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FORTY-FIFTH YEAR.—NO. 154
What's Going
On In The
World
The Weeks’ Chief Events
Briefly Told
By CHARLES P. STEWART
DRY ISSUE—
HARDING’ TOUR—
PROTAIN’S
IMPATIENCE—
The wet and the dry contest
loom larger daily, not only as a na
tional issue—internationally as well
Dry leaders, meeting at Wester
ville, 0., to discuss the rising tide
of opposition to
prohibition, rec-
I ognized the ques
tion as likely to
be the main one
of the next presi
dential campaign.
Plans were
piade to spend $2,-
500,000 with i’n
the year in an ef
forts to control
legislatures, Con
gress and the
White House. Al
so the drys de
manded use of
the army and
navy in an at-
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STEWART
in till <1
tempt to enforce prohibition
though Secretaries Weeks and Den
by of War and Navy declare' this
would be unconstitutional; like
wise extension of the limit of Am
erica's territorial waters from 3 to
12 miles, whatever other countries
may say.
The wets are organizing to put
every candidate on record, as wet
or dry, concentrating on the elec
tion of wets and the defeats- of
I drys, regardless of all other consid
erations, as the drys have done so
effectively in the past.
Though the wets have not look
ed for Volstead law amendment be
fore the next election, regarding
the present national legislature as
dry as notable a poltical figure
as Senator Couzens predicts that
o per cent beer, which he declares
no more stimulant than tea, coffee
or tobacco, will be legalized at the
coming session of Congress.
* * *
NOT
SATISFIED.jTfET.
Liquor seizures from foreign
ships haven’t satisfied the drys as
the government hoped they would,
they want the ships seized too.
unquestionably they’re right, un
der a strict interpretation of the
law.
Lord Curzon, English foreign
secretary, speaking in the House of
Uords, said he agreed with Prem
ier Stanley Baldwin—there’s no
use in protecting ' against Amer
whh.-„seizure?\because legal ‘y she ’ s
within her rights.
be H a °nnb e i r ’ H aded ’ IaWS ‘ should
be applied with "common sense,”
ant. there s another consideration,
he asserts—international practice,
nations. He explain
ed that British ships were not sent
vLh!tI e 7k a i wlth liquor on board to
violate the law, but to learn if
Americans really meant to disre
gard all established rules of court
d'ia\ K Y? s , dlsc <>vered that they
did he said— mivting “retaliation. ’
asked overnmen t has been
nean nl dy ° Joln other Eut- o-
torv l/ a dopt>ng retalia-
m Americ * n Sh * s
promi ? cd that England
never will agree to an extension of
the limit of tetrritorial waters
from 3 to 12 miles.
HARDING
ON TOUR.
President Harding, on his way to
Alaska, rubbed it into the wets
again in his Denver speech. If the
states won’t enforce prohibition, I
he said, a use will be made “of the
federal police authority which, will
come to be regarded as interfer
ence with tie rights of local au
thorities” —a remark which
brought, from many quarters, the
answer that it’s been so regarded
for some time.
Farther west the president
claimed credit for a great economy
record. In response, Democratic,
Chairman Hull referred to the
presdent’s figures as “grossly mis
leading, saying the Republicans
haven’t paid debts aa fast as the
Democrats did, or reduced taxes
much.
The president also suggested,
rather than >d*bcated. some sort of
‘co-operativ' organization of con
sumers” under “partial supervi-
Continued on page 4A
HIGGINBOTHAM GUILTY
OF TABERT’S MURDER
LAKE CITY, Fla., July 9.—T.
W. Higginbothem convicted of the
murder of Martin Tabert, North
Dakota convict, in a Florida con
, vict camp, was brought before
Judge A. M. McMullen here today
to receive sentence, the maximum
being twenty years. A jury, after
deliberating an hour and twenty
minutes late Saturday found H'ig
ginbothem guilty of murder in the
second degree. It was charged in
the indictment against Higginbot
hem that Talbert dic’d as the re
lit of execessive whippings given
nim by Higginothem, a whipping
boss for the Putman Lumber com
pany.
FLIGHT OVER CONTINENT STARTS
Washington Pacific Pacts Are Ratified
FRENCH DEPUIIES ffi
UMM N IHEIR
APPROVAL BE IREA.TY
Washington Treaties Relating to
Pacific Ratified by French
House—Now to Senate
AGREE TO LIMITATION
Conventions Now Before Senate
and Final Approval is Ex
pected Soon
PARIS, July 9.—(By Associated
Press.)- —The Chamber of Deputies
today unanimously approved the
Washington treaties relating the
Pacific.
The chamber also passed, a bill
approving the treaty concluded
December 1921 by the France
United States, Great Britain and
Japan, covering their island posses
sions in the Pacific ocean and the
declaration adopted the same date
relating to Pacific mandates from
the League of Nations. The cham
ber also accepted the complemen
tary agreement made in Washing
ton February 6, 1922, in which ap
plication of the treaty is precisely
defined as it concerns
The Chamber approved the
Washington treaty on naval limi
tation Saturday, and all the trea
ties now go to the senate for final
action. It is expected the senate
will act favorably and promptly
upon both measures.
sm M KH
UP IN CITI COURI
Many Witnesses Have Been
Sumoned to Testify in Action
By Both Sides
The famous Sawyer case, which
has already been tried several
times in the courts of Sumter
cdunty, is again on trial in the City
Court of Americus today. Judge
R. L. Greer, of Oglethorpe, is pre
siding, Judge W. M. Harper, of
the City Court being disqualified.
The case is an action brought by
the firm of W. H. Sawyer Sons
Co., against the Seaboard Air
Line Railroad, seeking to recover
damages for losses sustained in the
burning of the Sawyer machine
shops and plant here several years
ago. A number of valuable blue
prints and plans for building pat
ented machines are alleged to
have been destroyed in the fire, I
which the plaintiffs claim was
started through negligence of the
defendant company.
At previous hearings the plain
tiff has been awarded .damages,
but the case was recently sent
back here for trial after a plea for
a new trial.
WW.LA.UI.
DIES SUDDENLY HERE
Funeral Services at Hebron This
Afternoon at 4 O’Ccolck Con
ducted By Rev. O’Quinn
Funeral services over the re
mains of James W. Law, who died
Saturday morning at 11:30 o’clock
following a hemorrhage, were held j
this afternoon at 4 o’clock from!
Hebron Baptist church, Rev. J. E.
Q’Quinn, pastor of the Plains Bap
tist church,’ officiating. Interment
was in Hebron cemetery, the floral
offerings attesting to the high es
teem in which he was held.
Survivng are his widow, and two
daughters, Mrs. W. Johnson, of
Americus, and Mrs. J. H. Johnson,
of the 17th District. Five sons, W.
C. Law, S. A. Law, Douglas Law,
Grady Law, Martin Law, of Ameri
cus; seven brothers, C. M. La;y, of
Shellman;; W. H. Law. of Macon ,
county; E.' 11. Law, of Meigs; L. J.'
Law, xpf Mt. Andrew, Ala.; W. T.
Law, of Lumpkin; N. W. Law, and
D. E. Law, of four sis
ters, Mrs. J. J. Stanford, of Plant
I City, Fla.; Mrs. G. A. Duckworth,
of ' Leslie,; Mrs. Solon Moore, of
Cotton, Ala.; and Mrs. George
Bailey, of the 17th District also
survive. .
Mr. Law was 61 years of age,
and although he had lived in Amer
icus only two years, he was widely
kpown and greatly esteemed for
his many splendid qualifications.
He was born and reared in the
17th District, a consistent mem
ber of Keborn Baptist church,
and active in the affairs of his
■ community. His death came as a
shock to friends, having worked
'until 11 o’clock when a hemorrh
|age developed with fatal results.
THE TIMES /’ RECORDER
published in THE heart of dixie
MISSING BALLOONIST LOCATED
Sumter May Lose Half
Crop Unless Poison Used
George O. Marshall Says Yield May Not Exceed
10,000 Bales Where
Heavy Unless Farmers Act Now
Sumter county's cotton crop may be cut to 10,000 bales
this season, or even below that figure, unless farmers act im
mediately in poisoning the boll weevil, according to George O.
Marshall, county farm demonstration agent. If, on the other
hand, they get'busy now, and stay busy all this week and next
in their field, applying calcium arsneate under proper condi
tions, the county’s yield of staple this fall may reach a total of
20,000 bales.
In giving this statement to The |
Timcs-Recorder today, Mr. Mar- '
shall, basing his estimate of pro-|
duction upon a continuance of good
weather this week and next, said
Sumter county would market 20,-
000 bales, except that “where wee
vil infestation is heavy or farmers
fail to poison their fields heavily
during the period between this
date and July 21, the yield .may
easily be cut by one-ha|‘.
Mr. Marshall continued his dis
cussion of the problem confronting
the farmer, saying that Sumter
cotton growers up to this time
this year have used more system in
poisoning their fields for the boll
weevil than ever before. “Now,
however, is the vital time,” he
said, “wftem A(verytl(ing depends
upon the energy put into the work
of poisoning the weevil, and if the
work is allowed t oslacken the
least bit, all the work done earlier
in the season will be of no avail.
“New weevils are now emerging
from squares in the fields of Sum
ter, r,r continued Mr. Marshall,
“and this first ‘hatch’ is well un
der way. Farmers who have been
thinking they had few or no boll
weevils in their fields, if they will
look closely will find the first vei
dcnce of this ‘hatch’ in their feed
ing signs. The young wevils are j
now feeding upon the young;
square which they puncture, but I
they have not yet begun to deposit |
eggs, they are now too young to :
deposit these and the ‘first hatch’ i
wevils are putting in all their time [
eating and drinking—and if their
eating and drinking be poisoned, it
means their end.
' “The weevils ?-equre approxi
mately from 4 to 5 days after
hatching out before they begin to
deposit eggs themselves, and this
is the period during which they are
most susceptibe to poison. It is the
time during which they eat and
drink more than during any other
period, and they are consequently
more exposed to the poison. Poi
son during this period should be ap
plied not. farther apart than four
days, and in cases of heavy show
ers just after the poison is ap
plied, a new poisoning should fol
low; imediately.”
Mr. Marshall advocates the use
of dry calcium arsenate at this
season, and calls attention to the
tact that the hafchjngi season for
the ‘first hatch’ weevils will ex
tend ov\r approximately two
weeks. Several ago he sound
ed a warning to farmers that they
should expect the appearance in
their field of new weevils around
July 4-5. These weevils are now
out, and he has in his ofice a bottle
containing a number of squares he
picked up in a farm near Amer
icus. These squares are all filled
with larvae and are hatching out
very rapidly. In fact while a newj
| paper man sat at his desk in # Mr.
I Marshall’s office today it was no
ticed the number of weevils in the
bottle increased. j
This same condition exists in the
fields, Mr. Marshall says, and it
can readily be seen that literally
millions of the weevils are being
' hatched out every day in the thou
i sands of acres devoted to cotton
culture throughout the county.
“Poison now—immediately, and
keep tup the work through July 21,”
says Mr. Marshall, “and Sumter
will harvest a good eotton crop this
fall. Much of the work necessary
done, but unless the poisoning is
to win the fight has already been
kept up during this critical period
all that has been done earlier in
the season will be lost, and the
momentary loss to farmers and
business men will be tremendous.
Where weevil infestation is heavy
and farmers do not poison their
fields properly and regularly dur
ing this critical period, the yield
may easily be cut in half.”
Miss Jimmie Hogg, of Buena
Vista is the attractive guest of Miss
Edith Creighton, at her home on
Barlow street. . _
AMERICUS, GA., MONDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 9, 1925
JUDGE REFUSES TO
DIRECT VERDICT FOR
ttlTB OF NORSE
Famous Financier and 3 Sons
Charged With War Frauds
Lose First Court Move
INDICTMENTS TO STAND
Counsel for Morses and Much
Attempt to Have Indictments
Dissmissed But Fail
WASHINGTON, July 9.—Jus
tice Stafford in the District court
here ttoday refused to direct a ver
dict of acquittal in the case of
Charles W. Morse and his three
sons and four others who are on
trial on warrants charging them
with conspiracy to defraud the gov
ernment.
The alleged frauds'were in con
nection with the exemption of gov
ernment was time contracts which
were given the Morses in connec
tion with the construction and op-
I eration of government ships.
At the same time Judge Stafford
I over ruled motions made by coun
i sei for the Morses and .R. M|
< Much for the dismissal of other in
. dictments pending against them.
SECRET WEDDING OF
ICON GIRL REVEALED
Descendant of L. Q. C. Lamar
Married Ernest Triebel Horn,
Jr., a Month Ago
NEW YORK, July 9.—Mrs., J.
Garnett Starr, of Macon, Ga.,
formerly Miss Annie Camille La
mar, and a grand niece of two
former justices of the United
States Supreme court, was married
to Ernest Triebel Horn, Jr., a New*
York Real estate operator here a
month ago, it was disclosed today.
Mrs. Starr is one of several owners
of valuable patent medicine rights,
and is very wealthy.
She is a grand niece of the late
L. Q. C. Lamar who was United
States senator from Mississippi, a
member of President Cleveland’s
cabinet and a justice of the Su
preme of the United States,
and of Justice Joseph R. L. Lamar,
of Augusta, who was appointed a
member of the Supreme coprt by
President William H. Taft.
RAIL TEAM GUESTS '
OFFMWERi
I . ——
Americus Men Who Want to En-,
. i courage Players “Feed” at
Windsor
All the members of the ball I
I! team were guests at the supper at j
'jthe Windsor Sunday night with
• 1 Manager Tom Bell and Directoi 1
i I Rufus Lane going along as chaper-1
' ones. The “feed” was provided by
; I a number of fans here in recogni-
II tion of the team winning three
11 straights and in. an effort to en
i: courage the boys to maintain their
■ | winning streak.
1 \ Present at the affair were Barn
. j hart, Wright, Collier Dumas,
H Wilkes, Brown, Parsons, Paul and
-! Bassinger, Manager Bell and Di
.l rector Rufus Lane and the hour
1 ■ was passed pleasantly in the dis
cussion of social relations.
Tonight the members of the
i (team will be guests at a melon
si cutting at the home of Mr.i Bell—
ii if they win today’s game from Ar
lington. _ s
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WILLIAM R. DAY
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Funeral Exercises Will Be Held
Thursday at Canton, Ohio,
Where Familv Resides
MACKINAW ISLAND, Mich.,
July 9.—Justice William R. Day,
former associate justice of the Su
preme court of the United States
died at his cottage here this morn
ing. Death ensued at 5:30 o’clock
and was preceded by only a brief
illness.
With Justice Day when the end
came were his son, William L. Day,
of Canton, Ohio, and his wife, Mrs.
Day.
Funeral exercises over the re
mains will be held Thursday at
Canton, where the Day family has
resided during many years and it
is expected many distinguished
American statesmen and jurists
will attend.
Justice Day was appointed to the
Supreme court bench by President
William McKinley and served as a
member of that tribunal many
•many years having been one of its
most distinguished members. He
retired several years ago, having
attained the age permitting his to
do voluntary.
SAM DUKES PASS S
AWAY AT LAKELAND
N{ws reached. lAmetficus Vtoday
of the death at Lakeland, Fla.,
Saturday of Sam Dukes, a former
resident of this county. Funeral
and interment occurred at Lake
land today. Mr. Dukes was former
ly a resident of Andersonville dis
trict in this county, beeing a mem
ber of a family pron/lnent there,
and announcement of his death
was received wit hdeep regret in
Americus.
MELON BUYERS MOVE
HEADQUARTERS MACON
MACON, July 9.—The vanguard
of the watermelon buyers arrived
in Maicon Sunday from Valdosta
and registered at the Hotel Macon,
where they will have headquarter?.'
The watermelon movements are
northward and can best be handl
ed from Macon. The buyers were
in Ocala, Fla., on May 6, and mov
ed to Valdosta on June 20. Th|y
will remain in Macon until August
15, when they will scattej, some
going to Missouri and some to
Maryland, Chicago, Cincinnati and
Detroit are well represented
I among the buyers.
I TIFT COUNTY ADOPTS
TWO OPTIONAL LAWS
TIFTON, July 9.—The Australi
an Ballot Law will go into effect
in Tift county, January 1, 1924.
It was recommended by the grand
I jury at J.he December term su
j perior court and again recommend-
Icd by the grand jury all the July
| term which puts it into effect. Al-
I so ther new fish law is in effect in
I Tift county, now having been rec
ommended by the two successive
grand juries.
HOG SALE SCHEDULED
AT AMERICUS JULY 12
Afarmer’s co-operative hog sale
has been scheduled for July 12. at
Americus, according to announce
ment authorized today by George
O. Marshall, county farm demon
stration - agent. The sale will be a
small one, and no more than one
car are expected to be disposed of,
' as most of the hogs throughout the
- county have already been sold this
season, , — _
BODY OF ROTH FOUND
IN BASKET ON LAKE
NEAR PORT STANLEY
Sought for Days By Many Agen
cies, Finally Picked Up By
Fishing Boat
FIND NO TRACE OF NULL
Lieutenant Who Accompanied
Roth As Aid From Indianap
olis Has Disappeared
FORT STANLEY, On - ., July 9.
—The body of Lieut. Roth, pilot
of the ill-faled United States navy
balloon, was found in the .baskket
of his airship 14 miles southeast of
here this morning.
The basket, for which search
had been blade by airplanes, fly
ing boats and other agencies for
three day:, was pic.k-’qi up ly a fish
ing boat The basket was towed
here and the body of the dead of
ficer 1 placed in a fish, house in
charge of a police detachment.
No trace was found of Lieutcn-_
ant Null, who accompanied Lieu
tenant Roth as his aide -when the
lost balloon sailed from Indiana
polis last Wednesday.
DRAWS COLOR LINE
IN NAMING WOMAN
Ccmmitteeman From Georgia
Said to Prefer Negress as
Associate on Committee
WASHINGTON, July 9.—By giv
ing signs of an intension to appoint
a negro woman as associate member
of the Republican National Com
mittee from Georgia, Henry Lincoln
Johnson, negor Republican Nation-j
al Committeeman from that State,
has made it practically impossible,
in the opinion of many onlookers,
to induce a white woman to accept
the post even if he ultimately
should abandon his present design.
It is believed that Johnson’s at
tempt to name a negro woman as
his associate has so generally ad
vertised the fact that a white wo
man, if selected, will be his political
partner in representing Georgia
■hat none will consent to serve with
him.
What is most painful to certain
Republican leaders is the prospect
of the “color line” in the Republi
can organization when the presence
of white women makes it more con
spiciuous and at a time when negro
delegates will have to be garnered
for President Harding all through
the South.
This question of race and color,
these leaders fear, is sure to be
raised in a disconcerting way no
matter what the final outcome of
Johnson’s plan to appoint a negro
woman may be. If he chooses a
negro woman as his associate on
the National Committee, it is fore
seen that white women in the aux
iliary body will resent her presence
there and refuse to accept her.
On the other hand, it is pointed
out, even if a white woman is
eventually nominated for the place,
it is believed she will feel the slight
of having been second choice to a
negro woman for a position that
makes her the official colleague
of a negro politician with ah' un
savory record, and decline the ap
pointment.
ARLINGTON TO HAVE
CO-OP CHICKEN SALE
ARLINGTON. July 9. The
Poultry car for the co-operative
chicken sale, to be held here Wed
nesday, July 11, is now in the lo
cal ft eight yard. This .sale is spon
sored by the Arlington Junior
Unamoer ot Commerce and B. u.
Dunson as chairman of the public
ity committee has for the past
three Weeks waged a systematic
and extensive advertising cam
paign, and it is believed .there win
pe several thousand chickens sold
here that day.
SETS PRECEDENT BY
SENTENCING ON SUNDAY
LAKE CITY, Fla ..July 9.—Set
ting a precedent in Florida by im
posing a sentence on Sunday,
Judge M. A. McMullen yesterday
sentenced Thomas Walter Higgin
botham, former convict whipping
boss who was convicted of second
degree murder by a jury here late
Saturday to 20 years imprison
ment.
■b. i.iMiiml.l —aJh—
WEATHER
For Georgia—Partly cloudy to
night and Tuesday, probably local
showers.
~ PRICE FIVE CENTS
LIEUT. KHAM HOPS
OFF ON DUST TO DAWN
FLIGHT CROSS NATION
Started at 3:50 and Will At
tempt to Reach San Francisco
- Before Night
AT M’COOK FIELD AT 9 30
Stopped 26 Minutes Before
Leaving for St. Joseph, Mo.,
On Second Leg of Flight
Mitchell Field New York,
July 9. (By Associated Press)
Lieutenant Russell Maughan, pilot
ing a tiny pursuit plane, hopped
off on the first leg of his davvn
to-dusk flight across the contin
ent here today a 3:50 Eastern
time. '
The attempt to reach San Fran
cisco by the light of a singla day
was began in a flood of dawn of
visibility which held promise of ex
cellent flying weather on the first
leg of the journey, the first stop
scheduled being McCook field,
Dayton, Ohio.
1 HOUR AN 38 MINUTES
BEHIND AT DAYTON.
DAYTON, Ohio July 9.—-Lieut
enant Russell Maughan arrived at
McCook Field near here at 9:10
Eastern time, or an hour and 38
minutes behind schedule time on
the first lap of his dawn-to-dusk
flight acorss the continent. He de
parted at 9:36 for St. Joseph,
having stopped here 26 minutes.
ELDIR'S BILL WDULO
REPEAL IOW.LIZATION
Representative From Tattnall
Wants Income Tax To Pro
vide Needed Funds *
ATLANTA, July 9.—A bill pro
viding the repeal of the tax equal
ization law and bearing a consti
tutional amendment' calling for the
collection of an ’ income tax, pat
terned after the North Carolina
tax law, has been introduced in the
house of representatives by H l . H.
Elder, member from Tattnall, ac
cording to announcements here.
The measure follows:
“All taxes shall be. levied and
collected under general laws and
for public purposes ony and this
shall apply to the levying and col
lecting of all taxes for the support
of the state government and the
taxes levied by counties and muni
cipalities. All property in this state
shall be exempted from ad valoeurn
tax levying for state purposes.
“The general assembly shall also
have authority to levy taxes upon
ncome, which tax may be graduat
ing and the general assembly shall
have authority to allow exemptions
when levying income taxes.
“The general assembly • shall
have authority to levy a corpora
tion franchise tax and license
taxes.
“The general assesmbly shall
have authority to levy inheritance
taxes, privilege taxes and occupa
tion taxes, which classes of taxes
may be graduating and when levied
may contain provisions for exemp
tion.
oisffniD
CONTESTS FRIDAY
Club Girls From Crawford, Ma
con, Mitchell, Crisp and
Sumter Will Be Here
The district bread making con
tests will, be held in Americus next
Friday, July 13, with club girls at
tending from five counties. These
counties are Crawford, Mitchell,
Crisp, Macon and Sumter and each
county will send a team of three
girls to participate in the contests.
The county home economics agent
vzill accompany the team from
each county, and girls attending
the meeting in Americus will be
guests while here of the Woman’s
Club of Americus. Miss Bonnie
Parkman county economics agent
for Sumter county, Vflll be a spe
cial hostess and chaperone to the
girls attending the meeting and
Miss Etta Qplclough, state agent,
will assist.
The contest will be held in the
Americus High School building
which has been proffered for the
purpose by the school authorities
of Americus, and will begin
promptly Friday morning at 9:30
o’clock, continuing throughout
Saturday. The winning team at the
district contest here will be given
a trip to the Southeastern Fair in
Atlanta this fall, where the state
bread making contests will be held,
land the winning team in the state
I contests will be given a trip to the
World Live Stock Association
meeting iu Chicago later '