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WEATHER FORECAST
For Georfiia.—Partly cloudy to
night and Saturday. Warmer in
north and central portions.
FORTY-FOURTH YEAR.—NO. 83
SIX DIE WHEN TWO PLANES STRIKE IN MID-AIR
CITY’S FLOATING
DEBT DECLARED
OVER $150,000
Alderman Warren Forecasts Com
ing Auditors’ Report In Dis
cussion Over Paving
An inkling of what may be ex
pected in the auditor’s report on the
financial condition of the City of
Americus came out at last night’s
meeting of the city council in debate
over whether the city should con
tinue paving as already planned at
this time or not. Aiderman Warren,
chairman of the finance committee,
to whom financial features and pav
ing matters are referred, informed
the council that the city’s floating
indebtedness now is at.least $150,-
000.
Other members of the body having
been given this information previous
ly, it caused no evidences of surprise
on the floor of council, despite the
fact that the report of the mayor at
the beginning of the present year, in
presenting the budget for this year,
showed a floating indebtedness of
only $83,154.18. It was to wipe out
the floating debt, then reported as
.''.mounting to SIOO,OOO, that an extra
mill levy was made two years ago
to run a maximum of five years
with understanding it was to liqui
date the entire floating debj in that
period. The new audit report is
expected about next Monday, the
auditors now being engaged in com
piling it at their offices in Atlanta.
City biot In Shape.
When the matter of paving West
Church street at this time was
brought up last night, after postpone
ment at the last meeting, Mr. Warren
reported that the city was in no shape
to spend the money for its part of
the project; that while its share
might not be more than SI,OOO the
city was in no condition to finance
any amount. He said he would fav
or proceeding only if the property
owners paid the whole cost except
the street intersections, leaving this
much as the city’s whole share. It
was mentioned by Mr. Burke that this
was out of the question as it would
require a charter change.
Mr. Allison declared he favored
proceeding with the paving. He said
W. E. Mitchell has already financed
the project for the city and he didn’t
believe the city should stop progress.
“If any street needs paving, that
is it,” said he, “for in the summer
nearly every bale of cotton brought
to Americus is hauled on it and the
dust is terrible.”
Mr. Warren replied that the city’s
floating debt was more than $150,-
00, and that if the city kept piling
up indebtedness progress would be
forced to stop much more suddenly
than if the city were to stop spend
ing at this time.
School Vouchers Pile Un.
Mr. Burke said Mr. Mitchell
wanted action. He declared plenty
vs cities were worse in debt than
Americus, and that there was no
cause for alarm.
Mr. Warren responded that he
would recite a detail to show what
the city was up against.’ He said
it now owed the Planters Bank $40,-
000 on school vouchers and that the
bank had refused to cash any more
vouchers uruij some of the old ones
were takeiv'ttp. • He stated that, fac
ing this Contingency, Friday was
school pajr-day, with a $5,000 teach
ers’ payroll to meet and only $2,-
500 in the bank. “We’ve got to get
the money somewhere,” said he, “b”*
I don’t know where it will be. If
we keep on adding to the floating
debt it will make it impossible to
proceed.”
“I believe in doing a little paving
every year,” said Mr. Allison.
“I believe in wearing good clothes
if you can pay for them, but not
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Secretary of the Navy Denby, member of the Detroit Rotary Club, unveil
the Rotary tablet to the Unknown American Soldier in Arlington National
cemetery. Rotarians from all sections of the country attended.
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LUMPKIN RADIO
CLUB ORGANIZED
Officers Authorized To Raise
i Funds For Immediate Instal
lation Os Receiving Set
j LUMPKIN, April 7.—The initial
I meeting of Lumpkin Radio club was
I h»ld Wednesday morning in the office
of the county school superintendent,
temporary officers being elected and
authorized to raise the funds for pur
chasing and installing a radio tele
phone receiving set, which will re
ceive the broadcast radio business
messages and entertainment features
now being sent out daily from At
lanta and from the Northern and the
Eastern cities.
W. T. Halliday was elected chair
man, and A. B. Scaife secretary and
treasurer. Representatives of sever
al electric companies were present
and an order was placed for a com
plete wireless receiving set, to be de
livered as soon as possible for it to
be manufactured. The Lumpkin club
hopes to install this set within one
month.
The club is to be provided with an
instrument which will magnify the
sounds so they can be heard all over
the room in which it is installed.
WIFE OF GREEK CROWN
PRINCE IS SERIOUSLY ILL
ATHENS, April 7. (By Associat
ed Press.)- —-Princess Elizabeth, wife
of Crown Prince George is seriohsly
ill with typhoid fever. Her mother,
Qheen Marie, of Roumania, has been
summoned, and sne is expected to
arrive tiday.
if you can’t,” retorted JMr. War
ren.
Here the colloquy ended and the
city engineer was instructed to pro
ceed with the raving on a motion by
i Mr. Burke, Mr. Warren being the
only opposing vote.
THE TIME&RKiORDER
BSU PUBLISHED IN THE HEART OF
I CITY OFFICES ORDERED
TO KEEP LONGER HOURS
. 1 Hereafter the city hall, meaning
I ■ the offices of the city clerk and
t"'a urer and the water department,
will observe business hours, remain
! ing open until C p. m. daily includ
ing Saturday, by order of the city
council, passed last night at the ree-
I ommendation of Chairman Warren
; of the council finance committee.
: The closing hour in the past has been
, 5 o’clock daily and noon on Satur-
I day. „
ESSAY WRITERS
ROTARY GUESTS
Each Read Papers Written On
Club Motto And Receive
Prizes
’ Seven of ten Americus high school
1 students whose essays on the club
motto, “He Profits Most Who Serves
Best,” were selecte'd by the commit-
1 tee as the most fneritorius, were
guests of the Rotary \club at its
regular luncheon at the Tea Room
yesterday. They were Misses Ruby
Harris, Betty Castellow, Rossie An
drews, Emma* Westbrook and Martha
, I Ivey, and Messrs. Morgan Seilers and
. j K'al Gatewood. The other three,
, i who are members of the school
’ I baseball team and were absent from
the city, were Carr S. Glover, .Jr.,
Frank Wright and John E. Kiker,
,|Jr.
Each of the seven read the papers
j they had written and each received
■ a prize from the club. Miss Harris
j was declared of first prize. Love
i lace Eve had charge of this part of
I the program and in complimenting
the prize winners he called atten
tion of the club to the credit these
splendid students reflected upon the
teaching corps of the city schools.
J. Ralston Cargill was given a vote
I of appreciation for the success of
I the Detroit-Rochester baseball game,
in which he was the leader, and ap
precatibn of the support of it by the
Time -Recorder was also voted.
Col. G. R .Ellis, who had just re
turned from a trip to New York,
was asked to tell of his trip. He said
the most interesting fact he learned
was that money is becoming more
abundant. He stated that one finan
cier told him money was cheaper
but credit higher, indicating that the
expansion of finances had not yet
really begun. He declared that the
large insurance companies, on whom
for some time the demand had been
made for more money for farm loans
than they could supply, now found
the condition reversed and they had
more money than they found demand
for, proving that money is becoming
much easier.
Mr. Cargill, who also had recently
visited New York, told of attending
a Rotary club meeting there, at
which 400 to 500 were present. He
said he was most impressed by a
talk on thrift in which the speaker,
u"ng the subject, “Laughing Dol
lars,” said one’s dollars either laugh
i with him or at him.
Two Boy Scouts of the Rotary
Group troup were present with Scout
Master Peck Rylander and introduc
ed by him as two of his good scouts.
Memoers of the troop are to be
guests of the club at every meeting
until all have been entertained.
Next Thursday night will be ladies
night the Rotary club, and at that
time nominations will be made for
' members of the club board of di
j rectors, with each member express
i ing a preference for club officers
who are elected by the board.
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AMERICUS, GEORGIA. FRIDAY AFTERNOON. APRIL 7. 1922.
PLENTY WATER,
TOO MUCH LOAD
And Price Would Be Prohibitive,
Is Information From Council
On Swimming Pool Request
That the city has an abundance
of water, but cannot afford to add
such an extra burden to its pumping
system as would be required to sup
ply the swimming pool, and also
could not furnish a supply of water
at a price that the Playground could
afford to pay was the information
that came out last night at the city
| council meeting during and after the
appearance of J. Ralston Cargill,
head of the Playground, and commit
tees of the three civic clubs, to ask
the council to make a price on a
temporary supply if it had the water
to furnish. After Mr. Cargill had
explained the situation, practically
as outlined in advance in this paper
yesterday, the matter was rei’erred
to the water committee with instruc
tions to report back to the council
its recommendation.
Mr. Cargill impressed that he
wanted no gift, having pledged the
I council when the Playground was
i purchased that it would never be ask
! ed for anything more for this prop
j erty. He said, however, that a tem
, porary supply was needed until the
, pool well was completed or tested,
I and he askc’ii information which he
might lay before the Playground as
sociation.
After the meeting, in informal
discussions, City Engineer Wheatley
stated that the city has an abund
ance of water, but said the plant
should not be given an extra load
of the size needed to supply the pool
—IBO,OOO gallons per day. He said
the city is now pumping 600,000
gallons a day for its own use, which
requires 12 hours. During the oth
er 12 hours, he said, the machinery
is constantly being overhauled and
kept in shape. He said the plant
could handle the extra load, which
would require 3 extra hours of pump
ing, but should not be required to
do so.
Mr. Burke stated that the city is
now losing money on its water de
partment, instead of making a good
profit as citizens generally suppos
ed and been led to believe, and that
every 1,000 gallons pumped was
costing 20 cents, the household rate
charged, and that on the two or three
large consumers which had a rate of
15 cents the city was losing heavily.
He said that even at the 15 cent rate
the needed water for the pool would
cost the Playground association $27
a day, which would be prohibitive.
“The only way to complete the
pool and put it in operation,” said
he, “is to sell more pool bonds. I’ll
buy $25 woriii more and I am sure
many others will do the same. I am
not against the pool. I have built a
gate through my back fence to make
it convenient to get to the pool from
my home for bathing during the sum
mer. But I can’t see how the city
can possibly furnish the water at a
rate which the pool could pay.”
N. Y. COTTON MARKET
TO BE CLOSED APRIL 29
NEW YORK, April 7.—The New
York cotton exchange, it is announc
ed, will be closed April 29, in order
to facilitate movement of its equip
ment to temporary quarters in Wall
street. Operations will be resumed
May 1. The present home of the ex
change is to be torn down and a new
22-story structure erected,
FRENCH GENOA
DELEGATES GET
INSTRUCTIONS
Lloyd George, Smiling, Yet With
Careworn Countenance, Leaves
London For Conference
PARIS, April 7. — (By Associated
Press.) —The French cabinet ,thi»
afternoon approved the text of Pre
mier Poincare’s written instructions
to the French delegation to the Ge
noa conference.
The instructions are based upon tie
government’s memorandum of Jan
uary 31, in which discussions of rep
aratons were declared to be outside
the scope of the conference pro
gram.
D’ANNUNZIO TO REPRESENT
ITALIAN SEAMEN AT GENOA
GENOA, April 7.—Gabriele D’An
nunzio is to participate in the coming
international conference here as the
representative of Italy’s Seamen, ac
cording to Italian newspapers pub
lished here.
LLOYD GEORGE LEAVES
LONDON WITH PARTY
LONDON, April 7. (By Associat
ed Press.) —Smiling cheerfully, but
unable entirely to conceal a careworn
expression, Premier Lloyd George
headed the British party of twenty,
including hi wife and daughter, who
left today for Genoa to attend the
economic conference which opens on
Monday.
PRECAUTIONS TAKEN
AGAINST INDISCRETIONS
PARIS, April 7.—(By Associated
Press.) —Extraordinary precautions
are being taken to prevent indiscre
tions by members of the I' rench dele
gation at Genoa. Louis Barthou,
head of the delegation, has warned
his collaborators that the first person
who communicates directly with Pa
ris in regard to the proceedings of
the economic conference will be im
mediately sent back to Paris.
POLICE LIKELY TO DO
STREET TAX COLLECTING
The city police in all probability
will take the burden of collecting
the city street tax off the city mar
shal this year. Stating that the mar
shal would have his hands full this
year collecting delinquent property
tax. Aiderman Warren asked last
night in city council to have the po
lice assist in this matter. Mayor
Sheppard said he would make such
a recommendation to the police
board today, with all likelihood of
such an order being issued.
EXPLAINS LONG DELAY IN
STREET DRINKING FOUNTS
Asking Council concerning the rea
son for the delay in finishing the well
and drinking fountains at the Dough
boy monument, City Engineer Chas.
Wheatley last nighv informed the
Council that when the fountains were
first bought a mistake had been made
in the shipments, indoor fountains
which would have been liable to
freeze in winter, having been shipped.
A new order was placed by Julius
Schroeder, plumber, he said, and the
equipment was reported shi/ped last
Saturday. He declared that so far
the city was concerned the well was
ready for operation.
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TRASH CAN AND SIDEWALK
SIGNS FIND LITTLE FAVOR
The Council last night heard the
sixth request for permission to place
25 or 30 large covered trash cans,
' bearing advertising, on the streets of
I the city without cost. Mr. Burks,
| chairman of the committee handling
I such matters, said he had recommen
l ded against such applications before
| and would not recommend this one,
i but would like to see one before
passing final judgment. The matter
went to his committee for action.
Mayor Sheppard reported that the
practice of defacing the sidewalks
with painted signs had been called to
his attention, and on suggestion of
Alderman Burke, following disap
proval of the practice by Aiderman
Taylor, the ordinance committee was
i instructed to report at the next ses
sion of council an ordinance prohib
iting such practices in the future.
DAVENPORT
RETAINS OFFICE
Americus Postmaster Named To
day To Succeeu Self For
New Term
WASHINGTON, April 7.—(By As
sociated I’riss.) —Daniel F. Daven
port was t<>day nominated by Presi
dent Harding to be postmaster at
Americus, Ga, He is a democrat.
The foregoing telegram telling of
the re-nomination if Postmaster Dav
enport to succeed himself, will be re
ceived with wide interest am ng his
friends. Several days ago it was an- ;
nounced that averages made by the !
several applicants for the postmaster- i
ship in a competitive examination had 1
been formally returned to Americus, |
and that Po (master Davenport made i
the highest average attained. Others '
who participated in the examination
were Assistant Postmaster A. B. How
ards, Dr. B. F. Bond, C. A. Amaeb
and A. E. Lockett. Ames and Lock
ett are Republicans, while Davenport
and Howard are Democrats.
Postmaster Davenport, whi went in
to office shortly after the, Wilson ad
ministration was inaugurated, suc
ceeded the late H. P. Mitchell, a Re
publican. Under his administration
the affairs of the Americus postof
fice have been conducted with univer
sal satisfaction. Complaints made
have been quickly rectified where pos
sible and a courteous reception giv
en all having business in the office
of the postmaster.
As a result of the re-nomination if
Postmaster Davenport, it is expect
ed all present employes of the post
office here will retain their positions.
Mrs. India Fulton, of Shellman, ar
rived yesterday to spend some time
with her daughter, Mrs. S. I. Saun
ders.
Baptismal services will be held this
evening in the Christian church on
Taylor street, at the conclusion of the
regular preaching services. Miss Mei.
va Clark will sing at the services
and the friends of the congregation
are especially invited to be present.
Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Prather
leave Monday for Poughkeepsie, N.
Y., where he will take a special
course in finance. Mrs. Prather,
who has been much feted since her
marriage, will accompany him.
OSHIES
PARIS-LONDON
AERIAL EXPRESS
IN COLLISION
Pilots Os Both Planes Among
Killed Wreckage Comes
Down In Flames
PARIS, April 7.—(By Associated
Press.) —The Paris-London aerial ex
press collided in mid-air this after
noon over the village of Phicloy, 70
miles north of Paris.
Both planes were going at high
sliced in opposite directions.
The pilots of both airplanes, three
passengers and one mechanic were
killed.
The British plans had only been in
use three days pn the express route.
The accident occurred in a dense
fog, the pilots seeing each other too
late to avoid a colli-ion. All the pas
sengers killed were in the French
plane.
CARSWELLS BUY
NEW DRUG STORE
Business Will Be Re-Opened Mon
day With C. R. and C. H. Cars
well As New Managers
Announcement is made todays of
the sale and transfer of the Americus
Drug company to E. 1... C. 11. and C.
H. Gar.-well, by Stuart Prather, for
mer manager.
The sale was negotiated by George
ID. Wheatley and J. H. Purvis, she
amount involved not being made
public.
“We are today taking stock and
will re-open Saturday,” Dr. E. L.
C irswell stated to a representative
of the Times-Recorder. “This pur
chase in no way affects the Carswell
Drug Co., which will be conducted by
me as in the past.
“We will continue to operate the
Americus Drug Co. under that name.
C. R. and C. 11. Carswell will be in
active charge of the management. Dr.
11. S. Everett, who has been with the
concern for some time, will remain
with us as prescription clerk.
“The entire show room, fount,
showcases, etc., were very recently
installed by Dr. W. S. Prather and
Stuart Prather. We believe we have
one of the handsomest drug stores
in South Georgia, and no effort or ex
pense will be spared to give to our
many Americus and Sumter county
friends a welcome and a service not
equalled elsewhere.
“We find the stock is full and am
ple, but wherever necessary, immed
iate additions will be made, so that
every call can be filled instantly.
“The same perfect delivery service
and courteous treatment will await
our friends here that has always
marked our places of business.
“For two days we have been clos
ed, taking stock, re-arranging and
getting ready for opening again to
morrow, Saturday.
“Please extend to our friehds and
the friends of Dr. Prather and Stuart
Prather a very cordial invitation to
visit us, both for me and in the name
of Messrs. C. R. and C. H. Carswell.”
Mrs. Richard B. Winchester, Miss
Ella May Ranew and Miss Mary Car
ter, of Leslie, were in Americus,
shopping today.