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AMERICUS SPOT COTTON
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FORTY-FIFTH YEAR.—NO. 26
SWEARING VENGEANCE
GEN. WEYGAND’S LIFE ENDANGERED
MSWDiympi
TO WRECK TRAIN
NEAR DUESSELDORF
Halted Just In Time To Remove
Obstruction From Tracks
Ahead
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FOODSTUFFS CONFISCATED
Telegraph Women Driven From
Their Posts With Riding
Whips
DUESSELDORF, Jan . 30—
(By Associated Press.) —An at
tempt to wreck the train on which
General Weygand and Minister of
Public Works L. E. Trocquer were
travelling to Duesseldorf from Pa
ris was reported at, Dueren last
evening.
The train on which the officers
were passengers halted in time to
avert striking the obstruction
which had been placed on the
tracks.
FOOD STUFFS ARE
ARE CONFISCATED.
- DUESSELDORF, Jan. 30.—(8y
tjhe Asociated Press.) —The French
occupational authorities today began
the confiscation of large warehouses
contaning general merchandise and
foodstuffs in Dussburg and Duessel
dorf.
WOMEN MISTREATED,
GERMANS CHARGE.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 30. The
charge that women employes of the
telegraph office at Duesseldorf in
the Ruhr district “have been driven
with blows of riding whips from
their offices” was-made in the Ger
man foreign office, according to a
statement received today at the Ger
man embassy here.
COX SAYS FRENCH
INVASION A MISTAKE
SPRINGFIELD, Jan. 30. Ex
pressing his opinion that the invas
ion of Germany by France was a
mistake, James M. Cox, former gov
ernor of Ohio and Democratic can
didate for the presidency in 1920, in
an addresi*here Sunday declared
“the time has come when no ques
tion should be settled by force of
arms.”
Mr. Cox dealt entirely with inter
national affairs and urged co-ordi
nation of international endeavors.
The meeting was sponsored by the
Y. M. C. A.
NATIONAL SCOUT LEADER
ADDRESS LOCAL LIONS
Stanley A. Harris, national field ex
ecutive of the Boy Scouts, was pres
ent at the weekly meeting of the
Lions club Tuesday at noon and ad
dressed the Lions on “The Value of
Training For The Boy.”
Mr. Harris urged the Lions to give
their heartiest co-operation to the
Boy Scout movement in Americus. He
said that Lions had an opportunity
of getting into the spirit of scouting
by their activities in backing the lo
cal Scouts.
.The Lions club of Americus has
sponsored Troop 11. of the Scouts
here and is assisting this troop, in its
work to the fullest extent.
Mr. Harris left Americus at 2
o’clock, after conferring with Scout
officials in Americus concerning the
progress of the Scout work. He has
charge of Scout activities in all towns
and cities having less than 25,000
populaton.
ARMY BILL TO SENATE
WASHINGTON, Jan. 30. The
army appropriation bill carrying a
totai of $340,341,396.28, reported
to the senate after the military com
mittee had added $6,687,192 to the
measure as passed by the house.
RECESS FOR SUPREME COURT.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 30.—The Su
preme court has recessed until Feb
ruary 19.
Between 5,000,000 and 7,000,000
people visited America’s national
forests during the past year.
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GENERAL WEYGAND
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banker, IPTIMISTIC
Says Outlook Is Good For South
And Nation —Knows
Ruhr
C. M. Council, vice-president and
cashier of the Planters Bank of
Americus, stated to the Times-Re
corder Tuesday that the outlook for
business progress in this section and
in the country at large is good.
“If the trouble in Europe is set
tled amicably, I see no reason why
the South should not have a pros
perous period in the next few years,“
said Mr. Council. “Especially at
present are the industrial centers
experiencing a thriving business.
With the present shortage of cotton
our section along with the rest of
the nation should go forward.”
Mr. Council stated that he had
visited Germany prior to the war,
and had traveled through the Ruhr
section now occupied by the French.
“It is hard to believe,” he said,
“that Germany will resist France to
the extent of causing her to destroy
that splendid indutsrial center in the
Ruhr valley. It seems to me that
war for Germany would be suicide.
But of course we cannot be sure as
to what the outcome will be.”
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TOE BSPHIIO
Turpsns Have Sold More Than
SIOO,GOO Worth Os Stock
To Farmers
More than $100,006 worth of
mules have been sold this season
by G. A. and W. G. Turpin, accord
ingto W. G. Turpin this morning.
“This is an extraordinary good sea
son with us,“ he said, “and we have
had shipped in one of the finest lots
of mules we have ever had.” Which
means that the farmers of Sumter
are stocking their farms with the
best mules money can buy.
The heavy sale of mules is also
an indication of heavy planting in
the county, with rapid, deep plow
ing, it is said.
CLAIMS WOMAN VICTIM
OF ACCIDENTAL SHOT
ATLANTA, Jap. 30.—Miss Alma
Randall, 20, employed by a local
medical institute, is in an Atlanta
hospital with a pistol bullet lodged
in her chest and J. W. Hutchin#, em
ployed in the same office, is being
detained by the police pending an
investigation.
According to Hutchins’ story to the
police, the pistol exploded accidental
ly while he was Cleaning it. Miss
Randall is said to have corroborated
Hutchins’ account of the shooting.
Miss Randall’s conditions is regard
ed as dangerous, hospital attaches
said.
AGRICULTURAL SITUATION
REPORTED MUCH BETTER
WASHINGTON, Jan. 30.—Agri
culture from a financial standpoint
is getting better, although the farm
ers’ dollar opened the new year
with a purchasing power equal to
sixty-eights before the war, accord
ing to the Department of Agricu
ture. For the last year the aver
age index number of the purchasing
power of farm products in terms of
other commodities which farmers
buy, was sixty-nfbe, an increase of
1 two points over 1921.
THE TIMES- RECORDER
finance officer of
LANGLEY FIELD WITH
$3,000 IS MISSING
Officials Around Hampton, Va.,
Notified To Keep Watch For
Officer Who Disappeared
BELIEVED VICTIM BANDITS
Officer Was Accompanied By
Three Guards When Last
Seen
HAMPTON, Va., Jan. 30.—Mili
tary, state and county authorities of
this city and adjoining territory were
requested at noon by the command
ing o.ficer at Langley Field to try
and locate Captain D. Cota, chief
finance officer at the field and a
guard of three men who drew forth
$3,000 from the First National bank
here at 9:45 o’clock this morning
and have not been heard from since.
The drive from Hampton to Lang
ley Field requires only ten minutes
by auto.
Local police are of the opinion
that the car was held up by bandits.
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old si hawkins farm
150 Acres In Tract—New Owner
Will Plant Largely To Grain
And Melon Crops
The Si Hawkins farm of 150 acres,
located on the Smithville road, next
to Lee Hansford’s place, has been
purchased from the Hawkins estate
by W .G. Turpin. The purchase price
could not be learned.
Practically all of the 150 acres
is under wire and the place is con
sidered one of the best in this sec
tion.
Mr. Turpin states that he will
plant quite a large portion in water
melons.
“We will raise principally hay and
grain for the stable,” Mr. Turpin
said. We will dump all of the
fertilizer from the stables on the
place and gradually build up the
land. We expect to put out a num
bey of pecan trees, particularly on
that part of the place bordering
the road.”
APPROPRIATION FOR NEW
FORT BENNING HOSPITAL
WASHINGTON, Jan. 30. The
war department appropriation bill
reported yesterday by the senate
committee provides an item of $275,-
000 for the construction of a hos
pital at Fort Benning, Ga., and $50,-
000 for experimental work by the
Chemical Warfare Service on chem
icals to kill the cotton boll weevil.
The items were supported in the sub
committee by Senator Harris , of
Georgia, who said that the item of
$124,000 to continue construction
on officers’ quarters at Fort Ben
ning was retained. The bill as it
passed the house did not provide for
the hospital and the boll weevil ex
periment work.
U. S. SENATE CONFIRMS
SANFORD’S APPOINTMENT
WASHINGTON, Jan. 30. the
nomination of Judge E. T. Sanford
of the eastern and middle Tennessee
district to be an associate justice of
the Supreme court, succeeding Jus
tice Pitney, who recently retired,
was confirmed last night by the sen
'■ate.
The action of the senate was taken
after its judiciary committee had re
ported the nomination favorably by
, unanimous vote.
WOMAN LEADS CHINESE
KONKONG, Jan. 30.—As the aft
ermath of a recent raid by Chinese
pirates upon a river boat plying be
yond Macao, soldiers are hunting for
the widow of Sun Peisen, a former
wealthy merchant. An English offi
cial who was among the ninety pas
sengers robbed by the pirates recog
nized in their leader Mine. Sun Pie
sen, who was dressed in masculine
costume. Her followers treated their
victims with the utmost respect, but
shot two sailors who were slow in
obeying ;heir command.
AMERICUS, GA., TUESDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 30, 1923
OUTLOOK E«
DESERVE BANK HEAD
Retail Trading Good —Building
Programs Boom, Says
Report
ATLANNTA, Jan. 30. —The begin
ning jf the new year has brought
a “steady increase in confidence and
faith in the future which has been
growing throughout the year just
ended,” declares the Federal Reserve
Bank of Atlanta in its summary for
December of business conditions in
the Sixth Federal Reserve district,
made public Monday.
The Sixth district includes the
states of Georgia, Florida, Alabama,
Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee.
Fundamental business conditions
are sound throughout the district, re
ports the bank. Building and con
struction programs, including high
way work, progressed steadily
through December and projects al
ready arranged for are expected to
keep a large amount of labor em
ployed for months to come. Retail
trade continued in a healthy state.
The outlook for retail business dur
ing the year, according to the bank’s
correspondent, is good.
Unusual tendencies toward a slack
ening of wholesale trade during the
closing month of the year are report
ed, the summary continues.
RESOLUTION TO AMEND
RESERVE ACT IS LOST.
WASHINGTON, Jan .30.—Sena
tor Heflin, Democrat, Alabama, re
newed without success his attempt
to have his resolution amending the
Federal Reserve act, referred to the
agricultural committee. Chairman
McLean, of the banking committee,
which Mr. Heflin has charged Sena
tors Lodge, Republican, Ohio, and
Glass, Democrat, Virginia, joined in
warning the senate against a break
down of the committee system by
depriving interested committees of
jurisdiction over pending legislation.
Senator Pomerene declared that
any absues growing out of the Fed
eral Reserve act could be traced to
the members banks themselves.
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A Funny
Story
Has often won the crowd—
and the votes—for the stump
orator! There are men in
Congress as famous for their
sense of humor as for their
political acumen. And they
know how to tell an anec
dote !
The Times-Recorder has col
lected through NEA Service,
the funniest stories of scores
of congressmen. They fur
nish a real contribution to
I bur national humor.
TAPITOL
Will be printed in the Times-
Recorder daily. Look on
editorial page today for the
first one, by Congressman
Simeon D. Fess, of Ohio. ___
AjLaugh A Day!
KEMAL PASHA
COMMITTEE BUSY !
ON MBBffl?
Will Report Tuesday And Tabu
late Results Os Canvass For
New Names-
The committee on membership ap
pointed by the Americus Chamber
of Commerce have gone to work
at the task of securing new mem
bers, it was announced Tuesday
morning by George O. Marshall,
secretary of the loclil chamber.
One hundred and five members
have already been secured and it is
hoped to get a total of SOO members.
Officers of the Chamber of Com
merce, including President S. !i.
Heys, and Secretary Geo:.e
and others met Tuesday co nic „<> '
go over the situation as regurus the
membership drive.
It was stated that the committees
which are busy securing new names
would meet not later than Friday
morning to tabulate results of the
efforts to get more names on the
dotted lines.
bo«TsTn
AN ECONOMIC MEET
Renews His Proposal In Senate
—Exepcts Stormy Session
When Submitted
WASHINGTON, Jan. 30.—Sena
tor Borah has renewed in the
ate his proposal for an international
economic conference to be called
by President Harding.
The conference proposal,” which
has already been the center of one
senate storm and is expected to de
velop another, submitted this time
by Senator Borah, as a separate reso
lution which at his own request was
laid aside for further consideration
after the pending farm credits leg
islation is out of the way.
In order to prevent any undue de
lay, however, Borah indicated that
when the proper time came he prob
ably would move to add the resolu
tion as an amendment to some bill
already under discussion.
The resolution was almost identi
cal with the Borah naval bill amend
ment which Borah withdrew after
administration leaders had said it
1 would embarrass the state depart
ment negotiations then in progress.
President Harding under a reso
lution, was requested to invite such
governments as he might deem de
sirable to the conference “charged
with the duty of considering econom
ic problems now obtaining through
out the world.”
New York’s elevators transport
6,000,000 passengers daily.
H.
GETS HTLMITH CULL
Not Known Yet Whether He Will
Accept New Church —Popu-
lar In Americus
Rev. Henry T. Brookshire, pastor
of the Central Baptist church, sev
eral days ago received a call from
the Woodward Avenue Baptist
church in Atlanta, it has been learn
ed here, and he is in Atlanta this
week, presumably conferring with
the church there regarding the call
I. i not known what Mr. Brom; >
sh.rc’s decision in the matter «vil
but it is knov.ii that the Cen*
..cal cnruch here would regret to give
him up.
Woodward Avenue church, to
which Mr. Brookshire has been call
ed, is one of the strong churches of
the capitol city, being located in the
Grant Park section of Atlanta. [The
church there, it is said, has been
pastorless for several months, and is
anxious to secure the services of the
local pastor.
Mr. Brookshire came to Americus
nearly three years ago, and has been
one of the leaders in religious and
civic affairs since that time. He is
president of the Americus Lions club.
SUMTER COUNTY IN
GOOD FINANCIAL SHAPE
Sumter county is in good shape fi
nancially, according to County Treas
urer H. D. Watts, who stated Tues
day that the county has paid all out
standing warrants to date.
Treasurer Watts also stated that
all bonds due to date had been paid
with al? outstanding interest, the
last payments of bonds being made
January 1, when $16,000 in bonds
were paid.
“County finances are in fine con
dition, said the treasurer. “There
are no debts past due, and we are
prepared to meet warrants and bonds
as fast as they come due.”
Mr. Watts has been treasurer of
Sumter county for more than seven
years, and since 1919 has been ex
officio member of the board of coun
ty commissioners.
HOG SALE AT AMERICUS
SALES PENS. FEBRUARY 6
A hog sale will be hpld at Amer
icus February 6, following .the sale
which is to be held at Leslie Feb
ruary 1, it was learned here Tues
day morning.
Hogs in lots of from one to one
hundred will be put on sale by the
farmers of Sumter county and vicin
ity, it is said, and buyers from Cuba,
Moultrie, Atlanta, Cincinnati, Mont
gomery and other points are expect
ed to be present and bid on the ags,
WEATHER 'TiWr
—• t
For Georgia Partly cloudy in
south and local rain in north por
tion tonight and Wednesday; warm
er in extreme north portion,
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
KffILMMITS
NOTHERSGRAVEIIIID
THERE TAKES Mill
From Smyrna To Angora Cheers
Go Up As Turk Leader
Passses
WAR CLOUDS GATHER FAST
Greek Authorities Issue Proclama
tion, Calling All Classes To
Serve Colors
LONDON, Jan. 30.—Interest
in the Near East situation has been
revived by the delicate state of af
fairs at Lausanne, intensified here
by a Times dispatch from Con
stantinople reporting the depar
ture of Kemal Pasha from Smyrna
for Angora amid such demonstra
tions as usually take place before
an outbreak of way.
Kemal is reported to have vis
ited the grave of his mother where
he swore he would rather join her
in death than to “allow a sover
eignty which the Turkish people
had re-conquered at the price of
blood be imperilled.”
GREEK SOLDIERS
ARE GETTING‘READY
GENEVAV, Jan. o.—(By Asso
ciated Press.) —The Greek minister
at Berne, through the newspapers,
has notified all Greeks of the class of
1923 to hold themselves in readiness
for a call to the colors.
The ministers said there would be
no exemptions.
BIBLEMEEHE
Bl GEB.I. GUILLE
Noted Religious Leader To Re
turn To Presbyterian Church
Here In May
The Americus Presbyterian church
-will hold a Bible conference at the
local church beginning May 6, which
will be led by Dr. George E. Guille,
it w: annonne- >y Rev. Richard r.
Simp.,on, the presbyterian pastor,
Tuesday.
Regarding the coming Bible con
ference Mr. Simpson said:
“The announcement will be greet
ed with pleasure in many quarters
that the Rev. Geo. E. Guille, who con
ducted the Bible conference in the
Presbyterian church last November,
will return to Americus for another
conference May 6-13.
Mr. Guille came to Americus a
total stranger but in his brief so
journ of 7 days he made a multi
tude of friends among those who at
tended the conference which he con
ducted. His rare knowledge of the
Bible and his ability to present its
truth in a striking and forceful man
ner is unsurpassed by any minister
who has ever visited the city. The
verdict of many who heard him was
that he is the best they ever heard.
“It is hoped that there will be
hearty co-operation among the
churches of Americus to make the
conference this year a united effort
to reach the entire town. The
churches of the city are requested
to take note of the date, May 6-13,
that there may be no conflicting
meetings.”
FIRST PRACTICE By
NEW BRASS BAND
The members of the new brass
band which is being organized by the
local post of the American Legion,
met for the first practice Monday
night. Officers were elected and
Prof. W. R. Ross took charge of the
boys for the rest of the meeting.
J. H. Shumake was elected presi
dent and Mr. Alexander, secretary
and treasurer. Twenty members ’
were present at the meeting, and
others are expected to be on hand
Thursday night when the next band
practice will be held.
Carroll Clark, who is one of the
leaders in the band organization, has
wired for a supply of sheqt music for
the boys to use in their training, and
it is expected that this will arrive
in time to be used Thursady.
It is requested that all members
be on hand at 7:15 Thursday night
in order to go at once into drill for
the first practice,
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