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FORTY-FIFTH YEAR—NO. 16
NEW YORK CONTRACT PRICES OFF $7 BALE
Chamber Will Back Annual Fair Here Sept. 25-29
FINAL HATE FIXED
FOR ANNUAL EXHIBIT
SUPER PRODUCTS
Substantial Increase Made in
Prizes Offered and Greatest
Fair Yet Is Planned
FINE DISPLAYS ASSURED
Miss Parkman Has Splendid Lot
of Club Exhibits Already Ar
ranged For
Final arrangements were conclud
ed this afternoon by the Americus
and Sumter County Chamber of
Commerce for holding Sumter”s an
nual display of agricultural and in
dustrial products. The dates fix
ed are September 25-29 inclusive,
and it is planned to make the fair
the biggest and best yet undertaken
here.
Plans for holding 1 the fair were
discussed at a meeting of the
board of directors of the Chamber,
and it was unanimouslly agreed to
tegin at once the work of preparin'"
for the exhibits. Community dis
plays will be especially encourag
ed, and for these there are a num
ber of attractive prizes to be offer
ed. In this department the first
prize will be tp 15O'. 00, with the
second, third and fourth prizes of
SIOO.OO, $50.00 and $25.00 each.
In the boys and girls club de
partment the first prize was fixed
at $100.00,, with $75.00 offered
demonstration department. In this
for the best display in the women’s
department, Miss Bonnie Parkman,
county home economics agent, has
been working since early this
spring to prepare suitable exhibits,
and already there are in sight
enough material to make The de
partment one of the most attrac
tive at fair.
The directors at their meeting
decided, also to have a special de
partment for negroes, where exhi
bits prepared by members of that
race will be shown, and in addition
arrangements will be made to have
negro farmers and residents here
view all of the various exhibits dur
ing stated hours.
Secretary Henry P. Everett is
already jn communication with one
or more promoters who will fur
nish. the amusement features at
the fair, and announcement of the
closing of contracts fog these will
be made from time to time as these
attractions are definitely secured,
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mid. PREACHES II
CHRISTIAN REVIVAL
Prcc.chc; Proclaims Old Gospel
cf Love Revealed Through
Christ” to Hearers
The meeting at the First Chris
tian church on Taylor street, con
tinues under favorable revivai con
ditions. Mr. Ramsey, from Evans
ville, Ind., arrived Tuesday evening
and spoke on the subject "The Gos
pel, we Preach.” In part he urged
that it was no new gospel but the
old gospel of the love of God re
vealed through Christ. He
dainmed that the gospel preached
gave life to the dead, sigtit to the
blind, rest to the weary, peace that
passcth understanding, an abiding
hope, and a home eternal for the.
faithful. Tfnh keynote of securing
this help and these blessings he pro
claimed to be the belief in Christ
Jesus. A splendid audience listen
ed attentively through the entire
service, a special solo number was
•given by Mrs. H. I. Tidd, as part
of the music program.
The subject for this evening at
eight o’clock will be "The Second
Commandment.” The public is most
cordially invited to hear these gos
pel sermons.
* V- ' ' “
BOY HOPPING ON AND
OFF TRUCK IS CRUSHED
SELMA, Ala., July 25.—With his
lungs so badly crushed that it is
thought he cannot recover, John
Wesley, 13-year-old son of Mrs.
Annie Wesley, lies at the Jpoint
of death in King Memorial hos
pital, where he was rushed yes
terday afternoon after he had been
run over by a truck fifteen miles
out on the Pleasant Hill road. The
boy was riding on* a truck owned by
his uncle, Owen Preston and driv
en by Raymond Powers, which was
engaged in making ice deliveries.
The accident occurred as the truck
was near the R. D. Sturdivant
home, and resulted from the boy’s
jumping an and, off the truck as it
was in motion.
FRENCH OFFICER ARRESTED BY GERMANS
Divorced ‘By Consent’ at Paris
Irene Castle Treman, dancer, and widow of Vernon Castle, has jVi.-t
been granted a divorce “by consent” from her husband, Capt. Robert
Treman, of New York, at Paris. The dancer and her divorced hubby
were apparently on the best of terms when he accompanied her to her
ship in New York a few days ago, when she sailed for Paris to obtain
the decree.
Asheville Business
House Fire Gutted
• ASHEVILLE, N. C.. July 25—Fire this afternoon gutted the Em
porium building located in the heart of the business section here. The
property damage is heavy, but no estimate of the total loss could be
obtained early this afternoon.
One man and one woman, both employed in the building, "were se
verely burned during the progress of the flre, and the former is suffer
ing from a fractured leg. sustained when he leaped from a window to
the ground. 7 wo women clerks known to have been in the building when
the fire was discovered, are missing.
TH EfflPTI ACTS;
IS MET 10 (ILLS
Capitalists Negotiating to Locate
Factory at Selma, Where
Exemption Is Granted
SELMA, Ala.. July 25.—Passage [
of the tax exemption laws, which j
extend to certain new industries |
attractive inducement to locate her > i
is already having a noticeable es- !
feet, it is said by men closely in j
touch with the situation, the latest j
evidence of this fact coming when j
the matter of locaing a new textile j
mill here was taken up by a group
of Southern capitalists.
The .mill is a small one, it is j
; understod, and is financed entirely]
by Southern money.
A» representative of the company j
•will come to Selma within a short ;
; while, it was stated, to look over j
available factory cites. A survey •
of the field has already been made ]
by the Chamber of Commerce, upon ]
requirements furnished by the !
manufacturers.
Plentiful and cheap electric pow
er, excxelient labor conditions and |
railroad and rive rshippihg facili
ti.-e better than any other section
can offer are being stressed by
the Chamber of Commerce in all
corespondence with the new mill
people, as with other prospective
settlers here, interested in manu
facturing.
Evidence of Selma’s determina
] tion to make conditions as at
! tractive to new industries as pos
j sible, id furnished by the passage
J of an exemption law recently, by
I which exemption is offered by the
] city and county for a period of ten
j years in thefii'st case and five in
| the last.
KIND. SEEKS REDRESS
LONDON, July 25.—George II
king of the Hellenes, representin''
the Greek government, was plaintiff j
1 in an exchange transaction suit filed j
here recently. ‘
THE TIMESBfItE^ORDER
IN THE HEART OF DlXlE~[fe^
AMERICUS, GA.. WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 25, 1923
TEACHERS’ EM TO
SE HELD HERE MIG, 3
County School Superintendent
Dupree Announces Dates for
Whites and Negroes
j Teachers’ examinations will be
i held here August 3 for white teach
] ers in the rural schools of Sumter
] county, County Superintendent E.
i W. Dupree announced today. The
j examinations will be conducted in
| the courtroom at the courthouse,
| and the work has been systematiz
j ed so that the examinations may
i be concluded during one day, in
! stead of two as during past years.
I The examinations wilF begin
( promptly at 8:30 Friday morning,
August 3.
Examination for negro teachers
1 will be held at McCoy school on
I the same date as the examinations
I for white teachers at the court
i house, and will begin at the same
| hour. Suj t. Dupree asks that all
| desiring to take these examinations
j report promptly on time to begin
the work at the hour named.
FAST RACING CARD AT
MOULTRIE THURSDAY
MOULTRIE, July 25.—The fast
half mile track at the Colquitt
County Fair rgounds will be in fine
Thursday afternoon. Secretary
Turnbull,*of the Chamber of Com
merce announced today. Work
getting the track in shape has been
completed.
It' is possible that most of the
horses that will be seen in action
here Thursday afternoon will reach
Moultrie today. They will be given
try'out during the afternoon.
• KNOW OF ANY OLDER?
ATTLEBOROUGH, Eng., July 25
—Mrs. John Reikett and Mrs. War
ren of Attleborough, twin sisters,
(have just celebrated their 90th birth
| day anniversary. They are believed
1 to be the world’s oldest living twins.
(WEEVIL DIAGE OVER
BELT SERIOUS WEEKLY
WEATHERREPORTSAYS
General Progress and Condition
Good to Very Good, With
Weather Cloudy
FRUITING WELL IN GA.
Corn Crop Reported Poor to
Only Fair Throughout Geor.
gia by Department Agents
WASHINGTON, July 25—The
weekly weathef and crop review is
sued today by the United States De
partment of Agriculture contains
the following on Southern crops:
Temperature below normal, while
during the most of the week con
siderable cloudy and rainy weather
prevailed over the central portion
of the belt.
In general progress and condition
the crons are reported “good to
very good,” with a slight improve
ment in the Georgia cotton crop,
with its condition diversified. The
crop in that state is mostly very
late, fruiting fahiyl well in the cen
tral and northern portions, with
progress poor in the north. In the .
south the crop is making good prog
ress and weevil damage everywhere
is reported serious, except where
properly controlled.
The condition of the corn crop is
reported in the reviews as “poor to
only lair” in Georgia, with Elberta
peaches oi good qual.'y now being
marketed there.
AMERICUS SCHOOL LAI!
BILL PASSES HOUSE
Measure Introduced by Repre
sentative Riley Gives City
Authorities Added Power
ATLANTA, Jyly 25, —The house
of representatives of the General
Assembly today passed a bill amend
ing the Americus city charter, giv
ing permission to levy certain ad
ded taxes. The aditional levy per
mitted certain added taxes. The ad
ditional levy is for education and
other purposes, and the bill was in
troduced by Representatice Riley.
It now ovs to the senate ofgr ifnal
consideration before being sent tto
Governor Walker for approval.
EHDEIfIERS DONATE
TB NEW CHURCH FUHO
Efforts to Be Continued With
Cake Sale Scheduled for Sat
urday at Piggly Wiggly
That the young people of Anieri
cus are vitally interested in the re
building of the First Methodist
church is exemplified in the fact
that recently when the call was
made by Rev. J. M. Outlcr, pastor
of the congregation, for concerted
assistance, the members of the
Christian Endeavor Society donated
S2O of their treasury funds to the
cause.
Not satisfied with giving part, a
meeting was held by these young
workers, following the call for as
sistance by the Methodist workers,
the treasurer placed before the
body the fact that only S2O remain
ed from other expenditures, and
asked for motion. Readily the boys
agreed that the most vital need at
present was the rebuilding of the
burned edifice, and the treasurer
was authorized to draw a check for
the total amount.
Deiring to further assist in
CVhristian work in the community
these young Christian Eneavorers,
who meet • Sunday night in tne
in the Prfesbyterian church, are
planning other ways and means to
help. Saturday morning and con
tinuing through the day, they will
have a cake sale in the Piggly Wig
ly store, the proceeds to go into
the treasury to await another caH
for help. The hoys arp asking their
friends to help them in preparing
the cakes, and they will be on hand
Saturday morning to dispose of
them. _
PROBE INTO BROWN’S
DEPARTMENT CERTAIN
STEWART NOW STATES
One Hundred and Four Mem
bers of House Sign Resolu
tion Demanding Probe
COMMITTEE IS FRIENDLY
Charged That Department Has
Been Wasting Public Appro
priation
ATLANTA, July 25.—With one
hundred and four signatures of
members of the house on his reso
lution demanding an investigation
into the affairs of the state depart
ment of agriculture, Representa
tive Stewart, of Atkinson, today
stated that this majority of the
lower house made passage of the
resolution certain. The absolution
was referred to Agricultural com
mittee No. 2, of which ninety-five
percent of the membership, accord
ing to Representative Stewart, is
composed of legislators who have
already signed the measure. J. J.
Brown is head of the department
of agriculture, which the resolu
tion seeking to investigate An in
vestigation of the affairs of the
•department wafs asked for after
charges had been made upon the
floor of the house to the effect that
the department had been converted
into a great political machine that
had been wasting pufijic appropria
tions.
A favorable report on the bill
of Senator Stephen Pace providing
for the Australian ballot system in
general elections of the state, and
doing away with the necessity of
having two successive grand juries
becomes operative in individual
counties, was voted by the senate
judiciary committee committee No.
2 in session Tuesday.
Senator Pace explained the bill,
stating that it would regulate the
voting system in ail counties, some
of which at present have different
systems, he declared. Eliminat
ing the necessity of having county
grand juries recommend the Aus
tralian 'ballot system, Senator Pace
declared would simplify matters re
garding elections.
Representative Cecil Neill, speak
er of the house, at whose instiga
tion Senator Pace introduced the
bill in the senate, appeared before
the committee and urged favorable,
action. The bill is now pending i;i
the house and should soon be reach
ed on the calendar.
Representative Dixon of Jenkins,
introduced a measure into the house
providing for the amendment of
the constitution so as to provide a
bond issue of $15,000,000 for state
owned port terminal. Representa
tive Singletary of rady introduced
a hill to empower the governor to
issue state bonds to the sum of
$5,000,000 to pay pensions.
Prohibition laws of Georgia are
openly and flagrantly violated and
held in contempt, Dr. Craig Arnold,
of Lumpkin, declared, addressing
privilege. Dr. Arnold, who is au
the house on the point of personall
thor of the bill to repeal Georgia
prohibition laws asserted that he
wished to deny that he is for wets,
and wanted to assert that' he had
never tasted a drop of intoxicating
liquor in his life.
“I give notiee that I have intro
on transportation of whiskey ‘ln
duced a bill which will put a quietus
automobiles and other conveyances”
said Dr. Arnold, “and if eveTy
member who is against my measure
to repeal the state dry law will re
cord his vote in favor of this oth
er bill to send every man to the
ehaingang for one year on being
found guilty of hauling whiskey,
you will help me stop the traffic
that has held Tife so lightly and
made traveling our highways more
dangerous than crossing the jungles
of darkest Africa,” he concluded.
as
Scarcity of Bills of Large Denom
inations Wanted by Other
Banks Responsible
LONDON. Tuty 25—A ran on the
German Reiehbanis in Berlin start
ed soon after the morning opening
this morning, according to a Central
news dispatch from that place this
afternoon. The cause of the run is
declared in the dispatch to have
noon a lack of bills of large denom
inations to satisfy the wants of oth
• er banks throughout Germany.
GEPIAN POLICE SEIZE
FRENCH COURIERANB
CONFISCATE PAPERS
Berlin Newspapers Report Inci
dent as Having Occurred in
Region of Ruhr
CARRIED SECRET PAPERS
Important Documents Intended
For French Ruhr Army Com
mander Taken by Germans
BERLIN, July 25. (By Associa
ted Press.) —Berlin newspapers to
day report that German police have
arrested a French courier belong
ing to the French embassy in Ber
lin. The arrest was made in a
German express train, near Hagen,
on the edge of. the Rhur section.
Important documents intended
for the oemmander of the French
occupational apmy in the German
Rhur were seized and conflsticateS
by the arresting officers, the re
ports say.
AMERICUS IAN GEIS
GOOD PLACE IN TEXAS
Espy Daniel Will Be Associated
With Espy Cotton Co., at
Temple, Tex.
Espy Daniel, son of Mr. and Mrs.
John W. L. Daniel, of this commun
ity, will leave the latter part of the
week for Temple, Tex., where he
will be associated with the large
cotton interest of the Espy Cotton
Company.
JVlr. Daniel displayed unusual ap
titude for cotton and cotton pro
ducts, having been associated with
his father on a fine farm on Ogle
thorpe road, where he early learned
the benefits to the south of cotton.
Interested friends here wish for him
a large measure of success in his
new field.
DAMIMM
WAYCROSS, July 25.—After a
hearing, lasting more than fourteen
hours, Dr. J. R. Sculiy, the assis
tant health officer at; Waycross,
was exonerated of the charges
against him by some meat dealers
and farmers of Waycross and Ware
county. It is said that the hear
ing showed from the beginning
that a good case was not made
against the officer and it was not
surprising that be should have been
cleared. In rendering their de
cision, the commission not only
exonerated the doctor, but com
plimented him upon his .efficient
services to the city.
INTEREST IN POULTRY
SALE HIGH AT MOULTRIE
MOULTRIE, July 25.—Reports
reaching the 6ffice of County
Agent Stratford indicate that the
poultry sale to be held here on
Thursday will be a big one, despite
the fact that • decision to go wwarc
with it was not reached until Fri
day afternoon. This, it was pointed
out, gave only a short time in which
to advertise the sale.
“The woods,” however, are said
to be full of chickens and the price
of 25 cents a pound for fryers, so
late in the season, is considered
good and it is believed that they
will be brought in large numbers.
The bid of Swift & Company was
accepted and all the poultry will be
delivered to the plant. It will be the
second lot of chickeijs the packers
have bought here recently, their bid
at the former sale being the most
advantagaeous offered also.
WORK IS BEGUN ON NEW
BUILDING AT MOULTRIE
MOULTRIE, July 25.—Work on
the new building beign erected by
Sam Harrell on North Main street,
near the post office, is being pushed.
Excavation for the foundation has
about been completed and the lay
ing of brick will begin in a day or
two. The material to he unsed in
the construction is for the most part
now on the ground. The lower floor
of the building when completed will
be occupied by the Postal telegraph
company. 1
WEATHER
FOR GEORGIA—PartIy cloudy
tonight and, Thursday. Probably
scattered thunderstorms.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
theiendk bmp in
JULY COTTON FOLLOW
OPENING IN NEW YORK
Break of a Hundred and Forty
Points Recorded During the
Morning Session
FUTURES WEAK TUESDAY
Bearish Sentiment Predominated
in Market But Drop Greater
Than Expected
NEW YORK, July 25—A break
of a hundred and forty points in
July cotton contracts was recorded
on the New York cotton exchange
shortly after the opening here this
morning. The break was much great
er than had been expected by trad
ers.
July positions sold as low as 22.51
and at one time were 5 points uu
der October contracts, which were
suported by dry weather news from
the Southwest. The drop on July
prices was due to receipt of a hun
dred and fifty notices that tender*
who had agreed to deliver cotton
on contracts were prepared to do
so.
•
Bearish sentiment predominated
in the cotton market Tuesday arid
while occasional rallies occurred,
one of them near the close, the mar
ket had very little substantial sup
port, and most of the buying rep
resented covering of shorts. The fin
al tone was firm with prices from 60
points lower to 5 points net higher.
At one time July contracts Sold,as
low as 25#0 or 70 points down from
the previous close.
ONLY l)»E CIB PENIS
SHIPPED THIS SEASON
Smithville Growers Have Un
profitable Season so Far,
With Kieffers to Ripen
SMITHVILLE, July 25—Owing
to an extreme shortage this year,
there was only one carload of Le
Conte pears shipped from Smith
ville this season. These being ship
lied by a local pea 9 grower O. L.
Thompson. The lot was consigned
to a New York dealer. The pear
market opened up strong, the de
mand being greater than the sup
ply.
Kiefers have not begun to move
yet, although the first of these will
be shipped about August 15. Three
cars are expected Ip be handled by
the local market here.
HILL QUITS IS HEAD
BE DAWSON TEAI
Resignation Submitted to Amer
ican Legion Post Which Has
Been Backing Sport There
DAWSON, July 25.—A. J. Hill,
who has served as head of the base
ball team for some time, has re
signed on account of other duties.
Mr. Hill has worked harder and
put more of his time to the local
team than any other man in Dawson
and it is, indeed, a loss to the
team and to local, baseball as a
whole that he is no longer connect
ed with the sport. His resignation
follows:
"To the Davis-Daniel Post, Am- •
erican Legion: I hereby tender
my resignation from the presidency
of the Dawson baseball club on
account of other duties which re
quire my entire time. I am very
sorry to have to sever my connec
tion with the local team, and I
sincerely wish for them the best
of luck during the remainedr of
the season. "A. J. HILL.”
IMPOSSIBLE TO LEARN
TEAM’S FUTURE PLANS '
Following receipt of the telegram
above quqoted The Times-Recorder
this morning endeavored unsuccess
fully to get into telephonic com
munication with Mr. Hill. It was
currently reported here that
son woulld or had allready 'disband*
ed, but no confirmation of such
report could be had. One man who
has been close to' Manager Kill,
talked with the Times-Recorder
over the phone, would not consent
to be quoted as saying anything
concerning the teams future plans.
It is known, however, that Dawson
fans were discussing this afternoon
the advisability of withdrawing
from the circuit, and it is also un
derstood that Moultrie will renew
its application for a berth, provid
ed Dawson decides to quit the
game for the season.