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WEATHER FORECAST!™!
Fur Georgia—Cloudy and wanner I
tonight and Sunday.
FORTY-FOURTH YEAR.— No 42.
Curb Market to Open on Golden Rule Day !
SHOALS CITIES
FOR FORD OFFER
OR NONE AT ALL
Two Commerce Chambers Op
pose Letting Power Co.
Have Projects
SHEFFIELD, Ala. ,Feb. 18. The
Chamber of Commerce of Sheffield
and Tuscumbia, meeting in joint ses
sion last night, passed a resolution
declaring they would prefer to see
the Muscle Shoals projects abandon
ed for another generation than for
the Alabama Power company to gel
control of it.”
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HOUSE TO WIND UP
HEARING NEXT WEEK.
WASHINGTON, cb. 18—Chairman
Kahn, of the house military affairs
committee, anonunced today that he
expected to end hearings on the Ford
proposal for Muscle Shoals next
week, and then begin work in exe
cutive session of the draft of its re
p- rt to the house. No meeting of
the committee was held today.
BIG STEP TAKEN IN
BUILDING PEACE
Organizations Enter Into Agree
ment To Settle Jurisdictional
Dsputcs
WASHINGTON, Feb. 18.—A na
tional agreement designed to settle
the jurisdibtlional disputes Eaid to
have caused most of the strikes in
the building industry in the past was
reached by the Associated General
Contractors of America, the Ameri
can Institute of Architects, the En
gineering Council, the National
Building Trades Employers Associa
tion and the Building Trades Depart
ment of the American Federation of
Labor, through the national board of
jurisdictional awards at its quarterly
meeting just concluded here, it was
announced.
NO CAUSE FOR ALARM AT
BORDER, SAYS SERRANO
MEXICO, Feb. 19. (By Associat
ed Press.) —There is “no reason for
alarm of the United States authorities
over threats of a rebellion along the
frontier,” according To Acting Secre
tary of War Serrano.
"There are no rebels of importance
close to the bounardy and the few
desperadoes in Chihuahua do not dare
to attack a single military unit, much
less threaten Juarez,” he said.
TEX RICKARD TO OPEN
COLISEUM IN ST. LOUIS
NEW YORK, Feb. 18.—(By Asso
ciated Press.) —Tex Rickard, sport
lng promoter, who resigned yester
daj from the management of the
Madison Square Garden sporting club,
af’er his indictment on charges of
assaulting two small girls, has leas
'd the St. Louis coliseum for 25 years
ami arranged for the creation there
"I a modern sporting amphitheater
similar to that in New York.
STi llmanevidencFto
BE TAKEN IN CANADA
’'OUGILKEEPSIE, N. Y., Feb. 18. I
“• A commission to lake, testimony at 1
Montreal beginning March 13 in the
divorce suit of James A. Stillmart,
New York banker, against his wife,
granted today by Justice Mors-
M'auser on application of defense
' mJIIScI.
'’EM MERCHANT ROBBED
OF $120,000 ON TRAIN
■i’ l '. LOUIS, Feb. 18. - Sidney
'"’"gel, of Krcngel Brothers, dia
'■"md importers of New York and
' l,H ’ago, reported to the police he had
' " lobbed of gems valued at $120,-
""" to $150,(100 on an Illinois Cen
''d train arriving from Chicago this
” I Qining.
I
WILSON FOUNDATION
FUND HALF RAISED
NEW YORK, Feb. 18.—More than ,
s, d0,00(), half of the amount which
"dl make up the fund, has been sub- ,
""ibed to the Woodrow Wilson
"Undation, it was announced to
day by Franklin D. Roosevelt, chair- (
"lan of the national committee.
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°CALA, FLA., SUFFERS FIRE i
0F $250,000 DOWNTOWN ,
°CALA, Fla., Feb. 181— Damage i
estimated at $2,50,000 resulted from t
*' re >n the retail district here early i
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KI WANIANS PAY
THALEAN A VISIT
Alter Custom And Take Dinner
At Consolidated School After
Putting On Program
The Kiwanis club varied its cus
tom Friday and went to the Thalean
consolidated high school, six miles
southwest of Americus, where they
held their meeting with the teachers,
pupils and patrons of the school,
Gathering at the school shortly after
10:30 o’clock, a program of fun and
frolic, and a limited amount of
speaking, was put on. At noon the
ladies of the district served a bounti
| ful plate luncheon with hot coffee
and cake to the visitors.
It was a splendid get-together af
fair. When the Kiwanians were
seated at desks in the auditorium,
the school sang the following to the
tune of “Yankee Doodle: ’
All Thalean greet you Kiwanis men
Along with Dr. Minor,
And here you see good boys and girls,
Everyone some big shiner.
Clio- -Howdy do, Kiwanis club,
Kiwanians so happy.
Watch old Thalean and her crowd
And with your talks be snappy.
And then the colors of the school,
They look so very fine,
Are lavender and old gold
To show us the right kind.
R. E. White, the school principal,
greeted the-visitors and Dr. Carl W.
Minor, president of the. club, respond
ed. He feaid he felt very much like
101 -of the hosts on. the occasion as
well a a guest, being the regular
pastor of Rehoboth church, near.by.
Club Sings.
The Kiwanians sang “Mr. Zip” and
"Old McDonald’s Farm," much to the
amusement of the youngsters. The
club had brought along several prizes
in lieu of their usual attendance prize
contest. In the teachers’ drawing
Miss Willie Zell Carter won. It was
announced that the next prize would
•r () Io the lucky pupil among those
not having been absent, since school
opened and of the 17 eligible. Dono
hue Thomas, who makes his home
with Col. J. E. n. Shipp, drew the
Prize. All of the 17 wer;- asked to
■Land on the platform, which they
did. Eater it was announced that
Charicv Rogers offered a prize for
the pupil having Hie best all round
record next week and Nathan Mur
ray offered a prize fur the same rec- ■
ord the following week.
Miss Rossie Andrews, of A inert- ;
cus gave a reading, following which 1
free candy was distributed to all the
pupils and ladies by members of the
dub. . , , 1
Col. Shipp, one of the patrons of .
the school, a member of the county
board and the father of consolidated ,
schools in Sumter county, spoke 1
briefly, recounting some of the 1
achievements of Thalean, including
the winning for each of the two con- j
secutive years since it was offered, ,
the SSOO prize for the best consoli-l
AMERICUS, GA., SATURDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 18. 1922
dated school in the'eounty. He said
Thhlean paid the best school of sal
aries in the county and was doing
wonderful Work.
Prof Matbis Talka.
Supt. J. E. Mathis, of the Americus
school, was a guest and spoke briefly
on the value of education and learn
ing. He made a very pleasing talk,
particularly appreciated by the lit
tle folks. J. T. Leslie, one of the
Thalean trustees, made a few re
marks, stressing the appreciation of
the district of the value of a good
education of the right kind. He de
clared the home to be the foundation
of the church and state, and declar
ed his belief that an education to be
the best must be a Christian educa
tion.
The dinner hour furnished the Ki
wanians great enjoyment. The la
dies served p-lates heaped with fried
chicken, roast ham, rice and gravy
and otller good things, and an abund
ance of cake and coffee followed.
Thalean is really a wonderfully
progressive school. The teachers be
sides Mr. White and Miss Carter are
Miss Ruth Chappell and Miss Annie
Highnote. The building, the first of
its kind in the county, cost only
$7,000 at a time when costs were
high, yet it is a model of its type.
It is well ventilated and lighted and
equipped. The school ground was
laid out by a state landscape gard
ner. Around the school house has just
been planted under the gardener’s di
• rection a wide variety of trees and
shrubs, from flowering vines to for
est, nut and fruit trees. In front
is a prosperous looking young privet
hedge which will soon be a thing of
beauty and in front of that next to
the highway is a new lawn in which
will be placed flower beds,
Thalean set a fast pace, but she
lias jjius far been able to keep ahead
of the procession. And her people
arc very proud of it.
COMPULSORY SCHOOL
CASE IS MADE HERE
A case has been made in Sumter
county against an unnamed citizen
under the compulsory education law,
it is announced by County Superin
tendent Dupree. This man has given
bond and is now sending his two
children to school as required by law.
If he continues to send them to school
anil does not contest the case the
prosecution 4iH end, otherwise it will
he carried through, with the backing
of the county board of education.
The superintendent, who is also 01-
tcndance officer, is Investigating
whether there are other similar vio
lations'of tlie law that need atten
tion.
AMERICUS SPOT COTTON.
Good middling, 17 1-2 cents.
NEW YORK FUTURES. ’
Meh. May July
Prev. close ....17.80 17.57 17.05
Open 17.95 17.72 17.20
10:15 am 17.95 17.68 17.17
l$:30 17.93 17.66 17.17
10:45 17.92 17.64 17.14
11:00 ......17.96 17.70 17.18
11:15 17.97 17.69 17.18
11:30 18.05 17.79 17.22
11:45 18.05 17.81 17.28
Close :£B.IB 17.97
TERROR REIGN IN
FLORIDA COUNTY
Baker County Sheriff Appeals For
Help Followng Serious
Outbreak
JACKSONVILLE, Feb. 18. The
sheriff of Baker county appealed to
day to the Duval county authorities
for help in coping with the situation
at McCleny, thirty miles west of
here, which he says threatens to de
velop into a serious outbreak as the
result of the shooting there this
morning of Jake Wilkinson, the kid
naping last week of a man, named
Robinson and the recent mysterious
disappearance of T. R. Henderson,
former banker and wealthy naval
stores operator.
“Hell will break loose here to
night,” one citizen of MacClenny
stated over the telephone this after
noon.
NEW DICTIONARY IS
READY FOR READERS
Yesterday was the opening day of
this pajier’s distribution of The New
Universities Dictionaries to its read
ers. Three coupons clipped from the
columns of this paper must be pre
sented at our office with the applica
tion for one of the columes. It is spe
cified that thesd be from papers of
three different days. Therefore, yes
terday was the first day for the com
pletion of the first set. A small fee
o& 98 cents is required, the only con
dition asked of those who seek one
of theSe excellent educational books.
For out-of-town readers of this pa
per a special mail arrangement has
been made. These may send in three
coupons by mail, together with the
98 cents and the necessary postage,
to pay mailing charges on the dic
tionary. For their benefit, instruc
tions are given eleswhere as to the
amount of postage necessary. This is
done so that all readers of this paper
may share in the distribution of The
New Universities.
LANDIS QUITS BENCH
FOR BASEBALL DUTIES
CHICAGO, Feb. 18.—(By Asso
ciated Press.) Judge Ken
nesaw Mountain Landis today an
nounced his resignation from the
i'«>iieh, effective March 1. He d<-
clared be would devote his entire
lime to the position of baseball com
misV’oner.
FOREIGN VALUATION
TARIFF PLAN FAVORED
WASHINGTON, Feb. 18. (By
Associated Press.) Adoption of
the Smoot plan of assessing tariff
duties on the basis of foreign value
of the improved articles is understood
to have been practically agreed upon
by the Republican members of the
senate Committee.
Mrs. Leon H. Broks, of Tampa,
Fla., is the guest of her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Cannon, being
called home by the illness of her
father,
DEATH THREAT
IN DARK ROUTS
HARVEY’SGUARD
Bailiff Bivins, of Schley County
Ordered By Band To Leave
And He Complies
Receiving a warning from a group
of men in the dark last night at the
home of Henry Harvey, one of the
men named in the Will Jones lynch
ing party in Schley county, where he
was guarding Mr. Harvey at the di
rection of Sheriff R. E. Battle, Bail
iff Clarence Bivins was told that if
he wanted to live he had better leave
at once. He left immediately.
He told his story today to the
Times-Recorder by phone when asked
to verify the report to this effdet.
“Sheriff Battle carried me out to
Mr. Harvey’s home last evening to
stand guard over him,” said Mr. Biv
ins. Along about 9 o’clock 1 went
out into the yard to get a bucket of
water. Some one called to me from
near the roud a short distance away
in the dark and asked me if 1 was
there to guard Mr. Harvey. I re
plied that I was. There ware al least
six men in the party. One of them
called to me that if I wanted to live
to leave-—and I left. 1 didn’t even
go back in the house. My son-in
law, Otto Nelson, was there with me
to keep me company, and we got
into his car and came back to town.
I took them at their word and didn’t
stay any longer.”
Harvey In Bed.
Mr, Bivins said Mr. Harvey, who
was wounded by the negro Jones who
was afterward lynched, was in bed,
and the son of Bob Chapman and his
wife, with whom Mr. Harvey makes
his home, were in the house with
him. Mr. Bivins is 57 years old and
has been a bailiff for some time. He
is not a deputy sheriff.’
County Commisisoner A. C. Mur
ray of Schley county, today asked
the Times-Recorder to correct an er
ror occurring in yesterday’s account
of the Schley county situation. He
stated that the county commissioners
had offered a reward for the arrest
of each of the two soldiers wanted
in the lynching case only, and not
for the other seven local men. A mis
understanding in a conversation with
Mr. Murray resulted in the statement
being published as it was.
Bailiff Carter also asked the
Times-Recorder to make a correction
in its report concerning him, which
it cheerfully agreed to do, assuring
him it wanted to publish nothing but
facts. In the report it was stated
that Bailiff Carter had approached
the county commissioners with an of
fer to arrest all of the accused men
if they would pay him, and that they
then offered the reward to him se
cretly, but he did not make the trip
after the accused rften.
Bailiff Carter Denie*.
"I want emphatically to deny the
r charge,' 1 said Mr. Carter. “1 have
. never had a warrant in my possession
> in this case, I have had no offers from
the commissioners, 1 did not approach
• them and tell them 1 would make
. the arrests if they would pay me for
f it. The fact is, I was too busy.
I was the bailiff who served through
. the coroner’s inquest both Monday
; and Tuesday, and was up most of
. Monday night doing work for the cor-
> oner’s jury, etc. 1 did my full duty,
. and I do not want to be put in a
. false light in this community. I am
1 not afraid of anyone or anything in
i this case, but 1 simply had-no occas-
> ion to make any effort to arrest any
. one.”
, Mr. Carter stated that there are
. five bailiffs there, and tha.t the man
. referred to in the reports as Mr. Car
; ter was neither himself nor Mr. Biv
■ ins, who is also a bailiff. Who the
, man was he did not state.
No word came today of any ad
ditional arrests on the warrants held
by Sheriff Battle in the lynching
, ! case. It is understod that efforts
: have been made to get in touch with
; Solicitor Jule Felton, of Montezuma,
: for advice in regard to the situation
in Schcley, but when those efforts
were made he was away on law bu»i
--| ness elsewhere and could not be lo
j rated.
PLAINS FIREMEN SAVE
HOME OF ROSS DEAN
,j PLAINS, Feb. 18.-r-Efficient work
i by the Plains fire department saved
’ the home of Ross Dean from destruc.
tion today at 12:30 o’clock. So quick
ly did they reach the scene and get
the water on the blaze that only
small damage was suffered, being con
fined to the roof. It was the second
fire here this week.
Miss Melva Clark, who has been
in’ Cin'dhiuiti fgr. th“ j“».st two weeks
renewing friendships made during her
three years of study in the Conserva
tory of Music, will return to Ameri
, cus tonight. *
PRICE FIVE CENTS. "
T.-R. SUBSCRIBER SINCE
BEFORE IT WAS STARTED
W. F. Marsh, scale inspector for
the Seaboard system, who is home
Yor a brief stay, paid a call at the
' Times-Recorder office today. Among
' other things, he stated that he had
been a subscriber to this paper since
a few weeks before the establishment
of the Recorder by Merrill Calloway
in 1880. He remarked that he liked
the daily Bible verse feature very
much.
KEMP COULDN’T
ESCAPE ALONE
Recaptured Prisoner Gives New
Version Os County Jail
Delivery
That Clyde Kemp, the only negro
occupant of the county jail who fail
ed to escape in the general jail de
livery of Tuesday evening, when five
prisoners left, was prevaricating
when he informed Sheriff Harvey
that he made no effort to escape but
preferred to remain behind because
he was already in trouble enough,
was the statement made to the sher
iff by Wade Monroe, held for mur
der, who was captured near Leslie
Wednesday night and returned to jail.
The capture was made by Lasco Har
vey, of Leslie, brother of the sheriff.
According to Monroe, the prisoners
were frightened once by someone
turning on a light near the jail en
trance) they supposing the sheriff was
entering. Three of the six prisoners,
Monroe said, including Kemp, were
in the jail corridor at that time, hav
ing already gotten through the hole
they had just made in the cage bars.
Kemp, who was the largest of the
six, had gotten through the hole with
the help of others. The three scram
bled back into the cage as quickly
as possible and covered the hole.
When the sheriff did not enter aftei
a brief wait, they tried uggifi, leaving
Kemp to leave the '-and,
according to Monroe, he was unable
to get through the hole unassisted
and was left behind.
According to Sheriff Harvey Mon
roe is the biggest cater in the bunch
of prisoners, never getting enough to
eat no matter how much food he
gets.
TOLAUNCH NEW
ALBANY CHURCH
Americus Christian Congregation
Gets Instructions From Board
To Proceed
Rev. James H. Barfield and W. A.
Joyner, representing the First Christ
ian church here, attended a district
board meeting of the church at Fitz
gerald this week, at which the place
of the next annual South Georgia
convention was decided, and instruc
tions given the Americus church to
pioteed at once to assist in organiz
ing a church at Albany. The latter
task will he undertaken by the local
church at once, assistance and co
operation to be offered the group of
members of that denomination now
residing in Albany who are ready to
organize.
The annual convention will be held
irri Fitzgerald, in the latter part of
October. This will be the first meet
ing of the convention following its
organization here a few weeks ago.*
Rev. Mr. Barfield went to Way
cross from the Fitzgerald meeting
for a visit of a day or two, return
ing here Friday, but Mr. Joyner re
turned direct.
THOMPSON BONDS TO
BE SOLD ON FEB 27
Announcement is made that sealed
bids will be opened by the trustees
of the Lysian or Thompson consoli
dated school district at the office of
Shipp & Sheppard, attorneys, on Feb
ruary 27, for the sale of their $25,-
909 bond issue for the erection of
a fine new school building for the
district. A certified check for SIOO
is rpqnircd to be filed with all bids,
and the right is reserved to reject
all bids or sell the bonds at private
sale before that date if a proper of
fer is made. The bonds will be is
sued in dcuomhiations of SI,OOO each,
the first to mature January 1, 1926,
and one yearly thereafter.
FAMILY OF NINE ALL
STRICKEN WITH FLU
ELLAVILLE, Feb. 18—Mr. and
Mrs. N. B. Lawson, who live a mile
from Ellaville city limits, are greatly
afflicted at the present time. The
entire family, consisting of nine mem.
bers, are confined to their beds with
flu. A trained nurse is in attendance
upon them and their needs are being
ministered unto by their physician,
Dr. B. L. Bridges, and the people.
of this.vicinity, |
HOME I
j
EACH WEDNESDAY
AND SATURDAYTO
BE SALES DATES
City And Country Women, Mar
ket Men And Truckers Unite
On Plan
A curb market, for the sale of *
farm produce of all kinds, such as
vegetables, fruits, butter, eggs, meat, 5
buttermilk, etc., will be established
in Americus on Wednesday, March 1.
The place will he the curb about the
county courthouse, and the time wilt
be the hours between 8:30 and 10:30
a. m. It will be held each Saturday
and Wednesday thereafter at the
same hours. The opening day of the
market will coincide with the re
sumption of the Golden Rule sales in
Americus.
The proposal to establish such a
market was unanimously endorsed at
a conference held at the Carnegie Li#
brary r.uditoiium Friday afternoon
which lasted two hours. It was held
under the, call of the Americus Wo- .
man’s club, with Mrs. George Van
Riper, president of the club, pre
siding, and was attended by many
town and country women, local gro
cers and market men and truck grow
ers and farmers.
In opening, the conference, Mrs.
Van Riper announced that the meet
ing had been .-ailed to consider the
question cf a curb market and the
canning of fruits and vegetables.
Grocers Don’s Object
George O. Marshall, secretary of
the Chamber of Commerce and coun
tv faim demonstrator, spoke first.
“The curb imilet has bei-n success
ful in Atlanta and in Fitzgerald—
cities larger and smaller than
Americus. The idea is a good one.
It is good for the people of Ameri
cus and good for the farmer who has
a surplus .that he may turn into cash.
The farmer hasn’t the time to ped
dle from house to house. The curb "
market gives him a time and a place
and a cash market. The grocers of
Americus have been seen, a number
of them. They do not object. They
are neutral on the subject.”
W. J. Josey stated that the plan
seemed good to him and had his
approval. J
Mrs. B. C. Hodges spoke at some
length on the subject and other siib#-
jects of interest to the farmer. “If
meats are sold on the curb market,
the city should have an inspector on
the job,” Mrs. Hodges said. “The
ladies of the country have lots at*
beautiful flowers* canned fruits and
vegetables that would come to the
market. But by all means let the
farmer fix his prices."
Succeeded As Canner
L. M. Hansford explained how he
successfully canned peaches a few
years ago, stating that he discontin
ued this because his orchard went out
of hearing at that time apd now he
ships his fruit fresh. He advised
those thinking of canning to purchase
a steam-prc'surc outfit for the use
of the commupity, instead of iiidivid
ual small canning outfits, and gave
much valuable advice along the lines
of canning. 7i
J. E. Poole, local merchant and
member of the county board of com
missioners, spoke of the advancement
made in the county in the production
of hay, oats, flour, syrup, etc.- "A
very large amount of this class of
merchandise the county was , com
pelled to buy outside the county three
years ago,” he said. ‘’Today we buy
almost everything used by the couu-*
ty in feeding its charges from the ,
farmers of the county. The curb
market is an excellent thing. ' It has
my approval. I will do all in my
.power to make it a success.” 5
Snow Backs Plan
R. P. Snow, manager Piggly-Wlgg
ly store, said the curb market was u
good thing for the people and the.
farmers, that it had his appivoal and
support. “It does come in competi
tion with us,” he said, "but that’s all
right. What's good for the farm
ers and the housewives is good for us
in the long run.” He offered the
club his services.
Practically the same sentiments
were expressed by G. M. Bragg, mar
ketman, as he "discussed the curb
market and other features of market
ing and packing farm produce.
Mrs. N. A. Ray, Mrs. McNeal, Mrs.
Bell, Mrs. Hodges and other ladies
from the county eiithusiatically en
dorsed the curb market and promised
their support. .2
A Few Figure!
Mrs. Olin Williams, retiring county .j
home economics agent, spoke at S
length on marketing farm products ’ 3
in Americus and on a blackboard
gave figures of some of the things
bought outside the county that could
be purchased from the citizens of the g|
county ,if the products were properly
packed for the retailers and com- ’
mission men.
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