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YEAR.—NO 160.
U. S. TO KEEP MAILS MOVING IN STRIKE,
PROTECT LIFE AND PRESERVE PROPERTY
CROSSLAND TELLS
OF QUARRY DEAL
hawkinscited
Explains His Part In Transaction
—Geo. Wheatley Speaks For
Son-In-Law
Replying to the Times-Recorder’s
telegraphed query for a statement
from him regarding the published
charge of Joe Hawkins, of Americus,
former district highway engineer,
that he had informed the latter that
he had made a personal profit of
$15,000 through the sale of the El
bert county granite quarry to state
highway department, W. A. Cross
land, federal highway engineer for
Georgia, denies any profit from the
transaction, and explains his relation
ship with the property. His reply
came late Saturday afternoon, after
the last edition for that day had been
printed and circulated. The fact
that, he had been out of Atlanta de
layed the reply.
In his message Mr. Crossland, whp
has been a frequent visitor here in
connection with highway building and
inspection under federal aid says that
he formerly owned an interest in the
quarry and had at one time planned
to resign from the federal highway
department to devote his time to the
quarry which was to produce and sell
crushed stone to the state. Later
an offer to buy the quarry was made
by the state. He says he did not
consider it a good proposition, but
his associates did, and he sold his
interests to them, because he felt
in his official connection with high
way affairs he could not properly be
connected with a deal with the state
department.
He asserts that tho payment for
his interest in the' quarry by hit
associates, made before the sale to
the state was consummated, was the
only remuneration he ever received
out of the transaction; that he did
not assist in making the sale to the
Mate, and did not approve the sale,
to the state, purchases by the state
tot being subject to his approval.
A full record of the transaction is on
file in the Bureau of Public Roads, in
Washington, he says. His telegram
to the Times-Recorder follows:
The Telegram.
‘‘l neither earned nor received a
commission on the sale of the quarry
to the state. I owned an interest in
a proposed company purposing to
produce and sell crushed stone to the
state and other customers, but op
erations were not to begin until aft
ter my resignation from the Bureau
of Public Roads. The state
department proposed to purchase the
property and develop it. Its offer
was regarded as a good one by my as
sociates but not by me. I told them
I could not sell anything to the state
because of my position, realizing
that my connection with the Bureau
of Public Roads prevented me from
joining them in making the sale.
They made an offer to buy me out,
which 1 accepted, and this was abso
<utely tne only remuneration receiv
ed by me. They then sold the prop
erty to the state. I did not assist in
making the sale. I did not approve
of sale as stated.
1 urchases by the highway depart
ment are not subpect to my approval.
ull record of the whole transaction
■' on file in the Bureau of Public-
Roads, Washington, D. C.”
Speaks for Hawkins.
George D. Wheatley, of Americus,
ather-in-law of Joe Hawkins, who
H absent from this city, today gave
out the following statement in de
of tbe latter in the Crossland
controversy when the dispute was
brought to his attention:
Having read and considered the
’G -e emanating recently from
ani,€ A. Holloman correspondent,
appearing in the Atlanta Constitu
tin' 1 °i-' 1° e^ ec b that ‘one Joe Haw
's, o .Americus had been discharg-
JJ r oni the service of the state high-
'•-bailment, and had since been
thrrn''" the seeds of poison
actei i? t ? e state >’ 1 want to char
fied r*’ r l statenn ' nt as as unquali
over hi? f ° r •" br ’ n S* n K to light
bv ? -° Wn sl . Kna ture specific acts
with t> ain t iar ties, surely connected
‘one I ' liV. 0 bi F bwa V department,
scient ' Hawkins’ acted with con
the cit * r^ ard f° r the interests of
Vindie. f enshl ? of hls state and
While i'n h ' S ° wn good name
“In s, ' rv >ce of the department,
kim wa! W ° f the , fact tha t Mr. Haw-
State nlhw' nni S llly dischar ged by
ly f<z <7 Engineer Neel, close
name besA 8 mere men tion of his
b iXow X thC without
to Mr. \ aS a P oss &le successor
sufficie,',, ' ,’., and that w ‘th scarcely
out just or « Or ! ty ’ absol «telj with-
M m > T se ’ there ««'-
discharge th r " , ‘ sOn Hawkins’
eons’ oil th " ' than ‘Prudential rea
-011 the part of Mr, Neel, He
June a Mother
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WHEH
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June Caprice, film star—she’s
Mrs. Harry Millarde off stage—re
cently became the mother of a
baby daughter.
LEAPS INTO POOL
TO DODGE POLICE
George Turpin Takes Plunge
With Clothes On When Chief
Accosts Him
An incident occurring at the Play
ground swimming pool Saturday eve
ning about 5:30 o’clock caused con- j
siderable excitement for a time
among the bathers and spectators.
During the height of the swimming
Chief of Police Bragg arrived and
asked for George B. Turpin, whom he
spied and approached almost im
mediately. Walking up to Mr. Tur
pin, he demanded to know why the
latter had failed to heed his order
to stop while speeding up Lee street
at a rate of 50 miles an hour.
“I didn’t do any such thing,” re
plied Mr. Turpin with some heat.
“You mean to call me a liar?” the
chief demanded, and at the same time
reached for Mr. Turpin’s collar.
The latter, however, was too quick
for the chief, and taking a spring
from the side of the pool, leaped into
the water, shoes, shirt, pants and all
—except coat and hat which had
been lying on a bench nearby.
The gathered public stood with
mouths agape, wondering whether
Chief Bragg would follow and “get
his man.” The officer did not choose
to do so, however, and sauntered off
with the remark, “I’ll get him when
he comes out.”
It was not explained for some time
that the whole affair was a hoax,
framed up before hand by Mr. Tur
pin and Chief Bragg, to furnish a bit
of free entertainment at the pool.
was no doubt informed that his own
crown was in danger, and promptly
slaughtered an imaginary foe before
he* might possibly wax strength
enough to become his real adversary.
Summoned by Neel
“Joe Hawkins will say under oath
that when summoned before Mr. Neel
within his office the only salutation
accorded him by Mr. Neel was, ‘I
understand you are out after my
job,’ to which Mr. Hawkins replied
in substance, ‘Your information is
I erroneous; I don’t want your job; I
i am an engineer, not a politician.’ And
after further conversation of more
or less friendly import departed in
peace. Shortly before this interview
Hawkins was transferred from work
in,Neel’s office to Newnan, Ga., pre
sumably also for ‘prudential resons,’
and finally discharged.
“Can any fair-minded person fail
to discern the real sum and substance
of his wrong doing? And ‘the way
faring man.’ though a fool, need not
err or fail to see that Mr. Crossland’s
‘full denial’ of the charges contained
> in Hawkins’ letter to Representative
| McMichael constitutes merely the dif
ference between ‘tweedledum and
| tweedledee.’ He did not receive any
I amount as commission—perhaps not.
But he did receive a stipulated price
from his former associates for the
interest owned in the ‘Oglesby Blue
Granite Quarry’ while the purchase
of that property was actually under
consideration by the state highway
I department.
“It may be of interest to the legis-
I lature and incidentally to the people
of the state to know exactly the fact:;
as to how and when he came into
possession of his interest in the
Oglesby Blue Granite Quarry, the
consideration paid, and what he got
for the same when sold? And also
i whether tho ‘Sand and Gravel Pit
| Company’s’ proposed enterprise fail
ed, or was abandoned, as seems more
likely?”
THE
PUBLISHED IN THE HEART OF
RUSSIA READY
TO GIVE NEW
CONCESSIONS
Offers New Railway Rights And
Millions Os Acres For
Agriculture
THE HAGUE, July 10.—(By As
sociated Press.) Russia is ready
to grant concessions for new railroad
lines and 9,880,000 acres of land for
agriculture, it was announced by the
Russian delegation here today.
GERMAN MORATORIUM
REQUEST REACHES PARIS.
PARIS, July 10. (By Associat
ed Press.) —The proposal providing
for the payment of all the remain
ing cash installments due this year,
provided Germany is granted a mora
torium of at least two years, was
brought to Paris today by German
representatives) according to unof
ficial information which reached thfc
reparations commission.
LIGHTNING KILLS
CHILD IN LAP OF
GRANDMOTHER
HARTWELL, Ga., July 10.
While seated on her grandmother’s
lap yesterday, seven-year-old L. T.
Gilbert was killed by lightning. Her
grandmother was not hurt very seri
ously.
INTERURBANCARS
FATAL TO SEVEN
CLEVELAND, July 10. Four
persons were killed and another fa
tally injured near here while return
ing from a picnic late last night when
struck by an interurban car and
knocked from a trestle, on which
they were walking, into a gulley 40
feet below.
Interurban Hits Auto.
SCOTTSBURG, Ind., July 10.
Three persons were killed and two
injured when an interurban car de
molished an automobile at a grade
crossing here today.
WEEVIL POISON GETTING
RESULTS NEAR CORDELE
CORDELE, July 10. —Crisp cotton
farmers are using calcium arsenate
extensively this year and ap
pear to be getting fine results. They
have the promise of a very fine cot
ton yield, and they are now busily
engaged spraying with calcium.
TWO WEEKS OFF!
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f VteLL OLD SWEE-Te, 5 ■ ) [' ~~
i The Boss lold me I You can V clean up The
iTo Take vacaTFon i PAiNT Ike Porch j BasemenT ano geT
NExT week y and Fix juniop's | The fuPHace in
-v - “ “ ——- bicycle and put shape for wiinTer i
up The Trellis and Fix TaaT leak (
' \ OH SID i AND \ -r" i
i i ISN'T That y Ro<?f= AND " j
/ SPLENDID?) ~,L^- r -
The WEEDS in 'I, i'll leave "1
The Backyard ) The children wiTh • /
r and hoe The Garden 1 whu_e • GoTb WHO IM SAM
j AND CLEAN The ? V|S(r Mo T H£ g Ki’S "JAKIN'
BUG J i^ 15
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AMERICUS, GEORGIA, MONDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 10, 1922.
TO THE PUBLIC.
The Times-Recorder is forced
by circumstances over which it
has no control to appear in 4
pages today. This is made neces
cssary by the lack of roll print
paper of a variety of sizes as is
usually carried. Paper has been
bought from at least four con
cerns, some of it as much as six
6 weeks ago, but recent rush or
ders at the mills from the larger
newspapers because of the
threatened railroad strike and
the feared suspension of freight
traffic have caused the needs of
the smaller newspapers to be
neglected.
The Times-Recorder has
enough paper to continue to pub
lish for at least two weeks in
some size, but it must be regid
ly conserved to last that long.
Monday usually being a light ad
ertising day, conservation is be
ing practiced today. All but a
very limited amount of advertis
ing has been eliminated from to
day’s edition so that the inter
ests of the reader would not be
sacrificed. All features that
.would have appeared in a larger
edition will be found in this pa
per, including comic cartoons,
continued story and the usual
complement of news. These small
editions will appear as infre
quently as is possible until a new
supply of paper has been re
ceived.
EXPRESS RATES”
WILL BE PROBED
WASHINGTON, July 10.—Notice
was given by the Interstate Com
merce Commission today that an in
vestigation will be instituted im
mediately ijpto the reasonableness of
existing express rates in all parts of
the country. Hearing will be fixed
later, the order said, and the plan of
procedure outlined.
BILL M’GOWAN, PUG, GOES
TO CAMP WITH MILITIA
CORDELE, July 10.—The Crisp
County Volunteers went Sunday
morning to Brunswick where they
will have part in the state’s annual
encampment of the National Guard.
Bill McGowan, boxing enthusiast, is
with the company and will provide
fistic diversion *in coaching for the
young would-be pugilists.
BIRMINGHAM PUBLISHER
DIES ENTERING POOL
BIRMINGHAM, May 10—The fun
eral of Edward Ware Barrett, edi
tor and publisher of the Age-Herald,
who died suddenly last night, will be
held at Elmwood cemetery tomorrow
afternoon. Death occurred as he en
tered the swimming pool at the Roe
buck Country club with Mrs. Barrett
and a party of friends.
HARDING DRAFTS
PLAN TO SETTLE
MINERS’ STRIKE
Would Send Miners Back At Old
Wages Until August 1, While
New Scaie Is Arranged
WASHINGTON, July 10.—(Bul
letin) —President Harding today sub
mitted to the bituminous and anthra
cite operators and miners a proposal
that the miners return to work at
the wage scale existing when the men
quit April 1, and continue to work
on that scale until August 10, mean
while an arbitration board being ap
pointed to negotiate a new scale.
Separate preliminary meetings
by the operators and miners were
held last night, after which the presi
dent, informed of the situation, pro
ceeded to draft a pronouncement for
presentation to them on convening
today.
AMERICUS MAN’S SISTER,
BRIDE OF SIX WEEKS, DIES
J. IL Skipper of Bragg’s Market,
received a telegram Sundaj an
nouncing the death in Macon of his
sister, Mrs. Mary Skipper Doolittle,
which followed a brief illness He
went there Monday to attend the fun
eral, and will return to Americus late
this afternoon.
Mrs. Doolittle, who was 22 years
of age, was the wife of W- L. Dolit
tle, of Macon, a prominent young
business man, and was a bride of
only six weeks. She was reared in
Cordele, where she was greatly be
loved by a wide circle of friends and
acquaintances.
Mr. Skipper is well known and
greatly esteemed here, being active
in the forward movements of the
First Baptist church, and sincere
sympathy is extended to him in his
present bereavement.
REV. L. A. HARRELL TO
TALBOT FOR MELI UNGS
Rev. L. A. Harrell, pastor of the
Lee Street Methodist church, has
gone to Talbot county to conduct a
ten-day series of revival meetings in
Plattsburg community. Rev. G. B.
Matthews will assist him in the meet
ings. Rev. Mr. Harrell came to Lee
Street church from Talbotton a few
months ago and is widely known
there. His family will visit relatives
in Madison for some time.
GARVAN CALLED TO PUT
EX-ALIEN PATENTS BACK
WASHINGTON, July 10.—Formal
demand was made today in New York
on Francis P. Garvin, president of
the Chemical Foundation, Inc., for
the return to the alien custodian of
all patents formerly enemy owned
and sold to the foundation while Gar
van was alien property custodian.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
Poet Statesman
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Gerhart Hauptmann, ’ German,
poet and friend of President
Ebert, is being groomed as a
presidential candidate in event
Ebert does not run for re-election.
AIHERICUSLAD
HURTINATLANTA
1 I
A. F. Hodges, of near Anderson
ville, received word Monday morning
that his son, Robert Hodges, had been
injured in Atlanta by falling in an
elevator in a hotel there, lhe mes
-1 sage said the young man had suf
fered a crushed hip.
Robert Hodges, who is about 23
years of age, has been in Atlanta
some time connected with the Frank
lin automobile agency. He received
a voluntary increase in salary from
the agency because of his appreciat
ed services.
SINGING AT ARABI BEST
IN HISTORY OF CRISP
CORDELE, July 10.—The annual
convention of the Crisp County Sing
ing society which closed Sunday af
ternoon at Arabi was the best by far
the association has ever experienced.
The people of the community had
dinner both days and a large crowd
of singers attended the Sunday pro
grams. Half a dozen well known
quartets had parts in the program,
as well as a number of widely known
soloists. The Vaughn quartet was
possibly the best known of the group
singers.
J. I). Spires was chosen head of the
association for the next year. The
sessions were hold at the Arabi Bap
tist church.
COTTON MARKET
AMERICUS SPOT COTTON?
Strict middling 22 cents.
LIVERPOOL COTTON.
LIVERPOOL, July 10. Market
opened 16-22 down. Fullys, 13.60.
Sales, 10,000 bales.
Futures: Sept. Dec. Feb.
Prev. Close 12.84 12.45 12.27
First Call 12.62 12.26 12.09
Close 12.44 12.11 11-96
NEW YORK FUTURES.
Oct. Dec. Jan.
i Prev. Close 22.45 22.25 21.97
I Open 22.20 21.95 21.67
10:15 am 22.12 21.91 21.64
10:30 22.12 21.93 21.64
10:45 22.18 22.06 21.66
11:00 22.11 21.93 21.60
11:15 ...22.15 21.96 21.60
11:30 22.02 22.84 21.54
11:45 22.04 21.86 21.58
12:00 noon . 22.11 21.92 21.59
12:15 pm 22.16 21.98 21.65
12:30 22.10 21.94 21.62
12:45 22.06 21.87 21.59
1-00 .22.15 21.97 21.60
1:15 22.09 22.92 22.62
1 ;30 22.22 22.05 22.67
1:45 22.14 22.18 22.02
2:00 .22.16 21.99 21.69
2:15 .... 22.10 21.94
2:30 21.80 21.70 21.43
2:45 21.76 21-64 21-45
Close 21.82 21.68 21-37
COTTON MARKET
New York: Cars sold, 94; Carmen,
$1.82 l-2(552.00; Hiley, $2,00 5
$2.50; Georgia Belle, $1.751/$3.75;
Elberta, $1,75@53.50.
Philadelphia: Cars sold, 25; Hiley,
$17511 $2.25; Georgia Belle, $1.00(9
$2.75; Elberta, $2.25(5 $3.75.
Pittsburg: Hiley, $2.25(5 $3.50;
Georgia Belle, $2,001/ $3.50.
Boston: Cars sold, 13; Georgia
Belle, $1.851/$2.25; Elberta, $3.00d?
$3.50.
Chicago: Cars sold, 12; Hiley, $2.25
i i/ $2.75; Georgia Belle, $2.251/$2.75;
' Elberta,
Cleveland: Cars sold. 6; Hiley,
I $1.75@52.50; Georgia Belle, $2.00(1'
$2.75; Elberta, $2.50(5 $3.75.
Detroit: Cars sold, 7; Hiley,
$2.00; Georgia Belle, $2.00f, $3.00.
Number of Cars Out of State, 240;
total, 5,030,
WME
EDITION
PRESIDENT
DEPENDING
ON DEPUTY
MARSHALS
Troops On Duty In Illinois And
Under Arms In Several Other
States »
WASHINGTON, July 10. The
government, through the appointment
of deputy marshals, will make sure
that law and order are preserved,!
property and life protected and thei
transportation of mails continued de-i
spite the strike of shopmen, Attorney)
General announced today after a
conference with President Harding.'
He said already he had authorized
the appointment of a number in the
Middle West.
CRUCIAL STAGE OF
SHOP STRIKE REACHED.
CHICAGO, July 10. (By Asso
ciated Press.) —The crucial stage in
the railway shopmen’s strike was
reached today, the tenth day since
the shopmen’s nation-wide walkout.
Shop and roundhouse whistles shriek
ed their final notes of lhe railroad
ultimatum cancelling the seniority
and pension rights of strikers who
refused to return to the shops today.;
National guardsmen were on duty
in Illinois and under arms in several
pther . United States marshals
were in charge of law enforcement,]
machinery at. various points; while
at other centers tho roads relied on
federal injunctions and local authori
ties for protection.
BREADCONTfST
STIRS INTEREST'
Canning Club Girls To Hold
County Competition—Prizes
Offered
Much interest is being shown in
the bread contest which will be held
for canning club girls of Sumter
county, some day in July to be named
later.
In order to enter this contest the,
girl must be a full-fledged club girP
and must bake yeast-bread, sour milk
biscuit and corn meal muffins ten
times in her own home, following
directions furnished by her home
demonstration agent. She also
scores the breads on a card furnish
ed for this purpose.
At the county contest all the girls
contesting will bake bread in the
presence of the demonstration agent.
The girl making the best score will
attend the district contest. There
the most efficient girl in scoring will
be given a free trip to thte state
contest in Atlanta during the Souh
eastern fair. The best skilled girl in
the state will get a free trip to the
national contest in Chicago in De
cember.
To further interest in the county
contest, H. A. Alford, district man *
ager of the Southern Cotton Oil cC
pany, has offered the folio' .
prizes:
First—Girl making best score a*
county contest, 8 pound bucket Snow
drift lard, 4 quart can Wesson’s cook
ing oil and 2 10-ounce jars southern
peanut brand butter.
Second—Eight pound bucket
Snowdrift, 2 quart can Wesson oil,
■ 1 jar peanut butter.
Third—Eight pound bucket Snow-1
drift, 1 quart Wesson oil, 1 mediums
jar peanut butter.
Fourth—Four pound bucket Snow 3
drift, 1 pint Wesson’s cooking oil, 1
small size jar peanut butter.
MORSEAND SONS
TO STAND TRIAL
WASHINGTON. July 10. Ths
district of Columbia Court of Appeals
held today that Charles W. Morsel
his three sons and eight others must :;
stand trial here on indictments .harg-J
ing conspiracy to defraud the goverr-j
ment through war time ship con-'
tracts.
WEATHER FOR THE WEEK- J|
Scattered local showers and thu«*
derstorms, with normal temperature|
are indicated for the week. Thy '■s
are no indications at this time cfe*d
disturbance in the West Indies. | I
