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FORTY-FIFTH YEAR—NO. 174
First Chr stian Church
Taylor Street.
Sunday school, 10 a. ni. J. A.
Superintendent. We thank you for
your good attendance Sunday.
Praise service, 11 a. m.
Communion, 11:15 a.m.
Preaching, 11:30 a. m. Subject:
“Why The Christian Church.”
Christian Endeavor, 7 p. in.
Herbert Baugh, leader.
Preaching 8, p. m. Subject: The
New Testament Church.
Evangelist Geo. H. Ramsey will
speak at both services. You are
missing great sermons if you are
not attending our Revival.
Lee Street Methodist Church
Luther A. Harrell, Pastor
There, will be no service at Lee
Street at evelen o’clock tomorrow,
service being called off on ac
. count oil the service at the Rylan
der Theater. Other services will
be as follows:
9:45 a. m. Sunday School will be
conducted by T. F. Furlow, Super
intendent Classes for everybody.
7: p. m. The Epworth Leagues
will holdia special business meeting
at the ehurch. A full attendance
is requested.
8 p, in. Special service at the
evening. An important message
will be delivered. Come and wor
ship with us.
8 p.m. Wednesday evening the
mid-week prayer service will be
held.
The attendance has been good
for the past few weeks. The spe
cial series of talks 'on worship will
be continued.
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Central Baptist Church
Milo H. Massey, Pastor.
9:30 A. M. Sunday school, R. L.
Maynard, Superintendent.
11 A. M. Morning worship. Ser
mon by pastor. Subject, “Clinging
to Christ.”
7 P. ML Junior and Senior B.
Y. P. U.
8 P. M. Evening worship. Ser
mon by pastor. Subject, “Delight
ing in God’s Commandments.”
8 P. M. Wednesday, prayer meet
ing.
All these services are for all who
will come. The heartiest welcome
to all visitors and strangers.
First Church Christ, Scientist
128 Forrest St.
Sunday school at 9:30 A. M.
Sunday morning service at 11
A. M. Subject, “Love.”
Golden text: 1 John 4:7. Beloved,
let us love one another: for love is
of God; and every one that loveth
is born of God, and knoweth God.
Wednesday evening meeting at 8
o’clock. Reading rooms are open
daily except on legal holidays and
Sunday from ten until twelve. The
public is invited to attend the serv
ices and visit the reading rooms.
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First Baptist Church
Carl W. Minor, D. D., Minister.
Residence 401 So. Lee Street.
9:30 a.m.—Bible school, T. Fur
low Gatewood, superintendent. We
are depending on you to be present
and bring some one else.
11 a.m. —Worship. Subject, “The
Gospel of Another Chance.”
7 p.m,-—Senior, intermediate, and
junior unions. A good place for
every member of the church.
8:00 p.m.—Worship. Subject,
“Vain Suppositions.”
8:00 p.m.—Praise and prayer
and Bible study. The meeting will
be conducted by the Senior B. Y.-'F.
U.
• Tomorrow will be the fifth anni
versary of the present pastorate.
Every church member and friends
of the church and pastor cordially
invited to study and worship with
us.
Men Accused of Conspiracy to
Defraud Win Acquittal From
Washington Jury *
WASHINGTON, August 4.—(By
the AsSoclatgd Press.)—Charles W.
More, New York, shipbuilder, his
three'/oyvi and three others indict
ed with film were acquitted by a
jury in' the District Supreme court
here today. Morse and the others
were indicted on charges of con
spiracy to defraud the United
States ip connection with war-time
■ship construction and operation
contracts.
CONDEMNED MAN
SUICIDES IN CELL
COLUMBIA, S. C., August 4.
William Faries, sentenced to be
electrocuted August 24, for slay
ing four members of the J. M. Tay
lor family at Clover, last Septem
ber, was found dead in his cell at
the state penitentiary here ‘his
morning. Prison authorities said
he hanged himself with pieces of
sheet during the night,
BURY? HARDING FRIDAY AT MARION
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Distinguished Divine Be Here Tomorrow
BISHOP CMIDLER 18
BE HEBE SUHMY Eld
DNE-DAV HIE [TIB G
Senior Bishop of South Georgia
Conference to Speak at Ry
lander Theater
TO BE GUEST~OF COUNCIL
Everything Ready for Laying of
Cornerstone Sunday After
noon at 4 o’Clock
Bishop Warren A. Candler will
spend Sunday in Americus and
while here he wlil be the guest of
Mr. and Mrs. L. G. Council at their
home on East church street.
Bishop Candler comes to Americas
to visit the congregation of First
Methodist! church and to be nres
ent at the laying of the corner
stone of the new church edifice be
ing; erected by its members.
At the 11 o’clock service, which
will be held in the Rylander the
ater, Bishop Candler will deiver the
sermon. It is expected this will
be one of the largest gatherings
ever held in the theater, and ar
rangements have been perfected
for seating the full capacity of the
large auditorium. The theater fans
will also be operated and the build
ing will be kept perfectly cool and
comfortable for the service, no
matter how warm the day or how
large the crowd may be.
At 4 o’clock in the afternoon
Bishop Candler will attend the lay
ing of the cornerstone of the new
church edifice, and the ceremonies
at that hour will be made very im
posing. It is expected he will make
a few brief remarks in the after
noon as well as' prea p h in the Ry-'
lander theater at the morning
hour.
The usual Sunday school session
will be held at 9:30 Sunday morn
ing in the Superior court room at
the courthouse and the evening
service to be held there also, will
be conducted by Rev. John M. Clut
ier, pastor of the congregation.
quauTying"rounds
PLAY JT GOLF CLUB
In the qualifying rounds which
were played Wednesday and Thurs
day, there were 34 members who
participated. Among the 34 there
were 12 different ones tied and
all these ties have been played off,
so that the players could be prop
erly paired in the two flights.
Walter Rylander and Lucius Mc-
Closkey tied for the medal score
with an 88 for the 18 holes, whlie
Bill Caye, Mid McDonald and Peck
Rylander played an 89. Walter
Rylander and Lucius McCleskey
are to play 18 holes to decide who
is medalist, and this is to he play
ed sometime before the expiration
of the tournament.
There are fifteen trophies to be
awarded as follows:
Medalist, champion, runner-up,
beaten-two, beaten four, consola
tion, and consolation runner-up.
Trophies are to b? awarded to
the similar winners in the second
flight. Mr. Byles is also offer
ing a trophy for the low modal
score on nine holes and the high
medal score on nine holes during
the tournament. Those trophies
are on display at the club now, and’
I are creating quite . bit of inter l
lest as each one is ver 1 ’ useful.
In this tournament inclement
weather will have no bearing on
the time limit of each event, and
all are asked to pay particular at
tention to this, as this ruling will
be srictly adhered to. Play will be
in singles and much play will be
used. The fust match is to be play
ed not later than Tuesday night,
August 7. else if will be forfeited
by default. Eft’ll members is re
quested to make an engagement
with bis opponent for a match as
earlv as possible, so that the tour
nament will not lag.
All the ties have been broken
and the pairing of match play fol
lows :
First Flight—Lucius McCeskey,
i L. M. Hawkins; Walter Rylander,
|h. C. Elam; Peek Rylander, Theo-
I dore Erwin: Bill Cave. John Shef
field; Mid McDonald, J. E. High
tower: Henrv Clay, Luther Har
rell; C S Glover. Lucas Thiers;
Henry Lumpkin. Sam Coney.
Second Flight—D. R, Andrews,
feftfTpUBLISHED IN THE HEART OF DIXIE
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DAY OF MOURNING IS APPOINTED
What Thomas Men Saw
In Crisp And Turner
Study of Methods of Utilizing Resources of Coun
try Occupies Members of Party, Who See
Cream Coming Into Cordele Creamery
. 1 HOMASVIELE, Aug. 4.—A delegation of Thomas I
county citizens visited Crisp and 1 urner counties Wednesday for
the puipose of observing the methods in use in those counties
for utilizing the resources of the counties and their people to«the
most advantage. In many respects it was a revelation that was in
spiring and most interesting even to a casual observer, not con
nected with any agricultural pursuits.
I •^ e -r t L ip Was niade via Albany starting at six o’clock- The
roads in Diomas county on the Dixie Highway were good, very
good, considering the excessive rains but in Mitchell county
they were less than good, sloppy and wet and cut up so that any
1° t° f IT 3 T WaS im P ossibl e- From the Dougherty county
line to Albany they were perfect, the road being graveled uo to
a short distance of Blue Springs and then paved the rest of the
way. 1 hrn is the best stretch on the Dixie l
its whole’ length in this part of Highway, perhaps, in
-n—- pax v Ot
the state.
From Albany to Cordele, a dis- '
tance of about forty miles it was
poor, especially the section in
Lee county between Albany and
Oakfield. From this point,
worth county is working the I
roads for some distance and
then into Cordele, in Crisp coun
ty, it is being maintained with '
some degree of skill. As usual
the country adjacent to poor
■ roads looked poor, crops small
and grassy and prospects evident
ly very limited.
3,000 Pounds Butter a Month
Cordele is a snappy town, its
people are most cordial and
agreeable and all boosters for
Crisp county and its consistent
and intelligent efforts to make
thd best of things. County
Agent Culpepper, formerly of
Thomas county, was on the job
and showed the visitors through
the creamery and explained the
details of its operation. This
plant has been in service since
October and is handling about
thirty thousand pounds of butter
per month. The delegation was
able to see the cream come in, .
its weighing, checking and test
ing and then the pasteurization
and churning as well as hundreds
of quarter pound blocks being
wrapped and packed for storage
or shipment.
They also visited one of the
stock farms of Mr. Hunt of that
city where dairy and pastures
are being cultivated to a material
extent and with splendid profits.
Pay checks for farmers in that
county run to as much as a hun
dred and fifty dollars per month
for sour cream.
250,000 Paid Out at Ashburn.
From Cordele the party took
the National Highway to Ash
burn where they met a number
of prominent business men and
farmers and where they saw
another very successful creamery
in operation for eighteen months
and turning out as much as 70,-
000 pounds of butter in one
month. The total income paid to
the milk raisers of that section
in the eighteen months of its op
eration runs to a quarter of a
million dollars. The creamery is
run in connection with the ice
plant, a chcken business, where
any and all kinds of chickens are
purchased as they are brought in
and a wholesale grocery, a com
bination that seems to be emi
nently success.
Ashburn has a very delightful
atmosphere and the farming
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P* Moreland; M. K*. Wheeler,
Judson Hill; Frank Lanier, R. P.
Ewing; W. A. Dodson, Jr., Jan
Pinkston; J. T. Warren, ’L. F.
Grubbs; Jas. Davenport, Walter
Page; Evan, Mathis, IT. O. .Tom q
| C. H. Burke, Lewis Ellis; W. M.
Jones, Tom Harrold.
Even though a player is defeat
ed on his first play by his oppon
ent, he still has a chance at the
trophies to be awarded the beat
en-two and the beaten-four in ’heir
respective flight. Already keen in
terest has been displayed among
the players, and competition will
be especially strong.
The tournament is to terminate
August 15 or before, and, as men
tioned previously, the weather will
have no bearing on the dates for
the termination of each event,
AMERICUS. GA.. SATURDAY AFTERNOON. AUGUST 4, 1923
FOB INTO
NEGRO TILLS Os
CONDITIONS IT MUTH
Ed White Says Georgia Negroes
Making Mistake to Go
North
living costs are high
House Rent High, With Many
Negroes Living in Single
Room in Boarding House
Ed White, former negro resident
of Americus, who for a number of
years was employed by the late
Charles Lamar in the warehouse
business here, has returned to his
home in Macon after a visit to a
number of Northern cities.
That the colored people of Geor
gia who have been leaving home in
! recent months for the East and
North are making a serious mistake
and one that many have realized,
is the opinion expressed byj Ed
now in the employ of the Bibb com
pany, wljo is back after a vacation
spent in severa leastern cities.
Ed says he found by personal
investigation that as many as six
colored men are living in one room
in a Philadelphia boarding house,
and that the same room is doing
double, six more men occupying it
in the day time, and all paying
high rent. He was charged $2 for
the privilege of taking a bath at
this place.
He found that houses that can
be rented in Macon for $lO a qjonth
bring as much as S4O and $45 per
month in the East, that provisions
of all sorts are high and that liv
ing conditions are anything but de
sirable.
Ed says he does not know what
the colored people are going to do
in these Eastern cities this winter.
He thinks they will die by the thou
sands. As far as Ed is concerned,
he says he would not live away
from (Georgia. It' is his belief
that many of the negroes will come
back home just as soon as they can
save up railroad fare.
Other reports of a like nature
have come back to Georgia and it
is quite apparent that the negroes
who have left the South have been
badly fooled. The lesson they arc
■ learning is certain to convince
• them that-it is foolish to i|ove for
’ what looks like a better job and
1 then find that all of the increased
, pay is taken for higher rents and
higher food, to say nothing of fae
l ing weather conditions that are not
as ideal as in the South.
MRS. PEARLMAN LEAVES '
TO VISIT N. Y. MARKETS
Mrs. D. Pearlman and Miss Jean
ette Pearlman will leave tonight for
New York, where they go to spend
several days. While away they ex
pect to purchase new’ stocks for
the Pearlman stores here, and upon
their return announcement o? their
pruchases will be made in the
Times-Recorder.
PACE REPLIES FOP
SUMTER DELEGATION
TO OBJECTIONS MADE
Constructive Suggestions of Two
Citizens to Be Incorporated
in Revised Bill
SURPRISED AT COUNCIL
Claim No Law on Subject Ex
cept Ordinance and No Bond
Commission Under That
Senator Stephen Paco, acting for
the members of the Sumter delega
tion in Atlanta, has directed a
sharp reply to the objection of
council to certain provisions in
corporated in the debt-school bill,
publication of which is authorized
today. The letter deals with the
letter in its several phases and pre
sents accurately and concisely the
position of the Sumter delegation
toward increasing the tax rate here
and the throwing of safeguards
about the added revenue to be
raised. Speaking for himself, Sen
ator Pace •directly tells the mayor
and council that unless “we can be
assured that the money is going
to be handled in any better manner
than it has been for the last five
years” * * * “I am not going to
do any such thing,” meaning he
will not pass any added taxation
measure under existing conditions.
The text of the letter w?ads as
follows:
Mayor and City Council of Ameri
cus, Georgia.
Gentlemen:
We (Mr. Riley, Mr. Hines and
the writer) desire to acknowledge
receipt of your letter of July 31,
signed by the entire mayor and
council with the exception of Mr.
Mize, with reference to the propos
ed substitute bill for the City of
Americus, and beg to make reply
thereto.
In the first place, gentlemen, we
are all surprised at the nature of
your objections to the proposed bill.
We were disappointed to hear that
you had unanimously disapproved
of the bill, but we were more dis
appointed when we learned what'
your objections were; for the rea
son that, prior to the convening of ;
the general assembly, at a joint
meeting of council and the board of
education, the writer outlined to
you in detail the plan carried out
in this bill, stating to you at the
time, that we would not, under any
condition, vote to coninue a special
levy for the payment of the float
ing indebtedness and the outstand
ing bonds unless the act providing
for such set un sufficient machin
ery t oinsure that the money deriv
ed from such levy was applied to
the exact purposes for which it was
collected, and I then and there out
lined the proposed commission plan;
and not one living human being
raised the slightest objection, but
a majority of the council person
ally assured me after the meeting
that they fully approved of my
plan.
Now, in your letter, you have i
the following to say: “A bond|
commission is not necessary, a law
on this subject is already in ex
istence, and under this law a bond
commission for the City of Ameri
cus has functioned for many years.”
Such a statement is startling, for
two reason; first, because there is
no law on this subject in existence
so far as I have ever heen able to
find; the only provision for such
a commission is an ordinance, pass
ed years ago, naming certain men
as a bond commission, several of
whom have long since been dead,
and which ordinance makes no pro
vision for election to fill vacancy
nor for the protection of the bond
money; and, secondly, your state-'
ment is the first I have heard in
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- MILITARY FUNERAL FOR
PVT. ALFORD UPCHURCH |
SAVANNAH, Aug-irt 4.—A mili
! tary funeral was given Alford Up-1
church, a mefriber of the Georgia
Hussars, when his body was return
ed from Camp McClellan, Ala.,
where he died as the result of in
juries while in sumer encampment.
An escort of his fellow troopers
accompanied the body home.
I
MUDS CALLS OB
COUNTfIY TO HUBS
HHING AUGUST 10
i First Official Act Was Signing of
Proclamation Announcing
President’s Death
NO CABINET CHANGES
New President Suggests That
Woodrow Wilson Participate
in Washington Funeral Rites
WASHINGTON^ - August 4.
The first official act of President
Coolidge a< the new executive of
the nation was the signing today of
a proclamation announcing the
death of President Warren G.
Harding and calling upon the coun
try to observe next Friday, Aug
ust 10 as a day of mourning ana
prayer. On that day the dead
president is to be buried at Marion.
Ohio.
President Coolidge took up his
duties at a series of conferences
which were devoted almots entire
ly to a discussion of plans for the
funeral of President Harding. One
of the suggestions made by Presi
dent Coolidge was that former
President Woodrow Wilson be in
vited to take a prominent part in
the funeral rites to be performed
Wednesday" in the rotunda of the
capitol at Washington over Presi
dent Harding’s body.
President Coolidge let it be
known during these conferences
that the present personnel of the
Harding administration would con
tinue in office indefinitely, and
that he could see no reason for
any present change or interruption
in any negotiations now being car
ried on with foreign representa
tives by Presidet Harding's ap
pointees. At his first conference
with newspaper men, however, the
new president declined to discuss
his administration 'policies, nor
would he Comment upon the possi
bilities of an extra session of con- |
gress being called.
gfhtwllills”'
OCCUPY HOUSE
Effort to Restrict School Book
Contract Renewal
Fails
ATLANTA, August 4. The
house occpuied itself today with
general bills of minor importance
preparatory to taking up some prin
cipal measures next week.
The resolution by Representa
tive McCrorv, oft Schley, authoriz
ing the state superintendent to re
new the schools book contract for
two years only was tabled, as was
the bill by the Chatham delega
tion providing the issuance of lo
cal bonds for drainage purposes.
The measure by Representative
i Holden to permit corporations hav
| ing both railroad and gas plants to
| operate both under the same man
agement, was passed.
TRI-COUNTY MEDICOS
GUESTS OF DR CATO
SUMTER MEDICOS 123
The Tri-County Medical Society
met here Thursday nig"ht as the
guests of Dr. and Mrs. Frank L,
Cato, Wit ha good attendance of
out-of-town physicians present. A
delightful feature of the gathering
was a three-course dinner served
during the session. The affair was
a social meeting of the physicians,
with dinner served at 7 :30 and the
■ subject discussed was “Typhoid
i Fever—lts Prevention and Cure.”
i Present; at the gathering were Dr.
(John Lunsford, of Preston; Dr.
!.Sam Wise, Dr. B. T. Wise and
i Dr. Bowman Wise, of Plains; Dr.
Ernest Simpson, of Plains; Dr. G.
i W. Bagley, of DeSoto; Dr. L. F.
| Grubbs, Dr. J. Wade Chambliss,
Dr. I?. B. Allen, Dn F. L. Cato,
and others. The society of which
Dr. Lunsford is president rfnd Dr.
Emmett Anderson, secretary, meets
the first! Thursday in each month,
and its gatherings are always of in
terest to the physicians attending, i
For Georgia Cloudy tonight
and Sunday; probably thundershow
ers Sunday in extreme south par- ,
tion.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
SILENT GROUPS GREET
FUNERAL TRAINASIT
I OVES TO ML
Hundreds Stand With Bared
Heads as Train Passes Sta
tions Over Vast Stretches
ALL JOIN IN TRIBUTE
Rich and Poor, High and Hum
ble Pay Mark of Respect as
Train Passes
ON BOARD HARDING FUN
ERAL TRAIN, Roseville, Caiif.,
August 4. The sorrow in the
hearts of the American people over
the death of their leader was ex
emplified today by silent groups
standing along the railroad side as
the special train bearing the body
of President Warren G. Harding
traversed Western California and
the wide reaches of Nevada.
With bared heads they stood,
sometimes in groups of hundreds,
sometimes only in scores and some
times singly. But there were none
too poor, too rich, too mighty nor
too humble to pay their mark of
respect to the memory of the dead
president. They were conscious on
ly of showing their deep sorrow, but
to those on the funeral train they
typified the American people as a
whole.
ARANGEMENTSFOR
WASHINGTON SERVICE.
WASHINGTON, August 4.—As
the Harding funeral train moved
Eastward today President Coolidge
devoted his attention to planning
fitting services here. Preliminary
arrangements, subject to any
changes desired by Mrs. Harding,
call for the removal of President
Harding’s body on arrival hers
Tuesday afternoon to the White
House. The remains will remain
in the majestic East room, where
the private service .will be held just
before the body is taken to the
capitol for the public service at 10
o’clock. After the services in the
rotunda the body will lay in state
until 6 o’clock Wednesday evening,
at which hour the body will be re
moved to the train which will carry
it to Marion burial, probably
I Friday. President Coolidge ex
pects to accompany the funeral
party to Marion.
DR, MINOR TOOBSERVE
FIFTH ftNNIVERSB
First Baptist Pastor Has Been
Engaged in Work Here Dur
ing Five Years Sunday
At the First Baptist church Sun
day morning Dr. Carl W. Minor
and members of his congregation
will celebrate the fifth anniversary
of Dr. Minor’s pastorate in Amer
icus.
Miss Melva Clark, organist, has
arranged a special musical program
for the service, and it is expected
several members of the congrega
tion will have brief remarks to
make in harmony with the spirit of
the occasion. The musical pro
gram is as follows:
Organ Prelude, “Andantiono in
B flat”—Lowden.
Response, “Gloria”—Choir.
Quartet, “Depth of Mercy”
(Allen) arranged by O. E. Excell.
Offertory, “Minuet”—Beethoven.
Quaret, “Crown Him (Sweeny.)
Arranged by E. O. Excell.
Postlude, March—Diggle.
Morning choir, Mrs. James W.
Karris, soprano; Mrs. C. A. Amas,
alto; J. W. L. Daniel, tenor;
C. A. Ames, bass; Miss Melva Clark,
organist.
The evening musical program
will be as follows:
Organ Prelude, Melody in F —-
Rockwell.
Quartet, “Search Me O’ God (Ga
briel.) Arranged by E. O. Excell.
Offertory, “Prayer”—Prior.
Quartet, “Great is The Lord
—(Packard.) Arranged by E. O.
Excell.
• Postlude, Petite Ma^ch —Dubois.
Evening choir, Mrs. James W.
Lott, soprano; Mrs. Fred Morgan,
alto; J. W. L. Daniel, tenor; Fred
Morgan, bass; Miss Melva Clark,
organist. _