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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. I I WAIT IN VAIN.. FOR DADDY oßwiaip * It I '’’l* 1 rT ™ / ' ■'lY*’”'*' W Cw'.' aflf< , 1 J O- ■■ S :: ' ,# 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.' * - 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 • , j 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 jJgvX yjj fr —ux &£ <...■£ ■s< if r~--^W——i I r i ’ I' it a fr 'FT! J ’ w ' / L'/ ' w I Os Vfl*!?:; I’* | Ji i ’ '-s "W-W ’’J ' 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. / ■ —— 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