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FORTY-FIFTH YEAR.—NO. 54
COCO ASKS FOR FIFTY INDICTMENTS
$3505 BROUGHT BY
SCARBOROUGH FARMAT
courthouse sme
Estate of Rich Recluse Sold At
Low Prices To Numerous
Buyers
BIG CROWD ATTENDS SALE
Lot On Church St. Brings SI,OOO
—Another On Prince St. Sold
For $1,409
Real estate, notes, accounts and
other property belonging to the es
tate of W. H. Scarborough, murdered
recluse, was sold today in front of
the courthduse, practically every par
cel offered going at an exceedingly
low valuation. Morgan Stevens, Jr.,
a relative of the dead man, was one
of the chief buyers at the sale. All
bids accepted are subject to confirm
ation by Judge Z. A. Littlejohn, of
Sumter Superior court, and until he
has passed on these the total brought
by the estate cannot be stated defi
nitely.
The largest bid for any one parcel
offered was $3505 for. the entire
Scarborough farm of more than 150
cares lying on the western outskirts
of Americus, which was knocked
down to Morgan Stevens, Jr. This
farm was previously offered in three
tracts, when it brought a total of
$2625, each of the tracts being bid in
by Morgan Stevens, Jr. There was
lively competition among bidders for
this property, but none of those par
ticipating appeared willing to pay
anything like the value of the place,
which Scarborough bought about tea
years ago for SB,OOO. Since the pur
chase numerous .improvements had
been made on this land, which is very
desirable for farming purposes.
A vacant lot onn Jefferson and
Hudson streets was bid in by John
Oliver for $62.50, while Alfred Ap
ple, colored, bought another lot on
Elm avenue for $50.00, and a third
piece of vacant property known as
the Simon Black property, was
knocked down to Morgan Stevens,
Jr., for $22.20.
The house at Church and Dudley
streets, known as the Boone lot, Was
sold to M. J. Stevens, Jr., for an
even thousand dollars. This is a de
sirable building lot and a number of
persons were present who, it is said,
came prepared to bid thereon. The
first bid was SSOO, which the success
ful bidder immediately lifted to
SI,OOO. There were no other bid
ders for this parcel.
Three-quarters of an acre lying on
the Dixie Highway on the hill be
yond Muckalee creek was sold to M.
J. Stevens, Jr., for $428.00, and a
dilapidated house in Jordan alley was
knocked down to J. E. D. Shipp for
$41.00.
Mitchell Attyah., Forsyth street Sy.
rian merchant, bought two houses oi
Hampton street for $452.00; a house
on Prince street for $1400,00, and
3 1-2 acres on Spring street for
SI2OO, besides a cabin .on Railroad
street for $74.00.
A house located on Academdy
street, was sold subject to a bond for
titled executed by Scarborough dur
ing his lifetime. This was knocked
down to J. E. D. Shipp for SIOI.OO.
A quantity of ontes and accounts
were offered and withdrawn, there
being no bidder for these.
MEMirailS
orami allies
One In Rhenish Prussia, The
Other In Hesse Nassau, Prus
sia, Industrial Centers
LONDON, March 6.—A Central
News dispatch from Berlin says the
Ruhr allies have occupied Remscheid
and Kronberg. Remscheid is in
Rhenish Prussia 18 miles east of
Duesseldorf. It is a most important
center in Germany for the manufac
ture of small iron and steel wares.
Kronberg is a Prussian town in Hesse
Nassau.
A frock of unusual simplicity and
unusual chic is a bodice of black sat
in joined to a bouffant skirt of sliver
lace and trimmed with a large cock
ade of pink and silver ribbon.
If you want to warm over biscuits,
rolls or muffins, so they will be just
as delicious as when they were
fresh, put them in a pan and place
in another pan of water; then let
them stay for a few minutes in a
hot oven.
COL. G. R. ELLIS’ CONDITION
IS DAILY GROWING BETTER
Reports from physicians attending
| Col. G. R. Ellis, who was stricken
with paralysis Saturday morning at
(his home on Taylor street, state
that his conditon is daily improving
It is anticipated that he will soon
be able to attend to his large busi
ness affairs in connection with the'
Empire Bank and Empire Loan and
Trust company, of which he is piesi
dent.
sees nolausTdelay
STRIKE OF SHOPMEN
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President In Letter, Says There Is
“No Adequate Question Os
Principle’’
WASHINGTON, March 6.—Presi
dent Harding has informed officials
of the railway shopcrafts that he can
see no “adequate question of princi
ple” which warrants further delay in
settlement in all districts of last sum
mer’s shopmen’s strike.
In a letter written just oefore he
left Washington, made public at the
White House, the president declared:
‘‘A minority of interests are involv
ed” by refusal to settle were “largely
responsible” for interruuted coal de
liveries and other unsatisfactory rail
way conditions in certain parts of the
country.
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MEMBERSJF LODGE
Order About To Appear To
Plead For Freeing of Detec-
, tive Before Commission
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( ATLANTA, March 6—ln conform
ity. with the tenets of the fraternity
that Freemasonry stands for the, en
iorcement of law and forbids inter
ference in civil, political and relig
ious affairs, job, p.', Bow'doin, grand
Master of Masons in Georgia, Mon
day arrested the charter of Lebanon
lodge, No. 655, of Atlanta, which had
ordered its members to appear as a
body before the state prison commis
sion and apply for a pardon for W. L.
Payne, former Atlanta detective, now
serving a sentence for bribery.
Hearing of the application for par
don for Payne was postponed on
Monday by the state prison commis
sion, until Tuesday 'afternoon at 3
o’clock. The postponement was on
request of Solicitor General John A.
Boykin.
The plea for pardon for the former
officer was filed by Lebanon Masonic
lodge, No. 653, of which Payne was
a member and before which he was
tried for conduct unbecoming a
Mason ,and exonerated. The rep
resentatives of the lodge failed o
apepar before the board Monday.
The arresting of the charter, for
■alleged un-Masonic conduct, suspends
| all the officers and members of the
lodge and prevents any operation of
Lebanon lodge until the next annual
communication of the grand lodge of
Georgia, at Macon, October 30, when
(the grand lodge will take final action.
All books, funds and parapher-
(nalia of the lodge have been taken
■ into custody for the grand lodge of
I Georgia by Acting Grand Marshal
Sam Johnson, of Atlanta, who exe
( cuted the order Monday morning,
| shortly before the members of the
i lodge had gathered, preparatory to
attending the proposed hearing be
i fore the state prison commission.
I During the term of suspension, no
j member of Lebanon lodge can visit
(any other Masonic body.
! In issuing the grand master’s or
j der for the charter’s arrest. Masonic
■ officials pointed out that one of the
I first instructions given to the master
( of a lodge is that he shall agree “to
Ibe a peaceful citizen and cheerfully
(to conform to the laws of the coun
i try” in which he resides, and that
jhe shall pledge “not to be concern
ed in plots and conspiracies against
the government, but patiently to
submit to the law and the constituted
authorities.”
It was also stated that “every ap
plicant who receives the first de
gree of Fremasonry is charged ts
be a quiet and peaceful citizen, true
to the government and just to his
country; that he is not' to counte
| nance disloyalty or rebellion, but
| patiently submit to legal authority
! and conform with cheerfulness to
the government of the country in
which he lives.
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THE TIMES- RECORDER
HOOVER DECIDES ON
RADIO CONFERENCE
Broadcasting And Amateur Op
eration Congested—Wants To
Relieve Situation . -
WASHINGTON, March 6.—-Secre
tary Hoover has decided to call a
radio conference within the/ fiext
month or two to determine whether
the present confusion and conges
tion broadcasting and amateur op
eration cannot be relieved.
About 540 stations are now >n op
eration, Hoover explained, and have
put two wave lengths on whicl to
transmit signals.
Considerable difficulty has been
found in preventing this conflict, he
said.
GEORCTALEAM
FERTILIZER PLANTS
Census Reports Give State Total
Os 138 Manufactories In
1921
W ASHINGTON, March 6.—Geor
gia led the u’ -n in the number of
establishments, engaged in the manu
facture of fertilizers during 1921,
according to reports made to the bu
reau of census, department of com
merce, this state having a total of
138 manufactories.
A considerable decrease is shown
in the activities of fertilizer estab
lishments, according to the report,
when they are compared with those
for 1919. The total value of prod
ucts reported amounted to SIBO,-
374,800 as compared with $281,143,-
(600 for 1919 and $153,196,100 for
1914, a decrease of 36 per cent from
1919, but an increase of 18 per cent
for the seven year period 1914 to
1921 Os the 588 establishments re
ported in the United States, 57 were
located in North Carolina, 50 in
South Carolina, 47 in
each ip Alabapia and Maryland, £8
in Pennsylvania, 22 in Ohio, 19 in
New Jersey; V n Florida, Il i.» Illi
nois, 12 in Caii c >:,r..i 11 in Indiana,
10 in Tennessee, 9 in Maine, 8 in
Mississippi, seren in Louisiana, 6 in
Delaware, 5 each in Connecticut and
Masachusei ts, 4 each in Kansas. New
York and Wasivngton, 3 each in Ar
kansas, Kentu. y, Missouri ami Texas,
2 in Nebraska. an I 1 eac in Cvi ra
do, lowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Mon
tana, Oregon, Vermont, West Vir
ginia and Wisconsin.
Approximately 62 per cent of the
total value of the products in 1921
was reported by the South Central
and the South Atlantic' states; 73
per cent of the total was reported by
these states in 1919, and 70 per cent
in 1914. The North Central, Mid
dle Atlantic and New England states
reported 35 per cent in 1921; 25 per
cent in 1919 and 28 per cent in
1914. The Mountain and Pacific
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ICON STATE FAIR
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State Exposition Will Be Held
October 17-27—Have Races
And Bouts
MACON, March 6.—Macon's new
| est fair, the Georgia State Exposi
tion, will beformally inaugurated in
October. The exposition will be op
erated for ten days, opening Wednes
day, Oct. 17, and continuing through
Saturday, Oct. 27. Definite decision
in regard to the dates was made yes
terday at a meeting of the officers,
directors and stock holders of the
new organization.
Plans fo r the fair were discussed at
the meeting and steps will be taken
immediately to zeing securing ex
hibits and attractions for the venture.
The directors plans to have a com
plete calendar of horse races and
boxing bouts, including some of the
better known horses and fighters.
An active full-time manager for
the new exposition has not been se
cured, but under the direction and
guidance of the officers, plans are
going forward rapidly, and Louis
Rossignol, secretary, is in communi
cation with a number of attractive
| exposition features.
Under the dates arranged, the Ma
| con exposition will be held immedi
ately following the Southeastern Fair
(in Atlanta. Advertising contracts for
the Macon fair wiii i probably be
(signed early in the Summer.
AMERICUS, GA.. TUESDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 6, 1923
American Farmer Was
1 Comrade of Mussolini
ANN HARBOR, Mich., March 6 |
If Benito Mussolini, Italian premier,
has no more stick-to-ft-iveness as a
statesman Jhan he once had as a
ditch-digger, his eclipse is near.
Henry Albertini, owner of a smalt
fruit farmlton the outskirts of this
city, seat oßthe University of Michi
gan, says so. And Albertini, a Syiss,
knows all about Mussolini’s ditch
digging ability.
Foy once he worked shoulder to
shoulder with the present Fascist!
head at that lowly vocation!
“That was in April of 1909,” re
late Albertini, “in Zurich, Switzer
land.
"No one had ever heard of the
present pre nier. He was one of us
—five worllmen, Socialists, out of
jobs, broke and hungry.
“Leaving my companions one
afternoon I found a job digging a
basement.
“The next morning we started
work—Mussolini just as eagerly as
any of us. In a day or so he began
to soldier on the job.
“His appetitie had lost the tinge
of hunger. He tried to dictate where
and how each of us should labor. He
glew arrogant and domineering.
“Even then he evidenced an over
developed sense of vanity and his
penchant fo r copying the pose of Na
poleon—one hand shoved in at the
breast of his coat and the other
crooked behind his back. Benito did
more posing than work.
“Mussolini always has impressed
me as being very much of an egotist.
“In 1911 he requested I get him
the commission to translate into
Italian a history of the French revo
lution, written by Prince Peter
Kropotkin, the Russian anarchist. 1
HAYS MED WIFE:
SUfIRENDEREDIODAY
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Negro Living On J. W- Howard
Place Slashed Wife In Dispute
Over Small Sum
John Henry Hays, a negro living on
the J. W. Howard place, a few miles
south of Americus, came in today and
surrendered to Sheriff Harvey, who
had sought h.im three days on a
charge of assault with intent to mur
der. Hays made bond immediately
following his surrender.
According to information at the
courthouse, Hays, who had been living
apart from his wife Belle, met the
woman unon the streets of Americus
Saturday night and the two engag
ed in a quarrel over a small sum of
money which, the woman says she
had and intended to use in the pur
chase of a pair of shoes.
Hays, it seems, attempted to get
the money from his wife, and she
refused to give it. Then he proclaim
ed she didn’t love him any more and
forthwith began to sever “the tie that
\inds.” He used an ordinary pocket
knife and inflicted a number of se
vere stab wounds, which are consid
ered dangerous, though the woman
is expected to recover.
Belle Hays is a respectable negro
woman employed as cook by a College
street family. She left her husband,
it is said, because of a family dis
agreement some time ago, since
which time she had earned her own
living as a domestic servant. R. C.
Lane has been employed as a special
( prosecuting attorney in the case.
CHURCH ZONE PARKING
AREA CLEARLY DEFINED
Automobile parking space in the
j vicinity of First Baptist church has
recently been more clearly defined
by the painting of strips upon the
J pavement, within which autos must
( park within the service hours in or
der to comply with an ordinance
adopted at the request of First Bap
tist and First Methodist congrega
tions several months ago. Parking is
permitted within this area during the
hours of church servee only on one
side of the street, and with parking
spaces now clearly marked upon the
pavement observance of the ordi
nance should soon be universal. The
parking spaces were defined by direc
tion of Hugh L. Mize, chairman of
the street committee of council.
Ties and sashes are the favorite
methods of closing the newest model
coats. Usually the bow comes far
to Ihe side, over the hip, leaving the
’front very flat and straight. Even
I the short coats follow this formula.
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Mussolini climbed out of the ditch
Jv and decided to be a neV Napoleon
secured the commission for him.
“Up to this time Mussolini had at
tracted no attention. He was still a
common workman. But this work
led him into journalism and he quick
ly won a national reputation.”
TRAIN WRECKED ON
TRESTLE; ALL ESCAPE
Freight on Pelham and Havana
Railroad Takes a Plunge-
All Are Saved
CAIRO. March 6.—Engineer J. T.
Stevens, Conductor Donald Williams
and two negro members of a Pelham
& Havana railroad freight crew mi
raculously escaped death shortly be
fore noon yesterday when the engine
and six cars of a freight train plung
ed through Turkey creek trestle, five
miles south of Cario. Stevens and
Williams suffered sprained backs,
and Jim Moore, negro brakeman,
suffered a sprained arm and wrench
ed back.
Byron Butler, negro fireman, was
only slightly bruised.
One train had just passed over
the trestle but the engine of the sec
ond train led the way for three gon
dolas and three box cars to follow.
All were loaded with fertilizer. The
wreck is the worst in the history of
the P. & H., the short line road from
here to Havana, Fla. The trestle is
so completely demolished that it
will be necessary to build a new one
and detour is being constructed.
DR. JTDARBY DIED
IT PANAMA CITI, FU.
His friends in Americus will re
gret to know of the passing of Dr.
J. I. Darby whose death occurred at
Panama City, : «Ja., Sunday, follow
ing an illness which had kept him
from his regular practice for the
past month. Dr. Darby was 60 years
old. He had gone to the Florida city
with the hope recovering his health
a few weeks ago.
The doctor, as was well known
among his intimate friends, had been
in declining health sos the past two
or three years, so the news cf his
death was not entirely unexpected.
He was a leading member of his pro
fession in Columbus to which city ne
had gone from Americus about eight
een years ago. He was a consistent
member of the Baptist church and a
Mason. For a number of years ne
was surgeon for the Seaboard Air
Line railroad,’ for the Eagle and
Phenix mills at Columbus and main
tained a large practice there
Besides his widow, Dr. Darby is
survived by one daughter, Mrs. Ma
con Dudley, formerly of Americus,
and other relatives.
The funeral services were held at
Dothan, Ala., yesterday following
which interment was m the family
burial ground there.
PRESIDENT’S SPECIAL
TRAIN IN FLORIDA
Reaches St- Augustine On Way
To Ormond—Returns In
Two Weeks
ST. AUGUSTINE, March 6.—The
president’s special conveying Presi
dent and Mrs. Harding and party to
Ormond, stopped here at 10 o’clock
this morning to leave Secretary and
Mrs. Weeks in the city and to allow
Charles G. Dawes to board the train.
Mrs. Harding appeared on the
rear platform where she was greeted
by Ex-Senator Chauncey Depew.
Secretary and Mrs. Weeks will re
main in the city until the return of
the presidential party here March 18
or 20.
PARTY AT ORMOND
BEACH AT NOON.
ORMOND BEACH, Mar. 6.—-The
presidential party arrived here at
noon. President and Mrs. Harding
were met by Mr. and Mrs. Edward
McLean, of Washington, and immedi
ately boarded a houseboat chartered
by McLean fo r the president’s va
cation trip.
AIRFLYERSTBREACH
• FLORIDA 3 O'CLOCK
Leave Montgomery At Noon For
Pablo Beach—Six Planes
In Fleet
MONTGOMERY, March 6.—-Re
suming their 2850 mile flight from
Texas to Porto Rico, 12 officers of
the army air service flying in 6
specially equipped De Haviland air
planes, hopped off at Maxwell Field
here at 11:50 o’clock bound for Pab
lo Beach byway of Jacksonville. The
fleet is expected to reach Jackson
ville at 3 o’clock.
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If You Haven’t A 1923 Tag Bel
ter Leave The Old Bus
At Home
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If you haven’t got a 1923 auto
tax tag, you’d beter leave the old bus
in the garage. That is, unless you
don’t mind paying a fine for the priv
ilege of violating the state auto tag
tax law.
The few motorists who managed to
escape paying tag taxes during 1922
won’t find the game so easy this year,
says Sheriff Lucius Harvey. “I have
to pay my tag tax,” said the sheriff
today, “and you can just bet every
body else will have to do that very
thing.”
The only condition upon which the
sheriff will pass automobiles still
using 1922 tags is the possession of
money order receipt showing the cash
has already been remitted to the sec
retary of state. Check stubs won’t
satisfy he sheriff, and if you rely on
them you’ll probably get into trouble.
“I’m going to make a special effort
during March and April,” said Sheriff
Harvey today, “to apprehend all vio
ators of the automobile tax laws.
This is my duty as much as the en
forcement of prohibition, and the
man who operates his car without a
current tag violates the state law,
just does another who sells or dis
tills liquor. Autumobiio tag taxes
were due Jan. 1, and it is improbable
anyone could have entirely forgotten
the duty of securing a tag during the
three months that have elapsed since
that date.
“I hope I don’t make anybody
mad,” concluded the sheriff, “but it
is my plain duty to enforce this auto
tag law, and I’m going to do it.
Therefore I urge all motorists who
have neglected to pay this tax to do
so before they again bring their cars
upon the streets of Americus or op
erate them upon the roads of Sum
ter county. I don’t intend to single
out any one community in which this
tax is to be collected. I’m going all
over the county to see that the coun
try resident and the town motorist
pay their taxes alike.”
DEBT FUNDING BODY
MEETING POSTPONED
WASHINGTON, March 6. A
meeting of the American debt fund
ing commission called for today to
put the British funding agreement
into final form, has been postponed
(until Friday.
* WEATHER
For Georgia Showers and pos
sibly thundershowers this afternoon
and probably tonight; cooler tonight;
Wednesday fair and cooler; fresh to
strong somewhat shifting to north
west winds.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Il BUCK HOODED «88
BASTROP ATROCITIES
IN SUMMER OF 1922
Present Voluminous Evidence-
More Notes Os Warning Are
Laid To Ku Klux
KLANSMEN AMONG JURORS
Results Os Inquiry Not Looked
For Before Final Report Is
Made
BASTROP, March 6.—Attorney
General Coco appeared before the
Morehouse parish grarfd jury this
morning to submit evidence obtained
at the recent hearing into the black
hooded mob atrocities.
The testimony was voluminous
and is said to include additional evi
dence obtained since the hearing
closed. Most of the evidence related
to kidnaping five Mer Rouge citizens
Augusta 24 and the murder of Watt
Daniel and T. F. Richard, whose bod
ies were found in a lake.
Other testimony related to a dozen
more cases of flogginng and deporta
tions and notes of warning, all of
which had been charged to the Ku
Klux Klan.
Coco is expected to elucidate oral
ly on some of the evidence submit
ted, and will be followed by a num
ber of witnesses.
The state will ask about fifty in
dictments ranging fro massault and
battery to murder. • ,
Estimates of the number of klans-,
men on the jury chosen yesterday,
run as high as six but this feature
did not seem to be regarded as of
importance since the attorney gc”« |||
oral had stated that he would be will
ing to place the evidence before a
jury composed entirely of klansmcn
if they would only discharge their
duty as sworn officils of the court. j
B. U. Hood, one of the jurymen,
was called as a witness at the open
hearing but when he took the stand
and was questioned concerning his
knowledge of the kidnapping of Dan
iel and Richard it developed he was
at work in a distant part bf the par
ish the day it ocurrbd and knew
nothing of it until the next day.
Nothing concerning its inquiry is
expected from the jury until it makes
its final report to the court. Criminal
cases of a routine character which it
is believed it will be ready to report
within a week or ten days. • *
The state will present a brief of
the transcript of the testimony taken
at the open hearing and it was hinted
today that it -might call one or two
witnesses who testified then in order
to clear up for the jury several fea
tures of the case.
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MORE W DDUBLE
In Georgia Were 16 Cents In
1914, While Last Year Were
Thirty
WASHINGTON, March 6.—Taxes
on farm lands have more than dou
bled in 8 years, from 1914 to 1922.
A canvass by the department of ag
riculture just completed, shows the
average amount of state, county and
local taxes paid by farmers through
out the country last year have been
70.9 cent per acre compared with
31.4 in 1914.
The average taxes paid per acre
on farm lands in 1914 and 1922
in Georgia were 10 and 30.
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GET INDUSTRIES FOR
NORTH GEORGIA CITIES
ATLANTA March 6.—With a view
toward a general discussion of plans
through which the different munici
palities of the state may co-operate
with the Georgia Railway and Power
company in a effort to
induce industries to locate in North
Georgia cities, a dinner meeting is
planned for Saturday, March 17, at
the Capitol City club to which that
company is inviting representative? |
from each city served by the or
ganization.
Newspaper editors and majors are
being especially urged to attend the j
dinner, together with any other rep
resentatives the mayors may- name.
Governor Thomas W. Hardwick is 11
being invited to deliver the nrinci- Ja
pal speech. .