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NEW YORK FUTURES
Exchange closed account of
President Harding’s funeral.
AMERICUS SPOTS
, Strict middling, 23 1-2 cents.
FORTY FIFTH YEAR—NO. I 79
NATION IS SILENT DURING FUNERAL HOUR
Chairman Culpepper Warns Spending Must Stop
SCHOOLS MUST LOSE
EASH IF DEFICIENCY
APPROPRIATION MDE
Chairman Culpepper Warns
House of Result Unless Spend
ing Is Stopped
NO FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE
Revenue W’ill Not Permit State
to Meet Deficiency If School
Funds Are Used Now
ATLANTA, Aug. 10 —There are
no funds available in the state
treaMiry for the payment of 1923
deficiency appropriations unless in
• roads are made upon the revenues
due the common schools of the state.
An announcement to this effect was
made upon the floor of the house to
day by Chairman Culpepper, of the
appropriations committee.
In making his announcement,
Chairman Culpepper asserted he.had
given the information to the mem
bers of his committee in an effort
to check moves to report favorably
several measures providing for defi
ciency appropriations. The sum of
$625,000 is now due to the common
schools of the state, and this
amount has not yet been paid by
the governor in order to meet defi
ciency allowances, Chairman Cul
pepper said. “It will be impossible,’’
he continued, “for the state to meet
this deficiency appropriation for the
schools.”
AIEROf VETS WHY
IM ME MEET
Efforts to Be Made to Provide
Transportation for Members
of Camp Sumter
’ Americus Confederate veterans,
members of Camp Sumter, No. 642,
U*. C. V., are planning to attend
the state reunion to be held held
at Rome next month, but funds are
lacking for their transportation and
maintenance while there. This an
nouncement was authorized today
by J. D. Stewart, an officer and
active worker in the camp here.
In announcing the veterans’ lack
of funds to defray transportation
and other expenses, Mr. Stewart
drew attention to the relatives cost
of railroad transportations between
the coming reunion at Rome, and
previous reunions. When the re
union was held at Chattanooga in
1921, he said, the railroad fare
from Americus was about $6.50 to
the Richmond reunion in 1922,
$12.60, to the New Orleans reunion
in 1923, $9.14, and to the Rome
reunion in 1922, $13.00 Attention
was called to the relatively high
rate charged for the Rome reunion,
as compared with the really low
rates granted other’ reunion points.
Information received from Al
bany is to the effect, Mr. Stew
art said, that citizens there are
preparing to transport Albany vet
erans to the reunion in automo
biles, and the suggestion has been
made that the plan be adopted by
other towns. In order to attend
the reunion it will be necessary
for the veterans to leave Americus
during the morning of September
11, and they will be gone during
September 11 and 12, returning
h<me: the night of the aht named
date.
One Americus citizen has already
offered the use of his automobile,
Mr. Stewart said today, the only
condition being that sufficient oil
and gasoline for use during the
» trip be supplied by others interest
ed in their attending the reunion.
The number of automobiles neces
sary for the accommodation of the
veterans desiring to make the trip
may be obtained by inquiry of Mr.
Stewart, who is actively working to
see that the veterans are enabled
to attend the reunion.
FAME OF ATLANTA
KNOWN IN BALKANS
ATLANTA, Aog. 10.—The sim
ple word “Atlanta” viithout any
designation of state was sufficient
to bring a postal card from the Bal
kans here redently. It was addressed
to J. E. Miller of the local office of
the. Cunard Steamship Company. It
came throdgh confidently, hrough
Bucharest, Galatz and Braiia t
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JOHNSON HANGED
AT SYYAINSBORO FOR
MURDER OF
Had Been in Jaii During Two
Years and Governor Recently
Refused to Interfere
KILLED FAMILY IN 1920
Sheriff Coleman in Charge of
Execution Which Occurred
at 1:30 o’Clock
SWAINSBORO, Aug. 10—SeaS
Johnson, a negro, was hanged here
at 1:30 this afternoon, the trap be
ing sprung bv Sheriff Coleman. The
crime of which Johpson was con
victed was the murder of his wife,
her sister and their niece, and was
committed during 1920.
Johnson iian been in jail here
during two years past and his case
had been reviewed by the supreme
court and prison commission, both
of which declined to interfere. A
few days ago Governor Walker no
•tified counsel for the condemned
negro that he would not interfere
with the hanging which occurred
today. .
MAY CONSOLIDATE
SEVERAL SUBURBS
ATLANTA, Aug. 10—A bill has
: been introduced in the legislature
j looking to the consolidation of At
i lanta, Hapeville, East Point and
I College Park. Should an annexation
i to the realm of the Gate City would
I come only after a vote in each of
! the. “suburban” towns.
ATLANTA NAMES TWO
TO ATTEND MEETING
ATLANTA, Aug. 10 —John Chal
; man and R. L. Henry, members of
j Fitzhugh Lee Camp No. 6 have been
I named as this city’s delegates to the
| convention of Spanish War Veterans
at' Chattanooga, September 16-24.
I W. G. Saunders and A. W. Jones
I were named alternates.
SIXTY-TWO INDICTMENTS
RETURNED IN MUSCOGEE
i COLUMBUS, Ga., Aug. 10—The
fall term of the Muscogee county
grand jury laid out, a lot of work
for the -courts. Sixtjl two indict
ments were handed down the first
day of Rs meeting.
THE TMKHRECORDER
IN THE HEART OF DIXIE
CM NOW'IT UN
PORCH IT NIGHT
Results of Mosquito Elimination
Work Already Apparent in
Nearby Towns
“We can now sit on the porch
at night.” This was the remark
that greeted Dr. B. F. Bond, coun
ty health commissioner, pn a visit
to DeSoto a day or two ago during*
an inspection trip around the coun
ty. This trip was made in con
nection with the anti-malaria cam
paign being waged here, and Dr.
Bond stated today he found general
co-operation being given in prac
tically every part of the county.
At the home of one prominent
rural resident where he visits, Dr.
Bond found several members of the ;
family had recently been attacked
with chills, and was told that “the
ponds around here are giving us I
some trouble.” A close inspection 1
of the premises disclosed that mos- ;
quitoes were breeding ' plentifully
in a hprse trough in a barn near
the home, and this was held re
sponsible for the prevailing sick
ness. This occurred in settlement j
where serach had been made for I
mosquito breeding places, but ’
where suffiicent attention had not;
been given the tr ugh in, question. I
A thorough cleansing is being'
given the premises surrounding ev-1
ery rural school in the count”, Dr. i
Bond said, with septic tanks being
cleaned and preparations made for
the beginning of the school session
next month.
SEVERAL FAST GRIDIRON
GAMES AT BIRMINGHAM
i
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., August 10.
Birmingham’s 1923 gridiron card j
complete’, finds more than a half
dozen battles scheduled that should
furnish interest.
Alabama matched with Sewanee
and Florida; aa>d Auburn matched
with Centre will furnish the major
competition, althodgh the annual
i’raj between Howard and Birming
ham-Southern will be a battle that
will be watched closely by sport
lovers of the state.
Birmirtghahl-Southern in its
games with Mississippi college and
Union University on local soil
should attract considerable atten
tion, fans say.
AMERICUS.' GA-. FRIDAY’AFTERNOON, AUGUST 10. 1923
! BILL DESIGNED ID
END LOCAL BILLS
POT IN BY PACE
Sumter Senator Would Relieve
Legislature of Burden of
Countless Bills
MAY AMENDCONSTITUTION
If Adopted Plan Would Permit
Counties to Do Their Own
Local Legislation
A bill designed to relieve the
general assembly of the burden of
local legislation and to permit this
to be handled by the counties them
selves, has just been introduced in
the legislature at Atlanta by Sena
tor Stephen Face, of Sumter.
The plan embraced in the pro
posed bill is to amend the consti
tution so as to permit the general
| assembly by the enactment of a
general law to delegate certain pow
ers to the various coUnties and mu
nicipalities of the state. Among
these powers would be the authority
to pass purely local legislation af
fecting only such counties or munic
ipalities, provided such legislation be
approved by the people affected be
fore it shall become effective.
The effect of the legislation, if
adopted, would be to give to the
general assembly its entire time
during the constitutional fifty-day
session for the consideration of gen
eral bills, and it should lift the
standard of membership in that
body through attracting men as
members who are interested in the
problems of state affecting the
whole people and the development
of Georgia’s agricultural, mineral
and industrial resources, and who
are not willing to serve as legisla
tors now, due to the necessity for
considering such a mass of local leg
islation annually. At least this is
claimed for the bill by its suporters
and it is expected the measure will
ultimately pass both houses, though
the likelihood that it will be adopted
at this session now appears rather
slim.
EHRLICH GETS T. P?A
APPROVAL AT SAVANNAH
SAVANNAH, Aug. 10—Albert
Ehrlich of this city has been en
dorsed by the state directors of the j
Travelers’ Protective Association ,
for president of the national organ- j
zation. Mr. Ehrlich has been tye-1
■quently mentinoned for the offire, ■
START fflffSIGS Id
ELIMINATE FLIES
Chamber of Commerce Is Back
ing Movement to Destroy
Dangerous House Pests
Acting in the name of the Cham
ber of Commerce, Secretary Henry
P. Everett of that organization to
day called upon all Americus resi
dents to join in a campaign de
signed to eliminate house flies in
this community. Discussing the
campaign with a Tim js-Recorder
man today, Secretary Iverett said:
“The Chamber of Commerce, in
co-operation with the city and coun
ty boards of health is calling upon
the house-keepers, operators of
restaurants and citizens in general
to get busy at once with fly swat
ters, fly traps, sticky fly-paper and
other means to kill the dangerous
house flies.
“The extremely mild weather this
season has been favorable to the
active life of the insect and has
promoted the breeding of this dan
gerous pest.
' “Fewer flies have perished dur
ing the winter months.
“Many have survived and depos
ited eggs, which have been hatched
and will reinforce the “hold overs”
that have hibernated in sheltered
places.- The mother fly lays 150
eggs at one time and deposits six
batches in her life time of five
weeks. It is thus to be seen that
the possibilities for spreading dis
ease germs are appalling.
“From present indications, • the
fly is aggressive and energetic this
summer and unless exterminated,
will broadcast the seeds of disease.
“The fly plants his disease germs
on bread and butter and trails them
over the sugar, sips coffee and
swims in milk.
“The Chamber of Commerce ad
vise:- that the citizens clean up
their premises and outhouses, eradi
cate all substances likely to fur
nish swarming and breeding places
for the fly.
“Garbage is a favorite rendezvous
The garbage can should be kept
will covered.
“Refuse from stable.: "orms the
chief substance in which flies de
posit their eggs, and heaps of such
material arc the principal breeding
places of these insects. They also
breed on the occurrence of a suit
able temperature in ashes, cow and
fowl refuse, cesspools, straw and
textile fabrics, such as woolen
garments and .sacking which have
been found with material of hu
man origin, mushrooms, decaying
vegetables, fyuits and foodstuffs,”
AMERICUS HONORS
HARDING IN SERVICE
ATRYLANDERTHEATER
Judge Charles R. Crisp Chief
Speaker, With Appropriate
Program Rendered
LADIES DECORATE STAGE
American Legion Memorial Oc
casion Staged During Funeral
Hours Well Attended
This afternoon at the Rylander
Theater Americus and Sumter coun
ty honored the memory of the na
tion's honored dead and appropriate
services were held for Warren G.
Harding, late president of the repub
lic. The memorial was staled under
the auspices of the American Legion
post here, and was well attended.
Judge Charles R. Crisp, a person
al friend of the late president and
his associate during many years
when the two were in congress to
gether, was the chief speaker of the
occasion and he paid a brigs, yet
solemn and eloquent tribute to the
dead president.
Preceding the address there was
a brief musical program arranged by
Mrs. Walter T. Maynard and partic
ipated in by Mrs. James W< Harris,
Jr., Mrs. Maynard, C. A. Ames and
Fred Morgan and the feature of the
gathering was the singing of “fear
er My God to Thee” by the assem
blage.
A committee of ladies headed by
Mrs. Charles Hudson and including
Miss Mary Parker, Mi«. R. L. Craw
ford and Mrs. Sam Williamson,
spent several hours this morning ar
ranging the beautiful stage decora
tions, being assisted by Percy Thom
as, of the Joy Flower Shop, who
contributed a magnificent floral
wreath which occupied the center of
the stage.
COMMERCE CWBEII
Nffl 111 lE* OFFICES
Secretary Everett New Installed
in Basement of Courthouse,
With County Agent
Secretary Henry I'. Everett, of
the Chamber of Commerce, today
finished moving the books, furni
ture and effects of the organization
into the new’quarters of that organ
ization in the basement of the court
house.'The new quarters, which: are
commodious and well ventilated and
lighted, are located directly be
neath the offices of the clerk of
Superior Court and may be reached
either from Forsyth street or the
steps leading down from the jail
yard, while a third flight of stairs
leads directly from the rear of the
main first floor hall inside the court
house.
Installed in the offices with Sec
retary Everett is County Farm
Demonstration Agent George O.
Marshall and County Home Eco
nomics Agent Miss Bonnie Parkman.
Miss Ruth Clark, stenographer for
the Chamber of Comnferce, also has
desk space in the new offices, and in
.addition there is ample space for
any small meetings that may be held
there. Telephone connection with
the new office is expected to be
established Saturday.
HARROLD AND LANIER
LAND AT MONTREAL
A telegram received in Americus
today announced the arrival at Mon
treal, P. Q., of Frank P. Harrold and
Charles Lanier who are en route to
Americus after a visit to Europe.
While in England they attended the
graduation of Frank Wa’ker Har
rold from Oxford University, which
he attended as a Rhodes student
from Georgia. Mr. Harrold, who was
with his father and Mr. Lanier dur
ing their stay abroad, will be in Eu
rope some time yet, making a tour
of the Scandinavian countries, which
embrace the only territory on the
continent which he had not already
visited during his stay there as a
student at Oxford.
For Georgia Probably local
showers on coast today and Satur-'
day.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
MANY BESIDE BIER US
OftY DW IN HOME
OE HARDING WILY
Mrs. Harding Still Gracious and
Kindly as Nation and State
Honor Departed Husband
SILENT TRIBUTE IS PAID
General Assembly of Georgia
Has Memorial Program With
Rep- Covington Speaker
MARION, Ohio, August 10.—To
day when human eyes would look
their last upon the face of War
ren G. Harding, 29th president of
the United States, dawned with
many who still lo' < d him, still wait
ing to pass slowly beside the bier
resting in his father’s home. Be
fore the shadows of evening steal
across the wide and peaceful fields
of the valley where he was born,
the gates of his tomb will have
closed behind him, and his long,
long way off funeral ended.
In gracious kindliness the sorrow
ful woman who had longed for the
end of the public ordeal that has
stretched into more than a week
of pageant and ceremonial, that the ■
people of the nation and state that<|S
claimed him as its son might testi®K
fy to their grief, set aside her own
wish to be alone with her dead at
last.
— •
MIGHTY NATION
STANDS SLIENT.
WASHINGTON, Augusfc 10.
The nation will pay a tribute of
silence to President Harding as the
body is entombed at Marion today.
From coast to coast, and from
border to border, every wheel of
the federal government and virtual
ly every one of industry and com
merce will stand stilt Theaters
and other atnusement places will be
closed, baseball .games postponed,
and other sporting events deferred
as recommended by President.
Coolidge in his proclamation offi
cially announcing the death of the
late president, and ' today will be
observed as one of mourning and
prayer.
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
HONORS MEMORY.
ATLANTA, August 10.—Memo
rial services for President Harding
with Representative Covington, of
Colquitt as the chief speaker, con
stitute the program of the general
assembly of Georgia this afternoon.
The memorial services began at 1
o’clock* and continued during 30
minutes. At 3:30 the house re
convened and resumed the co#-
sideratkm of business.
'EflifSff®
CONVERT' IS THEME
Revivalist at First Christian
Church Preached Splendid
Sermon Thursday Night
In one of the most forceful set
mons of the whole revival at the
First Chirstian church, last night.
Rev. Geo. H. Ramsey held the audi
ence absorbed in deep interest for
more than an hour. The subject
was “Europe’s First Convert,” and
the story was that of Lydia, the
seller of purple.
Skilfully woven into the histori
cal account was the gospel plan of
salvation, the process of carrying
out that plan and the logical* re
sults both in individual redemption
and in national and international
affairs. The speaker seemed equal
ly at home in language translation,
historic love, and recent current
philosophy.
The climax of the discourse was
reached in an earnest appeal for
all Christians to follow the Christ
in example and commandment, ex
alt God’s revealed will above the
will of mon, and for a great united
protestanism of • evangelical Chris
tianity with which to be able to
cope with the forces of evil.
The subject for tonight will be
“The Transgressor’s Way.” There
will be no services Saturday. All the
usual services Sunday morning and
evening.
The subject Sunday will be “fol
lowing Jesus.” and in the evening
“The Great Invitation.” The re
vival series will dose with the Sun
day evening services.
Sunday morning, August 19,
Exangelist Ramsey will begin a re
vival in the Christian church at
Trenton, Ky. Following this meet
ing he will return to his pastoral
work with the First Christian
church, Evansville, Ind.