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WEATHER FORECAST
For Georgia.—Showers and proba
bly thunderstorms tonight and
Thursday; not much change in tem
perature.
FORTY-FOURTH YEAR.—NO. 75
British Cabinet Breach on Premier’s Program Averted
$500,000 COST
OF BLOWING OUT
DAM AT SHOALS
Congressmen Inspect Uncomplet
ed Dam At Florence,
Ala.
FLORENCE, Ala., March 29.
Navigation on the Tennessee river
north of Florence is completely
blocked by the uncompleted Wilson
dam, and it will cost half a million
dollars to blow it out, the congress
ional committee were told here today
by Col. Barden, chief engineer of
the Florence district.
The proposed development of the
Tennessee river at Muscle Shoals in
connection with private offers for dis
posal of the government’s plant was
studied by the members of the sen
ate and house committees. The final
day of the congressional tour was
spent in study of Dam No. 2, or the
Wilson dam, which is thirty per cent
completed, and the proposed site for
dam No. 3, pearly fifteen miles up
the river.
much Interest Tn will
of rich ex-albany man
j • t
ALBANY, March 29.—Much inter
est has been displayed here- in the
will of the late J. S. Farnum, of
Charleston, a former Georgian, who
left bequests to relatives in Albany,
Dawson and other Georgia cities. A
copy of the will has just been filed
for probate in the ordinary’s office
here. The New Albany hotel was
the most important piece of property
Mr. Farnum owned in Georgia, andl
he left approximately 70 per cent
of that to his sister, Mrs. Willie C.
Wilson, of Dawson, and the remain
der to Mrs. W. R. Baldwin, of Al
bany, another sister. Mrs. Wilson’s
bequest, however, is only a life in
terest and at her death her portion
will be divided equally between her
daughter, Mrs. Guy Chappell, of
Dawson, and Mrs. Baldwin’s daugh
ter, Mrs. E. B. Young, Albany. An
other sister Mrs. C. J. Whitehead, Al
bany, and her daughter, Mrs. John
J. Daley, of Boston, Mass., received
a block of business houses in Albany.
The testator’s sister-in-law, Mrs. Lil
lie Farnum Metcalf, received s£,ooo,
and there were numerous other be
quests of from SI,OOO to $3,000 to
individuals. The three sisters, Mes
dames Baldwin, Wilson and White
head, received a fund of SIO,OOO to
be expended for charity. The resi
due of his estate which was worth
probably a million dollar.:, went to
his widow, Mrs. Clara Farnum, of
Chaileston, who was made execu
trix.
BUSINESS WOMENTO
MEET AT THOMASVILLE
THOMASVILLE, March 29.—The
fourth annual convention of the
Georgia Business and Professional
Women’s clubs will be held in Thom
asville Thursday and Friday. The
guests are expected to arrive tonight.
They will include tire state presi
dent, Mis. Akin, and the national
president, Mrs. Howard, of Detroit.
They will be honor guests at a ban
quet Thursday evening. The busi
ness sessions will be held at the
public library club rooms Thursday
and Friday morning. Many infor
mal entertainments are planned for
the guests during their stay.
P.-T. ASSOCIATION OF
SMITHVILLE FORMED
SMITHVILLE, March 29.—The
.Parent-Teachers Association of the
Smithville High school was organiz
ed Friday, March 24. The meeting
was very largely attended a.nd every
one seemed to be enthusiastic, thirty
six giving their names as members.
It is hoped by the continued co
operation of the parents and patrons
to make the organization a splendid
success.
AMERICUS SPOT COTTON.
Good middling 17 cents.
LIVERPOOL COTTON.
LIVERPOOL, March 29.—Market
opened quiet 3-6 up. Fullys, 10.80.
Sales, 8000. Receipts 6684 bales.
Futures: April June Sept.
Prev. Close 10.20 10.06 9.81
First Call 10.30 10.17 9.90
Close ...10.24 10.12 9.84
NEW YORK FUTURES.
March May July
Prev. Close 17.76 17.17 16.78
Open ..17.78 17.18 16.76
10:15 am 17.82 17.22 16.81
10 =30 17.81 17.18 16.77
10:45 17.81 17.18 16.77
1 1:00 17.79 17.17 16.77
11:15 17.78 17.17 16.76
H:3O 17.78 17.18 16.78
11.4 a—. 17.75 17.14 16.76
12:00 noon —17.76 17.13 16.76
12:15 pm 17.76 U 12 16.77
12:30 17.75 17.11 16.76
12:4;> ■17.73 17.11 16.75
1:00 17.77 17.15 16.77
1:15 17.75 17.13 16.77
1 =3O 17.75 17.15 16.75
1:45 17.75 17.12 16.73
2:00 17.71 17.09 16.75
2:15 17.68 17.08 16.68
2:30 17.68 17.07 16.68
2:45 —17.67 17.05 16.66
Close 17.68 17.08 16.68
SHINE PLANT FOUND
ON FLINT RIVER ISLE
ALBANY, March 29- —In the pond
ed area of Mint river caused by
; back water A'om the power dam at
Albany, raiding parlies from the sher
iff’s office Monday found a still hid
den on an island about four miles
north of the dam. They reached
the “shine” plant by caones, and
found a 55-gallon copper still oa
brick furnace. The barrels of beer,
were placed on a platform to protect
them from high water. Approach
to the gin factory was made by ca
noes.
22D MILL IS SHUT
DOWN BY STRIKE
Andrews Plant At North Smith
field, R. 1., Closed By
Walkout
PROVIDENCE, R. L, March 29.
The number of mills close? by* the
textile strike in this state climbed to
twenty-two today when the Andrews
mill at North Smithfield was shut
down, following a walkout due to the
ten per cent wage cut.
600,000 MORE
LN BIC LOCKOUT
British Engineer Employers Add
Forty-Seven Unions To
JList
LONDON, March 29.—(8y Asso
ciated Press.) —The Engineer Em-'
ployers association today posted no
tices locking out members of forty
seven unions in addition to the Amal
gamated Engineers union. The lock
out will take effect in one week and
effect 600,000 additional men.
DIXIE AMATEUR LEAGUE
FORMED AT WAYCROSS
WAYCROSS, March 29. The
Dixie Amateur League vtis launched
at a meeting of baseball fans held
'at the Railroad Y. M. C. A. in this
city Tuesday. Only amateur play
ers will be used and the number of
out-of-town players any one team
may use will be limited. Two games
per week will be played, the season
opening on the first of June and
closing August 25. The champion
ship of the league will be decided
by the two highest teams playing
a five game series August 28 and
the final on September 2.
Valdosta, Blackshear, Waycross,
Brunswick and Homervile will com
pose the league with a strong prob
ability that either Jesup or Doug
las will come in when the meeting for
formal organization is held here on
the 11th of April.
All the towns on the circuit can
be easily reached by automobile.
BOOKKKEEPER INSTALLED
IN CITY CLERK’S OFFICE
Dudley Gatewood, Jr., has been
employed by the city council, at the
recommendation of the council 1 fi
nance committee and the auditors
now completing an inspection of the
city’s records, as bookeeper in the
office of the city clerk and treasur
er A new and modern system of
accounting has been installed in the
office, somewhat increasing the de
tail work but enabling the council
to keep accurately in touch with the
exact condition of the city at all
times.
Mr. Gatewood has had considerable
experience in accounting and is re
garded as thoroughly capable of
handling the task.
C. M. HALL NOW STATE
ORGANIZER FOR LIONS
C. M. Hall, for the last two years
associated with the Timer-Recorder
as circualtion manager and advertis
ing solicitor, severed his connection
with this paper Tuesday and left last
night for Sa'annah, where he will
begin his activities at once qs state
organizer for th*e Lions club, Inter
national. He will install a club ther
and handle requests for organiza
tion from other places in Georgia
and Alabama.
Mi . Hall has been secretary of the
Americus Lions.ilub since it was or
ganized a year ago and has been an
enthusiastic member of the organiza
tion. He will continue to make his
home here.
WOM/VTmAYOFFER
FOR GEORGIA HOUSE
THOMASVILLE, March 29.—L. B.
Moore announces his candidacy for
the state senate to represent the Sev
enth district. Mr. Moore is the first
entry in the Thomas county primary
but it is expected that several candi
dates for the house will soon be out
in the open. It is rumored that a
very prominent woman will contest
for one of these places.
MILITARY FUND PASSES.
WASHINGTON, March 29.
Without a roll call the house today
passed the army appropriation bill
carrying $288,000,000 to meet the
military and non-military expenses
of the war department for the com
ing fiscal year.
THE TIMES:?: RECORDER
IN THE OF PlX,E~ggfl a ?
DEATH CLAIMS
J. POPE BROWN
STATE LEADER
I
State Prison Farm Head Was
Uncle Os Mrs. Bradley Hogg,
Os Americus
MILLEDGEVILLE, March 29.
J. Pope Brown, aged 66, superinten
dent of the slate prison farm, died
early today after an illness of about
a month. He was a former candidate
for governor and served as state
treasurer ami as a member of the
railroad commission. He is survived
by his wife, one daughter, Martha,
and one brother, R. D. Brown, of I
Hawkinsville. The funeral will be
held in Hawkinsville Thursday after
noon.
MR. BROWN UNCLE OF
MRS. BRADLEY HOGG.
Mrs. Bradley Hogg was notified
today of the death of her uncle, J.
Pope Brown, at Milledgeville. Mr.
Brown’s home was at hawkinviile,
which was her home before her mar
riage. She and Mr. Hogg will attend
the funeral there Thursday.
Pope Brown was well known in |
Americus, particularly through Mrs.
Brown, who was a Miller and who has
a number of relatives here.
DRY OFFCER NAMED
FOR PANAMA ZONE
WASHINGTON, March 29.—The
appointment of John T. Barrett, of
Revere, Mass., as federal prohibition
director for the Panama canal zone
was announced today at prohibition
headquarters. The national dry law
was extended to the zone several
ago.
NEGROES TO HAVE
SECTION AT GAME
Opportunity To Be Given Them
To See Ty Cobb Play— Seats
On Sale Soon
A considerable section of seats and
grounds for the Ty Cobb-Detroit-
Rochester baseball game at the Play
grounds next Tuesday, Aprjl 4, will
be reserved for colored people, it
i was announced today by Bradley
Hogg, chairman of the committee of
seating arrangements. Word from
al] over Sumter county is that a large
number of negroes plan to attend, as
wel las white from all over this sec
tion of Georgia, and ample provis
ion will be made for them.
After a conference .between Chair
man Hogg and Lovelace Eve, of the
ticket sales committee, today, it was
announced that one section of the re
served seat stand, that immediately
behind the home plate, will be sold at
50 cents each, while two sections
of 80 feet each down the first base
and third base lines will be sold at
25 cents, the previously announced
price. The seating facilities have
| been increased to about 1,175 in
the reserved! sections. There will
be 1,500 other bench seats free to
holders of general admission tickets.
Arrangements have been made by
court attaches and lawyers for a sus
pension of activities of the City court
next Monday and Tuesday in order
to assure nothing interfering with
their attendance at the baseball
game. Judge Littlejohn, who will
open the circuit with Superior court
in Preston Monday, (las served no
tice that there will be no court there
Tuesday afternoon, as he intends to
return here to see Ty Cobb and
the other visiting celebrities.
Admission tickets and reserved
seats will be placed on sale in Ameri
cus within a day or two.
TO PROBE SINKING
PRICE OF COTTON
Senate Adopts Resolution of Dial,
Os South Carolina, Calling
For Inquiry
WASHINGTON, March 29.—In
vestigation by the federal trade com
mission into the cause for the present
depressed price of cotton and into
the operation of the cotton exchanges
was ordered under a resolution Dy
Senator Dial, of South Carolina,
adopted today by the senate.
COUNTY AGENTS HEAR
MELON EXPERTS HERE
F. C. Meier, of Washington, an
expert of the U. S. Department of
Agriculture temporarily stationed at
.Thomasville, and T. H. McHatton, of
the division of horticulture, State
College of Agriculture, Athens, are in
Americus today, coming here to ad
dress a conference of farm agents
and others of this section on water-
I melon culture.
1 Mr. McHatton, who is also secre
i tary of the state horticultural society,
■ made an address to the students of
the agricultural school today and was
1 scheduled to make two other talks
in Sumter county while here.
AMERICUS, GEORGIA. WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 29, 1922
Civic Clubs Back 75 Million Bond
Issue; Applaud Praise ofW.R.Neel
State Department Competent And
Worthy To Handle Any
Amount, Says Engineer
That Georgia has a state highway
department equal to any in the Unit- I
ed States; that it is competent and
worthy to handle the proposed $75,-
000,000 state highway bond money,
or any other anjount it may be trust
ed with as long as W. R. Neel is at
its head as state highway engineer
and the highway law stands; and i
that the people Should see to it that .
the department is not permitted to !
be disturbed under the influences
that are likely to follow the voting |
of such an amount of money, was
the message brought to the people
of Sumter county by W. A. Cross
land, of Atlanta, federal highway
engineer for Georgia, in a splendid
address last night at the joint meet
ing of the members of the three civic
clubs, held at the Windsor hotel. His
emphatic endorsement of the high
way department, he said, was the
first he had made publicly in such
terms because it was the first occas
ion at which Mr. Neel had been ab
sent when he was speaking and he
felt he could praise -him with bet
ter grace in his absence than in his
presence.
"The state department,” said he
in the course of his talk, "which
Georgia has would be an honor to
any state. I want to say now in
answer to many inquiries, that it ii
competent to handle the $75,000,-
000 of money, or $150,000,000, or
any amount you want to put in its
hands. The State of Georgia owes
a monumental debt of gratitude to
W. R. Neel, your state highway engi
neer. He has studied your problems
by day and night, energetically and
intelligently, and he will continue to
do so. But 1 want to tell you that
he needs your support. The depart
ment is properly organized and pro
tected now, but it is up to the people
to see that no changes are made in
the organization and that the high/
way department be given full power
to act and that its hands not be tied
by politics. If you permit it to be
tampered with, it will go on the
rocks, for where there is so much
money to handle there are bound to
be influences at work from the out
side. See that the highway depart
ment keeps its present powers in the
future and you can safely count on
this money being properly handled.”
The remarks concerning Mr. Neel
were vigorously applauded.
Would Decrease Taxes.
Mr. Crossland made the opening
address on good roads, and T. G.
Farmer, Jr., of Newnan and Atlanta,
head of the Georgia Good Roads as
sociation, went into the details of
the proposed state bond issue. Mr.
Farmer’s address was illuminative i/j
the- extreme and simplified the en
tire proposal. He demonstrated to
the entire satisfaction of his hear
ers that the proposed bond issue not
only will not increase taxes, but that
it will actually reduce taxes by re
ducing the road mileage in each coun
ty which must be maintained local
ly, thus requiring less county gen
eral road tax money.
Such a splendid impression did he
made that Sumter county’s two rep
resentatives in the Georgia assemb
ly—Messrs. Riley and Hines—stood
with the others present when K. S.
Oliver, of Plains, county commission
er, asked for an expression of those
present on whether they could be
counted upon to support the bond is
sue. The first step in the bond is
sue will be the passage of a bill in
the assembly at the coming session
calling for a constitutional amend
ment election this fall.
Mr. Crossland outlined the de
velopment of the good roads move
ment over the country, from its be
ginning to thp present, showing its
tremendous growth. lie showed that
Georgia now leads the nation in fed
eral aid money expended, although
! other Southern states, except Ala
’ bama, which has recently passed a
$25,000,000 bond issue by an over
whelming vote, are far in the rear
of other states. He said Georgia
had the best state highway depart
ment law in the union at the time
it was enacted, but that since then
several other states had followed
with first class laws and organiza
tions, none of them better, however,
than Georgia’s.
Georgia Must Change.
He declared that there was no
doubt nqw that the federal govern
ment was permanently embarked
upon road building and would con
tinue to vote money for federal aid
to the extent of the ability of the .
states to use it . He outlined the I
past history of federal aid in Geor- i
gia, how the state had been securing
federal funds by using county mon
ey in the past. He quoted from the
recently enacted national highway
law, however, to show that this could
not continue, the government here
after requiring that states which
have no mothod of raising funds for
highway purposes being denied fed
eral funds after three years, a period
of time granted through the inter
cession of State Engineer Neel, work
ing through Senator Watson, to en
able Georgia to amend her constitu
tion and make it possible to comply
with the federal regulations. He
said that had Mr. Neel not been
wide awake and on the job every
minute, Georgia would already have
been cut out of federal aid this year.
RESOLUTION
! W/HEREAS, at a joint meeting of :
” the Rotary, Lions and Ki- I
wanis clubs of Americus, Ga., the |
members had explained to them j
the details of the proposed $75,-
000,000.00 bond issue for the
| building of better roads in Gcor
j gia, by T. G. Farmer, Jr., of New
■ nan, Managing Director of the
! Georgia Good Roads Association,
| and,
; j Whereas said body of men, be
: ing convinced of the fact that the
< ! proposed bond issue is the best 1
I | method by which the state can par
j ticipate in the Federal Aid Fund,
: : does resolve as follows:
1 That the members of the Rotary,
| Lion and Kiwanis clubs of Ameri
j cus, Ga., in a joint meeting, do
: hereby heartily endorse the pro
-1 posed Seventy-Five Million Dollar
j Road Bond Issue of the State of
j Georgia.
; That they will make every es
-1 fort to procure the passage of the
| proposed Act in the Legislature
j and to have same ratified by the
people at the general election.
Passed at joint meeting of Ro
tary, Lion and Kiwanis clubs,
Americus, Ga., March 28th, 1922.
W. W. DYKES,
Chairman of Meeting.
BRADLEY HOGG, I
Secretary. j
4—MU—— UN —-NM—-HU —3U- •NN —►NU —UN—UN—N«j» |
Mr. Farmer paid a high tribute
to Mr. Neel and the highway depart-.
ment and launched into an explana
tion of the proposed bond issue. He
presented every guest with a pamph- •
let showing the exact plan of the :
bond issue, which is to be met every
year by the present automobile tag i
receipts and the gasoline tax. He said ;
the bill to be acted uptm first by the I
state legislature this summer was be-;
ing drawn at the present time, and ’
the constitutional amendment propos
ed would contain a provision that
the tag and gasoline taxes should be .
spent for meeting the obligations of !
this bond issue and that no other ;
funds should be available for that
purpose, this absolutely locking the
door without another constitutional
amendemerit against creating any
tax whatsoever not now in existence
to meet this debt.
Can Be No Delay.
He explained that action must be
had this summer if Georgia is not
to be cut out of federal aid. First,
the legislature must enact the neces
sary laws calling a constitutional
election, which can be held only on
regular election dates, which come
every two years, this fall being she
next. After the amendment is rati
fied this fall, the matter must go
back to the legislature in 1923 for
the enactment of the necessary legis
lation putting its provisions into ef
fect, making it impossible, if no time
is lost, to get action on the bond is
sue before 1923. If the matter
should not be handled by the coming
session of the assembly action could
not be had before 1925, or a year
after expiration of the time lirrtifc set
by the government for permitting
Georgia and other states to comply
with the federal requirements. He
showed that under the plan the bonds
$750 VERDICT IS
GIVEN CHAMBLISS
Jury Quickly Agrees On Amount
After 8 Vote To Return
Nothing
A verdict awarding $750 damages
for persona] injuries to J. 11. Cham
bliss, aged Sumter county miller,
was returned against the Central of
Georgia in the City court last Tues
day afternoon, after more than a day
had been spent trying the case. The
amount sued for was $17,500.
It was learned after the verdict
was returned that the jury voted b
to 4 on the first ballot to award the
defendant nothing, but the sugges
tion was made that because the com
plainant was an old man and the rail-,
road could stand the expense he be
awarded something, the amounts pro
posed ranging from SIOO upward.
Agreement was quickly reached on
the amount returned.
Mr. Chambliss was knocked off a
trestle at Wells Mill, near the south
I line of Sumter county, by a train
I running as an extra late in 1910 and
’ badly injured.
SECOND DIVISION
ODD FELLOWS MEET
THOMASVILLE, March 29.—The
secopd division of Odd Fellows met
with Piney Woods lodge in Thom
asville yesterday and an interesting
day was spent. The morning was
devoted to public exercises. Past
Grand Master Bodenhamer, of At
lanta, Mayor Mclntyre and Superin
tendent Broughton and M. L. Ledford
of Cairo, made short addresses. The
afternoon was devoted to the divis
ion business under the direction of
Deputy J. C. Cash. The evening was
taken up with degree work by the
Thomasville team.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
I ■ 11.1 l .
Issue Will Not Increase Taxes, But
Will Reduce Them, T. G.
Farmer Shows
ould be issued in installments of
$10,00(1,000 each for the first two
years, then $7,000,000 each year un
til the full amount had been issued.
Before the last would have been is
sued the first payments would have
been made on the principal, as well
as interest, making the largest
amount outstanding at any one time
$61,000)000. The money would be
deposited in the state to diew the
I highest possible rate of interest un
til used.
Three millions will be used each
of the first and second years of the
issue to refund counties amounts
spent on building highways under
the state system, as previously prom
ised. He showed that this refund
could be used to retire local bond is
sues, if desired, and thus decrease
taxes in addition to the decrease in
general road maintenance funds in
the counties. Fifty per cent would
be refunded each year throughout
the state. He showed that Sumter '
county would receive a refund of
$155,360.74, the amount expended
on state highways in the county at
the time of the report made to him,
and in addition all other money speift
similarly up to the time of the bond
issue.
Tag Money increasing.
Mr. Fanner answered the objec-
1 tion made in some quarters that the
tag licenses probably would show a
I detraese, and therefore prove insuf
ficient in years to come to meet the
bond debt. He declared that the
: estimate were for an increase of 10
; per cent a year; that the increases
had exceeded that in the past; that
I this year figures! already received
, in advance showed more than 10 per
1 i ent increase over last year in tag
; money in Georgia, in spite of the
tight times. He said the experience
of California had been that whereas
the state contained 200,000 motor
. vehicles when a state bond issue was
! voted, when it was completed, mak
; ing the use of motor cars more at
tractive and economical, the number
had increased to 600,000. He pre
dicted a similar experience in Geor
gia. He closed with a plea for bet
ter roads in Georgia for the bene
fit of the schools and churches and
the rural population.
W. W. Dykes, county attorney,
who has been taking a great interest
in highway matters with the mem
bers of the Sumter board, presided.
He concurred in a suggestion by Mr.
Farmer that the other counties of
the Third district were looking to
Sumter county to take the lead in the
bond issue proposal and to organize,
leaders in every county to work’ for
the proposal. At his suggestion the
meeting went on record as endorsing
heartily the $75,009,000 bond pro
posal.
Mr. Oliver spoke briefly at the
close as a member of the Sumter
county board. He said good roads
were his private and particular hob
by and that his heart and soul were
in this bond issue proposal. He re
cited the development of rural educa
tion and pointed out that good roads
were absolutely an essential factor in
this development.
MILK FIVE COWS.
STAY OUT OF DEBT
This Is Slogan Os Farmers Os
Arabi Section Os Crisp
County
CORDELE, March 29.—At their
bi-monthly meeting last night mem
bers of the Aj-abi Dairy association
checked in 140 cows now being milk
ed by the members. This shows a
rapid growth. Crisp county has al
together more than 500 dairy cat
tle and the misisonary spirit is i
spreading.
At their meeting last night the I
members attended a dinner at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. T. S. Kin- ;
nett. Kinnett is leading member of |
the association in point of number of '
cattle.
The Arabi association leads all I
dairy enthusiasm in this section. The '
work of the body has been aimed at
putting in more dairy cattle. Their I
slogan is “Milk Five Cows and Stay ■
Out of Debt.” This little organiza- ,
tion is doing more to put life back
into the business of the farms in
this section than any other one or
ganization now operating.
TY TY BANK CASHIER
HELD FOR SHORTAGE
TIFTON, March 29.—H. T. Wren
nick, former cashier of the Bank of
Ty Ty, was arrested Tuesday by
Sheriff Shaw, under a warrant sworn
out by Attorney R. D. Smith for the
Bank of Ty Ty, charging embezzle
ment. It is stated that the amount
of his alleged shortage is about $5,-
000. His bond was fixed at SB,OOO,
in default of which he was sent to
tlie Sylvester jail.
1111 l
LLOYD GEORGE
IN PERSON WILL
ASKHOUSEVOTE
Program For Next Monday Out
lined To Commons By
Chamberlain
LONDON, March 29. (By Asso
ciated Press) —Premier Lloyd George
himself will introduce the eagerly
awaited resolution on the Genoa con
ference next Monday on which the
government will ask a vote of confi
dence, it was announced in Commons
today by Austen Chamberlain, gov
ernment leader.
The threatened breach in the cabi
net over the premier’s program has
been averted, in the opinion of the
political correspondents in today’s
papers.
3 CIVIC CLUBS
HERE AFFILIATE
Rotary, Kiwanis And Lions Or
ganizations Vote To Co-Op
erate For Service
What is believed to be the first
affiliation of men’s civic clubs in
America took place last night at the'
Windsor hole] at a joint dinner of
the Rotary, Kiwanis and Lions clubs
of Americus. •
On motion of Dr. Carl W. Minor,
president of the Kiwanis club, that
the three clubs' affiliate for greater
unity of community service, a unani
mous vote was cast favorably.
Details of the affiliation are to
be worked out, but it is believed it
will take the form of a joint board
composed of representatives of the
three clubs, to meet at regular Inter
vals and report to the individual
clubs, ;i\)d that joint meeting similar
ot last night’s occasion will be held
at least three times a year, with the
respective clubs furnishing the pro
gram in turn.
ETNASPOiffING
MOLTEN LAVA
Sicilian Volcano In Violent Erup
tion And Inhabitants
Flee
LONDON, March 29.—Mount Et
na is in violent eruption, says a
Central News dispatch from Rome
quoting advices from Palermo,
Streams of lava are flowing from
all sides of the volcano and inhabi
tants of the villages on the moun
tain side are fleeing from their
homes.
Several earthquakes, have occurred
in the last few days in Palermo and
Messina provinces.
REV. F. P. ANDERSON
CONGRATULATES CITY
A note to the Times-Recorder from
Rev. F. Anderson, of Gadsden, Ala.,
recently pastor of the Americus
Presbyterian church, says:
“I read today with interest that
Rev. R. F. Simpson, of Moultrie,
had accepted a call to the Americus
Presbyterian church. Americus is to
be congratulated in securing so fine
a man. I predict for him a useful
I ministry in your city. Any kindness
I shown him I will appreciate.”
PAY-YOUR-PHYSICIAN
CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED
WAYCROSS, March 29—The phy
sicians of Waycross and Ware coun
ty have started a “Pay Your Physi
cian” campaign. On Tuesday of this
week they used a whole page adver
tisement iu a local paper to extol the
merits of the campaign. The Ware
j County Medical Society plans to con
j tinue the advertising campaign
: through the month of April.
NO SERIOUS TROUBLE
IN MISSISSIPPI FLOOD
MEMPHIS, March 29.—The crest
I of th? Mississippi flood at Memphis
| Friday will not exceed 42.5 feet, ac
cording to a bulletin of the weather
I bureau today. The crest now is be
tween New Madrid, Mo., and Mem
phis. No serious trouble at any point
between Cairo, Ills., and Memphis is
reported.
TEX RCKARD, ACQUITTED,
TO MISS OTHER COUNTS
NEW. YORK, March 29.—George
L. (Tex) Rickard, sports promoter,
who was acquitted of the charge of
assault on fifteen-year-old Sarah
Schoenfeld early today, probably
will not be called to answer three
other indictments against him, it was
indicated tociay by Assistant District
Attorney Pecora. ,
THAYER SUSPENDED
CHICAGO, March 29.—The sus
pension of Clarence H. Thayer from
the Board of Trade for five years was
announced today. Thayer is charged
with trading while insolvent.