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TORTY FIFTH YEAR—NO. 162
BRITISH REPARATIONS NOTE IS DELIVERED
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Big Leaguer Stirs Americus Fans At Playground
SiXHUNOREDAIERICUS
FANS CHFFR JACKSON
OU PUYGROUND FIELD
Crowd Is With Former Big
Leaguer, Now Manager for
Local Team
PLAYS A GREAT GAME
Taps First Ball on Nose for
Three-Bagger and RunsJJke
Greyhound on Paths \
Six hundred fans from Americu?
and surrounding cities, including a
large number of ladies saw and
cheered Joe Jackson in action at
the Playground diamond here Fri
day afternoon, when Americus won
from Bainbridge, 9-4. The famous
big leaguer, who has been secured
to coach the other players on the
team, and act as field manager,
was the fourth man at bat and he
connected with the first ball Swann
sent over the plate. The drive was
a long one io deep center that
would easily have been a homer
had there been any fence anywhere
on that part of the playground.
And while the crowd cheered, Jack
son beat the paths, giving as pret
ty a nexhibition of base-running as
has ever been seen anywhere in this
section of Georgia.
The big fellow wore a white flan
ml uniform, with long sleeves,
these adorned with the American
flag handsomely embroidered, anJ
his very appearance seemed to give
added morale to the other players
on the team. He was assigned to
play in left field by Manager Tom
Bell and in that position received
few chances to display his ability
as a fielder. One pretty play home
in the fifth when Jackson threw
Arnold out at the plate after Ang
ley had driven a fast grounder in
to left garden, was worth the price
of the game. But it was at bat
that Jackson starred paniculaily in
his first game with Americus, and
out of five times rp he got a three
bagger and a double. Once he tan
ped up a fowl to Mannion at third,
and two long flies, one to right
and the other to center accounted
for the occasions when he faced
Bainbridge’s hurlers. j
Owens, who started for Americus,
was yanked in the fourth, and
Laird went in to relieve the left
handed boy, who was being hit a
little too lively for safety. Laird
seemd to lack control immediately
after, going onto the mound, but
steadied down and at the ending of
game was pitching great ball.
Swann was put in the box for'
Bainbridge in the beginning, and
he was being slaughtered " when
Mosely, who had pitched Thursday
at Dawson, went in to relieve him
in the fifth. The country looking
lad from South Georgia was in
great form and after his advent,
even the great Joe Jackson failed
to connect with his slants for a
Safety.
Score by innings: *R. H. E.
Bainbridge ..000 220 00—4 14 4
Americus 015 000 30x—9 14 1
Summary: Three-base hits, Jack
son. Two-base hits, Angley, Par
sons, (2), Jackson, Swann, Smith,
Mannion. Struck out by Swann,
0; by Moseley, 2. Stolen base),
Walton. Hit by batted ball, Bil
lion. Time, 1:45. Umpire, Evans.
Attendance, GOO.
BIRMINGHAM FANS ARE
PLEASED WITH RECRUITS
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., July 21.
Fans of the Birmingham Southern
League baseball club look with
favor on recent aditions to the
team, according to spbrting writ
ers here.
Braunsen at third already is pop
ular, although his play has been
limited but little more than a
week’s duration. R .Moore, pitch
»r, secured from Detroit, is being
bailed by the fans as the hardest
hitting twirler in the league, and
now they are expecting Wells, a
new pitcher from Detroit, to deliver
in fine style.
FIRST EPISODE OF
“YELLOW SEVEN”
WILL APPEAR
MONDAY
The first installment of
“The Yellow Seven,” sto
ring novel of Oriental ad
venture, will appear in T he
T'imes-Reeorder Monday.
It is positively the most
enthralling serial ever
printed in these columns,
and a double installment
will be published Monday.
PLANT OF 'BRICKBAT 7 BURNEDfAT MEIGS
FRANCISCO lift
DIES Bf BULLET OF
HIDDEN mm
\ Whole Country Stirred by Killing
of Former Bandit
Leader
XjTHERS WITH HIM KILLED
Shower of Bullets Sent Into
Party With Dead Leader—
Politics Believed Cause
CHIHUAHUA CITY, Mox., July
21.—Official telegrams received at
military headquarters confirm the
death of Francisco Villa near Parral
yesterday and exonerate his secre
tary, Miguel Trillo, of all blame
for bis death, earlier telegrams
having said Villa was killed by bis
secretary.
The official announcement gave
few details, stating onyl that Villa
with his personal secretary, Col.
Miguel Tirllo, and an escort had
been ambushed while en route from
Villa’s ranch at Canutillo to Par
ral.
Villa was instantly killed, to
gether with Colonel Trillo and three
men of the escort party.
The assassination of Villa and
the brief fight which followed, are
said to be the outcome of poli
tical disturbances.
There are conflicting reports as
to the ambush. One of them is
that Villa and his companions 1 were
murdered while they were leaving
a railway coach at the Parral sta
tion, another is that Villa was shot
by members of his own escort out
side Parral after he had rebuked
them violently.
Villa left his ranch at Canutillo
at dawn and arrived at Rosario,
station an hour later. He then
bparded a train for Parral.
W Excited oemment has been
Caroused, especially upon the prob
able political consequences of Vil
la’s death. His support, according
to reports, had been promised to
General Raoul Madero as presiden
tial candidate. Madero, a brother
of the assassinated president, Fran
cisco Madero, commanded a brigade
under Villa during the revolution
against Huerta.
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SCHOLARSHIP li Efif
Deacons of First Baptist Congre
gation to Receive Award at
Sunday Morning Service
The Lansing Burrough scholar
ship at Mercer University has been
awarded the congregation of .the
First Baptist church, this congre
gation having paid in sufficient
on its pledges to win the honor. The
scholarship will be formally pre
sented to the deacons of the 11
o’clock service Sunday morning by
the pastor, Dr. Carl Vv. Minor. The
value of the* scholarship, which is
maintained in memory of the late
Dr. Lansing Burrough, of Ameri
cus, is approximately SIOO, and
established for the purpose of en
abling worthy students to gain an
education at Mercer University.
The scholarship will be awarded to
some individual within the congre
gation by the board of deacons aft
er an investigation of the several
applicants in the order of their eli
gibility under the terms of the trust
establishing it.
STEPHENS TAKES UP
DUTIES AS SECRETARY
SAVANNAH, July 21.—Nelson
T. Stephens, for the past two years
publicity secretary for the Jersey
City Chamber of Commerce, has
taken up his duties here as con
vention and publicity secretary of
the Savannah Board of Trade. Mr.
Stephens is a native of Kansas
City, 33 years of age, and an ex
perienced newspaper man.
WALLACE WADE EXPECTS
TO START WORK EARLY
TUSCALOOSA, Ala., July 21.
Wallace Wade, football coach, at
the University of Alabama, is ex
pected to start gridiron work here
immediately upon the opening of
the regluar fall team. Candidates
will be o nthe campus several days
before the scholastic term opens,
whipping themselves into shape for
THE ffMEsSTIECORDER
Sot? PUBLISHED IN THE HE ART ~OT~Dixir~ifep? j
A.V i\l : A GA., SATURDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 21 1923
ASSASSINATED
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Francisco Villa, who was killed
from ambush yesterday, has been
a picturesque figure in Mexican his
torv during the years since Fran
cisco Madero, president of the re
public, was murdered.
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BILL T 3 BET HER
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Senator From Sumter Would
Tighten Law Covering Regis
tration Fertilizer Materials
WOULD PROTECT FARMER
Measure Designed to Eliminate
Practices New Allowed by
Commissioner Agriculture
ATLANTA, July 21.—Tiie com
mittee on agriculture of tlie sen
ate has set for a hearing, as a spe
cial order, for Monday afternoon the
bill of Senator Stephen Pace, of
the 13th district, regulating the
registration of fertilizer and fertil
izer materials with the commis
sioner of agriculture by the fer
tilizer manufacturers of the state.
Under the present law the manu
facturers are required to register
each separate brand of fertilizer,
giving the guaranteed analysis and
stating the sources from which the
phos’poric acid, nitrogen and pot
ash are derived. However, the
commissioner of agriculture has al
lowed the fertilizer companies to ]
merely state in the registration all j
of the possible sources from which j
each of said ingredients are de- I
rived, using the words “and or”
between such as “cotton seed
meal, and or blood, and or tank
age, and or fish scrap, and or cy
anamid, and or “etc.,” which per
mits the fertilizer company to mix
the fertilizer in any proportion it
desires, using any one of the sourc
es which happens to be the cheap
est at the time, and which leaves
it so the farmer cannot be advised
as to what are the actual ingredi
ents of his fertilizer, nor can he
know that he is delivered exactly
the kind of fertilizer purchased,
although a farmer should know
these facts in order to farm in
telligently, as different crops and
different seasons require fertiliz
ers derived from**ii*fferent sources.
The bill by Senator Pace is to
correct this evil and requires the
fertilizer company to state what
the exact source from which each
ingredient is derived in each brand
and the percentage of each source
contained therein.
The fertilizer companies have
given notict that they desire to
be heard on the bill and it is ex
pected that they will actively op
pose it.
WALKER TO ADDRESS
RURAL MAIL CARRIERS
COLUMBUS. July 21.—Gover
nor Clifford Walker, it is under
stood, will be one of the speak
ers before the Georgia Rural Car
riers’ association when they as
semble here Monday, Sept. 6, for
their 20th annual convention. Ef
forts are also being made to place
United States Senators Walter F.
George and William J. Harris on
the program. , __ j
FOUR ACCUSED OF
KILLING TWO STRIKE
GUARDS ACQUITTED
Irvin Williams, Joe Williams,
Bud Englett, White and Dan
Williams, Negro Acquitted
JURY WAS OUT 28 MINUTES
Men Were Accused or Murder of
Reedy Booth and Eugene
Feaster at Augusta
AIKEN, S. C., July 21—Verdicts
of not, gbiity were returned here
this morning in the eases of Irvin
Williams, Joe Williams and Bud
Englett. whites and Dan Williams,
negro, all of Augusta, charged with
murder in connection with the kill
ing of Reedy Booth and Eugene
Feaster, two white railroad guards
near here last August. The jury re
turned its verdict after having been
>ut only 28 minutes,
TEST m 1 RAY
FARM SHOW UP FI.
Very Few Weevils Found During
Inspection of Cotton Culti
vated Under Poisoning
Out on the fine farm of N. A.
Ray, a few miles out. of Ameri
cus, Mr. Day has two test plats,
where the “Florida plan” and poi
soning with Hill’s mixture is being
done under close observation of
George O. Marshall, Mr. Ray and
other expert cotton growers.
These test plants were inspected
today by Mr. Marshall and a repre
sentative of the Tinteh-Recorder
when a thorough inspection of ev
ery plant was made on the entire
four acres embracing the two test
plats. The inspection demonstrated
that both are producing betier than
other fields where less intensive
poisoning methods were used, it be
ing especially noticeable that the
plat cultivated under the Florida
plan is fruiting well from top to
bottom of the plats. These plats
were stripped nf every bloom,
square and form on May 12, when
a representative of the Seaboard
Air Line was here and superintend
ed the work. The plat v<a« poison
ed immediately after the comple
tion of the stripping process, and
no poison has been applied there
since. Today not a weevil was
found anywhere in the entire plat
by any of the searchers, while it
was brought out that both test plats
are located in that porion of the
Ray farm that was worst infested
with weevils during previous years.
In the adjoining plat, which is
located in the same field, where
weevils heretofore have been most
plentiful, is the test plat being
treated with the Kill’s mixture.
Similar conditions to those in the
“Florida plan” plat were found in
this plat. In this plat the poison
has been applied many times, al
ways in accordance with directions
of the promoters of the poison.
Following the inspection, Mr. Kay
stated that he is keeping accurate
cost, of the poisoning and cultiva
tion of the two plats, and will rec
ord the yield of each both in
pounds of cotton produced, and
cash return These figures, when
finally completed, will be furnished
the Times-Reeorder, and this paper
will publish the results of the tests
for the information of Sumter coun
ty farmers.
In addition to these test plats,
and a fine cotton crop on which
various poisoning methods have
been used, Mr. Ray has on his farm
a great field of corn that will rival
in yield, experts say, anything pro
dcued in the famous Wabash bot
toms in Illinois. In this field of
corn, with stalks standing nearly
everywhere nine to ten feet high
and well fruited with large well
filled ears, Mr. Ray has planted
velvet beans and peanuts between
alternate rows. He plans to har
vest his bean and peanut crop by
“hogging off” this fall, the field
being fenced properly for such op
erations. Very little fertilizer, only
100 pounds nitrate of soda to the
acre, being applied. The splendid
growth attained, Mr. Ray attributes
|to previous preparation of the land,
velvet beans, peanuts and corn
having been grown there during pre
vious years, with all of the stalks,
vines, etc., being ployed under
after the bean, peanut and corn
crops had been gathered,
3 HlllitS UNDER
ARREST FI HIM
PITTMAN FERRY 11
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iC. A. PLttman Killed, Robbed
and Body Thrown Into River
By Bandits
HIS BODY IS RECOVERED
j Blood Stains Found on Clothing
of One of Susnerts Under
Arrest at Jackson
JACKSON, July 21—C. A. Pitt
man, a merchant at Pittman’s Ferry
on the road between Monticello and
Jackson, was slain last night, robbed
and his body thrown into the river,
according to a report received here
this morning.
Three negroes have been arrested
in connection with the killing, and
one of these is said by officers to
| have bloodstains on his clothing.
The theory of officers investigat
ing the affair is that Pittman was
attacked in his store and killed, the
body being dragged to the river
where it was thrown into the stream
from the ferry. Bloodstains were
found all the way from the store to
toe ferry site, near where the body
was recovered by divers this morn
ing.
Considerable money, it is said, is
m::<:ng from th- store, and lift
man's pistol and keys war: both
taken by his assailants.
SPANISH WAR VETS
TO MEET SEPT. 16 20
National Encampment to Be
Held at Chatttanooga in Billy
Sunday Tabernacle
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., July 21
-—National officers of the United
Spanish-American War Veterans
who have already made reservations
to attend the annual encampment
here Stptembcr 16-20 are, Antonio
Enteniza, national commander-in
chief Thomas J. Kennedy, chief
oi-staff; George A. Marshall, ad
jutant-general and George D. Nol
er, quartermaster-gentral.
Tlie National Commander has
written Major Ellsworth Ellis, Ten
nessess Commander-in Chief, c„.i
cerning the tentative program as
follows:
“Your outline of the program to
be followed at the national encamp
ment is very pleasing indeed and
meets with the hearty approval o 1
the commander-in-chief.”
The Patten Hotel has been de
signated as convention headquar
ters, while most of the sessions
will be held in the Billy Sunday
tabernacle, , it is announced by
Major Ellis, who is serving as
chairman of arrangements.
The tentative program is fol
lows:
Sunday, Septembtr 16—Arriv
als, Registration and Assignment;
Patriotic Exercises and addresses
at the Tivoli Theater in the even
ing.
Monday, September 17.—All
day business session; address of
welcome—Governor Austin Peay of
Tennessee, Mayor A. W. Chambliss,
of Chattanooga and Comrade Har
vey H. Hannah; reply by Antonio
P. Entenza, Commander-in Chief
and other national and department
officers; general reception in the
evening.
Tuesday, September 18.—Short
business session; all day at Chick
amauga Park. Reunions of the or
ganizations camped at the park in
1898, Old time Southern barbecue
at noon. Observance of the Six
tieth Anniversary of the Battle of
Chiekamauga, Sept. 18, 1863 and
events of ’9B. Evening, Illuminat
ed night parade. All-southtrn
show, Jubilee Singers, cake walk,
jug band, etc.
Wednesday, September 19—
Business session in forenoon; me
morial hour, 11 to 12 o’clock. Pres
entation of historic tablttto tn»
City of Chattanooga by Depart
ment of New York. Afternoon,
Parade, military features, business
session of the military order of the
serpent. Evening, ball; annual
crawl of the military order of tht
serpent.
Thursday, September 20.—Busi
ness session in forenoon; trip to
Lookout Mountain ,in afternoon.
Sunset Tea on Point Lookout.
A number of noon-day luncheons
are beig arranged for by the wo
men for the woman’s auxiliary
delegations,
CAROLINA JURIST
BETS THREATENING
ANONYMOUS LETTER
Three Men Charged With Flog
ging Women Called “Guilt
less Servants’
PROSECUTOR IS ACCUSED
Two Letters Were Mailed at
Lumberton Late Friday
Afternoon
LIMBEDTON, N. C., July 21
Judge Sinclair, who is presiding at
the trial here of three men charg
ed with the flogging of two white
women today received an annony
mous letter advising him to “Use
your every niflucnce and brain in
exonerating these guiltless serv
ants.”
The letter bore a postmark indi
cating it had been mailed at Lim
berton at 5:30 o’clock yesterday
afternoon, the same time as that
stained on a similar letter, unsign
ed, addressed to Stephen Mclntyre,
volunteer assistant to Solicitor Mc-
Neill, accusing Mclntyre of “per
secuting” the three men on trial.
‘“BRICK-BAT” JLANT
AT MEIGS BURNED.
MEIGS, Ga., Juyl 21.—The plant
of the Meigs Herald, formerly
known as “The Brickbat,” was de
stroyed by fire here early today.
As “The Brickbat” the newspaper
figured sensationally during the
last six months as the reputed or
gan of the Ku Klux Klan under
the editorship of Rev. Roy E. Da
vis. The oirgin of the fire which
destroyed the old city hall in
which the plant was located is un
known.
jesse flisiluys
CLAY MURPHY FARM
Real Estate Deal of Interest Is
Consummated Here Between
Parties at Interest
A real estate deal of interest ju. t
consummated here Was announced
j today in the statement that Jesse
G , ::..oii had purchased the Clay
i Murphy farm, nine miles out of
Americus.
The deal included the entire stock
and equipment now on the farm,
which is a fertile tract in a high
state of cultivation and well
stocked. The farming materials
there were also bought by Mr.
Glawson, Mr. Murphy turning over
to him the growing crops and every
thing else there.
The consideration involved in the
deal was not made public, but it is
stated the price was paid spot cash.
Mr. and Mrs. Glawson have already
moved to the farm to reside, Mr.
Glawson having given up his posi
tion with the Seaboard Air Lineßail
road here some time ago.
GUNN AND BLACK TEE
OFF IT ICON MEET
Championship Play at Idle Hour
Links Began at 2:30 This
Afternoon
MAGON, July 21—Watts Gunn,
and Charlie Black, Jr., of Atlanta,
teed off at 2:30 this afternoon at
the Idle Hour club links for the
state golf championship.
Gunn defeated Richard Hickey, of
Atlanta, in the semi-finals 1 up at
the last hole this morning, whil?
Black administered the same treat
ment to Epps Brown, also of At
lanta. Several golf enthusiasts who
followed th.e players around the
course in the semi-finals experi
enced a double thrill in the close
finishes.
Bobby Jones, national open
champion, was an early visitor on
the course and followed Brown and
Hickey on the first three holes of
the semi-finals.
KENNEDY TO COMMAND
MACON, July 21.—The Uniform
Rank Woodmen of the World to
encamp at Central City Park be
ginning Monday will be under com
mand of Col. Herbert. D. Kennedy,
rive in Macon Saturday morning.
M. D., arrived in Macon Saturday
morning. He will have headquar
ters at Central City Park.
WEATHER
For Georgia Generally fair to
night and Sunday.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
jBRITISH NOTE HIM
CONTENTSARESECRET
Members of Cabinet Leave Lon
don for Country on Comple
tion of Document
TEXT RECEIVED AT PARIS
Copy Sent to Washington as
Matter of Information to
United States
LONDON, July 21 (By Associ
ated Press) —The British note in re
ply to the German reparations com
munication Etas been delivered to
the Allied ambassadors here and all
of the members of the British cab
inet have dispersed to the country
for the week-end. It is understood
the French cabinet will meet tomor
row to consider the contents of the
missive.
POINCARE PLEDGES ALL
MINISTERS TO SECRECY
PARIS, July 21 (By Associated
Press) —The British note on repara
tions was received at the foreign of
fice hero today. All knowledge
of its contents is limited to a small
group of foreign officials, each of
whom has promised Premier Poin
care to keep the information con
tained in the note to himself The
piemier ‘himself says that the French
government has given its word >f
honor to observe absolute secrecy
until the British government has
first agreed to publication of the
contents of the note.
TEXT OF NOTE
REACHES WASHINGTON
WASHINGTON, July 21—The
British note on reparations which
was sent to the Allied capitals was
delivered to the Washington govern
ment here today as a matter of in
formation. State department offi
i ials, who acknowledge receipt of
the note, said the text would not be
made public nor would the subject
be discussed in any manner.
The note came here through the
American embassy at London, and
it was said that officials here had
inot yet had opportunity to study
I the note in detail. It was indicated,
j however, that even when such op
portunity had been afforded, no an
i nouncement could be expected in
jview of the British government’s
strict injunction to secrecy regard
ing the communication.
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JETER LIB ILLNESS
Former Resident of Americas
Passes at Home of Daughter
in Pleasant Grove District
Mrs. Fannie Henderson, 65 years
of age, died at noon today at the
home of her daughter, Mis. Will
Chambliss, in Pleasant Grove,
death following aiY illness of sev
eral months.
Funeral arrangements have *>t
been completed, but it is probable
that the body will be taken to Ft.
Valley for burial, her husband, who
died several years ago, resting in
the cemetery there.
She is survived by three sons,
Conrad Henderson, Windell Hen
derson and Murrell Henderson, and
one daughter, Mrs. Will Chambliss,
with who mhse resided.
Mrs. Henderson was a former
resident of Americus, having lived
in''the home of Mrs. Allen Perry
on Prince street for several yesrs.
She was greatly "beloved by a wide
circle of friends here and through
out the county. 'A consistent mem
ber of the Methodist church, she
attended services and was ac
tive in thg various depatrments un
til Illness overtook her. Her death
ih being mourned not only in her
community but throughout the
county where she was well known
for many splendid qualities.
JEWETT OWNER WAS
SURE OF PERFORMANCE
DETROIT, Mich., June 21.
“Sure, she’ll do it.”
“But California is a long way
from Detroit and that Jewett is a
brand new car,” replied the driv
er’s inquisitor.
“That’s alright, the Jewett’ll go
any place even if it does have to
carry a set of Michigan licenses,”
was the come-back of C. C. Pet
ers, Paige and Jewett dealer in
Napa, Calif., while engaged in a
converhation with the license clerk
at the Michigan state registration
office here.
Peters also failed to add that
he was carrying this particular
Jewett’s future owner back to Cali
fornia with him. He did say, how
ever: "When we start we’ll be
rolling along about 20 miles per
hour but by the time we hit Ne
braska you ca njust bet we’ll be
knock out 50 miles per hour. I
want this car alrealy to giye our
speed cops a good run for ft when
we roll into Napa.” . 4
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