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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
For Memorial To Be Built
In Macon
MACON, April 3.—Harry Schneid
er, of the Schneider Marble company,
of Amerieus, 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 names of the fallen heroes of
the battalion and two figures of ma
chine gunners.
The shaft on one side will be flank
ed with a half circle bench of the
same material. Should the monu
ment be erected on Coleman’s Hill,
as is the hope of the building com
mittee at present, the side facing the
city will give a view to the business
section and thr surrounding coun
try.
The money for. the erection of the
memorial was raised by the Woman’s
Auxiliary of the battalion and the I
boys themselves while they were act- |
ing as a unit of the Army of Occupa- ;
tit.n in Germany. The women rais- 1
ed a large amount by giving dances
and entertainments, while the mem- j
hers 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
I I oops. It was later decided that the
plct was too small ami Coleman’s Hill
was suggested as the site. While it
is nto definitely decided that the
monument will be erected at Cole
man’s Kill, Mrs. J. M. Cutler, presL
dent; of the auxiliary, announced
■., sicrday 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 Amerieus con
' ‘-i n for $8,175, and when complete
will cost approximately $9,000. At
present there is about" sß*soo in the
memorial fund.
i OST—One black kid slipper, bought
from Joseph Ehrlich, Alabny, be
tween Montezuma and Amerieus
Sunday afternoon. Reward if re
turned to Times-Recorder.—3-2t
THUGS ATTEMPT TO ROB
BANK NEAR TREASURY
WASHINGTON, April 3.—An un
successful attempt was made today
to rob the Merchants Bank and Trust
Company, one block from the United
States treasury. One arrest was
made.
GET BASEBALL
TICKETS NOW
General admission seats on tale
Americus Drug Go.
Howell’s Pharmacy.
Nathan Murray, Druggist
Lawscn Drug Co.
Windsor Pharmacy.
Reserved seats at office of
Times-Reccrder only. Don’t tele*
phone. No seats laid aside. Cen
ter grand stand, directly behind
home plate and protected by wire
netting, 50 cents each.
Reserved seats in Left and Right
grandstand, 25 cents each.
All who possibly can do so are
advised to get tickets in advance
on account of crowd expected
Tuesday. Reserved seats are lim
ited.
AGGIE READY FOR
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 the beginning at 8 o’clock
tonight at the auditorium of the col
lege of the county high school con
test, which extend through Tuesday
forenoon. Tr.o literary contest will
take place tonight and the track and
field events Tuesday.
The program, arranged by a com
mittee consisting of Prof. C. A. Phil
lips. of Thompson, chairman; J. M.
Lanier, ot Andersonville, and Miss
Julia Coleman, of Plains, follows:
Monday, April 3, 8:00 P. M.
Declamation—On® 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 Kolloway and Miss
Helen Keister.
Oral Spelling—Three contestants
from each school. Words selected
from Eldridge Business Speller.
Words given out by E. W. DuPree,
county school superintendent.
Ready Writing —One contestant
from each school. Selection taken
from Macbeth.
Judges—Co). 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 Melva Clark.
April 4, 9:30 A. M.
Standing Broad 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 Dash One contestant
from each school.
220-Yard Dash— One contestant
from each school.
Shot Put One contestant 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.
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THE fI^S^®RDER
PUBLISHED IN THE HEART Or' PiyiE~g?ol
LLOYDGEORGE
FACES COMMONS
Tells House Vote Will Be Ex
pression Os Confidence Or
No Confidence
LONDON, April 3. (By Associate
ed Press.) —Premier Lloyd George
appeared in commons today for the
first time since February 28 to ask an
expression of confidence in the policy
of the government toward the coming
Genoa economic conference.
He was greeted with cheers from
the government benches as he enter
ed.
The prime minister said the reso
lution gave the house an opportunity
to approve or disapprove the objects
of the Genoa conference and the
make-up of the Genoa delegation, and
that if the resolution was defeated it
would be xgjfuivalent to a vote of no
confidence in the government.
400 AT SINGING AT
AGGIE AUDITORIUM
Four hundred people attended the
singing held Sunday afternoon from
2 to 4 o’clock in the large auditorium
of the Third District Aggie school,
with Chief John T. Bragg, of Arneri
cus, directing.
Assisting as leaders were Dr. L.
G. Stewart, of Ellaville, W. O. Rob
erts and B. H. Roberts, of Cordele,
Aaron Frazier, of Terrell county,
and C. B. Pouncoy, of Amerieus, and
they made the welkin ring with the
old-time gospel songs. Much enthusi
asm was manifested by the large
crowd present, and pledges were
made that the next singing in May
would bring even a greater audience.
From Ellaville were Dr. L. G.
Stewart, A. C. Murray, K. T. Royal,
T. C. Tondee, H. J. Dyess, Mr. and
Mrs. H. J Williams, Mrs. Mrs. C. T.
Rainey, G W. Dillard, R. C. Baugh,
Dr. W. D .Sears, Rev. H. J. Johnson,
A. A. Arrington, T. J. Poole, Miss
Esther Poole, Mr. and Mrs. Will.
Hite, E. E. Collins; from Cordele
were W. O. Roberts, B. H. Roberts,
Mrs. B. Roberts; from Terrell coun
ty, Aaron Frazier; C. G. Cheek and
lamiiy from Leslie.
HALF MILLION LOSS IN
BIG LUMBER MILL B’AZE
PINE BLUFF, Ark., April 3.—Fire
early today destroyed the main saw
mill of the Arkansas Short Leaf
Lumber company here with a loss es
timated at $500,000.
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
Cobb, George Stallings, and their
baseball teams, who will be 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
j 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
f
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 Merkle, 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
Bassler c Cowan, p
Cole p Hughes, p
Holling, p
All his first string men will be in |
the line-up for tomorrow’s Detroit-
RocheSter baseball game at the Play
ground here, Ty Cobb wired The
Times-Recorder today in answer to a
query for a list of his probable play
ers. According to Cobb, Cole and
Holling will pitch for him. Who will
hurl for Rochester could not lie
learned, as Stallings eould not be
reached.
Both teams are playing in Macon
today, having broken their spring
training quarters in Augusta Satur
day night after a big fareweli game
there. They will arrive in Ameri
cus in three Pullman cars on the 5 :14
a. m. Central of Georgia Tuesday
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 witnessing a
baseball game in Sumter county.
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 ftt the club's
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 of Commerce to be
present as joint hosts, each visiting
club member payiqg for his own
plate. A pleasßnt hour with the
baseball celebrities is looked forward
to. All who desire to attend are re
quired to notify A. It Royal, by 9
st. 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
Amerieus Drug Co., Howell’s Phar
macy, Nathan Murray’s, Windsor
Pharmacy and Lawson Drug Co., and
reserved seats and general admission
tickets at the Times-Recorder. All
persons whu can possibly do so are
advised and urged to obtain then
tickets or reservations in advance
because of the rush that is certain
to take place at the gate tomorrow.
The seat sale will continue down
town until 2 p. m. Tuesday.
Grand Stand It 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 c.ost is less at this time. After
this work was completed, Mr. Cargill
asked 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
mittee, and othex-s, it was announced
by Mr. Cargill 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 i
i and thir J base bleachers, where free
seats for 1,500 first corners have been |
I laid out.
i As provision for che negx-oes who j
I wish to attend, and a large number!
i of whom are expected, 250 free seats,
I with room for more to sit on the ,
1 ground if a larger number attends, j
i have been set aside on the left field j
j area at the east side of the grounds, j
' Three or four negro ushers will be i
j on the grounds to assist in directing
] members of their race to their sec
tion.
Net Protection
Ample wire netting, for protection
j against passed balls, wild pitches
and foul tips, has been erected in
front of the center grand stand and j
extending over the half of the side
, stands. All reserved seats have been
i numbered and checked, just as in a
theater.
Because of the large crowd and
congestion expected, no cam will bo
permitted to enter the Playground.
The grounds will be closed and guard- j
ed at all points, except the driveway j
into the grounds. A number of ticket j
> sellers will be on hand at the front of j
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 At Night
TUESDAY’S PROGRAM OF EVENTS.
7 A. M. to 6 P. 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-Carpentier prize fight
pictures at Opera House.
3 P. 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.
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 Ty Cobb and his 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 for 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 countiy, and are counted
upon to bring thousands of shoppers here.
This 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
ot the American League last year; Maurice Archdeacon, holder
of the world record in base circling, and a half dozen other 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 theater 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 th Rylander building, 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 events, both 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 thp wants of the big crowd expected to
morrow. Ladies repesenting the Playground will officiate at
lunch stands on the steets down town to facilitate feeding the
visitors, and lunches will also be on sale at the Playground.
MEN RUSHED TO !
BREAKINLEVEE
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
j tion retained by him in order that the
grounds committee and police may be
| able to check up the crowd and dis
i cover those few who may have been '
able to enter without paying,
j The game is expected to be mote
than an exhibition affair. It is the
wind-up of the spring training sea
| son, and the opening of the pennant
1 races are only a few days off. The
| managers, therefore, are driving their
i men hard and the contest will be a
j hard working affair. Cobb himself
has been playing the full nine in
nings in the recent games, as have his
other first string men, and all are ex
pected to go the full route here,
with the possible exception of the
pitchei-s.
The teams will probably be on the
grounds for a workout for an hour
or more before the game starts, as is
the custom during the baseball sea
son. This will afford the fans a
chance to see the players in some of
their best action, if they care to be
on hand early.
GROCERS TO CLOSE TUESDAY
BETWEEN 3 anil 4:30 P. M.
We, the undersigned grocers of
ifjirVifrlHlVi? i'fl ITT I ifyferl ..-S'ti**.
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
Michael Collins, at Castlebar, County
Mayo, was stopped by members of
the Fourth Western Division, Dish
Republican army, after stormy
scenes in which a woman was wound
ed by a bullet, accordi/ig to accounts
reaching Dublin this morning.
Amerieus, hereby agree to close our
places of business on Tuesday, April
4, from 3 o’clock until 4:30 p. m for
the purpose of attending the bail
game:
j Piggiy Wiggly; The United Gro
i eery Co., per C. E. Niblack, General
Manager; Mize Grocery Co., by A.
■ Mize; Edwards Grocery Co., R. L. E.;
I L. W. Rogers Co., Sparks Grocery Co.,
Harris Grocery.
WEATHER FOR WEEK.
j For the South Atlantic and East
i Gulf States: Fair and cool weather
are indicated at the beginning of the
week, followed by unsettled, showery
weather and normal temperatures.
BANKS TO CLOSE
THURSDAYS AT NOON
We, the undersigned banks of
Amerieus, Ga., do hereby agree to
close every Thursday at 12 o’clock
! noon, during the months of April,
| May, June, July and August, 1922.
|THE PLANTERS BANK, by €. M.
Council, V.-P. and Cashiex-.
BANK OF COMMERCE, by Lee Hud
son, Cashiei-.
EMPIRE BANK, by Joe M. Bryan.
! Cashier. 3-3 t
iNIRIHEi
BUHi
liiilMlMb
ENDING OF COAL
STRIKE PUT UP
TO OPERATORS
Winners Anxious To Resume
Work As Soon As Possible,
Lewis Tells Committee
(By Associated Press.)
Suspension of work in the union
coal mines was virtually complete to
day, according to the reports from
union courees and claims were mad 1
that there had been walkouts in some
non-union districts.
President Lewis told the house la
bor committee that resumption of
work depended on the Operators,
whose refusal to confer had provoked
the suspension.
The non-union Panhandle district
of West Virginia, was idle with 4,500
non-union men joining the walkout,
miners officials asserted.
, .. -
WASHINGTON, April 3. The
union coal miners who suspended
work Saturday were declared by John
L. Lewis, president of the United
Mine Workers of America, today, to
be desirous oi' ending the “suspen
sion of mining operations at the ear
liest date," but “resumption of coal
production entirely depends upon the
lutui'e attitude of the coal operators.’’
Lewis made the declaration before
the House labor cornu itlee 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 organization wouiu
welcome “any impartial and judicial
investigation of general conditions in
the bituminous and anthracite coat
industries, especially the facts relat
ing to investments, profits, operating
practices, conservation of fuel re
sources, the application of uniform
methods of saie-guarding life ami
limb of the workers, and industrial
relations and conditions.”
Lewis appeared armed with all the
arguments and statistics assembled
by the United Mine Workers to sup
port the action of the union in sus
pending work in the nation’s coal
mines.
BOY WIZARD TO TELL
STUDENTS OF RADIO
Ernest Davis, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Clarence Davis, of Church street, who
is a student in the 9th grade in the
high school, will give a talk and
demonstration of the radiophone be
fore the students of the high school
in the chapel Tuesday at 8:15 a. m.
Ernest, who has the reputation in
school as being an electrical wizard,
has a home-made radio receiving out
fit, and he will have it on hand at
school to demonstrate his talk. The
talk will be in technical Jerms, but
he will explain to his hearers the
meaning of various terms used in
radiography. While the talk is pri
marily lor the students, it is an
nounced that the public is invited to
be present if interest in the subject.
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 Amerieus
will have a large display of fans.
“These fans will be imported trom
the neighboring towns, some will
come from Macon and Atlanta ami
some will '.e from other states. There
will be a large assortment of the?. ■
fans, all shapes and sizes. Some will
he gorgeousiy decorated in curls and
frills and others plain. Some will
be large and handsome, some dainty
and ‘petite.’ Some will be gay, some
will lie sober.. The color scheme will
range from the most delicate of pas
tele shades to a deep flush. About
half 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.”
MARKETS
AMERICUS SPOT COTTON.
Good middling (otton 17 cents.
LIVERPOOL COTTON.
LIVERPOOL, April 3. Market
opened quiet 10-14 down. Fully 10.81
Sales 10,000 bales. Receipts 9,256
bales of which 4.301 are American.
Futures: April June Sept.
Prev. Close 10.41 10.27 9.99
First Call 10.38 10.25 9.t>
Close . 10.21 10.09 9.88
NEW YORK FUTURES.
May July Oct.
Prev. Close 17.98 17.32 1G.98
Open 17.90 17.25 16.88
10:15 am 17.84 17.21 16.91
10:30 17.82 17.17 16.89
10:45 17.83 17.19 16.89
11:00 17.83 17.17 16.89
11:15 17.82 17.17 16.88
11:30 17.85 17.20 10.90
11:45 17.84 17.20 16.92
12:00 .... 17:85 17.21 16.95
12:15 pm 17.87 17.23 10.94
12:30 ! 17.86 17.22 16.93
12:45 17.9,1 17.24 16.96
1:00 17.24 16.97 s
1:15 17.90 17.28 16.92
1:30 17.88 17.21 16.94
1:45 17.86 17.21 10.94
2:00 17.88 17.21 16.95
2:15 17.87 17.22 16.95
2:30 17.87 17.22 16.95
2:45 17.86 17.20 16.94
Close 17.85 17.20 16.94