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AMERICUS SPOT COTTON
Strict Middling, 27 3-Bc.
NEW YORK FUTURES
Jan. «Mch. May July Oct.
Pv Cis 26.95 27.20 27.37 27.07 .
Open . 27.30 27,41 27.50.
11:00 | '27.38 27.50 27.29
Close . 27.18j27.39 27 54 27 25 ...
FORTY-FIFTH YEAR.—NO. 11
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Even Under Eyes Os Assembled i
Naval Squadron Work
Goes Cn
OFFERING TAKEN RAPIDLY
Washington Demands immediate
Statement Os Reported Sales
Being Made
HIGHLANDS, N. J., Jan. 12.
A great rum fleet containing, it is
said, twenty vessels which Lobbed up
yesterday afternoon just off Sandy
hook, even while the New York dry
naval squadron was still reported as
standing off shore at Ambrose light
ship early this moving for business
as usual, and it is not hard to guess
that the hoard of thirsty onlookers
will be ready to take the cargo as
fast as is offered.
Although the observeds who are
ashore estimated more than a thous
and cases of this rum had been land
ed sometime during the night hours,
under cover, 3 monster rum fleets
: till had an enormous stock of rum
yet to be disposed of to eager bid
der putting out from shore in small
boats.
WASHING TO N DEMA ND S
A QUICK REPORT.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 12. lt is
said that an immediate report has
been demanded by prohibition of
ficials here working from headquar
ters in New Jersey concerning the
dispatches which appeared in the pa
pers this morning describing the ex
tensive landing of smuggled liquors
from the great rum fleet on the Jer
sey coast last night, and whose car
goes are said to have been disposed
of as rapidly as they were offered.
LEE STREETIO ME
, SOLD TO MACON MAN
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Handsome Brcadfield Residence
Purchased By Dr. John Gcff
For SB,COO Cash
Dr. John Goff, of Macon, purchas
ed Friday from Mrs. Ethel Broad
field Baker the handsome Broadfield
home on South Lee street for a con
sideration of SB,OOO. Mrs. Baker
sold the property as administratrix
of the estate of Mrs. Katherine
Broadfield for distribution among
the heirs.
The property is of white brick
construction, modern in every detail,
two stories, and located in the most
desirable residence district in Amer
icus. The price paid is regarded
among persons familiar with realty
values here as remarkably low. Dr.
Goff, who is pastor of a Presbyterian
church in Macon, purchased the
property as an investment. ‘
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Funeral Services For Roy L. Mc
zie To Be Held From Chapman
Home Saturday Morning
Funeral services for Roy L. Mc-
Kenzie, former Americus resident,
• who died suddenly in Sanford, Fla.,
early Friday morning, will be held
from the home of J. P. Chapman on
Forrest street at 10:30 o’clock Sat
urady morning.
Rev. Luther A. Harrell,, pastor of
the Lee Street Methodist church, will
conduct -the obsequies, assisted by
Rev. Richard F. Simpson, pastor of
the First Presbyterian church. In
terment will be in Oak Grove ceme
tery.
Pallbearers have been named from
his former friends and associates
and are C. IL Burke, D. R. An
drews, J. E. Chapman, Willis Morgan,
C. C. Williams and P. E. Westbrook.
Surviving are one sister. Mrs.
Mabel Calloway and one brother,
Ralph McKenzie, who reside in At
lanta.
Deceased was well known in Amer
icus, where he was reared, and for
15 years was manager of the Vir
ginia-Carolina Chemical company
here, winning a high position through
his sterling qualities and intergrity.
He was born in Social Circle, and
was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph
11. McKenzie, who have been dead
a number of years.
He was 41 years of age, and had
been in excellent health, death com
ing suddenly while on a business trip
through Florida.
SIEGE BY FRENCH IN RUHR VALLEY
$130,000 NEEDED FOR NEW SCHOOLS
BOHBS FOR SCHOOLS
BUST tt SECURED.
DYKES DECLARES
New High Schoo! Building And
Additions To Negro School
imperative
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
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Has Done Fine Work This Year,
John Sheffield Tells
Rotarians
That Americus must hold a bond
election this summer to provide ad
ditional school facilities was declar
ed by W. W. Dykes, member of the
board of education, to Rotarians at
a recent luncheon. The city now
can issue $172,000 in bonds, he said,
and the schools need. $1 30,900 oi vh.it
sum, SIOO,OOO for a high school ami
$30,000 for additions to the colored
school. The school buildings now are
over-crowded.
John Sheffield declared to the Ro
tarians that the Chamber of Com- i
merce is in excellent shape and its
activities must be continued.
Luther Harrell addressed the club
Thursday, his subject being “A Fath
er's Responsibility to His Son.”
President ■ Carr Glover appoint >1
the following named committee which
is to co-operatae wjth the City Board
of Education, in an effort to secure
the calling of a bond election to au
thorize issuance of bonds for the elec
tion of an additional high school this
committee to act jointly with similar
committees from the Kiwanls and
Lions clubs, the Chamber of Com
merce and other civic organizations,
J. T. Warren, chairman; Frank La
nier, Cobb Milner and Charles Cul
pepper.
The appointment of the committee
was requested by W. W. Dykes at
the luncheon of the Rotarians Jan
uary 4, when he presented the follow
ing resolution from the board of edu
cation :
The Resolution.
Whereas, the people of Americus
are exceedingly blessed in having a
nYo-t splendid location, a splendid
citizenry and splendid institutions,
of all which we have just cause to
be proud;
And whereas, in the development
of same we are forced to recognize
the splendid system of schools as be
ing of paramount importance, if not
the chief agency, in the splendid
progress we have made. In fact,
Americus is regarded by not only
its own citizens but by others who
would like to make it their home as .
one of the choicest home and school 1
towns anywhere and as a result of
such attractions a large number of
new families have moved into Amer
icus during the last few years and
our school rooms are now crowded
tn their full capacity and our teach
ers over-worke’d;
And whereas, Rotary not only bids
for difficult tasks but tenders its
service in' aid of all worthy causes
and more especially those which have
as their object shaping the destiny
of those who are incapable of plan
ning for themselves and upon whom
the responsibilities of tomorrow rest;
Therefore, be it resolved by the
I Americus Rotary club:
1- That for the year 1923 it will
adopt for its special program the ex
tension and further development of
the public schools of Americus.
2. That it invite the co-ordina
tion and co-operation of ail other
like organizations within the city
and pledges its full and complete
support in an effort to accomplish
the necessary and essential require
ments.
School Can’t Wait Longer.
Mr. Dykes said that the troubles of
the school can no longer be postpon
ed, that additional room must be
ready by 1924 and that only by a
! bond issue could new buildings be
secured. He said that higher educa
tional facilities were being cared for
but that we were neglecting our com
mon and high schools, over-looking
splendid opportunities at our own
doors.
‘‘This year the schools lose the 2
mills appropriated under the Pace
bill. “We must have a new high
school lluilding and an ’additional
emergency fund of $15,000,” Mr.
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THE TIMES- RECORDER
MORE! IOUSE: KLAN CHIEF 10 TELL
Tosmwun
Get-Together Meeting Planned
For Jan. 19 At Windsor—
Expect Large Attendance
The annual get-together banquit
of the Chamber of Commerce will be
held in Americus Friday evening,
January 19, at the Windsor hotel, is
the announcement made today by
George O. Marshall, secretary of
the chamber.
“The meeting and banquet is for
the purpose of getting together ev
ery member of the Chamber of Com
merce and the citizens of Americus
to discuss plans for the betterment
of the city and the surrounding vi
cinity,” Secretary Marshall said.
“Americus three civic clubs are ex
pected to co-operate in staging this
banquet and get-together meeting,
and it is the purpose of the chamber
to make it beneficial and profitable to
every resident of Americus and Sum
ter county. , . |
“Every public-spirited resident of j
Americus, whether actively engaged
in business or not, is invited to at- [
tend; the get-togetheer affar. Salari-j
ed men especially are expected to |
attend and by their presence en
courage city building in Americus.
In order that ample provision can be
made to care for every guest among
the large number who will be there,
persons who will attend are request
ed to notify me of their intention
without delaay. Plates will be SI.OO
each, and the hotel management will
be prepared to entertain as many as
indicate their jntention of attending
in advance,” Marshall said.
MIBfiS H®
Mwmißir
This Statement Is Made In Offic
ial Report Just Issued By
State Health Beard
Eleven Georgia towns are listed as
> having “dangerous” drinking water,
‘ fifty others “doubtful” and fifty “ex
cellent,” in a report just made pub
lic by H. C. Woodfall, sanitary div
ision director of the State Board of
Health in Atlanta. Among those re
ported as having “excellent” water
i supplies is Americus. This is not
I surprising to the residents here who
know what our water supply is, and
i where it comes from, but it is grati
j lying to have it put so publicly.
Many visitors to Americus speak
! of the purity and freshness of the
I drinking water, which comes from
; pure hillside streams and from an ar-
> tesian well, and therefore should be,
' and is, of the purest.
Periodically this water is examined
and passed upon, the last report
statin
standing the test of being 99 per
cent pure.
Swordfishes ranges from 4 to 15
feet long, the sword itself being as
much as 3 feet long in some cases.
AMERICUS, GA., FRIDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 12, 1923
HOW HAMMER SLAYER MADE GOOD HER ESCAPE.
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SCREVEN MURDERER CAUGHT.
SAVANNAH, Jan. 12.—Joe Jen
kins, wanted for murder of Andrew
Jones, an aged negro in Screven
county, has been caught in Denver,
according to information received
here.
CHISrOiERS
Os Windsor Hotel—Carl E. Ans
ley Now In Temporary
Charge
Charles U. Rogers, who for sev
eral years has been manager of the
Windsor Hotel, has resigned, effec
tive today. Carl Ansley is acting as
temporary manager, L. G. Counc.l,
proprietor of the Windsor, stated to
a representative, of the Times R< -
corder today.
The name of Mr. Rogers’ successor
will not be announced for several
days, Mr. Council said.
“Mr. Rogers leaves the Windsor
hotel after many years of active
service, and he leaves with my very
best wishes and good feelings,” Mr.
Council said.
“I am exercising my very best I
judgment in selecting his successor. :
I want to give. Americus one bf best |
hotels in South Georgia. The hotel, I
like a newspaper, is a semi-public in- .
stitution. It is in the hotel that the
visitor gets his first intimate opinion
of the community.
“It is my ambition to make of the
Windsor a home for the commercial
traveler, where he will receive a glad
hand the minute he enters its doors.
I want every guest to find a clean,
comfortable room, a well-balanced
meal and the most pleasant surround
ings so long as he is oup guest.
“In away, the hotel belongs to
all the people of Americus. I want
their co-operation, their suggestions,
their criticisms. These will always
be appreciated. If the 'people of I
Americus will extend these courtesies
to me or the management, it will be
possible for us to give Americus a
hotel the equal of the best.
“And whenever the Windsor hotel
can be of service to the community,
it is there for its use. We will al
ways co-operate in every way for
the improvement and expansion of
our city.”
STANInW
SAME AS LAST YEAR
Bill Includes Continuation Os
Construction Work At Fort
Benning
WASHINGTON, Jan. 12. A
standing army of one hundred and
twenty-five thousand men, twelve
thousand officers, the same as was
authorized last year, is provided for
in the army appropriation bill re
ported to the house.
The bill includes $124,000 for the
continuation and construction of
Fort Benning.
In this hut authorities are con
vinced Clara Phillips sought tem
porary refuge when fleeing jail at
Los Angeles where she was con
fined following her conviction for
the slaying of Mrsfl Alberta Mea
dows with a hammer. The note
shown above, now in the hands of
I authorities, was written on the
I edge of a newspaper by one of
* her accomplices aiding in her es
cape.
NELDRIM ENJOINS
OUTGOING BOARD
ELECTING OFFICERS
Action Os Savannah Judge De
fers Choice Os Officers For
New Council
MAY FULE OUSTER PETITION
Seabrook And New Council
To Take Office January
22nd
SAVANNAH, Jan. 12.—Judge P.
W. Mehlrim, in the Superior court
tk':- mmning, enjoined the outgoing
board of aldermen from electing city
officers tomorrow night, as it is an
nounced their intention of doing.
This action throws the election into,
the hands of the new council that
goes into office January 22.
SAVANNAH MAYOR
DYING HARD.
SAVANNAH, Jan. 12.—Injunc
tion proceedings and rumors of in
junction proceedings, petitions for
restraining and counter-petitions,
were imminent last night in the dy
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COTTON MARKET AT
NEW HIGH POINT TODAY
Spots Are Quoted At 27 3-8 c
On Americus Market, With
No Offerings
Spot middling cotton is quoted on
the open market in Americus today
at 27 3-8 cents. This is good news
to the South, although it comes too
late to do much good to the farmer,
as this season’s crop has all been
| gathered. No gins are now running
i and have not been for sometime,
i The price quoted today is the
highest the market has reached in
i sometime. About three years ago
j the market reached the unusual
I height of 41 1-2 cents when it began
to take the toboggan, going down
to as low as 9 cents. Then the as
cendency began, until today the mar-
I ket registered twenty points, or $1
' a bale higher than yesterday.
It is estimated that the stock on
■ hand in the two warehouses in Ainer
| icus is aronud 3,000 bales, with no
offerings.
$6,998,800 AVAILABLE TO
FINISH BIG POWER DAM
WASHINGTON, Jan. 12.—Funds
for the completion of Muscle Shoals
dam No. 2 and the installation of
eight power Units provided in the
army appropriation bill has been re
ported to the house.
The bill appropriates $6,998,800.
AT CALVARY CHURCH.
Evening prayer will be said ip Cal
vary church tonight at 7 ;3Q o’clock.
Everybody invited to attend tbsse
services. A hearty welcome awaits
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EXPLAIN OPERATIONS
OF MOREHOUSE KLAN
SHE ORGANIZATION
Hcoded Band Declared Not Un
der Supervision Os *
Order
NAMES BAND MEMBERS
zX.ll Are Mer Rouge Citizens And
Many Prominent In Affairs
Os Community
BASTROP, Jan. 12.—The state’s
attorney here announced today that
Captain J. K. Skipworth, exalted Cy
clops of the Morehouse parish Klan,
had requested a conference with At
torney General Coco and his assist
ants in connection with thu hooded
band activities in the parish. The as
sistant attorney general said that the
request would be granted and a con
ference would probably be held im
mediately.
Skipworth is said to have request
ed the conference in order to go into
details of operations of the More
house klan since its organization and
at the same time establish that the
operations of the black-hooded band
was not under supervision of the
klan authorities.
MER ROUGE MAYOR
NAMES MEMBERS OF BAND
BASTROP, Jan. 12.—Robert L.
Dade, mayor of Mer Rouge, today
named Dr. B. M. McKoin, Captain
J. K. Skipworth, Kelly Harp and Ed
Ivey as members of the Ku Klux Klan
band which held up and disarmed
Watt Daniel, W. C. Andrews and
Harry Neelis, Mer Rouge citizens,
near Gallion, several months prior to
the kidnaping and murder of Daniel
and Thomas Richards last August.
COLUMBUS LOCAL
KLAN DISBANDED
COLUMBUS, Jan. 12.—Because
of its affiliation with the Alaga club
a, social-political organiaztion, the
General Pike Klan of the order of
Ku Klux Klan, of Columbus, has been 1
disbanded, according to a statement
by M. O. Dunning, of Savannah.,-
kleagle of the realm of Georgia. A
reorganization of the Klan is im
mediately slated, according to Dun
ning, who asserted none of the old
officers would be re-elected after
granting a new charter.
Dunning stated the charter of thg
General Pike Klan had been revoked.
GEWEOTTOSffIIi
SUMTER MONEY CROPS
County Agent Marshall Talks
On Best Farm Products For
This Section
Sumter county’s best money crops
are “hogs and cotton,” George O.
Marshall, county farm demonstration
agent, said today. Explaining the
development of hogs as a money crop
here, Marshall declared hog sales arc
being held in Sumter county every
month in the year, with five to eight
cars sold for cash monthly. Pur
chasers are principally representa
tives of packing houses located in
I Georgia and other states. Since the
I inauguration of co-operative sales
; here five -years ago, Marshall said
today the marketable qudlity of
. Sumter county hogs had increased
approximately 75 per cent. Local
hog buyers had entirely abandoned
their activities in this territory as
meat hogs are now sold 100 per cent
through farmers’ sales. Sales are
lightest during winter months val
ues ordinarily are at their lowest
point, with a majority of sales held
during the early spring and smmer
months.
Besides selling thousands of dol
lars worth of hogs monthly, Sumter
farmers who formerly purchased
quantities of western cured meats
now raise their entire supply of both
pork and beef for farm purposes .
History records that Sir Walter
Raleigh once paid 600 pounds ster
ling for a pair of shoes, the equiva
lent of about sso,ooo today,.
WEATHER T
For Georgia —fair tonight and
Saturday; cooler tonight.
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PRICE FIVE CENTS.
GEIEML OEGOOin
IOS HUIPIIITO
PREVENT USTURBMCE
Whole Os Newly Occupied Ter
ritory In Germany Under
Martial Law
FRENCH AT DUSSELDORF
German Law To Remain In Force
During Period Os Occupation.
Edict States
ESSEN, Jan. 12.—General
DeGoutte, the French comman
der here today issued a proc
lamation establishing a state of
siege throughout the newly oc
cupied territory in the Ruhr
valley.
German laws, the proclama
tion states, are to remain in
force during the period of occu
pation.
TO STAGE HOUR STRIKE
AS NATIONAL PROTEST.
BERLIN, Jan. 12. —A national
strike of one hour in which all work
ers, including those in the govern
ment services will take part, has
been called for Monday as a pro
test against the occupation of the
Ruhr valley region by French
military forces.
The German government, it is said, ,
has decided to declare the Versailles
treaty broken as a result of the oc
pation and its execution inoperative, .
as a result thereof. A further pro
test is to be staged by the govern
ment in a refusal to negotiate with
the allied reparations commission
during th continuance of the French
occupation, and other measures of
protest will also be adopted. These
include a reduction in the use of al
coholic liquors and the observance of
Sunday as a day of national mourn
ing.
GENERAL RAMPON IN
COMMAND AT ESSEN.
ESSEN, Jan. 12.—General Ram
pon, commanding the French Ruhr
cavalry forces, made his official en- ■
try into Essen Thursday afternoon,
lie was accompanied by a squadron
of cavalry, six armored cars and a
detachment of cyclists. He was re
ceived at the city hall by Dr. Hans
lA.ither, burgomaster tof Eslsen.
Gen. Rampon told Dr. Luther at their
first meeting that the French author
ities would require of German offic
ials full co-operation in the work oi
the French economic commission to
be installed in Essen, where all ac
tivities in the Ruhr valley section are
to be controlled.
OR! ENTS L WIGHTS
HOLO SERVICES
: Banquet Given Members And
Visitors At Cafe—lnstall
Griffin Palace Tuesday
At the Ben Hur Palace No. 4, of
the Pilgrim Knights of Oriental
Splendor last evening, an important
meeting of the order was held, at
which the following officers of the
order were installed:
R. E. Parker, Oriental Knight; S.
H. Edge, Vice Oriental Knight; B.
R. Boyd, Treasurer; J. C. Poncey,
Scribe; J. J. Atkins, Prelate; A. P.
Hammett, Master of Ceremonies; R.
i A. Reese, Trustee; C. J. Williams,
Chief Guard; J. S. Burton, Grand
Inner Partal; W. A. Panton, Grand
Outer Partal; G. W. Cofer, Guide.
These officers were installed by
Past Oriental Knight R. E. Heidt.
Qtiite a delegation came over from
Cordele to attend the installation
services. After the installation of
the officers a banquet was served
the members and their guests at the
Royal case.
The Americus order will go to
Griffin January 16, where they will
institute a palace in that city, and
it is expected that quite a large at
tendance delegation will go up for
the occasion.
ASK CALCIUM ARSENATE
BE POT ON FREE LIST
WASHINGTON, Jan. 12—Senator
Harris has requested that calcium
arsenate be placed on tariff free
list under his discretionary authori
ty as given in the new law.
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