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AMERICUS SPOT COTTON
Strict middling, 26 cents.
N. Y. Futures .. May Julv Oct.
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Opening 27.15 25.55 23.18
11 am 27.07 25.82 23.25
Close ..'27.14 25.64 23.03
FORTY-FIFTH YEAR—NO. 116
BRITISH PREMIER QUITS
Condition of Bandits’ Captives Is Still Critical
Prosperous Commercial Year Lies Ahead
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National Bank of Commerce Says ■
Danger of Over-Production i
and inflation is Fast
EXPECTED BUILDING CHECK
Retail Trade Excellent With Oc- !
casional Exceptions, Says
Business Review
NEW YORK, May 21—The month
ly review of business conditions is
sued by the National Bank of Com
merce says an expectation of good
business throughout 1923 seems jus
tified by conditions today. Execu
tives responsible for business poli
cies are proceeding with intelligent
caution. They are making skillful use
of improved facilities for learning the
facts of the situatiop and are shap
ing their courses accordingly. As a
result there is reason to believe that I
the danger of overproduction and of
inflation of prices and of wages by
bidding for availab’e supplies, is past |
for the time being. The in ices of
leading raw mat.eral? have receded
somewhat and further declines in
some commodities should occasion no
surprise.
The expected" check to building
operations because of uud ily high
costs of labor and materials Iras oc
curred, and in the textile industries,
in iron and steel and in manufactures
generally "a smaller volume of for
ward orders is being booked. Retail
trade is excellent, with occasional
local exceptions. There is little cvi
dence of accumulation of stocks of
finished goods at any' point from the
manufacturer to -hi consumer.
The check to production which has
taken place is wholesome. Tn part it is
seasonal. To a greater extent it is the
result of widespread realization that
a considerable part of the output of
recent months has been absorbed in
building up depleted stocks to a point
where they bear a fair relation to the
present rate of consumption in the
United States. From this time output
must be absorbed primarily by cur
rent requirements. Confidence in the
outlook is justified, but business men
generally recognize that their hopes
can be realized not by propagation of i
a boom psychology, but by careful
testing of the consuming ma - kets and
by skillful adjustment of output and
of prices to demand.
The only ultimate safeguard to the
business of the country is the con
sensus of judgment of producers,
merchants and financiers. They have
already proved that they are compe
tent to remember the lessons of 1920.
and they are prepared to guard
against the excesses of rising prices ;
and other inflationary tendencies. 1
Movements and utterances calculated
to further warn against such ten-i
dencies are no longer needed and
they might eVen so undermine confi- I
dence as to hamper sound business.
Underlying conditions are sound and I
the outlook is promising.
The most important event in the
securities market during the last
thirty days was the offering by the
Secretary of the Treasury of about
$400,0l)0,Q00 treasury notes, matur
ing March 15, 1927, with interest at
4 ”3-4 per cent. This new issue to
gether with balances on hand in the
treasury is intended to provide for
payment* of the outstanding Victory
4 3-4 per cent notes, and also to meet
i cash requirements between now and
June 15.
Imo issues is
APPEAL LOR WB
Nation Asked to Contribute Funds
for Relief of Cleveland School
Widows and Orphans
COLUMBIA, S. C., May 2J.--A
nation-wide appeal for funds for ■-
lief of women and children who
orphaned and widowed by the Cleve
land school fire in which 77 per
sons perished Thursday night was
issued today by Governor McLe,>d :
o f South Carolina.
All funds raised will be hatched
by the Ame.ican Red Cross, the gov
ernor said.
MRS. J. A. TURNNER DIES
D AYSON, Ga., May 21 —The sud
den "death- of Mrs. J. A. Turner oc
curred at her home near Dawson.
She was the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. J. W. Cole, of Parrott, and is
survived by her husband and two
small children. Interment was made
at Parrott cemetery and conducted
by Rev. T. J. Herring.
POSSIBLE PREMIERS I
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STANLEY BALDWIN
; Above Bonar Law, who has re
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Lord Curzon and bottom ‘ Stanley
i Baldwin, who may succeed him.
HOM DECLABTIJI
IT H. S. IS POSTPONED
Students and Rotarians to Have
Opportunity of Hearing Dr. J.
A, Thomas at Ag College
The Rotary declamation, set for
Tuesday night at Americus High
school auditorium, lias been postpon
ed until Thursday eveniiig at 8
o'clock, it was announced! oday.
Postponement of the declamation
contest was agreed upon in order
to permit as many Rotarians and
students as possible to attend the
literary address which will be-de
livered at the A jit- college Tues
day evening by Rev. J. A Thomas,
of' Savannah, a former resident of
Americus, who was active in civic
club work while here.
The Rotary debate is one of the
outstanding features of the annual
commencement season at Americus
high school, and great interest cen
ters in the selection of a winner,
who is later asked to recite the
winning debate before the club
! members at. luncheon. A handsome
i gold medal is also awarded the win-
I ner.
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VAPOR AGENTS HELD
’ VALDOSTA, Ga., May 21—When
the sheriff of Coffee county arrived
in Valdosta for several prisoners ar
rested here by the police he took G.
W. Knight, white, and Lonnie Street
and Will Minter, negroes, saying that
they would be held. The others were
realesed, consisting of A. A. Harper.
Dewey Kight, Matthew Roland and
Julian Kight. The three are held for
further investigation of the alleged
charges of violating the laobr laws,
ail of which Mr. Kight denies.
THE TIMES-RECORDER
EIWHIHG READY TO
RECEIVEIBO VISITORS
TO OFFICERS MEDING
Sessions Begin Here Thursday
Morning, With Session, to Ex
tend Over Two Days
BARBECUE DINNER FRIDAY
Committees Will Meet Early Del
egates Wednesday Night as
They Reach Depots
Everything is in readiness for the
reception of the 400 delegates to the
convention of County Commissioners
in session in Americus Thursday and
Friday of this week.
Chairmen of the various commit
tees, working under G. O. Marshall,
general chairman, reported to the
County Commissioners at a called
meeting Monday morning. *
The sessions of the convention —
scheduled for Thursday and Friday
mornings, wil be held in the -Rylander
Theater its use bavin" been tendered
the county by Mr. Rylander some
time ago.
A 60-mile automobile ride over the
county has been laid out and autos
promised for the delegates.
Dinner at the Windsor for 350 to
400 guests has been arranged for
Thursday and abarbecue'dinner Fri
day with all the trimmings, is another
feature.
Decorators will begin Tuesday dec
orating the streets and the court
house. using flags and bunting. Hen
ry Stanfield is chairman of the deco,
.rations committee.
A reception committee composed
of the County Commissioners and
their /wives and several men and
women from Americus and the
county, will be on hand Wednesday
night to greet the delegates as they
arrive' at the depots and in the hotel
lobby.
Chairman Neal Ray is issuing spe
cial invitations to the ex-county com
missioners of the county, to the state
and federal representatives in the
county to be guests at the entertain
ments tendered the delegates by the
county commissioners.,
Col. W. W. Dykes will act as toast
master, representing the county, at
'he dinner Thursday and at the bar
becue on Friday.
Welcome addresses will be deliver
ed by Mayor J. E. Poole and Chair
man of Commissioners Neal Ray, at
the opening session Thursday morn
ing.
HfflMLfflK CUP
GHai IK. BIENODII
Congregation of Lee Street
Church Expresses Apprecia
tion of Services
Sunday night at Lee Street Meth
odist church an enjoyable incident of
the service was the presentation of a
handsome silver loving cup to Mrs.
T. H. McLendon, who has been or
ganist for the congregation during
five year, and who leaves Wednesday
for Baltimore, Md., where she goes
to reside. The cup was subscribed by
members of the congregation and pre
sented by the pastor, Rev. Luther
Harrell, in grateful appreciation of
Mrs. McLendon’s splendid services
.as organist and choir director. The
occasion of the presentation was the
last service at which Mrs. McLendon
will preside as organist.
The presentation talk was made
by Mr. Harrel who expressed, in be
half of the congregation, the high re
gard in which Mrs. McLendon is held
by all the members, and their deep
appreciation of her efforts to provide
suitable musical programs for every
occasion, in which she has been so
successful. Mrs. McLendon, who had
recieved no intimation of the surprise
that was to be tendered her,
accepted the handsome remembrance
with a few words of appreciation,
.expressing briefly her interest in the
congregation and its affairs which,
she said would remain among her
happiest memories.
The cup presented Mrs. McLendon
was specially fashioned upon order of
R. S. Broadhurst and engraved by
the manufacturers as follows; ‘‘Pre
sented to Mrs. T. IL McLendon by
Lee Street.M. E. Church, South, for
Most Efficient and Faithful Services
as Organist, 191-1923.” It is of ex
tremely plain design and very hand
some, being of heavyweight sterling
silver. It is 12 1-2 inches high and 21
inchas in diameter, and described by
many who attended the presenta
tion service as one of the most sub
stantial remembrances ever presented
a church worker in Americus,
AMERICUS, GA-, MONDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 21, 1923
UTE MEWS
BULIFJWS
FRIEDLANDER BROTHERS LOSE
WASHINGTON, May 21—-Consti
tutionality of property laws of Geor
gia as interpreted by city council of
Moultrie will noli be reviewed by the
Supreme Court In the case brought I
by Friendlaiider -Brothers, it was an-1
nounced today. The law was attacked i
nil the ground that a property tax |
imposed by Moultrie was excessive
and amounted to confi-cation and
that property oners were given no
opportunity to challenge the assess
ment before it was made final.
CHIEF AND DEPUTY ARRESTED
ATLANTA, May 21.—Federal
Prohibition Director Dismukes
nounced today that he and
two agents had arrerte.l Chief of
Police Tom Smith, iof Pearson;
Deputy Sheriff®!. J. Starling, W.
C. Davis and J.|R. Osteen, residents
of Pearson ,on of accept
ing money from liquor runners in
return for free passage, Dismuke
said. The men were taken to Way
cross, where they were to be given
a hearing late today.
Dismuke declared he and his
agents tritnfessed the passage of
money between the prohibition
agent driving the liquor car and the
men arrested.
BONOS ll W II
IIIHWILLE: NILE
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Keen Interest Being Evidenced in
Bond Election in Progress
Today
$12,000 IN BONDS PROPOSED
Paul Easteriin and A. Fox Hodges
Lead Opposing Forces With
Light Early Vote >
ANDERSONVILLE, May 22.
—The district school elec
tion held here today resulted in a
victory for bonds by a vote of 36
for and 11 against the issue.-
ELECTION HOTLY
CONTESTED.
Voters residing, in the Twenty
ninth district today gave their at
tention to deciding whether or not
Andersonville Consolidated school
district will issue $12,000 in bonds
to erect a handsome new school
building there. Proponents of bonds
and opponents of the proposition
were both active, according to re
ports reaching Americus this morn- ’
ing, with Paul Easteriin leading the
bonds supporters, and A. Fox Hod
ges among the most active opposing
forces.
Up to noon a total of 7 votes had
been cast, and there was no indica
tion then as to the probable result
of the day’s voting.
Andersonville is one of the few
consolidated school districts in Sum
ter county which thug far have not
voted bonds for new housing facili
ties, and there has been an agita-,
tion in the district favorable to
bonds during several months past.
A month ago it was finally determin.
ed to vote upon the question of
•bonds or no bonds, $12,000 being
fixed by the county board as the
maximum sum to be issued in the
event bonds are voted.
If is expected that as a result ot
the keen interest being evidenced in
the election a full vote will be cast
before the polls close this afternoon.
EEDEMCUM
SIFER miESTHIR
MONTREAT, N. C., May 21.
The general assembly of the South
ern Presbyterian church here today
rejected by a vote of 146 to 199 the
committee report favoring withdravy
al from the Federal Council of
Churches of Christ in America that
left before the assembly majority
report if its committee which would
provide for remaining in the coun
cil, and appropriating funds to cov
er the assembly’s proportionate
share of expenses.
In urging the assembly to remain
in the federal council, Dr. E. W.
McCorkle, of Rockridge Baths, Va.,
declared that the “only safety to
Protestantism in America is to have
an organization in Washington to
act as a buffer against the great
unscrupulous power of Roman Cath
olicisms”
RESIGNATION HANDED
PRESIDENT HARDING
BY FORMER JUSTICE
Enormous Amount of Work Faced
by Members of •Commission
Given as Reason
NEED STRONG YOUNG MAN
Adjusting Claims Upon Which
Commissioners Unable to
Agree; Task Difficult
WASHINGTON, May 21.—Wil
liam R. Day, former assoicate jus
tice of the Supreme court today pre
sented to President Harding his res
ignation as umpire of {the Mixed
Claims Commission.
Mr. Day explained that his desire
to resign was due to the recognition
of an enormous amount of work fac
ing the commission with claims
amounting to $1,479,000,000 to fee
settled, and to his belief that a
young and stronger man should be
in charge of the work of adjusting
claims of which the American and
German! commissioners are unable
to agree.
truwlents
INCREASE RAPIDLY
VALDOSTA, May 21.—Shipments
of squash, beans and other truck are
constantly growing larger as the sea
son advances. It is believed that car
load lots will soon be loading, thus
adding materially to the movement
from this section. There is a great
deal of activity around the packing
places while the hampers are being
filled. These vegetable shipments,
along with the plant movements, are
giving both the express companies
and the postal authorities a load to
handle each evening.
6E 08811WILHEND
COTTONBY.IIRPIJ.NE
Shriners Will Wear Aprons au
National Convention Which
Was Cotton at Sunrise
ATLANTA, May 21.—The Wash
ington Kiwanis club has telegraphed
its tender of a bale of Wilkes coun
ty cotton to the program committee
of the Mystic Shrine convention to
be held in the national capital early
in June, to be transported by air
plane from the Georgia city to the
national capital, inspected by presi
dent Harding, carried thence to a
Massachusetts cotton mill, manufac
tured into Masonic aprons and car
ried back to the national capital to '
be distributed among the Shriners
attending the convention.
Detail of the “stunt” have been |
worked out, but from well informed I
and confidential sources the follow
ing is planned:
An army or navy aviator will start
from some point in Georgia with a
bale of cotton in his. plane. On ar
rival at Shrine headquarters in the
national capital the bale will be in
spected by President Harding. It will
then be reloaded and carried to some
New England cotton mill ,probably
at Lawrence, Mass. Here >t will be
converted into Masonic aprons and
the aprons will be loaded back into
the plane and the aviator will start
at once back to the national capital.
On his second arrival at the na
tional capital he will distribute the
aprons among the Masons attending
the Shrine convention. The aviator
selected for the Shrine week cele
bration will endeavor to make a rec
ord trip through the air, and it is
hoped that the Georgia bal? of cot
ton may he carried from Georgia,
inspected by the President and re
turnel to the capital in the form ol
manufactured aprons all in one day.
Wilkes county which will furnish
the bale of cotton, has attracted na
tional attention recently by its ex
tensive campaign to bring new set
tlers to Georgia.
supply of hardwood timber on the I
continent blit at the present rate of
consumption and the present waste
ful method of cutting, it is only a
question <rf a short time before this
too will cease to be an important
factor in ttfe lumber industry of >he
country.”
Falling out of trains in Engla- ’
causes an average of about 30 ac
cidents a year.
FURTHER BUM
FIETILF UNLESS CHIU
lIDED 81 FIHEIffIEHS
American Observers Furnish State
Denartroent Opinicn Covering
Negotiations With Bandits
PRISONERS ARE SUFFERING
Mrs. Marmel Verea, Released
Captive. Tells of Terrible
Conditions
WASHINGTON, May 21.—Further
negotiations between the Chinese
government and the bandit leaders
in Shantung “are futile” unless there
is foreign representation on the Chi
nese' government delegation, in the
opinion of American observers as
reported to the State Department.
Dispatches d that Roy
Anderson, an American of long resi
dence and intimate association with
the brigands and government offi
cials in China might be chosen to
negotiate with the brigands and pro
vided with “plenipotentiary powers.”
Otherwise, the State Department's
summary of the situation said “the
only hope of early relief of prison
ers is by direct foreign negotiations.”
BANDITS RELEASE
MEXICAN WOMAN.
LONDON, May 21. (By the As
sociated Press.) —A Central News
dispatch from Shanghai reporting
the release by the Chinese bandits
'of Mrs. Marmel Verea, wife of a
Mexican manufacturer, says that 14
male prisoners, still held by the
brigands, are living under terrible
conditions.
LIONSCLMDAL
IS AWARDED TONIGHT
Misses Bahnsen, McNeil, McDon
ald, Mozelle Deavours, Kath
erine Harris, Elizabeth Smith
Tonight at Americus High school
the annual recitation for the Lions
club medal will take place, begin
ning at 8 o’clock in the school audi
torium. The public is invited and
it is expected there will be a large
attendance of friends and relatives
of the Qbntelstants alp fvell :( a
large representation of club mem
bers.
Students who will contest in the
recitation arc Edith Bahnsen, ‘'Dr.
Johnson’s Picture Cow;” Ruth Mc-
Neill, “[.llly Servanse’s Ride;” Mo
zelle Dravours, “Patsy;” Ann Walk
er, ‘Salute Your Bride;” Katherine I
Harris, “The Littlest Rebel;” Eliza- I
beth Smith, “The Anarchist,” and I
Alice McDonald, “The Heart of Old |
Hickory.”
The winner will be awarded the !
Lions club medal, offered annually,
and in accordance with custom, will
be asked to recite the winnig sub
ject before the members of that club.
DELEGATES CHOSES IB
BffICTMFEBEHCF
Valdosta Wil! Send Large Delega
tion to Meeting at Sparks,
May 28-29
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VALDOSTA, May 21.—At a
church conference Wednesday dele
gates to the district conference of
the Methodist church were selected.
This district conference meets in
Sparks May 29 and 30 and the Val
dosta church is entitled to eleven
delegates and the list of those chcs
cn includes Judge A. J. Little, C. W.
Barnes, B. S. Richardson, M. D.
Register, A. J. Strickland, J. T.
Webb, Miss Mihlred Blair, Mrs. I
M. Cox Mrs. M. A. Morgan, Mrs. R.
A. Peeples, Mrs. A. J. Strickland.
Alternates selected include Capt.
J. L. Newbern, Mrs. A. M. Hendry,
and Mrs. E. A. Stokes. It is expected
that the conference which will be
presided over by Rev. J. C. G.
Brooks, presiding elder will consume
practically both days in attending to
the matters coming before it regard
ing the affairs of the churches of the
Valdosta district.
CAPT. WATTS IS
GIVEN VACATION
Captain Watts was granted a 10-
day leave of absence by the County
Commissioners Monday morning.
Captain Watts will spend his vacation
visiting relatives in Florida. He will
leave Americus the latter part of the
week accompanied bv his grandson,
making the trip to Florida by auto
mobile, ’
WEATHER ' v I
For Georgia: Probably cloudy to- J
night; Tuesday, probably showers in?
extreme south portion; slightly cooler 1
in north portion. I
PRICE FIVE CENTS
SfECHLiIIOH RIFE
IS TO fflO HILL
SUCCEED BONAR LIU
Lord Curzon and Stanley Baldwin
Looked Upon as Most Likely
Candidates
PREMIER HAS OPERATION
Failing Health Given as Reason
for Offering Resignation
to King
LONDON, May 21.—Andrew Bo
nar Law, the prime minister, sent hip
resignation to the King Sunday
night because of ill health, unable
to present it personally. Thus ends
his brief but eventful administration
and it ends with important and per
plexing problems, particularly Great
Britain’s relations with France and
Russia, unsettled.
The king will summon one of the
conservative leaders to form a new
cabinet. It is generally accepted
that Marquis Curzon will be the next
premier.
THREE MENTIONED AS
SUCCESSORS TO LAW.
LONDON, May 21. (By the As
sociated Press.) —Political gossips
are almost unanimously of the opin
ion that Marquis Cunzon, secretary
of statd for foreign affairs, will be
offered the premiership, and that
either he or Stanley Baldwin v ill
be successor to Andrew Bonar LJw,
who has resigned because of ill
health.
Lord Derby is also spoken of as
a possibility for the office.
LAW UNDERGOES SLIGHT
OPERATION.
LONDON, May 21. (By the As
sociated Press.) —The physicians of
Andrew Bonar Law, retired British
premier, this afternoon issued the
following statement:
“Mr. Bonar Law had a slight op
eration on his throat today. Other
wise his condition is unchanged.”
LiraifTENT”MEET
STARTED HERE SUNDRY
“Establishment of Present Truth’’
Theme of Evangelist at Open
ing Meeting
Three forceful sermons by
Evangelist A. B. Lipscomb, of Nash
ville, Tenn., marked The beginning
Sunday of the tent meetings now ill
progress. The tent is pitched at
the corner of Church and Jackson
streets and is supplied with com
fortable seats and a good flooring.
Ihe tent was filled at the evening
service. The visiting evangelist
speaks with fluency and holds his
audience in rapt attention. He com. .
mented upon the warmth of the wel
come and the expressions of good
will that had been extended by
Americus citizens to him and to his
song leader, Everett Dewberry, of
Columbia, Tenn.
Evangelist Lipscomb’s theme for
Sunday evening was “Establishment
in Present Truth.” He said in part:
“Some people, in their search for
truth, go backward, so far back
ward that they get beyond the pale
of human reasoning. They ask such
questions as ‘who made God?;’ ‘who
made the devil?;’ ‘why dfd God ever
allow Adam and Eve to be tempted?’
“Now such questions are proper in
their time and place but when they
are made the basis of faith and one
chief thought they do more harm
than good. They interfere with the
performance of present duties and
present obligations. The secret
things belong urfto our God but the
things that are plainly revealed be
long unto Us and our children.
“There are others who, in their
search for truth, take the other ex
treme. Instead of looking back
ward . they are forever peering into
the future and seeking to the points
of anxiety to interpret its meaning.
They ask such questions as, ‘will
the streets of heaven be paved with
real gold?’ 'will there be a literal
hell fire?’ ‘when will the Milennium
dawn?’
“Now, if all these questions could
be answered with an absolute cer
tainty it would in no way affect the
present duty of preparing to meet
Jesus when He comes. Some have
turned into prophets and have de
ceived the credulous.
“During the past century the ex
act day of Jesus’ coming has been
fixed no less than eight times and
in each case thousands have been
disappointed. All of this in the face
of Jesus’ plain statement: ‘No man,
not even the angels in heaven, know
the day nor the hour.’
“Standing midway between these
two extremes is present truth. Here
we may place our feet on solid
ground and find establishment and
peace.”
Evangelist Lipscomb’s theme for
the evening service today will be
“Profitable Prayer.”
The public is invited. No col
lection will be taken, _ 4