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N. Y. Future* —Oct. Dec. Jan. Previous Close .. 22.6(1'22.56 22.35 Open 22.35 22.29 22.17 11 a.m ’22.40 22.40 22.21 Close '23.74 23.70 23.18 FORTY-FIFTH YEAR—NO- 175 CONGRESS NOT TO MEET TILL DECEMBER ’' tr -n.. 4t?. ri —t Bishop Candler Officaied At Imposing Ceremony —1 W M W W V- »»» a. X » » X Sc. M. METHODISTS HERE LftY CORNERSTONE OF NEW FIRST CHURCH Bishop Warren A Candler Offi ciates at Occasion Marking Milestone in Progress CONGREGATION’S HISTORY Precious Historical Documents Placed in Receptacle by L. G. Council Americus Methodists, members o(; First Methodist congregation and that of Lee Street church, joined Sunday in laying the cornerstone of the handsome new First Meth odist chruch, now being erected at Lee and East Church streets. Bishop Warren A. Candler, of At lanta, presided during the cere monies incident to the occasion. Early in the afternoon clouds gathered and rain poured gently until within a few minutes of the time appointed for the ceremonies to begin. Then the heavens clear ed and the sun, coming from be hind a bank of clouds that quickly disappeared, smiled its benediction upon the large number who gather ed quickly to participate in the oc casion. A pinao. brought from the home of a member of the congre gation, was placed on the impro vised floor within the new build ing, and an orchestra, composed of Miss Louise Marshall, Allen Mc- Neill, Egbert Clark, Henry Ev erett, Thad Bell, Ralph Stewart, Sam Heys, Joe Poole and Harry Wil liams, furnished music for the oc casion. The ceremonies began with an announcement by Bishon Candler, who introduced John W. Shiver. Mr. Shiver spoke briefly relating, the historv of the two churches which had preceded the present beautiful structure upon the pres, ent rite. and co.ielr.ded with a trib ute to the fa ; th that sustained the builders of the burned church in thr ir efforts to rear Hint beautiftu edifice, and which continued to in fluence the congregation in its present building movement. Presiding Elder W. C. Lovett, of the Americus district, then read the prayer for the occasion, and when this was concluded Presiding Elder Peacock, of the Columbus district, read the scriptures appropirate to the laying of the cornerstone of a house of worship. Bishop Candler then spoke upon (Continued on Page 2) MANY BUYERS AT TIFT TOBACCO SALE TIFTON, August 6.—Tift coun ty'.. 1923 tobacco m r’<e’> has open ed with a large array of buyers' representatives on hand. All indi cations point to a successful sea son. V 4 GLYNN SCHOOLS TO OPEN SEPTEMBER 17 BRUNSWICK, August 6.—Glynn county public schools .will open Sep tember 17 with all' indications pointing to a large enrollment. The new Memorial school building will be completed for the fall term. MITCHELL FARMERS Visit Turfier and lift counties and see what is being done there in the way of diversi fied farming. HOW THE WEEVIL IS BEING WHIPPED Read the story of Farms and Dairies in operation there, to gether with the result of ex periments at the Coastal Plains Experiment Station at Tifton. THE TIMES- RECORDER Will tell in detail Tuesday of itayir discoveries on a tour made last week. Sumter farm ers who want to make money on their farms should read ev ery word of this absorbing nar rative. CONVENTION WITH IWEY SIGNED TODAY FIEMM® lOM OTTIL IS mMLEMJfiII Impressive Tributes of Trans. Missouri Population Repeat ed in East TRAIN REACHES OMAHA Train at Jefferson Was Near an Hour Behind Schedule on Trip to Washington ON BOARD HARDING’S FUN ERAL TRAIN, Omaha, Nebr., Aug. 6. (By the Associated Press.) The trans-Missouri West had paid Its final tribute to the memory of War ren Gamaliel Harding and the East was given its first opportunity to day as the funeral train bearing his body from San Francisco to Washington sped steadily towards the national capital, As elequent, silent and impres sive as were the tributes of the Western states traversed, those manifested by the people Eastward from the Mississippi river along the railway line to Chicago showed plainly the love and affection of the section for the man who until last Thursday evening was their chief executive. TRAIN AN HOUR LATE AT JEFFERSON. JEFFERSON, la., August G—The train bearing the body of Presid/’iit Harding to Washington passed through Jefferson at 6:20 o’clock this morning, nearly an hour be? hind schedule, nil ARE KEEPIHO BUSY John W. Shiver to Build Modern Bungalow for J. H- Thurmond on Jackson Avenue J. H. Thurmond today finally conclude da contract with John W. Shiver for the erection of a bunga low home on Jackson avenue and Kill streets, work to begin on the structure at once. The home, Mr. Shiver stated this afternoon, will ' be modern in all of its appoint- i merits, thoroughly screened, and I when finished will be one of the' most attractive in that section of i I pretty homes* Tn addition to this j contract, Mr. Shiver is now in con-1 Terence with three other parties j here who will build bungalows in I Americus at an early date, but the j details of which are not yet ready ! to be made public. In his milling deaprtment, Mr. I Shiver has received a bill for all es the framing material, doors, : windows, etc., for a handsome | church building to be erected in Georgia near the Florida line, and work upon which is to begin soon. i The location of this structure vfas ' not stated by Mr. Shiver, it be ing said this information would be I given after all contract for the ma terial have been executed. REV. J. N. PEACOCK AT LEE ST. SUNDAY NIGHT The congregation of Lee Street | Methodist church Sunday night heard Dr. J. N. Peacock, of Colum bus, in one of the most eloquent sermons preached from that pulpit recently, when the visiting minis ter preached for the pastor, Rev. Luther JI- He is presiding elder of the Columbus district, and one of the greatest preachers in the South Georgia conference, and Americus Methodists who heard Drj Peacock Sunday night were unan imous in their enjoyment of his re marks. WALTER PAGE LEAVES FOR NEW YORK MARKET "Waiter Page, buybr for the Pihks ton Co., left Saturday night for Now York, where he will spend several days. He goes to the metropolis to purchase new stocks for his compa ny here, and his selections will be gin* arriving in Americus within the ■ next ten days or two weeks. THETIMES-RECORDER in the heart or dixie <0 w om owe TRADE iwi n beo I Delegates Attempt to Reach Mansion House But Find Ap proaches Blocked POLICEMEN POWERLESS Shouting Cries of “Release Pris oner’’ Demonstrators Stage Disturbances DUBLIN, Aug. 6—(By Associ ated Press) —Wild scenes occurred in Dublin today in connection with the meeting of the Irish. Trades Un ion congress. Delegates attending the congress upon going to Mansion House found all the approaches blocked by a huge crowd of demonstrators who tried to seize their leaders, amid shouts of “release prisoner” and “Up Larkin” (Irish Labor Party), the police being powerless to pre vent scenes which followed. RYE BAPTIZED Tl CHRISTIAN CHURCH Two Force and Effective Ser mons by Evangelist Ramsey Sunday The well-filled house last evening at the revival meeting being held by the First Christian church testi fied to the interest taken by mem bers and friends of the chruch in the meetings. At the close of the service the ordinance of Christian baptism was admlnistrede to five subjects. Two forceful and efective ser mons were presented by Mr. Ram sey, the evangelist, Sunday. The j morning sermon was an impassion ied plea for the common salvation, and the faith once for all delivered to the saints. The reason for the Christian ehurch was given aS just the call for pure New Testament teaching, practice and living under the direction of the law of love as it is in Christ and for the exalta tion of the Savior in all things per i taining to life i\he church. The sermon last evening was a i Bible study of the church describ-1 ; ed in the New Testament. The : ’ church, the evangelist declared, I was founded by the Chrits, who is j the head of the church. Its ordt- I nances are two, baptism and the i Lord’s supper, while its members : are baptized believers, i. e., hc j lievers in the divinity of the Lord ' Jesus Christ. He further designat ed the scriptural names of both the : organization and the members of I the church. His appeal was that t loyalty to Christ meant that he i would be exalted to his proper I place as the head of the church, ' His will and wish would become the unquestioned law of the church 1 and His people would be just simply followers of Jesus Christ. The services continue from vight to night this week as warranted by the interest taken. The subject for tenight will be “What is Truth?” NEW FACULTY MEMBERS NAMED ATHENS, August 6.—Three new ■ members have been appointed to I the faculty of the North Georgia Agricultural -‘allege at Dahlonega. They are T. L. McMultan, of Hart- ■ well; P. D. Bush, of Barnesvile, and ! Page Bennett, of Waycross. Ben nett, a former Georgia football star, ■ will be director of physical educa- tion, while McMullan will teach ag riculture. # •MASONS TO PICNIC AT IDYLWILD AUG 9 DUBLIN, August 6.—The annual picnic of Masons in this section will be held at Idylwild August 9. About 70 Masonic lodges in this section will be represented. AMERICUS, GA., MONDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 6, 1923 EXPECT TftX REffll lIEftSOK TO GET BEFORE TODAY I 4 Measures by Committee to Be Given Right of Way in Assembly HOLDING TAX ACT BACK Action Not to Be Taken on Tax Reform Bill Until This Disposed Os ATLANTA, Aug. 6—(By Associ ated Press) —As the result of a con ference with Governor Walker, leaders of the house are planning to submit either this afternoon or to morrow the tax reform measures recommended by the constitutional i amendments committee to the legis lators for consideration. The new general tax) act will not be presented at present and prob ably not at all, it was stated, in or der that tax reform measures may I be considered and action taken on them during the present session, if possible. If the house should com plete action on the tax reform bills this week or early next week, how ever, the general tax act may then be brought up. The house this afternoon passed the following bills: By Representative DeLaPierre, to require the manufacturers of in secticides to print the contents of each package on Jts label. By Representative Camp, to pro vide two dental surgeons on the membership of the State Board of Health. By Representatives Meeks and Smith, to permit cities to create recreation grounds. The measure by Representative oswell to make tax collectors, ex officio sheriff was defeated and the house pensions committee disap proved the bill by Representative Hillhouse to tax poodle dogs and gasoline to raise funds with which to pay pensions t oeligible Confed erate veterans. John’ h. raine, 00, DIES n ATLANTA Was One of Most Prominent In surance Men in Georgia and Lived in Atlanta 40 Years ATLANTA, Aug. 6 —John H. i Raine, aged 56, and a resident of Atlanta during forty years, died | here early today after a brief ill j ness. He was one of the most promi i nent insurance men in Georgia and I was well known all over the south , • eastern territory. He was a native ; of' Albany, where he was born sis • ty-six years ago, but came to Atlan , i ta to reside while still a boy. | Funeral exercises and interment ' i will be held T uesday afternoon from ! the late residence in his city. i t COLUMBUS GARAGES NOW OPEN SUNDAYS i- ’ COLUMBUS, August 6.—Local garages and gasoline filling stations are allowed to remain open two hours longer on Sunday in a modi- I fied ruling handed down by the city commission. Sunday hours of operations are now specified as } 9:30 to 2 and 5 p. m. to 10 p. m. ( Previously they were required to re main closed until 5 o’clock in the afternoon, after closing at 2 p. m. i - RAISING SIO,GOO FOR ; STRIB-M’TIGUE BOUT COLUMBUS, August 6.—Those ■ interested ifi bringing the titular bout between Young Stribling, of Macon, and Mike McTigue, to this city Labor Day, are leaving no 1 stone unturned towards raising the I SIO,OOO necessary to secure the I i match. Local fight fans do not take I well to Macon’s reported aspirations , for the bout, and are laying their plans as if Columbus were settled ■ at the meeting place. WITT ANALYZES PACE LETTER HUMOROUSLY IH STATEMENT TODAY Former Finance Committee Chairman Compares Senator With King Solomon of Old DERIDES “COMMISSIONS’’ Says Senator Would Have Re lieved Aladdin Had He Lived When Ancient Carried Lamp E. J. Witt, former chairman of the finance committee of council, today replied to the letter publish ed Saturday in the Times Recroder from Senator Stephen Pace, repre senting the Sumter delegation in the legislature, regarding the pend ing debt-school bill in the legisla ture. In his letter to the editor of the Times-Recorder, Aiderman Witt is more humorous than seri ous, in his comment, the letter withal interesting to many here, being as follows: Editor. Times-Recorder: In your issue of August 4 there appears an article signed by Mr. Stephen Pace, senator from the Thirteenth district, in which he expresses surprise for himself, Mr. Riley and Mr. Hines, at the attitude of the Mayor and City Council of Americus regarding a certain proposed bill to be intro duced in thn Georgia state senate affecting the city charted of Americus. Please let me say in the begin ning that, in my opinion, the sena tor is not half so surprised as he is going to be the morning after the next election in which he is a candidate, in the event he insists on foisting upon the people ’’of Americus this outrageous piece of legislation. He refers in this letter to “a joint meetting of the board of edu cation and the mayor and council. Tn the first place, I know of no such meeting being 1 held by these bodies. I assume that the meeting to which he refers was a variety of nolitical meetings called by the board of education, which the may or and city council, Senator Pace •>nd Representatives Hines Riley were invited guests. The chairman at this meeting < i< su m it a ouestion for or against a certain bill which the board of edu nf the fact that the board of edu cation is composed of twice as many members <is the mayor and (Continued on Page Two.) I EXPECT FIRST BALE LATER THIS YEAR MOULTRIE, Aug. G.—South Georgia's first ° the 1923 crop promises to be later • than it has been in a number ot vears, according to farm observers here. Last year Colquitt ginned two bales on July 17, and on July “>8 the receipts at the local ware house reached 100 bales, but so far not a bale has been ginned. This is due to heavy rains that have been falling for practically two weeks, it is said. , - PEACH SEASON NOW AT HEIGHT AT SUMMERVILLE SUMMERVILLE, Ga., Aug. 6.- The peach season has been at its height in this section for the past ten days, about forty cars of El bertas having been shipped from this place to date. It is cstimat shipped from he"" be u ou ed that the total number of cars fifty. The bulk of the car lot shipments have been made to Cincinnati. MELON CROP BRINGS GROWERS SIOO,OOO DOTHAN, Ala., Aui. 6.—The watermelon crop in this section has been a good one and the farm ers in this county are reported to have realized more than SIOO,OOO from the crop and not through shipping yet. A0 ¥ * BTBmCIKS AMERICA FAffIED NATIONTREATMENT Turco - American Convention Signed Today at Lausanne After Long Negotiations GIVES AMERICANS RELIEF Equivocal Position of Turkey Created by Abolishing Capit ulations Is Clarified LAUSANNE, Aug. 6—(By Asso ciated Press) —The Turco-American treaty which was signed here at 4:12 this afternoon is the fruit of long and difficult negotiations. It accords to Americans the most favored nation treatment and re placed the antiquated agreement negotiated in 1830 between the two nations. It regulates in detail all official and commercial relations between the two countries and brings relief to Americans and American interests in Turkey by clarifying the heretofore equivocal position created Turkey’s aboli tion of fbreigq capitulations. TO USE PMLim TO EIFK PRBHi Uncle Sam Will No Longer Withheld Names of Officers in Raids ATI.ANTA, August 6.—The gov ernment has apparently, launched a new campaign against the violators of the federal prohibition law, in the opinion of dry enforcement of ficers here. Publicity is the wea pon that is going to be used. Attention is called to the fact , fact that a short time ago an order ( went out from Washington to the effect that the names of enforce- ' , ment officers taking part in prohi- • . hition enforcement activities should; be withheld from the newspapers. | Now, it seems, as pointed out here. I the situation has entirely changed and evory activity is to be given to he public detail. Statements credited to Washing ton officials, outlined the work and presenting the plans of the depart ment are being given widespread publicity and the people are being informed on the subject in an ex tenvie way. Not only is this true, but featured in the stories going out the declaration to the effect that administration officials stand squarely for the enforcement of the prohibition amendment and that there is onlv one position for a public official, or a law abiding citi zen to take and that is support the Constitution of the United States. This new tack, prohibition lead ers here sav is bound to -give ad d ! ional impetus to the work of en- j . forcing the prohibition laws of the state and the country; and wl’l , doubtless, it is further sttated. stimulate the lethargic state and local oficials everywhere to take more interest in the work of carrying out the law. USING METAL SIGNS ON JEFF DAVIS HIGHWAY VIDALIA, Aug. 6.—G. Sam Wil cox, official Scoutmaster of the Jeff Davis Highway Associa|ion, has been putting up signs for this highway. Mr. Wilcox says that these signs are now posted from Montgomery, Ala., to this point. Metal sign.; of a lasting nature are being used, as well as markers for . telephone and telegraph posts. The markers carry the confederate col ors and are very conspicuous. The Jeff Davis Highway when fully logged and marked, will connect Richmond Va., with Vicksburg, Miss., a distance of about 1,500 miles. It is the purpose of the promoters to make this highway as popular in the south as is the Lin coln in the North. The National Association of the U. D. C. has already endorsed pro ject and the local chapters along the line are assisting in the work of establishing the route. WEATHER F'or Georgia: Partly cloudy to night and Tuesday, probably local thundershowers Tuesday. PRICE FIVE CENTS W EXTRA SESSION LIKE!.! T 9 BE CALLED COOLIDGE IHDICIITES Possibility of Extra Session Dis cussed With Samuel Cam pers and Frank Morrison NO FINAL "DECISION YET Gompers Says President Reserv ing Definite Decision iri Mat ter of Calling Scions WASHINGTON, Aug. 6—Presi dent Coolidge apparently has no present intention of calling an ex tra session of congress, but those who called on him today received the impression that he had not yet made a' final decision. 1 he possibility of an extra session was discussed by the president with Samuel Gompers, of the American Federation of Labor, and Frank Morrison, secretary of the same body, and at the conclusion of the conference Mr. Gompers said that the president appeared to have no intention now of calling congress to. gether ahead of the regular time, but that he was still reserving a definite decision in the matter. SCBUTTROOPNfI.2 T 9 Ml FRY Plans Discussed for Big Time Next Friday Night, With Ex aminations Scheduled Roy Scouts, members of Troop 2, will enjoy a fish fry next Fri day night when the boys will spend at their Scout cabin at lcMaths mill, near Americus. On this occasion also, examinations will be held for second class Scouts with a number of applications to be examined. The members of the troop will meet on Jackson street Friday afternoon at 4 o’clock in preparation for the fish fry and over-night camp. Twelve members of the troop attended th" meeting Saturday night, according to a re port furnished the Time Recorder .by John Edgar Sheppard, Scout ■ scribe. DUCKWORTH MIE OESTBOffI SUNDAY Family of Farmer on Ab Wil liams Place Loses Household Goods in Fire I'ire during Sunday destroyed the home of Eugene Duckworth, a farmer living on the Ab Williams place, near Americus, the origin of the blaze being as yet undetermin ed. The Williams place is located near Weaver’s crossing, teveral miles out, and smoke from the burn ing home was discernable as far away as Andersonville. According to information brought to Ameri esu today, all of the household ef fects of the family, except a sewing machine and one or two other ar ticles, were burned. There was no insurance carried either upon the building or furniture. FATHER OF MRS. STUKES BURIED AT LLOYD, FLA. Dr. and Mrs. J. T. Stukes attend ed the funeral of Mrs. Stukes’ fath er, Mr. J. W. Edwards, which took place in pringfield cemetery at Lloyd, Fla., the home of the de ceased, Saturday afternoon at 4 o’clock. Mr. Edwards is sruvived by his widow, two daughters, Mrs. J. T. Stukes, of Americus, and Mrs. L. C. Stukes, of Summertown, S. C., three sons, H. R. Edwards, P. D. Edwards and W. B. Edwards, of Lloyd, Fla. One sister, Mrs. L. C. Yaekel, of St. Augustine, also sur vives. Although ill only a week, Mn Edwards had been in failing health for some time past, and though his death was not unexpected, it came as a distinct shock to his communi ty in which he was held in the greatest veneration and highest esteem because of his many estim able qualities. : L h