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AMERICUS SPOT COTTON
Strict middling, 25 3-4 cents.
N. Y. Futures .. May Julv Oct.
Previous close 26.25 25.23123.30
Opening |26.20 25.05;23.02
11 am 26.10 25.10 23.09
Close 126.60 25.28 23.23
ORTY-FIFTH YEAR—NO. 1 I 3.
SHORT LINE COAL ROAD LEASED BY BIG SYSTEM
City Schools Will Require 8 Mills For Next Term
on corn, m
EBUWIOH BOARD
AGREE ON 3 HILLS
This Will Give Beard Total of 8
Mills for Operation of Amer
icus School System
ADDS 1 MILL TO LEVY HERE
Previous Action by Council Rc-
Considered After Beard Pre
sents Demand for More
City council and a committee
from tlhe Board, of Education of
Americus Wednesday night formal
ly agreed upon the introduction in
the Georgia legislature next month
of a special tax act, under the pro
visions of which the Board of Edu
cation will receive 3 mills additional
ad valorem tax money during the
next live years, while the city will
continue to get 3 mills special taxes
for the liquidation of the existing
floating indebtedness.
The bill, if passed, will give the
Board of Education a total income
of 8 mills ad valorem taxes and will
add 1. mill to the tax levy in Ameri
cus. Previously council had adver
tised its intention to introduce a bill
in the legislature allowing an emerg
ency levy of 5 mills, 2 mills of which
was to be given the Board of Edu
cation and 3 mills to be used in
liquidating floating indebtedness.
When council convened Wednes
day night a committee composed of
W. W. Dykes, E. B. Everett, T. F.
Gatewood, A. J. Harris, Sam R.
Heys and D. R. Andrews, represent
ing the Board of Education, was
present, and Mayor Poole invited
them to present ot council any mat
ter in which they might be in
terested.
Mr. Dykes, president of the
board, acted as spokesman for the
committee, and he went immediately
(Continued on Page Two.)
BENNING MANEUVERS
Major General Hines and General
Farnsworth, With Other Offi
cers, Also to Attend
WASHINGTON, May 17.—Acting
Secretary of War Dwight Davis an
nounced today that Ire would attend
fihe annual maneuvers of the In
fantry school at Camp Benning Fri
day, provided his wife’s health per
mitted him to leave Washington.
Secretary Davis planned to leave
Washington Saturday if possible with
Major General Hines, deputy chief
of staff of the army. Major Gen
eral Farnsworth, Major General
Lassiter and other high army offi
cers have already started for Camp
Benning to be present during the
maneuvers.
MAJOR POLHILL WHEELER
DIES AFIER BRIEF ILLNESS
MACON, May 17. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) —rMajor W. Polhill
Wheeler, for several years prominent
in military circles in Georgia and a
veteran of the Mexican border trou
ble and of' the World War, died at
the Oglethorpe Infirmary today aft
er a week’s illness.
•
FURLOW STUDENTS TO
PRESENT MAY FESTIVAL
Students of Furlow Grammar j
school will present “Spring Festival,” j
an annual feature of the commence
ment exercises, Friday morning at
9:30 o’clock on the school campus.
The festival will portray the splen
did work done by the pupils of Fur
low Grammar school in singing and
delineating parts in line-with musical
training. Under the direction of
Mrs. Walter Maynard, the children
will represent flowers of spring, in
cluded in which are poppies, daffo
dils, dandelions, roses, buttercups,
and other blossoms that come with
the spring.
Charlotte Sparks will be queen of ;
the Lily Bells, and surrounding her
will be mads of honor, page's and !
court attendants, all costumed in the I
garments of spring.
The parents and friends of the j
children are cordially invited to par- j
Iticipate in the exercises, and an
hour of real enjoyment is promised ;
to all.
HOME FOR BAD BOYS
SAVANNAH, May 17 . Five I
thousand dollars have been appro- I
priated by the county commissioners |
for the construction of a horn; for I
delinquent boys in the county. The
home will be constructed on the pro
perty belonging to the home for coL
ored boys, it is stated. The building
will be of hollow tile and two stories
high. _/
KRESS&MRE
SEEK TO ENJOIN CITYI
COLLECTING LICENSES;
Judge Littlejohn Declines Grant
I Temporary Order and Suit Is
Filed to Test Ordinance
CASES TO BE MAQE DAILY.
1 $l5O Annual License Tax Declar
ed Discriminatory and Unjust
By Non-Resident Corp.
——"
SL H. Kress & Co., through their!
attorney, R. L. Maynard, have filed ,
suit in the Superior court of Sumter
county to test the validity of that
portion of Americus’ license tax or
dinance placing a tax of $l5O per
annum on such stores as that con
ducted by Kress & Co. here.
Previously Kress & Co. applied to
Judge Littlejohn for an injunction to
restrain the city authorities from col
lecting this which they declare to
be discriminatory, unjust and illegal.
Judge Littlejohn, however; declined
to grant the relief sought through in
junction proceedings and the suit was
filed in order to test out the law. The
filing of this suit was brought to the
i attention of council Wednesday night
f when City Attorney Lane recom
j mended that cases be made against
the Kress manager here daily and he
be brought before Recorder Fort ev
ery day upon criminal charges while
Kress & Co. continue to do business
in Americus without paying the re
quired license tax.
Hus view was shared by the en-
■ tire council, and on motion of Alder
i man Allison, saconded by Aiderman
: Mize, a resolution was adopted in
: strueting the city marshal to make a
case against the Kress manager ev
ery day their store here remains
open until the tax is paid
BOAB’OTIffiION
WILL OPPOSE BILL
I Won’t Give Council Monthly Re-
I ports, Dykes Tells Members
of That Body
I
The books and accounts of the
Board of Education of Americus are
open at any time to the inspection
of any interested citizen, W. W.
i Dykes, president of the board, told
■ city council last nmht, but the board
does not propose to submit any re
port, monthly or otherwise to the
members of council, he said.
; The statement was made when
i Mr. Dykes informed council the
board would oppose passage of cer
tain legislation proposed by city
council which would .make the board
'subservient to council in any respect
I other than in the election of jts
I members. The objection, Mr. Dykes
i explained, lies in the determination
' to keep the schools out of politics,
land is in line with the general Geor
gia school policy.
The chief proponent of the ob-
I j ection able legislation, he said, has
i been invited to inspect the books
| of the board, which he said, contain
I an accounting of every cent of the
I money handled by the board, and
I annual reports of which are made to.,
the state school authorities. A copy
of the annual report of the board
to the state authorities, Mr. Dykes
said, would be voluntarily filed with
city authorities, if filing space be
1 furnished by the city, but no com
pulsory reporting would be accept
ed by the board, without a fight.
Council took no action upon the
remarks of Mr. Dykes anent this
matter, though close. attention wa.>
given him, and apparently i-.-
of council wore satisfied with ms
explanation of objections iie.d oy
the board to the proposed legislation.
GIANT WAR MANEUVERS
TO BE STAGED AT BENNING
COLUMBUS, Ga., May 17—Fort
Benning will be a battleground this
week during the biggest maneuver
under war conditions since the estab
lishment of the fort. The ninety-sev
en thousand acres of -he largest mil
itary reservation in the world will
resound to the tread of infantry and
the salvo of artillery throughout the
week. The forces have been divided
into “The Blue/’ and “The Reds.” (
under the command of Col. John W. i
Heavy and James W. Heidt, re-!
spesti'.'cly. Practically every enlisted
mar. at the fort will be enrolled un
der the banner of one of the armies.
MOSQUITOES GET BUSY
EARLY AROUND VALDOSTA
J
VALDOSTA, May 17. —Residents;
in several sections of the city com-1
plain that the festive moscjiito is al- ■
ready becoming an 'unmitigated nui
■-:ijgy. It wa hoped thnl.the early'
erff against the ’-Lecters would
/«\ them from giving much trou- I
THE TIMES-RECORDER
HIGGINBOTHi TRIAL
WHEN VERIRE
iIS ORDERED CRASHED
• First of Defendants to Be Put on
Trial for Murder of Tabert in
Florida Convict Camp
i NEV/ PANEL READY FRIDAY
Ccurt Orders Recess Until 2
c’Clock Tomorrow Afternoon
When Motion Sustained
-
•! CROSS CITY, Fla., May 17.—(8y
lithe Associated Press.) —The trial of
■ Walter Higginbotham, charged with
. first degree murder in connection
- with the death of Martin Tabert, of
1 North Dakota, in convict labor camp
in this state, was halted temporarily
this morning. The halt was caused
• by the necessity of drawing a new
i panel of veniremen after the court
had sustained a motion to quash the
' panel already in court. The motion
was based upon the allegation that
I the panel was not legally drawn.
Judge Horne, presiding, instruct
s cd the sheriff to have the new panel
‘ in court Friday afternoon at 2
' o’clock, and an adjournment until
: that hour was then ordered.
• NHY fRE«BER
■BE S.SJOMEBS
i Presbyterian Extension Commit
tee Recommends Employment
of Additional Men in Field
’ MONTREAT, N. C., May 17.—An
increase in the number of sabbath
school workers in the 88 Presbyteries
of the Southern Presbyterian church
was recommended here today be
fore the general assembly in the an
nual report of the executive commit
tee of Publication and Sabbath
School Extension as read by R. E.
Magill, of Richmond, Va., secretary.
The report also urged superintend-
■ ent of Sabbath school and young
people’s work be placed in each of
the 17 synods, and the establishment
of missions schools in every large,
well organized church. It further
• recommended that a budget for the
' coming year of $150,000 in order to
allow the committee to mee tobli
gations and opportunity regarding
the thirteen million spiritually il
literate young people under 25 years
of age in the South today.
A new record, the report stated,
was made during the year in the
award of copies of the Bible and the
New Testament for the memoriz
ing of the Catechisms, a total of 1,-
760 Bible and 4,930 Testaments be
ing awarded. During the last 20
years the committee has given 20,-
374 Bibles and 57,578 Testaments.
The total sales of the publication
department for the year amounted
to $491,385, a slight increase over
the year previous. Since 1903, the
report stated, more than ten million
tracts and three million books and
pamphlets have been issued.
The report showed the largest gain
ever made in one year in organized
Christian endeavor societies and
membership, there being 1,905 socie-
■ ties with a membership of 57,000,
against 1,379 societies with a mem
bership of 43,278 a year ago. Since
1905 these societies have increased
fr .m 226 to 1,906 and the member
ship from 12,000 to 57,000. The
societies support two missionaries in
Africa, two in Brazil, and a moun
tain school in Kentucky.
POPE DUNCAN CALLED
TO CORDELE PASTORATE
CORDELE, May 17.—The con
gregation at the First Baptist churoh
here in conference has extended a
call to Rev. Pope S. Duncan, at pres
ent pastor of . the First Baptist
church, in Glasgow, Ky. There were
seven names under consideration in
the conference. Mr. Duncan on the
first ballot, stood in the lead and in
the conclusion of the balloting, he
was given an unanimous call. That
he will accept is generally believed,
although there is no definite infor
mation up to this time.
MANRY BUYS SHOP
FROM M’BRAYER
A deal of intrest announced today
is the sale if the Mcßrayer Barber
shop on Lamar street to Will Manry,
who wil Itake charge immediately.
The purchase price involved was not
I announced. Mr. Mcßrayer, who has
j been a resident of Americus several
I years, will move to Atlanta to re-
I side. Mr. Manry until today has been
I connected with the barbershop of
I T. G. Pelham & Co., in the Bell
I building, and is well known through
' out this section.
I Fish are often found with fish
hooks inside their bodies,
AMERICUS, GA., THURSDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 17, 1923
( As Ye Have
Done It Unto
One of The
Least of These\
With tears streaming down their
cheeks; feet swollen and blistered
from the long, long tramp; little or
nothing to eat hours and hours; clad
in only one garment each; two
youngsters were found wandering
about the streets in the residence
part of Americus Tuesday morning.
They were little girls—one about
6, the other about 9 years, we un
derstand.
And they were lost—knowing no
one; completely bewildered and
suffering as only a child of that age
can suffer when there are only
strange faces and stranger sur
roundings staring at them from ev
ery direction.
Long before “sun-up” they had
been sent from a farm down on the
Smithville road to another farm near
“to get their things.” Coming into
Americus, they lost all sense of di
rection. They wandered from South
Lee to over back of the cemetery;
from there out again toward the
General Depot; from there out
again on South Lee.
With each move they became more
befuddled than before. Crying
and dodging from place to place,
they were calling for “Mother.”
Colored nurSes discovered them.
The word spread rapidly through
the homes on Lee street. Good wo
men gathered them in.
They were bathed and dressed.
Waiters of hot food were sent over
and as the tears ceased to flow, the
little' tummies were filled with a
meal, the like of which they prob
ably had never seen before.
' Some one volunteered an automo
bile and the search for the mother
was begun. At the suggestion that
the police be appealed to, the little
girls became desperately frightened
again. So the search was made with
out the aid of the police.
They knew neither their names
nor where their mother could be lo
cated, except that she worked out on
a farm somewhere near a camp.
The mother filially was located. She
said they were two of seven children
that she had “quit” her husband and
sought work on a farm.
Bather, dressed ,and with stom
achs filled, the little girls were re
stored to that, heaven of heavens,
mother’s arms.
What matters it if they were only
a couple of little dark-skinned pic
caninies? To the white mothers who
found them, and the several negro
mothers who aided in bathing and
clothing them, they were just—
Lost children whose one desire
was to be restored to a mother’s
arms. “As ye have done it unto one
of the least ot these.”
LIGUTINGIiNTS
ClTHflmra
Account Well Saturated With
Paper Already, Manager
Ewing Tells Council
R. P. Ewing, manager of the
Americus plant of the South Geor
gia Public Service company, was be
fore city council Wednesday night
to present the Vlaim of his company
for a payment of account for cur
rent furnished in lighting Americus’
streets. The city has paid nothing
on account since January 1, Mr.
Ewing stated today.
Last year a back bill owed by
the city to the Americus Lighting
company was funded into notes due
January 1, when a partial payment
of $2,500 was made. Since that
date no further payments have been
made either on current or back bills,
and authorities of the new operating
company at Albany are getting
anxious for the cash. Manager Ew
ing told council Wednesday night
the city’s account with Jiis company
was already pretty well saturated
with paper, and that the Albany
management feels now that time ha’s
arrived for Americus to pay in cash
for service being performed.
No action was taken upon tlie re
quest, which council received with
out comment.
ELEVEN SENIORS TO GET
DIPLOMAS AT LUCY COBB
Al HENS, May 17.—Eleven mem
bers of the senior class at Lucy Cobb
Institue are scheduled to be grad
uated at the commencement exercis
es June 4, according to announce
ments here today by President Mil
dred R. Mell.
Members of the senior class who
are scheduled to get diplomas in
clude: Misses Mae Bostwick, Louis
ville; Gladys Bunn, Fairfax; Sara
Elder. Athens; Mary Sue Hood,
Athens; Helen McDorman, Athens;
Kathleen Merry, Athens; Fanny
Murry, Athens; Sarah Price, Ath
ens; Lucy Robinson, Covington;
Frances Wade, Sewannee, Tenn.;
Evelyn Zettler, Guntersville, Ala,
WW DOE CITY IN
ONPAIO TAXES, ITT
TELLS CITY COUNCIL
Eighteen Hundred Delinquents
Constitute Big Army Owing
Americus Past Due Taxes
COMMITTEE INSTRUCTED
Portion of Amount Due Repre
sents Taxes Levied During
1914 on Realty, Personalty
Eighteen hundred taxpayers, in
cluding citizens in all walks of life,
owe the City of Americus taxes due
upon- both realty and personalty to
taling $24,658.38, according to the
statement of E. J. Witt, chairman
of the finance committee of council,
made Wednesday night before that
body.
The list of tax delignquents, Ai
derman Witt said, was compiled from
statistics and records furnished him
by City Clerk and Treasurer A.
(Continued on Page 5)
BIG PffNTSIftOED
BUIJIXIE W
Factories to Make Cotton Mill
Machinery Soon Be Built in
South tor Operation
ATLANTA, May 17.—The next
logical step in the manufacturing'
industry of the South, according to
Atlanta industrial leaders, will be
the locating in this state and other
Southern states of great shops to
manufacture cotton mill machinery.
With two mills already here and oth
ers being built at a rapid rate, and
with the raw material of iron, tim
ber, coal and power within easy
reach, the machinery manufacturing
plants are bound to follow,* it is
stated. There is evidence now, it is
pointed out, that they are already
headed toward the South.
Business men here, discussing the
subject today, say it will only be a
few’ years until not only the profit
from growing the cotton will remain
in the South, but the profit from
the manufactured product will re
main here, the contractor’s profit
for building the mills will remain
here, and the profit from the manu
facture and installation of the ma
chinery will remain here.
A noted business counsellor of At
lanta has pointed out that this will
not only mean the addition of hun
dreds of millions of dollars for ex
pansion of business and investment
in other industries for this se:-*:on,
but what is more important, he say.-,
will furnish profitable employment
for hundreds of thousands of people.
THALEAN SCHOOL TO
STAGE AMATEUR PLAY
Friday night of this week at 7:45
a play, “The Masonic Ring” and
other good features are on the pro
gram. The exercises Saturday will
begin at 10 o’clock with music by
the Preston orchestra. An educa
tional address wil be delivered by
Rev. Luther Harrell. A musical
program has been/arranged for the
evening. Admittance to both night
and day exercises is free, and all
are cordially invited to attend.
A basket dinner wil! be spread
on the long table in the beautiful
grove at noon Saturday, and guests
are expected to 'bring baskets.
KILLIAN HERE; PRaTsES
DOUGHBOY SALES RECORD
C. M. Killian, of Atlanta, is a busi
ness visitor in Americus where he
formerly resided. “The Spirit of the
American Doughboy,” he says is more
appreciated now than ever by the
people of the nation and his sales oi
life-size doughboy statues during the
past three months have been greater
than during the entire time the stat
ue had been on the market previous
to that time. While in Americus, Mr.
Killian is being given a warm wel
come by numerous friends.
SAVANNAH WOMEN SAY
‘DISTRICT’ MUST GO
SAVANNAH', May 17.—The wo
men of the city seem to have made
up their minds that the segregated
district of Savannah must go.
The chief of police has stated he
thinks it best that there be a re
stricted district and one minister
has also taken this view.
But the women say no well regu
lated city has a restricted district
because it tends to graft and it also
entices both boys and girls away
from here.
-7,•
Single pair can have a
million desp' ur years.
The; ——in a square
foot o
£ DLORMO GOVERHOR
■IS WILSON IH
■MKlfflll
Alva B. Adams, Democrat, Ap
pointed to Succeed Senator
Nicholson in Upper House
RANKS AS CONSERVATIVE
Wilson, McAdoo and Bryan Ail
Urged Governor Sweet Name
Other Men for Place
DENVER, May 17.—Alva B. Ad
ams, of Pueblo, is Colorado’s new
senator.
Adams was appointed today iby
Governor Sweet, who has had the
appointment under consideration
during several weeks.
He is a Democrat and succeeds
the late Senator Samuel P. Nichol
son, who died in Washington during
April, and the new senator ranks
as a conservative.
In making the appointment, Gov
ernor Sweet ignored the recommen
dations of former President Wood
row Wilson, William G. MleAdoo and
Wililam J. Bryan, all of whom urg
ed that he appoint one of two other
men.
TEN WILL GETTREE
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Interest Growing Fast in Times-
Recorder’s Contest for Fifty
Dollars in Gold
Monday the Times-Recorder gave
away absolutely free ten tickets to
the Opera House and Rylander the
ater. Today this paper is going to
give away the same number of free
tickets to readers. Will you be one
of those to attend a movie today as
the guest of the Times-Recorder?
You can, if you will. Read the con
ditions on page 3. Besides free
nVovie tickets there is also $50.00
in gold to be distributed among
readers of that page. Read the ads
every time they appear.. The $50.00
in gold is going to be given away
absolutely free—get your share of
this fund.
5.550 BEMfICIIffiS .
TO Cff ILLM M
Try and Certificate Holders in
Masons Annuity Benefit by
Court Decision
ATLANTA, May 17. A million
dollars, salvaged by receivers from
the Supreme Lodge of the Mason’s
Annuity, will be divided proportion
ately among the approximately 5,-
500 policy and certificate holders
of-the company, it was learned when
Judge George E. Bell, of the Fulton
Superior court, signed a decree to
that effect.
The decree was singed after .a jury
had returned a verdict declaring the
order insolvent and specifying the
classes of policy and certificate hold
ers who were to benefit by this dis
tribution. The decree contained all
the decisions of the jury.
The case has been in court for
more than a year, bankruptcy pro
ceedings having been instituted
against the company. Receivers
were appointed by Judge Bell. It
was carried into the United States
District court on the bankruptcy is
sue. An appeal from Judge Bell’s
ruling on the question of receiver
ship carried it to the Supreme court
of Georgia.
MAY DENY LEVIATHAN
HARBOR DOCKING PACE
NEW YORK, Mav 17.—(8y the
Associated Press.) —The City Sink
ing Fund Commission today instruct
ed Dock Commissioner Delaney to
visit Chairman Lasker of the Unit
ed State Shipping Board with a
threat to withhold docking space in
Manhattan for the reconditioned
giant liner, Lev’iathan,; unless he
reconsidered his decision not to
award the contract for recondition
ing the steamer, President Buchan
an to the Brooklyn navy yard.
NEW WITNESSES IN MYSTERY
MURDER CASE ARRESTED
CHICAGO, May 17.—(8y the As
sociated Press.) —A student who is
said to have told a young woman
that he knew what became of Leigh
ton Mount the Northwestern Uni
versity freshman who - disappeared
after a class rush in 1921, was tak
en into custody today by the at
taches of United States attorney’s
office.
His name is withheld,
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WEATHER.
For Georgia: Continued fair today
and Friday.
J.TM IM a , t w ———MH. I I
PRICE FIVE CENTS
ELLEN IS GOBBLES BP
BIG COBL BELT GIBE
COIKTIIG 3 STITES
Carolina, Clinchfield & Ohio Rail
road Taken Under Lease for
Period of 99 Years
CONNECTS WITH COAST LINE
Terms of Lease Not Made Public,
But Consolidation Insures
Huge Coal Tonnage Moving
LOUISVILLE, Ky. May 17.—The
Louisville & Nashville Railroad h:w -
leased th? Carolina, Clinchfield &
Ohio Railroad for a period of 99
years, according to an announcement
at the offices of the company here
today. The price paid for the lease ,
was not made public.
Acquisition of the Carolina, Clinch
field & Ohio line gives the L. &.N.
complete belt through the coal fields
of West Virginia, Tennessee and
North Carolina and links up a direct
connection with the sea at Charles
ton, Consolidation of the line with
the Louisville & Nashville insures a
huge coal tonnage being- moved over
its rails.
CONNECTS L. & N.
AND COAST LINE R. R.
SPARTANBURG, S. C., May 17.---
Leasing of the Carolina, Clir.chfield
& Ohio Railroad by the Louisville
and Nashville road gives that line
direct contact with the Atlantic
Coast Line which controls the L. &
N., and gives the Coast Line direct
connection with southern coal fields
for the first time in the history of
the lines, it is stated here,
lornr
THFPFDPLERIJLF
Aldevman Opposed to Board of
Education Getting Extra Tax
Wants Matter Go to Voters
Aiderman E. J. Witt, who Wed
nesday night opposed permitting a
levy of 4 mills for schools in the
emergency measure to be .presented
the legislature this summer, today
declared the people should ibe allow
ed to pass upon the proposition be
fore any additional tax, emergency
or otherwise is levied here.
“1 take up the statement of Mr.
Dykes,” said Mr. Witt “and 1 am
willing to go before the people with
the issue if that is what he wants.
The gist of Mr. Dykes’ argument last
night was that he was willing to
co-operate with council, provided
council did exactly as he said. Now,
I suggest that we co-operate by re
ferring the whole matter to the vot
ers of Americus. I say now and
all the time, ‘let the people rule.’
Are Mr. Dykes and the members of
the board willing to ‘co-operat-e’ in
this manner?”
ftFTEOTmtBTY
M W STRIPES
Arrested in Florida, Escaped Mur
derer Is Returned to Dodge
Gang to Resume Sentence
EASTMAN, May 17.—At liberty
during seven years, 1. B. Hail today
resumed serving a life sentence on
the Dodge county chaingang, from
which he escaped during 1913. He
was recognized recently by a sheriff
at Bushnell, Fla., and arrested. Dur
ing the time he was at liberty, Hall
had resided in Florida, where he
was engaged in growing oranges.
He killed Dennis Hall, who was not
a relative 'but lived in the same house
in Tifton, in May, 1913. He was
tried at the July, 1913, term of
Tift Superior court, was found guil
ty of murder and sentenced to hang.
After a long, hard fight through
the courts and before the prison com
mission, his sentence was commuted
to life imprisonment, and he was
sent to Dodge county. He escaped
from the camp in that county the
following year and went to Florida,
engaging in truck farming at Bush-'
nell, with a measure of success.
FIRST BAPTIST S- S.
TO PICNIC AT MYRTLE
The Sunday schoool of the First
Baptist chruch will hold its annual
picnic this year at Myrtle Springs,
T. F. Gatew-oo*d, superintendent, an
nounced today. The date of the
picnic, it is stated, will be Thursday,
June 14, and preparations are being
made to entertain an unusually large
crowd on that occasion.
OUSLEY VISITS OLD HOME
• VALDOSTA, May 17.—While iti
Valdosta recently Clarence Ousley
made a trip to Ousley station, where
he formelv resided, and hunted up
all of the’ old family servants who
are vet living. Among them was
MansfiMd Boring, who claims to be
100 years old and who was a coach
man for the Ousleys way back in
the days after the Civil War,