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FORTY-FOURTH YEAR. NO. 159
DENIES CROSSLAND INFLUENCED QUARRY DEAL
SHOPMEN ENTER
SECOND WEEK OF
STRIKE UNMOVED
No Apparent Inclination To Fol
low Only Avenue To
Peace
CHICAGO, July 8. (By Asso
ciated Press.)—The railway shopmen
entered the second week of their
strike today with no apparent inclina
tion to follow the only avenue to
peace held open to them by the Rail
road Labor Board, that of returning
to work and then entering into ne
gotiations for a settlement.
The railroads remained immovable
in their attitude of considering the
strike as against the government
rather than against the toads.
HUDSON'S GUILT
NON DOUBTED
Richland Cibzcns Sign Petition
For Him After Residence Os
Wife There
HIGHLAND, July 8. A petition
was circulated here this week by
|nenibeis of the Men’s Bible class and
was signed by scores of our people
isking that Glen Hudson’s sentence
o hang forth murder of the two
Temple children, be commuted to life
imprisonment instead.
There is hardly a person in Rich
and who knows Hudson and possibly
lone who have 'e »n him but certain
ionditions arising here since Mrs.
ludson came to the home of relatives '
ear this city to reside have caused 1
tichland people tn doubt the guilt of
iudson of the crime of which he has ;
ten convicted to hang; and much I
ympathy has been aroused in his
pvor.
The petitions will be presented to |
he proper officials of the state this I
'eek. A letter from Governor Hard
rick in response to one written him |
y a Richland citizen concerning this I
ase, stated that he would be glad I
a give the matter due consideration i
'hen the case was presented to him ■
i proper form.
TRAINS OF MELONS IN
ONE DAY IN TIFT COUNTY
TIFTON, July 8. More than 150 j
rrs or about four trainloads of wa
irmelons were loaded in Tift county j
esterday. It is the top of the sea- I
>n here and some of the melons arc j
)e finest that have come on 'the mar- |
et this year. Many of them are I
fish Grays and are perfect speci- ’
ens. No bids were offered for j
iclons on the track yesterday, and
)<’. day before cars sold for as low
s SSO. Growers are blue as this is I
eir first cash crop this year.
IIEXICAN ‘WILD CAT’ OIL
DEVELOPMENT PLAN FAILS
NEW iOLK, July B—Conferences
tween Mexican Minister of Finance
la Huerta and American oil execu
'iu r a plan for the development
wild cat ’ oil territory of
A' ■ d without an agree
jcOTTON MARKET
"'S Ar ' ,, KltL ' s sr '°« cm ion
middling, 22 1-1 cents
NEW YORK FUTURES
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M 22.48 22.20
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03 22.40 22.1 1
■ ' 22.63 22.45 22.14
■ , 22-62 22.40 22.10
M ■ 22.30 22.12 21.77
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market
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H2llll. , " ' arK «°1<1; Kiley, 1.50
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THE TIMES'"' RECORDER
E>A>ITpUBLI SHED IN THE OF
Postal Robber?
Police say they have identified
Charles Heins as one of those who
robbed a New York postal truck of
$2,000,000 last fall and say he may
be a leader in a national gang of
postal thieves. He is highly edu
cated and passes as a man of dis
tinction.
GOV. HARDING
I STRIKES BACK
Says Only Senators’ Immunity
Kept Some Os Charges From
Being Libelous
WASHINGTON, July 8. Gover
nor Harding, of the federal reserve
board in a letter struck back at his
senatorial critics, assuming complete
responsibility for recommending the
circulation of a speech of Senator
Carter Glass defending the board.
Harding declared the charges
against the board ‘'misleading and
untrue.” Without mentioning any
names, he said some of the senate
charge; wou’d have been resented as
libellous but for the constitutional
immunity of senators in debate.
EVANGELIST HELD
AFTER WEDDING
Jailed As Kidnaper When He
Marries Gainesville Girl
Os 14
ATLANTA, July 8. George D.
Cobb, a young evangelist who mar
ried 14-year-old Dorothy Etrie at
Gainesville, was arrested here on a
charge of kidnaping and was return
ed to Gainesville in the custody of
officers of that place where his trial
will take place. Atlanta police were
first notified of the affair when
Sheriff Crow, of Hal! county, sent a
telegram stating that the young man
had kidnaped the girl and asked that
they be located and held for Gaines
ville officers. The couple were
found at a local hotel where they
had registered as Mr. and Mrs.
George D. Cobb and showed a mar
riage certificate showing that they
were married July 4. It was stated
by the police that the girl stated that
she was eighteen years old. It was
was stated by Gainesville officers
that there was no charge against the
girl and she was turned over to her
parents.
PENSION OUTLOOK
PROVES STUNNER!
I
House Appropriation Committee
Learns $5,542,650 Will Be I
Needed To Jan. 1, 1924
ATLANTA, July 8. Statistics '
compiled by Representative Culpep
per, vice-chairman of the appropria
tions committee of the house, shjw
that $5,542,650 will be necessary to
pay Confederate pensions in Georgia
up to January 1, 1924. Mr. Cui- i
pepper is chairman of the sub-com
mittee on pensions, and he compiled
his figures from information furnish
ed him by Judge J. W. Lindsay, state ;
commissioner of pensions.
It is understood that the appro- :
priations committee is dumbfounded
by these figures, and feels that unless
some way is found to materially in
crease the state’s revenue, there will
be a large deficit when the books of 1
the state close on December 31, 1923. '
SENATOR AND MRS WATSON
BOTH ILL, CONVALESCENT
WASHINGTON. July B.—Senator
Thomas E. Watson, of Georgia, and |
Mrs. Watson, both of whom have ;
been ill with bronchitis at their home
in Chevy Chase, were said by their
physician today to be convalescent, i
The senator, however, will not be
nhlc to resume his duties for anoth
er week.
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, SATURDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 8, 1922
GERMANS SEEK
MORATORIUM IN
PAYING ALLIES
Two Experts Go To Paris To Beg
Relief In Critical Situation
Facing Government
BERLIN, July B. (By Associated
Press.) —It was semi-officially stat
ed this afternoon that two German
experts were going to Paris today to
ask the reparations commissions for
a moratorium by which Germany
would be enabled to spread her cash
payments over a longer period.
U. S. SOUNDED OUT
ON AIDING GERMANY.
LONDON, July B. (By Associat
ed Press.) —American embassy offi
cials said today that while no formal
represent?tions had been qjade by
the British government looking to
participation of the United States in
Allied efforts to rehabilitate Ger
many, the subject had been discuss
ed some,time in diplomatic and oth
er circles and hope was expressed
.that the United States might be in
i duccd to lend it:, support to the pro
jects. The collapse of the German
: mark was accompanied by reports
: that Germany would be unable to
I meet her July reparations payment,
due a week from today.
! FALL OF GERMAN
GOVERNMENT FEARED.
WASHINGTON, July B.—The fall
of the German government is threat
ened and stringent measures have
been enacted for the protection of
I he republican regime, the Commerce
Department was advised in a cable
gram from Commercial Attache Her
ring at Berlin.
The political crisis resulting from
the a''.sa.-s!nPToiToT Foreign Minister
Rathenau, Mr. Herring reported, has
aggravated the period of currency de
pression inaugurated by the failure
of foreign loan negotiations and the
feeling is now general that Germany
faces grave political complications
with the fall in exchange which drop
ped to the lowest level in history to
day.
COTTON MILLS WORKING
TWO SHIFTS AT TIFTON
TIFTON, July B.—Tifton Cotton
Mills which manufacture fine yarns
exclusively, are running both night
and day shifts for the first time in
two years. The change may be only
temporary and no extra force is be
ing employed. But the increased
payroll is decidedly welcome in Tif
ton business circles and the change
is regarded as indicating a return to
normal conditions in industries.
RENAMES GEN. TAYLOR.
RICHMOND, Va., July B.—Gen
eral Julian Carr, commander-in-chief
of the Confederate veterans, has re
appointed General Edgar Taylor, of
Richmond, adjutant general and chief
of staff. The state reunion of vet
erans will be held at Winchester
August 20.
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BANK DEPOSITS
GAIN $276,45372
OVER YEAR AGO
Splendid Improvement In Condi
tions Revealed By Summary
Os Statements
Sumter county has “come back.”
i Her banks preve it. Their state
i ments, published this week as requir
ed'by law, show a surp isingly im
proved financial condition of the
community. Loans ?iave been de
i creased somewhat, deposits have in-
■ creased, and resources nave grown.
I Every bank in Sumter county has
• improved its condition over the con
l dit ion shown on the same date a year
ago.
i believing it to be a matter of ex-
I treme interest to its readers, and of
i real value to the community, the
Times-Reeorder prepared a composite
summary of conditions, which ap
pears in an adjoining column. It
shows that in the last year loans of
j all kinds have beer, reduced in the
county by more than $21,000, and
that deposits have increased by the
1 ' Osine total o' SZ7 0,40ta7z, and
this in the face of the tightest twelve
| months the section has known in
many years, over a poor crop period,
' with low prices for farm products,
and preceding the new crop period.
J Total deposits in the county have
passed the two million mark.
That banks are in a substantially
! stronger position is shown by the
i change in combined capital, surplus
and undivided profits, which have in
creased in the year from $531,341.03
to $718,141,58, an increase of $186,-
800.55.
| The total resources of the banks
of Americus have increased from
$2,370,249.32 to $2,519,907.27 and
for the county as a whole from $3,-
054,307.17 to $3,130,030.55, a net
' gain of $75,723.3#.
’ Advances on cotton in Sumter
county have been reduced from a
i total of $178,901.29 to $154,114.01.
Some of the credit for the splendid
showing of the banks of the county
goes to the new Empire Bank of
Americus, launched three months
»go by Col. G. R. Ellis and associates.
It made its first statement, and
showed deposits of more than $70,-
| 000, regarded as a very creditable
Ishowing for an infant institution, and
one which its officials say is better
I than they had reason to expect.
An important factor in the large
I increase in capital and resources was
; the Planters Bank of Americus,
which in the year doubled its capital
(stock of $50,000 and raised its sur
’ plus from $150,000 to $200,000. At
• the same time it reduced its undivid
ed profits from $97,213.52 to $26,-
636.52. The Empire bank’s SSO,-
■ 000 capital was a net addition to this
■<„ <. unty total. The Plains bank added
| another SIO,OOO when it doubled its
I surplus of SIO,OOO during the year.
The showings are regarded as re
i markable, general conditions consid-'
i ered, reflecting a splendid, sound,
; banking service for the entire coun
ty, extensive service to the public,
jand a renewed thrift on the part, of
■ the public, which all agree is a good
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Of BETTER TIMES
Following is a composite summary of the more important items
contained in the statements of the banks of Sumter county as of
June 30, 1922, compared with similar statements of the same dale
1921:
All leans and discounts, including advances of cotton and loans
secured by real estate: 1921 1922
Americus banks $1,840,062.88 $1,872,419.61
Other county banks 579,283.00 525,369.61
Total . $2,419,345.88 $2,397,789.22
Reduction 21,556.66
Deposits, time and subject to check i
Americus banks $1,421,716.11 $1,682,252.26
Other county banks 325,108.36 341,026.93
Total $1,746,824.47 $2,023,278.19
Gain 276,453.72
Capital stock, surplus and undivided profits:
Americus Banks ....$ 478,429.20 $ 564,921.29
Other county banks 152,911.83 153,220.29
Total $ 532,341.03 $ 718,141.58
Gain $ 186.800.5a
Resources:
Americus banks $2,370,249.32 $2,519,907.27
Other county banks 684,057.85 610,123.28
Total $3,054,307.17 $3,130,030.35
Gain $ 75,723.38
LESLIE DIVIDES
WITH WARWICK
Loses Thursday Game At Home
But Wins Friday On Oppon
ents’ Diamond
LESLIE, July 8. On Thursday
Warwick won a game from Leslie on
• .lie latter’s ground, the score being
4 to 3. Wilson for Leslie, pitched
a nice game, striking out 10 men
and giving up 7 hits. Leslie journey
'd to ‘ v '’f* ll ■ ■■- aaxt day and
won 3 to 2 in one of the prettiest
games of the season, Warwick hav
ing a bunch of Sylvester boys play
ing with them in this game. Leslie
tied the game in the cjghth inning |
with a single by L. Dcavtn\rs, a stol- ■
en base and a single by F. 11. Hines I
and won the game in the ninth by a
walk to F. Scarborough and two base j
hit by W. Johnson. Bradley pitched '
6 2-3 innings of the latter game and
gave up only two hits.
Scores by innings: R. H. E. ■
Warwick 002 002 000—4 7 2 i
Leslie 100 000 0<2 —3 5 2
Simpson and Middlebrooks; Wilson |
and Bass.
Leslie 000 100 011—3 7 4
Warwick ..002 000 000—2 8 4
• Hines, Bradley and Bass; Oxford I
and Middlebrooks.
HFTON KIWANIS CLUB
AT LAST TO GET CHARTER
TIFTON, July B.—Tuesday night, |
July 21, will be charter night for the .
Tifton Kiwans club. This club was
organized early in April and the
charter has been ready for several J
weeks, but the club awaited General ’
Harris’ return from Toronto in order .
that he might deliver the charter in I
person.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
i BILL AIMED AT
j STRIKE PICKETS
I '■ ■■ ■ ■ ■
Senator Tarpley Offers Measure
To Make Such Act Unlawful
Conspiracy
ATLANTA, July B—Senator Tarp
i Icy, of the Thirty-sixth district, has
I troduced a bill in the senate
making it unlawful for two or more
| persons to form a combination or
I conspiracy to hinder or prevent any
j railroad or person -from carrying on
i a lawful business in the State of
! Georgia. The bill prohibits the prac
l tice of picketing around railroad
I premises while strikes are in prog
! ress; prohibits persons not employed
j by railroads or other Hn’orations
j from loitering around the premises
I for the purpose of influencing or in
j ducing other persons not to go to
'work, and forbids .al! persons or
I groups from using intimidation or
1 threats o prevent operation of law
! ful business.
In discussing his measure, Senator
j Tarpley stated that it had been de-
• signed specifically for the purpose of
curbing the operations of striking
; railroad men in Georgia, and express-
I ed a firm conviction that it was the
(best bill yet introduced in the legis
lature, and sard that he was deter
. mined to push it vigorously at the
I present session. j
SPECIAL SONG SERVICE AT
CENTRAL BAPTIST SUNDAY
1 An important inspirational song
1 service is planned to precede Rev. H.
j T. Brookshire’s sermon Sunday eve
i ning in the Central Baptist church,
• beginning promptly at 8 o’clock.
I Gordon Howell and a large chorus
choir will lead the congregation in
singing old-time gospel songs. A
quartet composed of Parrott Pool, E.
Boswell, Geo. Marshall and Gordon
Howell will sing a special message
i and Mrs. Dan O’onncll will repder a
i solo.
Rev. Mr. Brookshire will speak on
I “The Discovery of the Truth and Its
i Effect!.
Eves>body invited to attend.
HEAD OF TECH BOARD
TO SUCCEED MATHESON
ATLANTA, July B.—lt is general
ly understood that N. P. Pratt, chair
, man of the board of trustees of the*
■ Georgia School of Technology, and
' for the past several months adtninrs-
trative head of the school, will be
■ nominated for the presidency of j
Tech, to succeed Dr. K. G. Mathesdn, ;
resigned in April to head Drexel insti
tute at Philadelphia. Mr. Pratt re- '
sides in Atlanta and is a nationally
recognized metallurgical engineer, ,
. having made a number of significant )
contributions to science and industry. ,
While not an educator by profession, |
' he is a recognized business executive, i
i and is considered thoroughly compe
: tent to head the school.
FILIBUSTER UNBROKEN
IN GEORGIA SENATE
ATLANTA, July B—The filibust
er that has been carried on by op
ponents of the Womble hill, seeking
the repeal of the tax equalization
law, was successfully maintained
| through Friday’s session of the sen
; ate, which adjourned at noon until
Monday, and indications are that it ■
will be able to delay action on the ■
I bill for several days to come. Though
I in the minority the filibusterers were
well organized, and their floor lead-
I ers were able to carry thorugh with
precision the plans they had made in
a caucus the night before.
HOME
EDITION
ENGINEER NEEL
DENIES ADVICE
SOUGHTOR GIVEN
No Connection Between Hawkins
Charges And State Depart
ment, He Says
That the advice of Federal High
way Engineer Crossland, mentioned
in graft charges in tne Georgia hou e
Friday by Representative McMi ‘hael,
of Marion county, quoting a letter ;
from Joe Hawkins, of Americus,
formerly a district highway engineer
under the state highway department, *5?
was never asked nor received in the "rj..
purchase of the slate owned quarry 7$
near Elberton was the statement
made to the Times-Recordcr Satur
day by W. R. Neel, state highway en
gineer, in a telegraphed reply to a
request from this paper for some
statement on the subject.
The name of the state highway de
partment was not mentioned in the
statements involving Engineer Cross
land, who was charged with having
said he profited $15,000 by the quar
ry transaction, but the charge was
brought out when the department was
under fire from Mr. McMichael and
was presented as having a relation
ship to that department. Both En
gineer Neel and Mr. Crossland, each
well known here, were asked for
statements. None was received from
Mr. Crossland. He was not at his
office in Atlanta Friday and it was
not certain that he had returned Sat
urday so that the message could have
reached him. Mr. Neel, in his state
ment, declared flatly that the state
department was in no way influenced
by the federal engineer in the pur
chase of the quarry and that no one
connected with the state department
ever received a cent from that trans
acion. His telegram follows:
Neel's Message.
■‘Hawkins mr.de no charges a'gauuL
any one connected with the state
highway department, He made a
charge against the federal engineer,
who, as you know, has no connection
whatever with my organization. This
department knows absolutely nothing
of what amount a federal engineer
might have received, if anything,
from the sale of the quarry to the
state. Our transactions were carried
on directly with the quarry owner and
the federal engineers’ advice regard
ing the purchase of the quarry was
never asked for nor received. He in
no way influenced this department in
its purchase.
“I can assure you no one connect- 1
ed with the state highway department
received one cent in the quarry trans
action.”
Mr. Hawkins, who spends most of
his time elsewhere than in Ameri
cus could not be located Saturday for
possible amplification of the extracts |
of his letter as reported in the morn
ing press. He was in Americus earl
ier in the week but was believed by
relatives to be in Atlanta at this time.
It was said here, however, that he
had recently discussed the charges
against Crossland locally, and had
sought some information as to how
a check, furnishing the evidence
against the engineer, might be traced.
H?.wktn» Discharged.
Mr. Hawkins and an associate were
the first engineers to undertake the
county paving project hero more than
two years ago. The county commis
sioners secured their relinquish me nt
of their contract, however, after a
short time. Later Mr. Hawkins was
made highway engineer for the At- '
lanta district, and when a reappor
tionment of the districts took place
he was sent to Newnan, Atlanta hav
ing been abandoned as a headquar
ters. Later he was asked for his
resignation by the state engineer, a
fact never publicly discussed, and 'he
reason therefore never being an
nounced. Mr. Hawkins’ friends as
sert that he was being discussed for
state highway engineer to replace Mr.
Neel and that for this reason he was
displaced by the latter, a statement j
with which supporters of Mr. Neel a
entirely disagree.
The Atlanta Georgian relates the
McMichael-Hawkins incident in the
Georgia House as follows:
“A sensation was created in the
House of Representatives Friday
when Representative McMichael, of
Marion county, leader of the fight ,
against the State Highway Depart’- J
ment, openly charged that W. A.
Crossland, federal highway engineer, -J
who had approved the purchase of
the state rock quarry in Elbert coun- j
ty, made $15,000 out of the trans- |
action.
“The charge was made by Mr. Me- o
Michael in addressing the House sit
ting as a committee of the whole ih
consideration of a resolution that
the minority report submitted last
year and severely criticizing the
Highway Department', be adopted. j&S
“Mr. McMichael not only charged
that Mr. Crossland had made $15,000
out of the sale of the quarry to the
state, but added that Mr. Crossland *
purchased a home in Peachtree Road
in Atlanta shortly after the quarry