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FORTY-FOURTH YEAR.—NO. 76
HOUSE LEADER DENIES BREAK WITH HARDING
MARKETS TOLD
TO CLEAN UP BY
NIGHT OR CLOSE
Assistant State Veterinarian Re
turns After Warning 3 Weeks
Ago—All Found Bai
That every meat market in Ameri
cus is below the sanitary standards
required and after having been warn
ed by him three weeks ago to clean
up and told hew to do it all have
failed yet to pass muster; and that
all which fail to comply by tonight
will be closed, were tne statements
made to the Times-Recorder today by
Dr. R. M. Walsh, assistant state vet
erinarian, after a visit to the local
markets in company with Fireman
Davidson, representing Chief Mc-
Arthur, city sanitary inspector.
Not only this, but he has recom
mended the enactment by the city
council of ordinances requiring prop
er inspection of meat and milk of
fered for sale and .of slaughter
houses. He declared he had discuss
ed this matter with Mayor Sheppard
when here three weeks ago, pointing
out the need for it for the protection
of the health of the people, and that
he received “no encouragement,” the
mayor stating that he did not think
there would be 'tnuch to it because
the city had no funds to pay an in
spector.
Up to People.
“I am going to insist that proper
regulations be enacted,” said Dr.
Walsh, “for it really is impossible
for the state to handle a situation
like tins unless the city itself gets
behind it. We inspect conditions
and make recommendations. If we
get co-operation we co-operate with
the local authorities and help clean
things up. If we do not get co-op
eration we do not waste much time
and energy; for after all it is up to
the people themselves. If they want
to buy unsanitary meat and milk and
shut their eyes about it, that is their
business. 1 have observed that cities
find money for paving and making
whatever expenditures they most
want to make or find necessary, and
1 am quite sure that if Americus is
interested enough in clean markets
and clean milk it can find the com
paratively small amount of money
necessary to insure it.”
Dr. Walsh brought to the Times-
Recorder office a small piece of
beef. It was thickly covered with
fly blows. Fireman Davidson stood
by to verify what he said.
“I picked that up a few minutes
ago,” he said. “I walked into one
of the markets where they' were
just completing up meat to make
sausage. This was the first piece I
picked up and I took it as a sample
to prove what 1 have been saying.
Uncleannesc Found.
“I* or the most part 1 found re
frigerators dirty, floors unclean and
sausage mills -very dirty, fin all
there were excessive flies. Not all
of these conditions apply to all the
markets, for Some are trying to clean
up as I suggested. » but none ye.,
has met the requirements, despite
my warnings given them three week,
ago.
“I think the worst condition con
cerns Sausage making. It is the prac
tice of the local butchers to tnrow
the sausage machine over in the re
frigerator when the grinding is fin
ished and never wash it. Repeatedly
1 have been able to run a pencil
into the machine and find it lull of
sour meat that had been m it for
some time, lhe sausage is flavored
up and sold and the people don’t
know the difference.
The slaughter houses are bad, but
it would not be very expensive to
have them sanitary. We don’t re
quire steam sterilization plants. But
we do insist upon clean (concrete
floors, clean walls and close screens
to keep out the flies. The concrete
floors in the slaughter houses, are
broken up and might as well be of
dirt, while the walls are bloody and
unsanitary and the wholeare unscreen
ed. It fs impossible to have sanitary
meat under such conditions. A
slaughter pen 18x24 feet tightly
screened and with a good concrete
floor would not be prohibitive in
cost.
Threw Out Beef.
this mornjng' 1 threw two quar
ters of beef out of one meat shop
because it was too filthly to be sold
as meat. Today I am going to try
to interest the club women in get
ting behind this situation, for 1 feel
that when the people know what the
renditions are they will see that they
are cleaned up.
tv hen I was here three weeks
ago and took up with Mayor Shep
pard the need for proper sanitary
inspection I left with him a copy of
a model ordinance and also a copy of
of our regulations, prepared ana put
out by direction! of Dr. Peter F.
Bahnsen, state veterinarian, whose
home is here in Americus, and under
whom I work. This is intended to
serve as a guide. The mayor treat
ed me very courteously and appear
ed to be a very nice man, but gave
me no encouragement.”
Dr. Walsh declared that before he
est Americus on this trip he intend
ed to make a round of the meat mar
kets this evening and close every one
which had not complied with ihs in
structions.
. Mrs. G. W. Riley and Miss Mary
English motored to Oglethorpe to
spend the day with relatives and
friendsj
EDITORIAL.
IN an ad££'iing column will be found an article which will probably
* prove mßto interesting to every housekeeper in Americus than any
thing elfffpublished in today’s paper. It concerns alleged unsanitary
condition's in Americus meat markets. Publications of such alleged
facts is unpleasant in the extreme; we would much rather print only
pleasant terms and boosts than matters of this character. But if Dr.
Walsh, who works directly under Dr. Bahnsen, state veterinarian, is
conect, the situation calls for publicity and correction; the people who
depend upon these public markets for their food supplies should know
conditions for'.their own protection. Dr. Walsh represents them—the
public; he is their agent and they should know his report.
We feel certain that no Americus market man has wilfully violated
the sanitary laws, and we feel equally sure that all will gladly co
operate with the inspector and comply with his laid-down conditions.
If they do this and maintain proper sanitation, only good can result.
The need for proper sanitary inspection of meats has been called
to the attention of the city council heretofore this year, but the sug
gesion has never gotten anywhere. Therefore, we believe it would be
to the interests of the homemakers of th community to bring pressure
to bepr upon the council to give proper recognition to this subject.
For there is nothing of equal importance to a community as its health.
Since Dr. Walsh has found it necessary, in his judgment, to appeal
for public .sentiment for aid, let’s get to the bottom of the facts and
rectify them. The people—the women—-of the community can do it
if they consider it important enough.
LEVEES CRUMBLE
ON MISSISSIPPI
Crest Os Flood Passing Osceola,
Atk., And Will Reach Mem
phis Friday Night
MEM ITUS, March 30.—The crest
of the Mississippi flood is passing
Osceola, Ark., today and probably
will reach Memphis Friday night,
with a stage of 42.7 feet, engineers
say. Advises from Helena, Ark.,
state that continued caving in of the
levees two miles below the old town
was reported, increasing the gravity
of the flood menace in that section.
A heavy rain last night added to the
difficulties of the flood fighters.
COURTSLAYER
TO HANG MAY 5
Negro Cofield Who Killed His
Nephew Found Guilty Os
Murder At Fayetteville
FAYETTEVILLE, March 30.
Genus Cofield, the negro burglar
who stabbed to death his nephew,
Wewman Cofield, in the courtroom
here Monday, was found guilty of
murder late yesV.- day and sentenced
by Judge Searcy to be hanged May
fifth.
5 CARS OF HOGS GO IN
CRISP FARMERS’ SALE
CORDELE, March 30.—Cordele’s
co-operative hog sale sent $6,000
worth of hogs into the market y. ......i
day afternoon, five cars of hogs and
one car load of mixed beef cattle
going into the sale. Swift & Co.
got the better grades of hogs. C. O.
Noble, sheriff of Crisp county, got
the threes and fours, and will car
ry them back to the farm as feeders
and breeders. The best brade hogs
brought $7.25. The next brought
87.11. The roughs brought $6.25.
The cattle brought $4.15. County
Agent Culpepper has had a long fight
with the private buyers in this
section, some of them having given
great inducements to keep the hogs
out of the co-operative sale. Buyers
from many points were here.
DENIES READING HAS QUIT.
LONDON, March 30.—(8y Asso
ciated Press.) —Austen Chamberlain
acting head of the government, told
. the Associated Press today through
I his secretary there was nj founda-
I lion for the rumor that Lord Deading
| has resigned as Viceroy of India.
MARKETS
AMERICUS SPOT COTTON
Good Middling, 17c.
LIVERPOOL COTTON
! LIVERPOOL, March 30.—Market
' opened 2-5 down. Fullys, 10.73.
; Sales, 8,000 bales.
i Futures April June Sept.
■ Prev. Close 10.24 10.12 9.84
[First Call .10.34 • 10.11 9.82
Close .10.28 10.16 9.87
NEW YORK FUTURES
May July Oct.
i Prev. C105e.17.68 17.08 16.63
| Open ..._ .17.75 17.15 16.74
■10:15 am 17.75 17.15 16.77
! 10:30 17.73 17.14 16.75
10:45 ...17.77 17.18 16.80
11:00 17.79 17.20 16.82
11:15 17.78 17.19 16.80
11:30 17.79 17.19 -6.84
11:45 17.78 17.18 16.84
12:00 ..17.79 17.19 16.85
12:15 pm 17.78 17.18 16.84
12:45 17.78 17.20 16.55
1:00 .... 17.80 17.21 16.87
1:15 17.79 17.23 16.91
1:30 .17.80 17.23 16.91
' 1:45 17.88 17.30 16.95
2:00 .17.88 17.30 16.95
2:15 17.91 17.30 16.95
2:30 17.95 17.38 17.00
2:45 17.95 17.36 16.98
Close 17.97 17.35 17.03
THE TIMES :RECORDER
IN HEART OF
CHARLES FAILS
TO HOLD RALLY
•
Ex-Emperor Gravely 11l In Exile
On Madeira Island In
Mediterranean
FUNCHAL, Maderia, March 30.
(By Associated Press.)—For mgr
Emperor Charles, of Austro-K'un
gary, who is gravely ill of pneumonia,
failed to maintain today the improve
ment noticed in his condition yes
day evening-.
U. D. C. MEMORIAL
TO BE RESUMED
Sculptor Borglum At Meeting Os
Atlanta Chapter—-Adair To
Head Financing
ATLANTA, March 30—Announce
ment was made here at a luncheon
at the Atlanta chapter bouse of the
United Daughters of the Confederacy
that the work on the Confederate
monument on Stone Mountain would
be resumed at once. Gutzon Borg
lum, retained by the Daughters of
the Confederacy to do the work five
years ago, a visitor fri Atlanta as :>
guest of Sam Venable, at his home in
Ponce de Leon avenue, was an hon
or guest at the luncheon, with Mrs.
Borglum.
Forrest Adair was appointed by
the committee to take charge of the
finance committee and make the
necessary arrangements for the
-inancing of the project.
The new association is to be known
as the Stone Mountain Confederate
Memorial association.
Mr. Borglum announced that his
superintendent was expect'd in At
lanta today, i
Robert English, the young son of
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar English, is ill
with a severe cold at his home, on
Lee street.
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AMERICUS, GEORGIA, THURSDAY AFTERNOON. MARCH 30, 1922
MONDELL GETS
READY TO BRAND
STORIES OF SPLIT
Reports Untrue, He Asserts, Des
pite “Certain Writers And
Certain Newspapers”
WASHINGTON. March 30. —Con-
gress and President Harding are not
at loggerheads, despite the impres
sion created by “certain writers and
certain newspapers,” Representative
Mondcll, Republican leader, declar
ed today in a. statement he said he
had prepared for- delivery as an ad
dress in the house.
Continuing, Mpndell said “there
never has been a time in my quar
ter of a century of experience in
congress when relations between the
president and cotigress, and particu
larly the house, jvere more pleasant,<
cordial, sympathetic and harmonius
than at the presejt.
Stories appearing in morning news
papers stated tlf>'. President Hard
ing has concluded to resort to the
“big stick.” It was said he is ready
to admit that he has scored a fail
ure in his experiment of permitting
congress to conduct itself as a sep
arate unit.
The passage through the house yes
terday of the army appropriation bill
was the straw .which, broke the .cam
el’s back, it was said. The house
was declared to have slapped the ad
ministration’s face in two particu
lars. In the first place, it reduced
the size of the artny to 115,0(10 men
whereas the administration had de
cided that it could not function with
less than 150,000. 4 In the second
place, it Increased appropriations for
rivers and harbprfe from $27,000,000
to $42,000,000 Ind thus outraged
General C. G. Dawes and disjointed
the entire budget, system.
Already the president was deeply
offended by the action of the house .
in passing a bonus bill without pro
viding means for raising the neces
sary money, it was pointed out. In
view of the fact that action respect
ing the passage of the army appro
priations bill will be followed by the
passage of the navy appropriation
bill with the navy personnes reduced
from 80,000 M <IIO,OOO men, the
president, it is said, has abandoned
hope that the house might be safely
permitted to function without his in
terference.
If the navy is reduced to 60,000
men, Secretary Denby says that he
couldn’t operate” and the executive
calls attention to the fact’ that by
such reduction, the United States
could not maintain the stipulated
naval relationship with Great Brit
ain and Japan.
While the president, it is stated,
will accept the house’s gage of bat
tle, the manner in which he will
strike is not made known, it is re
garded as certain .that he will veto
the bonus bill. It will be difficult
for him to eliminate offending sec
tions in the army and navy appro
priations bills, however, without kill
ing both bills, and both must be
enacted within reasonable time in or
der that nece: sary payments may be
made.
The increase of $15,000,000 for
rivers and* harbors contained m the
army bill was made possible through
I a practically olid Democratic vote.
'1 here was the “pork barroll” charge.
But Southerners pointed out the fact’
that the engineers had estimated that
only by an expenditure of $42,000,-
Death Claims Two When Siamese
Twins Are Forbidden Operation
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Josefa and Rosa Blazek, Siamese (wins, on their hospital bed at Chicagi.
HOUSE MEMBERS
SEE FORD WIN IF
CHANGE IS MADE
Would Have Him Agree. To Pay
Cost Os Condemned Over
flow Land
CHATTANOOGA, March 30.
Some of the members of the house
military affairs committee said today
they believed Henry Ford’s offer for
Muscle Shoals would be favorably
Reported, should hd agree! to pay
the cost of condemnation of the land
overflowed by construction of No.
3 dam and modify his contract as
defined by the terms of the federal
water power act, except that a 100-
year lease would be substituted for
the 50-year provision of the act.
The congressional party stopped
here a few hours today en route to
Washington after three days’ inspec
tion of the Muscle Shoals project.
SITE FOUND FOR NEW
HOTEL IN CORDELE
CORDELE, March 30.—Business
men working on the new hotel set
tled the knotty problem of securing
a site at a meeting last night. The
Ward corner opposite the American
Bank & Trust company in Seventh
street wks chosen after quite a long
series of details that seemed fruit
less. The hotel promoters will now
be able to proceed with their plans.
OCILLA SOUTHERN IS
REFUSED U. S. LOAN
WASHINGTON, March 30—The
Ocilla Southern railroad, a Georgia
line in the hands of a receiver, was
denied a government loan of $75,000
1 today by the Interstate Commerce
Commission. The commission held
the money was not absolutely needed
for public service.
000 could they maintain existing
projects as they should be maintain
ed.
. PRICE FIVE CENTS.
LISBON-BRAZIL
4000 MILE SEA
FLIGHT IS BEGUN
Portuguese Naval Captains Hope
To Mak? Distance In Sixty
Hours
LISBON, March 30. (By Asso
ciated Press.) —An attempted flight
from Lisbon to Pernambuco, Brazil,
started this morning, Naval Captains
Cacadura and Courinho taking the
aii- at 7 o’clock.
They hope to make the trans-At
lantic voyage of four thousand miles
in sixty hours.
SOVIET PREMIER
REPORTEDDEAD
However, Message Is Taken With
Reserve—Spoke 2 Hours
Monday
LONDON, March 30.—A Central
News dispatch from Pa; is says a re
port that Russian Soviet Premier
Lenin is dead is published by Rome
newspapers, who treat it with re
serve.
A Moscow dispatch to the Asso
ciated Press told of Lenin’s appear
ance Monday of this week before
the meeting of the All-Russian com
munist congress in Kremlin palace,
at which he spoke for two hours.
2 KILLED ON A., B. & A.;
TRACK TAMPERED WITH
ATLANTA, March 30.—A., B. &
A. fast freight No. 92, which left At
lanta Tuesday night at 7:45 o’clock,
was derailed seven miles north of
Manchester the same night about
11:30 o’clock, resulting in the death
of Fireman Alonzi Merritt and injury
to T. F. Green and Brakeman Walter
Stewart. Engineer. Green died last
night.
This derailment, officials state, was
caused by the removal of spikes ami
joint fastenings of one rail. The fast
enings were found lying by the joint
wheie the rail was disconnnected.
This was very clearly a deliberate
attempt at train wreckage, according
I to officials, and no effort will be spar-
I ed to apprehend the guilty parties, of
-1 fiicials declare.
The last train, No. 71, passed over
this place about 5:00 p. m.
Passenger trains were detoured,
resulting in a slight delay. The
track is now reported cleared.
E. E. COOK WINS TRIP
AS RESULT OF WORK
While in Americus Wednesday, E
E. Cook/ of Plains, told his friend'
that for the fourth consecutive yeai
he had been enrolled in the Missour:
State Life Insurance company’s
SIOO,OOO club and that he ami Mrs.
Cook would go as guests of the com
pany to St. Louis in July, and from
there on up through the Great Lakes.
“Every year I have made the SIOO,-
000 club,” Mr. Cook stated. “I have
now more than a million dollars of
insurance in force, one half of which
is in Sumter county. I have secured
the SIOO,OOO and still have three
months more in which to qualify.”
COTTON MILL STRIKE
IN LAWRENCE GROWING
LAWRENCE. March 30. The
strike operatives in the cotton mills
here had advanced so far today that
it was estimate not more than 3000
were working. Last Saturday there
were 21,000 on the payrolls. The
Everett & Metheun company mills
are shut down completely.
“Canadian Shooting Season Over”
—headline. Now the Canadian can
roam at large.
HOME
EDITION
BROTHER BLOCKS
SURGEONS’ PLAN
TO SAVE SISTER
End. Comes To ‘Josepha, 111 One,
First, Quickly Followed By
Rosa
CHICAGO, March 30.—Josepha
and Rosa Blazek, famous “Siamese
twins,” died at a hospital here early
this morning, Rosa dying a few sec
ond after her sister.
Physicians had declared early in
the night that if one died, the other
would go quickly, as their brother,
Frank Blazek had refused to permit
an operation which would sever their
bodies.
Physicians handling their case
faced the weirdest Langle in medical
They were treating Josepha, suf
fering with-jaundiec. - -
But if physicians had won their
night-and-day fight for Joscpha’s life
they would have saved not one life
but two.
For Joscpha’s body was joined to
that of her sister, Rosa, by a thin
strip of flesh through which the life
stream of both coursed.
The twins reached the United
States in February, 1921, and start
ed on a show tour.
They were born 41 years ago in
Prague, Czecho-Slovakia. For the
last 20 years they had toured the
theaters of Europe.
Both were moderately wealthy,
good looking and well educated.
Rosa was a widow—her husband
was killed in the war—while Josepha
was a confirmed spinster. Rosa was
the mother of an 11-year-old son.
Each twin was fully developed
and free from deformity save for the
narrow flesh strip that joined them
at the hip. •:
They have enjoyed theaters, din
ner parties and other amusements
just as normal people. But where
one went, the other had to go also.
When they differed in taste, they
settled the matter by the flip of a
coin.
The two had gone to leading sur
geons on both continents but always
had been advised against an opera
tion to separate them. Doctors told
them such an operation undoubtedly
would result in the death of at least
one.
Twins of this kind are ■called
Siamese twins because of the famous
case of Eng and Chang, Chinese,
born in Siam with their bodies
joined. They were born in 1811 and
died in 1874.
“Many Siamese twins have been
born but they seldom live to reach
maturity,” says one of the hospital
physicians who treated Josepha.
B. J. M’NEILL SECURES
FARM ON RIVER ROAD
A real estate deal of interest in
Americus has just been consummated
by B. J. McNeill, of New Era, in the
purchase of 100 acres of splendid
faun land from Dr. L. F. Grubbs,-
located on the Brown’s Mill road
two miles from Americus.
The land is in a high state of culti
vation, producing in the past fruit
ful crops. Mr. McNeill plans to .fur
ther improve it. He and Mrs. Mc-
Neill haw already taken possession.
HIGH SCHOOL TO PLAY
ASHBURN HERE FRIDAY
The Americus high school will
open their baseball season Friday af
ternoon at 3 o’clock at the Play
ground, meeting the Ashburn high
school team. An admission of 25
cents for school eihldren and 35
:ents for others will be charged to
defray expenses.
“This game will serve as an appe
tizer for the big Ty Cobb game next
1 uesday,” said Prof. Ned Warren, ,
of the high school.
' GET YOUR BASE
BALL TICKETS
NOW
i your tickets now. Don’t
j *-* wait until you get to the
s grounds Tuesday. It looks like
I a capacity crowd and pur
j chases now will save you time
I Tuesday.
| GENERAL ADMISSION tick
ets on sale Friday, morning,
March 31, at all Americus drug
stores, at SI.OO for adults and
50 cents for children.
RESERVED SEAT WITH
GENERAL ADMISSION tick
ets on sale Friday morning at
Times-Recorder office only.
Don’t telephone. No tickets
laid aside. Money must ac
company order. Grandstand
reserved seat tickets, 25c and
50c.