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FORTY-FIFTH YEAR—VOL. NO. 147
SOI.ONS GET MESSAGE TODAY AT ATLANTA
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More German Territory Is Taken Over By French
FRENCH EXTEND UREA
OF RUHR«
IB INCLUDE LARGER
Lines Now Reach Point 8 Miles
South of Frankfort And
Near Eachborn
PENALTY FOR SABOTAGE
Interferenca in Operation Os
Railroads by Germans Brings
Quick Retaliation
COBLENZ, June 29.—(8y the
Arsoicated Press) —The French to
day extended their occupation in
the Mayence bridgehead to Lan
gen on the Darmstadt Frankfort
Tailored line 8 miles south of
Frankfort and Eachborn on the
Frank-Kronberg line, 7 1-2 miles
northwest of Frankfort.
Teh extension is the penality for j
the recent sabotage on railroads.
iiffincTioii
[IDS 11,5 FFRIPI?
Prohibition Situation Must Re
main in States Ouo Fill Con
gress Acts
WASHINGTON, June 29.
Great Britain’s flat rejection of the
American proposal for a prohibi
tion 12-mile limi thas left admin
istration officials no AlVumaGw-*
it was said amir rfc'-' Cp?vl: t
but to await the will of congitW hs-j
to a revision of the law, and mean - |
while to refuse admittance, to ship j
liquor stoi'es under penalty of seiz
ure.
HENRTMiCER FOURTH
victim oFjmaai'
Worth County Man Dies As Re
sult of Injuries Sustained at
Bridges Mill
s'GMNER. June 29.—The death
of Henry Batkor this morning
brought the toll of the boiler ex
plosion at J. I). Bridges’ sawmill
here yesterday to four.
The other victims were Rhodes
Ellis and two negro employes, West
Dozier and Julius Francis, while
I ove Ellis, a son of the dead man,
is not expected to live.
MELON CROP IN WARE
BEEN BADLY INJURED
WAYCROSS, June 29.—Rains
and dry spells alternating have
seriously injured the melon crop
in this section, in the opinion of W.
M. Tomberlin, well-known farmer
of Ware county.
Mr. Tomberlin says that the re
cent wet spells, coming as they
have with hot, dry spells in be
tween, have played havoc with the
melon vines, which are withering
fast on certain farms of the Way
cross territory.
Recently Mr. Tomberlin, who
runs the tarm near Kettle Creek
owned by his brtoher, J. A. Tom
berlin, wellknovvn conductor,
brought a large muskmelon and
a couple of dozen Bell peppers to
Waycross. Mr. Tomberlin is b
lieved to have been the first to
harvest muskme ons in the bounty,
as he picked several on June 12
and others on June 14.
TOM BURNETT, MiSSING
WEEK, TURNS UP O. K.
WAYCROSS, * Jus*!(f 4 A 'fjt*
having been m: m;) r i • h/i
--iiav evening, T m 1 BiY-'-vt, young
white man of t ie city, turned up
out beyond Gilchrist Park Thui.
day afternoon. K'is appearance
brought to a final settlement ru
mors which h eve b een going the
rounds to the effect that his body
had been founi on the .auks Ox
the Satilla lat Saturday.
It develops that Burnett, whose
home is in Pie (, e couiuy, hired a
local taxi drive to take rim to
Blaekshear. Just, beyond the river
the ear had an accident m which
one of the wheels was shattered
and torn from the axle. The dnv
er of the car threw the spokes
in the sand at the side of the road
and returned to the -l-y to get a
new wbeeL
FANS HERE TO GET BIG FIGHT IN DETAIL
What's Going
On In The
World
The Weeks’ Chief Events
Briefly Told
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HARDING’S TRIP
PROHIBITION
RUHR INDUSTRIES
By CHARLES P. STEWART
Every time his train stops long
enough President Harding, on h is
way to the Pacific coast and
Ala ka, makes' a speech about his
po| ies. Otherwise there’s nulli
ng political about
j ’ the jaunt. It’s
h al 'd t° SCc what
I bJP else there is, but
« anyway that’s
u what the admin
j vl istration. mana-
STEWART dividing them into
“regional groups,” each under
“common maftagsmon:,” all under
‘‘strict government supervision,”
the stronger groups to support the
weaker ones.
Otherwise government owner
ship, which he deprecates, i s in
evitable, president s ays.
Time enough hasn’t passed for
Vmany people to have formed much
jof a conclusion concerning the
scheme’s merits, but it‘s evident al
j ready there’s going to-be plenty of
opposition. Maybe lots of support,
too. However, t hose who don’t like
the idea have been first to ex-,
press themselves.
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CALL
IT MEDICINE.
i Prohibition continues to lie the
country’s main news topic.
England balked on allowing t he
United States to e hase smugglers
more than three miles off shore,
at sea.-This spoiled one plan the
government hoped would help the
situation.
It has been announced that en
forcement authorities will not in
terfere with alcoholics on foreign
ships from countries whose laws
require such drinks to be served
to their sailors. That is, they won’t
interefere unless tae amount of
drinks on b oard exceeds the supply
the ships’ own crews need.
This 1 iquor’s to be considered
‘medicine.”
As “dry” a paper as the Clev
land Plain Dealer says “of course
it’s a subterfuge, but it’s a harm
less quibble * * * ’ merely a p rac
tical common sense interpretation.”
* * *
WITHIN
HER RIGHTS.
But it hasn’t helped countries
whose law’s don i say their s ailors
must have drinks. England’s the
most important Os them. She has
i’o such law. Consequently, her
ships aren’t entitled to an ade
quate supply of “medicine ”
Neverthless the big English lin
;crs Berengaria and Baltic arrived
|in New York with enough drink.,
on hoard, tjnder seal, to last them
home again. It was intended as a
test. Enforcement officials broke
the British customs seals and seiz
ed Hie d rinks.
It seems cc-Gin there’ll be
more ts this as fresh slops arrive. I
Other countr-os recognize that!
America’s within her rights in reg-!
ulating her ports as she pleases, j
What they do contend is that she’s I
guilty of a breach of courtesy!
which puts her outside the pale of
international polite society. They
adpiit they can’t do anything for
th<4v thips in American waters, but I
the. can “take it out” on Ameri
caii ships in t heirs. This may be
expected confidently.
* * *
GONE
WET AGAIN
Canada has refused an Ameri-:
can request to restrict liquor ex
porting to t he United States.
Manitoba provinc, (Canada, (after
giving prohibition a thorough t est
has voted to abandon it. Makers
of of light alcoholic drinks there j
can sell dGreet to consumers. The
government will handle the
“harder” ones.
Canada’s attitude blights the
government’s hope of checking’the
flow of drinks across the northern
border. On the contrary, .New i
York state’s withdrawal of sup- 1
THE TIMES-RECORDER
'EIGHT HUNDRED HERE
GET DELINQUENT TAX
NOTICES FROM CITY
Total of Approximately $20,000
i .Represented In Alleged Un
paid Taxes Is Sought
MANY FOR PAST YEARS
Part pf Money Sought Is For
Taxes During 1914 and
Intervening Years
Eight hundred Americus taxpay
ers have been addressed letters by
City Clerk and Treasurer Dudley
Gatewood, requesting them to ap
[ pear and pay taxes due the City
I of Americus as shown Iby the mu
-1 nicipal tax books- The letters were
written by Mr. Gatewood by direc
tion of the finance committee of
j council, of which E. J. Witt is
i man, he said this morning.
Represented in the alleged un-
I paid taxes is a sum totalling around
| $20,000, but much of this city ofS
iiicals believe to he worthless,
I Many of those named in *he tax
jfi fas have removed form Ameri- 1
icus, carrying all of their
j assets, consisting of personal prop
j erty, with them. In other cases
j protests have been made that the
taxes alleged to be past due have
been paid, some of the payments
having been -made, it is said, sev
eral years ago. In other cases it
j is alleged that the fi fas were is-
Isuod as the result of “duplications”
in tax assessments by the board of
tax assessors.
Duplication's ha\p occurred, it is
said, chiefly because of the’negD-
of taxpayers in making out
! their returns, in that they failed to
indicate when a parcel of property
once owned had been sold to an
other person. As a result of this
laxity, the board, in some cases,
re-assessed the property to the
owner as shown by the previous
year’s returns. In such cases, con
fusion naturally ensiV’d, with the re
suit that when these duplications
were brought to the attention of
the tax eollecto# at time of pay
ment they were passed over with
out being actually charged off the
city’s books. Thesej pifeteent one
of the most difficult problems en
i countered yet in getting these old
I fi fas off the books.
| In other cases where taxpayers
j have paid the taxes alleged to be
| still due, and have receipts or
checks as evidence, less difficulty
will be encountered. Mr. Gate
wood is being kept busy since mail
ing) out the leters explaining to
those addressed that he is withou
authority to do more than present
their excuses to council, many be
ing incensed because of the text
of the letter received.
As a result of the letters, it is
expected there will be a lively ses
sion of countfl ■ when tjhat ‘ body
meets next Wednesday night. Com
plaints against execution of the al
leged unlawful fi fas should prop
erly be taken before that body, it
is stated, and it is expected many
' taxpayers will be present then to
present their reasons for not pay
i ing the amounts alleged to be due
I the citv By them for taxes in past
j three years.
ELBffilfEli Ei
51. T« EOIEIZ.ITI
ATLANTA, June 29.—1 n the
house today Representative H. H.
Elders, of Tatnall county, intro
duced a bill to repeal the tax
! equalization law.
port from the government’s activi
ties against smuggling has stim
ulated this traffic mightily.
* * *
IN THE
RUHR.
France has announced her in
tention to seize all RTiur indus
tries p reducing anything she can
apply toward settlement of her
war damage claims.
She says also she’s going to
conscript German labor to keep
these industries going, which
sounds something like slavery. For
workers who balk imprisonment is j
threatened, up to fifteen years, |
and for those who commit acts of
sabotage, dealth, Y l! )’s stinted, wljll I
be the penalty. *
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, FRIDfY AFTERNOON. JUNE 29. 1923
ICHECKS, NOTES, SHOW
HOW ABED PRELATE
DM OF HONE!
$150,000 in Church and Per
sonal Funds Given Alleged
Swindlers By O’Brien
PROSECUTION MAY COME
Statement Says Priest Acted
Within Rights in Handling
Missing Money
WASHINGTON, June 29. A
mass of cancelled checks, notes,
I stocks and other documents were
| brought to light here today as out
! ward evidence how several men
had obtained $150,000 in persona'
and church fund.q from Monsignor
James O’Brien, former rector of
St. Peter’s Catholic church in this
city, on stocks regarded by legal
representative's of the monsignor
and the church parish as of doubt
ful value.
Whether there will be any prose
cution is yet to be determined.
O'Brien, aged 83, is said to have
acted within his rights in handling
the moneys.
PMQLUTIi ON
HIGHWAY PROBE FIRST
BILL BEFORE SENATE
Americus Man Demonstrates
Ability In Getting Measure
Through Quickly
TOUCHES M’CRORY CASE
Don’t Want Legislature To Inter
fere in Judicial Activities
02 Bihb Courts
ATLANTA,, June 29. The
groundwork is all laid, the basic
material is all in, and the legisla
tuer is set. for the fight which will
be pulled off o nthe three b.ggest
issues. Toombs Dußose 1
fired the flame under the tax re
form pot, Senator Pace, of Amer
ieus, Thursday fired into the sen
ate the first bill of the session, a
measure simply to repeal the state
tax equalization ’law, and Sena
tor Lankford, of Toombs county,
but in as the third bill a measure
to amend the constitution so as to
provide for an incme tax. In ad
vance of this activity Senator Pace
got through the senate, on unani
mous consent, his i-eso!ution provid
ing for an examination into the
affairs and operations of tie State
Highway department, while the
house was bickering and back-step
ping over whether the idential reso
lution would be adopted by it, or in
its stead a personal-political meas
ure of one of its members would
betaken.
Subsequently the statement it Is
made that efforts would be advanc-,
ed to efect a compromise with
Messrs. Stwerat' and Jones where-
Iby the second resolution of in
vestigation would be substituted for
theirs, which incidentally would
be a substitution for the senate
resolution by Pace.
To that proposal, however, both
Senator Pace and Mr. Stewart have
stated that cr.ey wi-1 not agree to
any such substitution. Senator
Pace said.
‘’My resolution, which is now be
fore the house of representative, is
plain. In it I am quite sincere. I
want to know everything there is
to know about the Highway De
partment and the legislature will J 1
know. But, I am not willing to j
have a personal court case removed j,
from the Superior court of Bibb j
judicial circuit and tried in the j
Georgia legislature. We have noth- !
ing to do with that, while he have j
everything to do with getting all the i
facts concerning the. Highway de- j (
partment.” ,
The Race resolution provides, in j.
substance:
Since, in its letter of transmittal '
with the annual report, the State ’
Highway Department urges the 1
; general assembly to make “a care- (
ful examination of the operations t
and expenditures” of that depart- (
i (Continued on Page Two.)
Times-Recorder to Have Full
Ringside Reports From Big
Fight At Shelby On July 4tli
Special Arrangements Will Be Provided for La'
---. dies in Well Ventilated.. Office—Plenty of ....
Chairs for Everybody and Free to All
Eina! arrangements were perfected today for receiving full
ring-side reports from Shelby, Mont., July 4, by The Times-Re
corder.
These reports will come direct from the ring-side into the
Times-Recorder office, where they will be called out to fistic fans
gathered there. The service will be furnished by the Associated
Press over special leased wire, which has been secured by The
Times-Recorder at the greatest expense ever incurred by any
Americus newspaper to furnish free service to its patrons.
I here will be absolutely no charge whatever for this ser
vice, which will give every detail of the preliminaries as well as
the big fight. A special Associated Press operator will take the
bulletins directly off the wire, and there will be no let-up in the
new. 4 from the beginning of the first preliminary till the last blow
is struck in the big mill, upon the outcome of which the world's
championship, hangs.
In order to accommodate the
crowd that wijl gather to hear
these returns, The Times-Reeor
der will fill its office entirely with
comfortable chairs, a portion of
the seats being reserved for la
dies who will attend.A portion of
the rear office will be open to
negro fans who wish to hear the
returns as they come in, all n egro
patrons .li eing required to o liter
through the rear entrance in alley
between The Times-Recorder
building and rear of Rylander
Theatre.
The returns, it is expected, will
begin coming iy around 3:30
(Americus time) Monday after
noon, when the first preliminary
bout is scheduled- to begin. From
the time the first flash comes over
the wires from Shelby, service will
be continuous, and there will bd
no interruption in the bulletins
called out to waiting fans. The
minute anything transpires in
Shelby Ahe fact will be flashed to
Americus, w hether this be the
dropping o f a towel or the entry
of a preliminary fighter.
When Big Jack Dempsey steps
into the ring the will be
flashed direct to Americus, and
when Tommy Gibbons’ seconds
COME CHAMBER
811) RE-DHGAHIZEO
Prof. Ross Again Secured As In
structor For Trade Body
Organization Here
The Chamber of Commerce band,
which has been of such great as
sistance in advertising Americus
during the past several months, has
just been organized with Prof. W.
H. Ross continuing as instructor.
The members of the band, and
their instruments are: Harry Wil
liams, Allen McNeil, J. B. Mathis,
F. M. Alexander, Sam Keys, Wal
ter • Stewart, J. E. Owens; cor
nets; Henry S. Everett, C A.
Ames, Wick Wheeler, Walter Lee
Bell, trombones; A. L. Turner, Wil
liam Bell, altos'; Sam Lott, P. I).
Chapman, clarinets; Egbert Clark,
Joe Poole, saxophone; J. W. Haw
kins, baritone; J. H. Shumake,
“ as »; Howard Henderson, Edward
McArthur, snare drums; J. B. Dor
scy WiiUam Guerry, bass drums.
the re-organized band will give
concerts at the playground each
I hursday evening and in addition
will lurmsh music for such enter
tainments as may desire their ser
vices either in Americus or this
section of Georgia. The band will
b-d? t ° r are °T she Americus
Da i‘ F an) furnishing jazz for the
L Bt ffifT ent ° f , patrons of games
tile playground.
CORDELE KIWANIS HONOR
DISTINGUISHED CITIZENS
CORDELE, June 29.—Dr p a
Duncan, pastor of the First Baptist I
church, was the honor guest at the
weekly Kiwanis luncheon today, on
a joint program with John W. Greer
«’h 0 is here engaged i n the prelim- j
nary work o nthe 5 year program j
in Crisp. Dr. Duncan pleaded that j
God and Christianity be taken into ;
the business program. John W. I
Greer was enthusiastic about plans
for business growth in Cordele. 1
get into' his corner you will know
it, if you arc one of those gather
ed in she Times-Recorder office.
Every announcement at the ring
side will be called out clearly and
distinctly by a n experienced an
nouncer within ten seconds after
it is made in Shelby, and when
the big mill ends Americus fans
will* know t he result before sec
onds of the-losing lighter can get
him back into their corner and re
move t he g 1 oves.
This service is to be furnished
all fight farfs in Americus in July
4th, whether you subscribe to The
Times-Recorder or not. The man
agement wants every person inter
ested iiij sports as a guest on the
Glorious Fourth. And remember,
there is absolutely no c h urge,
notwithstanding the fieavy ex
peases incurred. Fight} fans living
in adjoining towns who wish to re
ceive the returns are invited to he
guests of The T imes-Recorder. To
those who are unable to come to
Americus The* Times-Recorder will
furnish this servied without charge
by lon distance telephone or
wire, except that the reports will
be as the fight progresses, round
by round, and these will be sent
telegraph tolls collect.
MPEILLE iPIT
COMES HERE SUNDAY
Howard Hawkins Protege of
First Baptist Philatheas To
Be Guest of Class
Philatheas of First Baptist
church will have as the guest Sun
day school session and other gath
erings of the class, their protege,
Howard Hawkins, from Kapeville
Orphanage, who was recently
adopted by the membership.
The invitation has been extend
ed to include all of next week, and
it is hoped by the Philathea class
that the young boV will be per
mitted to remain with them
through the weekJ All members
are urge dto be /present Sunday
to jnake the visit lot the lad fcleas-
PRESBYTERIAjN PASTOR TO
ATTEND BIBLE INSTITUTE
Rev. Richard If. Simpson leaves
Monday for Atl/nta, accompanied
by Mrs. Simpson! and baby, where
Mrs. Sim; son g Ls foi a vioit to
relatives. Mr. Simpson will go on
to Chicago, whe*e he will take a
summer course a| the Moody Bible
Institute which m-ill be in session
July 3 to Augusß 3, which time he
will devote to inwnsive Bible study
under instructor;* there. A group
ot members of Ithe Presbyterian
congregation, of Ivhich Mr. Simpson
is pastorfi, are defraying the ex
penses of his t®p to Chicago, in
i recognition of his splendid services
j since he assume™ the pastorate
| here. I
FIRST MEETING IN 5
YEAR PROGRAM HELD
CORDELE, JuAe 29.--The first
meeting under head of committee
work for the five yjear program oe
cured this afternoo\ at the public
Library when that diVsion devoting
its attention to industries with Mr.
W. L. Robucfeas chaiiuWan, m< t and
an(S discussed its best plans for fu
ture proceedure. jL
For Georgia Fair tonight and
Saturday; eoeler in southeast por
tion tonight; warmer in north por
lion Saturday.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
HARDWICK RAPS HARO
BN AGGIE DEPT. AND
KLAN IN HIS ADDRESS
Retiring Executive Says Georgia
Is ‘Board-Ridden, Commission-
Ridden, and Trustee-
Ridden.
RECOMMENDS INCOME TAX
‘No Room in Georgia For Invis
ible Government in Georgia,’
He Declares
ATLANTA, June 29.—Governor-
Thomas W. Hardwick delivered his
final message to the Georgia legis
lature today, pointing out that in
view of “not only a possible but a
probable crop failure in Georgia
this year he felt it his dtuy to in
vite the attention of the general
assembly to it, so that it may pro
ceeding along lines of “the most
rigi (land ruthless economy.”
At the outset the governor de
clared he would depart form his
previous custom and not present a
mass of figure and wealth of de
tail, referring the members of the
general assembly to the reports of
the comptroller general, the state
tax commissibner, and to his de
tailed message of last year. The
general assembly of 1921 restored
balance to the state’s fiscal affairs,
he said, and the deficiency appro
priations made by the 1922 gen
eral assembly did not destroy the
balance, though they did wipe out
substantially all surplus.
“Income and outgo must be kept
balanced in Georgia,” the governor
declared. “Bay as you gcj is the
motto of common sence which
ought to apply to and govern pub
lic and private business alike and
I was uanble to give my approval
to any legislation that sought to
appropriate 'money for a|ny pur
pose, when I knew that the reve
nues of the state could not meet
and pay the appropriation and
when the body making the appro
priation, also clothed with the pow
er to levy taxes, failed and refus
ed to provide any adequate addi
tional revenues out of which to
pay the appropriations.” '
“I am of the opinion that the
department of agriculture has
many unnecessary employes, is far
more of a political machine than
an agricultural department and is
conducted at far too great an ex
pense, both direct and indirect to
the taxpayers of Georgia.”
In this connection the governor
referred particularly to the two
hundred oil inspectors, saying they
were paid a total annual comper;
sation of $99,315.72.
Discussing the question of tax-*
ation, the governor said he had
“never been either a champion or
apologist for our present equaliza
tion law.” K'e expressed the be
lief that the state could, with prof
it, follow the example of North
Carolina and impose an adequate
income tax sufficient for all state
purposes, remitting the state tax
on property.
Governor/ Hardwick concluded
his address with an appeal for law
and order. “We have no room in
Georgia for invisible government of
any kind or character,” he declar
ed. Government in Georgia should
in the open and above board.
I he general assembly of the state
should pass a statute making it un
lawi ul, under heavy penalty, for
any man or woman in Georgia lo
wear a mask over their faces on
the public streets or the roads of
the state, o r in any other public
place. We have no room in
Georgia for petty hates and for
either political or religious bigot
ry, the governor declared. “If
Georgia is to remain a land of
freedom we hav e no room for these
torces in our state.”
BUDGET COMMISSION
REPORT SENT IN TODAY
ATLANTA, June 29.—Recom
mending that existing appropria
tion for various departments and
institution of the state be re-.enact
[ed for the years 1924-25, the re
j port of the Budget commission was
transmitted to the general assembly
today by the governor.
The report was signed by the
governor, Comptroller General W.
A. Wright, Attorney General Geo.
M. Napier, Toombs Dußose, of
Clark county adn P. F. Walker,
of Glascock county, the last two
being members of the last legisla
ture and shows that the total prob
able revenue for 1924-25 to be $9,«
538,319.
LESTER POWELL KILLED
DAWSON, June 29. Lester Pow
ell, a farmer, aged 30, was shot
and killed Wednesday night by Joe
Green, a negro, aged 15.
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