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SPOT COTTON
American middling, 24 1-2 cents.
FORTY-FIFTH YEAR—NO. 184
EXTRA SESSION DATE NOT YET DETERMINED
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Southwest Georgia Rotarianslto Gather Here This Month
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CALLED flip ffl. 3 0
Rotarians to Be Here on That
Date From Seven Nearby
Georgia Cities
DIST. GOVERNOR COMING
Albany, Columbus, Macon, Quit
man, Moultrie, Thomasville
Valdosta Be Represented
An inter-city meet of Rotarians
of Southwest? Georgia will occur in
Americus, Thursday, August 30, at
which' 200 or 250 Rotarians from
Albany, Columbus, Macon, Moultrie,
Thomasville, Quitman and Valdosta
will be guests of the Americus club,
it was announced yesterday by
President John Sheffield.
Ken Guernsey, governor of the
39th district, will be present, com
ing from Orlando, Fla., for the cele
bration.
The program as arranged by the
local club begin at 3 p. nr. with
golf, swimming and other features
at the Playground and Country
club. Dinner will be served at
6:30 in the main dining room of
the Windsor hotel.
A swimming competition between
boys from the seven towns will be
a feature of the afternoon.
Charles Lanier entertained the
Rotary club Wednesday with a
highly intersting account of his trip
over Europe. For thirty minutes
or more the Rotarians followed
Charles in his interesting experi
ences in England, France, Belgium,
Italy and Switzerland Charles says
Lucerne is' the most beautiful of
cities; Venice the most romantic;
Paris all and more than is claimed
for it; Brussels had its attractive
features; Monte Carlo interested
but did not appeal to Charles; rail
and ocean travel, tho tedious had
its compensations. Seldom have the
Rotarians enjoyed more hearty
laughs than while listening to
Charles’ experiences.
Among guests present were Rev.
John M. Cutler of Americus; Quim
by Melton, general sales manager
of International Proprietaries, of
Atlanta; T. E. Moore, swimming ex
pert of the Red Cross; “Flip”
Spence, of Albany.
Walter Rylander, vice-president,
presided.
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DIES II LWffll
Americus friends received tele
grams today announcing the death
at Lynchburg, Tenn., of Mrs. Will
K. Parks, who before her marirage
Emily Record, and during
two years a member of the faculty
of Furlow Grammar school. Death
followed a brief illness.
Announcement of the death of
Mrs. Parks will be received with
general regret in Americus where
she was universally popular. While
a resident here, Mrs. Parks was
a guest in the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Will Green Turpin and active
in social circles, being a favorite
in many homes where she visited.
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SURVEY IF MB
George A. Eckford, Experienced
Publicity Writer, Will Direct
Work for Times-Recorder
'1 he Times-Recorder takes
pleasure in announcing that
through its columns next week a
special survey of the business es
tablishments in Americus will be
published. This survey will be
written by Geo. A. Eckford, man
ager of the Eckford Publicity
company. Mr. Eckford is a news
writer of years experience and
has been engaged in business sur
vey work for some time and
thoroughly knows this class of
work. He is prominently connect
ed in this state
The idea of this write-up will
be to show why it is unneces
sary for the residents of this
trading area to go anywhere be
sides Americus to do their trad
ing. The solicitations for the I
surveys in the special supplement |
will be made, by Mrs. Geo. A. I
Eckford, Mrs. Beth Irwin and j
James Warren,
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CRIME WAVE SWEEPS OVER MANY SECTIONS
EHF mmn
HOT IEI Ifflffl,
BUT FIPfCTEC MR
County Health Commissioner
Has Under Consideration
Place in U- S. Hospital
CHAMBLISS PRAISES WORK
Retirement Likely to Bring
About Readjustment of En
tire Health Work Here
Dr. B. F. Bond, county health
commissioner, who has been in
charge of health work in Sumter
county during several prob
ably will resign this This
information was elicits" from Dr.
Wade Chambliss today, When he
was asked concerning a report cur
rent upon the streets that Dr. Bond
had already submitted his resigna
tion to the county board of health,
of which Dr. Chambliss is chair
man. Some time ago, according to
Dr. Chambliss, Dr. Bond desired to
leave his position here in order to
accept a more lucrative position in
the United States public health
service, and would then have re
signed as county health commis
sioner, except that Dr. Chambliss
insisted upon his remaining here.
Discussing Dr. Bond’s probabte
resignation with a Times-Recorder
man today, Dr. Chambilss said:
‘‘Since January of this year Dr.
Bond has had an offer in the U.
S. hospital service of approximate
ly double the salary and expenses
that he Was getting her.e In oth
er words, he gets approximately;
$3600 per year and expenses with
a bonus, but owing to the fact that
the budget was made up appropri
ating only SIBOO per year here for
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MUMMER IS
TUMI W
[Big Gallery Witnessed Finals in
l Championship Tournament
I at Club Links Wednesday
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The championship tournament
which has been under way at the
Golf club since August 1, was end
ed on yesterday afternoon. The
tournament committee thought that
a great deal of interest would be
manifested, but very much more in
terest was shown than anticipated.
There were 34 entrants, from which
two flights were formed.
In the qualifying rounds consist
ing of 18 holes of medal play, Wal
ter Ryalnder and Lucius McCleskey
tied for medalist, and this tie was
was played off yesterday afternoon.
Walter Rylander won the match by
one stroke, it being the most close
ly contested event of the tourna
ment.
In the .first flight Middleton Mc-
Donald and Peck Rylander went
to the finals in which McDonald
defeated Rylander yesterday after
| noon. This gave McDonald the
j championship with Peck Rylander
' runner-up.
In the first flight Henry Clay won
the trophy of the beaten four and
Lucius McCleskey for the beaten
I two. Howell Elam won the conso
lation in this flight, while Lucas
Thiers was the consolation runner
up.
In the second flight H. O. Jones
won from Dr. Wheeler the trophy
awarded to the winner of the sec
| ond flight, and Wheeler the one
i for the runner-up.
In this flight Dave Andrews was
the winner o‘s the beaten four,,
while Bill Dodson won the beaten
two. Billy Morejand won the con
solation, with Dusty Burke the con
solation runner-up.
Mr. Byies, club profesisonal, of
fered a trophy to the player mak
ing the lowest medal score on nine
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JOURNAL SPORTING
EDITOR DIED TODAY
ATLANTA, August /16.—J. L.
Ray, associate sporting editor of
the Atlantia Journal, died here early
today. Death was due to blood
poisoning, the result of injuries
sustained several days ago in an
automobile accident. 1
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THETMBWEeORDER
Ell published IN THE heart~6f dixie;
MELON GROWERS GET
AVERAGE $205.05 CAR
MOULTRIE, Aug. , 16.—Melon
growers who are members of the
Southwest Georgia Melon Growers’
Association received an average of
$205.05 a car for their melons the
r.ast season, according to figures
made public by the association.
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APREST W HI
08 BOOTLEG CHARGES
Prominent Residents Are Among
Those Accused by Federal
Authorities
MORE ARRESTS COMING
Accused to Be Prosecuted Under
Smuggling and Volstead Dry
Law as Well
WASHINGTON, Aug. 16—With
84 persons already under arrest at
Savannah under the conspiracy sec
tion of the federal prohibition en
forcement act, justice department.
!officials here said today they believ
ed they had finally rounded up one
of the largest, if not. the largest,
bootleg forces in the United States.
Other important arrests were
forecast by those officials and the
statement made that further indict
ments will be sought not only un
der the Volstead act, but also under
the customs laws against smuggling.
The more prominent of those ta
ken into custody are:
John J. Powers, vice presiden.
and cashier of the Exchange Bank
of Savannah.
Joseph B. Berner, merchant.
Samuel Berner, former sergeant
of police.
A. Carlson, merchant.
C. Graham Baughn, lawyer.
Willie Haar, bred Haar, Jr., Carl
Haar, Roy G. Ryan, Wolf Silver,
Reuben Tenebaum, J. IL Thomas,
Jacob Williams, Mrs. Jacob Williams
and Robert Williams, all well known
•in Savannah.
| The arrests are the result of the
work under cover of thirty or more
men during several weeks. Early
in the campaign one of the federal
I agents was recognized by a liqubr
seller and the whole force was
quickly withdrawn and supplanted
by men unknown in this section of
the country. They bought liquor
from dealers and when it was de
livered succeeded in getting the in
formation to identify automobiles
used in transporting the contraband.
Last night automobiles valued at
$15,000 had been seized by federal
agents. The federal agents are said
to have come to Savannah with al
leged letters of introduction to whis
ky dealers and had little trouble in
getting liquor from them. With ev
ery purchase evidence was secured
and when the arrests started tonight
the. city was thrown into great ex
citement.
John J. I'owers, vice president
and cashier of the Exchange Bank
is charged with conspiracy to vio
late the prohibition law. No details
of charges against him could be
procured. He is one of the best
known bankers in Savannah.
United States court is now in ses
sion in Savabnah with Judge Wil
liam I. Grubb, of Birmingham, pre
siding.
AID IN PROBE
ATLANTA, August 16.—Thomas
W. Hardwick, former governor ot
Georgia, will be engaged to repre
sent the investigating committee to
be appointed by the president of
the senate and the speaker of the
house to conduct a probe into the
affairs of the department of agri
culture.
This was learned here today
from Charles E. Stewart, represen
tative from Atkinson county, the
leader in the movement to obtain
an investigation of the farm de
partment.
“1 am communicating with for
mer Governor Hardwick today,”
Representative Stewart said, “and
although I have no definite plans
to announce at this time, it, can be
stated that Jtfr. Hardwick will be
present at the sessions of the in
vestigating committee, and that au
thority will be vested in him to
examine all the witnesses,’
AMERICUS, GA., THURSDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 16, 1923.
HIGH NORTH CAROLINA
OFFICIALACCUSEO OF
IRfflG BIG IM
Federal Warrants Issued For
Lieut.-Gov. Cooper at Ral
eigh Today
BOND PLACED AT SIO,OOO
Members of Family Held For
Wrecking Defunct Commer
cial Bank of Wilmington
RALEIGH, N. C., Aug. 16—
Lieut.-Gov. W. B. Cooper and Thom
as E. Cooper, his brother, and his
son, Horace C. Cooper, and Clyde
L. Lassiter, business associate of
the family, were arrested at Wil*
mington yesterday on federal war
rents charging conspiracy in wreck
ing the defunct Commercial Nation
al Bank of Wilmington, N. C., it
was learned today. The Coopers
made bond for SIO,OOO each with
that of Lassiter fixed at $5,000.
The. arrest of the four men arises
from the alleged surrender of a bill
of lading without payment of the
draft a few days before the bank
was closed by a federal bank exam
iner.
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Fill APE HELD
Mysterious Death cf Millard
Trouton Leads to Arrest at
Newnan, Georgia
NEWNAN, August 16. Five
men today *v»~undx>r arrest here in
connection with the mysterious
death of Millard Troutman, 33,
whose badly decomposed and mu
tilated body was found floating in
i a creek near here Tuesday, and
the arrest of a sixth is momentari
ly expected, according to Sheriff S.
P. Carpenter.
Troutman, it is said, was abduct
ed by unknown men last Friday
night after he had been summoned
from his home by two men, whose
names were said to be Freeman
and Feltman. These two men were
arrested soon after the finding of
Trouton’s body and told officers
they had asked Troufton to. go
walking with then? kvhen suddenly
an automobile containing three or
four men drove up to the curb and
Trouton was overpowered and car
ried off. Trouton’s father-inlaw
and brother-in-law were arrested
yesterday. The warrants charge
the prisoners with complicity in
the abduction of Trouton.
HO ENVOIS EK
W ME TO REPORT
MEXICO CITY, Ang. 16—Bar
ton Payne and Charles B. Warren,
who have concluded their work at
the pre-recognition conference, left
last night for Washington aboard a
special trainrto submit to President
Coolidge and Secretary Hughes the
records of the negotiations. They
expect to arrive in the capital next
Monday, having declined invitations
to stop off at San Antonio, Browns
ville, El I’aso, Houston ami Juarez.
After the records had been sighed
yesterday it was authoritatively
learned that an agreement had been
permanent court of international
reached to have the president of the
justice at The Hague appoint neu
tral umpires for the United States
and Mexican claims commission,
which are to be created through the
revolutionary and mixed claims con
ventions if, and after diplomatic re
lations are to be resumed.
BOLL WEEVIL SUBJECT
OF SERMON SERIES
CORDELE, Aug. 16—The boll
weevil, his many menaces was the i
subject of a sermon delivered by I
Rev. E. O. Heath, pastor of the I
First Methodist church here last
Sunday.
CORDELE SUMMER
SCHOOL CLOSED
CORDELE. Aug. 16. The
Ware’s School for Boys has closed
its summer course. Six youngsters
were given diplorvas.
THREE BALES COTTON
MARKETED AT TIFTON
Tit TON,, Aug. 16. Three
bales of cotton of the 1923 sea
son have been marketed here.
William and John Han'jilton of
Berrien county, brought in the first
bale and got 24 3-8 cents a pound
for it.
CLARK MINS TO
COUNCIL REGARDING
CEMETERY PRACTICES
Emptying of Urns in Mosquito
Campaign Objected to by
Local Manufacturer
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE
City Physician and Attorney to
Work With Members in
Framing New Ordinance
The session of city council Wed
nesday night was consumed large
ly in hearing the complaint of* C.
J. Clark, who appeared to object
to certain practices ordered by the
health authorities in Oak Grove
cemetery. The particular objection
lodged with council by Mr. Clark
was the emptying of urns and con
tainers placed upon the graves of
dead buried in the cemetery, which
he said, seriously injured the mar
ble of which monuments are built,
besides desecrating the burial
places.
According to Mr. Clarke, the
cemetery keeper has been rather
ruthless in applying regulations of
the health board, throwing out
flowers sometimes the day after
these had 1)600 placed) in urns,
without regard to the injury done.
This, he said, had occurred recently
when he had palced some flowers
upon the grave of his son, the late
Carroll Clark, on Tuesday, the flow
ers being removed by the‘cemetery
keeper and the water in the urn
emptied the next day.
According to Mr. Clark, this prac
i tice held no warrant in law, and
: he was emphatic in his statement
; that insofar as his lot is concern
' ed, must be stopped. Others, he
| told council, had frequently been
in conference with him, and had
asked that he complain to council
about the cemetery practices. That
the menace of malaria entered in
to the situation he admitted, but
asserted that this could be easily
handled and at small elost to the
city through the employment of
a special attendant one day in each
week whose duty it would be to go
through the cemetery and erupty
all urns containing water without
the necessity of removing these
from the slabs upon which they may
be placed. In order to do this,
of course, it would be necessary
Ito use a syphon or sponge to get
all of the water out of the con
tainers, he said.
Aiderman Allison did not agree
with Mr. Clarke, but was of the
opinion that the matter should be
gone into by the cemetery commit
tee, with the city physician and city
attorney added to seek a solution
of the controversy. One suggestion
was that the city adopt an ordi
nance requiring all cemetery lot
owners to prevent the breeding of
mosquitoes on their lots ,and that
cases be made against all those who
fail to do this. Some .members
of council wanted this ordinance
to provide that the water be emp
tied from all urns regularly, while
Mr. Clack thougth it would be suf
ficient if the presence of wiggle
tails in urns be necessary before
a conviction would be authorized
under the proposed ordinance. The
discussion finally ended with the
matter being referred to a com
mittee of which Aiderman J. W.
Harris, Jr., is chairman.
SIXTEEN NEW
SCHOOLS GET AID
ATHENS, Aug. 16.—Sixteen ad
ditional schools have completed ar- ■
rangements for receiving federal
aid in the emoplyment of vocation
al agricultural teachers, according
to Paul W. Chapman, state super
visor of vocational education. The
new schools receiving this assis
tance are Zebulon, Hart county;
Lavonia, Snellville, Gore, Talla
poosa, Dillard, Pelham, Camilla,
Warrenton, Powder Springs, Aus
tell Rentz, Marsselton, and Portal.
IIILITIA H TULSA
PLACE TWO UNDER
ARREST A| RIOTERS
Man Accused of Participating in
Attack Upon Hanteman Be
ing Rounded Up
UNDER MARTIAL LAW YET
Emergency Declared by Gov.
Walton as Result of Out
breaks Still Continues
TULSA, Okla., August 16.—Two
men, alleged to have been members
of an unmasked band which ab
ducted and whipped Nathan Hanta
men Friday night, were arrested by
National Guardsmen here today.
The arrests are the first tangible
result of martial law invoked by
Governor Walton Jtiecause of the
recent outbreaks of mob violence.
RENEWAL OF RIOTS
AVERTED AT STEUBENVILLE
STEUBENVILLE, Ohio, August
16.—A renewal of rioting which oc
curred last night between Klans
men and local residents was nar
rowly averted early today when 5
automobile loads of Klansmen from
East Liverpool, armed with shot
gun* and revolvers, arrived to assist
the local organizations. They were
met by the sheriff and his depu
ties who took their guns, arrested
eight, and told the others to leave
town.
Early last night a group of 100
Klansmen were attacked on the
downtown sterets, with a score bad
ly beaten and sevral automobiles
wrecked. Darwin L. Gibson, re
puted to be a local Klansman, was
seriously hurt, while John Desan
tis, who attacked him, had his eye
shot out. Two other men are in
the hospital as a result of the riot.
REQUESTS MORE
MACHINE GUNS
ATLANTA, August 16.—Mr.s
Orion Mansicl, superintendent of
the Georgia Training School for
Boys, today asked Governor Walk
er to place two more machine guns
at the institution to protect.it from
a recurrence of mob invasion of
last week. She said she was con
fident the Ku Klux Klan was not
responsible, and Nathan B. Forrest,
grand dragon of the organization
of this state, said that investiga
tion disclosed the Klan had nothing
to do with the invasion. He offer-
for the arrest of mem
ber.'. of the party and announced
similar award for the perpetrators
of the Macon disorders.
LABORER GIVEN
15 LASHES RETURNS
AMARILLO, Texas, August 16.
E. E. McDonald, railroad laborer
who last night kidnaped by five
unmasked men, returned home to
day, his body bearing 56 lashes.
After telephoning police for assist
ance, he was hurried to the hospital,
where his condition is said to be
serious. Two men are under ar
rest in connection with the beating.
firstmie received
AT HAINS WAREHOUSE
Timmerman & Wise Get Bale
Raised by Wright Mims on
Charles Israel Place
PLAINS, Aug. 16—The first bale
of cotton of the 1923-24 season to
be received at Plains came in this
morning and was weighed at the
warehotwe of Timmerman & Wise
here. The bale was produced by
Wright Mims on the farm of Charles
Isreal, and weighed 378 pounds. It
classed American middling and was
sold for 27 1-2 cents a pound. A
number of other bales are expect
ed to be received here later this
week, and the season will open in
full'blast before t h e end of next
week, it is believed.
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TURPIN BOUGHT BALE
HERE WEDNESDAY
The Times-Recorder in its issue
of Wednesday stated in error that
the first bale received at the Com
mercial Warehouse Was bought by
W. E. A. Smith for B. B. Ford &
Co. This should have been George
A. Turpin & Co., and the correction
is gladly made. Turpin & Co. also
bought the other first bale sold at
the Council Warehouse a day or two
ago, this season. ,
WEATHER
Xspuj tupftuoi ag joj
local thundershowers.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
USUAL HECTIC LAST
HOURS M SESSI
OFGENERALASSEMBLY
Effort to Clean Up Tables Ended
at 2:30 This Morning in
Atlanta
VETERANS GET $1,003,000
AH Tax Reform Bills Killed by
House Action, Making Extra
Session Certain
ATLANTA Aug 16 —Governor
Walker said today he would is
sue an extra call session tomor
row and at the same time made
known that he would appoint a
special commission composed of
members of the legislature, far
mers, bankers, manufacturers
and merchants to make scientific
businesslike study of the entire
tax problem for the purpose of
reporting at the session. The
governor stated that tl(e call
would probably be for November
IS, although it might be earlier.
ATLANTA, Aug. 16—Both
houses of the legislature adjourned
about 2:30 o’clock this morning af
ter hectic last hours trying to clean
up the tables, with a compromise ef
fected on the appropriations meas
ure, providing $1,003,000 for pen
sions. The house killed the state au
ditor bill.
Eight members of the house and
four from the senate appointed a
committee to investigate the agri
culture department and to make
report to the governor within 65
days.
All tax reforms were killed by
the house.
The record of the legislature
which adjourned last night at, Atlan
ta contains a number of outstand
ing deliberations. Among these are:
Repeal of the tax equalization
law and enactment of a new sys
tem of taxation was Called to the
attention of the assembly in the in
augural address of Governor
Walker.
“The ad valorem system as now
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W ACTS TO ASSIST
THIS MANAGEMENT
City council at its meeting last
night formally pledged its- co-op
eration with the Chamber of Com
merce in putting on the Sumter
county fair here September 25-29
inclusive. The usual concessions,
namely free license and water and
lights were granted the fair man
agement upon request of George O.
Marshall, county farm demonstra
tion, agent and Secretary Henry 'U
Everett, representing the Chamber
of Commerce, the action taken be
ing unanimous. Following the
granting of the' request Secretary
Everett pledged the fair manage
ment to conduct the fair upon the
highest possible plane with all
gambling for money banned, and
only such midway attractions per
mitted as usual with all Georgia
fairs. No midway attractions will
be permitted to show outside the
fair enclosure during the period of
the fair under the agreement with _
city council, and in addition to
furnishing water and lights with
in the fair enclosure, the council
agreed to sprinkle the streets lead
ing to the fair grounds twice daily
during the continuance of the big
show.
piiTsfraioicE
II EFFECT GEORGIA
ATLANITA, August 16. —The
appointment of C. Bascom Slemp
as private secretary to President
Calvin Coolidge, may change the
entire complexion 6f the Republi
can party organization in Georgia,
and probably will lead to radical
hcanges in the personnel of the
state central committee, -according
to the view taken by close political
observers who regard Mr. Slemp’s’
appointment as one of the most sig
nificant featuers of Republican
party history in Georgia in many
years.
The new secretary to the presi
dent is a relative of Clint W. Hager,
U. S. attorney who is an appointee
of the Republican administration.
The significance of this relationship
lies in the active part taken by Mr.
Hager in conducting a federal grand
jury investigation into the alleged
sale of patronage in Ge rgia by
Chairman Phillips,