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Newspaper Page TextAMERICUS SPOT COTTON Strict middling, 29 12 cents. New York Futures Meh. May July Previous Close .... 29.70 29.65 28.93 Open 29.75 29.77 29.00 11 am 29.70 29.68 28.90 Close 29.61 29.57:28.82 FORTY-FIFTH YEAR.—NO- 46 Go To Church and Sunday School LEE STREET METHODIST CHURCH Luther A. Harrell, Pastor. Sunday School under leadership of T. M. Furlow, Superintendent begins promptly at nine thirty Sunday morn ing. A full attendance is urged for this session. Preaching at eleven ./clock by the pastor. Epworth Leagues will meet at six thirty Sunday evening. Preaching by the pastor at seven thirty Sunday evening. • Mid-week prayer service Wednes day evening at seven thirty. To all the services at I.ge Street we urge a full attendance of the membership, and extend a cordial in vitation to visitors and strangers to worship with us. Good music and plain gospel preaching. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Richard T. Simpson, Pastor. 9:45 A. M. Sunday School, A. C. I Crockett, superintendent 11 A. M. Morning service, subject; The Presbyterian Progressive Pro gram. You are urged to be present at I this service and hear about the great j work of a great church. 6:15 P. M. Christian Endeavcr Mrs. F. B. Arthur, leader. 7 P. M. Evening service, subject; Noah and the Ark. » CHRISTIAN CHURCH Taylor St. Sunday School 10:00 A. M., J. A. Baugh, superintendent. Let every one be present Sunday to bring up the February average. Song and Prayer Service 11:00 A. Community Service 11:15 A. M. Preaching Service 11:30 A. M., sub ject, “Is Satan After You,” by W. A. Joyner. Come out and be encouraged in your fight againrt Satan. Christian Endeavori 6:30 P. M. Juanita Mulligan, Leader. Junior Christian Endeavor Wed nesday, 3:30. Mrs. McArthur, Leader. Prayer Meeting, Wednesday 7:30 J. A. Bough, leader. You are cordially invited to all our services. FIRST METHODIST CHURCH John M. Outler, Pastor (Services in the Court House.) Sunday School every Sunday morn ing at 9:30. Wible Marshall, Sup erintendent. Preaching services at 11 every Sunday morning, at 7:30 in the even ing. The pastor will preach at both services tomorrow 7 . The Young People’s Missionary So ciety, and also the Junior Missionary Society will meet at 6 o’clock on • Sunday evening. The mid-week prayer meeting is • held Wednesday evening at 7:30. ; The public is invited to attend all the services, and the member: • are urged to attend. Let every one plan to be on hand, on time Sunday. FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST SCIENTIST 128 Forest Street. Sunday school at 9:30. Service at 11 o’clock, Subject; MIND. Golden Text: Numbers 16:28 “And Moses said, Hereby ye shall know that the Lord hath sent men to do all these works; for I have not done them of mine own mind. Wednsday evening meeting at 7:30. Reading Rooms are open daily except legal holidays and Sundays, from ; ten until twelve. Here all Christian Science literature may be read. The public is invited to visit the rooms and attend the services. CALVARY EPISCOPAL CHURCH The Church by the Bridge. Rev. James E. Lawrence. Rector. Second Sunday in Lent. Holy Communion, 7:30 A.M. This will be the Corporate Communion of the Woman’s Auxiliary. The Church School 9:45 A. M. Morning Prayer and sermon 11:00 A. M. Evening Prayer and sermon 7:30 P. M. V First Baptist Church Carl W. Minor, D. D., Pastor. “Let your questing a better self lead you to church.” 9:30 a. m. Bible school, T. Furlow Gatewood, Supt. The weather is bracing, so brace up and come to morrow. 11 a. m. worship. Subject, “The Supreme Test of Ownership. This message w>l! be of help to any who at times doubt their conversion. 6:15 p. m. Senior, Intermediate (Continued Page Five.) 12 BILLION MARKS CONFISCATED Ohio and Virginia Infested With Bandits in. PLEASANT CASHIER KILLEB BY ROBBERS AFTER HE OPENS. Btf Make Getaway In Direction Ot; Steubenville—Sheriff’s Posse i In Pursuit SIO,OOO TAKEN FROM VAULT I Six Men Gag Factory Watchman' In Virginia—-Money Taken In Small Pay Envelopes YORKVILLE, 0., Feb. 24.—Har ry Price, cashier of the Peoples* Bank at Mount Pleasant, Ohio, was shot and killed by two robbers short ly after he opened the bank) this morning, according to reports receiv ed here. The robbers escaped in an automo bile in the direction of Steubenville. SHERIFF’S POSSE IS IN PURSUIT. STEUBENVILLE, Feb. 24.—The sheriff’s posse, armed with machine guns and rifles, left here this morn ing hoping to intercept the bandits, who held up the Mount Pleasant bank, -shot and killed the cashier. The cashier was shot after he had complied with the order to put up his hands, according to another bank employe who fired at and and wounded one of the fleeing bandits, so far as could be determined, no |unds were taken by the bandits. HOLD UP WATCHMAN AND GET SIO,OOO. PETERSBURG, Va., Feb. 24—Six masked men forced an entrance into the Seward Trunk and Bag factory here early toda, bound and gagged the watchman, broke open the vault and escaped with SIO,OOO. The money was in small envelopes, ready to be paid the employes at the fac tory today. The robbers, officials believe, en tered the building by a side door. The locks on none of the doors were tampered with, and it is thought a key was used in gaining admission. moßliwis PRESIOEHTHL MCE With Mrs. Underwood, benator Leaves For Tour Os Europe — Doctors Order Rest WASHINGTON, Feb. 24.—Snea tor Oscar W. Underwood, of Ala bama, Democratic floor leader of the senate, may again be a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomina tion. He has informed friends that : after his return from Europe he will give “very careful and thorough con- I sideration” to the many suggestions i to enter the race for the 1924 r.omi | nation of his party. I Accompanied by Mrs. Underwood, j he has left here on a four montns’ i European tour, following toe com- | I pletion of all the regular appropria tion bills of the session and a s ; r-- ; ance from President Harding that there would be no early call, at It at, for an extra session of the new con gress. The senate minority leader-hip to day virtually fell upon Senator Rob inson, of Arkansas, who is slated to be chosen in the next congress as the successor to Senator Under wood, who announced last Novem ber that he would retire from the leadership with tl.e end of the clos ing congress. SELECT Sms fob m raras i ' Spence Cf G torgfa Co-Operative ’j Asscc.Lodir;) Decides On Com —Meet Thursday I ALBANY, Feb. 24.—Colonel R. E. ; I . Spence, chairman of the commit | tee appointed at the meeting here recently for the purpose of organiz ing a. peanut growers’ co-operative association in Georgia, announced that the personnel of the organiza tion committee has been practical ly decided upon and that it will hold its first meeting Thursday Burning here. THE TIMES- RECORDER COMMUNITY MEETING HELD FRIDAY NIGHT B WELL ATTENDED ■ Issuance Os Bonds For Building Needed Schoo! Quarters Unanimously Endorsed DR. MINOR MADE CHAIRMAN Board Os Education Not To In terfere With Playground Plans, President Dykes Declares Between 40 and 50 men and wo men, representing every civic organi sation in the city, met at a dinner in the Community club house Fri day evening at 6 o’clock and unani mously endorsed the proposal of the board of education to issue <5130,000 or more of bonds for the purpose of erecting a new high school building and making additions to the colored school. W. W. Dykes, chairman of the board of education, presided, and at request the following were among those who spoke as representatives of their respective organizations: Dr. Carl W. Minor, Mrs. J. W. Har ris, Jr., Mps. C. O. Niles, A. E. Hines, Mrs. W. H. C. Dudley, Mrs. S. H. McKee* R. L. Crawford, Mrs R. C. Anderson, Charles Culpepper, C. A. Ames, W. M. Humber, Na than Murray, Mrs. J. H. Quarterman, Mayor J. E. Poole, Lovelace Eve and others. Dr. Minor Named Chairman. Dr. Carl W. Minor -was unani mously elected chairman of the cam paign committee, and was instructed by the representatives of the vari ous organizations present to select a committee of Six to act with him in waging the campaign. In accepting the chairmanship of the campaign, Dr. Minor pledged himself to the fullest, stating that he would devote his every effort until the bonds have been passed by the people. Necessity for Larger Quarters Prof. J. E. Mathis, head of the public schools, spoke at some length, explaining to those present the ab solute necessity of additional quar ters, saying that schools now are over-crowded and relief must be had or it will be impossible within an (Continued on Page Three.) SHIPFISS BILL IS comehed dead Vote Laie Today Or Monday Conceded Will Kill Measure Now Before Senate WASHINGTON, Feb. 24. The administration shipping bill was brought before the senate today pre paratory to dealing it a death blov, Monday. Final disposition of the adminis tration shipping bill, generally con ceded to be dead, by vote, either iate today or Monday was agreed v; on today by Republican and Demo cratic leaders in the senate. Its proponents as well as oppon ents of the measure which has been blocked five days by a filibuster, agreed pending a motion, to take up the bill on which final test will come, will be defeated. \ I OCAL P. O. S. OF A. TO OBSERVE ANNIVERSARY Anniversary of the 75th year of the organization of the Patriotic Ol der Sons of America will be observ ed by Washington Camp No. 24, here Monday evening at 7 :30 o’clock in the fraternal hall. The gathering will be of a social nature, and the membership is urg ed to be present to participate in the exercises of the evening. Refreshments will be served and the occasion is being anticipated with interest by the large membership i here. MRS. E. G. BARTLETT OF LEESBURG PASSES AWA X LEESBURG. Feb. 24. —Mrs. E. G. Bartlett died at the home of her son, A. W, Godwin, Wednesday night, j after an illness of about one week. ‘ Mrs. Bartlett was one of the pioneer AMERICUS. GA.. SATURDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 24, 1923 Thrilling Rescue at Sea ’ 1- \|\ ' nV. ■ i I * I H I V Vb I ■. i V~s s. | b 1 V I-! A a 81., 1 7 " S- / V v ~ ' 4 'Mpy j .. , , The schooner Clintonia is shown here just as she sank in ths Atlantic, 1000 miles out from New York. The badly battered crew of th© little schooner were rescued and brought io New York by the S. S. Empress t)f Snntlonfl OLDEST COTTON BALE | GINNED 38 YEARS AGOI Stored In Fireproof Warehouse 1 At Jackson—Offer Os SIOOO I For It Refused 4 ATLANTA, Feb. 24.—Posibly the oldest bale of cotton iig existence is now stored in the fireproof ware house of the Jefferson mills at Jackson, it was stated in cotton cir cles here today. It was grown and ginned in 1884, 38 years ago, on the Carithers farm in Walton county, by R. L. Carithers, now a citizen of Winder, and was the first bale of, cotton ever owned by Mr. Carithers, who is now rated as one of Georgia’s wealthiest citi zens. Several new wrappings of bagging and ties have been placed on the cotton since it was ginned. The cot ton is in fine condition and Mr. Ca rithers has been offered SI,OOO for it by the New York Cotton Exchange to place on the floor of its New York office, but he has refused it. The bale has recently been treat ed to a new covering of bagging and ties. LfflS. «K 0 Sffl PRLSSMEETfHGPHCE’ • SAVANNAH, Feb. 24.—The eve cutive committee of the Georgia | Press association this morning fixed a date for the annual meeting es the association for July 16-18 at La vonia. On July 19 the editors will visit the Tugalo power plant of the Geor gia Railway and Power company; ■ July 20 they will go to Lake Rabun : on both days as guests of the power ; company. MILDRED WEBB. LOVABLE I CHILD, PASSES AWAY | Mildred Webb, 12-year-old daugh-i ter of Mr. and MTs. E. C. Webb, died at 11 o’clock this morning at the fam ily resience at Sumter City, death following a brief illness. I" uneral exercises will be held Sunday at J f o’clock, ar.d interment will be in the cemetery at Sumter City. Miss Webb, who was an unusually bright child, possessed of many friends, was ill on ly two days, and announcement of her death will come as a shock to many here as well as in her home community. Besides her parents, she is survived by three brothers, Lee Webb, of Atlanta and Terrell anjl De- I Witt Webb, of Sunlter City, and a sister, Miss Alma Webb, also of Sumter. citizens of Leesburg, and her death causes sorrow to the entire com munity. She was 74 years old. Ker son, Mr. Godwin, is the only sur viving member of her immediate family. Funeral Services and inter ment were held at the Leesburg cemetery Thursday afternoon, Rev. J. IL Hyatt conducting the services. SUTTON 13 MT THOMPSDN SOM. Prominent Atlanta Educator Will Deliver Address “The Pur pose of Education 1 hompson school is to be espe cially favored by the pres ence of Prof. Willis A. Sutton, super intendent of Atlanta’s splendid system of schools. Prof. Sutton comes to Thompson on Saturday night of this week, to deliver his famous address on “The Purpose of Education.” A rare trbat is in store for those who attend, and the facul ty and trustees of the school extend herewith a cordial invitation to the people of Americus and vicinity to attend. No admission fee will be charged, and it is hoped that all the schools in the districts adjacent to Thompson will avail themselves of the rare opportunity of hearing this noted educator and splendid speaker. oWSSs BILL BEEGRE HOOSE Composite Os Two Other Bills —Take Up Measure For Passage Tuesday ‘ WASHINGTON, Feb. 24.—A com posite farm credits bill, embracing the prnicipal features of the Len roit-Anderson and Capper Strong measures, has been completed by the house banking committee. Chairman McFadden said this af ternoon it would be formally report ed to the house Monday and taken up for passage, probably Tuesday. HELP ASKED FOR HOMELESS FAMILY Friends of J. L. Bostwick have j asked the Times-Recorder to appeal ! for help for Mr. Bostwick and fam ■ ily, whose home burned recently, on the Smithville road, west of Amer- I icus. Thursday noon, Feb. 22, the two- I story, eight-room house occupied by I Mr. and Mrs. J. L .Bostwick, their i three children and one othdr de pendent, was completely . destroyed by fire. There was no insurance. The family lost everything, it is stated, except the clothes they had < on at the time of the fire. Mr. Bostwick and his family arc now living on his place in, a small i tenant house, out a mile and a half j on the Smithville road. When seen by a Times-Recorder | representative Mr. Bostwick said that he had not been able to save anything out of his home, that all 'bedding and clothing, food and fur niture were lost. Mr. Bostwick's friends say he will appreciate any help that others more fortunate may extend him. The house was the property of Mrs. Mary P. Fowler, who also lost heavily in the fire, HEAVY OUAKE SHOCK IS 5500 MILES ■ Recorder On Seismograph At Georgetown University Early Today WASHINGTON, | ? eb. 24.—Anoth er heavy earth shock, apparently cen tering in the same location as the tremendous quake that shook the Pacific coast February 3, was re corded early today on the seismo graph of the Georgetown Universi ty- Father Tondorf, in charge of the observatory, estimated the distance fi*om Washington at 5,500 miles, said to be in the direction apparently west by south. ■M fflfflSll IMPORTANT MESSAfiE Will Send Document To Congress Later Today—Silent On Sub ject of Communication M ASHINGTON, Feb. 24.—Presi dent is engaged now in writing what is described as “an important com munication to congress.” White House official declined to in dicate its subject, withholdng all nformation beyond saying it would be an important document and would be forwarded later toay. MIT MH W NY HIM TffiS Records Show Thousands In Georgia Must Make Returns Before March 1 A 1 LAN lA, Feb. 23.—Thousands of women are required to file an in come tax return and pay a tax on their net income for the year 1922. No official estimate can be given of the number of such women, but statistics of income for the year 1920, recently issued, show that ap proximately 503,000 women filed re turns for that year, claiming the SI,OOO exemption allowed a single person. The amount of net income reputed by these women was sl,-" in addition Caere were -d ’2,181 returns by women claiming an exemption of $2,000 as th head of a family, ‘‘a person who supports and maintains in one house hold one or more individuals close ly related to him (or her) by blood, marriage of adoption.” Net income reported by these women for the year 1920 amounted to $388,364,- 530. Under the revenue act now in force the personal exemption allow ed the head of a family is $2,500 if the net income fo r 1922 was $5,000 or less, and $2,000 ilf the net in come exceeded $5,000. The number of wives making sep arate returns from husbands for tho year 1920 was 77,558 reporting net income of $584,840,405. . These figures show the income reported in returns filed by women forms an im- j portant part of the aggregate in- | come of the people of the United ' States. ! A woman who was widowed dur ing the year 1922, unless the head of a family, or remarried on or be- i fore December 31, 1922, may claim , a personal exemption of only SI,OOO. j A divorce, or wife who continuously L and without necessity makes her ' home apart from her husband is classed as a single person, and en titled only to the SI,OOO personal ex emption. Whether a man and wife are “liv- • ing apart,” for the purposes of the i income tax law, depends bpon indi vidual circumstances. A wife who supports an invalid husband in a sanitarium may claim the exemption allowed a married couple. The sep aration is one of necessity, j The revenue act does not prescribe I the amount of exemption allowed a j married woman living with her hus | band. Married couples living to- Igether are granted an exemption of $2,500 or $2,000 depending upon whether thei r combined net income is $5,000 or less, or more than $5,- 000. Husband and wife make sep arate returns, or they may make a j joint return, • . Ji WEATHER For Georgia Fair and warm er tonight; Sunday cloudy an I warm er; probably local rains in west and north portion. PRICE FIVE CENTS NINE ARE KILLED BY MILITARY FORCES 111 ■ VAILEY, CLAIM Thirteen Seriously Wounded Since Occupation Began In January NEGRO TROOPS IN REGION Claimed Blacks Have Been With drawn—Sent To Ruhr By Oversight BERLN. Feb- 24—(By Asso ciated Press.) —French occupa tional forces in the Ruhr section of Germany today boarded the Berlin-Cologne express near dengsley and confiscated a con signment of twelve bilion marks belonging to the Reich Bank the plates from which the money was pnnted Was aiso CQ ' fiscated by the French authorities. rch°om aVe n ° eXplanatio « nf both he tk PlateS and money wer « both the property of the Reich Bank, is it officially announced. ARREST 24 FOR bisobeying ORDERS. BERLIN, Feb. 24. The French oc cupying forces dissolved the meeting ol the municipal council of Bochum and arrested the Oberburgomaster and 22 members of the council on the ground that they had refused to. ' carry out French orders regarding deliveries. Ten tanks were station ed outside the twon hall while the arrests were being made. Nine German* Reported Killed ESSEN, Feb. 24.—Nine Germans have been shot dead, including one child, and.l3 seriously wounded by the military forces of occupation since they entered the Ruhr early in January, according to figures com piled by the German authorities here. Two hundred and seventy persons whose names are known have been arrested; 97 arrested and then de ported. 395 deported without oth ei formality and 16 of these removed from office according to this State ment. •'< ■ n dot More than a hundred other per sons whose names are unknown have been arrested, it is added. COLORED TROOPS i . IN RUHR. WASHINGTON, Feb. 21. New French colonial troops have entered the Ruhr, the German embassy said ?. had been informed in official in formation from Berlin, The state ment added that “colored troops of the seventh French colonial regiment have entered Werden, Velbert and Kupferdreh and have been billet ed there in private homes.” BLACKS WITHDRAW, IS CLAIM. LONDON, Feb. 24.—The' Times correspondent at Cologne, after a visit to Duesseldorf, says a dispatch ■ filed in Cologne with reference io ♦ the presence of black troops at Wer den, Velbert and Kupferreh, that he learns they were sent to the Ruhr - through an oversight and now have, been withdrawn. They belonged to the seventh colonial regiment, which the French do not regard a? a color ed regiment, as all its members are entitled to claim Frencn citizenship Some of the men are black and some white, and unfortunately black elements were included in the con tingents sent to the above tows. coHlraSH FOR 2 Wffl WK ATLANTA, Feb. 24.—Governor [Hardwick yesterday heard argument by Maj. B J. Fowler, of Macon, on •the application for executive clem ency for Wvren I- Johnson and Dr. C. K. Chapman, serving life senten ces for the murder of Walter H. Wade, in or near Americus in 1916. | The prison commission yesterday sent down to the governor its rec ommendation that the two men, who have served about four years at the state prison farm, be paroled. After hearing the case the gover nor took it under advisement, buU|g possibly will not pass upon it nr- | mediately in view of the fact that .. ‘he is suffering from a relapse of g ! influenza and will leave today for ‘ his home in Sandersville and possibly ’will have to go to the hospital there j for some days. _ J

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Americus times-recorder. (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, February 24, 1923, Image 1