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FORTY-FIFTH YEAR—NO. 110.
50 DEAD; 100 INJURED IN PATH OF TORNADO
Merrymakers Drowned In Murky Mississippi
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PACIFIC STEAMSHIP SEIZED ON CHINA COAST
CHINESE PIMTES IT
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FOREIGN ffISSMS
Many Europeans Among Those
Aboard Taishun When Ship
Seized by Disguised Bandits
$60,000 IN LOOT SECURED
Ship Sailed 24 Hours Without
Lights and Finally Abandoned
Near Shore
HONKONG, May 14. — (By Asso
ciated Pre: s)—European passengers
were among those terrorized and
robbed when the Chinese steamer
Ttushun was seised near Swatow Sat
urday by pirates, who disguised as
passengers, overpowered the crew
and sailed the ship nearly 2 hours
at night without lights and finally
left her yesterday at mouth of a
creek, transferring to a small boat
the loot valued at $30,000.
CAPTIVES THREATENED.
WITH DEATH BY NIGHT.
PEKIN, Bay 14. (By Associated
Press) —The American, French and
Italian consuls have jointly notified
their legations from Lincnc’.ig that
they received a message from the
bandit cnief named Wen, dated 1,
a. m., May 12, stating tjjat if his
terms were not compiled with weft
in two days every'captive would be
killed.
The consuls added that the mes
sengers from the Pekin authorities
were then with the bandits, having
crossed the message on the way. As
the terms include ihe drawing of? of
the troops, and the troops ar? not
pressing the.. bandits, the consul.: be
lieve the captives are not in danger.
CHINESE BANDITS FEAR
UNITED STATES MOST
' 'NEW YORK, May 1-t.j-r-.An Amer
ican who probably knows more Chi
rieSe bandits intimately than, any
other person in the world, says there
is .little fear from most of them.
lie is Dr. Thomas Co ole, Kansas
physician,' who has just returned to
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PAY FIBSTDIVIDENO
SI,BOO to Be Paid Bepcsitors and
Creditors of Commercial City
Bank This Week
Bradley Hogg, Liquidating agent
of Commercial City bank, is paying
out this week approximately SI,BOO
to depositors in that institution, this
being the first dividend to be de
clared since the bank closed its doors
more than a year ago. The dividend
is for 6 per cent, and the funds to
be paid out •repre..-er)t the entire
collections, except a small reserve,
from securities held by the bank, as
well as amounts paid in upon the
100 per cent assessment levied upon
stockholders of the institution by
the state banking department. Only
a small amount has yet been reali
zed from the assessment, Hogg stat
es, due to the fact that a majority
of the stock was owned by the late
Crawford Wheatley, president of the
bank, whose heirs are contesting
payment upon the ground that
Wheatley left no estate. A quantity
of real estate, located in various
parts of Americus, was levied upon
the liquidating, agent under fi fas
issued by the state banking depart
ment, but collection of these has
been impossible, because of continu
ing litigation, the case being still
pending in court. Unless the liqui
dating agents is able to realize .sub
stantially on this essessment, it is
probable there will be only a small
amount additional to be distributed
among the depositors and creditors,
it is stated.
JACK MATTHEWS'COMING
TO TALK TO ENDEAVORERS
Jack Matthews, state Christian ;
Endeavor field worker, will visit ;
Americus Wednesday, and will be |
at the Christian church Wednesday I
evenin'’- to talk on the work and de
veloimon. of Christian Endeavor
The session will be held at 7 :30
o’clock and it is urged that every
member of the Christian Endeavor
work here be present to hear Mr.
Matthews. He is regarded as one
of the ablest workers in the field,
and his message will be one of in
spiration anil education.
Original Shetland nonv is said t.»
have come from Norway.
When Willard
Won Saturday
First pictures showing Willard
when he downed Floyd Johnson at
end of the 11th round of their
fight in Ne wYork Saturday, and
Firpo giving a knoak
out punch are printed in tolay’s
Times-Recorler on Page 4. They
are the very latest sport pictor
ials. Be sure and see them.
PETIE EVANS KILLED
111 SUNDAY QUARREL
Shooting Affray cn L. G, Coun
cil’s Lower Place Results
Fatally
Pctie‘Evans is dead and Ed Rob
ertson is in jail here as the result of
a shooting .affray late Saturday on
the- L. G. Council lower plantation
between Americus and Cobb. Both
are negroes, and Robertson has con
fessed firing the shot which ended
Evans’ lite. The weapon used was
a shotgun, and only one shot was
fired.
Ihe shooting occurred, according
to the best information obtainable
today, when Evans went to collect a
small sum of money which he claim
ed Robertson owed him for some
medicine he Rad prepared for the
other negro several days ago. The
men had just received their wages
for the the week, and the shooting is
declared by officers to have been
without sufficient provocation.
Sheriff Harvey was notified of the
occurrence Aver the phone and
reached the scene of the killing with
in a few minutes after the tragedy.
No -inquest was held inasmuch as
the shooting was witnessed by Ev
an’s wife, and Robertson admits the
killing.
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TO MCI RET
Two Americus Methodist Church
es Will Send Good Repre
sentation to Cuthbert
The conference of the Americus
district of the Methodist Episcopal
church South will, meet in Cuthbert
June 5-6, Presiding Eider W. C.
Lovett, of Dawson being in charge.
Delegates elected from Americus
First church last night are: W. P.
Wallis, W. M. English, J. T. Taylor,
R. P. Stackhouse, Sr., A. 13. Howard,
H..P. Everett, Mrs. T. H. McGillis,
Mrs. George Oliver and Mrs. John
W. Shi vet. Alternates: Wible Mar
shall, Mi’s. John Sheffield and Mrs.
Roy L. Parker.
Delegates who will represent Lee
Street church at the district confer
ence are W. J. Clarke, J. C. Gra
ham, E. 13. Everett, H. S. Walker,
L. W. Brown and Mrs. C. S. Duer,
and in addition to the delegates nam.
ed, it is expected that a large num
ber of visitors from Americus will
attend the" Cuthbert meeting. .
LUCIAN TROWBRIDGE
HURT IN LONG FALL
ATLANTA, May 14. Lucien
Trowbridge, 15, a messenger employ
ed by the Western Union Telegraph
company, fell th(ree stories from !
the roof of a building at Five Points I
Sunday afternoon, and was perhaps I
fatally injured. The fact that the i
boy struck an awning which broke
the force of his fall probably pre
vented him being instantly killed.
Trowbridge, in company with an
other messenger, Herbert Toler, had ■
gone on top of the building for the |
purpose of “robbing" pigeon nests, i
according to the latter, who accom- I
panied the injured youth to the hos- I
pital. They had caught two birds I
and Trowbridge was after a third
nest when ypung Toler said he heard I
a stjck break. Looking up he saw |
Trowbridge rolling over the edge of
the buildir.g. The weight of Trow- !
bridges body and the force With
which he well', tore the awnings over
the Marietta street entrance to Lig
gett’s Drug -tore. Three parties
standing under the awning narrowly
escaped being hurt.
3.552 CHILDREN IN
SCHOOL AT COLUMBUS
COLUMBUS, May 14.—There are t
8.552 children of school age in Co- |
lumbus, according to the report of ’
the school census figures here. An
increase in the school population of
the city of 2,931 is shown since
1918. The 1923 census shows 6,015
white children anil 2.537 negro chil
dren as compared with 2,854 white
children and 1,767 negro children in |
1918.
THE TIMES- RECORDER
SPEEDING ID ATTEND
SISTER'S FUNERAL.
MRS. SUH KILLED
En Route to Americus When Car
Struck Telephone Pole in
Griffin City Limits
DAUGHTER BADLY HURT
Relatives of Miss Eula Patten,
Who Died After Being
Stricken on Streets Here
GRIFFIN, May 14.—Mrs. Annie
Smith, of Atlanta, died in a hospital
here Sunday, death resulting from
injuries received in an automobile
accident here. Ms's. Smith, accom
panied by her daughter, Miss Sallie
Laura Smith, was speeding to Amer
icus, where they were going to at
tend the funeral of Miss Eula Pat
ten, a sister of Mrs. Smith, when
their car crashed into a telephone
pole, both occupants of the car be
ing seriously hurt. Miss Eula Pat
ten, whose funeral Mrs. Smith and
her daughter were hurrying to at
tend was stricken upon the streets
of Americus last Wednesday and
died in a hospital there without re
covering consciousness, her funeral
being conducted Sunday near Plains
a few miles west of Americus.
Mrs. Smith is survived by her
husband, J. H. Smith, of Atlanta;
three daughters, Sallie Laura, Be
atrice and Senna Smith; one son,
John H. Smith, Jr., all of Atlanta;
two brothers, S. E. and C. E. Patten,
of Macon; two uncles, J. L. Gufford
of Orlando, W. M. Pat
ten, of Tifton, Georgia.'
TAUGENISIfTER
mill CLIIBH
Members cf Clubs Have Only
Until Tuesday in Which to
Pay and Escape Fines
Tax agents of the federal treas
ury department have notified va
rious club organizations in Americus
who have neglected 'to pay taxes
upon club dues, they must discharge
this indebtedness at once, '
Under provisions of the law levy
ing these taxes, the tax on club dues
is payable monthly, and hereafter
will be each month. That the taxes
have not been paid heretofore, it
is stated, was due entirely to over
sight upon the part of the club mem
bers of Americus, many of whom
were nop aware that such taxes had
been levied by the federal govern
ment, and because of thij fact, no
penalties will be imposed upon those
who pay up before Tuesday eve
ning, which date has been set as the
limit during which the tax may be
remitted to Atlanta, without addi
tional cost.
The law applies uniformly to all
social clubs everywhere, and , all
members who have not already done
so must pay their tax promptly.
MOTION PICTURE SHOWS
METHODS OF DUSTING
ATLANTA, May 14.—The story
of modern cotton production, includ
ing view of plowing under stalks to
destroy the winter home of the boll
weevil, dusting the plant and the
various other steps between the pre
paration of the ground for the crop
and the delivery of the cotton at
the gin, is shown in a new motion
picture, “Cotton—Dixie’s Greatest
Crop,” prepared by the United States
department of agriculture. The
picture is designed to instruct the
cotton planter in up-to-date cultural
practices, it is stated, and the film
will be circulated through ihe dis
tribution system of the department.
“TALKINK STUDEBAKER”
ATTRACTS BIG CROWD
The “Talking Studebaker” on ex
hibitor) at the garage of the Gate
wood Motor Co., -on Jackson street,
attracted many visitor, all of whom
marveled at the ability of the me
chanical ingenuity involved in its
construction. The car, specially '
built, of course, is one of the most '
perfect pieces of mechanism ever I
seen here and because of the nov- j
city involved in its construction in
terested all visitors who called at
the Gatewood establishment. The
ear will also be on exhibition to
morrow, it is announced.
Great Wall of China is to be dis
mantled and its bricks and stone
used for building purposes.
Average-family in London is grow
ing steadily smaller.
AMERICUS, GA., MONDAY AFTERNOON. MAY 14. 1923.
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DR. THOMAS COOLE
Man who knows more Oriental
bandits than any other says officials
are usual kidnaping victims.
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ELLEN STONE
“The capture of our citizens by
Chinese bandits is a challenge,” says
Miss Stone.
LEGION LADIES TO
PRESEHTPOST ELAG
Social Hour to Follow Presenta
tion Exercises Tuesdav Night
at Post Headquarters
The Woman's Auxiliary of the
John D. Mathis Post, American Le
gion, will meet jointly Tuesday even
ing in Legion headquarters at 7:30
o'clock. All members of the Auxil
iary are requested to be present
to participate in the exercises.
Following the presentation of the
flag recently purchased by the Aux
iliary for John D. Mathis Post,
which will be presented by Mrs. Lawi
on Stapleton, past president of the
organization, a social hour will be
enjoyed, the refreshments being fur
nished and served by the ladies of
the Auxiliary.
In addition to the purchase of a
Post flag, the Auxiliary contributed
to the Memorial Fund in France, and
has otherwise assisted the Post in
the futherance of plans for the or
ganization.
BlGfiliG
PLANTSTARTSSEASOS
First Georgia Asparagus to Be
Canned at Rate of 10,000
Pounds Daily
MACON, May 14.—With 115 peo
ple in its employ, the Continental
Packing corporation has started the
season’s canning operations here.
For the first time in the history of
a Georgia canning plant, asparagus
is being packed. The number of
persons employed will steadily in
crease to about 650 before June 15,
it is stated. Ten thousand pounds
of asparagus are to be canned daily,
it is stated, and the belief is ex
pressed that the quality is "better
than that of California.
DANIEL AGAIN HEADS
COLUMBUS CITY SCHOOLS
COLUMBUS, May 14.—Roland B.
Daniel has been re-elected superin- :
tendent of the Columbus public I
schools, according to announcements !
at the close of the monthly meeting !
of the school trustees. A total of i
170 teachers were selected in addi- I
‘ion to the- two members of the two '
d' t artments of medical inspection. I
Mr. Daniel has served as superin
tendent of the local schools for the
past 12 years.
FLORIDA SHERIFF
NABBED ON FEDERAL
KIDNAPING CHARGE
First Arrest Made as Result of In
vestipation Into Death of Mar
tin Tabert in Convict Camp
TWO OTHERS ARE INDICTED
Federal Authorities Net to Leave
Prosecution in Hands of
Florida Officers
TALLAHASSEE, May 14—Sheriff
Jones of this county, one of the
principals in the Martin Tabert case,
was arrested today on charges of
conspiracy and of kidnaping.
Jones was indicted Saturday at
Pensacola with William Fisher, su
perintendent of the Putnam Lumber
company and Walter Higginbotham
convict whipping boss, after an in
vestigation as to the death of Ned
Thompson, an aged negro.
Fisher is to be arrested later at
Cross City. Higginbotham is to be
arrested after he is tried in the state
court on a charge of murder in con
nection with the death of Tabert.
Jones was released on $2,000 bond
on eahc charge.
POPEIXPECTED TO,
DIE FROM MffltS
Dublin. Man Attacked by his Son
in-Law, Had Left Arm Am
putated Today
DUBLIN, May 14.—Little hope is
held for the recovery of George
Pope, aged 50, whose head was split
open by an axe and his left arm so
badly cut it had to amputated.
Will Tipton, his son-in-law, was
arrested early today.
Numerous quarrels are said to
have taken place between 'Tipton
and his wife who is said to have
sought the advice of her father. Tip
ton claims the attack was justifiable
and in self-defense.
D.H «fS FSffil
HELP IT MUIIH
Had Been Rssident of Sumter
County Several Years, Resid
ing on Mathis Plantation
D. H. Horton, 57 years of age,
died at 11:30 o’clock Saturday night
death following a long illness of two
years.
» The remains left Americus at 6:40
Sunday, morning for Carrollton
where funeral and interment took
place today.
Surviving are his widiw, seven
daughters and eight sons, the sons
being Andrew Horton, Roy Horton,
Will Horton, Cliff Horton, Duffey
Horton, Herman Horton, all of Car
rollton, and CleveK'orton, of Texas.
His father, also of Carrollton, sur
vives him.
Mr. Horton came here several
years ago, purchasing the plantation
of Dr. E. T. Mathis, which he had
cultivated, bringing it to a fine state
Wf tillage. He had been ill two
years, but was confined to his bed
only a month before his death. He
was well known throughout this sec
tion, where he earned many friends
by his sterling traits.
He was a member of the Masonic
lodge at Carrollton, and was assoc
iated with the forward movement
of that place before coming here.
LESLIE PLAYS CORDELE
SHUT-OUT GAME 20 to 0
LESLIE, May 14.—Friday’s game
marked the second victory of Uunion
High school over Cordele Hi, when .
the former went to the latter’s dia
mond for the game.
The game moved swiftly from the I
first and for 3 inning, both were
scoreless, but with the sensational
batting rally of the travelers the
score began to grow.
The feature’of the game was Cox’s j
pitching, giving up no hits and strik. I
ing out 10 men. Miller, leftfield for '
Cordele played a remarkable game. |
Heavy batters for Leslie were E.
Hines, Bradley and Bailey, each bat
ting 500.
U. H. S. plays Albany Tuesday in
Albany.
Norman kings of England adopted
St. George as the patron saint of
the island.
Isle of Man has produced a cut
without a tail,
iwnum
FROM PHIL BRIOGE IT
CAMPBELL'S ISLAND
Three Men, Three Women Meet
Death in Watery Graves Try
ing to Escape Runaway Car
WERE WALKING ON TRESTLE
Had Attended Dance at East
Moline, 111., and Were Return
ing Home After Festivities
ROCK ISLAND, Ills., May 14.
Three women and three men were
drowned last night in the Mississippi
liver at Campbell’s Island just east
I of the city when they jumped from
a trestle to avoid being struck by
a street car, the control f which
had been lost by the operators.
The young people were walking
back to East Moline after having
attendaned a dance at Rock Island,
pne body has been recovered.
RUSSIAN REPLHI]
• HMD OPEN BREAK
British Authorities Regard Soviet
Communicr.tion as “About-
Face” by Russians
LONDON, May 14. (By Asso
ciated Presa) —In British official cir
cles the reply of the Russian Soviet
government to'the British note is
considered as an avoidance of a rup
ture.
Satisfaction is expressed at what
the British considers about-face on
the part of Moscow in the attitude
toward Great Britam. WTiile the
British government is ready to dis
cuss disputed matters with Leonid
Krasfdn or any other credited envoy,
Lord Curzon seems determined to
maintain all points raised in the. Bri
tish note and will not tolerate long
discursive explanations from Moscow
it is indicated. It will insist, it is
declared, on an adequate redress and
apologies for wrong alleged by the
British in the nefte.
20 FREE THEATER
TICKETS GIVEN M
Besides $25 in Gold Free to Those
Who Get Busv First—
Jump in
Got your telephone book.
Look up the phone numbers.
Find out the street addresses—■
there’s money in it- —lots of
money and free theater tickets
Every Monday and every
Thursday we will award you
free theater tickets to the Ry
lander and to the Opera House
if you find the errors and send
in the coupons on the contest
page.
Five Fre etickets to the Ry
lander and five free tickets to
the Opera House every Mon
day and every Thursday. The
page appears on Monday and on
Thursday each week for sev
eral weeks.
And then, there’e SSO in gold
to the one who finds the great
number of wrong telephone or
street numbers in the page. Gee,
what could not you do with that
$25?
Turn to page three (3) and
read the instructions.
Hurry. Don’t let some one
beat you to it. Remember it’s
only the FIRST that get the
free tickets each week—the first
20 answers that come in get the
tickets. You get the free tick
ets whether your answer is
right or wrong, but .the GOLD
goes to the RIGHT answers.
ROME CUTS DEBTS
ALMOST 50 PER CENT
ROME, May 14.—The current in
debtedness of the city' of Rome was
almost cut in half during the past
year, according to the reports of
the auditor for the year. The city
now has a debt of $22,816.87 as
compared with $45,112.01, a year
ago, it is stated.
CHATHAM COUNTY POLICE
TO GO AFTER SPEEDERS
SAVANNAH, May 14,—Orders
have been issued the county police
force here to stop speeding on the
county roads and hereafter • the
speeder in Chatham county will land
in police court, Chief W. F. Chap
man says. A mmiber of automobile
accidents in the neighborhood of the
city is attributed to the activities of
speeders,
WEATHER. '’-VT’T "V
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For Georgia Unsettled; prob
ably showers late tonight and Tues
day; little change in temperature.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
WHOLE COMUNin IS
RAZEO 91DISASTRO IIS
WINDSTORM IN JEBS
All Communication With Devas
tated Section Cut Off, With
Wires Down Everywhere
BIG SPRINGS IS DAMAGED
Only Meager and Unconfirmed
Information as to Extent of
Damage Yet Available
BIG SPRINGS, Tex., May 14.
Fifty persons were killed and about
a hundred injured three miles from
Colorado, Texas, when a tornado
swept that section, according to
meagre but unconfirmed reports
telephoned here.
Since the news was received com
munication has been cut off, due to
the damage to telephone and tele
graph lines.
The worst damage occurred 40
miles from Big Springs, it was re
ported.
BRINGING THE DEAD INTO
COLORAO CITY.
COLORADO CITY, Tex., May 14.
Eight bodies of persons killed in
the tornado near here early • this
morning, have been brought to Col
orado City and it was reported that
several more bodies are on the way
here.
Twelve persons have been counted
dead. f
Persons doing relief work reported
that the dead and injured fre being
found at almost every scattered
farm, and ranch dwelling for miles
southeast of here.
One man and his two children
were killed and a number of per
sons were injured when the tornado
struck Spade ranch, south of here,
and mowed a path 25 miles across
Mitchell county last night.
SMALL DAMAGE
IN MITCHELL
FORT WORTH, Tex., May 14.
A long distance message from Sweet
water at LI o’clock said that the
tornado struck the town of Loraine,
in Mitchell county and that the
death list will not exceed four, with
perhaps eight injured, all farmers.
LANIER HIGH DOWNS
LOCALS, 5 TO 4 SCORE
Home Town Bunch Traveled to
Macon to Get Drubbing from
Poets
By JOHN WEST SHEFFIELD
With the whole Americus bunch
fighting him with all their might, a
certain umpire won a good game for
Lanier Hi Saturday afternoon in the
City of Macon. As it was, Americus
came pretty near winning in spite
of this umpire’s efforts in behalf of
Lanier.
Kenson Finley, who was on the
mound for the Americus boys, pitch
ed a wonderful game and showed
the Lanier aggregation what a long
“country” twirler could do. The La
nier bunch is no match whatsoever
for the local team. The locals dis
played their superiority in every de
partment of the game, especially in
hitting and fielding the pill.
The run that won the game for
our oponents was not a run at all,
but rather a decision that was as
crooked as a rusty cork-screw. A La
nier runner was on second base, a
wild pitched ball went by our
catcher. When this hapuened the
runner cut out for third. Our catch
er, who was now very excited threw
a wild peg to third. The Lanier
player then started in home. Both
the catcher and the third baseman
went after the ball which had hit
the grandstand apd bounced back
about half way between third plate
and home plate. Kenson Finley
then ran from pitcher’s box to home
plate and Darby Reed recovered the,
ball and shot it in home to Kenson
who was directly in .the runner's
path. Everybody knew the fellow
was clean out because Kenson hit
him so hard with the ball that it
knocked him sprawling, but the um
pire called it safe, and our hope
for beating Lanier went bye-bye.
We started to whip the whole town
of Macon but thought that would
be brutal, so we then decided to whip
the umpire and Charlie Morgan,
but Mr. Tidwell persuaded us to_
let ’em live until next season, so we
could beat them in baseball in a fair
and square way.
Bridges pitched a good game for
our opponents and Clewis McKenzie
in center-field played a stellar game
of ball.
For Americus, Finley lead the list
as a star, with Player and Hooks
coming second. Jackson Baldwin
played a fine game an also did good
batiing. He sunk one that looked
like a homer but the umpired called
it a foul, so that did not count.
The game was a fine one as far
as the playing of both teams were
concerned but the umpire’s decisions
and some of the spectators unsports
manlike attitude toward the plucky
Americus bunch ruined most every
thing.