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AMERICUS SPOT COTTON
Strictly middling, 29 cents.
N. Y. Futures July Oct. Dec.
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FORTY-FIFTH YEAR—NO. 133
MANY PASSENGERS HURT IN BIG WRECK
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$l,lOO Is Subscribed For Baseball In* Americus
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FAST AMATEUR TEAM
ASSURED HlfflCK.
WH 8808 SCHEDULE
Fans Will Complete Organiza
tion in Legion Hall Tonight
at 8 o’Clock
CONTRACTS BEING SIGNED
Bradley Hogg, Manager, Gets
Busy With Total of Subscrip
tions in Sight.
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A fast amateur ball team this
summer was assured Americus to
day when Bradley Hogg, manager,
announced subscriptions totalling
.$l,lOO had been received.
Tonight there will be a mass
meeting of fans, at whihc time fin
al details of organization will be
arranged. This meeting will be
held in American Legion headquar
ters, the former A. L. I. armory on
Forsyth street. A president, secre
tary and board of directors will
be elected at that time, and every
baseball fan in Americus is ex*
pected to be present. All those
who have subscribed to the guar
antee fund are especialy asked to
be present and participate in the
selection of officials to handle the
team. Bradley Hogg has already
been chosen manager.
Early today Manager Hogg got
busy with the wires, and within
half an hour after the required
guaranty fund was secured had
signed Luther Bloodworth, former
Mercer star, as one of the mounds
mcn for the team. Others with
■whom he is now negotiating include
“Skinny” Hines, one of the fastest
amateurs ever sent out from Sum
ter county; “Big Bill” Parsons,
who was a terorr to visiting bats
men whpn ho wore a Souther Field
Uniform; Bob Lane, who has been
an ardent enthusiast in organizing
team; Edwin Player, who starred
on the A. H. team here this sea
son; Darby Reid, another fast high
school player, and “Buddy” Barc
field. A number of thees will gathl
er this afternoon at the Playground
diamond, where they will begin
practice.
Every afternoon at 3:30 from
now’ until the umpire calls “Play
Bawl!” there will be 'strenuous
practice at the Playground here,
and fans interested in -the success
of the team are asked to gather
there and help teh boys trying for
places on the team. There will be
no admission charged at these prac
tice games, and it is expected some
fast plays will be executed in prep
aartion for coming games with vis
iting teams.
The team when fully organized
Will have a berth in the Inter-City
semi-pro league now being organ
ixed, with the other cities repre
sented being Albany, Dawson,
•Bainbridge, Arlington and Blake
ly. The playing schedule, embrac
ing all these teams will be ready
to start within the next ten days,
Manager Bradley Hogg stated to
day. •
FIRST GAME£ PLAYED
NEXT WEDNESDAY.
ALBANY, June 11. South
Georgia’s semi-professional base
ball season will be ushered in next
Wednesday, when Albany will play
Arlington in Arlignton, and Bain
bridge will play Dawson at Daw
son. Thursday, Arlington will
again play at Dawson. On Satur
day, Arlington will be in Albany
again, and Dawson will go to
Bainbridge for game.
Americus and Blakely expect to
have teams representing those
towns a little later.
A ten-day schedule for the four
teams already organized has been
agreed upon. In addition to the
games mentioned above. .
VALDOSTA BONDED DEBT
NEARLY HALF A MILLION
VALDOSTA, June 11.—During
the discussion of the water works
bond issue in the council, -it was
■shown that the outstanding bonds
at present total $440,000, of which
$45,000 will be retired on the first
of July leaving a total-then of
$395,000. The bonding capacity of
the city, unde rthe present tax
valuations, is $730,000.
HUGE OAK REPORTED
FILLED WITH ROACHES
VALDOSTA, June 11—The city
health department has been cai'ed
to consider a rather unusual prob
lem. A huge oak tree on North
Toombs street, has become the
home of thousands of roaches, and
these insects swarm from the tree
to the neighboring houses in such
numbers that the resident-; made a
complaint and asked that some
thing be done to kill them.
Surface of the sun is 12,000 times
that of the earth.
Potatoes are excellent receptacle?
for thd stems of cut frpwers.
BRITIAN MOVES TO BRING PEACE IN EUROPE
MIERICUS ROTARY TO
BE REPRESENTED IT
MEETING IH ST. LBHIS
John Sheffield and Luther Har
rell Go as Delegates From
Club Here
JOIN SPECIAL AT ATLANTA
Americus Men Tell of Splendid
Entertainment Features Ar
ranged for Those Going
Rev. Luther Harrell will leave
Friday for Atlanta, Where he goes
to spend one day before proceed
ing to St. Louis to attend the an
nual convention of Rotary Inter
national, where with John Shef
field, president of' the Americus
club, he will represent Americus
Rotarians. Mr. Sheffield will leave ■
Saturday night and will join Mr. j
Kartell and other Rotarians in At-j
alnta. Messrs. Sheffield and Har-1
rell are the only Rotarians who willl
;o from Americus to attend th<
convention.
Speaking of the trip today, Mr.
Sheffield said a splendid program I
of entertainment features have ■
arranged for the enjoyment of all !
who make the trip in the Rotary:
special which will leave Atlatna I
Sunday morning »t 9 o’clock, going j
direct without change from that I
city to St. Louis. There will be |
ample accommodations for all dele- |
gates from Georgia, he said, and j
the amusement features include a |
continuous movie show to be staged 1
by. Bill Jenkins in the observation j
car, with a “world events” reel
shown through courtesy of the
Pathe people, and all of the films
used being pre-exhibition showings
of reels to be released to the pub
lic a week after they have been
viewed by the Rotarians. The At
lanta Rotarians will carry their
boys band with them on the special
to furnish music during the trip
and arrangements have been per
fected for holding religious serv
ices in both dining cars at 11
o’clock Sunday morning, with ap
propriate vocal and instrumental
music. A special committee is in
charge of the task of furnishing
refreshments, sandwiches and soft
drinks at all hours in every car on
the Rotary special and every ar
rangement has been completed to
make the trip the most comfortable
eve renjoVed'by any organization
in modern times, Mr. Sheffield said,
ORIGIN AND
GROWTH OF ROTARY.
ST .LOUIS, June 11.—A Chica
go lawyer, with humanitarian im
pulses, called three of his friends
in+o conference with him at his
office one wintry night.
Before them he unfodled a vision
that haunted him night and day—
(Continued on Page Two.)
CLOUDBURST CAUGHT
PARTY Os Ml®
Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Dean, H. A.
Webb and Mrs. Edna Battle
Have Eventful Trip
I Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Dean, Mrs.
Edna Battle and H. A. Webb had
I an eventful trip from Cordele ' to
I Americus Sunday afternoon, when
I their took approximately eight
I hours to negotiate lue distance of
I about thirty miles. The party,
[ traveling in Mr. Webb’s car, left
I Cordele shortly after 1 o’clock and
i came through by the bridge route,
I crossing Flint river at Murray’s
I ferry site. ,
When only a short distance out
I of Cordele, the party ran into one
1 of the heaviest rains ever recorded
jin this section, and in numerous
places found the road completely
washed out, as well as bridges over
several streams gone. The trip
throughout w saquite perilous, be
ing made over loads covered with
water, and in Both Crisp and Dooly
counties, Mr. Webb said today, the
damage wrought was terrible.
TO HAVE POULTRY EXHIBIT
SAVANNAH, Ga., June 11—The
Chatham County Poultry associa
tion is laying plans to accommo
adte more Kian 2,900 birds in the
poultry exl®it at the Tri-State Ex
position which will be held here
October 27 to November 3. This
is said to be the largest poultry
exhibit ever planned here.
At nine months old the average
baby should weigh 18 pounds,
THE times- recorder
BUILT. TRANQUILITY.
PREVAILS AT SOFIA;
KING RECEIVES BEBELS
Premier Zankoff Has Named
Christo Kalloff Minister of
Foreign Affairs
NEW CABINETIS COMPLETE
All Parties, Except Communists
and Peasants Have Repre
sentatives in Government
SOFIA, June 11.—(By the As
sociated Press.) — Complete tran
quility prevailed in Sofia at an
early hour today, following Sun
day’s bloodless revolution.
Premier Zankoff, head of the
new’ government has assigned the
‘ portfolio of foreign affairs to
Christo Kalloff, while Colonel
Voulkoff is the'new minister of
war.
The cabinet represents all par
ties with the exception of the com
munists and peasants.
The king received the members
of the new ministry yesterday.
Tomiwm
PHOTO MSK HERE
Handsome Life-Size Memorial of
Dead Master Will Be Pre
sented by Past Master
There will be an open meeting of
the Masons of Americus F riday
night in their hall in the Planters
Bank building when a handsome life
size portrait of the late J. E. Shep
pard will be presented the fraternity
by Past Grand Master N. H. Ballard
of Brunswick.
The photograph was purchased by
the Masons of Amercius Lodge No,
13 and M. B. Council Lodge, No. 95
and is a remarkable likeness of the
deceased.
Mr. Sheppard.was a past worship
ful master and a member of the
Grand Lodge of Georgia Masons,
and one of the most active fratern
ity men up to the time of his death.
Besides Past Grand Master Bal
lard, all of the officers of the Ma
sonic district organization will be
here for the presentation ceremo
nies Friday night, and in addition
it is expected there will be a full
representatiqn from the Masonic
Lodges at Plains, Preston, Lump
kin, Leslie, DeSoto, Ellaville, Buena
Vista and Montezuma also here.
GEORGIA BELLES READY
FOR FINAL SPRAYING
The government and state lab-
■ oratory at Fort Valley advises
■ peach orchardlist that Georgia
I Belles ate now ready for the final
[treatment and growers are advis
•ed to .spray them immediately
' with four pounds of arsenate of
! lead and 32-32-200 ' self-boiled
lime-sulphur. If dust is used the
; 80-5-15 formula is recommendea
Ifo rthe last dusting. Elbertas
I should not receive this final treat
' ment until June 20. Hileys should
have been sprayed last week.
The new generation of curcuilos
are now emerging in numbers, from
the soil in peach orchards. The
I first emergence occurred on June
17. Egg deposition by these new
i beetles will be starting* immediate
. l.v in Hileys and Georgia Belles.
; Egg deposition in Elbertas will
i start within a week or ten days.
I Growers are therefore advised to
| spray on the dates given above,
| and . to apply it very thoroughly
■ as this is the last treatment. Disk
i ing lor the destruction of cutculio
pupae in the soil under peach trees
should be continued frequently.
The recent rains facilitated tre de
velopment of the curculio, the con-
■ trol measures must be carefully en
i forced if the insect is to be satis
: factorily controlled this year.
I SAVANNAH, June 11. —W. C.
i W eiss and R. H. Rhinos, of Ports
mouth, Va., have purchased one
I hundred and rtventy-five acres on
Wilmington Island which will soon
j be put under cultivation for the pro
, duction of the various species of
(flower bulbs. ■* _
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AMERICUS, GA.. MONDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 11, 1923
BUREAU MS TEXAS
BOTTOMS RESIDENTS
ELEE COMING FLOOD
Fort Worth Police Asked to Aid
in Getting People to Safety
Near That City
WATER 28 1-2 FEET DEEP
Trinity River on Rampage and
Expected Will Ihundate
Many Fertile Farms
FORT WORTH, Tex., June 11.
—The police were warned by Unit
ed States weather bureau officials
this morning to sound flood warn-;
ings through the Trinity river hot- I
toms as the water is 28 1-2 feet I
deep now and another rise is com ;
ing. :
Families, are being advised today
to move to higher grounds.
RESERVE BO ®
ONLY LIMIT ED«
Supreme Court Holds Par Clear-1
ance Rules Cannot Be Main
tained in North Carolina
WASHINGTON, June ,11—-The
Federal Reserve Board has only a
limited right to enforce par clear
ance of checks by non-member
banks, the Supreme Court held to
day in deciding two cases which had
attracted wide attention in banking
circles.
The decision of the federal dis
trict court in Georgia sustaining the
Atlanta Federal bank in its efforts
to secure par clearance of checks
handled by that bank was upheld by
the highest court, which at the same
time upheld as valid a state law of
North Carolina permitting banks to
impose an exchange charge for cash
ing checks.
The effect of the decision is to af
firm that the Atlanta bank has done
nothing unlawful but to validate also
the contention that congress had im- j
posed upon the Federal Reserve I
Board no duty to establish universal
par clearance of checks»- Since no
such duty was imposed, the court
held that the authority of the board
was limited by the unrestricted I
rights of non-member banks to make
a charge, for exchange and the re
stricted right of members and affil i
iated banks to make a charge there
for to be fixed by the Federal Re
serve Board.
FIRST REPORT IS
CONFFUSING
WASHINGTON, June 11 —Meth
ods used by Federal Reserve Banks
in G@eorgia. and Virginia to coi'n
pel banks, not members of that sys
tem to cash at nar checks drawn up
on them by their depositrs which
reach Federal Reserve banks for col
lection or clearance, were approved
by the Supreme Court today in
cases brought against Federal Re
serv banks at Atlanta and Rich-
Justic Brandeis in delivering the
1 opinion state*! that congress had not
imposed upon the Federal Reserve
banks the duty to collect aJJ checks
at par and did not impose on suer,
banks the duty to introduce par
clearance against the wishes of some
of the banks affected.
Justices Van Devanter and Suth
erland dissented.
AMERICUS MASONS WILL
VISIT MONTEZUMA LODGE
A party of Americus Masons will
go next ’ Friday night to Monte
zuma to visit Travelers’ Rest
Lodge at that place, and while
there will exemplify the Master’s
[degree so rthe members of the
; Montezuma lodge. In the party
I will be members of both Ameri
cus Lodge, No. 13, and M. B. Coun
cil Lodge, No. 95, and the Monte-
Izuma Masons will serve a moon-
Slight barbecue in honor of their
I guest, following which the degree
exemplification will be held.
WEATHER FORECAST FOR
WEEK, JUNE 11-16TH
WASHINGTON, June 11.—The
I weather »outlook for the period
ijune 11-16, inclusive for the
I South Atlantaic and East Gulf
■ States is that generally fair weath
er is indicated at the beginning of
;thc week, becoming unsettled aft
er Monday, with occasional show
lers and normal temperatures
FIVE CIWS SHOT
MD KILLED lU RIOT
AT DORTMUND REPORT
t
One Seriously Wounded Accord
ing to Semi-Official German
Advices
TROOPS RUSHED TO SCENE
Responsibility for Outbreak Not
Indicated in Dispatches—
-100 Under Arrest
BERLIN, June 11 —(By the As
sociated Press.) —Five civilians
were shot dead and one seriously
; wounded in Dortmund last night,
I according to semi-official advices.
; It is not stated who is responsi-
■ ble, although reports add that troop
reinforcements havfe arrived and
occupied the city hall ahd more
than one hundred persons are un
der arrest.
OILS LT LLffIILLL
Former Sumter County Resident
Laid to Rest in Ebenezer
Cemetery This Morning
ELLAVILLE, June 11.—After a
long illness, Sidney J.Murphy, age
72, died at his home near here
Sunday evening at 6:50 o’clock.
Mr. Murphy was a native of
Sumter and when quite a young
man he moved to Schley county
where he has since resided. He
was a member of the Methodist
church.
The remains were interred today
at 11 o’colck at Ebenebar church
(jemetery, the funeral service be
ing conducted by Rev. C. D. Car
ter.
- He is survived by one son,
Thomas Murphy, of Schley, and his.
aged wife; also by his mother, who
is 91 years old and who resides
in Henry County, Ala.
IMIIM T 8
8E SWTEO SUNNY
Rev. Rj L. Boton Will Conduct
Big Meeting, With August
Cobb as Revival Singer
i
Rev. Milo Massey, pastor of Cen
tral Baptist church, announced to
day thata revival meeting will
commence in that edifice next
Sunday morning at 11 o’clock, to
continue until fruther announce
ment.
Rev. R. L, Bolton, who is now
in Macon, has been secured to
conduct the 1 meeting, and he will;
be assisted in the singing services I
by August Cobb, one of the great-1
est revival song-birds in the. serv- i
ice of the Georgia Baptist con- ;
vention. Dr. Bolton is a preacher .
of eloquence anef ability, possess
ing wide experience, and Dr. Mas- i
sey in speaking of his cofiling to- I
day, said he experienced great sat- i
isfaction in having secured Dr. ;
Bolton to conduct the meeting j
here.
Preparatory to the meeting next •
Sunday, Dr. Massey asks that alii
members of his congregation and •
the people of Americus at large
so arrange their • engagements as
give the revivalists a generous wel
come upon the occasion of their;
first service.
MACK ANTHONY GETS
LICENSE TO PREACH
WAYNESBORO, June H:
Mack Anthony, so nos Rev. Bas
. com Anthony, was granted a li
cense to preach by the district
. conference at Waynesboro. The
, young man formerly resided *in
■ Americus and a part of his edu
. cation was received in Americus
schools. He is just 22 years of
age and represents the fourth gen
eration of the Anthony family to
■preach in the Methodist chunch.
II He i sat preesnt a student at Em
ory University and will complete
> his course in that institution be
fore taking a full conference con
. nection.
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Deer are doing much damage hi
’ j New Zealand; there are es‘imated tn
■ be 300,000, all of which came from
■ 111 imported between 1861 and
[1909. '■ 1 ‘
LORD CDRZON CONFER
WITH FRENCHMAN OH
REPARATIONS OFFER
British Government is Urging
France to Accept German
Note As Basis
MAY CALL A CONFERENCE
Attitude of Germany Toward
Continued Ruhr Resistance
May Determine Fate
LONDON, June 11.—(By the
Associated Hress.)— Lord Curzon
had an important conference with
French Ambasador Count Saint
Aulaire this morning, Curzon urg
ing that the French government
accept Berlin’s latest reparation
proposal as a basis for negotia
tions.
If France will do this, 'Curzon >
will inform Germany, it was stat-|
ed, of the French government’s
willingness to discuss the problem
collectively with the allies.
Great Britain, it is explained,
will then" endeavor to obtain from
Berlin a pledge of cancellation of
orders for passive resistance in the
■’ Ruhr, which Premier Poincare has
named as a condition precedent to
any pour parlours.
If ermany acquiesces ir this,
steps will be taken to convoice an
international conference for settle
ment of the whole dispute,
NO REPLY TO NOTE
DEEMED NECESSARY
PARIS, June 11.— (By the Asso
ciated Press.) —No reply to the re
cent German note has been con
sidered necessary so far as France
is concerned it was said at the
foreign office today, but if the
Allies desire to improve the oppor
tunity to resume'a general discus
sion of the reparations question, ;
France is ready.
A reply by the Allies in com
i mon, it is held in official circles,
I would require probably several
I weeks negotiations because of the
impossibility of their uniting in an
answer until they themselves come
to an agreement.
CONTEST AOS APPEAR
LAST TIB TODAY
Thousands of Answers*Recetved,
and Interest Has Been Great
Throughout
The Times-Recorder’s contest ad
page appears today for the Jasti
time.
This afternoon for the last time
the free distribution Os movie tick
ets will be made at this office.
Tomorrow your chance to share in I
the distribution of Fifty Dollars in |
I gold ends. The awards will bt- made I
from answers sent in on coupons i
■ clipped from today’s issue.
The task is to’detect the wrong
! telephone number; to report the ad
; vertisement carrying the wrong [
I street number with the name of the |
; advertisement.
Since the contest started there
have been thousands of readers to
■ send in replies. Many of these are
I correct; many are wrong. Somebody
will get the "free gold that is to be
j. dlstriEmted this wedk, JVho w.ill be
: the Andy Gpnfp
and get a golden shower sis a result
of reading the ads closely?
MELON CROP PROSPECT
DECLARED VERY POOR
DUBEIN, June 11.—Secretary
W. H. Protctor of the chamber of
commerce comments on the outlook
for the watermelon crop in far
South Gergia, which he visited re
cently.
“I don’t see how the crop can
be very much of a success,” he
said. “I saw field after field cov
ered with water, and others in bad
shape from heavy rains. How some
of those farmers are going to get
any melons at all I can’t see.”
CROPS DAMAGED BY RAIN
SYLVESTER, June 11— Contin
| ued rains throughout Worth coun
ty have greatly endangered the
. cotton crop and the ' cantaloupe
; output, according to farmers who
are expressing; concern over the
I wet spell.
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i Eyeglass makers can supply
I glasses to correct any one of 134,-
794 defects in vision.
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THE WEATHER
For Georgia Unsettled weath
er with probbaly showers tonight
and Tuesday.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
PASSEKGER TRAIN RAN
INTO WASHOUT NEAR
CORDELE LAST NIGHT
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A., B. & A. Flyer Wrecked, but
None of Passengers Aboard
• Are Killed
PULLMAN STAYS ON RAILS
Mail Car, First and Second Class
Coaches Are Overturned
Just Out of Double Run
FITZGERALD, June 11.—Sev
eral persons were- severely injured
and . several others slightly hurt
when passanger train No. 3 of the
A., B. & A. railway, plunged into
a washout near Double Run; be
tween Fitzgerald and, Cordele last
night.
H. W. McCoy, conductor, and R.
R. Jones, D. A. Nipper, T. J. Scott,
of Fitzgerald, and A. W. Worley,
of Moultrie, were seveerly iiyured.
They were brought to the Fitzger
ald hospital.
The engine passed eve® the wash
out but the front end of the mail
car dropped into a sunken place
and ploughed into an embankment.
The first and second class coaches
turned over, ■while the Pullman re
mained on the track.
ns. 8.0. WTS IS
BADLY HURT IN FALL
Aged Wife of County Treasurer
Sustains Fracture of Hip and
Other Serious Injuries
Mrs. H. D. Watts, wife of Coun
ty Treasurer Watts, fell late Sat
urday night in her home here and
sustained serious injuries from
which she may not recover. She
was on the sleeping porch of the
Watts home on Church street,
when in some manner unknown she
slipped and fell heavily to the
floor. In the fall her hip was
broken and an ugly gash cut in her
scalp, and she sustained other
bruises. Dr. W. S. Prather attend
ed her, and today her condition
was reported as entirely satisfac
tory. Because of her adcanced
age the injury is regadred as ex
tremely serious. i
TWO KILLED WHIN 611
WELL BOILER RTRSTS
Weil Where Disastrous Explo
sion Occurred Today Be
longed to Gulf Company
CORSICANA, Texas, Juno 11—
Two men were killed when a boii
er at the Gulf company oil well- h
mili and a half south of Curly
exploded this morning, according
to reports.
JOHN BJfflS POST
TO ELECT OLLEGITES
Americus Legion Men to Meet
Tonight at 8 o’Clock to Dis
cuss State Convention
I A called meeting of the .John
|D. Mathis Post No. 2, The Ameri
can Legion will be held in Le
gion '(hdadquabers ttonight at 8
o’clock for the purpose of elect
ing delegates and alternates to at
tend the state convention of the
Ameircan Legion which will be
held in Athens, July 3,4, and 5.,
John D. Mathis Post, with a
membership of 168 paid members
at close of convention books on
June 3rd, is entitled to eight dele
gates and eight alternates, with
nine convention votes, R. L, Craw
ford, commander of the local post,
having a vote as district executive
committeeman of the Third dis
trict.
With a total membership of 8,
760 at the close of convention
books on June 3, Georgia is en
titled to 420 delegates with the
same number of alternates. In ad
dition to this there are seven of
ficers, three committeemen at
large and twelve district commit
teemen. making a total convention
vote of 442.
Commander Crawford of the lo
cal post is very anxious that all
those who anticipate attending the
convention at Athens and those
who would like to represent this
posts as deelgates and alternates
be present at the meeting tonight.
Owing to the vast number who will
1 attend this convention, it is nec
essary that delegates be elected in
order that reservations may ibe
made at the earliest possibel mo
ment, and it is urged that a full
. attendance be present promptly at
the hour
1