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YEAR.—NO. 186
LEWIS PREDICTS RETURN OF COAL MINERS
bold daylight attack on woman
POSSE SEEKING
NEGROINSWAMP
AT MUCKALEE
Mrs. Jake Ohearn Was Passing
Through Lonely Path Wnen
Negro Beal Her, After Cash
Sheriff Luciu Harvey assisted by
deputies and local officers, including
Chief John Bragg, are scouring the
swamp near Muckalee hill in an effort
to locate a negro who is reported to
have attacked and beaten Mrs. Jake
Ohearn, of Americus, early Thurs
day morning.
The attack occurred at about 8:30
and there were . <veral persons in
close proximity to the scene. Ihe
woman reported the matter to tne
sheriff, and at tic time was exhausted
from her wound.- and excitement.
Dog> were st cured and several
hundred men went to the scene dur
ing the morning. No trace of the
negro had been found at 3 o’clock.
The a. sailant of the woman is j
said to be slender, about 20 years of
age, black complexion, and wore old
light trouser: and shirt.
There wan every evidence of a ter
rific struggle at the scene of the at
tack when the officers inspected the i
place soon after the assault occurred.
The attack occurred at a lonely |
spot, just off a path that extends from
the road, a quarter of a mile beyond
the Taylor store, across a stretch of
unoccupied land.
According to the story told by
Mrs. Ohearn she was stopped by the
negro who said “You stay there.”
She stated that she tried to frighten
him by making him believe her hus
band was close by, bu he came up to
her and attacked her with a rock,
striking her on the head and body.
She had her pocketbook in her hand
and a parasol and she threw them
from her. She stated that the negro
then left her and went for her
money and she made her escape.
Ihe victim’s clothes were badly I
blood smeared and she made her I
way to the city and was cared for by
ilr. laylor Lewis. Later she was
taken to her home on East Furlow
I street.
Dr. Lewi.f stated that she had suf
fered from several superficial wounds,
b.ixing been made by a rock or other
like substance. She is not seriously I
injured, he said.
When the sheriff and other officers I
arrived at the scene of the attack,
they found an old hat and the wo
man s pocketbook and other articles
where they had been tossed in her
scramble to escape. The well into
1 the negro is said to have
threatened to throw her was also lo
cated. It is about 8 feet deed.
TOHiffTARIFF
BILL PROVISIONS
Committee Recommends Curtail
ment Os Broad Powers Given
i resident In Original Act
tain br ln | XT ° N ’ Al "-' ust 10—Cer
orwiini’v' '' . l ' vei ' larifl ' 'iljties
the nreshl . P r° to ’’ e vest ®d in
would be curtailed un-
t i, °f a substitute for
.. .. exiblc tariff provisions
th, . recommended to
mitt, * " !I ‘- v , ’’ V Finance com-
Th- aj01 ? t ' V -
p., "'I modifications pro-
from | ' ' : l"' v cnt the transfer
lor ft. .. '. isl lo th e free list
■li , < . ' ; ' '' Ito the dutiable
■ hibit 'h, '.'''” nio| lity, and would pro-
■ maxim,t l "' "• duties beyond any
"i th.- kill.
U'thV U q;T ER YOUT HS AT
J H SUMMER SCHOOL
Atlanta t —■
Hod gl , ' • August 10—R. N.
Ha/ VU--' 1 ?, 15 ’’ R - S - B *vins,
ar e Cl Kaylor, De Soto,
i students in the Geor-
t Inei school, according
r ~ ; ,r jUiieemcnt today of Pro
•’Alorton, dean of. the
the icp: w ' 10 has completed
y, ~ '7'in of students. This
, J” 1 et ’h iy.s the largest
Xtj }7 , ' ' * n lts history, accord
ed student i? r Morton » a total cf
dltion to tin K ' lng onroli ed. In ad
"'cring 'i lnimer BCh ool in engi
rp^‘;r<dlTr 140 Studeilts «t-e
r >re P , " , school of
Matters. ' In & to Dean J. M.
PILOT PEEVED AT AIRPLANE W EDDING; COULDN’T KISS BRIDE
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AMERICAN BAR
DENOUNCES ALL.
RADICALISM
Annijol Convention Favors Es
tablishment Os Bureau To Fur
ther American Ideals
SAN FRANCISCO, August 10.—
Establishment of a bureau lo fur
ther American ideals and offset the
growing tide of anti-Americanism
which, is declared to be arousing
great prejudice against courts and
the constitution, was recommended :
today to the American Bar associa
tion at its annual convention here, :
by its committee on American ideqls.
The report denounced the proposal
to clothe legislative bodies with su- 1
preme authority.
Dependence upon action of eon- j
1 gross to effect reform to remove de
| lays and to bring about speed in the
j administration of justice “has not :
brought the best results and some j
different mode should be tried,’
William Howard T;|ft, chief justice
of the United States, told the Ameri- j
can Bar association today.
“The failures of justice in this I
country,” said Chief Justice Tafi, '
“especially in the state coruts, have 1
' been more largely due to the wiui- |
I holding of power from judges over
: proceedings before them than to any
ether cause; and yet judges have to
bear the brunt of criticism which is
so general as to the results of pre.-'- z
ent court action. The judges should
be given the power commensurate
with their responsibility. Their ca- 1
parity to reform matters should be I
tried to see whether better results
may not be attained. Federal judges
doubtless have their faults, but they ,
are not chiefly responsible for the
present defects in the administration ;
of justice in the federal courts. Let I
congress give them an opportunity to
show what can be done by vesting
in them sufficient discretion for the
purpose.”
Justice Tass said that litigation had
so increased with the increase of the
general business of the country that
even in fields always occupied by the
federal courts, the judicial force had
proved inadequate.' He remarked
that additional burdens had follow
ed the enactment of new statutes,
particularly the Volstead act.
“A bill which provides for twen
ty-four new district judges and one
circuit judge in the Fourth.circa”'
has been reported to both houses,’
he continued. “It is opposed, an”
will doubtless lead to discussion; but
in view of the previous votes in i?i<
two houses, it seems likely that the
bill will pass before the close, of
this congress.
“The new bill authorized a judi
cial council of ten judges, consisting
cf the chief justice and the se'nThr
associate judge of each circuit, whTL?;
is to meet in Washington the last
Monday in September, to consider
reports from each district judge with
a description of the character of the
arrears, and a recommendation as to
the extra judicial force needed in
his district. The conference thus
called in to consider at large plans
for the ensuing year by which the
district judges available for assign
ment may be best used.
“It ends the absurd conditrdn, un
der which each district judge had co
paddle his own canoe and has done
as much business as he thought pro
per, Thus one judge has broken
himself down in attempting to get
through an imposible docket,’ am'
another has let his arrears grow.
THE MHsW®RDER
SHLD IN THE HE ART OF
if f “ t I
1 \ 0.1
Mr, and Mrs. Roy 11. Schneffel af
ter their airplane wedding and (be
low). Rev. Russell M. Brougher, who
i married them by radio.
BY PHILIF J. SINNOIT
PORTLAND, Ore., August 10.— !
High in the a r above a crowd of 1
: thousands sons an airplane.'
In it are a happy girl—blushing,
'of course—and a swain—embar- ■
i rassed, of course —and a pilot, indif
i ferent to everything but engine «nd
I controls and gas.
Ten miles away in a Portland '
broadcasting station is the Rev. Rus- '
sell M. Brougher. His prayer book
1 in his hand, open at the marriage I
i ritual. He stands before a radio
I transmitter.
“Hello! bridal party, hello,” be •
I shouts into the instrument.
| . "Hello,’' comes the reply through i
j the air, “Let ’er go, parson.”
And through amplifiers and ear '
sets the clergyman pronounces Roy |
IL Schneffel and Miss Eva Burdick •
man and wife.
Thus is performed the most up-to- i
the-second marriage in America.
jHumph! ’ says the pilot. “It’s all i
: right but how can I kiss the bride
without wrecking the bridal hack?'
BRANDONHOS
! LEAD IN ALABAMA
I
Almon, Tyson,, Bankhead And
Suddleston, Apparently Win
In Congressional Races
BIRMINGHAM, August 10.—|
Judge William*W. Brandon, of Tus
i caloosa, today maintained bis long I
1 lead for governor over Bibb Graves
1 as the count' of votes cast in Tues
j day’; primary progressed.
The count in the several congress-
I ional contests indicates the renomi
| nation of Almon in the Bth: Tyson,
in the Second; Bankhead, 10th; Sud-•
1 dleston, 9t'h districts. FitzhUgh Lee j
and Frank Morgan, apparently have 1
been nominated as members of the 1
, Alabama public service commission, j
and John Anderson for chief justice .
I of the state Supreme court.
‘“Plain Bi'i” Brandon as he is 1
I known by his intimates, carried every i
; county heard from and practically •
! every precinct. Newspapers termed |
| it a “landslide.”
The same returns gave Charles S. |
i McDowell a big lead over Berrien T. ;
• Phillips, for lieutenant governor,
Fitzhugh Lee and Frank P. Mor-1
; gan, of Montgomery, maintained s? •
' lead for public service commissioner!
jin a field of seven candidates with |
‘w.o to be nominated.
In the five congressional district I
contests early returns indicated that 1
nresent representatives would retain
their seats, with the exception of Rep- 1
i resenative Rainey in the Seventh dis- I
i trict, who was not a candidate. In i
I the Seventh, L. L. H< rgherg, of Gads- j
| den, was reported leading in four ;
counties of the district, j
AMERICUS. GEORGIA, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 10, 1922-
RALLY DAY AT
LESLIE PLANNER
Missionary Society Os Baptist
Church To Have Program
Aug. 16
A misaionaiT rally day will be ob
. erved at the I Leslie Baptist church
Wednesday, Aagust 16, beginning at
10 o’clock., The churches of the dis
trict will take-part in the program.
Mrs. L. B. Lott, Mrs. R. L. May
nard, MisS Louise Herndon and oth
ers from the Americus churches will
be here, bringing with them infor
-1 mation and inspiration which will •
i be helpful to all.
The members of the Leslie church,
the other churches and all others of
town and community are cordially in
vited to attend.
The program for the day will be:
Devotional, Mrs. L. B. Lott; song,
the Woman’s Hymn; Words of Wel
. come, Mrs. 11. L. gpeer; Stewardship,
j Mrs. Ham West; playlet, by Juniors;
i song, Miss Ruth Haney; lunch at 12
1 o’clock.
2:00 p. 111. session. Devotional,
Miss Louise Herndon; talk, Baptists
Money Spent on Non-essentials, Mrs.
R. D. Winchester; poem, Miss Lota
i Speer; Why We Know What We
j Know, by Sunbeams; song, Miss
! Myra Sims; Tha Successful Mission
ary Society in'the Rural Chruch—
How? Mrs. B. A Bradley; talk,On
Soul Winning, Mrs. R. L. Maynard.
START ON IOC-ROOM HOTEL.
CORDELE, August 10.—Dirt is
| soon to be broken on Cordele’s new
: 100-rooni hotel. All the details of
1 plans are in hand and -will soon be ap-
I proved. The architects, G. Lloyd'
j Preacher & Company, of Atlanta, are
! making ready for the contractors and
1 by early September the work will be
i started on the hotel.
EIGHT AT SHORT COURSE.
i CORDELE, August 10. Crisp
county ha.-.-four boys and four girls,
1 representatives of the various clubs ;
i in the county in the short course in !
I the State College of Agriculture.
COTTON MARKET
AMERICUS SPOT COTTON.
Good middling, 20 1-2 cents. Mar
ket quiet.
LIVERPOOL MARKET
LIVERPOOL, August 10—Market
opened quiet, 13-17 down. Quota
' tion i, 13.32. Receipts, 28,819 bales,
, of which 23857 were American.
March Oct. Dec.
I Prev. Close 11.35 11.62 11.37 !
Open 11.13 11.33 11.16
Close 11.36 11.39 11.36
NEW YORK FUTURES.
Jan. Men. |
I Prev. Close 20.08 20.12, 20.18 I
Open 20.05 20.12 20.12 j
10:15 am 20.10 20.15 20.80 1
j 10:30 20.19 20.25 20.32 i
! 10:45 20.24 20.29 20.3i> I
• 11 ;00 20.52 20.52 20.63 1
• 11:15 20.40 20.45 20.51 I
i 11:30 20.40 20.47 20.50
■ 12:00 20.60 20.60 20.68 1
| 12:15 pm 20.57 20.62 20.68 i
i 12:30 26;53 20.55 20.<>;: j
' 12:45 ..20.60 20.63 20.67 '
! 1:00 20.58 20.63 20.65 |
! 1:15 20.57 20.63 20.65 I
I 1:30 20.57 20.57 2<’ j
1:45 20.52 20.52 20.6(1 i
i 2:30 20.4,2 20.45 20.54 i
: 2:45 20.40 20.40 29.4 T '
i Close 20.62 20.68 20.70 j
STEPHEN PACE I
ENTERS RACE I
FOR SENATOR
W- T. Lane Will Be His Oppon
ent. He Favors Less Regu
lation By Legislation
The political situation in the 13tfi
Senatorial district became more in
teresting Thursday, with the an
nouncement from Stephen Pace, as
a candidate to the state senate.
There '.re two in the race, Mr.
Pace and W. T. Lane. Both are
well known and As, under the regu
lations in this state, only Sumter I
county voters can cast their ballots :
for senator, the fight will be center- !
cd in this city and county. There are
three counties in the district, Sum
ter, Macon and Schley. They rotate
in selecting the senator. It is Sum- ,
ater’s turn to pick a candidate. Only
that county which names the sena- 1
tor can vote in the primary for his
.selection. As it is Sumter’s turn I
to make the choice, only* Sumter
voters will take part in the senatorial
race.
Later, at the general election, the I
voters of the other two counties
ratify the action of the county nam
ing the senator.
Mr. Pace was one of Sumter coun
ty's representatives in the house
from IVI7 to 1920, inclusive, during
which time he took an active part
in the consideration of proposed leg
islation, being especially interested
in bettering the school laws of the
state and increasing the appropria
tions for maintenance of the com
mon schools.
In local legislation one of the re
sults of Mr. Pace’s efforts was abol
ishing the fee system in the offi
ces of county treasurer, solicitor of
the City court and solicitor general, I
and placing these officers on a sal
ary. the fees formerly paid them go
ing into the county treasury, and
which has resulted in the saving 10
the county of several thousand dol
lars each year.
Mr. Pace has displayed a deep in
terest in a more efficient and eco
nomical administration of th? state s
affairs, and when seen by a Times-
Hecorder representative Wednesday
made the following statement:
“When I was first elected to tHe
legislature I was appointed on the
appropriations committee; after
meeting with this committee a few’
fifties I was amazed at the reckless
manner in which the public funds
were appropriated. I immediately
prepared and introduced a bill pro
posing an amendment io the consti
tution, providing that no appropria
tion should be made and the governor
should not approve any appropriation
bill which, claused the total appro
priations to exceed the state’s in
come. This bill, of course, had im
mediate opposition from many ot
those institutions ajid agencies
which were being supported by the
state. The governor' got behind it
and helped me all he could, and al
though it received increased support
each year, we were never able to
get the two-thirds vote which is
necessary to submit a constitutional
amendment to the people. If elected
1 shall continue any efforts in this
matter.
At the same time I shall oppose
the countless regulatory measures
which seem to increase as the years
pass. There are now so many laws
and regulations that few of us cn
go through a day without violating
some of them. I still cling to the
doctrine that those people are best
;verned who are least governed.''
Both Mr. Lane and Mr. Pace ;
are well known over the county and
the race promises to be interesting
and bard fought. No other entries
are expected by local politicians.' '
MAYOR APPOINTS
TRAFFIC OFFICER
Kimsey Will Camp On Trail Os
Those Who Use Principal
Streets As Speedways
The police commission, at a meet
ing Wednesday, recommended lo i
Mayor Sheppard that a traffic officer :
be appointed to care for the violators l
of the speed laws of the city. Pur- ;
suant to this recommendation, Mayor I
Sheppard Thursday appointed Officer |
Kimsey in charge of traffic violations. 1
He intends to camp on the trail of ’
the chronic speeders and break up the '
speedway inclinations of those who |
use some of the principal streets of ,
the city. ■ |
■
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
SHOPMEN WORK
ONANSWERTO
HARDING PLAN
President Expects Answer To His
Last Proposal About Seniority
By Tuesday
WASHINGTON, August 10.
President Harding probably will re
ceive next Monday or Tuesday a for
mal answer from the rail shop crafts
federation to his proposal that the
seniority dispute be left to the Rail-
I road Labor Board for decision.
The executive heads of the shop
i men’s unions were again engaged to
day in conferences here preparatory |
to drafting a reply.
The discussions yesterday !
I strengthened the impression that the I
president’s new plan will be rejected
•by the men.
WINBURN DISCUSSES
SENIORITY PROPOSAL.
Commenting upon the recent pro
posal of President Harding, VV. A.
I Winburn, president of the Central
of Georgia Railway company, says:
“Should the railways assent to the
course of action proposed by Presi
dent Harding it would mean that the
men recently employed would have
to be discharged. They do not and
will not need all the strikers in ad
dition to to the new men at worn
and their finances do not warrant-the
employment of superfluous forces.
“From recent experience it begins
to appear that the railroads were
employing more skilled men at the
end of June than were actually need
ed to do the work, and the probabili
ties are that the completed neV
force when it wears down to an ei
-1 fective working basis wil be smaller
' in number than the organization that
went on strike.
“It would be a very different and
much more timely suggestion should
the president ask the railways to take
back as many of the old men as they
can find places for. That would en
able them immediately to complect
their organizations and keep the
work going while the Labor Board is
considering the seniority question
If this suggestion had been made
at the outset of the controversy be
fore the railroads was forced, in the
public interest, to recruit their shop
forces, it might have afforded away
out of the difficulty, but it does not
appea’r to be a remedy now.
“Let us assume the acceptance ot
the president’s suggestion, the prac
tical effect of which will be to dis
place all the new men and the re
employment of those who are on
strike, and the reTerence of the
question of seniority rights to the
Labor Board. ’lt the latter should
then decide that the strikers were not
entitled to those rights there would
doubtless be another walkout of the
shop forces. In that event the rail
ways and the public would find them
selves in much worse state than ai
the beginning of the controversy,
since there would be no possibili
ty of recruiting forces. Men once
hired .and almost immedihtely dis
missed could not be relied on to re
turn to the service a second time.
“It is exceedingly unfortunate
that the leaders of labor persists in
a policy of rule or ruin. To illus
trate by the case ol the Central of
Geo. 7'l: up tj b t week we were
able to carry on without employing
new men. Whcr tin president's first
suggestion was made our situation
! was such that all our men might have
returned without the impairment of
i their rights. Yet their leaders re
fused to permit them to do so, in
’ sisting that this was a national strike
and that any settlement must be up-
•on a national "oasis. Now jthese
I men have lost the opportunity of re
’ suming work as vacancies in our
• forces are rapidly being filled. More
• recently the Southern railway sys
-1 tern has had the same experience.
I These instances raise no question a
1 to whether labor, if ‘in servitude’ as
is sometimes asserted, is not in
I servitude to its own leaders, rather
than to capital and the railway exe
l cutives.”
7,000 BALES IN CRISP.
CORDELE, August 10.-—Cotton
| growers of Crisp county will have
I fully one-third increase in yield this
I season. Little over seven thousand
I bales of cotton were produced last
1 year.
Mrs. Thomas E. Davenport, of
\ Cairo, who has been visiting Mrs,
I Graeme Plant in Macon, is the guest
I o sher daughter, Mrs. Walter Ry
i lander, on Taylor si reef.
HOME
EDITION
SAYS 75 PER
CENT BE BACK
WITHIN A WEEK
Bases His Statement On The Ne
gotiations Now Going On
At Cleveland
CLEVELAND, August 10.—(By
Associated Press.) —The policy com
mittee of the United Mine Workers
of America in session here today vot- ,
ed to proceed with the negotiation of
a wage scale agreement with the coal
operators of Ohio, Western Pennsyl
vania, Indiana and Illinois who are
here to attend a joint conference
called with the view of breaking thx
soft coal strike. The territory includ
ed within the states nained is general
ly known as the central competitive
field.
John L. Lewis, president of the
miners’ organization, this afternoon
predicted that when the scale is
made fully 75 per cent of all bitum
inous tunnage now on strike will sign
the scale. He expects miners to re
turn to work within a week wherever
the new scale is signed.
ALABAMA COAL MEN
DEFY HOOVER COMMITTEE
WASHINGTON, August 10.—The
action of AlabaYna coal operators in
breaking away from the voluntary
fair price agreement previously ap
proved by the federal authorities re
sulted today in a special meeting of
the Federal Coal Distribution com
mittee being called by Secretary
Hoover. The committee will discass
the situation, which officials regard
with apprehension.
Seeretaify Hoover said today that
Governor Kilby would be asked to
co-operate with the .committee in
obtaining for Alabama consumers
fair prices for coal mined in that
state.
SWIMMING POOL
WATERS ARE O.K.
Report That Bathers Have Noth
ing To Fear From Bacteria In
Local Tank
That the Americus swimming pool
is in excellent condition is attested
by the fact that an analysis shows
the waler to be free from harmiut .
bacteria and should not cause any
trouble to those who bathe in it.
A notice from the board of healTa
and a Iterr showing recent analysis,
are reproduced:
NOTICE TO BATHERS.
“After examining waters fresn,
and after bathing hours, of the swim
ming pool as shown by an anlysis
from the state board of health, shows
same to be excellent for bathing
purposes, and we wish to add that
this wafer comes from deep ari
tesian wells and enclosed concrete;!
spring:) unexposed to any w;
of A.he Jsun or ground, ’ TsJi
it is cooler watei t.’an waters of
creeks and ponds, where it stands
days and weeks exposed to rays of
the sun and held within the ground.
For this reason your body will be
come chilled more readily than in
warm water.
“Cool water is vore invigorating
stimulates more than warmer water,
but hours of bathing may give rise
to the taking of colds, thereby af
fecting the eyes, ears or throat as
any other cold may do. This water
is not too cold nor dangerous in any
way as we see, and if precaution is
used as to the length of iipie iri’ u
water, or standing ardund with wet
clothes one should be benefited rattl
er than harmed.
“J. W. CHAMBLISS.
"Cl .airman City JJoard of Health. ’ ;
Dr. IL F. Bond,
Americus, Ga.
Dear Sir:: I wish to make ths
following report on samples of water
collected on July 25:
“Sample No. 1775, taken from the
swimming pool on Monday morning,
shows an excellent water for swim
ming purposes.
Sample No. 1756, taken from swim
ming pool on Tuesday evening, shows
a wate* which meets’ bacteriological
standards for swimming pool water
and should not be the cause as far as
bacteriological analysis shows, of any
troubles.”
I am enclosing results of analysis.
Yours very truly, .7
H. C. WOODFALL, Dirm tor.. 7
Source. Swimming pool Monday
morning. No. Sample 1755, bacteria
per Ic. c. portions, 190,000.
Source. Swimming pool, Tuesday
evening, Sample No. 1756, bacteria
per le. c. portion, 200,000. “ J
(Signed) N. M. DeJARNETTE,
Analyst. |