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FORTY-FIFTH YEAR—NO. 177
SOLEMN SCENES AT NATION’S CAPTITAL
Tax Act Filibuster Charged In Georgia House
PERRYMAN STIRS
HOUSE WITHCHARGE
OF DELAY SOUGHT
Talbot Representative Criticises
Spirit Manifested by Legisla
tors in Handling Bill
“AKIN TO BOLSHEVISM ’
Charge Made That Extraordinary
Session of Legislature Is
Being Sought
ATLANTA, August B.—Charges
that a filibuster is being conducted
on the general tax act now before
the house in order to force an ex
traordinary session of the general
assembly here today.
The charges were made up’on the
floor of the house by Representa
tive Perryman, of Talbot, who de
clared in an impassioned addre s [
that the “spirit manifested by some |
of the legislators in this' matter is
almost al;in to bolshevism.”
Bill 018 iSIEE TO
J’KCHKn (MEES
Chairman of Highway Depart
ment Says Attorney General
Has Approved Contracts
ATLANTA, August B.—John N.
Holder, chairman of the state high
way department, last night issued a
statement replying jo charges made
against the department upon the
floor of the house by Representa
tive McCrory, of Schley. The
statement was made before a leg
islative investigating committee,
probing the assertion by the
gentleman from Marion that
the highway board is spending
large sums of money in erecting
buildings at East Point on land be
longing to the Atlanta and West
Point railroad.
The attorney general’s depart
ment passed on and approved the
validity of the contracts as to ti
tle of the property on which the
buildings are erected at East Point,
Chairman Holder told the legisla
tive committee.
* The highway board offered in evi
dence documents showing that the
state held a lease on this proper
ty for a period of 20 years, twice
renewable for line periods, or a to
tal o? 60 years in all; that they
held an option to purchase the
property any time before April,
1924, for the sum of 821,700, of
which sum $5,000 has already been
paid that the provision that if the
purchase is not completed it will
be returned, and thirdly that their
contract with the railroad requires
that the road pay for all improve
ments and equipment in full if at
any time they should require the
state to give up the use of the
property.
Asked as to the charges that he
charged the state with his personal
expenses while he was in Atlanta,
Chairman Holder stated he did do
this but that this was also on the
advice of the attorney genral’s of
fice and that he spent less than
one-third of his time in Atlanta,
that his home was in Jefferson and
that the major portion of his time
was spent traveling over the state
in the interest of highway building
and maintenance.- He said his rec
ords showed he had spent 127 days
out of Atlanta since January 1, last.
‘‘The state highway board,” said
Mr. Holder, ‘‘has taken no step
whatsoever without first submitting
the legal questions involved for ap
proval of the attorney general of
the state.”
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KIWANIANS WANT TO
HIRE COUNTY AGENT
DAWSON, Aug. B—-The8 —-The Kiwanis
club, at theri regular semi-monthly
luncheon at the Woman’s club house
on Thursday, took a number of im
portant steps to help the farmers
of the county.
A committee composed of E. W.
Hollingsworth, J. A. Shields and A
L. McLendon was appointed to go
before the county commissioners
and take up with them the matter of
hiring a county agent to aid the
farmers of Terrell in their problems
nnd to instruct them in the best
methods of cultivation of the dif
ferent crops and in the fight on the
fe?Jl weevil,
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SENATE TO ACT ON EQUALIZATION REPEAL
Solemn Honors Are Accorded Dead
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Casket bearing the body of President Harding precede! vy us y steels Sergt A. I'. Samberlain and Sergt. Paul Gray.
station at San Francisco. A Marine honor guard composed ox Capt.l-.
Bill Would Give Third
Aggie $11,500 Extra
ATLANTA, Aug. 8 —(By Associated Press) —Representatives
Hines and Riley, of Sumter, today introduced a bill in the lower house of
the general assembly appropriating $11,500 to the Third District gn
cuitural School, located at Americus. The bill, which was introduced a.,
a special appropriation, it is known, has the hearty support of Senator
Pace of the Thirteenth, in whose district the school is located, and who is
a member of the rules committee of the senate. Should the bill pass
the house, this practically assures its passage in the senate.
POSTAL TO HONOR
HARDING BY SILENCE
Manager Sam Williamson, of the
Americus office of the Postal I'ele
graph-Cable Go., was advised today j
that the lines of that company will i
be silenced during a two-minute p-e '
riod during the funeral of T'resi- j
’dent Harding, at Marion, 0., Friday |
afternoon. On that day all Postal,
cable and telegiaph lines in all parts
of he world will be silenced during
two minutes beginning 1 at 3 o’clock,
central standard time, and continu- ,
ing until 3:03 p.m. on that.date.
DAWSON NEGRESS JAILED !
ON CHARGE OF FORGERY |
DAWSON, August 8. Edith j
Johnson, a negro woman who gives i
Macon as her home, is in jail I
charged with having forged the i
names of Dr. Hazwins and Mary |
Whaley, well known colored resi-:
dents of Dawson.' as endorsers of a |
check for S2O she h< dat the j
First State bang undeT the name;
of Edith Brown.
Sometime after the transaction ’
the cashier of the bank, E. J. Pace, !
discovered that the signature of .
Dr. Hawkins was not genuine, and ;
in an effort to locate the woman it '
was ascertained that she had left |
on the first train for Albany. W. ;
A. Baldwin, presidetn of the bank. I
and Sheriff Woods left at once '
for Albany, but were unable to '
find her and returned home. Later
she was located by Albany officers
and put under arrest.
BLOCKER BUYS BIG FARM
PERRY, August B.—A. L. Block- |
er, of Tennesse, has bought the i
farm tract her of 1.117 acres own- ;
ed by Francis E and F. W. Wil-'
Hams’<?f ifeb county. __ I
THE TIMESBRECORDER
PUBLISHED IN THE HEART OF DIXI£—
I BILBO LEADS TICKET IN
MISSISSIPPI PRIMARY
JACKSON, Miss., Aug. B.—Theo
<Jorp G. Bilbo,, former governor of
i Mississippi, who announced while in
jail at Oxford this spring serving
; a sentence of ten days for contempt
> of Federal court, that he would be
I a candidate for governor in Tues
day* s primary, forged ahead of Sen
nett Connor, the funn'er-up to H. L.
Whitfield, when 125 precincts out
I of 1,439 in the state had been tab
| ulated last night at 11:15 o’clock.
I At that hour the totals were, Whit-!
[field, 8,665; oilb6( 5,109; Connor, I
15 102; Franklin 2,142; lie 11, 1,019.1
j ’
EXPECT TOBACCO CROP
TO BRING $1,000,000 [
DAWSON, Aug. B.—C. K. Wilk- [
I erson, formerly of Terrell but now
j of Lowndes county, was in Daw-;
i son recently, and in telling of con
i ditions in his section said the to
i banco crop will bring the growers
! in the vicinity of Valdosta $1,000,-
i 000 this season. J'he crop is good
I and the first tobacco of the season
! was put on the market Thursday,
| 160,000 pounds being offered, j
I Buyers from a distance were pres- j
1 ent( and he bidding was lively. Mr.
I Wilkerson said many growers will
realize at least an acre from
their tobacco this season.
The cultivation of cotton has
' been practically abandoned in
! Lowndes courfty, and the farmers
• have turned their attention to to
-1 bacco, potatoes, truck, etc., which
i they are more prosperous than
when*they grew nothing but cot-
I ton,
AMERICUS,.GA., WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 8, 1923
iM BBiE M
nHTWMP
Repairs to Begin Monday Will
Affect Traffic on Number
of Through Routes
W. C. Caye, Jr., division highway
engineer here, authorized announce
ment today of the closing'Monday,
August 13, of the highway bridge
over the Oconee river a mile east
of Milledgeville. The bridge will
be closed by order of William
Greenslade, division engineer in ,
charge in that district, for the pui-,
pose of making necessary repairs. (
It is proposed to open the bridge ;
to automobile and other light traf- [
sic each night between the hours ,
of 7 P. M. and 6 A. M.
This repair work will effect high
way travel on State Routes No. 22 .
and No. 24. All traffic is advised <
to arrange their schedule so as to |
cross the bridge during the night |
hours. i • ]
The bridge at present is weak
| and in dangerous condition. The
! repairs: will place it in such condi
■ tipn that it will safely accommo
| date all highway traffic. Every es-
Ifort will be made to complete the
I repairs just as soon as possible.
i FUNERAL OF MRS. COFFIN
TUESDAY AT LUMPKIN
LUMPKIN, August' 8. The!
! many friends of Mrs. Victoria Cos-I
fin will regret to learn of her
death which occurred at her late.
residence in Richlqpd. She had been
in failing health for quite a while.
Mrs. Coffin was the wife of Dr.
i Zim Coffin, formerly of Stewart
county, and who preceded her to
the grave 26 years ago.
Surviving her are eight children,
these being Miss Linda Coffin, and
Mes,rs. N. C., J. E.. L. R., Z. L.
and. W. C. Coffin, all of Richland;
Mrs. Arthur G. Fort, of Atlanta,
and E. C. Coffin, of Clayton, Ala
Funeral services were held in
Richland and interment was made
in East Side cemetery in Lumpkin
Tuesday afternoon.
EXPECT REVELHI9NS
TO 'BOH ElMffll
SECTION' «E* YM
Reported Confessions of FJ’.s-'
and McGee Said to Be Most
Startling
FORMER BROKERS TELL
Carl Whitney, New Counsel For
Convicted Men Announces
Confessions
NEW YORK, August 8. — (By
I the Associated Press.)—Revelations
I made in reported confessions to
! federal authorities by E. M. Ful
’ ler and William McGee, convicted
I stock bucketeers, are likely to rock
'the entire .financial section _oi
! New York to its very foundations,
i according to a statement made to
! day by Carl Whitney, new counsel
j for the two former stock brokers,
j The alleged confessions were made
I by Fuller and McGee, who are now
'confined on Blackwell’s Island un
der strict military and civil surveil
ance to Federal District Attorney
William Hayward.
Preceding the confessions, Fuller
talked with newspaper men regard
ing the charges against them, in
the presence of the district attor
ney, and in one of these conversa
tions indicated his intention to con
fess when he said:
"I guess with one sentence
, against us, our lawyer indicted for
' jury bribing and another federal in
[ dictment against us, we are liable
I to have a good deal more trouble
| on our hands than we expected, so
! we’ve made up our minds to tell
the whole truth!.”
When Fuller and McGee were
removed from Ludlow street jail to
Governors Island last week it was
done at tha suggestion of-Joyce
and Millard, for the purpose of
absolutely cutting off all communi
cation between Fuller and McGee
and any of the mysterious influ
ence which heretofore had been
working in their behalf.
Once on Governors Island they
found themselves not only in the
custody of the United States mar-j
COffITTEETOmN
MEASURE LATE TODAY,
CHAIRMAN MASON SAYS
Bill Creating New Piedmont Cir
cuit Passed by Upper House
Today
GRIFFIN BILL IS PASSED
Fayette, Spalding, Pike and Up
son Counties Taken From
Flint Circuit
ATLANTA, August B.—A decis
ion as to whether a favorable or
adverse report would be made on
the house tax equalization bill, al
ready passed by the house will be
reached this afternoon by.the sen
ate finance committee, Chairman
Mason announced this afternoon.
The senate today passed the'bill
creating the new Piedmont circuit,
which measure has already been
passed by the house.
The new Griffin judicial circuit
bill was also passed by the senate
and now goes to the house. Un
der the provisions of this measure
Fayette, Spalding, Pike and Upson
counties are taken from the Flint
and placed in the new circuit, while
Henry, Butts, Lamar and Monroe
counties are left in the Flint cir
cuit.
ierWlls me
HfiVl HAIR BOBBED
Nine Shed Their Tresses Tuesday
Afternoon at One Shop, With
Others to Come Today
Americus ladies are taking to the
bobbed hair fad with a unanimity
that is declared to be remarkable
among visitors and residents alike.
Many who have held off from hav
ing their luxuriant hair bobbeyl are
succumbing to the influence <if
others whose hair, perhaps, may
have been luxuriant and taking
their places in the barber’s chair.
■ One prominent barber, whose
shop is located in the heart of the
business section, told a Times-Re
corder man today that nine ladies
visited his shop during Tuesday aft
ernoon either to have their tresses
shorn or their “bobs” trimmed, and
that the ladies business forms an
appreciable part of the income of
the barber shops here. Be this as
it may, it is noticeable that every
day sees additional ladies upon the
streets here wearing bobbed hair,
and those with long tresses may
soon be an exception to the gen
eral rule of wearing short hair
among Americus ladies.
CALHOUN COUNTY SITE
FIGHT NOT YET ENDED
ARLINGTON, Aug. B.—Although
Governor Walker has signed the
bill making Arlington the count.v
seat of Calhoun county the matter'
has not been settled. Opposition to
changing the courthouse site has
filed an injunction which will be
heard by Judge W. V. Custer, of the
Albany circuit. In the event the in
junction is denied the case will he
carried to the supreme court,
RAWLINS A SUICIDE;
ILL HEALTH IS CAUSE
• LOUISVILLE, Ga. Aug. B—Clyde
A. Rawlings, one of Louisville’s es
teemed citizens, died here about 8
o’clock last night, from a self-in
flicted wound through his head. Mr.
Rawlings while comparatively a
yo,ung man had been a constant suf
ferer from stomach trouble for sev
eral years, unable to perform any
kind of work
shal, but also under military sur
veillance, which was the most rigid
any civil prisoners have faced in
the, recollection of criminal pro
cedure in New York.
This was done in the realization
that if it once became whispered
that they might confess, certain in
fluences would not alone spend
enormous sums of money, would
use every brand of political influ-1
ence known to keep their mouths I
shut. .
WEATHER
For Georgia Fair tonight and
Thursday; probably local thunder
showers. No change in tempera
ture.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
him pig tin
MARKS ARRWL OF
BODY IT Mllfflll
Tens of Thousanßs Grouped
Along Way as Distinguished
Dead Passed
PERSHING LEADS PARADE
President Coolidge, Still Bowed
With Grief at End of Martial
Parade to Capitol
WASHINGTON, August B.—(By
the Associated Press.) —A swelling
tide of honors bore Warren G.
Harding today back over-the road
by which he came triumphant to
the presidency two years ago. For
him the urge of ambition had end
ed and the compelling call of duty
had been stilled in death.
Among tens of thousands of sil
ent countrymen grouped along the
way today he passed in such state
as only the great dead of the na-,
tion may know, and beyond a
brief hour of ceremony and sor
row there awaited for him eternal
rest in the soil that gave him birth.
Down the wide avenue he vvas
carried today with’maxcfiing legions
tramping ahead to lay him under
the dome of the capital awhile, ere
he goes back to his native state
to stay forever. The high resolve
of duty had brought him death and
with it the peace :ifid quiet he
loved, but whic h he could sat aside
at the nation's call.
With General John J. Pershing
marching at their head thousands ,
of the martial escort led the
the steel of their bayonets glisten
ing above them. JSoldiers, sailors,
marines and citizen soldiers, all
were there, and behind them came
the new president, Calvin Coolidge, •
still bowed ffi grief that his high
office came at such a price.
Day came to the city filled with
the hushed stir of armed hosts mov
ing from place to place before the
White House, that Warren G-. Hard
ing might have a fitting escort as
he went to the high honors that
awaited him. Rank, on rank wheel
ed into place facing eastward now
to where the great grey pile of
the capitol loomed against the
morning sky.
Soldiers in khaki, sailors in white,
and marines in blue, in long col
umns lent a colorful gleam to a
picture that was otherwise sombre,
save for flags drooping at half
mast from roof above. All through
the massed formation of sitset serv
ices of which this dead civilian vas
commander.-in-chief were mourn'ng
bands—on arm or sabre hilt, with
black streamers falling from, the
starry flags they bore. A simple,
kindly gentlemen Jay dead, yet mili
tary honors were his such as n?
general or admiral shall ever know,
for he had spoken in life with, the
voice of the whole people’s army,
the people’s navy, and the people
had moved gladly to obey that
voice. *
BIKE* BEffi'lL TH
END SATURDAY KI
Subject of Sermon at Tonight’s
Meeting Announced as “The
Greatest Sin”
The board of officers of the
First Christian church in session
last evening decided to continue the
revival meetings through this week,
closing them next Sunday night.
This has been made possible by a
postponed engagement with a
church in Kentucky giving Evange
| list Ramsey additional time, which
the church here gladly takes up.
Paul was quoted by Mr. Ramsey
last night as claiming himself to
be chief of sinners and an exam
ple in conversion. The sermon was
full of long scripture quotations
and references showing that Paul
was converted in God’s own and
only wav, for he heard the preach
ing of Stephen, the first Christian
martyr, came to belief in Christ
by the facts he knew to be true,
turned from his old life and re
ligion to the new and in obedience
to the commandment of Ananias
who had bee,n sent by God to tell
Paul what to do. Then after this
Paul preached and his preaching
followed this order and this in nd
way conflicts with all the other
recorded conversion of the New
Testament, the evangelist asserted,
The subject announced for to
night is “The Greatest Sin.” j