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AMERICUS SPOT COTTON
Strict middling, 27 1 2 cents.
N. Y. Futures July Oct. Dec.
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FORTY-FIFTH YEAR—VOL. NO. 144
ARCHBISHOP TIKHON IS GIVEN FREEDOM
Daugherty Announces Appointment Ga. Governor
X X. X. .V. At it At V v V
HARDWICK. ffiTS PLB
IN DIVISION OF M.S
FRAUDS Ml HIBBING
Attorney General Daugherty An
nounces Appointment of
Georgia Governor to Post
SUCCEEDS SEN. THOMAS
Will be Member of Legal Advis
sory Council of Department
In War Fraud Division
WASHINGTON, June 26.—At
torney General Daugherty today
announced the appointment of Gov
ernor Thomas W. Hardwick, of
Georgia, to membership on the le
gal advisory council of the Depart
ment of Just War Frauds division.
Hardwick succeeds former Sen
ator Thomas, of Colorado, who re
signed.
SOUIIIMMFLDN
CRUP REPORTED OFF
Thomasville Shippers Have Al
ready Sent Several Cars to
Market at Good Prices
THOMASVILLE, June 26.—Wa
'termelons <ill start to moving in
earnest tZis week as the greatest
demand for them always comes for
the Fourth of July celebrations in
the East and West.
Several carloads shipped from
Thomas county last wek brought
unusually good returns. Ed Can
non, of Boston, sold a car -for
8475. D. O. Mims sold one for
S6OO and Messrs. Sam Cook and
J. Rountree received the record
price of S7OO for a carload.
Boston is shipping cantaloupes
but only by exft, ess lots and the
crop generally is short, with prices
good.
The watermelon 'nop this year is
<me .of the worst in the history of
the county, according" to several
growers in this immediate section,
thousand cars short to date.
BAPTIST ENCAMPMENT
NOT TO BE ‘PICNIC’
Rev. J. E. O’Quinn Says Affair is
To Provide Trained Workers
And Not Merely an Outing
The Baptist encampment, which
begins Monday at Myrtle Springs
is not to be a picnic, according
to Rev. J. E. O’Quinn, chairman of
camp activities, who was a visitor
here today. Instead, he says, the
f.irrerc is to provide trained work
ers for the church, the outing fea
ture being secondary to the main
purpose.
Discussing these features today,
Mr. O’Quinn said that ‘entertain
ment is provided for every worker
in the association, that comes for
the purpose of completing the
courses of study. The committe has
strained ever nerve to provide for
such, but entertainment will not
be provided free for those simp
ly to come for an outing. We are
trying to build our association, and
provide trained workers. Let it
be once for all undestood, it is
not a picnic. We want our people
to have some outing in connection
with the training school, but we
could not under any circumstances
undertake to care for those
who come promiscuously.
“A few days ago, there was a
page ad in the Recorder in the in
terest of baseball. Several valu
able prizes given. I wonder if
tlVs J:i so important (and I do
not say one word against baseball.
I am heartily in favor of clean
fjVrts.) What in the name* of
high heaven ought to be the atti
tude of men and women redeemed
by the blood of Christ? Now we
need some money, and 1 am won
dering if there are not 50 nj?n
who will give us $lO each, 50 more
who. will give us $5 each and 200
who will giv"|)us $1 each. You
say, ‘what de. we want with it?’
Did you ask that about your con
tribution to basebail. We want it
for the same reason: ‘To promote
the game.’ We want 20 men to
give us a pig each, 75 to LOG
pounds. We want many to give u.;
a little coffee# 5 tea. sugar, rice to
matoes, meat, anything that people
<an eat. The Friendship can pro
vide it as easily as they can scotch
for baseball. Will wc do it? Dele
gates who will take training can
register. They will be entertained
free. No others will be. Those
who come just to see what is go
ing on will of course, pay their own
expense or bring their food.”
R. R. STATION AT WEISBADEN DAMAGED
BRIM ID HJffiF
ME DEFENSE WE
OF IMOIEII
Department Will Be Strong
Enough to Defend Realm from
Attack by Strongest Forces
BALDWIN TELLS COMMONS
Government Will Prepare to
Combat Strongest Air Force
Within Striking Distance
LONDON, June 26.—(8y the As
sociated Press.) —Prime Minister
Baldwin announced in Commons
this afternoon that the government
has decided to establish a home de
fense air force sufficiently strong
Ito defend the country adequate!}
from attack by the strongest aii
I forces within striking distance.
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ffIJIRL ntHDd LIUIK
CLUB BF IM®
Ewing Named Vice-President
and Sam McDaniel Secretary
at Election Held Today
■' At their regular luncheon at. the
Tea Room today, Americus Lions
named officers to direct the ac
tivities of the clu% during the next
term. A. R. Royal was elected
president, and other officers chos
en were R. P. Ewing, first vice
president; Charles H. Wheatley,
second vice-president; S. L. Mc-
Daniel, secretary; C. A. Ames,
treasurer; Wade H. Morris, Judge
James A. Hixon. H. E. Allan and
C. A. Ames, directors. The club
during the. past year has been very
active in the civic affairs of Ameri
i cus and the officers elected at
; today’s session are all promiennt in
! the business and social life of the
I community.
SITES CUR GIRLS
111 CMP IT MILE
Miss MeGehee, Mrs. 'Wright and
Miss Evelyn Wright Assisting
. Miss Parkman in Work
Notwithstanding the inclemency
of the weather and the downpour
from the heavens, 25, enthusiastic
club girls gathered at Myrtle
Springs Monday afternoon to be
gin the week of demonstration work
in canning and preserving.
Late Monday afternoon Miss
Bonnie Parkman, Sumter’s home
economics agent under whose di
rection the week’s course is given,
hauled out the last bed, and the
girls came in with wagon loads of
country hame, coops of chickens
to 'We made into delidious
confections, cakes and vegetables,
and a determination to make this
week one to go on record for work
and play.
Miss Rosa McGehee, district head
of. the Macon circuit, is present,
and will conduct some of the pro
grams with Miss Parkman. Mrs.
S. P. Wright, a famous cook of
Chattahoochee district, is at the
head of the cuisine department,
and breakfast this morning show
ed her to be master of her art.
Recreation programs will be un
der the direction of Miss Katherine
McDonald, of Sumter, who will call
the workers off from their duteis
when their muscles need relaxation.
Miss Evelyn Wright, of Columbus,
will have charge of the musical
programs and singing, playing and
musical calisthenics will add to the
pleasure of the ' girls. Miss Lu
cille Lyons, also of Columbus, will
entertain with reading aud stunts.
Friday is to be entertainment
day, the. girls being hostesses to
their mothers, and to the board of
education, including County Super-
I intendent E. W. Dupree. The
i mothers will be expected to bring
a basket filled with good things,
the club workers supplementing this
with confections prepared during
the corn-c of the week, which will
include pickles, prer< ! rves, vege
tables, breads and othdr articles
of the course.
I ‘‘The kitchens are all screened,”
!said Miss Parkman today, ‘‘and al
though it is raining, the girls are
I high wit henthusiasm. each one de
termining to outclass the other in
perfection of her work. They are
I looking forward to the entertain-
THE TIMES- RECORDER
Wanted-100 Men at $5.00 Each
A fund guaranteeing baseball for Americus for the season
of eight weeks is being raised today. Already 19 men have
subscribed $5.00 per month for two months.
Every other town in the circuit began the season with a
public subscription of $3,000 or more. Americus had a total
of only $1,200. Os this $1,200, SI,OOO was paid. So Americus
must secure a guarantee fund to care for the difference, if the
season is to be completed.
The little town of Blakely, we are informed, raised $3,000
Moultrie had $3,000 in cash when Americus secured the last
remaining franchise. The circuit managers awarded the fran
chise to us and turned down Moultrie.
Gate receipts will not meet expenses, the directors say, so
today they are giving the fans an opportunity of sub
scribing to a guarantee fund. Out of 15 men approached by
one director, I 3 were quick to sign their names.
If you want baseball for the season, send in your name (ac
companied by your check for $5.00) to Thos. L. Bell or Nathan
Murray.
Season tickets are being sold to the ladies for SI.OO for the
entire season. Ihe ticket admits to the ground. The grand
stand is 25c extra.
G. O. Loving, per month ..SIO.OO Cecil Waters 5.00
p ( fT rs \v!*’ , per month 5.00 Jennings Bros, ner mo 10.00
Dr. M. H. Wheeler, per mo. 5.00 „ ~ r „„
Thos. L. Beil, per mo 5.00 H ' E ' Allen ’ P Gr ,no 5 - 00
Americus Jewelry Co, per m 05.00 A - Crockett, per mo 5.00
George Marshall, per mo 5.00 Alton Cogdell, per mo 5.00
W. W. Ray, per mo 5.00 J, R. Lane, per mo 5.00
W. C. Randolph, Jr. per mo. 5.00 N. Murray, per mo 5.00
Jimmie Lott, per mo 5.00 J. E. Gyles, per mo 5.00
Lovelace Eve, per mo 5.00 Stewart Furlow, per mo 5.00
IM LITRES LIO!®
MH IS HfflOG
81 SHIP AUTHORITIES
Stock of Intoxicants Aboard Li
ner Paris to be Disposed by
by Tossing Overboard
BEER WILL BE DESTROYED
Collector of Port Elting and Pro
hibition Director Canfield
Agree on Confiscation
NEW YORK, June 26.—Between
3,000 and 4,0.00 litres of beer will
be dumped overboard from the
French liner Paris, now in port,
it was anonunced today after a
conference in which Collector of
Port Elting and Prohibition Direc
tor Canfield took part.
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IT GEGPGII. Cffiffi
State School Superintendent
Parks’ Report Shows 4,200
Students Attend These
ATLANTA, .Tune 26.—The nine
state colleges in Georgia, having a
total average daily attendance
around 4,200 standard college stu
dents, have an annual total mainten
ance income of $1,418,252.04, ac
cording to the annual report of
State Schol .Superintendent M. M.
Parks, released yesterday. This
amount includes appropriations
from tjje state and federal funds
and all fees, but does not include
donations or extension funds, it is
stated.
The enrollment of students in the
nine colleges for the past year is
given as follows: total enrollment
of standard college students, 4,666;
total enrollment of preparatory stu
dents below college grade, 1,673.
The number of freshmen admit
ted in the various schools during the
past term is given as follows: Geor
gia School of Technology, 675, from
Georgia freshmen entrants totalled
494; Georgia State College, 451, all
I of whom were from the state; Uni
\ versify of Georgia and the Agricul
tural college, ’ 405, from Georgia,
1384; State Normal school, 203, all of
I whom were from Georgia; Agricul
tural college, 87, from Georgia, 81;
State College for Women. Valdosta,
i 79, all of whom were from Georgia;
Nor'h Georgia Agricultural Colleg*.
I Dahlonega, 24, from Georgia 20.
The total college enrollment if
the various institutions for the past
Miss Martha Vaughan leaves
Wednesday for Manchester, where
she has accepted a position with
the Manchester Telephone com
' panv.
ment programs aftek’ the day’s
! work.and I believe the wek will I
Ibe filled with pleasure and profit j
'ea each aud every one of us.”
AMERICUS. GEORGIA, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 26, 1923
ENGLAND PHONE
OPERATORS ON STRIKE
—* —
Union Workers Want Higher
Wages and Shorter Hours—
-2 Unions Engaged in Mix-Up
BOSTON, June 26.—Telephone
operators went out on a strike to
day in all the New England states
except Connecticut.
The strika was called by one
union for shorter hours and high
er wages.
Members of the rival union re
main at work.
Members of rival unions emerg
ing from mass- meting here early
today, threatened to clash physi
cally.
Extra details of police kept 300
girls on the move.
In Providence, the strike is
practically one hundred per cent
effective, according to union lead
ers.
In Springfield, as operators were
brought to exchanges in taxicabs,
they were hissed by picketing girls.
One officer was slapped by a picket.
The average wage now paid, is
said by company officials, to be
S2O per week, with a normal 8-
hour day. The strikers demand a
7-hour day and wage increases
ranging from $5 tp 9 per week.
STRIBLING WINS EASY
IN BOUT WITH HOWARD
SHREVEPORT, La., June 26.
Taking fourteen of the fifteeS
rounds and splitting even with his
opponent in the other, W. L.
(Young) Stribling, midleweight
champion of the South, who hails
from Macon, Ga., decisively de
feated Happy Howard, of New
York City, here last night before
the second largest crowd ever to
witness a prize fight in this city.
ATHENS POLICE CHIEF
SUSPENDED 30 DAYS
FOR GETTING DRUNK
Henry Buesse Found Guilty by
Civil Service Commission of
Classic City
SEAGRAVES IS SUSPENDED
Patrolmen Hugh Moore and Cor
nelson Get Three Days Off
for Failure to Report Chief
ATHENS, June 26.—Chief of
Police Henry Buesse was suspend
ed for thirty days by the civil
service commission, which found
nim guilty of being intoxicate..,
Chief Detective C. K. Seagraves,
Patrolman Hugh Moore and L. C.
Cornelscon were suspended for 3
days for failure to report the con
dition of the chief.
HARDING PO IN
UTAH TO SPEND TWO
DAYS NEAR SALT LAKE
President Will Make Formal Ad
dress at Famous Mormon
Tempel Tonight
EXPECT GREAT AUDIENCE
Health of Executive Continues
Good Will Increasinfi Ovation
Given Train Every Stop
ON BOARD PRESIDENT’S
SPECIAL EN ROUTE OGDEN,
Utah, June 26. (By the Associat
ed Press.) —Leaving the plains sec
tion behind, the president today
journeyed into the State of Utah
to spend two days.
The party is due to arrive at
the Utah capital shortly before
noon.
President Harding makes a for
mal address tonight at the Taber
nacle. A tremendous audience is
expected to greet him there.
The president’s health, it was
stated, this morning continued
good, and he responds continually
to the tremendous ovations being
given him everywhere his train
stops.
GA OFFICERS SEEK I
FOR BCKIIO GIRL
Two Douglas Men Accused of
Whipping Mrs. Mary Adams
Mose Adams and Mace Tanner,
DOUGLAS, June 26.—Officers
here are looking for Mose Adams
and Mace Tanner who are alleged
to have taken Mrs. Mary Adams
from her home Sunday night and
given her a sever whipping with a
buggy trace.
Adams is the woman’s son and
Tanner her brother.
Mrs. Adams obtained warrants
for the two and claims she was
whipped without cause.
PICEIMHiHES Off
TO ATTEND
Representative Riley, at Fort
Valley Today, Will Go To
Atlanta Tonight
Senator Stephen Pace and
Representative A v E. Hines left
Americus* today for Atlanta, where
they go to attend the session of
the General Assembly of Georgia
as representatives from Sumter
county and the Thirteenth Sensa
torial district. Included in the
senatorial district represented by
Senator Pace, are Sumter, Schley
and Macon counties and he plans
to direct a mass of needed .legisla
tion for all of these in the upper
house during the Session which
convenes Wednesday in Atlanta.
Representative s ” (Jeorge W. Riley,
the other member of the Sumter
delegation in the general assem
bly, is i nFort Valley today, hav
ing gone there this morning on a
business mission. He will go from
that point to Atlanta, arriving there
in ample time to attend the open
ing session. All of the delegation
from Sumter are experienced legis
lators, and it is expected they will
assume commanding positions in
both senate and house, all of them
receiving important committee as
signments.
CIVIL SERVICE EXAMS
HELD HERE JULY 17th
R. W. Glover, secretary of the
U. S. Civil Service commission
here, announces there will be an
examination held at the- Americus
postoffice July 17. The positions
to be filled are those of stenograph
er-typist and typist. Rules cover
ing the examination may be obtain
ed by application to Mr. Glover
at the postoffice.
ST. LOUIS PLASTERS
WIN LONG WAGES FIGHT
ST. LOUIS, June 26. Uniotf
plasterers here today announced
they had won their fight for sl4
for an 8-hour day.
This is said to be the highest
wages paid these in the
United States.
GERMANS TOSS BOMBS
AT TRAINS OPERATED
DY FRENCHJN RUHR
Weisbaden Waiting Room is
Wrecked by Sabotage Attempt
Early Today—Two Are Injured
FOUR GERMANS ARE SHOT
Sentinels at Duer Kill Four and
Wounds Three Others For
Violating Regulations
WIESBADEN, Juno 26.—(8y
the Associated Press.) Bomb
throwing has been resorted to in
an effort to deter German citizens
from patronizing trains controlled
by the French.
A bomb was thrown in the wait
ing room at the Wiesbaden station
early today and wounded two seri
ously and caused considerable dam
age.
SENTINELS SHOOT
TO KILL AT DUER.
DUER, June 26. (By the As
sociated Press.) —Four Germans
were shot and killed and three oth
ers wounded by sentinels here Sun
day.
The four were killed for alleged
violations of orders while the
wounded were struck by bullets
while walking in the streets after
curfew.
WEEVIL CROP IS WE
■ MIL, AGENT SAYS
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I County Agent Tells Advantage
Dusting Calcium Arsenate
During Gentle Rains
‘ The boll weevil crop'in Sumter
( county is now above normal, ac
, cording to George O. Marshall,
county farm demonstration agept.
The weevil have multiplied rapid
, ly during the rainy spell, he says,
and the grubs in punctured squares
will soon begin hatching out. This
means, according to Mr Marshall,
; that millions of new weevils may
he expected in cotton fields about
.Americus betwen July 1 and July
4. To ' check this increase in the
number of weevils, he says calcium
I arsenate must be used liberally.
‘‘l want to correct an impres
sion some farmers have absorbed
that calcium arsenate cannot be
used in rainy weather,” said Mr.
I Marshall. “A gentle rain affords
the moisture necessary before the
' weevil can absorb the' poison, and
• really this sort of weather is the
most favorable for application of
, the poison dust. Os course, a hard
rain will wash off any poison that
’ may be applied, but the gentle
, ‘drizzle’ is a help rather than a
, detriment to poisoning.”
It is important, ‘Mr. Marshall
’ says, to destroy the" weevils as
’ soon after they are hatched out
as possible, and this can best be
' done by dusting cotton in the
bloom< The young weevils go to
I the tender blooms to secure pollen
as soon as they are able to eat
anything, and -;f this thoroughly
poisoned, the bulk of them can be
1 easily killed. Inclement weather
' conditions have already retarded
the poisoning of fields about Amer
icus, he says, and this makes im
mediate work in this regard even
more important than unedr ordi
nary conditions.
1 Wihtin the past few days, Mr.
Marshall asked the Georgia depart
ment of entomology for additional
instructions and recommendations
regarding approved methods for
poisoning Weevils, and today receiv
l ed a letter stating:
‘‘This department does not rec
ommend calcium arsenate except
in the dust form. At the begin
ning of the season calcium was so
high that Mr. Williams, our general
field agent, recommended that the
molasses and calcium mixtures be
used for the first one or two ap
plications or until the cotton be
gins to bloom. After that time it
I is most impractical, and this de-
I partment only recommend calcium
[ arsenate in the dust form.”
J. I. Hudson is ill at on
Church street, having been confin
ed to his bed for several days. Mr.
Hudson, who has been in feeble
health for a number of years, suf
fered a backset recently, which his
friends regard as serious.
WEATHER '
For Georgia Local thunder
showers tonight and Wednesday;
no change- in temperature.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
SOVIET HIGH COURT
ORDERS RELEASE OF
IMPRISONED PRELATE
Archbishop Tikhon Recants from
Prison Cell and Is Ready to
Swear Allegiance
FREEDOM IS CONDITIONAL
Moscow Authorities Announce
Decision if Predicated Upon
Conduct of Accused
MOSCOW, June 26.—(8y the
Asociated Press.) —The Supreme
court has decided to release Arch
bishop Tikhon pending his trial on
the charge of resisting Soviet au
thorities, it was announced today.
This decision is the result of a
letter, government circles recently
announced, had been *' written by
the former patriarch from prison
expressing regret for past action
and declaring his readiness to
swear allegiance to the Soviet gov
ernment.
ROTARY DELEGATES
BACK FROJJT. LOUIS
John Sheffield and Luther Har
rell Will Tell Rotarians Here
Their Experiences Wednesday
Mr. John Sheffield, and Rev-
Luther Harrell returned Monday
night from St. Louis, where they
went a week ago to attend the In
turnational Rotary convention as
representatives from the Americus
club. They went from Atlanta to
St. Louis as members of the party
from that city, traveling in a spe
cial train, and returned on regular
trains direct to Americus. They
will tell of their experiences be
fore the weekly luncheon of the
Rotary club to be held Wednesday
at the Tea Room.
WOMEN ORGANIZE TO
AID DEMONSTRATOR
Mrs. T. M. A. Finch Heads Ru
ral Women’s Organization
Just Completed Here
The Sumter County Home Dem
onstration council has been organ
ized here with Mrs. T. M. A. Finch
■s president. Other officers are
Mrs. R. E. Glenn, vice-president;
Mrs. W. H. Emmet, secretary; Mrs.
W. H. Houston, treasurer, and Mrs.
A. B. Phillips, Mrs. R. D. McNeal
and Mrs. S. E DeLoach, executive
committee
The council was organised at a
meeting held in the courthouse
here for the purpose of aiding
Miss Bonnie Parkman, county
home economics agent in carrying
out the things most needed for
the best interests of rural girls
and women in Sumter county. The
subjects to be! especially studied
are marketing, poultry raising,
grading and packing £ggs, caring
for fruit and shade trees, and
beautifying schools and churches.
In the furtherance of their work,
members of the council will co
operate with the teachers, assist
ing in solving problems of school
sanitation and other phases of
community work.
The organization tras perfected
upon call of„Miss Parkman, the ini
tial meeting being held in her of
fice, with a number of representa
tive women from all parts of Sum
ter countv present. Quarterly
meting- will be held there regu
larly. the next meeting being
scheduled for September 8. It is
anticipated that the organization
will be of material assitsance to
Miss Parkman in her work among
the girls of rural communities about
Americus, and the members, all of
whom are enthusiastic in their
work, will also benefit through the
activities of their organization.
THOMASVILLE “ROTES”
BACK FROM ST. LOUIS
THOMASVILLE, June 2.. ...
J. M. Edwards, J. B. Jemison and
E. R. Jerger returned yesterday
after attending the fourteenth an
nual convention of Rotary inter
national at St. Louis. They, report
a most delightful trip but an ex
cessive heat wave that proved very
discomforting to visitors from this
beneficient section of the country
where such heat is hardly ever
known and where the effects are
not so serious.
George Sheppard, of Tifton, is
spending some time with his broth
er, S. R. Sheppard, and will be
connected with the composing
room of the Times-Recorder, hav
ing already assumed his duties,
there. .....n...