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THURSDAY AFTERNOON. JULY 5, 1923
FLORIDA LEMS IN
NUMBER LYNCHES
Tuskegee Computation Says Two
Were Executed by Mobs in
Georgia During Period
TUSKEGEE, Ala., July 3.—R.
R. Moton, principal of Tuskegee
Institute, today issued his semi-an
nual statement of the number of
lynchings in the South, giving the
total as 15, with Florida where 7
lynchings occurred heading the list.
The statement says that according
to the records compiled by Tuske
gee Institute in the department of
Records and Research, Monroe N.
Work in charge, in the first six
months of 1923, there were 15
lynchings. This ' 15 less than
the number 30 for the first six
months of 1922 and 21 less than
the number 36 for the first six
months of 1921.
Os those lynched, two were
whites and thirteen were negroes.
One of the latter was a woman.
One of those -put to death was
charged with the crime, of rape.
* The other offenses changed were
murder, 2; killing officer of the
law, 2; wounding officer of the
law, 2; no charge reported, 2; as
sisting man charged with rape to
escape, 1; trying to pass for white,
1 ; resisting posse searching for
charged with rape, 1 ; participating
in depredations conected with rail
road strike, 1; cattle stealing, 1;
trying to act like white man and
not knowing his place, 1.
The states in which lynchings oc
curred and the number in each
state are as follows: Arkansas, 1;
Florida, 7; Georgia, 2; Louisiana,
1, Mississippi, 2, Missouri 1; and
Texas 1. ,
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25,000 DELEGATES
ATTEND CONVEITION
Des Moines Is Mecca Now for
Christian Endeavor Workers
From All Over America
DES MOINES, lowa, July 5.
Des Moines is entertaining more
than 25,000 visitors during the
29 th International Christian En
convention, to be held here July
4 to 9. The convention, it is said,
will be one of the largest religious
gatherings of the year. The dele
gations alone will number nearly
15,000.
William J. Bryan, William G.
McAdoo, James J. Davis, Secretary
of Labor; Sherwood Eddy, Gipsy
Smith, Dr. Francis E. Clark and
Sir Lionel Fletcher are among the
Sure lei ief
FOR SICK BABIES
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For Boweiand Teethinc
Troubles. Constipation,
Colic. Sour Stomach.
SOLD BY DRUGGISTS
BABY EASE
| widely known speakers slated to
! address various sessions. Mr. Bry*
I ail’d address is to be given at the
[state fair grounds, Sunday, July 8.
j A great parade of delegates on
Saturday evening July 7 will be
the spectacle of the convention.
| Accompanied by bands and guards,
■ state delegations will march in
I costume and representatives of
| foreign countries in native dress.
Fifteen platforms will be erec
| ted in downtown streets to accom
' | modate huge meetings which are
to be features of the convention
program.
A Temple of Fine Arts, temporar
r ily erected in a downdown church
’ by Professor H. Augustine Smith,
; jof Boston University, vp 11, have on
' display during the convention ses
r sion 500 famous old prints.
Professor Smith will inaugurate
■ at the convention a crusade
r against slang and jazz.
' “Some church music is worse
l than jazz,” Professor Smith said
; here today. “The child who sings 'I
want to be an Angel’ needs a doc
tor.”
MOULTRIE MEN WILL
ATTEND WOODMEN MEET
MOULTRIE, July 3.—A. J. Cox
and O. B. Sloan will represent
the Pine Forrest Camp, Woodmen
of the World, at the opening of the
great sanitarium of the organiza
tion at San Antonio, Texas, on July
4th. They left Moultrie Sunday
for the Texas city. Camps all over
ithe country will have delegations
present and the meeting will be
one of the most notable of its
kind ever held ‘n this country.
HUMTINGT* )N
Miss Mary Johnson ec.tertained
at her home Saturday night in
honor of her guests, Mis ses Carrie
Willie, and Lona Mae Y pungblood.
\ Those invited to meet t he attrac
tive young ladies were Mi sses Vesta
rEolman. Euna and Carri e Bradley
of Leslie, Ruth Johnsi in, Reba
Ca.dday. Mary McNeil,, Bessie
Autry, of Americus and, Messrs.
Johnnie and Jesse Lucker, Hugn
Wren,,o f Smithville, Virgil Holman
Earl :\nd T. F. Brady, o f Leslie,
Henry Askew. Durwai d King,
Charlie Morgan, Haynes Randell
of Richl'nnd, Allen Johnson, Dan
Autry, Alva Grant, of Americus,
all reported a splendid itime.
EARLY PRODUCTION OF STEEL
WASHINGTON, July s.—The
first steel .produced in (the United
States, according to the Geological
Survey, Department of thte. Interior
was probably made in Cotnnecticut
in 1728, by Samuel Hfijley and
Joseph Dewey. Crucible steel was
first successfully produced in the
United States in 1832 at the works
of William and John H. Garrard, at
Cincinnati, Ohio. Bessemer stell
was made in this country in Sep
tember, 1864, by William F?. Durfee
at an experimental plant at Wyan
dotte, Mich., and open-heaxth steel
in 1864 by the New Jersey Steel
& Iron Co., at Tgenton, N. Y.
Statement of t7ondition of
THE PLANTERS BANK OF
AMERICUS,
Located at Amoricus, Sumter
County, Georgia, at close of busi
ness June 30. 1923. as called for
by the Superintenden t of Banks.
RESOURCES
Time Loans and Dis
counts $1,237,702.00
Demand Loans 77,376.84
Industrial Stocks and,
Bonds a 2,250.00
Banking House , 21,961.34
Other Real Estate
Owned 5,523.81
Cash in Vault and ’
Amounts Deposited
With Approved Re- ,
serve Agents 84,994.65
Due from other Banks b
in this State ft 5,570.52
Advances on Cotton .. » 157,255.00
Checks for Clearing (
House 4,824.83
Other Checks and 1
Cash Items ’ 730.97
TOTAL $1,098,189.56
LIABILITIES
Capital Stock Paid
in $ 100,000.00
Surplus Fund 200,000.00
Undivided Profits ...... 29,182.45
Due to Banks in this f'
State * 28,092.96
Due to Banks in Other |
States t 10,028.90
Individual Deposits 7
Subject to Check .. 431,262.26
Demand Certificates |
of Deposit 1 9,307.88
Time Certificates of
Deposit 330,603.23
Savings Deposits 130,029.79
Trust Funds on
Deposit 13,682.49
Bills Payable to banks
in this State and
other States 316,000.00
TOTAL $1,598,180.96
STATE OF GEORGIA, Sumter
County.
Before me came C. M. Council,
Cashier of The Planters Bank of ,
Americus, who being duly sworn
says that the above foregoing state
ment is a true condition of said
Bank, as shown by the books of file
in said Bank.
C. M. COUNCIL.
Sworn to and subscribed before
me, this sth day of July, 1923.
(SEAL) ‘ E. B. EVERETT,
Notary Public, Sumter County,
Georgia. My commission expires •
June 27, 1926.
July Records Now on Sale; also 5 - ecials by
COLORED ARTISTS 5 , *
19070—Louisville Lou—Fox Trot.
Beale Street Mamma—Fox Trot.
19083 —I’m Coin Away—Edna Hicks.
You’re Always Messin’ ’Round With My Man—
Lizzie Miles.
19084—I’m Broke Foolin’ With You —Rosa Henderson.
Good Woman Blues—Rose Henderson.
19085—’Tain’t Nobody’s Business If 1 Do—Lena Wilson.
Trifjin’ Blues—Lena Wilson.
19086—Down Hearted Blues —Sissle & Blake.
Waitin’ for the Evening Mail—Sissle &, Blake
Jlowcll’s Pharmacy Cjs\\
108 N. Jackson Street wIiBHRHV
AT WOODMEN’S MEET.
COLUMBUS, July s.—Fifteen
delegates from the Electric City
and Live Oak camps of Columbus
‘ and Beach camp Pnenix City are in
■ San Antonio attending the nation
• al convention of the Woodmen of
1 the World.
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Culinary
Creations
Crusts and Crumbs 7
by/
. . Betty crocker . .
:iy fe -U
[ IT.
\ Dainty Sandwiches'
for the bridge party
Whether it’s an elaborate
affair or just a little informal
I gathering of friends, the
eternal question is, “What
Shall I Serve?” The follow
ing dainty and appetizing
I suggestions are delicious
when the bread is cut very
thin, and in small squares or
fancy shapes.
FYbbou Sandwich
Take five square, thin slices
of buttered white bread. Be
tween two slices place a fill
ing made of salmon paste,
between the next two slices
a lettuce leaf, between the
•next two the salmon paste
again, and between the last
two lettuce again. Press the
j bread together, then take a
sharp knife, and cut crosswise
into thin slices, each five
■ slices of bread cut into six
sandwiches.
Salmon paste is made by
mashing canned salmon to a
paste and adding a little
salad dressing or lemon
juice.
■6o^
When the little tots
entertain
Prune find Nut
Sandwich
Vj lb. Ettwed 1 cup chopped
prunes nuts
1 lemon Pinch of salt
Rub the prunes through a
sieve, add salt, nut meats,
and strained lemon juice.
Mix and spread between two
thin slices of buttered bread.-
Toast and Tea.
Cinnamon Toast with
Walnuts
3 tbsps. butter 3 slices of bread
1 tsp. cinpnmon 2 tbsps. walnut
2 tbsps. brown meats
sugar
Cream butter and add
sugar and cinnamon. Cut
stale bread in thin slices, re
move crusts, or cut in fancy
j shapes. • Toast and spread
I with butter mixture and
! sprinkle with finely chopped
nuts.
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Special
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Beautiful TUB SILK Summer dresses, j ,1 j |
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Friday only.
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TT THERE in the world price, was ever more cc
VV can you find a sedan Special upholstery
that gives you as much style,as cushioned springs; si’
much comfort and such down- tings; heater; rear
right luxury at sl69s,Detroit? ror; automatic *
Jewett Six Special Sedan is wiper; fine cord
the season’s prize value in its the other equipme
class—and no car, at any the picture. Let u.
Chappell Machinery Co.
Phone 234
Cotton Avenue and Wheeler St-
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