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WEATHER FORECAST
For Georgia—Fair tonight, slight
ly warmer in central and northeast
portion; Tuesday cloudy.
FORTY-FOURTH YEAR.—NO. 79
COBB TO PLAY FULL FIRST TEAM HERE TUESDAY
SCUTTLED!
MONUMENT FOR :
151ST BATTALION
Harry Schneider Secures Contract i
For Memorial To Be Built
In Macon
MACON, April 3. —Harry Schneid
er, of the Schneider Marble company,
of Americus, former member of the
151st Machine Gun Battalion, was
awarded the contract of the 151st
memorial Saturday at a meeting of
the buildign committee of the auxil
iary.
The plan drawn by Capt. Sidney
Brown, former comamnder of Co. B
(Macon Volunteers) of the Machine
Gun Battalion, fashion the memorial
in the form of a white granite shaft
on which will be bronze tablets with
the namv of the fallen heroes of
the battalion and two figures of ma
chine gunners.
The shaft on one side will be flank
ed with half circle bench of the
same material. Should the monu
ment be erected on Coleman’s Hill,
as is the hope of the building cora
i#ittcc at present, the side facing the
city will give a view to the business
section and the surrounding coun
try.
The money for the erection of the
memorial, was raised by the Woman's
Auxiliary of the battalion and the j
boys themselves while they were act- j
big as a unit of the Army of Occupa- j
ticn in Germany. The women rais-!
ed a large amount by giving dances j
and entertainments, while the mem- \
brrs of the battalion contributed out-!
right to the cause.
Work on the memorial will com
mence at once, it is understood, and
while no definite date has been set
for the dedication, the women of the
auxiliary are hoping that November
11, Armistice Day, will be the date
of the dedication and a reunion of
the Machine Gun Battalion.
Shortly after the battalion return
ed to Macon after the service over
seas, the city gave the small park on
Cotton avenue and First street in
front of the Volunteers’ armory for
the purpose of erecting the memorial
there, and the park was dedicated on
the afternoon of the arrival of the
li oops. l.t was later decided that the
pht was, too small and Coleman’s Hill
was suggested as the site. While it
)■ nto definitely decided that the
monument will be erected at Cole
man’s Kill, Mrs. J. M. Cutler, presi
dent of the auxiliary, announced
\ -terriay that a petition is being
drawn up and wil lbe presented to
the mayo rand council next Tuesday
night, asking permission for the erec
tion of the memorial on the hill fac
ing the city.
It is understod that the contract
was awarded to the Americus con
cern for $8,175, and when complete
v. ill cost approximately $9,000. At
] esent there is about $8,500 in the
memorial fund.
LOST—.-One black kid slipper, bought
from Joseph Ehrlich, Alabny, be
tween Montezuma and Americus
Sunday afternoon. Reward if re
turned to Times-Recorder.—3-2t
NAMED RECEIVER.
At a meeting of creditor’s repre
santalives from James Tift Mann,
commissioner, in Albany, yesterday,
11. O. Jones, of Americus. was ap
pointed receiver for the bankrupt
stock of S. L. Sills, here. J. Lewis
Ellis hfts been trustee.
{ GET BASEBALL
TICKETS NOW!
I General admission scats on sal- j
Americus Drug Go.
Howell’s Pharmacy.
Nathan Murray, Druggist
Lawson Drug Co.
Windsor Pharmacy,
j Reserved seats at office of
: Times-Recorder only. Don’t tele-
I phone. No seats laid aside. Cen- -
j ter grand stand, directly behind
| home plate and protected by wire
! netting, 50 cents each.
Reserved seats in Left and Right 1
j grandstand, 25 cents each,
y Ali who possibly can do so are
{ advised to get tickets in advance
jon account of crowd expected
] Tuesday. Reserved seats are lim
j ited.
AGGIE READYFOR
BIG SCHOOL MEET
Contests To Open At 8 O’clock
Tonight And Continue
Through Tuesday Morning
All is in readiness at the Aggie
school for tin beginning at 8 o’clock
tonight at the auditorium of the col
lege of the county high school con
tt t, which extend through Tuesday
forenoon. Ine literary contest will
take place tonight and the track and
field events Tuesday.
The -program, arranged by a com
mittee consisting of Pro*. C. A. I’hil
lisp, of Thompson, chairman; J. M.
Lanier, of Andersonville, and Miss
duiia Coleman, of Plains, follows:
Monday, April 3, 8:00 P. M.
Declamation—-One girl from each
county school; time allowed each, 8
minutes.
Declamation—One boy from each
school, time allowed, 8 minutes.
Judges Miss Susan Stallings,
Mrs. Emmett holloway and Miss
Helen Keister.
Oral Spelling—Three contestants
from each school. Words selected
froi-i Eldridge Business Speller.
Words given out by E. W. Dupree,
county school superintendent.
Ready Writing —One contestant
from e -eh school. Selection taken
from Macbeth.
Judges—Col. J. E. D. Shipp, Miss
M. K. Kerr, Gordon Howell.
Music —One contestant from each
school.
Judges—Mrs. Marguerite Solomon
McWilliams, Mr. E. J. McMath and
Miss Mclva Clark.
April 4, 9:30 A. M.
Standing Eroad Jump-—One con
testant from each school.
Running Broad Jump—One con
testant from each school.
Running High Jump—One contes
tant from each school.
100-Yard Lash —One contestant
from each school.
2‘20-Yard Dash— One contestant
from each school.
Shot Put One caneestant from
each school.
Half-Mile Relay —Four contest
ants from each school.
Chinning the Bar—One contestant
from each school.
Prizes will be given winners in
each of the contests.
Florida bootleg ring is getting pub
licity, so the tourist season ought to
be successful.
THE TiMisSif^ORDER
fegfl PUBLISHED IN THE JriJiWiL ' HEART Or DIXiE-fe^
ODD FELLOWS’
PROGRAM OUT
Fifth Division Convention To Be
Held Here Next
Wednesday
The Fifth Division of the Georgia
Odd Fellows will hold a session here
Wednesday of this week, which will
be attended by representatives of the
lodges in all this section.
There will be two sessions of the
meeting, one in the afternoon being
secret work, while that in the eve
ning will be held in conjunction with
the Rebekahs and the general pub
lic.
The program arranged for the
meeting follows:
11a. m.—Meeting called to order,
District Deputy Grand Master Rob
ert P. Milburn, presiding, North
Highlands Lodgs No. 224.
Organization.
Reading of Reports and Receiving
Representatives.
Appointment of Committees.
Short Talks.
Adjournment for Lunch
2:00 p. m.—Reassemble for Busi
ness. Report of Committees.
Talk by T. R. Robertson, Grand
Secretary, of Gainesville.
Discussion of Subjects of Interest
to Odd Fellowship.
Adjournment for Supper.
7:30 p. m— (Open Meeting in Con
junction with the Rebekahs and the
General Public.)
Song.
Invocation.
Welcome Address to Visiting Odd
Fellows, by -I. E. Sheppard, of Sum
ter Lodge No. 2G4, Americus.
Response by Grand Herald R. How
ard Hendrix, of Rose Hill No. 480,
Columbus.
Address of Welcome to Ladies of
the Rebekah Assembly, Mrs. S. H.
Edge, of Americus Rebckah Lodge.
Response by Mrs. A. B. Brown, of
Miriam Rebckah Lodge No. 7, Co
lumbus.
Music.
Address by Mrs. Ettre Wilson,
Grand Warden of the Rebckah As
sembly, Atlanta.
Music.
Address by Mrs. Gussic Tripp,
president Rebckah Assembly.
Music.
Address by Grand Master, Rev.
John S. Wilder, of Savananh.
HYPNOTIST.
Money is a hypnotist, though a
gloat convenience.
If a nation like Germany went
bankrupt by forcible divorce from
the gold standard, it would result
in someone devising a money sys
tem based on units of human pro
ductive energy.
TO ALL ROTARIANS, KIWAN
IANS AND MEMBERS CHAM
BER OF COMMERCE:
You are invited by the Lions
Club to attend the club’s regular
luncheon Tuesday at noon at the
Tea Room to help welcome Ty
l Cobb, George Stallings, and their
• baseball teams, who will he spe
cial* guests. Members of these
organizations who wish to attend
will please notify A. R. Royal,
Lions secretary, not later than 9
o'clock Tuesday morning. Visi
tors, except baseball guests, will
pay for their own plates, at 75
cents each.
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, MONDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 3. 1922
ALL IS READY
FOR BIG CROWD
AT PLAYGROUND
Extra Strengthening.. For.. Grand
Stand Placed—Section For
Negroes
Tuesday’s Probable Line-Up.
DETROIT ROCHESTER
Blue, 1 b Archdeacon c f
Jones, 3 b Brady, 2 b
Cobb c f Murray, 3 b
Heilman or Merkje, 1 b
Mohardt, r f Connolly, 1 f
Veach 1 f Pool, r f
Young or O’Connell, or
Barnes 2 b Pierce, s s
Rigney s s Callahan, c
Bassle'r c Cowan, p
•Cole p Hughes, p
Rolling, p
All his first string men will be in
the line-up for tomorrow’s Detroit-
Rochester baseball came at the Play
ground here, Ty Cobb wired The
Times-Recorder today in answer to a
query lor a list of his probable play
ers. According to Cobb, Cole and
Rolling will pitch for him. Who will
hurl for Rochester could not be
learned, as Stallings could not be
reached. I
Both teams are playing in Macon
today, having broken their spring
training quarters in Augusta Satur
day night after a big farewell game
there. They will arrive in Ameri
cus in three Pullman cars on the 5:14
a. m. Central of Georgia 'iuesday
and spend the entire day here. They
will play at the Playground at 3:00
o’clock before what promises to be
the largest crowd ever witn a
baseball game in Sumter co it”.
Guests at Noon Luncheon.
At noon Cobb, Stallings and a
numbe rof the members of both the
teams, as well as the four sporting
writers with them, will be special
guests of the Lions Club at the club’:
regular luncheon at the Tea Room.
To join in the welcome for this occa
sion, the Lions have invited the mem
bers of the Rotary and Kiwanis clubs
and Chamber at Commerce to be
present as poth'r'hosts, each visiting
club member paying for his own
plate. A pleasant hour with the
baseball celebrities is looked forward
to. All who desire to attend are re
quired to notify A. R Royal, by 9
a. m. Tuesday, so that reservations
may be made.
All wa spratically in readiness at
the playground today for the big
game. The diamond had been put in
shape by city forces, and the finish
ing touches were being put to the
grounds in the plans for handling the
big crowd.
Down town at the drug stores and
The Times-Recorder office the ad
vance sale went on rapidly. Gen
eral admission tickets were on sale at
Americus Drug Co., Howell’s Phar
macy, Nathan Murray’s, Windsor
Pharmacy and Lawson Drug Co., and
reserved seats and general admission
tickets at the All
persons who can possibly do so are
advised and urged to obtain their
tickets or reservations in advance
because of the rush that is certain
to take place at the gate tomorrow.
Ihe seat sale will continue down
town until 2 p. m. Tuesday.
Grand Stand Is Strong
After an inspection of the grand
stand this morning after his return
from New York, Chairman J. R. Car
gill, after a consultation with his
aides, instructed that as an extra
precaution for absolute safety extra
seat planks be added to the entire
reserve seat section, with additional
braces. Inasmuch as these are to be
permanent seats, to be left on the
ground for future use, it was desired
to have the construction as solid and
permanent as possible, inasmuch as
the cost is less at this time. After
this work was completed, Mr. Cargill
a-ked the Times-Recorder to an
nounce that he had made a personal
inspection of the stands and pro
nounced them absolutely safe.
After a conference with Bradley
Hogg, chairman of the bleacher com
and , others > il announced
J Mi. t argill that rope fences would
be erected at the Playground to direct'
the crowds. The grand stand re
served seat sections will bear signs
and their entrance will be directly at
the end of the Playground driveway.
Leading off In roped lanes on either
side will be walks to the first base
and thru! base bleachers, where free l
SVuT 1,500 ” rSt eomers have boen
As provision lor the negroes who
oTwhom aUend ' and 8 lal "umber
ol v,ho m are expected, 250 free seats,
groundT'if 1 ° r ” ,ore t 0 sit the
ground if a larger number attend*
have been set aside on the left field
Three* 1 t S ‘ de ° f the grounds
Three or four negro ushers will be
on the grounds to assist in directing
members of their race to their sec-
Net Protection
, Am P !e wire netting, for protection
agamst passed balls, wiwld pitche,
and foul tips, has been erected in
front of the center grand stand and
extending over holf 0 f the side
stands. All reserved seats have been
, numbered and checked, just as in a
theater.
i Because of the large crowd and
I congestion expected, no car, will be
permitted to enter the Playground.
1 he grounds will be closed and guard
ed at all points, except the driveway
into the grounds. A number of ticket
sellers will be on hand at the front ox
GOLDEN RULE SALE AND
GAME TO BRING THRONG
TO AMERICUS TUESDAY
Here Is Summary of Events Os Day, Starting With
Sale At 7 A. M. And Ending With Dance
And Fight Pictures AtNight
TUESDAY’S PROGRAM OF EVENTS.
7A. M. to GP. M.—Golden Rule at many Americus
stores. Look for the window card.
9:30 A. M.—Track and Field Meet, Aggie School.
10 A. M.—Farmers’ auction sale.
11 A. M. to 11 P. M.—Dempsey-Carpewtier prise fight
pictures at Opera House.
3P.M.to 11 P. M.—Motion pictues at Rylander theater
3 P. M.—Detroit-Rochester baseball game at Playground.
9 P M.—Legion-Auxiliary dance, Rylander building.
W HAT will probably be the greatest day in Americus since the
opening of Souther Field, when thousands of people were
here from all over Georgia, is expected tomorrow, the com
bined Golden Rule sale day and the visit here for an exhibition
game at the Playground of T y Cobb andh 13 Detroit American
baseball team, and George Stallings and his Rochester Inter
nationals.
With a smiling sun and dry roads today, and an official
weather forecast of fair and warmer Tuesday, indications were
that a tremendous crowd would be in Americus before noon
Tuesday so a combined shopping and pleasure trip..
More merchants than at any time since the Golden Rule
sales were inaugurated are participating in the sale tomorrow,
which has been moved up from the regular date of Wednesday
to Tuesday for this occasion only, in order to correspond with
the date of the baseball game, and some splendid bargains are
offered, well toward a hunded in number. These have been
heralded to the entire surrounding country, and are counted
upon to bring thousands'of shoppers here.
I his occasion in itself would bring a large crowd, it is cer
tain, because the Golden Rule sale in Americus, which comes
monthly, is becoming more widely known each month and build
ing a reputation which is constantly commanding more attention.
But taken in connection with the bringing here of baseball
celebrities as great as the mighty Babe Ruth himself, including
the one and only Ty Cobb; Harry Heilman, champion batsman
of the American League last year; Maurice Archdeacon, holder
or the world record in base circling, and a half dozen othe stars
of almost equal brilliance in the sporting world, the event takes
on unusual prominence that is regarded as certain to eclipse all
past events in bringing a crowd to Americus itself.
The usual farmers auction sale will take place at 10
o clock at the court house, and it is expected to be the biggest
and most successful of these events yet held, participated in
by a large number of farmers.
At 3 o clock, after the bulk of the trading is out of the way,
the baseball game will be held at the Playground.
Additional local attractions will be splendid programs of
pictures at the Rylander (heater and the Opera House. At the
Opera House Tex Rickard’s official pictures of the big Dempsey-
Corpentier prize fight of last July 2 at Jersey City will be shown
and at the Rylander Gloria Swanson will be seen in a splendid
picture. (
At night the American Legion and the Legion Auxiliary
will give a ball jointly at the Rylander buiding, adjoining the
theater.
Tonight a county-wide high school meet will open at the
Third District Agricultural school, the literary contest taking
place tonight at the school auditorium, and Tuesday forenoon a
track and field meet taking place at the Aggie Field, with prizes
in all event .sboth tonight and tomorrow, awarded by local bus
iness houses and organizations.
An effort will be made by local committees, in so far as is
possible, to look after the wants of the big crowd expected to
morrow. Ladies repesenling the Playground will officiate at
lunch stands on the steels down town to facilitate feeding ti e
visitors, and lunches will also be on sale at the Playground.
MEN RUSHED TO
BREAK LN LEVEE
Another Serious Situation On
Mississippi Reported At Old-
Town, Ark.
HELENA, Ark., April 3.—A fur
ther cave-in of the levee at Old Town
below here, was reported early to
day, developing another serious sit
uation in the Mississippi river flood.
Seventy-five feet more of the levee
was reported washed out lastnight.
Men recruited at Helena were being
rushed to the scene today.
the Playground. Ali tickets bear
coupons which will be detached, the
holder being required to wear the por
tion retained by him in order that the
grounds committee and police may be
able to check up the crowd and dis
cover those few who may have been
able to enter without paying.
The game is expected to be more
than an exhibition affair. It is the
wind-up of the spring training sea
on, and the opening of the pennant
races are only a few days off. Th
managers, therefore, are driving then
men hard and the contest will be a
hard working affair. Cobb himself
has been playing the full nine in
nings in the recent games, as have hts
other first string men, and all are ex
pected to go the full route here,
with the possible exception of the
pitchers.
The teams will probably be on the
grounds for a workout for an hour
or more before the game stats, as is
the custom during the basebail sea
son. This will afford the fans a
chance to see the players in some ol
their best action, if they care to be
on hand early.
I Olin Dixon, who has been ill with
I flu, and suffered, a relapse, is very ill
1 at his home on Lee street.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
’ SINN FEIN ARMY
| STOPS COLLINS
Speaking In Irish Town Broken
Up; Woman Wounded By
Bullet
DUBLIN, April 3 (By Associated
: Press). —A meeting addressed by
1 Michael Collins, at Castlebar, County
! Mayo, was stopped by members of
j the Fourth Western Division, Irish
j Republican army, after stormy
: scenes in which a woman was wound
| cd by a bullet, according to accounts
j leaching Dublin this morning.
FANS TO BE IN VOGUE,
SAYS FASHION NOTE
A friend sends in the following
fashion note:
“Fans are in vogue. Tuesday,
April 4, at the Playground Americus
. will have a large display of fans.
“These fans will be imported from
the neighboring towns, some will
come from Macon and Atlanta and
Mime will ',c from other states. There
will be a large assortment of the*
fans, all shapes and sizes. Some will
be gorgeously decorated in curls and
gringo, and others plain. Some will
be large and handsome, some dainty
and ‘petite.’ Some will be gay, some
will be sober. The color scheme will
range from the most delicate of pas
tele shades to a deep flush. About
hall' of these fans will be hand
painted.
“These fans which have been very
uniquely termed ‘Baseball Fans,’ can
be seen by attending the Ty Cobb
game.”
Mr. and Mrs. O. C. Johnson, Miss
Verna Johnson and their guest, Mrs.
Dan Miller, of Atlantic City, N. J.,
motored to Macon Saturday to at
i tend the opening of Sparks Circus
j there. They returned here Sunday
1 afternoon.
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ENDING OF COAL
STRIKE PUT BP
TO OPERATORS
Winners Anxious To Resume
Work As Soon As Possible,
Lewis Tells Committee
WASHINGTON, April 3. The
union coal miners who suspended
work Saturday were declared by John
L. Lewis, piesident ol Lire Gnited
Mine Workers of America, today, tu
be desirous of euumg tiie "suspen
sion of mining operations at the cur
liest date," buL "resumption of coal
production entirely depends upon me
iutuie attitude ot itic coal operators.”
Lev. is made the declaration before
the House labor committee which is*
holding hearings on the Bland reso
lution to direct the appointment by
the President of a commission to in
vestigate the coal industry. Lewis
asserted that his organisation would
welcome “any impaiiiai and judicial
investigation of general conditions in
the bituminous and autnraeite coal
industries, especially tne facts relat
ing to investments, prolits, operating
practices, conservation of fuel re
sources, the application of uniform
methods of safe-guarding life and
limb of the wonters, aau industrial
relations and conditions.”
Lewis appeared armed with all the
arguments and statistic.; assembled
by the United Mine Worriers to sup
port the action of the union in sus
pending work in the nation s coal
mines.
GATHERS FARM DATA
THROUGH THIS SECTION
ATHENS, April 3.—E. C. West
brook, of the department of farming
of the State College of Agriculture,
is in Monlpzuma, where he will com
mence gathering data on lacm piou
uets which will be used as the oasis
for recommendations to be made
farmers of Georgia by the college as
to crop systems for next year.
The study of agricultural condi
tions began in Benn Hill county. The
area ta be studied will include tne
following counties: Colquitt, Pierce,
Tift, Wayne, Thomas, Grady, Cand
ler, Laurens, Johnson, Dooly, Macon,
Coweta, Carroll, Meriwether, Hart,
Washington, Walton and Green.
Complete records of how much of
a crop was marketed and the possi
bilities ol each crop produced in the
state now, will be compiled. Mr.
Westbrook said that information
along this line was badly needed and
when compiled would be of incalcula
ble benefit to farmers throughout the
state.
In addition to the cost of firoduc
tien, the amount ol" labor required
on each crop per month will be stud-,
ied. It si said that the average far
mer works only about six months in
each year, his mule working less than
100 days each year.
200 ACRES MELONS
FOR WEBSTER FARMERS
RICHLAND, April 4.—Two hun
dred acres of water melons will be
grown in Webster county by the far
mers there this year. County Agent
Watson was in Webster last week
treating 200 pounds of seed against
melon disease:-, and also outlining the
plans under which the melons are to
be grown.
The farmers who’are to plant the
melons will be associated as a unit
in the iddle Georgia Melon Grower.:
association and will follow the vine.,
and regulations adopted by the asso
ciation relative to the growing and
shipping of melons.
l'he unit will ship through the
North American Fruit Exchange and
have this exchange direct the /rip
menty of all cars during the season.
$400,000 THEATER BURNS.
TEXARKANA, Ark., April 3.
Hope, Ark., was visited by a half mil
lion dolalr fire early today, according
to reports reaching here. The Alice
1 heater, said to be the most mognifi
cent in the Southwest and valued at
$400,000, was totally destroyed. Otn
er buildings valued at SIOO,OOO also
were consumed.
MARKETS
AMERICUS SPOT COTTON.
Good middling cotton 17 cents.
LIVERPOOL COTTON
LIVERPOOL, April 3. Market
opened quiet 10-14 down. Fully 10.81
Sales 10,000 bales. Receipts 9,250
bales oi which 4.301 are American,
futures: April June Sept.
Prev. Close 10.41 10.27 9.99
First Call 10.38 10.25 9.fx
Close 10.21 10.09 9..83
NEW YORK FUTURES.
May July Oct.
1 rev. Close 17.93 17.32 18.98
°Pen 17.90 17.25 10.88
10; 15 am 17.84 17.21 10.91
J.0;30 17.82 17.17 10.89
40:45 17.83 17.19 10.89
41:00 17.83 17.17 10.89
44:15 17.82 17.17 10.88
41:30 17.85 17.20 16.90
11:45 17.84 17.20 10.92
12:00 . 17:85 17.21 10.95
12:15 pm 17.87 17.28 10.94
12:30 17.80 17.22 IG.9J
12:45 17.9,1 17.24 10.90
1:00 4J.91 17.24 10.97
1:15 17.90 17.23 16.92
1:30 17.88 17.21 16.94
1:45 i 17.80 17.21 16.94
2:00 17.88 17,21 16.95
2:15 v , 17.87 17.22 16.95