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FORTY-FIFTH YEAR—NO. 151
MANY FATALITISS THROUGHOUT NATION
SCORE ARE DEAD; OVER
HUNDRED INJURED IN
JULY 4 CELEBRATION
Fatalities Reported in AH Princi
pal Cities Throughout the
Entire Nation
MC3T OF DEAD CHILDREN
Automobile Accidents Also
Take Toll During Celebra
tion of Holiday
CHICAGO, July 5.—A score of
deaths and more than a hundred in
juries' resulted from fireworks ex
plosions and accidents, inci
dent to the nation’s observance of
Independence Day yesterday, ac
cording to reports from various
sections of the country reaching
Chicago today.
Although efforts to prevent the
usual Fourth of July casualties
were almost universally observed,
fatalities occurred in all the prin
cipal cities of the country. Most
of those killed were children.
Six deaths were recorded in
Pittsburg, two of these being the
result of fireworks accidents, and
four as the result of automobile
accidents. t
if! MCE
cum puce
Says Majority of Council Have
Disagreed Wr’th Him and
Doesn’t Want Be Drawback
E. J. Witt, chairman of the fi
nance committee of council since
January 1, when the Poole adminis
tration came into power, has sub
mitted his resignation to Mayor J.
E. Foole, and Mayor Poole has noti
fied him of its acceptance. E. L.
Carswell was named to succeed Al
derman Witt as chairman of the
committee, and J. W. Harris, Jr.,
named as a member of the commit
tee, Alderman Witt being relieved
entirely of his connection with with
the committee, in accordance with
his request.
Alderman Witt sent in his resig
nation several days ago, though an
nouncement of the action was not
authorized until this afternoon. In
asking to be relieved from further
responsibility as chairman of the
committee Alderman Witt directs
attention to the fact that a major
ity of council has not always agreed
with him especially as regards the
school tax money, and expresses
the belief that duties of the place
might be given to another without
injury to the city’s best interest. His
letter, addressed to Mayor Poole, un
dor date of June 28, in full, is as
follows:
It has been my understanding that
it was the custom of the mayor and
eity council of Americus, as far as
consistent, to refer matters affect
ing directly any particular commit
tee of council, to the chairman of
that committee (in many instances
with authoiity to act>. Since becom
ing a member of council I have tried
to adhere to this custom as far as
possible, feeling that the chairman
of each committee was in better po
sition than any other member of
council to act intelligently on the
matter under consideration by rea
son of h.is giving the matter more
time and study, and it has never
been my policy to try to go over the
heads cr disregard the suggestions
of the chairmen of the various com
mittees.
As chairman of the finance com
mittee 1 have endeavored to give rnv
best attention to this feature of the
i ity’s affairs, having always in mind
the importance of staying within our
budget and at the same time giving
every department of the city's busi
ness every dollar that reason, jus
tice and our financial condition will
jusiify.
Inasmuch, however, as a majority
of council am}' your honor have ap
parently disagreed witli me. espe
cially with reference to the school
tax levy and feeling my inability to
provide from our revenue any addi
tional funds i'b# school purposes in
excess of what* has been provided
without serious injury to some other
department, and in the absence of
any figures or statement of expend
itures that would justify an increase
in the school tax levq, I feel that it
would perhaps be better to have
some one more competent than I to
handle- this particular chairmanship,
as I freely admit that, I am not good
enough financier to provide this ad
ditional'"money, take care of the
other departments and yet stay
within our appropriations, which I
shall certainly insist upon as long
as 1 am a member of eou nc/'.
I will therefore appreciate if if
you will relieve me of further duty
as chairman of the finance commit
tee of the mayor and city council
pf Americus,
THETIMBsUrKORDER
IN THE HEART OF DIX
First Effort Starts Jo End Prohibition In Georgia
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GEORGIA DRV KIJI
Representative From Lumpkin
Would Place Enforcement
on Federal Agencies
SAYS RIVALRY NOW EXISTS
State and Federal Agencies
Hustle to Catch Cars to Be
Confiscated, Ke Says
ATLANTA, July 5.—A bill to
repeal the Georgia prohibition law
which would leave lull responsibil
ity for enforcement of the Vol
m*ad Act upon the federal govern
ment was today introduced in the
house by Dr. Craig Arnold, of
Lumjrkin.
“Prohibition has been a total
failure in Georgia,” Representa
tive Arnold declared in discussing
the measure this morning, adding
that he believed the presence of
be Eli federal and state lav/ ’, had
caused a “conflict in enforce
ment,” and that the repeal of the
Georgia statute would result in
stronger enforcement efforts here
on the part of the federal govern
ment.
Charging that there now exists
j a great, cleaj of rivalry between
federal and county officers in the
I drive for whisky running automo-
I biles,” Representative Arnold said
that there was more interest on the
} part of county sheriffs and depu
ties in captuirng cars which are
confiscated under the Georgia stat
ute than in the apprehension of al
leged criminals.
RR, OWEN WANTS NEW
EDDEATIBN SWIMS
1—
Head of National Education
Association Would Teach
Students “Money”
CHICAGO, July s.—“Educators]
have got to teach money. They j
! must teach how to get it, use it and j
J distribute it. And as yet we don’t!
I know how to go about it.”
j That is one of the ideas for
] bringing education home to men’s
I business and to their hearts, which
]is getting the attention of Dr. Wil
jliam 13. Owen, president of the
National Eudcation Association and
of the Chicago Normal College.
“Money means life and ex is- ‘
teru-e itself to bankrupt nations
such as Germany,” says Dr. Owen.
“So how can anyone pass by the
subject and ray it is sordid and a
diversion from man’s true interest?
Money means more to starving, j
debt-ridden people than all of Ceas j
ar and the binominal theorem. But]
what teacher now can toll you how !
to teach money?
The world has tried almost ev
erything else as panacea for its
.roubles. But the National Educa
tional Association conference now
in session at San Francisco is the
first co-operative international at-i
tempt to have the problems of man- j
kind solved by education.
“It is not a pacifist meeting. It j
is not going to make any senti-'
mental recommendations that men
love others and stop hating. Eth
er, it will seek to frame proposals
on big questions, such as the unit
ing of nations on common programs
of international ethics and ideals,
the removal of illiteracy, heath,
rural life conservation and the dis
semination of new truth from'one ]
county to another.
"The one anti-war idea we hope ]
to disseminate is that the results )
of war should be taught. We have I
been teaching merely the causes, I
without bringing on; the death .and .
destruction which is inevitable.”/ {
“What standard of education do j
T advocate? An entirely new con
ception of cultivation.
“Our old'system of classical dis
cipline is designed to train but 15 ’
per cent who go into the profes
sions. It i. admirable for that. But |
for the 85 per cent who go into]
business and trades, the system is]
entirely inadequate.
“For fhc boy who is going to:
leave school early and go to work,
1 would see to it fundamentally
that he knows how to speak and
write English correctly Then I i
would teach him the physical scien- |
j ces. I would point out to him where
j the good reading ass dthe* real lit
r.ture could be found and tell
j him to go.forward by himself.
“But 1 would not burden him
! with a lot of classical loro • for
1 which he had not the linguistic abil
j ity or the literary appreciation”.
COMPTROLLER ISSUES
CALL FOR STATEMENTS
WASHINGTON, July V —The
] comptroller today issued his call for
ithe condition of all national banks
in: of the close of business Saturday
June 30. / ,
AMERICUS, GA„ THURSDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 5. 1923
NEGROES? INI ALABAMA BADLY ALARMED
ALL SIGNS FAIL IN A DRY SEASON
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Georgia American Legion Unan
imous in Choosing Conven
tion! City for Next Year
GAINESVILLE MAN NAMED
Time for Next Gathering to Be
Selected by Executive
Committee
ATHENS, July s.—Savannah
I will be host of the 1924 convention
of the Georgia division, American
Legion. This was decided unani
mously at the convention in session
here tonight.
Tht Lime for holding the next
convention will be decided Ijy the
committee of the Legion, acting in
i conference with Savannah Legion
naires.
Edgar B. Dunlap, of Gainesville,
was unanimously elected state
commander, succeeding Rodney
Cohen, of Augusta. He was unop
posed for the place.
IffILEV BARN IS
BURNED HI IIGHT
i Fire discovered Wednesday morn
ing shortly after midnight destroyed
the barn belonging to the Wheatley
estate and located on Hancock ave
nue. Insurance to amount of S4OO
was carried upon the burned build
ing, Fire Chief McArthur stated to
, day.
The building was formerly used
as a stable by George D. Wheatley,
but recently had not used, except
for storage purposes and when
burned contained little, if anything,
of value. The structure was worth
considerable more than the insur
ance carried.
FATHER OF W. E. PERRY,
60, DIED AT IRON CITY
VALDOSTA, July s.—Valdosta
friends of Mr. W. E. Perry, deputy
'United States clerk have just
learned of the* death of his fath
er which occurred at the family
home in Iron City. Mr. Perry was
notified of his father’s critical ill
ness and hastened to Iron City but
depth ensued before he reached
there. The elder Mr. Perry was
sixty years of age and had been in
ill health for a long time and his
death was not altogether unex
pected.
Walker Gives View On
Tax Problem in Message
DR.CHILEEAT
MYRTLE MEETING
Great Gathering Expected to
Greet Bessie Tift Educator
This Afternoon, Evening
Baptists attending the Friend
ship Baptist association encamp
ment at Myrtle Springs will hear
Dr. Aquilla Chamlee there this
afternoon and tonight, and the oc
casion is expected to bring out even
a greater crowd than that which
grwted Dr. Rufus W. Weaver,
president of Mercer university,
who spoke to the campers Tuesday
afternoon and evening. Dr. Wea
ver’s subject was “Christian Edu
cation,” and it is estimated that,
more than two hundred church ]
workers heard Jiim, the auditorium
being literally crowded, with the j
greatest religious enthusiasm man- j
ifested since the beginning of the
encampment.
Wednesday afternoon and even- j
ing Dr. Sam Lowe, pastor of First!
Baptist church at Dawson, was the *
chief speaker, and the sunrise
prayer meeting Wednesday was
conducted by Rev. W. L. Johnson,
pastor of Ellaville Baptist church.
At this service, it is said, the great
est server is manifested by the
workers attending the encampment
and they are regarded as one of the
most interesting features of the as
soeiational gathering.
Miss Laura Lee Patrick, secretary
for the Georgia Baptist Woman’s
Missionary Union, conducted a most
interesting service Wednesday aft
ernoon in the pavilion at the en
campment. She is a most interesting
speaker, and her hearers were all
greatly pleased with her exposition
of the subject being studied. A
noticeable feature of the July 4th
session was the absence of all evi
dences of demonstrations. The
messengers attending the encamp
ment all ar<? studiously pursuing
their studies and while they partook,
of course, in the patriotic clement
of the day’s observance, this was at
no time permitted to take the form
of noisy demonstration.
Friday night the encampment
ends, and the delegates attending
will return to their homes in various
counties within the bounds of the
association.
PRIMARY IS ORDERED
BA IN BRIIJGE, July S.—TheJ,
Democratic executive committee
ha: announced, that a primary wit
be held here on July 31, for the se*
lection of a mayor and councilmc f*
J. W. Ciillahan, candidate for :ra, *■ •
or, will be unopposed. ' ■ >
ATLANTA, July s—Several5 —Several sys
tems of taxation, including classifi
cation taxes, stamp taxes, income
] taxes, luxury taxes and limiting the
] county tax rates were suggested by
j Governor Walker in his message to
I the general assembly today.
Real economy in state, county and
municipal governments adn repeal
of the tax equalization law as well
as the adoption of some system
which will relieve real estate owners
of the undue 'burden now born by
them by placing a fair share ot the
expense of the government upon in
tangible property and other prop
erty values not now on the tax books
are also recommended by the gov
ernor.
In concluding his message, Gov
ernor Walker urged upon the as
sembly that if it reached the con
clusion that it should not complete
its work of solving the tax problem
| in fifty days to take upo other im
! portant matters so that the assem
bly could adjourn early, thus making
i possible an extra session later in the
j year without unnecessary additional
] expense to Georgia taxpayers.
FIGHT MS MED
WEDNESDdY'S MATINEE
Ambricus fight fans were guests
of The Times-Recorder Wednesday
afternoon, when returns from the
Dempsey-Gibbons fight were hand
led over direct special leased wire
from the ringside* for their infor
mation.
Every incident of the fight In
Shelby was called to the waiting
crowd, seated in comfortable chairs
furnished by Nat LeMasfcer, of the
Americus Undertaking Company,
and the service rendered was ex
tremely accurate and prompt. An
illustration of the directness of the
service is found in the fact that an
Americus radio fan, tuned in with
Shelby was just' four minutes be
hind the Times-Recorder in re
turns received, while The Times-
Recorder service was just four
minutes behind the actual happen
ings in the Montana ring, the dif
ference in time being taken into
account in the computation of these
figures.
Full details of the disagreements
and difficulties proceeding the be
ginnvst'e 'dt Tbe preliminaries, to
iihg Mail—3t 1( ' results in each of
ad to fans gathered
Recorder office, and
Ught began the re
jPOW by blow, these
lllttV j jUchout waiting for
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NEGRO OPPOSED TO
MIGRATION 10 NORTH.
CONFERENCE FINDS
Statewide Gathering of Leaders
Held in Atlanta Says “Social
Equality” Is Not Wanted
FLIPPER SPEAKS FOR RACE
Says “Negro Supremacy” !s
Bugbear Created by Polit
ical Demagogues
ATLANTA, July s.—The negro
ns a race is opposed to the migra
tion of of laborers from Georgia
and the South to Northern states
and the remedy for existing condi
tions lies within the hands of the
white niton, according to a com
munication addressed to the Gen
eral assembly and people of Geor
gia which was adopted by a state
wide conference of negro leaders
held here Wednesday.
The meeting, which was called
by a committee of leading colored
citizens of Atlanta and the state,
wy" attended hy between five and
r '" hundred of thq most thought
ful and leading spirits of the negro
race in Georgia.
Bishop J. S. Flipper, of the A.
M. E. church, of Atlanta presided
and W. A. Bell, of Atlanta, was
elected secretary. Subscriptions
of approximtely SIOO were collec
ted to defray the expenses of print
ing the address for distribution
among the legislators, and for oth
er expenses incident to the gath
ering.
Bishop Flipper, in his opening
address, declared that the white
man, as well as the negro, in Geor
gia, is confronted with a condition
and not a theory.
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PLACE 10 LIKE
CHICAGO, July s.—How you
going to keep them down on the
farm ?
And how is your farm going to
keep you in the; city?
Those two troublesome questions
of agricultural economics no longer
disturb Mrs. William C. Martin of
Dallas, Tex. Perhaps it was her ef
ficiency in solving them which led
to her being chosen chairman of
the home and community comit
j .- e oi the American Farm Bureau
hederation with headquarters here.
“Make the farm a good place to
own experience in managing one
farm of 6000 acres and another of
1200 acres. “Co-operation is the
basis of it. The result is that not
only are the farm people content
ed there, but the landowner is as
sured of a safe income of 8 per
cent”
Several years ago after Mrs.
Martin had moved to Dallas from
her -old farm near Temple, the
farm was found not to be produc
ing its normal revenue. She persua
ded her husband to let her super
vise the management, and sur
prised him by making a success of
it.
Then he acquired a 1200-acre
tract of unwanted land in the bot
toms of the Sabine river, near
! Marshall. Mrs. Martin begged for
| a chance at the new place and took
; it to work out her own ideas. Not
only did the ideas prove sound, but
she wor. a bonus for herself in the
form of a lucky discovery of lignite’
under the land.
A road was built through the
tenter of the farm, sections of 100
acres each were laid out adjoining
the road and a neat bungalow was
built on each small farm. In the
center of the land was built a com
munity house. It included not only
a library and recreation rooms,
hut a community wash house and
canning kitchen.
“There’s no philanthropy about
this farm,” insists Mrs. Martin.
“It’s strictly business. It is ar
ranged, though so that the tenants
who take an interest in the com
munity can get a reasonable re
turn for their effort without giv
ing everything to the landlord.
And by stimulating their interest,
the landlord’s share is larger and
the effect on the land itself is bet
ter than if his proportion of the
profits were greater.
“The co-operative spirit is so
keen that we have flower shows
there equal to the fancy shows
from hothouse gardens around
Chicago. Last Fourth of July we
had a ball game in competition
with one *n town and the crowd
stayed with us. With everyone puli
ng together, our farm people have
iust as gay a time as those in the
towns.” v _
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PRICE FIVE
ASK FEDERAL TROOPS
ID PROTECT LIFE OF
TUSKEGEE PRESIDENT
Negroes Represent Moton’s Life
in Danger, in Asking for
Army Backing
WIRE IS SENT - HARDING
Negro Surgeons at Veterans’
Hospital There Also De
clared Unsafe
NEW YORK, July s.—Declaring
that the life of R. R. Moton, presi
dent og Tuskegee Institute is in
danger, Alabama negroes today
wired President Harding, urging
the executive to send federal
troops to Alabama, to protect him.
The. telegram says also that the
lives of negro surgeons stationed
at the negro veterans’ hospital at
Tuskegee are also in danger, as a
results of the l attitude of residents
there. A parade of masked and
hooded men passed through the
streets of Tuskegee two days ago,
and there has been great dissatis
faction expressed by the people of
Alabama over the placing of ne
groes in charge of the hospital es
tablished by/ the federal govern
ment at Tuskegee.
Ihe hospital is for the special
care of wounded negro world war
veterans, and it was recently an
nounced as the policy of the Hard
ing administration to detail only
negro officers In cha’rge of *Jbe
administration of its affairs.
cm EdCIL MEETS
TONIGHT 8 -O'CLOCK
Expect to Hear Complaints of
Taxpayers Regarding Past
Due Tax Fi Fas
< ity council will meet in regular
session beginning at 8 o’clock to
night. Besides the routine business
there are a number of othen things
to come before the members at this
session.
Among these is the complaints of
many taxpayers against whom past
dm tax f' fas are held in the office ■
of City Clerk Dudley Gatewood, and
who have been notified to pay these
without further delay. It is recog
niz'd that among these there are a
number of duplications and errors
and it is expected that all who have
such excuses will come before coun
cil and render their accounting so
that proper entries may be made
upon the city’s books and the irreg
ular fi fas properly charged off.
COLQUITT OFFICERS
RAID ILLICIT STILLS
MOULTRIE, July s.—ln raids
conducted in the northern part of
the county, Sheriff Beard and
Deputy Vick found two moon
shine stills, several gallons of beer
and arrested three negroes on a
charge of violating the prohibition
law.
Those accused were Math Smith.
Enoch Orgon and Louis Wright.
They all made bond and the cases
against them will be investigated
by the grand jury when it meets
this month.
Marshall C. A. Arnold, of Doe
run, was with the officers when
they made the raid and Sheriff
Beard Monday declared that Mr.
Arnold was co-operating very ef
fectively with his office in the
work to enforce the dry statutes
in the Doreun section.
VALDOSTA LEAGUERS .
ELECT NEW OFFICERS
VALDOSTA, July s.—On July
2 the Methodist Epworth League
had their quarterly business meet
ing and elected the following of
ficers for the year.
Harold Forbes, president; Rus
sell Heath, Vice President; Charles
Robertson, Secretary; William
Rivers, Treasurer; Helen Hgihtow
| er, Ist Department Supt.; Elise
i Holder, 2nd Department, supt.;
; Mary Frances Robertson, 3rd, De
partment Supt.; Virginia High
tower, 4th Department Supt.; Julia
Devereau, Pianist; Russell Heath,
press Reporter.
PEOPLE WANT VOICE
MOULTRIE, July 3.—A bill <
have the people elect the Colqij £
county hoard m' commissioners 11
be introduced by the Colquitt < te ~
gation at the forthcoming sessp JF
the Georgia general asseml’
was announced here.