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I> ILEATHER FORECAST
I Ft ,r Georgia Cloudy, probably !
■ J,, east portion late tonight or ;
■ I no change in tempera- \
|i strong northwest wind gales G
■ off the coast. I
TTkYytourth i 1 9 _
47 BODIES TAKEN FROM MINE
IfftAMLI.
ACT ALONE TO
HOLD straits
c Backs Policy Os Free Dar
danelles— Forces Mark
Time
iON DON, Sept. 19.—(8y As-
. i Press.) —The Bntisn
, dnr.el takes the attitude that En
oland will undertake military ac
tion alone, if necessary to protect
the .freedom of
BRITISH WILL BE
kiady FOR ATTACK.
LONDON, Sept. 19.—(8y the As- ;
4 The declaration .
: (L'-at Britain does not intend i
, . in any new war, obtain
t. i . authoritative source yps~ •
(s.jplvd with other state
-llilLl ( ,f a modified policy, is taken j
b j )h. .in tiii’i the series of cabinet •
, , and ministerial conferences ;
, pa t few days has been partly I
~ | a,n for possible attacks
, British forces by the Kem-
Jrt . and partly as political prepara
tion forth contemplated, general
conference for the settlement of the
Turkish question.
While it is not seriously expected
a military quarters that Mustapha
h< .nal Pa: ha, head of the Turkish I
- : ationaiists, will make an attempt j
cither to capture Constantinople or j
<k, the trails, the British wish i
n, be ready in ease of emergency J
;.hcl no! acrifice the meager con* I
tnt of troops long stationed in >
Con: tantinople.,
KffIJSRATE i
. IS DECREASED
Fire Department Changes Bene
fit Insurance Buyers In Busi
ness District
On September 15 the Southeastern
Under-writers’ association- advised
’antes A. Fort that th.? city of
Imericus is to be given a lire insur
ance rating of full first first class. .
( ib< effect of' this rating will be to |
| ,a! '' ' b Hie from the basis rate i
’’ ■ brick mcerantile buildings, and I
stocks of goods in these I
Ten cents will also be i
1,11 1,1 frame mercantile build-i
g and the same reduction will be I
"’ a,lp <m stocks carried in frame i
nieicantile buildings.
order carrying these reduc- '
' ■' > cl feet will be promulgated i
77"" 7 consif:ten t with the work I
.he olf lee according to the'letter i
F™ the Southeastern Underwrit-
I| | '■ duetion S have been grant- '
I,| , tlle f| re department
L t the s * ai ’d without any
llhat the ei'fv " Ot al . l , the ’’eductions |
• is entitled to but it is I
• .' n the r ’£ht direction. Here-
km , ' han * es ‘he tariff have |
I D wav of advance.
Lu e -hf tS( ,”" lal l '' e ’’' atinß of the <’itv
L , U ’" the basis rate on
IX Sellings from
I,,‘ 1 ' ” e are entitled to this ■
L i a united and determin- I
't <”i the part of the eiti
’ Vl ' Pet it, it is believed by
nterested in lower rates.
DENGUE FEVER HITS
POLICE AND FIRE DEPTS .
I of dengue fever
I I" be at its height, in '
I the present time has j
I '■ pi. 'ed the fire department) i
I ’ ' i' :ir tmen! and many other .
I itutions’, for there are imtny
I 1 ’ forces named who are
rontined with the sickness.
■ ts- I—l.,tTice is a!so hard, hit, the !
E t warehouses report many ,
■ "in work and in fact every
■ of business seems to be feeling’
"j* ' of the epidemic.
I kvAiiON ARMY MEETINGS'
I •*< i bert Young of the
| ‘ 'on of the Salvation
I iu Americus for two days,
I 11 the local post an con-
| ' veral meetings.
I ,'/. . ast ™*’ at 5 o’clock there
| a meeting especially for .the
r'iXel ! eople in Bro °klyn Heights
|hf 'hei 1 | l ’ He T V ‘ Ce niect ing will also '
liitr-i- e c 'hapel this evening
I o clock. -
I’neetine cont Dct a street;
0.45 o clock this evening.
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JACKSON, CVal, Sept. 19.—One day Tony Giorrza took a vowe to
please Isis wife, who feared. “This will be my last day in the mine,’’ said
he. That was the day. the dis aster came to the Argonaut, and Tony was one
of the entombed?
HOUSETOPASS
Bill OVER VETO
Maiding Message Is Expected To
Be Delivered Today—Seriate
Doubtful
% .
WASHINGTON, Sept. 19.- The
house is prepared today io receive
President Harding’s message vetoing
the bonus.
It. i§ indicated that the message
is practically completed and some ad
visers expected it would be transmit
ted to congress after he discussed it
with the-cabinet.
The house leaders arranged in
event of a veto to defer until to
morrow* ary move -to repeal the
bill. - z _ -
Friends of the bonus appeared con
fident that more than the necessary
two-third majority could be obtained
in the house, but did not seem sure
about the situation in the senate.
The presidents message vetoing
the bonus was completed this fore
noon and will be sent to the house
before- 1 o’clock.
PEACH GROWER DEFENDS
FIVE BIG LAW SUITS
MACON, Sept. 19.—A. .1. Evans,
of Fort Valley,’.was yesterday made
defendant in live suits filed in the
United States ’ district court, in
which the plaintiffs seek to recover
from him and F. W. Withoft, $107,-
580.49.
Mr. Evans is sued separately for
th? sum of $11,510.09 by the Ar
mour Fertilizer works.
The. Niagara County, National
.hank seeks to recover from Mr. Ev
ans and Mr. Withoft, the total sum
of $31,895,18, covering two prom
is.ory notes. The Marine Trust,
company sues for $64,256.22., cov
ering 2 promisory notes. The notes
were given to the Niagara Sprayer
company by the Southern Brokerage
company, which Mr. Eva'ns and Mr.
W ithoft owned.
Mr. Evans is one of the most ex
tensive peach growers in Georgia*.
PURE BREDS ATTRACT
SUMTER COUNTY BUYERS
One of the outstanding features of
the. pure bred hog* sale conducted ,ii
Ivie Rawkins. farm a few.days ago was
that all but 5 cf the 35 sows sold .-it
auction were purchased by Sumter
county farmers.
Thg pieces,ranged, as high as sll 0
each and the'entire sale netted about
$2200.
I ANGEST SINGLE MARKET
WAYCROSS, Sept. 19. Largest
single market, in th ‘ history of Way
cross curb market marked the eml
of the.week, with thirty or forty
wagons' loaded with produce lining
the curb at the city hall at 8:30 Sat
urday morning. Results of the curb
.market during its wjlj havt;
■I great influence on the farmers in
Planting larger acreage next season,
is the opinion -here.
THETIMESbRtCORDER
SHLD IN THE HEART OF
CONVENTION OF
SINGERS SOON
Thitd District A. & M. School To
Be Scene Os Meeting On
Sept. 24.
The Sumter County Singing con
vention, of which W. N. Stevens is
* vice-president, will hold a session
Sunday, September 24, in the audi
j torium of the administration build
! ing at the A. & M. college, begin
ning at 9 a. m. and continuing
throughout the day.
“It is expected that this will be
' the finest singing convention held
; in this section,” said Mr. Stephens
' in making the announcement, “and
| we hope that everybody in the coun-
I ty will come ami participate in the
I ' ~
i exercises.
Hundreds of visitors and repre-
: sentatives from other county con
’ ventions have accepted an Invitation
jto be present. Dinner will be
| served on the grounds.
THIRD DISTRICT
MEN TO MEET
i Will Be Guests Os Congressman
Charles R. Crisp, Septem
ber 20th
The Third Congressional conven
tion, to ratifiy the choice of the vot
ers in the primary, who selected
Charles R. Crisp, as their nominee
! for congress, will take place at the
Rylander theater September 20.
I There will be’about 30 delegates
to the convention and they will elect
an executive committee and ratify
the primary action.
The convention will meet at 10:30
in the Rylander theater and will be
addressed by Congressman Charles
R. Crisp and later will be invited to
participate of a barbecue. The la
dle- will be given special attention,
so that those who desire to participate
in the day’s activities will have, an
opportunity of doing so.
WIFE SUFS WHEN
HUBBY QUITS TALKING
ATLANTA, Sept. 19. —In a suit
for divorce filed Monday by Mrs.
■Bennie Mills, 604 Chestnut street,
I she charged that she and her hus
band, Joseph L. Mills had lived in
the same house since September 4
i.without speaking and that she had
> taken another room from his, when
I he did not break the silence and
! try to make up with her. She also
charged that sh? had been huniiliat
• ed.in public. by his neglect and re
i fusal to talk to- her; also that he
stayed out fate at nights with , other
i women whom' he was openly paying
| attention to. According to the pe
tition the Mills were m.jrried/ I'm
'April, 1917 and lived together un
■ til September 4/ 1922.
AMERICUS, GA.. TUESDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 19. 1922.
PROGRESS MADE
IN RAILROAD
PEACE PARLEYS
Southern Has Signed The Wit
lard-Jewel! Pact—-Men
Return
COLUMBIA, S. (’., Sept. 19.
Southern railway shopmen today are ,
1 preparing to return te, work here un
' der an agrement signed by the rail
i way officials and union officials. ;
None of the men returned today but b
it is said at the shops that all are
expected to be back tomorrow.
The Southern railway later issued
the following statement:
“The shop employes who have
! been on strike will be restored to
| work as. rapidly as this can he dope
without disturbing the orderly work-
. ing of the shops. Under terms of
the agreement all the old men with ■
the exception of those guilty of vio
lence are to he put back within 30 <
i days, men will come back to work .
at. the reduced wages set by the rail ,
board against which the strike was
directed.”
CHARLOTTE STRIKERS
FAIL TO RETURN.
| CHARLOTTE, N. C., Sept. 19.
Striking shopmen of the Southern ;
i railway here did not return to work i
I today. E. L. Barkley, secretary of ;
i the local union, sa’d “a hitch has i
been encountered which the men in
sist shall be cleared nn before they
: go back to work.” He added the
i same situation existed among 1700
i shopmen at Spencer.
I progress made by
All RAILROADS.
CHICAGO,' Sept. 19—Adjustment
of the misunderstandings and differ- ;
ences which delayed the expected ,
settlement of the railway shopmen s ;
strike on some Toads according to i
the Baltimore jieace arrangement j
was apparent today.
SOUTHERN SETTLES WITH
MEN—STRAY WEDNESDAY.
CHARLOTTE,'N. ('., Sept. 19.
While the return of the striking
shopmen will be expedited in the
Southern railway, the men will not
be’ taken on in a body except in
places where non-union workmen
who were employed during the pe
riod of the strike desire to leave in
; a body, according to orders received
yesterday from W. 11. Miller, vice
president of' the road, and R. E.
Simpson, general master of the lines
East, following agreement between
the road and strikers.
Officials of the Southern railway
and representatives of the union
shop crafts of that system late yes
| terday signed the Wat field-Willard
' Jewell agreement.
The-strike among the workers of
trie Mobile and Ohio railroad, which |
is controlled by the Southern, also
was settled on the same basis. The i
I woikers ol the two roads and those
employed on all lin%s controlled by
the Southern who went on strike,
are to return immediately to work
with seniority rights unimpaired.
i
OHIO WILL VOTE
ON SEER SOONi
.
Supreme Court Places Question
Upon Ballot In That
State
COLUMBUS, Sept. 19.—Ohio at ;
the November election will vote on
a state constitutional amendment to
legalize the manufacture and sale of
wine and beer. The state Supreme
court Tuesday ordered Secretary of
State Smith to place the proposal
on th.? ballot in’ mandamus action
brought by the association opposed
I to prohibition, sponsor of the amend
ment, after the secretary had ref us- i
ed to certify the amendment for a
i vote.' *
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WANT JUDGES RESTRICTED
COLUMBIA, S. C., Sept. 19.—Re-
striction of the federal judiciary was 1
< urged upon congress in a resolution
adopted by the Shuth Carolina state ’
j labor federation which brought its 1
annual convention to a close here <
today. The resolution charged the 1
i judges with “usurping powers and , i
I authorities never contemplated by ■
the founders of the government.” i
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PERSHING TO VISIT FAIR.
RALEIGH 1 , N. C.. Sept. 19.—Gen- i
oral John J. Pershing has accepted .
nn invitation to visit the North Car
olina state fair October 18, which |
■ will be celebrated as “Military Day,” ,
’ it was announced today.
ARGONAUT MINE SCENE
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WOMEN MAKE
PLANS FORFAIR
Basketry Exhibit Is To Be Staged
Mrs. Council Chairman
Os Committee
At a meeting held this morning in
the home of Mrs. Sam R. Heys, com
mittees were appointed for the wo
man’s department of the Sumter
County fair. ,
Mrs. Charles Monroe Council was
asked to serve as chairman of the
basketry department, ami under her
direction this, feature promises to be
an interesting part, of tin- .exhibits.
Mrs. Council urges all women who
have baskets to exhibit to send them
to the fair grounds carry Monday
morning, where a supervisor will re- |
ceive and check them. Later they ■
be arranged for exhibition on the j
lacks provided for the purpose.
The Value of Fairs.
George Marshall, speaking of the
fair today, had the following to say: ’
Not for many years has there been I
so much active interest displayed as j
this season in matters pertaining to j
agricultural life and achievement. I
Georgia has made more* gains this .
year in diversification, in stock rais
ing, in dairying and its kindred i
tivities, than in a long time, and th i
evidence of this progress shbuld he j
shown.
There is no greater stimulus to en- j
deavor than the county fair; no one
thing more of an incentive to better ■
farming. The amount of money
profit is not all of life. Man is con- I
stituted to take a pride in worthy ;
achievements, and if he. has an op
portunity to show his fellow citizens
what a good farmer he is, or how '
he excels in a particular crop, or in j
some other way, he finds additional
zest in his work.! The spirit of I
friendly rivalry and the educational '
value of seeing what other people |
have been alile to do, have their
value in a conservative way. There
is also the. opportunity for people
of the county to get together after ■
the hard work of the year, and know I
each other better.
Os late years fairs have taken on
a wider character than the mere ex
hibition of agricultural resources
and may be called th,, -show win’:
dows of the county." There is al
serious not- of - (; du.mearnesi
pess in them, and at the same timed .
he entertamment feature is not neg
lected, _ Many people visit fairs to be
enter amed, but gain in knowledge
<>f better methods and of w hat their
ounty is able to produce. Fach
county fair is evidence there is a ’ :
live county with faith in its resources
and people behind every effort., ' /
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
* I •
—. .
The pictures above show “gas ;
tank” rescue workers at the shaft
of the Argonaut mine at Jackson,
Cal., where 47 miners died, and
(inset) is Dr. L. H. Duschak, of
the U. S. Bureau of Mines, with an
instrument which is used to detect
death. Jt was the “report’’ of this
instrument tjiat gave hope that
the entombed men were living. At
the left is a rescue worker with
“Dicky,” hero canary of the World
War, who was used to test gas con
ditions in the mine.
BELIEVED CALL
LURED PASTOR-
Naw Jersey Police Expect Ar
rests Today To Clear Up
The Mystery
NEW BRUNSWICK, N. .1., Sept.
19.—After three -ays’ investigation
of the murder cf Rev. Edward
Wheeler Hall and Mrs. Eleanor Rein
hardt Mills, authorities expressed
confidence that, today’s developments
\sould bring about a solution of the
mystery. Arrests are expected soon **
as county officials have decfaredi :
they know who did the shooting and j
where it occurred.
The Somerset county authorities
are trying to trace a! mysterious
telephone call :«-id possibly to have
lured to their death the Rev. Edward
H. Hall, wealthy rector of the Church
of St. John the Evangelist, and Mrs.
Janies Mills, leader of his choir.
It was learned the woman receiv
ed a call on the phone late Thursday
night and it was said the clergyman
may have received a similar sum
mons.
Mrs. Hall, wife of the clergyman, j
under Examination by the county au
thorities, admitted she was’the “mys
terious woman” seen entering her
home early Friday.
It is rumored that one arrest and
perhaps two may be made within 24
County Detective Totten
refused to discuss the report.
Mrs. Hall admitted she had gone i
to the church early Friday because I
her husband was missing, and she
Was alarmed. She wanted to ascer
tain, she said, if he had been de- I
tained at the .church. j
At the same time Mil’ls, husband
of the slain woman, admitted he
too, had visited the church •? early
1’ i iday. Ke said 'he was anxious
over the non-return of his wife. He
yisited the church to see if she had
been detained by choir practice.
The authorities have been unable
to find anyone who was ini the
vicinity of the lonely farm two |
miles from New Brunswick where
the two bodies were found Saturday ;
■morning, both shot through the hea<J.
Prosecuting Attorney A. M. Beek
man, of Somerset county, said both I
Mrs. Hall and Mills had admitted to ,
him they were at the church between j
2 and .3 o’clock Friday morning, hut .
said they had not seen each other.
Beekman said search had been '
commenced in the Mills home for a
[fistol, but that none had been found. ;
No search had been made of the Hall I
home, he said.
C apt. W. P. Dodds, medical officer
at. Souther Field, left for his home in
Pittsburg, after spending a few days
en. route with friends in Mcßae,
HOME
EDITION I
MEN OM.Y LIVED
5 HOURS AFTER
MINE DISASTER
California Town Center Os Sad
Activity—Find Bodies After
3 Weeks’ Search
JACKSON, Calif., Sept. 19.--
(By Associated Press.) —Forty-
seven miners died in the Argo
naut mine on August 28. I h.is
town awaits today the bringing of
the bodies from the tunnel that
has been a tomb for three weeks.
It is California's worst mine disas
ter in one of its greatest gold pro
ducers.
A note found on one of the bod
ies indicated that all the men had
died within five hours of the begin
ning of the fire August 27, officials
said.
All the miners were found behind
the second of two bulkheads they
had built in a crosscut, 4,350 feet
down in the Argonaut mine. Byron
O. Pickard, chief of the Federal Bu
reau of Mines, for this district, was
the first man to go behind the bulk
head and discovered the bodies.
Pickard, on an earlier exploration
behind this bulkhead had counted 42
bodies and expressed the belief that
there were othfers there.
The note found read as folic,Vs:
“3 a. m. gas bad.”
1 he same note bore a scrawled fig
ure “4” apparently indicating the
same man had attempted to leave
word for those who might come aft
er, of the condition of the mine at
that hour.
Mine officials declared tfiat the
condition of the crosscut behind the
bulkhead was such that life could
not have been sustained there by the
entombed men for more than five
hours.
The bodies were found piled one
on top <>f another and decompose
t tion bad progressed so far that
identification would be impossible,
Pickard reported.
FIRST OF BODIES
REMOVED TODAY.
JACKSON, Calif., Sept. 19. (Ry
the Associated Press.) —The first of
the 47 bodies in the Argonaut gold
mine disaster were brought to the
surface in the Kennedy mine after<
noon Tuesday. The crew is in charg,-
of government engineers and went
down into the tunnel at 8 o’clock.
PROPOSED RATE
CHANGE IS HIT
Atlanta Shippers Show That
Georgia Rates Would Be
Increased
ATLANTA, Sept. 19.—Applica
tion by shippers for a proposed uni-'
form’ class rate on a mileage scale
'would mean increased rates for
North Carolina and Georgia, a slight
reduction for South Carolina 'and
: about preserve the pre,sent levels in
Alabama, Harry T. Moore, traffic
manager of the Atlanta Freight Bu
reau, '’declared in testimony before
the Interstate Commerce Commis
sion investigating Southern class ,
rates here today. / ■
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AMERICUS SPOT COTTON.
Strict Middling, 21c. Market clos
i ed up 15 points.
LIVERPOOL COTTON
LIVERPOOL, Sept. 19. Market
opened steady 15-21 points up. Quo
tations 13.28. Sales* tioOO bale t sj Re
ceipts 12,245 bales, of which 1183 •
arc American.
Futures Oct. Jan. March
eV Close 12.02 11.84 ll.t’J
.Clise 12.26 12.08 11.93
NEW YORK FUTURES
: Oct. Jan. March
Prev Close . 21.15 21.13 21.25
Open .21.22 21.30 21.15
10:15 am 21.25 21.32 21.39
1«:30 .21.25 21.30 21.3 G
11:00 •. 21.33 21.37 21.43
11’15 .21.30 21.34 21.41
11:30 .... .21.32 21.33 21 45
11:45 21.38 .21.42 21 48
12:00 .21,40 21.44 21.19
1215 pm 21.39 ---♦ 21.18
12-30 21.53 21.49 21 55
12-4521.39 21.41 21.-17
1:00 21 41 21.44 21.51
1 :15 .21.37 21.43 21.18
1:30 ... . 21.39 21.44 21.49
1:45 21.33 31.46
2:00 .. 21.35 21.39 21.45
2:30 21.37 21.37 21.46
2:45 21.38 21.40 21.48
Close 21.30 21.32 21.40