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FORTY-FIFTH YEAR—NO. 150
LEGION CONVENfION BEGINS SESSION
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HHEWmCKED
WITH fLUGS IS VETS
STATE MEETING EIPEN
More Than a Thousand Legion
naires Attending Opening
Session
GREETING SENT WILSON
Former President Hailed by
Veterans’ Convention as
Companion in Arms
ATHENS, July 3.—Athens was
brightly decked in flags and bunt
ing to greet World War Veterans
of the Department of Georgia of
the American Legion when they,
opened their fourth annual con
vention here today.
More than a thousaid Legion
naries are here attending the con
vention, the first business session
of which began at 11 o’clock this
morning.
One of the first acts of the con
vention was to send a telegram of
greeting to former President Wood
row Wilson, hailing him as a “com
rade in arms” of veterans in the
World War.
ASSEIOLYCOMPLETES
MIMI TASK
Ennis Gets Ways and Means
Place in House; Mason Heads
Senate Appropriation Place
ATLANTA, July 3.—The gener
al assembly of Georgia completed
its organization for the 1923 ses
sion today with the appointment
of house and senate committees.
Representative J. IL Ennis, of
Baldwin* heads the House ways and
means committee, and Senator T.
S. Mason, of the Thirties distret
heads the finance committee of the
senate. . These are considered the
most important committee assign
ments, as alj measures relating to
appropriations will be referred to
them, as well as many ether im
portant bills.
Other committee chairmanships
announced included in the senate:
Agriculture, Smith of Forty-Fifth’
Appropriations, Lankford; of
Banks; Banking, Grantham; Con
stitutional Amendments, Smith, of
Thirty-Fifth/Education and Public
schools, Beauchamp; Highways,
Coates; Pensions, Loftin; Public
1 operty, Latimer; Manufactures,
Passmore; and in the House: Con
stitutional Amendments, W. R*
Jones, of Meriwether; Appropria
tions, Culpepper of Banks; Banking
• t-i ,a ? lerr e; Conservation, Ellis;
Education, Elders; General Agri-
Nn tU <’ e iw°kr’’i. Haddock of Decatur;
arv Nn General Judici
ary No. 1, Guess; No. 2, Parks; In
surance, Smith of Lamar; Invalid
enson and Soldier Bonus, Brattv-
Manufacturers. Eave; Military As-
Burt. A resolution asking
an investigation into the bookkeej
,ng department of the state high-
HoL r °7 nl, " Sio,i v>:! introduced in
House touay marking another at
tack on that body. Other meas
ures directed against it having
ChaX r ± Ce tk already thi3 se -i"»
narge a that-the annual reports of
the department revealed inaccura
cies arc made in the resolution.
THGHPS DNI WEI RED
Lineman Employed by South
Georgia Utilities Co. Has
Narrow Escape
R. L. Thompson, a lineman em-
Pl°.ve d by the South Georgia Pub-
Mon P ltle vo’°” was P ainf ully hurt
Monday while at work erecting a
and nH CoE. line AmericUS
tnlk 1 ' l accident occurred near Cobb
m the lower portion of the county
and only the fact that a steel cro=s
arin upon the h.-avy metal pole
ck betw ™ Thompson’s body
L n Rjound prevented his being
killed instantly.
The accident was caused by- a pike
pole being used in lifting the heavy
steel tower pole slipping, the pole
falling to the ground and catching
Thompson underneath. The weight
of the pole was held off, however,
by a steel cross-arm, and
caped with painful cuts and bruises.
Thompson was brought to the
hospital at Americus where his in
juries were dressed, but his injuries
are not considered as serious.
ROG IN HIGHWAY NEAR
HAHIRA LOWNDES COUNTY
VALDOS! A, July 3—lt is report
ed here that there is a bog in the
National Highway, a mile or so thi"
side of Hahira, and that a number
of cars Lave been stuck there dur
ing the past day or two.
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Americus Man One of Leaders in Georgia Senate
SUMTERSENATORGETS
PLACE AS HEM OF
COMMITTEE OH RULES
Stephen Pace, of Americus, One
of “Big Eight” in Upper
Branch of Legislature
WELL FITTED FOR POST
Other Committee Aopointments
in Both Houses Given Men
of Proven Ability
ATLANTA, July 3—The legisla
tive “Big Eight” are the eight men
who, as heads of the important com
mittees, are going to have devolve
, upon them the duty of engineering
the important legislation through
both branches. The president, the
speaker, the chairman ..of the appro
priations, ways and means and the
, rules committees.
President Carswell of the senate
I and Speaker Neill of the house are
well versed, “seasoned” and substan
: I tial legislators.
On the tyvo appropriations com-
I mittees are Representative Culpep
iper in the house and Senator George
‘ I Lankford in the upper branch. Rep
resentative Culpepper has had a
; I long and really arduous experience
with the construction of an appro-
I priation bill, particularly the last
one. The billsof that nature ail have
.to originatein the house, as do also
, bills raising revenue with which to
I pay the appropriations.
j Senator George Lankford, of
I Toombs county, has twice or three
. times served in house appropriations
I I committees, and holds the record of
I having served on more conference
• committees to straighten out finan
’ cial measure tangles between the
j two branches than probably any
I other man in the state in the same
, I length of time.
. | On ways and means Representa
. | five Howard Ennis, of Baldwin, will
i head the body in the house and Sen-
■ ator Mayson, of Hart county, the
. same body in the senate.
. It is not at all the construction of
■’ the important legislation with which
. the rules committee of either branch
• has to do, but the dispatch of busi
. ness in the preparation of a work
, i ing calendar. That body is the steer
. ing department which is charged
i with the responsibility of moving the
. j business so that there may be no
congestion on the heel of the calen-
■ dar that will clog the whole machine
■ j There are only two legislative
■ measures which automatically have
i right of way-r-the general tax act
■ land the general appropriations bill.
; While neither of these could be
. blocked because of the provision
[ ■ that the chairmen of the respective
; I committees may call them into ac
. I tion -at any time h® sees fit, after
• they have been reported for final
_ passage, it is a fact that this is the
. particular point yvhich the rules com-
, mittce has to guard—has to watch
in order to keep an open way for
. : those bills, and at the same time
• insure the other important legisla
i tion an open way for action.
In the senate Senator Stephen
. Pace, of Sumter, as vice chairman
of the rules committee, has taken
into that body a former experience
on the house rules committee, an
apt legal mind and a legislative
knowledge that especially fits him
for the post.
| President Carswell being by vir
tue of his office chairman of the
rules committee, the active direction
of the committee’s yvork during the
session yvill devolve upon Senator
1 Pace as vice chairman, making the
Sumter senator one of the most
powerful men in the senate, espe
cially during the closing days of
. the session when the rules commit
tee yvill have almost autocratic
power in the direction of legisla
tion.
These are the “Big Eight.” The
particular piece of machinery yvhich
each is to guide begins today to
function fully. The organization is
' now complete on both sides of the
assembly floor of th® capitol, and
the ship of state is being guided
somewhere by competent skippers.
MARTIN DONATES OFFICE j
BUILDING TO BALL CLUB
Frank (“Squinchy”) Martin has
presented the Americus baseball
club with an entire office building
and the club may be said to be the I
only similar organization in Geor-j
igia owning such a structure. The I
buildim was formerly located I
the corner of Church and Jacks >
streets, but was too small f >
I F rank's growing business and he ■
tided to give it to the bail Clu«_
Paul Wootten was good enough
hau' ’he building to the playgtou Hj
'on' of hi big trucks,.mid r.
us rn , • ire I being used ai(a b-,»'
L i the rlayers, havjnJtost ■
ijfentitv'as an “office O
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; TIMES-RECORDER NOT TO ISSUE
1 PAPER WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
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The Times-Recorder, following the custom of many years, yvill
issue no paper tomorroyv (Wednesday) afternoon, July 4, and on
that date all of the employes of this paper will enjoy’ a full holiday. ;
. Provision has been made, however, to cover all important news
happenings should any incident of importance occur, and a special !
leased Wire will bring in full ringside returns from the Dempsey- j
Gibbons fight at Shelby, Mont. This wire will run direct into The I
Times-Recorder office and everybody interested is asked to come |
I and hear these returns as guests of this paper.
There will be tio charge for this service, but ample accommo- I
dations will be provided for Seating the big crowd that is expected i
to attend.
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STEPH PACE TELLS
ABOUT BIS AUDIT BILL
Sumter Senator Has Introduced
Measure to Safeguard Expend
iture of State Funds
ATLANTA, July 3. —Senator!
Stephen Pace, of the 13th district,
' discussing today the bill introducea
by him to create al state auditing
: department, something whicn has
been strongly recommended by the
’ past three governors, says:
'•The bill pending provides tor
' the establishment of a department
’ of audits and accounts, and the ap
’ pointment of a state auditor and
. three examiners. It directs the
' state auditor to devise and install
forms, records and the procedure
’ for collecting and paying out all
: money of the state.
“The bilb further provides that
’ j the state auditor shall thoroughly
: examine and audit, at last twice
' each year, and more frequently ii
! possible, each and all of the books,
records, accounts, vouchers and bills
-of each and every department, in
-1 stitution and agency of the state
- which receives funds from the state
; treasury in any manner whatever,
and that he shall make a special au-
Edit of any departemnt or institution
1 whenever he is directed by the gov
i ernor to do so.
“The state auditor will devise and
- install a system of accounting for
■ clerk and for the office of the
1 comptroller and treasurer, and shall
make special examination into the
’ manner and place in which the
■ funds of the state are kept by the
2 several state departments and insti
’ tutions after they are drawn from
2 the state treasury, in whose name
t they are deposited and whether or
• not such funds draw interest, and
- he shall see that such funds when
i drawn from the state treasury and
s redeposited in any place are pro-
- perly protected.
“The state auditor will be re
-1 quired to co-operate with and fur
! nish information to the Budget
- Commission, and the appropriation
i committees of the House and Senate
“When it is remembered that the
: several departments and institutions
- are receiving about .$10,000,000 a
year from the state treasury, and
i then it is seen that these funds are
i turned over to the departments and
institutions without any adequate
: audit or cheek whatever as to the
manner in which they are expended
■ nor of where or in whose name they
i are kept, it is truly appalling that
such a condition has been permitted
to continue, and I sincerely trust it
will be corrected at this session.”
OIL BEARING SAND
IN MANY LOCALITIES
WASHINGTON. July 3—Near- '
ly every thick bed of sandstone i
in the great Cretaceous system of
the West seems to contain oil at |
some locality, but the exact num- i
ber of these beds, the region in i
which each produces oil, and the '
identity and the stratigraphic posi-[
; tion of each have not yet been I
fully Th"se beds have
heretofore been known by diverse’
| names, and in this report' an at-1
Itempt is made to show their con-j
tinuity through areas where they
have been thus differently named,
i This identification of the beds
I furnishes to oil men a better basis
, for study and drilling. For example I
ithe knowledge that a bed of stand- !
Ijstone which is known in some re- j
(gion as the Dakota is in others'
I known as the Muddy sand and it '
loverlies 2 other beds of stand- <
j stone ‘hat may be oil bearing is of I
1 obvious practical value to the oil i i
I driller. 11
MLEOD REPORTS
ATLANTA. July 3.—-Bruce Me-|
- bc'.d. zf Mcßae, who was senten-!
■ t V ed to a term of from five to twen- |!
Wty v"<ir- for manslaughter for tUe’i
1 kildne of Marcin Henderson, ' I
r Mcßae, during a strugel - bet v? n’<
hihetwo, has arrived in Allan
.. r e!ulv. c D b-gfa his jcntence. ,w , <
i-iwillow :( nt to the state pris n i
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AMEKK s LA TUESDAY AFTERNOON, JULyT. 1923
TO PURCHASES
JESUP SENTINEL
Will Be Associated With R. D.
McQueen, of Jesup in
Publication
I B. K'. Watts, who for six months
I has assisted in the editorial depart
ment of The Times-Recorder, has
been granted a leave of
and will go at once to Jesup, Ga.,
to complete the legal arrangements i
incident to his purchase of an in
terest in the Jesup Sentinel, a
weekly publication.
Associated with Mr. Watts in
the ownership of the Jesup paper is
R. D. McQueen. Mr. Watts will
spend some time in Jesup before
returning to Americus, where his
mother, Mrs. T. K. Watts, will re
main until Mr. Watts’ plans ' are
complete.
Mr. Watts is a newspaper man
of long experience, having served
many years in both daily and
monthly publications. He is ad
mirably fitted to direct the for
tunes of the Jesup Sentinel
. Since January 1, Mr. Watts has
. devoted his time and energies to
the editorial department of The
■ i imes-Recorder. He came to Amer-
the Charl °tte Observer.
.. Mr. Watts plans for the future
are not definitely settled. He has
requested a leave of absence and
he may or may not return to Amer-
SWESHfiL
ÜBSEWE HOLIDAY
Practically All Retail Establish
ments WiJ' P e Closed Wed
nesday All Day
Grocery stores in Americus will,
as usual, observe the Fourth of July
as a general holiday, and 'on
Wednesday they will be closed all
day, in accordance with an agree
ment circulated here today. Those
who signed the agreement are:
Easom & Martin, Acme Market,
L. W. Rogers Co., Bailey
Mathews & Co., J. H. Poole & Sons,
Sparks Grocery Co.. Rogers Co.,
Harris Grocery, Figgly Wiggly,
United Grocery Co., Rushin & Co.,
Sherlock’s.
The dry goods stores will also
eJose for the holiday, it is stated,
tnbugh the names of these have not
been furnished The Times-Recorder
for publication. In announcing that J
theseXestablishments would be closed
Wednesday they called attention to
the fact that the day following is
Thursday, and that the usual half
holiday will be observed as hereto
i fore. It is desired to especially im- '
press this fact upon residents of ru- ,
: ra! districts who may come to Arner
licus Thursday afternoon expecting
to find stores here open, and to ,
avoid disappointing some who may <
come for miles to trade in Ameri-|
Icus Thursday afternoon.
A. S. M’RAE HERE FOR c
BRIEF VISIT AT HOME ’ 1
I c
A. S. McCrea, who went to Way- /
cross several months ago to become "
manager of a Rogers advertising
I grocery there is spending several
I days visiting at his old home here, y
He is delighted, he says, with busi- n
ness conditions at Waycross, where t
he asserts -’•osperity is not seasonal
due to the weekly and monthly pay- c
[rolls maintained by industries locat-| ;i
ed there. He will return to Waycrot s
this week. ],
$1 FOR FIRST MELON
ALBANY, July 3.—The fir t me!- ;i
one of the season appeared or. the e
local markets here and brqugh one I
dollar each. Three of the melons $
w. re brought in by C. T. Raymond, <
oi Doerun. They ampeared to weigh jl
aln.ut twenty five or thirty poundsik
<1 h. Mr. Raymond said the mel-1 c
hl - section were begim.it g ■
A>cn rapidly. . 'jib
HEART OR DIXIE
'UPS II APPROACH
U.S.AND BRITAIN TO
ENFORCE mm
Tired of Waiting for France to
Ratify Agreement Reached
at Washington
WANT NEW AGREEMENT
i Jananese Newspapers Make
First Announcement Anpar
ently With Authority
TOKIO. July 3. (By Associated
Press.)—Janan had decided to ap
proach the United States and Great
Britain with the view to reaching a
tri-party agreement to enforce the
provisions of the Washington naval
limitation agreement.
According to Japanese neyysna
pers the Japanese government has
grown tired of waiting on Paris to
ratify lie Lcqity and yvould act
without awaiting ratification by the
French.
That this is the position of Tokio
authorities is , asserted confidently
by Japanese newspapers here which
made first announcement of the re-
I ported decision.
CAVEWINSHONORAS
HOtEMEffiIST
Americus Golfer Shoots Unusual
Play During Foursome Satur
day at Links Here
William C. Caye, Jr., premier
Americus golfer, has won signal
honor in shooting a hole-in-one, his
attaiment being most unusual and
always followed by* election to the
“Hole-in-One” club, all of the mem
bers of which must have attained
this distinction.
The feat of making a hole-in-one j
was accomplished by Mr. Caye Sat- |
urday on No. 5. while playing is a I
foursome with Carr S. Glover, Hen- I
ry Lumpkin and Howell Elam as his |
associates. The distance travelled I
by the ball was 108 yards, and it
landed in the hole after rolling a
short distance, the shot being a
most unusual one. Since having
accomplished his feat Mr. Cave has
been the recipient of congratula
tions from many friends, he being
thp first Americus player to at
tain such a degree of efficiency
since the establishment of th>* links
here. ,
KU POTAPIM HERE
Hamilton Yancey, Jr., engaged in
life insurance business in Americus
was received into the Americus Ro
tary C lub today at the club’ir lunch
eon in the Windsor hotel. Mr. Yan
cey was a member of the Rome Ga.,
Rotary Club before moving to Amer
icus.
George Riley, one of Sumter
county s representatives in the
Georgia legislature, spoke briefly to
the club. He stated that the legisla
ture “seems to have a brain storm”
on taxation. “It seems that each
member has a bill to introduce on i
this subject,” Mr. Rilev said. “There
are bills for free text books; bills to
create more jobs; bills to levy more
taxes an dbills to. reduce taxas;
About the only thikg I think is cer
tain is that a bill Will be passed at
this session creating biennial ses
sions of the legislature.”
Mr. Rile.v i.~ at home for the hoi
iday on the'Fourth.
W. W. Dykes spoke briefly to the
club on the plans of the county com
missioners for continuing the mos
quito elimination campaign.
CHAS. CLEMENTS BETTER;
CRISIS NOW PASSED
Charles Clements, Americus man 1
who has been seriously ill with pneu- 1
mon a in Cleveniand, Ohio, passed ■
thy crisis of his illness last night ’
and at nooti today had recovered |
com ciousness, according to inform
ation furnished The T’imes-Record
er bv W. H. Simmons, of the Cleve
land News, it is now believed young | 1
Clements will recover though it will
be some time before he is strong !
again. Hi? brother, Johnny Clem- ■
ents, is now on his way to Cleve- '
land to attend his bedside. W. H, -
Simmons, who employs young Clem- *
ents, is a brother of Mrs. Vela S. (
Roach, of Americus, and he has ta- 1
ken great interest in his condition, a
doing everything possible for the ?
stricken youth since the beginning ’
If his illnejt, 1
DEMPSEY’S FIGHT
WITH GIBBONS TO
START ON TIME
GREAT FALLS, Mont., July 3.
—)By Associated Press) —The
world’s heavyweight champion
ship battle between Jack Demp
sey and Tommy Gibbons, which
had been off and on again for
the past several days, has been
definitely restored and will be
fought tomorrow as originally
scheduled.
Announcement to this effect
was authorized shortly before 3
o’clock this morning by Mayor
J. E. Lane, one of the promoters,
following a lengthy conference
with Jack Kearns, Dempsey’s
manager.
MOOSE ra TO
MHGEI.C.C.LIW
Wants Congress to Amend Law
to Give States Authority
Over Interstate Rates
ATLANTA, July 3—Asserting
that the Supreme Court of the Unit
ed States in a Wisconsin case had
placed a 'construction upon the
transportation act of 1920 giving
the Interstate Commerce Commis
sion complete authority over the en
tire subject of transportation, in
cluding the right to prescribe intra
state rates, the house of representa
tives of Georgia today passed a
joint resolution asking the general
'assembly to call upon congress to
amend the act so as to give to the
states the unquestioned right to pre
scribe intra-state rates.
BJPTIST ENCAMPMENT
snsTsiimLE
More Than Two Hundred Pres
ent at Opening Day With
Prospect of More
The annual encampment of
Friendship Baptist association
which began at Myrtle-, oprings
Monday had an attendance on the
i '.tial day of more than 200 per
sons, according to an authorized
announcement here this morning.
Those attending represent many
districts within the bounds ot
Friendship association, which is one
the largest Baptist bodies in Geor
g The work of organization started
at 9:00 a. m. Monday and classes
were organized for study in the B.
Y. P. U., W. M. U„ and Sunday
school work, with many enthusias
tic workers enrolled in each of
these. Provision was made for al
those attending, though the mana
gers of the encampment were grat
ified at having more present at the
opening day than they had antici
pated. It is now expected the at
tendance will grow daily and every
preparation has been completed to
care for all who may atten 1.
At 9 o’clock, Channing P. Hays
conducted organizat'on work on the
Junior B. Y. P. U. Manual, at 10
o’clock he organized the Senior B.
Y. P. U. classes, ana at the same
hour, Miss Rhode was engaged in
forming classes for thy study of
iheW.'M. U. MquHfd, and James W.
Merritt is instructing those study
ing Stewardship. Mrs. O. M. Ger
ald conducted classes in Junior and
Intermediate l ' Sunday senool work
at 11 o’clock, while Rev. J. Fred
Eden, Jr., of Atlanta, held an as
sociational development and Effi
ciency conference, with Mrs. Eden
instructing in Mission Study Work.
After dinner had been served the
workers enjoyed the second recre
ation period and at 4 o’clock Rev.
P. A. Duncan, of Cordele, deliver
ed an address on “Stewardship,”
this being one of he most instruc
tive lectures scheduled for the en
campment. The evening was devo
ted to a demonstration by the Vi
enna Juniors, directed by Mrs.
Heard, and another by Dr.
Duncan, who substituted for Rev.
T. W. Tippett, who was unable to
be present at the opening occasion.
A feature of the encampment this
afternoon and tonight will be two
addresses to be delivered by Dr.
Rufus W. Weaver, president of
Mercey University. He will speak
to the campers at this afternoon
and again tonight at 8 o’clock. He
is a speaker of more than usual
ability and it is anticipated that
many persons will go from Amer
icus to hear him both this after
noon and tonight.
WEATHER
For Georgia: Partly cloudy to
night and Wednesday.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
HNBOTIM TAKES
STAND IN DEFENSE
IT LUKE tin TNAL
Former Whipping Boss at Put
nam Lumber Co. Tells of
Punishment of Tabert
SAYS HE DID HIS DUTY
Only Eight Lashes Given Dead
Dakotan, Lash Wielder
Tells Jury
LAKE CITY, Fla., July 3.
Thomas Higginbotham, former con
vict whipping boss of the Putnam
Lumber Company, told! the jury
■' in his trial here today for the mur
der of Martin Tabert, of North
Dakota, that it was “my duty to
whip Tabert.” He said he gave
the boy only eight lashes. The
■ state had been contending Tabert
j died from “Excessive whipping”
administered by Higgtinbotham,
witnesses for the prosecution hav
ing testified that from fifty to a
hundred a’hd nineteen lashes were
applied.
The presiding judge at the trial
d»<dared this morning that night
sessions will be necessary begin
ning tonight, if the defense intends
to put up all of its new witnesses
who now total 103. „
FLAGHANDrCAPIATCH
IT CLUB WEDNESDAY
►
Play Will Begin at 2:30 When
All Participants Are Asked
to Be Present
Tomorrow afternoon there will be
a flag handicap match, played on the
links of the Americus Golf Club, a«-
' cording to an announcement author
. ized this afternoon, The playing will
. begin at 2:30 promptly, and the
course will include the entire eigh
teen holes.
During the aftemoo- i’ : s exne-t
--ed Americus golfers will discuss thd
state championship golr contest to
be played July 19-20-21 on the links
[• of the’. Idle Hour Country Club at
, Macon. A number of golfers from
. Americus may go to Macon to wi|-
. ness the playing there, but it is not
. expected there will be any entries
[ from here, as local golfers have not
attained proficiency enough to jUJ-
J tify their attempting such playing.
SODfoTBIIM
BURIED IT CORDELE
Victim of Accident at Hatta-
I way’s Saw Mill Carried to
Former Home
’ Funeral services were held this
afternoon at Cordele over the re
mains of G. I. Bush, who was killed
’ Monday afternoon at the sawmill of
J. C. Hattaway, near Herod, 15
miles from Americus, in Terretl
county.
Bush had been instructed the
foreman of the mill to operate the
cable and had started towards ths
machinery, when he stumbled over a
piece of timber lying near a huge
pile, the lumber flying in the air,
striking him in the back of the neck.
Death was instantaneous.
Surviving are his widow and five
children, and he had been in the
lumber camp only a short time. He
was a resident of Cordele.
CANE AVERAGE INCREASED
ATLANTA, July 3.—An increase
of more than twelve thousand acres
is shown in the cultivation of sugar
cane in Louisiana this season, ac
cording to figures reeb'ed here
from the United States Department
of Agriculture. The aver ige this
year will approximate 331,700 acres
as compared v.’ith a naverage of
292,100 acres for the past five
years, it is shown.
ASSN. TO INCORPORATE
MEIGS, July 3.—lncorporation
of the county wide cooperative
market association will be taken up
at a meuling to be held here on July
7 and the local Lions club has adopt
ed a resolution to stand solidly be
hind the project.
CHANNEL DEEPER.
SAVANNAH. July Accord
ing to the report of United State.:
engineers, the channel in the Sa
vannah harbor now acasures twen
ty six feet of wate- at mean low.
It formerly had -twenty one feet of
water*