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WEATHER FORECAST i
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For Georgia—Cloudy and colder
tonight and Tuesday probably rain
■ „ <outh and central portions.
FORTY-FOURTH YEAR.— no. 37.
GOLDEN RULE SALES TO RESUME MARCH 1
WOMEN’S WIT AND
GOOD LUCK FIND
STOLEN CADILLAC
Thief Gets Frank Horrild Car
And Abandons It At
Cordele
«
To locate her stolen new Cadillac
t; i m a neighboring city within a few
minutes after its loss was discover- ■
eil v.n- the record made Sunday by
jli:. Frank Harrold, of Americus, I
♦ haul, to her own ingenuity and that I
of r neighbor, Mrs. T. O. Marshall.
The car stolen from the Harrold ga
lagc ometime after 11 o’clock Sat- i
unlay night and its loss was not dis- 1
co'. , red by Mrs. Harrold uptil about
id o’clock Sunday morning. Short- i
iy alter it was located in Cordele ,
and Sunday afternoon she drove it i
I home, uninjured.
H.e incident took place during the ;
riiee of Mr. Harrold, who "is on a i
u)!i(ni trip to Florida with relatives, ;
Vi . Harrold being at home alone i
■'■ sh cr mother, Mrs. Walker, of j
1' iring the visit here of relatives
,1 'ii Marshall from Quitman one
' . of the Harrold garage had
be; ii ic ed for the visitor’s ear. Sat-I
in Hay night they were out driving
ic'd when they returned at 11 o’clock
;:;ii put their car up they found the
H:;rro|d Cadillac standing in the
ill leeway, with barely enough room
fur them to drive around it.
Early Sunday Sunday morning
ill, , got their car again to start for
i>. in Quitman. Mrs. Harrold’s 1
■r \ is gone and so was the lap robe
r i ; their own car. They made no
infinity, supposing Mrs. Harrold had
gone lor tin early morning ride and
taken their robe along for comfort,
hit mding to return it. So they start- .
i’<l : <>r Quit man without the robe, ac
" iiiinied as far as Albany by Mr. i
Mai l hall, who intended to sp nd the
day with his uncle, Mr. Waddell.
.About 10 o’clock Mrs. Harrold was
talking by phone with Mrs. Marshall
when I'e Harrold car was mentioned
and Mrs. Marshall stated that it was
not in the garage. Investigation fol
lowed Mrs. Harrold’s exclamation of
ii'iprise, developing that it has been
.stolen. Chief Bragg was notified and
then a hurried consultation with
neighbors was hjeld. Recalling that.
Albany was the center of an auto
' it!" gang a few months ago, Mrs.
' ■ iiaii suggested that Mrs. Har-
1 call Mr. Marshall in Albany and
« him to notify the officers there.
Mr. Marshall had not‘reached Al
! ■ i.v, but Mr. Waddell took the mes-
Within ten minutes he called
and informed Mrs. Harrold that
he heriff of Crisp county had just
.I'-'ivcd in Albany with the news that
'■ l ew Cadillac had been taken at
■ 1 idele that morning. • A quick call
j Cordele police confirmed the state
n,< ut. The sergeant on duty
luted that a negro'had arrived there
nt tin railroad, station about 3 a. m.,
and fl at when an officer started to
approach him he jumped out and fled.
•' aid the negro was lame and was
cd in kahki and puttees.
Bunday afternoon Mrs. Harrold
’• v;i taken to Cordele by Thomas
'h old and the car was turned over.
In r and driven back home.
Word from Ashburn this morning
hie ated that the officers of Turner
'"iiniy were on the trail of the thief,
"ho i. believed to be an Americus
negro.
FORD’S ENGINEER TO BE
HEARD THIS AFTERNOON
WASHINGTON, Feb. 13. Ex
amination of W. B. Mayo, chief engi
l!“ r fur Henry Ford, on Ford’s offer
tn the Muscle Shoals project wa
I"'lamed until 2 o'clock this after-]
'"'"■/hairman Kahn of the house i
''■'i affairs committee announced ;
oroing. The morning session
' ,! devoted to description of the-i
''l/ by Major J. H. Burns, chief
■’immiinition division of the -
ordinance bureau.
'i' Burns stated it bis ju'Jg-
! 'he government was obliged to
" Warrior river planl' to the
! | ■ cma Power company.
! that concern is upwilling to
/" ” the purchase,” he said, *the
I ’ niu.it be removed from the
aid he thought the obligations
government to the Alabama
' ‘ :,n y made the Ford offer abso
an impracticalp reposition.
b -'SHOP REESE GUEST OF
MR. AND MRS. ARCHBOLD
j. Feb. 13.— Bishop
j,' ' Reese officiated at services at
' homas Episcopal e church here
’day and confirmed a class at
' inorning service. Bishop Reese
'■ guest of Mr. and Mrs. John F.
'' f, ld during his stay in the city,
, '“ cn was extended through today
&v a church conference, _ « *
SI IE IS SUING GOVERNOR FOR SIOO,OOO
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Governor Lee M. Russell, of Mis
sis: ippi, has been made defendant in
a SIOO,OOO damage suit started by
his former stenographer, Miss
Frances C. Birkhead. Miss Birk
head’s petition charges the governor
wronged her and later ruined her
health by inducing her to submit to
an operation. Governor Russell has
made formal denial of the girl’s
charges. He declares the suit in a
DENBY URGES NAVAL CUTS
TO SAVE $75,000,000 YEAR
Would Reduce Naval Pcsonncl
To 90,000 Men—Would Junk
100 Destroyers 1
—— j
WASHINGTON, Feb. 13—Secre- ;
tary of the Navy Denby appeared i
before the house naval committee to- i
day to recommend that the naval per- i
sonnel for the next fiscal year be
placed at 90,000 men and 6,000 ap- :
prentices, compared with 100,000 ;
men and 6000 apprentices now au
thorized.
NOHALfiNGIN “j
MURDER HUNT
Los Angeles District Attorney
lakes No Holiday With
Rest Os City
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 13. —Investi-
gation by the district attorney’s of
:i"c into the William Desmond Taylor
murder will proceed today, although
it is a legal holiday, according tp
State !>■: trict Attorney Woolwine to
.day.
ilc declared witno will be sum
moned for questioning by him here
after only when preliminary* work of
officer- indicated some discovery of
more than usual importance.
MANY TO ATTEND FINE
HOG SALE TOMORROW
‘ Many Americus and Sumter coun
ty men are preparing to attend the
1 sale of pure bred Durocs at the
’ Hawkin. farm on the Ellaville
; road tomorrow. The sale will start,
promptly at 1 o’clock, and free lunch
will be served at 12 o’clock. Many
breeders from a distance are ex
pected.
UNCLE JOE CANNON NOT
TO ASK FO RRE-ELECTION
WASHINGTON Feb. 13.—“Lnele
i Joe” Cannon, the oldest .member of
the house, announced today that he
■would net bf a, candidate for re-
I election from the Eighteenth Illinois
I district.
SUNDAY SINGINGS TO BE
MOVED TO AGGIE SCHOOL
I Announcement is made by Chief
of Police Bragg, one of the lead
singers ot the community, that the
regular fi’st Sunday afternoon sing
, Ings which have been held at the
■ court house for several months will
[ be.transferred to. the.auditorium at
THE TIMESS RECORDER
PUBLISHED IN THE HEART OF
il|® /
political maneuver. The largo pic
ture shows Miss Birkhead. Inset,
Governor Russell.
He recommended there be no re
duction in the existing strength - of
line officers; that the first class at
Annapolis be graduated and commis
sioned and that appointments to the
naval academy herefatgr be reduced
to three for each member of congress*
instead of five.
He also recommended that 100 de
stroyers be put out of commission
and estimated the program he out
lined would effect a saving of $75,-
000,0000 in next yeat’s budget.
the Agricultural college, beginning
with the March gathering. It was
said the aggie auditorium will be
more suitable for the singing, with
comfortable seats lor all, an elevat
ed stage, and a piano available. Re
cently the singers have had no piano
at the court house.
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, MONDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 13, 1922
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TWORQATIVES
OF MRS DE VANE
REPORTED SHOT
Schley County Scene Os Sequel
To Insult To Woman 2
Weeks. Ago
Bennie DeVane and Henry Har
vey, two whitp farmers of Schley
county living northi of Ellaville near
the Lowe settlement, were shot, one
of them seriously, Sunday evening
in an encounter, supposed to have
been with a negro, name unknown.
Sheriff R. E. Battip, of Schley coun
ty, who lives six miles out in the
country, was communicated with by
phone at noon but he was able to
give but little information as to the
trouble. He said it apepared to have
been a “pretty badly mixed up af
fair,” and that he was trying to find
out the facts. He did not know the
name of the person who did the shoot
ing, but said he understood it was a
negro.
Harvey is the father and DeVane
a brother-in-law of. Mrs. John De-
Vane, a well known white woman of
that neighborhood, who waS accosted
by a Tazewell negro named Furnoy
on' Sunday, January 29, as she was
walking on the counutry road, the
negro inviting her to ride in his
buggy and alighting in a threatening
way when she refused, and it is be
lieved that the affair of yesterday
was in some way connected with this
incident. Shortly after his arrest, the
negro Furnoy was taken to Columbus
for safe keeping.
JUDGE LUKE MENTIONED
FOR NEW FEDERAL BENCH
THOMASVILLE, Feb. 13—In con
nection with the recent assertion of
Governor Hardwick that he would
not consider an.appointment to the
federal bench ip ; Jteorgia, it is stated
with some ’degr'm of local interest
that Judge Roscoe Luke, of the Court
of Appeals is being mentioned as the
most likely appointee, should there
be a Democrat named for the posi
tion. Judge Luke smiles whenever it
iis mentioned, but nevertheless his
fi/iends consider Him the likeliest
timber in the event he has not defi
nitely determined to be a candidate
for governor two years hence.
. chineseTtongmen in
NEW WAR TO DEATH
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 13.—Chi-
I nese tongmen throughout the West-
I are reported under cover ©r on
I guard today as a result of an appar
ent outbreak of the tong war last
night when two Chinese were killed
and a third wounded in Seattle; one
i slain in Butte, Mont., and one shot,
probably fatally, at San J'ose, Cal.
. I While San Francisco has the larg
est Chinatown and is headquarters of
the foremost tongs, no trouble was
reported here early today.
HOUSEWIVES IN
MOVE TO SERVE
HOME PRODUCTS
Conference Os Women, Grocers
And Truck Growers Called
For Friday
Believing that prosperity, like char- I
ity, should begin at home, and that I
there is chance for great improve- ,
went of our own condition by living •
at home to the greatest possible ex- ’
tent, instead of sending our money I
elsewhere to buy necessities of no i
higher and even lower quality and
value, the women of the Woman’s
club of Americus have undertaken
a movement to change customs’and
conditions here in that respect. Brief
ly, they believe, that inasmuch as
Sumter county can and does produce
as fine vegetables and fruits as any ■
section in the world, and inasmuch ’
as great quantities of these products •
are allowed to go. to waste on the ■
local farms and truck patches, while ,
other great quantities are imported ■
from Florida, California and other I
distant sections, a concerted effort on
the part of the housewives, aided by
the merchants and farmers, will rem
edy the situation to a great extent
and save thousands of dollars to the
community annually.
And so a conference has been ar
ranged for next Friday afternoon
at 2:30 o’clock at the Carnegie li
library. Every housewife in Sumter
county, first, is urged to be present,
because it is realized that the move
ment must first come from the con
sumers. Then all the grocers and
other dealers "in green and canned
goods of all sorts are asked to be
present to exchange views and lend
co-operation to the movement, which
all agree, if it succeeds will benefit
the business men of the community
as much as anyone else. And, last
ly, ail truckers and farmers interest
ed in growing vegetables for the lo
cal market are invited and urged to
attend, for it is recognized that with
out systematic growing and market
ing and the ability of local growers
to supply the demand, the movement
would fail.
Airs. George Van Riper, chairman
of the special committee <dS the Wo
man’s club handling this movement,
is issuing an invitation to all the
other women’s clubs of the communi
ty to have their memberships present
at this conference Friday afternoon
so that the movement may be given
the proper start.
It’s a shame that we have such
conditions as exist here,” said one
Americus woman today. “Vegetables
are rotting on our farms for want of
buyers, and yet we go to the stores
and pay fancy prices for stale stuff
shipped* in from other state,s. We
' need to get co-operation between the
truckers, merchants and housewives.
When we get that our problem will
be largely solved, as far as vegetables
are concerned. Then we need can
ning factories. It is preposterous tp
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
Written With
Patriotic
Fervor
fi
t
JOHN FOX, JR.
The dark and bloody ground of
Kentucky, the conspiracy of Pon
tiac and Washington’s campaign
at Yorktown form the background
of the. brilliant and authentic his
torical novel of the American rev
olution. ’
Erskine Dale—-Pioneer
By Job n Fox, Jr.
With the inspiring and colorful
material at his hand, the author
has told a story as enthralling as
his “Trail of the Lonesome Pine,”
or “The Little Shepherd of King
dom Come.”
Don’t, fail to read the first in
stallment of this historical ro
mance in
THE
TIMES-RECORDER
TODAY
be living in the center of the greatest
peach belt in the. worid and yet have
to serve California peaches on our
tables when we buy canned goods.
Let us all come out to this confer
ence and sec if we can’t remedy the
situation. If we can, it will mean
more money at home, more prosper
ity, and more for each of us to spend
on other needful things)”
3 NEW NAMES ON
CHAMBER BOARD
J. T. Warren, Edgar Shipp and
Sam Hey# Added; Three
Are Re-Eiected
Three new members of the board
of directors of the chamber of coih
merce were elected in the referen
dum just completed, the ballots in
which were tabulated this morning.
Six men were to be elected to fill the
places of six directors whose terms
expire. W. W. Dykes, Frank Lanier
and C. S. Glover were re-elected;
Edgar Shipp, J. T. Warren and S.
R. Heys were new names added to
the board.
Several other members of the
chamber ran close to the men elected
who were merely the six highest on
the list. Among the others next to
the top and who lacked only a vote
or two in each case of tying some
of the winners were J. Ralston Car
gill, G. W. Riley, J. E. Poole and T.
E. Bolton.
The old and new members of the
board of directors will meet at the
chamber on Wednesday morning of
this week at 10 o’clock for the pur
pose of re-organizing for the year’s
work. The president and secretary
will be elected at that time. R. E.
Allison is president at this time and
George O, Marshall, secretary. *
GOOD TALKS HEARDAT
MARKETING CONFERENCE
Several splendid talks were made
to the gathering of farmers at the
marketing conference held at Carne
gie library auditorium Saturday un
der the auspices of the state college
of agriculture. Because the day was
Saturday, when few farmers will at
tend meetings, the gathering was
smaller than had been hoped for, but
it was a crowd which listened earn
estly-to what was said. John Ridgon
spoke on sour cream, dairying and
permanent pastures, advocating the
development of the milk cow on the
farm as a money producer. Miss Lois
Dowdell spoke of the women’s place
in the modern farm scheme, it being
a highly practical and generally ap
preciated discussion, anil J. W. Oliver
talked on present marketing and farm
conditions and how the farmer can
best meet them. Two of the speak
ers on the bill were unable to be
present and only a sirtgle session was
held. _»■ _ ,
Umß
DAY ISCHANGED
TO WEDNESDAY;
CONTRACTS FOR
YEARARESIGNED
j
Merchants Enter Into Arrange
ments With Times-Recorder
To Handle AH Detail Work
Merchants members of the Ameri
cus Advertising club announced to
day that the Americus Golden Rule
Sales, which were inaugurated last
November but dropped temporarily
in January because of low stocks of
goods immediately following the
Christmas season, ’will be resumed
with the biggest and best sale yet
on the first Wednesday in March,
which falls on Alareh 1. Plans have
been in the making for two weeks
to get this sale under way, and indi
, cations arc now that it will be the
greatest and most popular bargain
event Americus ihas ever seen.
In re-establishing the Golden Rule
sales, which proved very popular, and
brought much new trade from a dis
tance to Americus, the merchants of
Americus have entered into a new
arrangement, having signed individ
ual contracts with the Times-Record
er for one year to (handle all adver
tising and circular printing and all
distribution of the same at a fixed
minimum rate, thereby limiting their
own liabilities to the uniform figure
in the contract named and removing
from the officers and members of the
club, who are all business men, the
burden of detail work in connection
with the monthly sales. All gather
ing of copy for the advertisements
and collections for same, which pre
viously were undertaken by the of
ficers of the Ad club, will .now be
done by the Times-Recorder as a part
of its service under the contract.
The only innovation in connection
with the coming sales, so far as the
public is concerned, is the change of
the sale day from the first Monday
to the first Wednesday in each month.
This change was authorized by the
Ad club members after due considera
tion and as a rsult of their experi
ence with the first two sales. They
reached the conclusion that farmers
who usually come to town on Satur
day are reluctant to come again Mon
day, whereas they usually come some
time about the middle of the week.
Wednesday was hit upon as the best
day, since during the summer months
Thursday afternoon is observed as a
half-holiday by practically all the
business houses of the city.
The farmers sale of second hand
goods, implements, and stock of all
kinds will be continued as an im
portant part of the monthly Golden
Rule event. It will remain in charge
of George O. Marshall, S. R. Heys
and W r . J. Josey, the committee of
the Ad club placed in charge of it
originally. It is expected to grow in
usefulness to the, farmer as time
goes on and more farmers avail them
selves of its opportunities to turn
unused or discarded property into
cash or pick up useful articles at bar
gain ’prices.
Citizens everywhere are asked to
bear .in mind the fact that March
1 will see the resumption <;f Golden
Rule sales in Americas on a large
scale, with better values than ever.
4,600 ACRE PLANTATION
IS LOST BY ENGLISHMEN '
ALBANY, Feb. 13.—The Hines
place, a tract of 4,600 acres in
Worth county just across the line
from Dougherty and said to be one
of the most fertile pieces of land in'
this section, has reverted to the Put
new and Wetherbee interests of Al
bany after having been sold to a
company of Englishmen who incor
porated under the name of the Hines
Plantation Co. The Englishmen
bought the place for $169,000 and
paid $60,000 in cash, but were not
able to complete the payments or to
pay interest on the deferred pay
ments and the property was sold
under a power of sale in the security
deed. F. F. Putney and E. E. and
J. R. Wetherbee bought the property
ih for SIO,OOO, they having been the
sellers. The Englishmen probably
failed because they acquired the
property just as the financial slump
began and farm products hit the
chutes.
AMERICUS SPOT COTTON ..
Good middling, 16 1-2 cents. ./■
LIVERPOOL MARKET
LIVERPOOL, Feb. 13. Market
opened steady 6-10 up. Fullys 9.87.
Sales, 6000 bales.
Futures: Feb. April June
Prev. close 9.40 5.46 9.48
First call .9.49 9.04 9.50
C105e9.57 9.64 9.66
NEW YORK FUTURES.
1 . Exchange closed; holiday, u