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WEATHER FORECAST
For Georgia.—Fair tonight and
Friday. Slightly warmer Friday.
FORTY FOURTH YEAR. —NQ. 157
Rate Discrimination Here to End Sept 1
COUNTY HOLDS
OWN, DESPITE
REDUCED TAXES
Audit Reveals Increased Cash On
Hand And No Debts —Pav-
ing Cost Shown
No debts owing other than the ru
ral paving bonds, and $19,916 55 in
the treasury, was the condition of
Sumter county financially on May
31, 1922, the audit of the c ounty s
records, as reported this week to the
board of county commissioners, re
vealed. And this in spite of the fact
that general tax receipts for 1921
were off some $35,000 from the pre
vious year, amounting to only $134,-
737.62 against $169,907.07 in 1920.
Th eexpenditures for the year 1921,
however, were practically the same
as the previous year, reimbursement
from federal aid highway building for
the use of county convicts on high
way projects, and other sources of
extra revenue making up the differ
ence and permitting an improvement
in the balance of cash on hand.
The audit of the road bond fund
shows an unexpended balance of
$247,478.67 of the $432,00 on
bonds issued, with materials, equip
ment and accounts receivable bring
ing the remaining assets in this de
partment up to $314,521.95. This
showing reveals the interesting fact
that the eight miles of highway al
ready constructed with federal aid
and the bond money have cost the
county the difference between $432,-
000 and the amount of $314,521.95,
or $14,685 per mile, which is well
within the estimate—and much of
the work was done in 1920 when
costs were higher than now. This
figure, so far as the county’s in
terests are concerned, is reduced
somewhat by the reimbursement for
convict labor, etc., allowed by the
government under the federal aid
plait where counties do their own
construction work, this reimburse
ment going into the general fund in
stead of the bond fund.
The audit, a summary of which is
published elsewhere in this edition,
is an interesting document which will
probably prove of interest to every
tax payer in the county. The de
tailed audit, covering some 80 type
written pages, is on file in the of
fice of the county clerk, where it
may be seen by those interested.
FAST PLEASANT GROVE
TEAM DEFEATS COBB
The fast Pleasant Grove baseball
taam defeated the Cobb team rein
forced by several Leslie men Wed
"s®. » ternoon an exciting game
ot ball, the score being 9 to 3 in favor
of Pleasant Grove. The features of
he game were the pitching of Pan
tone for Pleasant Grove and the hit
ting of the entire Pleasant Grove
team.
Score by innings: R Ft r
C° bb -000 000 003—3 5 4
Pleasant G. 112 301 01x—9 12 3
Batteries For Pleasant Grove,
Pantone and Early; for Cobb, Cox
Hines and Cocke.
Summary: Home runs, Early; two
base hits, Matthews; umpires, Phi'-
ups and Bradley.
LEAF WORM THREATENS
BAZIL COTTON CROP
WASHINGTON, July 6. Leaf
the Brazilian cotton
crop, the commerce department was
m vised by Consul Gen era!
tiauhn atßio Janeiro.
COTTON MARKET
AMERICUS SPOT COTTON
Strict Middling, 22c.
NEW YORK FUTURES.
Oct. Dec. Jan.
1 rev. Close 22.90 22.65 22.31
°Pcn .....22.75 22.45 22.10
Close
PEACH MARKET
ATLANTA, July 6. New York,
42 cars sold; Hiley, 1.50@3.50; Geor
gia Belle* 1.75@4.00; Elberta, 3.00
@5.00.
Philadelphia, 21 cars sold: Il ley,
50@2.50; Georgia Belle, 50@3.25.
Pittsburg, 12 cars sold; Hiley, 1.00
@2.00; Georgia Belle, 2.00@2.50.
Boston, 19 cars Fold; Hiley, 1.50
@2.75; Georgia Belle, 1.50@2.50.
Cincinnati; Hiley, 1.50@2.25;
Georgia Belle, 2.00@2.75.
Chicago, 15 cars sold; Hiley, 200
@2.50; Georgia Belle, 2.50@3.00;
Elberta, 4.00@4.50.
Detroit. , cars sold; crates, Hiley,
2 5O^ 22r ’ : Georgia 2.25 @
New Orleans, Georgia Belle, 2.50
@3.00.
Number of cars out of state, 231;
total, 4391. •
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HOPE FOR EARLY PEACE
IN SHOP STRIKE GROWS
ROTARY DISTRICT
CHIEF IS COMING
New Governor Accepts invitation
To Big Club Day Here
July 13
For tae second time the Americus
Rotary club will have the honor of
being the first club in the Eighth
Rotary district to entertain its new
district governor. The local club
entertained District Governor W. R.
C. Smith almost immediately after
his election two years ago, and las
night President Carr Glover receive 1
the acceptance of District G ’ver i »r
Porte. ) ;erp i.t, of S ivannah, to ti:
present Thursday, July 13, at Ameri
cus’ all-Rotary day.
Rotarians from West Point, Colum
bus, Albany, Thomasville ami Moul
trie are coming, accompanied by their
wives and Boy Scouts, Ralston Car
gill, chairman of the special commit
tee, reported to his club Wednesday.
More than 300 visitors are being pre
pared for.
Sam Coney has been elected a
member of the local club with classi
fication of cotton buyer.
W. W. Dykes, Sr., of Ellaville, fa
ther of W. W. Dykes, was a guest of
the club at its luncheon in the Tea
Room. >
SUBWAY CAR AFIRE
FAR UNDERGROUND
j 150 ARE OVERCOME
NEW YORK, July 6.—(By Asso
ciated Press.) —About 150 persons
were overcome by smoke today when
a northbound Jerome Avenue ex
press on the Eastside sunway caught
fire at New Lexington avenue an.l
61st street. Dozens of ambulances
were summoned. Mayor Hylan early
i arrived to direct the rescue work.
The accident occurred 75 feet un
derground. The injured were
stretched out on sidewalks for sev
eral blocks.
HARDING AND LASKER
ACCUSED OF VIOLATIONS
I WASHINGTON, July 6. Sena-
I t.c-r Caraway, Democrat, of Arkansas,
in the senate today charged Presi
dent Larding and ('hairman Lasker
of the United States Shipping Board
with flagrant violati in of the pro
hibition act in permitting the sale ot'
liquor on U. S. owned vessels.
CHRISTIAN SCIENTISTS
CONSIDER BIG COLLEGE
ST. LOUIS, July 6.—Christian
Science leaders are considering the
construction of a $2,000,000 college
near St. Louis, it was announced to
day.
THE TIMES RECORDER
PUBLISHED IN THE JhfwKx HEART OF DlXiE~flfrft?
Marked Trend Toward Settlement
Noted, Despite Increased
Disorders
»
CHICAGO, July 6.—(By Associat
ed Press.) The strike of railway
shopmen assumed a more conciliatory
aspect today and feeling became
more general in railroad circles that
the last 24 hours had shown a mark
ed trend towaid peace, despite an
increase in disorders at scattered
points. It is believed yesterday’s
exchange of letters between ( hair
man Ben Hooper of the Laoor Board,
and B. M. Jewell, the shopmen’s
head, probably opened the way to
negotiations for an early settlement.
In a reply to a letter from Mr.
Hooper, which was regarded as con
ciliatory, Mr. Jewell declared that the
strikers were willing to “consider
any negotiations with any one in au
thority for settlement of the strike.”
“We are willing to confer with
anybody authorized by the railroads
to bring peace proposals to us,” said
Mr. Jewell. “I include or exclude no
body, but if the Labor Board, for
instance, came to us with a definite
proposition, wc would not hesitate
to consider it.”
Mr. Hooper in his letter to Mr.
Jewell denied the latter’s charge that
the Labor Board was unfriendly to
the employes or that it had “out
lawed” the strikers.. “It has only
accepted your own statement that
the striking men arc not the employes
of thq carriers.” the letter said. “It
has not, however; used the rasping
word ‘outlaw’ at any time.”
After citing numerous instances in
which the ooard has upheld collective
bargaining and ruled in favor of the
unions, the latter added:
“I am yet hopeful that your organi
zation v ill recover their equilibrium
and discern that it is better for them
to go along with the Railroad Labor
Board patiently when it makes mis
takes, but confident at all times that
profoundly desires to do justice to
the men, the roads and tne public
without fear, favor or affection.”
STRIKING CLERKS
ASK FOR JOBS BACK.
COLUMBUS, Ohio, July 6. Of
ficials of the Norfolk and Western
announced today that the clerks and
freight handlers who went on strike
here yesterday have asked to be tak
en back.
GETSiNGER HEADS NEW
ATLANTA U. S. OFFICE
WASHINGTON, July 6. The
appointment of B. C. Getsinger, of
Spartanburg, S. C., as manager of
the new Atlanta office of the bureau
< f foreign and domestic commerce,
was .■Announced today by Secretary
Hoover. The terirtory served will
include Smith Carolina, Georgia,
Alabama, Florida and probably North
Carolina.
AMERICUS. GEORGIA, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 6, 1922.
ASSASSIN RUMOR
STIRS THE HAGUE
Attempt Made To Stay Russian
Delegates, Said Denied
Report
LONDON, July (5. —A rumor that
an attempt bad been made to assassi
nate the Russian delegates to The.
Hague conference caused considera
ble pxcitement in the Dutch capital
this morning, says an Exchange Tele
graph dispatch. Both the police and
the Russian delegation at The Hague
denied any attempt at assassination
had been made.
The report probably grew out of
action bv Dutch authorities in turn
ing back fifteen Russians at the
frontier who were traveling under
fako passports.
$6,259 PENSION
MONEY IS HERE
Old Class Pensioners To Be Paid
Al 9 O’clock Friday, Capt.
Cobb Announces
Pension mosey, for the old class
pensioners, which has been held up
so long becau. e of a la ■!< of funds
in the state treasury, wRI be ready
for payment at 9 o’clock Friday
morning, Capt. John A. Cabb, coun
ty ordinary, announced today. The
amount of pension money to be paid
out to veterans and widows in this
county at this time for the new class
penisoners, those placed on the list
in 1919, although this money is ex
pected shortly.
GENDARMES AT VATICAN
MUTINY; ARE DISARMED
LONDON, July 6. — (By Associat
ed Pres-.) A Central News dis
patch firm Rome says the gendarmes
serving in an honorary capacity in
policing thb Vatican mutinied this
morning, crying “Long live the Pope,
death to the command:! it.” They
were disarmed and the barracks occu
pied by Swiss guards.
SHOALS BIDDERS TO GET
LAST CHANCE TO RAISE
WASHINGTON, July 6. Final
opportunity will be given all bidders
to offer further modifications of
their proposals for Muscle Shoals,
Chairman Norris of the senate agri
culture committee, announced today.
FLYER HITS ENGINE; 5 HURT.
CHICAGO, July 6. —Seventy-five
persons were_ injured, only one seri
ously, when a Chicago bound Pere
Marquette passenger train crashed
into a New York Central engine on
a siding near Porter, Ind., last night,
lhe train proceeded to Chicago this
morning after the injured had receiv
ed first aids
ALLCHIESTOGO
ON SAME BASIS,
ASSERTS PERRY
Railroad Commissioner, Here For
Odd Fellows Picnic, Makes
Interesting Statements
“Why have some cities rapidly
grown and Americus, surrounded by
a fine farming erritory and possess
ing ample ra’boad facilities, remain
ed more or less in the doldrums, com
mercially speaking?” many citizens
have asked me from time to time. The
question has been answered in one
way by one person and in another
by others. But there has long been
one advantage that some other citie:
have enjoyed over Americus Nvith
which most people were not familiar
—preferential railroad rates. Thishas
amounted to commercial discrimi
nation against Americus, in that lo
cal manufacturers and wholesalers
were not able to compete on an
equal basis with nearby firms in the
same line. It also has meant that
investors, in looking for favorable
manufacturing or wholesale sites in
this territory, passed up Americus for
other cities in numerous instances,
because it was to their interest to do
so.
But now all that is to be changed.
Americus and all other Georgia cities,
large and small are to be placed on
the same basis Sept. 1, that basil
being mileage of haul. This an
nouncement was made in Americus 1
Thursday by J. A. Perry, of the Geor
gia Railroad commission, who chanc
ed to be here as grand master ol
Odd Fellows of Georgia, to make an
address at the annual picnic of the
local Odd Fellow and Rebakahs at
Myrtle Springs. While Mr. Perry
was asked a number of questions re
garding rates and commission activi
ties, the most important fact devel
oped _from his being that con
cerning a new basis of rates. Said
he:
Disci imination Ended.
“The impression that has gained
considerable headway that state com
missions have been shorn of much
of their power in rate matters is to
a large extent gross error. As a mat
ter of fact the Georgia commission
has spent more time on public hear
ings concerning freight rates within
the last 12 months than for - any pe
riod of time in the history of the
commission. The Georgia commis
sion has worked out an order which
is to become effective on September
1 that provides for a genefel read
justment of all freight rates in the
state. The order has for its purpose
primarily the elimination of the base
point system. Since the beginning of
railroad building in Georgia we have
had a few preferential rate points
at the expense and handicap of all
other shipping points in the state.
This increased until at the present
time there are some 35 shipping
centers in Georgia enjoying prefer
ential freight rates against approxi
mately 2,100 shipping points that arc
suffering a handicap on account o!
such preference. In the order re
ferred to this has been done away
with and a mileage scale provided
for, whereby on the same class rail
road for the same distance ever}
shipping point in Georgia will pay
the same rate of freight.”
Lccal Gas Rates.
Mr. Perry wa. asked concerning
the local rate situation, it being re
called that the Americus Lighting
company was one of those concerns
in Georgia cited under the commis
sion’s rule nisi to make a showing
why its rates should not be reduced.
He stated that no order had yet been
returned by the commission in the
Americus case, although it had been
considered several times, the small
consumption of gas here having made
it impossible for the board yet to find
it possible under the law and in just
ice to all to order a reduction in
rates here, although this has beer
done elsewhere where consumption
is larger.
“Has the fact that the local city
officials have not been able to make
much of a showing in regard to lo
cal utility rates had any considera
ble effect on the decisions of the
commission as to rates in Americus?”
Mr. Perry was asked.
“Absolutely none,” he replied.
“Unfortunately there is an impres
sion in some sections of Georgia that
the commission when the questions
of rates and service are being con
sidered that such community suffers
or is liable to from lack of such rep
resentation. There is no such thing
as a judgment by default before the
commission. It is the duty, and the
commission does, whether there is
representation in behalf of the pub
lic or not, go to the bottom of every
case and see that all relevant facts
are developed such as will give the
real truth of the subject under re
view. I think lam justified in say
ing that tl|e commission, perhaps,
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PRICE FIVE CENTS.
SOUTHER FIELD DEPOT,
FINE FACTORY SITE, TO
BE SOLD HERE SHORTLY
Big Building With Four Acres Os Ground so Go
At Auction, Officer Announces —Local Organi
zations Discuss Possibility of Developing Indus
trial Enterprise On Property
The large depot building build
at Souther Field, will be sold at pub
time late in August or early in Sep
of ground upon which it is located a
This was announced in private con
versations by Major Talbot Smith, of
the U. S. army, headquarters in At
lanta, who visited Americus and
Souther Field this week for the pur
pose of making an inspection of
the property for the purpose of ar
ranging for its disposal. Major
Smith is in charge of this branch of
salvage work for the War Depart
ment. He stated that a similar sale
would take place in Charlegton. S.
C., on August 25, and that the sale
of the depot property at Americus
would be the next sale conducted in
this section. He went from here to
Arcadia, Fla., to prepare for a sale
of some of the flying field property
there.
This is the first official announce
ment that it is the intention of War
Department to dispose of any of the
grounds an dbuiklings at Souther, it
having been previously stated that
the field, although abandoned as an
active post, would be retained as a
landing field and as a government
reserve in charge of a caretaker, with
no army personnel stationed here.
This statement still applies, except as
regards the depot. It has been
’known for some time that the con
tents of the depot, consisting of prob
ably 1,000 carloads of planes, parts
and other air service supplies, would
be disposed of by transfer and sale,
but it was not belie/ed the building
would be sold.
The warehouse is a large structure,
built in two sections and separate
but connecting units, on two sides
of double railroad trackage. It was
erected after the completion of the
flying field here, and has housed mil
lions of dollars worth of air service
equipment. Nearly 250 carloads of
this material has recently been trans
ferred to other active posts, but sev
•ral hundred carloads still remain
here, which property is to be sold at
auction here at a later date.
Several local organizations and in
lividual citizens have recently been
discussing the possibility of develop
ng Souther Field into an industrial
plant,‘without any definite govern
ment announcements upon which to
base plans. The matter has been
discussed with some government rep
resentatives, and it is: their private
beliefs, they have said, that a part
:>r all of Souther flying field might
be obtained should it be desired, for
the development of a real industrial
•enter there, it being recognized that
more land than the four acres em
braced in the warehouse sale being
necessary to the launching of an en
terprise of much size.
goes more into detail into 'such mat
ters when there is no representation
than when there is.”
Discussing rate matters in general
Mr. Perry said:
Decreases to Continue.
“In 1918 the Georgia commission
was confronted with the necessity of
increasing a great many utility rates,
due to the fact of the abnormal in
crease in the costs of raw material
necessary in giving the service. The
commission went at this very slowly,
granting increases from time to time
is conditions demanded. However,
;ince prices began lj recede, the com
nission ha. for the past 12 to 15
nonths been granting decreases. Th : s
ondition will of course continue as
long a: tch cost of service justifies.
It may be of some consolation to the
users of utility service in Georgia
that the commission has held rates,
>n a general average, for all local
utility service, to a lower figure than
any other state has enjoyed in this
•ect.on of the country. We all want
the prices of all necessities at the
lowest possible figure, yet we realize
at the same time that the actual fail
value of the property devot-d to
such service must have such a reason
able return on such value as will
justify the investing public in main
taining the property as well as pro
viding such additional investment as
will take care of the increasing de
mands of the public for service.
Capitalization Not Factor.
“The commission has at no time
given consideration to capitalization
of any company in arriving at a value
for rate making purposes. On the
HOME
EDITION
ing, used as an air service warehouse
lie outcry to the highest bidder some
tember. With it will go four acres
part from the larger flying field.
DUBLIN ISSUESi' 1
CALL TO ARMS
OF VOLUNTEERS
Twenty Buildings On Main Street
Os City Burned In
Warfare
DUBLIN, July 6. — (Ry Associated
Press.) —A call to arms was issued
today by the provisional Free Slate
government in the form of a procla
mation, opening the way for the en
listment of (ho e citizens who last
week wer< declined by the govern
ment because it was confident of the
ability of the army single-handed to
meet and defeat any attack made up
on it. The general headquarters
staff of the volunteer organization
has been instructed to place its en
tire establishment on an active ser
vice basis.
""Twenty buildings in 0 Connell
street, Dublin’s main thoroughfare,
were destroyed by lire after the >lr
rendcr of the in-urgent republic ms
who had turned the buildings into
fortresses in their resistance to the
Free State troops. Four snipers
were shot dead during the night. It;
is believed the damage will reach sev
eral hundred thousand pounds,
wo Sines so
RESUME WORK
Operations To Be Started Under
Terms Men Once Re
jected
PITTSBURG, July 6. Workmen
today began cleaning up two mines
in this district preparatory to opera
tions under the scale which the Pitts
burg Coal Producers association of
fered to the miners and which the
miners, rejected to enforce the strike
effective April 1, last.
MOTHER’S RIGHTS
FIND A CHAMPION
IN GOV. HARDWICK
ATLANTA, July 6.—lt has been
, announced by Governor Hardwick
that in the next few days he will
send to the legislature a special mes
sage which will urge the passage of
legislation regarding women’s right:.
He stated that he win specifically
recommend that women be given the
owner-hip cf money they earn which
is now the property of their hus
band;, that mothers be given equal
lights with fathers in the custody ox'
children in the event of a divide**
or separation, that a wife gL re '’
equal rights with her husband
estate of a child who dies
heirs at law. Under the present law
the father and brothers and sister.;,
if any, inherit the property of a per
son who dies intestate, and the moth
er has no inheritance rights.
contrary it has given consideration
only to the actual fair value of the
' property devoted to the service ren
dered.
“The commission has in every in
crease made the express provision
that immediately conditions will justi
fy all increases granted will be elimi
nated. Inis promise on the part of
I the commission will be lived up t >
Ito the letter.
“The -business condition ov v '.bo
I country is improving. The ten per
[cent freight reduction, effective July
11, had proven wonderful stimulus
jin business generally. The railroad:*,
; in the South have been the last to
I show an increase in tonnage as well
as earnings, but in this section these
is every indication of a steady in
‘ crease in tonnage which of course
! reflects an increase in business. ’ i
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