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AMERICUS SPOT COTTON
Strict middling, 28 1-4 cents.
New York Future July Oct. Dec.
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FORTY-FIFTH YEAR—NO. 137
PEASANT PREMIER REPORTED MURDERED
Daylight Bandits Get Cash Fortune In Hold-Up
PULLMAN CASHIER IS
ROBBED OF $22,000
IN PAYROLL FUNDS
Six Armed Men Participate in
Sensational Holdup at New
York
AT SUNNYSIDE WORKS
Cashier Was Accompanied by(
. Bodyguard, But Was Un
able to Resist
J
NEW YORK, June 15.—A cash
ier of the Pullman company and
his bodyguard were robbed of a
$22,000 payroll by six armed men
today as they were entering, the
Sunnyside works at Long Island
City.
mmMT
■H IB PMCTICF
Prospect Looks Good for Strong
Team to Represent Ameri
icus in Inter-City League
Bradley Hogg, field manager for
Americus ball team, announced this
afternoon that sixteen men will re
port here for practice Monday, and
that already several of these are
in the ctiy and will practice at the
Playground today and Saturday.
Among the men who have been
tentatively signed are Morris Over
street, of Hahira; Jack Holland, of
Bronwood, and James Hines, of
Americus, pitchers; Bill Cox, for
mer Oglethorpe college star, second
base; Harvey Weatherby, of Atlan
ta, short; Boswell, third; B. T.
Cox, of Howard college, Birming
ham; Eddie Wade, Parrott, outfield;
A’ney Walker, catcher, of Griffin,
and several' local players, Bill Par
sons, Edwin Player and Kinson
Finley, besides Shirah, of Plains,
al 10l these being given tryout for
places on the team.
A!!!EWCUS M ®
I'RAE BE® FIELDS
George O. Marshall Conducts
Party on Investigation cf
Dewberry Industry
* A party of Americus men, head
ed by George O. Marshall, county
farm demdnstration agent, spent
Thursday at Mcßae, whefe they
went to inspect commercial dew
berry fields being cultivated there.
In the party besides Mr. Marshall
were W. J. Josey, C. C. Hawkins,
R. P. Stackhouse and Thomas L.
Bell.
All those in the party were prac
tical farmers and while at McCrea
were given every facilicy to observe
the industry as conducted there.
The largest field visited was one
of forty acres devoted exclusively
to the production of the berries.
In this field, the grower this year
harvested approximately two pints
of berries from each bush, there
being 1440 bushes to the acre. From
this it will be seen that the pro
duction, even under first year con
ditions, has been entirely satisfac
tory.
The selling of the berries pre
sents the chief obstales to develop
ment of the, industry on a .large
scale in this section, members of
the party said on their return here
last night. The best markets yet
dcveloyed are those in Pittdburg
and New York, where the berries,
sold this season readily at 20 cents ■
a quart, but freight rates to these '
points are approximately $135 a |
car, which reduced jthe profit to a ,
very low figure. Growers at Me-1
Crea, in an effort to overcome this
obstacle, have applie dto the rali
roads for a supply of refrigerated
cars, planning to have,
their product handled by express, |
but were informed that such cars
are not available. The rate, it«was
learned, is approximately the same
by either freight or express, with
a decided advantage gained through
getting the berries to market quick
er and in better condition through
the express route.
It is hardly probable any effort
will be made to inaugurate the in
dustry here on any commercial
scale until some adjustment of i
transportation difficulties is I
reached. With these satisfactorily j
settled, however, it is believed the i
industry would be quickly estab-'
lished throughout this entire sec
tion.
U. S. RECOVERS CASH FROM RAILROAD
DYKES SEEKING ED
DOMED! EfflOßS
m US ID SCHOOLS
Chairman of Board in Formal
Interview Says No Increased
Tax Necessary
TELLS OF CONFERENCES
Says Eight Mills for Schools
Means Only Different Distri
bution of Funds
W. W. Dykes, chairman of the
city school board here, today dis
cussed the difficult situation now
confronting the schools as a result
of the inability of council and the
board to agree upon a bill to be
passed by the legislature providing
for the imperative needs of the
schools here.
In discussing the needs of the
schools, Mr. Dykes spoke freely
concerning the entire tangle, go
ing into eVery angle of the contro
versy. Ho was especially desirous, he
said, to correct any erroneous im
pression the people of Americus
may have gotten regarding the posi
tion of the school board and the
effect a levy of 8 mills for school
purposes will have on the genera)
tax levy in Americus for all pur
poses.
Speaking along • this line Mr.
Dykes said:
“There seems to be an erroneous
impression in the minds of a few
people of the city that to levy eight
mills for the schools would mean
an increase in taxation. Before the
matter came to the attention of the
public generally the Board of Edu
cation conferred with members of
the City Council and especially with
the finance committee of the coun
cil, and was advised that, after this
year the sinking fund levy could be
materially reduced as we would
have no more maturing bonds until
1927. In fact the board has been
in constant communication with
former councils in regard to this
matter and were asked to with
hold; if possible, any request for
additional funds until certain bonds
which had matured were paid, after
which the sinking fund levy could be
reduced, the school levy could be
‘increased and yet not increase the
total tax levy of the cit;y. There
fore to provide eight mills for
schools does not mean any increase
in the total amount of taxes but sim
ply a difference in the distribution
of the total. In fact, the city coun
cil could, if it did not want to pay
off the floating indebtedness as rap
idly as the present total levy might
provide, pay the schools eight mills
and still reduce taxes. This, howev
er, would prolong the time for final
liquidation of the floating indebted
ness than would otherwise be neces
sary.
Only One Criticism
“Since your publication of the
school salary and other neces
sary expenses to operate the schools
I have heard only one criticism and
that is the verv small salaries we are
having to pay some teachers.
If the people who are opposing
the schools so strongly will make a
comparison of the salary lists. I am
sure that they will withdraw fur
ther opposition and join with us to
build up the schools rather than
try to destroy them. We are operat
ing at a smaller expense per capita
than any school 1 now recall and
yet have been able to keep our
schools up to the high standard it
has long enjoyed. This cannot con
tinue longer however. We now
have fifty-four teachers. Our white
sahool population has increased ap
proximately one hundred children
and negroes two hundred during the
last five years.. We have no right
to ask a teacher to take more chil
dren to teach than can be taught by
them, and the teacher has the right
to decline to do it.
Where Money Goes
“Out of our school fund we not
only have to pay teachers’ salaries,
we have to pay insurance on build
ings, all repairs on buildings, buy
coal and all school and building sup
plies and equipment. Our total ex
penses for last year, exceeded
somewhat the total taxes received
from the city and state.
“Seven mills, the amount we now
receive, is $39,597.51; the state
school fund we received last year
was $9,400 000; our pay roll for
next year including janitors, will
be 847,473.66; our expenses for j
last year over and above the nay I
roll,' for fudl, janitors’ supplies, |
school supplies, insurance premiums,
repairs, equipment, interest and ad-'
ministrative expenses was $7,174.11
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THE TIMES-RECORDER
CROKERS »INS
CONTEST Ora WILL
OF T»NT LEADER
Jurv Finds For Widow on Every
Count in Her Bill of
Complaint
CROWD RECEIVES VERDICT
Tremendous Cheering and Ap
plause Greeted Return of
Finding
DUBLIN, June 15.—(8y the As
sociated Press.) — -A. verdict in fa
vor of Mrs. Eula Croker was found
by the jury in the contest over
the will of the late Richard Croker
this afternoon.
When the crowed court room
realized that Mrs. Croker had won.
on every count, the throng burst
into tremendous, cheering and
handclapping.
The court tried for a consider
able time-to restore silence. When
quiet finally came, Chief Justice
Maloney said he much regretted the
demonstration.
BENEFIT SHOWING
FDR BB PLANNED
Chamber of Commerce Officials
and Rylander Manager Co-
Operating in Effort « I
Manager Herbert Kincey, of the
Rylander theater, will give a bene
fit performance Wednesady eve
ning, June 20th, at which time the
proceeds will go toward funds for (
purchasing instruments for those
boys who desire to become af
filiated with the recently organized
Municipal band.
A splendid program of music has
been arranged by the members of
the band, which will be given at
intermission during the showing of
the pictures for the day.
To stimulate greater interest in
the benefit, Manager Kincey has
offered four prizes to be divided
among two boys and two girls who
sell the largest number of tickets
to the Rylander for this perform
ance. The first prize going to a
girl and a boy will be a three
month pass to the Rylander the
ater; the second prize will be a 30-
day pass to the Ry’ander.
Manager Kincey announces that
the tickets are now ready for dis
tribution to contestants at the
Chamber of Commerce, arid Secre
tary Henry P. Everett desires to
have the early enlistment of con
testants in order that sales may Tie
made rapidly.
DAIRY DINNER WAS
BRILLIANT AFFAIR
CORDELE, June 15.—The Arabi
Dairy assdication members were
hosts to their ladies at a happy oc
casion lasft night at the Crystal
case. With Dr. V. O. Harvard,
president of the club in the chair
and twenty-seven guests present.
TWO ARE INDICTED FOR
AIDING CHAPMAN ESCAPE
NEW YORK, June 15.—Abe Sil
verstein and Domino Didatto were
indicted for aiding Gerald fhap
man, the notorious mail robb’ec to
escape from the hospital in Athens,
Ga., today and were held for ex
tradition to Georgia, each being re
leased in $7,000 bail on habeas
corpus proceedings, whicii will be
heard tomorrow.
AVIATORS ABANDON
CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT
RANTOUL, Til's., June 15.—An
attempted daylight flight of seven !
army aviators from Selfridge Field,
Michigan, to San Antonio, Texas,
was halted in Illinois this after
noon by a heavy rain storm.
An attempt to reach Scott Field,
Bellville, Ills., will be made when
the downpour subsides.
VIENNA MAY PAVE
VIENNA, June 15—At the regu
lar meeting of City Council it was 1
voted to obtain the immediate ser- i
vices of an engineer to survey the '
streets and Jetermine the cost of ’
the work of paving, further action '
being tabled until this information
is received, :
AMERICUS, GA.. FRIDAY AFTFERNNON, JUNE 15, 1923
BELGIAN* KING CALLS
theun&to form new
CABINETIT BRUSSELS
I
Head of Cabinet That Quit
Thursday Is Asked to Form
New Ministry
WHY CABINET QUIT
Bi-Lingual Issue, Long Discussed
in Belgium, Causes Resig
nations
BRUSSELS, June 15.—(8y As
sociated Press.) —King Albert has
summoned M. Theunis, whose cabi
net resigned last evening, regard
ing the formation of a new minis
try.
The decision of the Belgian cabi
net to resign last night followed
the action of the senate in approv
ing the bill passed by the chamber
of deputies late last year providing
that the Flemish language must be
used in all the courses at Ghent
university.
Brussells dispatches for several
months have fefleeted a spirit of
unrest among the university stu
dents following the chamber’s
vote. A number of persons were
injured in street disturbances and
steps were tiken to protect the
Flemish deputies and their homes.
FINE PECAN PROSPECT
CORDELE, June 15.—One of the
finest pecan crops in the history
of the industry in this section is in
prospect in Crisp county. That is
stated by Dr. M. J. Keyes, who has
probably the largest pecan farm at
Daphne in this county. The crop
on this farm alone promises more
than 30,000 pounds. Dr. Keyes was
optimistic this morning in his talk
of the new season and its promise.
CANTALOUPE PRICES
DISCOURAGE GROWERS
VALDOSTA, June 15.—Local
cantaloupe shippers are much dis
appointed and discouraged over the
market prices at this time. Reports
received Wednesday morning were
to the effect that from forty to fifty
cents was being offered for the
“flats” which is a tremendous fall
ing off in price and brings the
carload price down to a small fig
ure.
SAM COHEN’S CAR
DAMAGED BY FIRE
A nearly new Buick automobile
belonging to Sam Cohen was badly
damaged late Thursday at Unadil
la, where Mr. Cohen had gbne on
a business mission. The car was
standing parked on the street
when found afire, and the cause
of the blaze is unknown. The loss
is covered by insurance.
NEGRO CUTS WHITE MAN
DUBLIN, June 15. Horace
Hobbs, who manages a grocery
store for Messrs. Tindol near Hun
ger and Hardship creek was severe
ly cut on the shoulder by a negro
named Ottis Scarborough, Wednes
day afternoon. The wound is not
considered dangerous at all, and
Mr. Hobbs is expected to recover
in a short time.
Scarborough ran away, but was
captured during the night by Sher
iff Watson and Deputy Sheriff
Singleton. He is now in jail.
MRS. CRAWFORD DEAD
BUTLER, June 15.—News reach
ing here Wednesday night an
nouncing the death of Mrs. Arah
Locke Crawford, the estimable wife
of E. J. Crawford, of Reynolds, at
the Hospital at Plains, was the oc
casion of great sorrow to her rela
tives and friends.
DIES AT 104 YEARS.
BUTLER, June 15.—Miss Jane
England died at the home of her
nephew and niece, D. A. England
and Miss Mattie England,, at How
ard, on Wednesday last, the infirmi
ties of old age causing her death.
Had she lived until December she
would have-been one hundred and
four years of age.
TIFTON CRATE FACTORY
TIFTON, June 15.- -The Wilder
Lumtber company has installed a
crate factory in connection with
its lumber business and is now
ready for operation. This plan was
installed for the benefit of the
plant, vegetable an 1 melon men of
Tift and surrounding counties. They
wil leither make th? cartes com-,
plete or make the parts, to be as-1
sembled by the consumer.
BANDITS KIDNAP JOHN
GREEN, MAIL CARRIER,
WITH $4,000 IN CASH
Daring Robbery Staged Near
Pocahontas, Ills., by Four
Outlaws
SPEEDING TO ST. LOUIS
Two Pouches of Mail Carried off
Contain Payroll of Pocahon
tas Coal Co.
POCAHONTAS, Ills., June 15—
Four bandits today kidnapped John
Green, 50, mail messenger, and last
were seen speeding toward St.
Louis, 42 miles touthwest, of here.
The bandits obtained two pouch
es of mail, one of which contained
$4,000 which was to have been part
of the payroll of the Pocahontas
Coal company.
A posse has been organized fn
an efort to capture the bandits and
rescue Green.
CORDELE LIONS ELECT
J. M. HUNT PRESIDENT
CORDELE. June 15—J. M. Hunt,
president of the Crisp County
Board of Trade, was Thursday
chosen to guide the activities of
the Cordele Lions club for the com
ing year.
Guy T. Cobb, who has been a
valuable member and officer of the
club for the past two years, was
re-elected secretary. The other of
ficers named areJjT follows: Dr. J.
W. Mann, first president; S. H.
Hamilton, seconw vice-president; W.
C. Sanders, third vicgrpreilident; H.
E. Comer, treasurer; W. H. Thorn
ton, Lion Tamer; W. R. Fenn, Tail
Twister; S. H. Bundrick and G. C.
Lewis.
MAY BUILDING CONTRACTS
IN GEORGIA $8,221,600
ATLANTA, June 15. May
building contracts let in the state
of Georgia amounted to $8,221,-
600 according to F. W. Dodge Cor
poration. This was an increase of
36 per cent over the April figure,
ihe total amount of construction
started during the first five
months of this year was $32,164,-
900.
The May statement includes the
following important items: $3,781,
300, or 46 per cent of the month’s
total, for residential buildings;
$1,277,000 or 16 per cent, for
000, or 14 percent, for industrial
buildings.
May contracts in Atlanta (in
cluded in above figures for the
state) amounted to $4,966,700, an
increase of 31 per cent over April.
Atlanta’s total for the first five
njonths of the year is $26,888.-
800.
BALLARD HERE FOR
SHEPPARD MEMORIAL
Past Grand Master N. H. Ballard
of Brunswick, is the guest of Amer
icus Masons while a visitor in
Americus today, having arrived this
afternoon. He comes to Americus
to deliver an address at the Shep
pard memorial service to be held
by the two blue lodges of Americus,
when a life-size photograph of the
late J. E. Sheppard will be present
ed to the two lodges here. The
lodge session at which the photo
graph will be presented is to be
an open one, with the public in
vited. It is expected there will
be more than a bundled persons
present at this gathering, which be
gins at 8:30 for the public, with a
session for Masons* only beginning
one hour eariier
DISTRICT AGENTS IN •
MEETING AT VIENNA
VIENNA, June fo—"Tin can,
Glass, Who can, We can!”
That is the slogan that the home
demonstration agents of this dis
trict have unconsciously adopted
for the short course, which they
are holding at the school house
here, this week.
The purpose of the course is to
prepare the agents for the fruit
season and if practice makes per
fect, according to the program of
work, there will be some perfect
work done in this season of can
ning. The course will continule
through Saturday morning. Satur
day afternoon the public is invited
to the display which will ebnsist of
the work done the three days.
Those who are here for the
course are: Misses McKehoe, Lowe,
Champion, Means, Hamilton, 'Sam
mons, Duckworth, Etheridge, Park
man, Sumter: Smith, Betts: Mrs.
Clary, Mrs, Carswell, Mrs. Luke. ,
GOYERHMENT TO GF!
NINETY 1118
FRBM PENNSYLVANIA
Great Railway System Will Pay
That Amount for War-Time
Betterments
AGREEMENT IS~ REACHED
All of Road’s Claims Settled in
Payment of Lump Sum to
Treasury
WASHINGTON, June 15.—An
agreement to pay into the treas
ury $90,000,000 his been made by
the Pennsylvania Railroad system
as a result of the final settlement
between the railroad and the gov
ernment of all accounts arising out
of the wartime federal control.
The Pennsylvania payment will
reimburse the government for the
cost of a large number of additions
and betterments made to its lines
during the period of government
control which over-balanced all of
the road’se claims against the treas
ury for damages under maintenan
ces and other matters.
GUNCLUSOOI
WELL ATTENDED
Feagle Leads in Thursday Af
ternoon Targets at Grounds
on Elm Avenue
The regular shoot of the Amer
icus Gun club held Thursday aft
ernoon at the club grounds on
Elm avenue was well attended, with
good scores attained by a num
ber of those present. The best
score was made by Feagle, who
broke 23 targets out of a possible
25. The scores in detail, with those
below 12 deleted, follow:
Council, 15; Baliey ,13; Feagle,
23; Mabry, 18; McNeill, 16; Smith
wick, 21; Pinkston, 17; Shipp, 20;
Chappell, 12; Perry, 20; Heys, 16.
CMP SUMTER IIJCJ.
HUNORSCBffIRADEHiLL
Resolutions of Eulogistic Sympa
thy Adopted by Veterans’
Camp Here
Americus Veterans, members of
Camp Sumter, N. 642, United Con
federate Veterans, at their last
meeting adopted resolutions on the
deijth of P. Z. Hill, who died April
24. These resolutions are preced
ed with words of eulogistic sympa
thy, and his service as a member
of Company B, 64th Georgia Infan
try, C. S. A., is praiesd. The reso
lutions are signed by W. W .Dykes,
A. Allen, J. D. Stewart and J. A.
McDonald, and reads as follows.
Ist. Resolved; That in the death
of Comrade Hill, Camp Sumter has
lost one of its most loyal members. I
2nd. The Confederacy one of
its strongest advocates.
3rd. The community one of its
most splendid citizens.
4th.,His family a considerate, as
fectionate and loving husband and
father.
sth.' That we bow submissively
fr lour Great Commander’s xYill, I
our loss is Comrade Hill’s eternal
gain.
6th. That we extend our dep
est sympathy to his bereaved wife
and loved ones; that these resolu
tions be spread on the minutes of
our camp and a copy be furnished
his family.
’ Read and adopted at regular
meeting Camp Sumter, June 5,
1923.
HAGEN FAILS IN EFFORT -
TO WIN BRITISH HONOR
TROON, June 15.—Walter Hag
en failed today in an attempt to
win the British open golf title for
the second time. Hagen made the
fourth round in 75, giving a total
of 296, one more than A. G. Hav
ers, Britisher, who late this after
non won the championship.
Hagen’s failure to win means the
return of the championship trophy
to British hands after two years
in American possession as other
outstanding American representa
tives, Kirkwood and Smith finish
ed two and one respectively behind
Kagen. •_ _
THE WEATHER
For Georgia Generally fair
tonight and Saturday; no change in
temperature.
PRICE F
REPORTS FROIVI SOFIA
CONFLICT AS TO ’
FATE OFJJPREMIER
Telegraph Agency Says Stam
boulsky Has Been Captured
by Government Forces
- -1
ANOTHER SAYS HE’S DEAD
End of Peasant Leader’s Career
Began With Series of Dra
matic Events
SOFIA, June 15—(By Associat
ed Press) —Former Premier Stam
boulisky, of Bulgaria, has been
killed while trying to escape his
captors.
The end of the peasant leader’s
career follows a series of dramatic
developments beginning with ithe
overthrow of* his government in the
early hours of last Saturday and
the formation of a coalition govern
ment including all opposition parties
with the exception of the commun
ists.
LONDON HEARS
DEATH ANNOUNCED
LONDON, June 15—(By Associ
ated Press) —A Bulgarian semi-of
ficial agency here this afternoon
announced the death of formes
Premier Stamboulisk?;, and added
that he was killed during a fusilade
after a party of armed peasants had
attacked the car in which h.<4 was
passing through the village of Slav
ovitza.
AGENCY REPORTS *
STAMBOULISKY CAPTURED
. SOFIA, June 15 —(By Associat
ed Press) —The Bulgarian Tele
graphic Agency confirms the cap
ture of Alexander Stamboulisky,
the former premier, at Molavi.
A semi-official announcement
last evening said “feeble and isolat
ed resistance which the adherents
of Stamboulisky endeavored to
make has been finally arid definite
ly overcome.”
Perfect order prevails through
out the country.
WKffIOBSES
STUD GF COUNCIL
DeSoto Farmer Says People
Have Become Extravagant
• With Taxation Money
L. L. Wiggins, a prominent farm
er living in the southern part of
the county, near De Soto, strongly
endorses the stand taken recently
by L. G. Council, relative to econ
omy in administration, of state
moneys and relieving the tax but
den of the people.
In a communication addressed to .
the Times-Recorder, Mr. Wiggins
today gives expression to his views
on this important subject, which
is now being given seric.ui consid
eration by many residents in all
parts of the state. In his commu
nication, Mr. Wiggins says:
“Some days since Mr. L. G.
Council gave out an interview to
the Times-Recorder in which he de
plored the burden of taxation now
resting upon the people and urged
the law’ makers to reduce same as
far as they justifiably acn, With
which I heartily agree and would
like to add that we as a people
have become extravagant to a de
gree and that if we would live more
economically and handled our
resources more judiciously we
might meet our oblifiations, both
private and public, with more ease
and regularity.
“It would seem that no man, till
he has discharged these obligations,
should indulge in luxuries. To this
I dare say, Mr. Council and all
other thinkers and observers will
agree.
WAYNESBORO MEN TO
VISIT CORDELE SOON
CORDELE, June 15. T. J. Fenn
of the local creamery is just back
from a trip to Waynesboro for the
creaYnery and, announces that la
party of thirty or more business
men, bankers and farmers of that
community are to be het.? Wednes- *
day of next week for the purpose
of studying the dairy farm and the
live stock business in this section.
LAST SOLID PINEAPPLE
TRAIN BEEN SENT EAST
VALDOSTA, June 15.—The last
solid train of pineapples for the
season left the Valdosta yards Tues
day night and the shipments heraf
ter will be in the nature of a few
cars at a time. During the season
the road has handled out of the Val
dosta yards eighty solid tra,ins of
pineapples aggregating a total of
four thousand cars. One car was
taken from a train because of the
had order condition of the car. Two
other cars were derailed in transit
between Valdosta and Macon, mak
ing a record of only three ears going
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