed a -yoav ago. More than 26,000,000 acres were planted to cotton in 1921, ch6dgh’to produce 10,000,000 bales in an average year, enough for 12,000,000 bales in a bumper year. Do not increase your cotton acreage. ARMY ENGINEER FORIOO-YR LEASE Testifies 50-Year Limit Suggested By Weeks Might Be In advisable WASHINGTON, Feb. 10,—Resum ing his testimony on Henry Ford’s offer for the Muscle Shoals projects, Major General Beach, chief of army engineers, reiterated today his opin ion that conditions prevailing in that section of the country might justify a 100-year lease and prove the 50- year time limit suggested by Secre tary of War Weeks to be inadvisable. CHORUS WORK FEATURE OF BARACA SESSIONS THOMASVILLE, Feb. 10.—Thu Baptist Baraca class has tried an in novation that is exceedingly popular. A local music teacher has been se cured to train the class singers and tin- chorus work every Sunday has added materially to the interest in the meetings. The class has an average attendance well above seventy-five. 1 lie chorus work and solos add much to -the regular-program. CIVIL SERVICE BOARD IS SCORED IN SENATE WASHINGTON, Feb. 10.—Mem os the civil service commission ''ere attacked in the senate today ’> Senator Caraway, of Arkansas, "I'o charged they -Were -‘ prostituting t icir office for partisan purposes.” AMERICUS SPOT COTTON Lwd middling, 16 1-2 cents. Liverpool market LIVERPOOL, Feb. 10. Market M'liied quiet 5-11 down. Fullys •L R 2- Sales, 5000 bales. Receipts, ’2'B bales. Futures; Feb. April June * rev - close ....• 9.61 9.60 9.50 * 1r51ca, 1 9.47 9.47 9.44 Uo3e ■9.40 9.40 NEW YORK FUTURES. T . Meh. May July "c. dose 17.02 16.73 16.29 ’l6-90 16.63 16.21 16.89 16.60 16.18 . : 7 '16.88 16.61 16.20 . . 16.98 16.68 16.24 ~ ?? -17.01 16.71 16.27 . 17.05 .16.78 16.34 ■;? 17.00 16.72 16.30 --17.10 16.82 16.35 0 noon 17.02 16.73 16.30 J,® pm —-17.02 16.75 16.30 ;<s ° 16.83 16.40 THETIMESHR ECOR D ER GIRLS 13 TO 16 ARE ARE PRINCIPALS IN TRPLE WEDDING TIFTON, Feb. 10.-—The home of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Bass, southwest of Tifton, was the scene of a triple wedding Wednesday, when three Tift county school girls, ranging in age from thirteen to sixteen, were wed to three young Tift county farmers. The contracting parties were Miss Lois Bass and Mr. Rufus Land, Miss Liz zie Garbin and Mr. Joseph Land, Miss Della Parker and Mr. Wesley Land. Rev. J. B. Bradford officiated. The weddings were planned as a surprise but it was too good to keep and the secret leaked out. A bountiful din ner was served for the newlyweds and those attending the wedding. FALL ON FLOOR FATAL TO COLQUITT MAN OF 81 MOULTRIE, Feb. 10.—As a result of injuries that he received a couple . of days ago when he fell and broke I one of his legs, George F. Newton, I pioneer Colquitt county citizen, died | at his home here yesterday. Mr. Newton was 81 years old. During his younger days he look an active part in public affairs, serving for eight years as tax collector and represent ing the county in the legislature for years. Mr. Newton served with dis tinction during the Civil War, losing his right atm on the second day of the Battle of Gettysburk. Al the time of his death he was commander of the Colquitt County Camp Os Con federate Veterans. He is survived by five sons and four daughters. Mr. Newton was in his room alone at the time he received the injuries that cost his life. He said that when • he arose to put some wood on the i fire, he stumbled and crashed heavi- j ly to the floor. SCHOOL OFFICERS WANT MOND ISSUE DIVIDED WAYCROSS, Feb. 10.—Ata meet ing of school superintendents and board members here Wednesday a resolution was passed endorsing to a certain extent the proposed $75,000,- 000 bond issue for good roads in Georgia, the exception being that it be raised to $100,000,000 and the amount be split with the schools and the' highway department of the state, i HARDINGTO PRESENT TREATIES IN PERSON WASHINGTON, Feb. 10.—Presi dent Harding is expected to present in person to the senate today the treaties resulting from the arms con ference. AMERICUS, GEORGIA. FRIDARY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 10, 1922 IRISH TO FREE KIDNAPED MEN Many Ulsterites Held Prisoners To Be Released Today. Is Report LONDON, Feb. 10.— (By the As sociated Press.) —It is reported from both Dublin and Belfast that many of the men kidnaped in Ulster would be released today, but none except those who reached their homes yesterday as recorded in previous dispatches was yet known to be free and the whereabouts of the captives was still a mystery. SON OF HEAD OF SWIFT CONCERN VISITS MOULTRIE « MOULTRIE, Feb. 10—Alden B. Swift, son of Louis F. Swift, head of j Swift & Company, and himself a I high official of the big corporation, I was in Moultrie for a day or so this | week. He came here to inspect the l immense plant of the Swifts and to hold a conference with local officials. The latter said that no special sig nificance attached to Mr. Swift’s vis it. He has been in Moultrie on pre vious occasions. On his arrival here Mr. Swift found the local plant running full capacity and with hundreds of hogs on the yards. Receipts have been heavy for several weeks and the indications are that bliey Will Continue good until well up in the spring. The local hog market this week touched 6 1-2 cents for K[o. I s , the highest price paid for soft hogs in some time. MANY IN DIRE NEED ABOUT THOMASVILLE THOMASVILLE, Feb. 10.— The prohibition officer in Thomasville states that there is more actual need for clothing and food around the city and county than has been here in years. Some instances have been found where the parents did not have enough clothing to make their chil dren comfortable enough to go to school. Every case noted has been met with instant and generous re sponses for everything needed. MADISON SQUARE GARDEN RECEIVERSHIP STOPPED NEW-YORK. Feb. 10—The ap pelate division of the Supreme court today reversed the Supreme court order naming receivers for Tex Rick ard, the Madison Square Garden Corporation and the Madison Square Garden Sporting Club, Inc. MISS MINTER 2 HOURS WITH PROSECUTOR Los Angeles District Attorney Pronounces Beginning of Movie Probe Satisfactory TOPEKA, Kans., Feb. 10.—A man under arrest here, who gave the name of Walter Underwood, was declared by Under Sheriff Carlson to answer the description of Edward F. Sands, secretary-valet of William Desmond Taylor, murdered film director. The man admits he knew Taylor and had attended parties at. his home. LOS ANGELES, Feb. 10.—After a beginning pronounced “satisfactory," District Attorney Woolwine’s investi gations of the murder of William Des mond Taylor, movie director, was ex pected to be continued today with the possibility that a number of per sons prominent in the motion picture world would be summonded as wit nesses. Rumor has it that Mary 'Miles Minter was closeted with the dis trict attorney for two hours Tuesday before Woolwine offiically took charge of the inquiry, but there is no confirmation of this. Among those who will figrue in the investigation are Mabel Nor mand, Mary Miles Minter, Neva Ger ber and Claire Windsor, motion pic ture actresses, the first three of whom have been reported to have been par ties to love affairs with Taylor; Henry Peavey, negro houseman, who found th? body; Howard Fellows, chauffeur of Taylor; Charles Eylon, manager of the Famous Players- Laskey studios in which Taylor was employed; Mrs, Douglas MacLejin, wife of a motion picture actor, neigh bor of Taylor, who saw a stranger leaving the Taylor doorway after hearing a shot there on the night of the murder, and a host of others concerning whom bits of information have come to investigators. Fellows has said he ended Taylor by pheno at 7:55 p. m., 25 minutes after Mabel Normand admitted she left Taylor's home, and received no answer, the assumption being that Taylor was dead at that time. Unexplained circumstances sur round the movements of the packet of letters, including letters from Mabel Normand to Taylor, which was found by a police detective in the Taylor house yesterday. I Mabel Normand, who was in com pany with Taylor until 7:30 o'clock on Wednesday night a week ago, within an hour of the time whieff in vestigators .fix as the time of the murder, visited the house’the follow ing morning and sought these letters. She said they might be misinter preted if read by the public, but de nied that a love affair existed be tween Taylor and herself. i These letters, she said, were kept by Taylor in the drawer of a desk in the room in which the shooting oc curred. He showed them to her sev eral weeks previously in discussing a robbery of the house, mentioning that the letters had not been taken. It was announced at the district attorney’s ofice that the letters of Mabel Normand will not be made pub lic at this time. The centralized investigation will be carried on as follows: Questioning of several wealthy and influential producers, one pf whom has been questioned before in the case. Questioning of at least four motion picture actresses, in an effort to de velop further information concern in'' the theory of a woman being the motive for the slaying. Questioning of two men, not con nected with motion pictures, along lines of “jealousy” as a motive in the case. Close examination of former em ployees of the slain director in order to reveal, intimacies of the past that came under their observation. 40 TRUCK GROWERS OF CRISP ORGANIZE CORDELE, Feb. 10.—Forty ♦ or more farmers of Cordele and Crisp county formed a truck growers as sociation here Thursday at a meeting at the court house. Wayne Fant was ■elected president and S. F. Holland, secretary and treasurer. An acreage campaign is on now with a view of having as much as fifty acres in each vegetable this spring in order that buyers may be attracted. WEEKS PLANS CUT IN OFFICERS IN CAPITAL WASHINGTON, Feb. 10—Secre tary Weeks today announced he had ordered a survey of the “personnel and activitie sos every branch of the war department” in Washington for the purpose of reducing the number of officers on duty here. SCENE OF THE TAYLOR MOVIE MURDER XjKs JP 11 ,J W»w#»# ■Mfe. -m IB ■ wSgi (3 »» K-sW F Wt ”IK I HK 1 t J o kB f l v wJJHmuL B Eh! * Wla CMlr p-Ja ■■ * gr*w v 11 * I ''MJ’ ** o I ■ '-o il William D. Taylor, te movie director, was seated at the desk above when he was shot to death in his Hollywood home. These photographs were taaken the morning after the murder, MARKETPARLEY HERE TOMORROW State College Experts To Be Heard At Library Auditorium On Farm Problems . ______ The methods of handling and prof its in sour cream shipping, live slock marketing, poultry production, and a dozen other marketing topics of vi tal interest to all fanners of Georgia will be discussed ala marketing con ferenca to be in Americus, at the Carnegie tomorrow,' Feb ruary 11, beginning at 10 o’clock. The conference is one of the series being (held in all parts of Georgia un der the direction of the state col lege of agriculture, and the speak ers will all be experts in their lines, sent here by the State college. These include J. G. Oliver, John Rignon, Miss Lois Dowdell, R. F. Whelchel, George A. Maloney and W. C. Lassi ter. They are holding a conference for Macon county today, and will be in Preston for Webster county Mon day, Lumpkin for Stewart county Tuesday, and Friday, February 17, will hold a conference for Marion and Sehley counties. All farmers of Sumter county are invited and urged by George O. Mar-hall, county agent, to attend the conferences here tomorrow. LT. CHARLES H. DOWMAN LEAVES SOUTHER FIELD Liuet. Charles 11. Down an, of W- st V irginia, wbc has been : Gitio'.. West Virginia, who has been station ed at Souther Field since December, 1919, left Thursday night for Fort Sill, Oklahoma, where he has been ordered to take thtf radio course at Post Field. Lieut. Dowman has been a pop ula member of the army contingent during his station at the flying field here and has made many friends who regret his departure. For some lime he has served in' the capacity of finance officer.. Owing to the inac tivity of the field at the present time it is probable that he will not be replaced. • , COMMERCE MINISTER TO FILL PULPIT HERE Rev. John A. Simpson, of Com merce,will fill the pulpit of the Pres byterian church here Sunday, both morning and evening, it was announc ed today by A. C- Crockett. Since the last Sunday in January the churehe has been without a pas tor, Rev. Frank P. Anderson having gone to the Gadsden, Ala., pastorate, and the church is now lookihgJfor an available minister to whoiv to make a call. 10 STILLS DEROYED. WAYCROSS, Feb. 10—Ten cop per stills were destroyed yesterday bj' Sheriff Sweat and his deputies. These stills were captured in feeent raids in Ware county the past few months. The sheriff rendered the stills useless by cutting them up with an ax. PRICE FIVE CENTS. SUMTER’S LAND VALUES STAND Retained At $12.50 Per Acre For State Taxation By Full bright At Conference CORDELE, February 10—As a result of the tax meeting of repre; sentatives of the nine counties here Thursday, Crisp, Sumter and Dooly get their land values in at $12.50 per acre upon an equalized basis agreed to by State Tax Commissioner H. J. Fullbright. There were no changes over last year other than a slight drop for Dooly. The people were warned that the state will need its same funds) ( and that they should in this part of the state try to retain the . same val ues that prevailed last year. THOMASVILLE ROTARY GUESTS OF BAKE SHOP THOMASVILLE, Feb. 10—The Rotary club was entertained by the f’lowers Bakery and lee Cream com pany today at’the plant and a most delightful luncheon was had, follow ed byl an ispection of these two' modern plants. J. L. Phillips, state Republican committeeman of Georgia was one of the guests of the occasion but eschew ed politics in this short address to the club, many of the members of which are his friends.' TO SELL STATE FLAGS. TIFTON, Feb. 10—The United Daughters of the Confederacy will have charge of the sale of Georgia flags in Tifton Saturday, the pro ceeds going to the U. D. C. educa tional fund. FOX BEATS UP HOUND. OS W ETRY, Eng., Feb. 9. A battle between a fox and a grey hound in a hunt near here ended in the dog’s retreat with his shoulder torn open. When the fox, Iqoking back, saw only one hound chasing him, he turned and gave fight. LOVE LANE TO CLOSE. CHALDON, Eng., Feb. 8. - Love Lane, a beautiful and secluded walk here, may soon be closed. Chaldon is claiming right of way through the lane, but Lord Hylton, through whose estate the lane runs, opposes the, claim. ORLAND ATO TRY TO FORM ITALIAN CABINET LONDON, Feb. 8- —(By Associated i Press.) —Former Premier Orlando has accepted the invitation of the king of Italy to form a new cabinet to succeed the Bonomi ministry, says an Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Rome today. Sergeant and Mrs. M. H. Kennedy of Souther Field announce the birth of a son at the Americus hosiptal who has been named Merrill Hershel. ft fcj Ij T. P. TERRELL, IN POSSE, SHOT Afr SLAYER IS KILLED Two Drinking Alabamans Pro duce Reign Os Terror On Farm Near Florence LUMPKIN, Feb. 10.—George B. Cater, of Batesville, Ala., and T. P. Terrell, one of the most prominent citizens of Stewart county, are dead as a result of a shooting on the Brad ley farm near Florence, Ga., last night when Carter and J. F. Cham bers, also of Batesville, appeared at the farm drinking and shooting and Sheriff J. K. Johnston and several special deputies were called to the scene. Mr. Terrell was a member of the sheriff’s party. Carter opened fire on the posse when it appeared and Mr. Terrell fell mortally wound ed. Carter was then shot down and instantly killed by a member of the posse. Mr. Terrell was rushed to a hospital at Eufaula, Ala., where he died early this morning. Florence is located on the Chatta hoochee river directly west of Lump kin, and Haleburg is some twenty miles still to the west of Florence, on the Alabama side. Carter and Chambers appeared at the Bradley farm in a car early in the evening. They were drinkink heavily and after a time started shooting and terroriz ing the negroes of the community and attempting to run them away. Overseer Perkins quickly telephoned to Sheriff Johnston and Lumpkin for protection and the sheriff immediate ly recruited a small posse and hur ried to the Bradley farm. They found Carter and Chambers still at their work of terroriza tion. As the officers approached Carter drew his pistol and fijred into the party. Mr. Terrell falling. One of the deputies then killed Carter with a pistol shot. Chambers was arrested and disarmed and taken to Lumpkin where he is now held. A quantity of whisky was found in the car belonging to Carter end Chambers and this was confiscated. Mr. Terral was widely known and loved throtighout ffWWfJf county, and the tragedy which cost'bis life is the cause of widespread sorrow. MRS. AMANDA A STANLEY. Funeral services were held today in West Point ferr Mrs. Amanda A. Stanley, who died in Americus Wed nesday, February 8, at noon, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. J. E. Courtney, 216 Furlow street. The body was taken to West Point Thurs day, where funeral and interment took place today. - Surviving relatives arfe thr<»e , daughters, Mrs. J. E. Courtney, J. M. Burton, of .Vmericus; Mrs. Sid Reed, of La Grange; three sons, W. A. Stanley, of West Point; £X f». Stanley, of Statesville, N. C., Elon Stanley, of Birmingham, Ala., threb sisters, Mrs. W. R. Lord, Mrs. Tay lor White, of West Point, and Mrs. Sallie Maddox, of Chipley, Fla.' TT' Mrs. Stanley was 79 years of had resided in Americus with her daughter for four years, where §O3 had become generally known and greatly beloved by h wide circle of friends and acqquaintances. She was the widow of the late J. M. Stan- I ley, by whose side she was placed in the West Point cemetery. She was a member of the Methodist church, and during the active years of her life was actively connected with, the movements of the church in West Point, where she had lived many years before com ng to Americus. BANK COMMISSIONER OF OKLAHOMA IS OUT OKLAHOMa’cITY, Feb. 10—Roy Wolcott, assistant bank commissioner today assimied the duties of banking commissioner, succeeding Fred G. Dennis, state bank commisisoner, whose resignation was accepted by the governor last night. State officials here are watching closely the situation at Okmulgee, where the Bank of Commerce recent ly failed. RESIGNATION OF BONOMI MINISTRY NOT ACCEPTED ROME, Fqb. 10.—(By the Asso ciated Press.)—King Victor Eman uel has not accepted the resigantion of Cabinet Premier Bonomi, pre sented February 2, it was sefni-of ficially stated today and the Bonomi. Ministry will be in its place ntxt Thursday when parliament reassem bles. a Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Harris, of'Lees, burg, announce the birth of a girl on , February 8, who has been given the name of Carolyn. Mrs. Harris is re i membered by many friends as Miss I Gussie Luke before her marriage.
