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FORTY-FIFTH YEAR—NO. 125
DECISION ENDS LONG CONTESTED POINT
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Aged Episcopalian Educator Commits Suicide
HUNDREDS NARROWLY ESCAPE DEjATH
CHILDREN'S HOSPITfiL
MTTMWfffI
Nil LBS ARE LOST
More Than Hundred Patients,
Many Crippled, Removed to
Maternity Hospital
FOUR FIREMEN INJURED
Two Caught Under Falling Roof
in Administration Building
Are Unconscious
PITTSBURG, May ,31. The
Children’s hospital, of Pittsburg,
was destroyed by tire today.
More than a hundred little pa
tients, most of them crippled, were
moved to the Magee Maternity hos
pital nevby.
Sb* /ar as the authorities are
able to determine there was no less
of life. ,
Four firemen were injured when
the roof of the administration
building fell in and two of . them
were taken to the hospital in an
unconscious condition. Policemen
were overcome by formaldehyde
fumes.
STMUOULOffi
CITED IS COITFm
•
Joe Lowman, Sherman Hicks,
Calvin Crider and Georg
Reeves Face Trial Soon
ROME, May 31 —Joe . Lowman,
Sherman Hicks, Calvin Crider and
George Reeves, union moulders for
merly employed by the Rome Stove
and Range Works, but now on
strike, were served with summons’?
to appear before Judge Blair at Ma
rietta, to show cause why they
should not be held in contempt of
court for having violated the
judge’s recent order restraining
them from interfering with em
ployes of the stove company against
which they are striking.
Affidavits by officials of the
stove works show that since the re
straining order wa sissued the de
fendants accosted Ollie and Loi
Bates, employes of the stove work
ji> 5 after they had left the stov
jrks plant, and one of the men
made a motion to draw a pistol
while another picked up a rock and
a third warned them that they had
better be careful about working in
the plant.
DRHBEBS H
SIEMBER ROTHRY CLUB
Popular Americus Physician
Elected to Vacancy—Ry
lander Manager Talks
Dr. Emmet B. Anderson be
came a member of the Americus
Rotary club at its luncehon. He was
given the Rotary name of Emmet
and fills the vacancy caused by
the moving from Americus of Dr.
K. P. Glenn.
Luncheon next week will be
held in the Windsor hotel at 1
o’clock, instead of at the tea room
with Paul Westbrook in charge of
the program.
Herbert Kincey, manager! ißy
lander theatre was a guest of the
club Wednesday and in a short
talk assured the Rotarians that he
and his theater were at the com
mand of the community; that he
believed in Americus and would
always be ready to contribute his
share in every worthwhile move
ment for the betterment of the
city and the locality.
John Sheffield, president, an
nounced that the board of direc
tors would give two prizes at the
end of the physical year to two
members; the one whose attend
ance is highest; the other prize
going to the Rotarian who brings
the bedt program of the year.
ACCUSED BRUNSWICK
BANKER IS ACQUITTED
BRUNSWICK, May 31.--A jury
in the Glynn Superior Court late
Wednesday afternoon afqujttbd P.
K. Comas, former president of the
Baxley Banking company, Baxley,
accused of embezzleemtn, after be
ing out for less than ten minutes,
and the former banker, after re
ceiving the congratulations of a
large number*of his friends, walk
ed from the court house a free
man.
PETROGRAD THEATER
BURHS; W BURNED
DEATH DURSHG PANIC
Disastrous Blaze Started When
Dress of One of Performers
Caught Fire
FLAMES SPREAD RAPIDLY
Safety Curtain, Ouicklv Lower
ed, F 3 ' , ' , d ■»?»'■ Panic
With Wild Rush
HET StNGFORS. Finland, May
31. (By the Associated Press.)-
The Petrograd sonera house was
burned last night and many in the
audience were killed during the
panic-stricken rush for the exits,
according to a Central News dis
patch received here. *
The dress of one of the perform
ers caught fire and the flames
quickly sprea dto the scenery.
The safety curtain was lowered
but pa. e had already seized the
audience and there was a wild rush
tor the exits.
The dispatch gives no details as
to the number of casualties other
than the statement that many were
killed and mo'e were injured.
RURAL MAIL IRRIERS
ELECT M OFFICERS
Wall, of Ellaville, Heads Third
District Organization. With
Tatum Secretary
CORDELE, May 31.—The an
nual session of rural carriers of the
Third district was held here Wed
nesday,
C. (I. Wall, of Ellaville, was chos
en president of the body jEor the
next year. T. W. Walton, of Pine
hurst, is vice-president, and J.’C.
Tatum, of Richland, is secretary
treasurer. Th? 1921 J convention
will be held in Ashburn on Memorial
day.
Meet in Milledgeville.
MILLEDGEVILLE, May 31
The convention of Tenth district
rural mail carriers met here Wed
nesday.
The following officers wtji’e
chosen: H. 11. Tanner, president;
E. G. Rhodes, vice-president; Ed
Anthony, secretary and treasurer.
Delegates to state convention, Geo.
T. Morris, J. A. Stripling, of Bald
win county, S. W. Whitfield and
H. C. Bryant, of Jefferson, J. K.
Burton, of Taliaferro.
, Sixth District Meet
MACON, May 31.—George W.
Garrett, of Musella, Ga., was elect
ed president of the Sixth District
Rural Letter Carriers’ association
at the annual convention of the
association here yesterday. Other
officers elected were DeWitt Mc-
Gee, of Moran, Ga.. vice-president,
and B. T. M. Cauthen, of Milner,
Ga., secretary and treasurer. Macon
was selected as the next meeting
place.
The eexcutive committee is com
posed of V. W. Fretwell, of Ja.'k-I
son; J. C. Sawyer, of Knoxilll?; '
Mr. Chatfield, of Culloden; B ,E. i
Andrews, of The Rock: am! 11. t>. j
Whitaker, of Jenkinsburg.
TEN TICKETS FREE
AND SSO IN GOLD*
The Times-Recorder will give [
away this afternoon absolutely free, |
ten tickets to the Rylander theater
and Opera House. These tickets
will be given to the first ten bsys
and girls who comply with the con
ditions printed on today’s contest
page. There is no string attached j
to the distribution of these free j
admissions, and they positively cost I
the recipients nothing, either in ser-'
vice or cash. And this isn’t all— (
the Times-Recorder is going to give I
away SSO in glittering gold coin to
the fortunate ones who read the
Contest page closely. This page is
printed today; a little time study
ing the. ads there may bring you In
SSO in fold a little .later on. Hun
dreds of others are reading this
page constantly; get in. the game.
KIWANIF CLUBS ENDORSE
WORLD PEACE MOVE
ATI,ANTA. May 31.—Kiwanians
were pledged to support any con
structive movement toward perma
nent peace, the observance of
Mothers’ day, and tn give aid to
disabled veterans of the World war,
in resolutions adopted late Wediies
dav bv the national convention of
I Kiwanis. clubs international, a
THE TIMES- RECORDER
FORMER DEMOCRATIC
FLOOR LEADER DIED
TOOWMIC.
Congressman Claude [Kitchin
Had Been Member of Low
er House For 22 Years
WAS STRONG DEBATER
Was Bom in District He Repre
sented. His Father Having
Been Congressman
WILSON, N. C., May 31—(By-
Associated Press') —Representative
Claude Kitchin, fqrmerly minority
leader in the lower house of con
gress, died at 6:14 oclock this morn
ing.
Mr. Kitchin. whose death had
been expected hourly for the last
three days, began sinking shortly
| before midnight, and the end came
peacefully early this morning.
The body of the statesman will
be taken to his old home at Scotland
Neck where the funeral will be held
probably tomorrow.
Claude Kitchin, who was born
March 24, 1869, first came to con
gress in 1901, serving continuously
thereafter. On the closing night of
that congress—the 57th —he at
tracted attention by a fiery speech
against French claims.
From that day his reputation as
house debater wag made. He was
born in the district he represented.
He was the son of a congressman,
and his brother, William W. Kitch
in, served five terms in the house
I prior to his election ag governor of
North Carolina.
FLOYD Hirai
ft PLANT COTTON
Staple Planted Now Has Better
Chance. He Says. Than That
Already in Ground
ROME, May 31 —Taking issue
with many people who sav it is now
too late to plant cotton, W. E. Bow
ers, former farm demonstration
agent for Floyd county, believes
that cotton not yet planted has a
much better chance of maknig a
crop than that already in the
ground; that no other crop or series
of crops can be relied upon at this
time to supply the farmer with the
money he must have; and that
planting cotton even though much
hirer than desirable, is,less of a
gamble than the effort to shift to
something else hs a money crop.
There is no gainsaying the fact,
Mr. Bowers points out, that it will [
be far from easy to raise cotton j
planted now or later. On the other
hand, he shows that it will be al
most equally hard to raise anything
else —and equally uncertain. And
with any other crop after it is I
raised there is no certainty of a
market for cash.
PLUNKET SCHOOL GRADS
GET DIPLOMAS TODAY
| THOMASVILLE, May 31—The
i graduating exercises of the Plunk
j ett School for Boys took place this
i morning at 11 o’clock at the school
I building, A very attractive program
I follows:
j had been arranged which was as
« Prayer, Rev. Robb White; saluta
[ tion, Samuel Warren Mays; Pre
sentation of diplomas; address to
I class, Rev. Campbell Symonds; song
! (words by James Groover), class
valedictory, Thomas A ll( lrishok.
The class list of officers and roll
is as follows: Thomas Mclntosh An
drishok, president; William Hamp
ton Jennings, vice president; Mar
tin Milner Cooper, secretary and
treasurer; Samuel Warren Mays,
| Jami's Irving Groover, William Han
i sell Jennings, Robert Edward
! Cheshire, Joseph Mabbe.tt Neel, Au
gustine Thomas Smythe.‘Wright.
MACON SHRINERS WERE
INITIATED LAST WEEK
MACON. May 31.—Nearly forty
candidates were initiated into the
mysteries of the Shrine at a spe
cial ceremonial held at the Hussars
armorv ! i.t night at 7: ’A o’clock.
; Nearly 200 numbers Shrine
will leave on Sunday morinng at
.8 o’clock for Washington, D. C..
where they will attend the anndal
meeting of the Imperial council.
The natrol and band will accompany
the delegates in full inform.
Th- English language contains
about twenty thousand words which
are of French origin.
AMERICUS, GA-, THURSDAY AFFTERNOON, MAY 31, 1923
GEOBGIiII. D. 6. PUTS
ÜBS. HARROLD INTO
DACE FOR HIGH OFFICE
Announcement of Americus
Woman’s Candidacy Au
thorized by Secretary
HER RECORD SPLENDID
3,5G0 New Members Added to
D'visioin Membershio Dur
ing Her Administration
Mrs. S. H. McKee, corresponding
secretary of the Georgia division,
United Daughters of the Confed
eracy, today authorized announce
ment of the candidacy of Mrs. Frank
P. Harrold, of Americus, for presi
dent general of that organization.
Tri? Georgii division presents the
name of Mrs. Harrold, it having
been determined by the organiza
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RECEIUm
FOR KIM KLAN BY
PHILADELPHIA MAN
David Rittenhouse and Others
Ask Court to Take Property
of Organization
MISMANAGEMENT CHARGE
Wizard Evans Accused in Peti
tion Filed in Pennsylvania
Courts Today
ATLANTA, May 31. —Receiver-
ship for tne Ku Klux Klan is ask
ed in a petition filed today in the
Fulton Superior court by David
Rittenhouse and others of Philadel
phia, who charge gross mismanage
ment to Wizard Evans.
The petition also charged that
Evans and Emperor Simmons en
tered into a collusion in settling
the recent controversy involving
control of the organization.
Judge Humphries signed a tem
porary order restraining the use of
Klan funds and citing the defend
ants to show cause Ijcfore him on
June 9 why the petition should not
be granted.
It also restrains the defendants
from the use of the Klan money
to pay the expenses of the klon
cilium called by Evans in Wash
ington June 1-2. The defendants
are likewise restrained from mov
ing the headquarters from Atlanta.
I Twenty other Klansmen are nam
ied in the petition in addition to
■ Evans and Simmons and- the peti
tion also charges Evans and Sim
mons with having tried to convert
the Klan into a purely money
: making machine.
I Evans U charged with having ap
pointed Betram Christian head of
the department of propogation in
Illinois under an alleged agreement
that he and Christian would ‘split’
each $5 initiation fee on a 50-50
basis.
Evans, the petition alleges main
tains a large espionage system and
on one occasion, details of which
rfre not given in the petition, he
is alleged to have authorized the
expenditure of $68,000 to agents
who were to give him information
which would aid him in regaining
supreme power over the Klan.
CO-OPERATIVE SALE
OF CHICKENS JUNE 7-8
THOMASVILLE, May 31—Pavo
and Doerun are to have a co-opera-
chicken sale June 7-8. This
sale ig being put on by the new
Board of Trade seems to have start
pected to be a great success. Pavo
will load half a car of chickend on
the 7th and Doerun will load the
other half on the Bth. The Pavo
Boar dos Trade seems to have start
ed out to put things over in that
progressive town and the citizens
and business men as a rule are
working to help make it a success.
PRISON INSPECTOR RAPS
LOWNDES CONVICT CAMP
VALDOSTA, May 31.—Prison
Inspector Frank Monk, represent
ing the state prison commission,
has just completed an insoection of
the Lowndes county Convict camps.
It is understood that Inspector
Monk did not find conditions in
the camps as good as they should
be and his report therefore will
not be as favorable as the county
'may desire.
ISGUTHER FIELD W
WITHOUT ADEQUATE
FIBE PROTECTION
Buildings That Cost Government
More Than Million Dollars
in Danger of Destruction
NO WATER SUPPLY THERE
All of Fire Protection Machinery
Removed. Fire Chief McAr
thur, Cityl Engineer Find
Approximately a half million
dollars’ worth of buildings and
building material lying at Souther
Field, four miles east of Americus,
are wholly without fire protection,
’either actual or potential, and lia.
ble to be totally destroyed at any
time.
This alarming condition has been
revealed through an investigation
made by Fire Chief Willis McAr
thur and City Engineer Charles
Wheatley who visited the camp at
the suggestion of Mayor J. E.
Poole, and there examined the ex
isting fire protection equipment.
Mayor Poole directed these officers
to make an inspection after he had
received a communication from the
war department, askin gif Americas
fire department was equipped with
adequate protection to the camp
buildings in the event of fire there.
A caretaker kept at the field by
the government, it was explained,
could communicate with the fire
department here, should their serv
ice be necessary.
Every particle of machinery used
in the former fire and water sys
tem at the camp has been removed,
Chief McArthur and Mr. Wheatley
found, with the single exception of
one centrifugal pump, which can
not be operated even in an emerg
ency without considerable repairs.
There is no water supply at the
camp, the standpipe being dry and
no source at hand fr«,m which it
can be filled. Water for the use
of the caretaker is supplied by a
flowing well on nn adjoining prop
erty, but this cannot be piped into
the camp water tower, nor can it
be used in fighting fire at the camp,
say these officials.
The deep well, bored when the
camp was established during the
war, was constructed for use in
connection with an air-lift appa
ratus, which has since been remov
ed, and as a result no water can
now be secured from that source.
Should a serious fire develop at the
camp, in all probability, in the opin
ion of Chief McArthur and Mr.
Wheatley, all of the building there
would be quickly destroyed, this
being especially true, should a high
wind prevail at the time.
Mayor Poole has instructed Chief
McArthur to convey the result of
his investigations to the war de
partment with the request that
adequate fire apparatus be placed
at the field, together with the de
velopment of a sufficient water
supply for fire protection. In the
event this is done by the federal
authorities, Mayor Poole says he
will issue orders to Americus fire
men to prepare to assist in protect,
ing the buildings there against de
struction by fire. It is not intend
ed to take any of the standard
fire-fighting apparatus from Amer
icus to fight any fire at the field,
tut men will be detailed to operate
any apparatus belong to the gov
ernment there, if this be desired
by the war department.
FLORIDA WOMAN WENT
TO HIGHWAY MEETING
TALLAHASSEE. Fla. May 31
Mrs. F. R. S. Phillips, secretary of
the Tallahasee chamber of com
merce has returned from the Dixie
highway meeting in Chattanooga.
She was the only accredited dele
gate frofh Florida showing that
Tallahassee keeps up with the es
sential meetings.
With the array of statistics she
was able to preaent. the convention
voted to road from Thom
asville to this city on the west
branch of the Dixie • highway into
Florida, at least for a period of two
years.
BEANS ARE PLENTIFUL
NOW IN THOMASVILLE
THOMASVILLE, May 31—It would
be interesting to know just bow
many beans have been grown in
TTiomas county this year. Every
body with a garden seems to have
a bountiful supply of them and
there are large supplies ait every
grocery store and wagons from the
country are bringing them in every |
day. Beane* seem to be very popu- I
lar and probably sell better thaji I
any other vegetable,
DR. STERRETT. 16
PROWINENT PREAEHER
KILLS SELF TODH
Founder of All Souls Church
Shoots and Kills Himself
in Washington Residence
WAS GREAT EDUCATOR
Lectured in Ethics and Philoso
phy in Many Institutions in
All Parts of Country
WASHINGTON, May 31.—Pr.
James Mcßride Sterrett, a widely
known Episcopalian clergyman and
university instructor, shot and kill
ed himself here today.
Dr. Sterrett, who was 76, was the
rector of All Souls church here,
which he founded. He had served
in various churches and had been a
lecturer on ethics and philosophy in
various educational institutions over
the country. At one time he was
president of the Society for Philos
ophical Inquiry.
BEGftMI
CLEMWBM
Found Unfit for Work in Steel
Mills at Warren 0., Many
Lack Employment There
ROME, Mav 31—Negroes have
failed to make good in steel works
at Warren, Ohio, and are leaving
this and neighboring towns in car
loads for other sections, according
to a letter just received by Mrs. W.
M. Henry, of this city.
Leroy Cleghorn, a brother of Mrs.
Henry who hag lived in Ohio all his
life, describes conditions which are
anything but roseate for negroes
who are contemplating going north.
He sayg that Warren, which is only
a short distance from Cleveland, has
been literally run over with ne
groes; that they have been found
unfit for work in the steel mills of
the place; and that, as a conse
quence, there is no work there for
the most of those who have come.
They are leaving in solid trainloads
for other sections of the north and
east.
In addition, Mr. Cleghorn writes
that many negroes have told him
they are infinitely worse off in and
around Cleveland snaking as high as
$l5O a month than they were in the
south on a farm. It takes every cent
they make for living expenses, th*"
tell him. Rooms rent there for SIC
a week apiece, Mr. Cleghorn writes
and butter is 75 cents per pound.
GEMS 818 KG. IG
ffIMHESSIBG
Hundreds of Bar Members
Gather Today at Hotel
Tybee
SAVANNAH, May 31.—What is
expected to be one 'f the largest
gatherings of ‘Georgia barristers
ever held in the state will assemble
this morning at the Hotel Tybee,
Tybee Island, for the fortieth an
nual meeting of the Georgia Bar
Association, May 31 through June
second.
Hundreds of bar association
members are gathering for the
meeting and, long before the first
session of the three day meeting, it
is expected the island city will be
taxed to its capacity.
Addresses which will feature the
session include the president’s ad
dress, Z. D. Harrison, Atlanta’s an
nual address by Justice W. H. El
lis, of the Supreme court of Flor
ida; R. E. L. Saner, Dallas, Tex.,
chairman of the committee of the
American Bar association on citi
zenship; “The Administration of
Justice,” Justice S. Price Gilbert,
of the Georgia Supreme court;
“Technicalities of the Law,” Judge |
W. F. Jenkins, of the Court of Ap
peals of Georgia; ‘‘Women’s Par
ticipation in Public Life,” Miss
Stella Akin, Savannah; “Biograph
ical Sketch of Judge Nathaniel
Pendleton,” Warren Grice, Macon;
‘Enforcement of the Law by Con
stitute Authority,” Judge R. N.
Hardeman, Louisville, presiding
Judge of the middle circuit; “Un
expected Smiles.” W. Irwin Mac In
tyre, Thomasville; “The Silviy
Lining Without the Cloud,” Judge
A. W. Cozart, Columbus.
NEW BUS LINE
VALDQ3TA, M-v 31—A new
bus line operating between Valdos
ta and Lake City, Fla., has been
established making daily round
trips between the two places.
WEATHEP
For Georgia Mostly cloudy;
probably Itfcal thundershowers to
night and Friday.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
CIRCUIT COURT 6F
APPEALS SUSTAINS
GOIEBGIEGT CASE
Burden of Proof as to Alcoholic
Content Not Upon Prosecu
tion in Liquor Cases
DECISION AT NEW YORK
Whether or Not Drink Fit for
Beverage Purposes Does Not
Enter Into Case
NEW YORK, May 31—United
States Circuit Court of Appeals t<v
day ruled that the government need
not prove the alcoholic content of
whisky or whether it is fit for bev
erage purposes in cases where the
indictments charge violation of the
dry laws in which liquor is speci
fied as whisky.
PATTERSON»EBI
OF LASH NH ENDED
Prison Board Member Says Bet
ter Feeling Has Been Created
Among Convicts
ATLANTA, Ga., May 31—Geor
gia will never revert to the use of
the lash in her prison camps,
Judge T. E. Patterson, of the
Geogia Prison commission stated
here today, basing his belief upon
the feeling that has been created
since the abolition of the lash by
Governor Hardwick several months
ago.
“It has taken, and will require,
some time for the prisoners to
learn that the of the
strap does not mean that prisons
are being turned over to them but
that the action was taken for the
good of the institution,” Judge
Patterson said. “But when they do
learn that this is true, there will
be no further trouble.
“There has been .' very little
trouble in any of the Georgia
camps,” he declared. “Os course
there are a few isolated instances
but, instead of turning their pri
soners back to the commission as
many of the counties first threat
ened to do when the order be
came effective, the majority of
counties in the state are asking
for more men.”
In very few instances are dras
tic methods of punishment neces
sary, Judge Patterson says. In
many cases, he declares the only
punishment necessary is to make
some distinction between *hs g.iod
convicts and the ones who are re
fractory.
GRAND JURY QUITS
TILL NEDGESDff
Inquisitorial Body to Resume Its
Sessions June 6th After
Recess of Several Days
The grand jury of Sumter Su
perior court, now in recess, will
resume its sessions Wednesday,
June 6, it was announced today by
officials of that body.
The grand jury has concluded
consideration of all business ready
for presentation, it was said, and
the principal bills to be passed upon
when the body resumes are those
involving alleged violation of the
Georgia motor vehicle law. It is
said that numbers of motorists here
and in surrounding towns in Sum
ter county continue operating cars
and trucks without license tags, and
unless these file applications with
Sheriff Harvey before the grand
jury resumes, tiVn/ bills against
them are to be voted upon.
LANIERS FIND OBSTACLE
TO ENDING LITIGATION
MACON, May 31.—Although Mr.
and Mrs. Sidney Lanier, accompani
ed by their attorney, Sidney Hatch
er, appeared in the office of the
clerk of Superior court yesterday
and wrote across the bench docket
Mrs. Lanier’s withdrawal of a $50,.
000 alienation of affections suit
against her father-in-law, Dr. J. D.
Lanier, it appears that the action
will not stand. Indications later in
the day were that the case will be
tried.
According to Oliver C. Hancock,
attorney for Mrs. Lanier before she
and her young husband patched up
their differences and decided to live
together, he is a third party to the
suit, and unless his fees are paid
he will try the case and force Mrs.
Lanier to testify against her fath
er-in-law.
Young Lanier and his bride, with
their attorney, asked Judge H. A.
Mathews yesterday to let them of
ficially withdraw the suit, bat Judge
Mathews declined to sign an order
to thv.t effect. ...