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FORTY-FIFTH YEAR—NO. 187
STORM DEATH TOLL NOW MORE THAN 300
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Walker Offers Troops to Preserve Order at Macon
HILO HUMS IH
SEPARATE CELLS 111
8188 Cliff Jill.
Brothers Captured Near Macon
by Deputies Charged With
Flogging Attempt
WALKER OFFERS TROOPS
Will Call Out National Guards
men if Local Officials Call
For Assistance
ATLANTA, Au?. 20—(By As
sociated Press) —Governor Walk
er has offered to call out the
Geortfia National Guard when
ever local officials at Macon feel
the need of additional forces.
Sheriff Hicks, of Bibb county,
today promised the executive that
he would ask for assistance if the
emergency develops, but that ad
ditions! forces are not consid
ered necessary now.
BROTHERS HELD IN
SEP ARM E CELLS.
MACON,, August 2(5. Three
Hudson brother who were arrested
last, night after they had attempt
ed to flog a negro, are being held
in seperate cells and are not per
l. toed to see visitors.
The she-iff stated that every
precaution is heiii giai.cn to pre
net t their communicating with each
other or with outsiders until it is
obtained if they know anything of
a series of other floggings previ
ously committed in Macon.
KIDNAPED MAM
RETURNS TO JAIL.
EAU GALLIE, Fla., August 20.
G. A. Davis, who was removed from
the county jail last night by five
masked men who obtained the keys
of the jail when they overpowered
the deputy sheriff, return to the
jail today.
Jail officials will issue no state
ment beyond saying that Davis is
uninjured. Davis is under arrest
for non-support of his family.
FIRST ARRESTS
SUNDAY NIGHT
MACON, August 20. The
first arrests to be made in connec
tion with midnight abductions and
floggings that have terrified I\Ja
con residents recently were made
here last night.
At the county jail three men are
being held on open charges in con
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if»l CLARK
• oils it mum
Is Survived by Her Husband,
Bruce Clarke, Formerly of
Americus, and Young Son
Americus friend, received tele
grams early today announcing the
death in Atlanta at 5 o’clock Sun
day evening of Mrs. Mary Poss
Clark.
Funeral services will be held in
Atlanta Tuesday morning at 10
o’clock, and Mr. and Mrs. J. H.
Clark of this community are in At
lanta, are in Atlanta to attend the i
services.
Mrs. Clark was 22 years old, and !
had visited her parents, Mr. and 1
Mrs. J. H. Clark, here on a number I
of occasions.
Surviving are her husband, Bruce
Clark and a young son, Bruce Clark,
Jr., three years of age.
DNEKItIEDTiDHURT
1 MITiILE CPH
E, J. Schaeffer, Prominent Pub
lisher, Dead; Daughter and
Son-in-Law injured
CHICAGO, August 20.—(8y the
Associated Press.) —E. J. Schaef
fer, of Akron, was killed, and his
daughter, Mrs. Thomas A. Knatt
and his son-in-law, Thos. A. Knatt,
seriously hurt when their automo
bile overturned today. The acci
dent occurred near Gary, Ind.,
where Mr. Shaeffer and the mem
bers of his family had gone on a
pleasure trip, lie was general man
ager of the Softfield Publishing
company, and had long been promi
nent in the publishing industry in
the Middle West,
fREASURY HEAD WILL REMAIN AT POST
CtPGILL PRAISES
II Os Ilf ST
PMIi POOL
Red Cross Swimming Instructor
Gave Splendid Demonstra
tions, He Says
SYSTEM !S EXPLAINED
Inter-City Red Cross Meet With
Americus and Albany Par
ticipating Is Proposed
Ralston Cargill, chairman of the
Playground commission here, today
praised the w6rk of T. Earl Moore,
who gave a recent exhibition of
swimming and life saving at the
Playground pool here. About six
hundred Americus people witnessed
the demonstration Mr. Cargill stat
ed.
New methods of resuscitation
used by Mr. Moore during the dem
onstration were used by Mr. Moore,
with a number of Americus swim
mers qualifying for places as life
savers. Those who qualified as
juniors were Ed Hoys, Joe Sutton,
Sherlock Gaines, James Harris
John Wagon, Jr., and Darby Dud
ley, with Darby Dudley star in hi:
class. Seniors who qualifTed were
Bobby E'ooks, Fred Statham, Carl
Humber and Charles Glover.
In explaining the Schaeffer
method of articficial respiration,
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TiBSTOU IS PltY
GULF LIE M
Nassau Scoring to Be Used Dur-
*ng Playing Between Local
and Visiting Golfers
Tomorrow afternoon the Ameri
cus Golf club team will play the
Thomaston team on the Americus
links, this being the third meeting
of the year. Nassau scoring will
be used.
In the filrst meeting, which was
held at Thomaston the Americus
players were defeated by large
odds ,but on the return engage-,
ment on the Americus links, the
score was exceedingly close. Since
this last tournament, the Ameri
cus players have been putting in
some hard work, and it is antici
pated that they will put up an ex
tremely game fight to win this
match.
j The Thomaston plavers will ar
, rive in Americus on Tuesday morn
ing. and after placing over the
course will have diner with the
Americus club at the Windsor ho
tel. The tournament will start
promptly at 2:30 and a large gal
lery is expected.
cordelf. high expects
WINNING FOOTBALL TEAM
CORDELE, August 20. Cor
dele High school expects to have a
j winning football team this fall.
| Prof. R. P. Mardre, a former regu
| lar on the t 4uburn varsity, is the
j new coach. More than forty boys
have signified their intentions of
reporting for practice. The tenta
tive schedule includes Hawkinsville,
Eastman, Moultrie, Fitzgerald and
other good teams in this section.
SAVANNAH MAN NAMED
A C. L. ADVERTISING HEAD
SAVANNAH, August 20.—Lieut.
Com. O. F. Cooper, U. S. N., re
tired, a former Savannahian, has
been appointed advertising agent
of the Atlantic Coast Line, witn
headquarters in Wilmington, ac
cording to an announcement by E.
I M. North, assistant general passen
ger agent of the line. Mr. Coop
er was in charge of the nydr.o
graphic office here from 1912 to
1917.
LICNS ENTERTAIN OPRHANS
SAVANNAH, Aug. 20—Life isn’t
all hard knocks for the little tots
who have no fathers or mothers.
The Savannah Lions Club has ar
] ranged an enjoyable outing for
l about 1,35 Savannah orphans to
lake place on August 23. The club
plans to take the youngsters on an.
automobile ride to Tybee. A com
mittee is now arranging th<? event.
THE TIMESrtRECORDER
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Luis Angel Firpo, “Wild Bull of
the Pampas,” having knocked out
Charlie Weinert at Philadelphia now
turns to training for his bout with
Dempsey for the world’s heavy
weight title.
cllidge talkswith
BUSINESS II UPON
11. S, GOVT. RELATIONS
Delegation Headed by Julius H.
Barnes Guests at the White
House
LEADING MEN* PRESENT
Committee From U. S- Chamber
of Commerce Talks With
Chief Executive
WASHINGTON, August 20.
Business conditions throughout the
country and the relation of gov
ernment to business was discussed j
today at a conference between j
President Coolidge and some of the
nation’s leading business men rep
resenting the United States Cham
ber of Commerce. The delegation
was headed by Julius H. Barnes,
president of the chamber.
aiSmUrc
m AGENT Iff II
Work cf G overnment Operatives
There Not Yet Completed—
Situation Is Quiet
SAVANNAH, August 20.—1 t is
understood 50 members of the gov
ernment prohibition fore? which last
week made scores of arrests are
still here. Although it is not known
hte-nature of other activities, it is
believed their work is not yet com
plete. No outstanding develop
ments have ocurred in the last few
days. _ s
COLUMBUS ‘ROTES’ BACK
EDUCATIONAL MOVEMENT
COLUMBUS, August 20—Colum
bus Rotarians are backing a unique
philanthropic enterprise. A fund
was started some months ago for
the purpose of aiding deserving
and worthy boys in obtaining an
education. The fund at present to
tals $2,260. Money from this fund
is loaned to boys to aid then) In
securing a college education and
only to boys who have shown real
aptitude for learning and who have
no other visible means for such pur-
AMERICUS, GA., MONDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 20, 1923
MELLON WILL REMAIN
IN CABINET, HE m
IN FORI.LSTATEMENT
Announcement Follows Confer
ence of an Hour With Pres,
ident Coolidge
PROSPERITY IN EUROPE
Unemployment on Continent In
creasing With Prospects of
Good Crops
WASHINGTON, August 20.
Secretary Mellon let it be definite
ly known today following a confer
ence with President Coolidge that
he will remain in the cabinet.
I Mr. Mellon spent nearly an hour
l conferring with the president, dur
j ing which time they discussed the
conditions in Europe, touching
I lightly upon his observation made
j by his recent vacation trip abroad.
He also; touched upon the allied
debts and geiu'a! financial condi
tions abroad.
Mr. Mellon is said to have stated
that many signs of prosperity are
to be found in Europe, wicn unem
ployment decreasin, and present
prospects pointing to the'*best crops
in years.
TMLIfSBETT
FOP MURDER OF
mm IS STffiTFD
State Fighting for Change of
Venue in Famous Virginia
Homicide Case
AFFIDAVITS PRESENTED
Alleged That Defendants Have
Powerful Influence That Pre
cluded Fair Trial
CUMBERLAND COURTHOUSE,
Va., August 20.—The trial of Robt.
O. Garrett, charged with the mur
der of Rev. JSdw. Sylvester Pie’rce,
Baptist minister, last June, started
today with the state fighting for
change of venue. Affidavits have
been presented that a fair trail
cannot be had because of the alleg
er powerful influence of Garrett
and bis broteY, Larkin Garrett, al
so charged with the Pierce murder.
BODIES 6F SEVER WHO
DIED II FIDE FOUND
Three Other Women Still Miss
ing, With Twenty Reported
Injured
HUNTSVAILLE, P. 0., August
20.—The bodies of seven women
who perished during the fire which I
destroyed Wawa hotel on the Lake
of-Bays Sunday, have been recov
ered. \‘«'l
Three other women known to
have been in the burned building
are still missing, and it is believed
they have also been burned to
death. Besides these there are
twenty injured, many of them se
riously. -4. (|{9
ALBANY CHAMBER GIVES
APPROVAL TO MERGER
ALBANY T , August 20.—Endorse
ment of the efforts of the Atlantic
Coast Line and the Louisville and
Nashville railroads to lease the
properties of the Carolina, Clinch
field & Ohio railroad has been giv
en by the Albany Chamber of Com
merce. The matter was brought to
the attention of the directors at a
j recent meeting and they gave unan
imous approval to the proposed
lease and urged the Interstate
Commission to permit it.
Miss Allie Ray, of Arlington* has
j returned home after a "lit of a
! week to her brother, W. W. Ray and
Mrs. Ray on Church street.
Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Ray left to
ddy for Panama City, Fla., for a
visit of several days.
ACTRESS AND INJURED BROTHER
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Anita Stewart, film star, and her brother, George Stewart. Geoi
Stewart is in a serious condition in a New York hospital as the result
an assault.
HUMS FILES SUIT
FIIP Jill HIST
AMERICUS ATTORNEy
W. T. Lane Named Along With
Clients in Action Brought by
LaGrange Lawyer
ALLEGES ILLEGAL ARREST
Quotes Headlines From Times-
Recotder in Petition for Darn,
ages Filed Here
M. H. Norris, who figured promi
nently is newspapers here during
October, 1921, has filed suit for
$50,000 against Mrs. Mary P. Fowl
er, J. L. Botwick, Mrs. J. L. Bost
wick, C. F. Fuller, Mrs. Janie Fuller,
and W. T. Lane, alleging malicious
prosecution and unwarranted im
prisonment at that time. The suit
| has just been filed in Sumter Su
perior court, and in his. pleadings
the LaGrange attorney, who now re
sides at Columbus, asserts that be
cause of such prosecution he has
ibeen “greatly hindered from follow
ing and transacting his lawful af
fairs arid business for a long time—
for the space of about twenty
months, and that his time so lost
j being of the value of several thou
sand dollar's.”
Petitioner futher alleges in his
pleadings that certain Georgia news
papers, induing The Americus
Times-Recorder, The Atlanta Geor
gian, The Atlanta Constitution, The
Atlanta Journal, The Albany Herald
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TWO HURT Fins
CRASH « 111!
Tom Murray and A. F. Kleckley
Brought to Hosp.tal Here
After Accident
MONTGOMERY, Ala.. August
29.-—The present week of che Ala
bama legislature is expected to be
! marked by continued speed on the
part of members. Rapid action by
| the legislature last week in dispos-
I ing of numerous important meas
ures set a pace which the members
; appear determined to follow, ac
cording to indications.
In the lower house, the feature
action of the week is expected to
be the action on the Mobile port
bill, the measure having been made
i a special order of the 35th legis
lative day,
SLUT* SHBIUi
SUES IB SENATOR
FOR 38 CENTS LIBEL
Source of Libel Makes Damage
Only Nominal Amount Pe
tition Says
WANTS SENATOR TESTIFY
Says Secretary Produced Great
est Panic in Farm Prices
Ever Known
DES MOINES, August 20.
Charges by Senator Brookhart, of
lowa, that E. T'. Meredith, while
secretary of agriculture, “sat in
with Wall Street and helped pro
duce the greatest panic in farm
prices in the history of agricluture,”
today prompted the latter to sue
ou.L *l»qil -ioj H)!po.iapj up?
amount sought in the suit is 30
cents.
The main compensation sought
in the suit, it is by at
torneys connected with the case, L
to compel Senator Brookhart to
testify under oath as to the truth
or falsity of his charges. Former
I Secretary Meredith, discussing the
j case this morning, stated that “be
cause of its source, the libel only
amounted to thirty cents.”
Amiri™
IS KILLED INSTANTLY
Automobile Accident at Miami
Results Fatally to Prominent
Pennsylvania Man
MIAMI, Fla., August 20.—C. J.
Ilolleman, formerly of Pittsburg,
prominent real estate developer
here, was instantly killed this
morning when his automobile was
overturned, crushing him beneath
the steering wheel.
COLUMBUS SHRINERS TO
HOLD BIG CERMONIAL
COLUMBUS, Aug. 20.—Colum
bus Shriners plan to hold a big
ceremonial the latter part of Octo
ber or first of November, at which
time fifty or more candidates will
be initiated. According to the
present plans, the initiation cere
monies will he in charge of A.
Sihah Temple of Macon. At pres
ent, the Columbus Shriners are
discussing the erection of a new
club house,
WEATHER i
For Georgia Partly cloudy in
north; local thundershowers in
south portion tonight and Tuesday,
PRICE FIVE CENTS
346 Hi DEAD IN
KOREA TYPHOON WTH
ft THOUSAND USING
Tidal Waves and Storms Report
ed in Four Western Prov
inces of Korea
PROPERTY DAMAGE HIGH
Advices From Seoul Bring Sor
did Picture of Damage Done
By Elements
TOKIO, August 20.—Advices re
ceived today from Seous said that
more than 346 persons are dead,
with more than 1000 missing, as a’
result of tidal waves and storm®
in four western provinces of Korea.
The damage to houses and other
property is reported as tremendous,
IFLEFTSMS
OS 19SB FLIGHT
Seventeen Martin Bombers
Leave Langley Flying Field
For Bangor, Maine
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LANGLEY FIELD, August 20.
(By the Associated Press) —Seven-
enteen Martin bombing planes, ac
companied by three Dellaviland
planes and a number of observation
machines, left here this morning
upon the longest flight ever under
taken by so large an air fleet in
the United States.
The planes will make their way
up the coast to Bangor, Me.,' the
purpose of the flight being to
demonstrate their offensive ca
pacity and to map out landing fields
along the route traversed.
lOBILTPiTtL ■
BEFORE ALA. SOLBNS
Measure Appropriates $10,000,-
000 to Provide Adequate
Shipping Facilities
Tom Murray and A. F. Kleckley,
two young men residing in Macon
county, were hurt Sunday night
when their car turned turtle at a
point near Viney’s branch, about 3
miles from Andersonville on the
Dixie highway. The cause of the
accident unknown, and both of
the young men will recover, accord
ing to Dr. .W. S. Prather, who
tended chenr after tcc-y
brought to the Americus and Sum'-19
ter county, hospital here. Mr ■■
Kleckley was not seriously hurt. Dr. B
Prather said, while Mr. Murray sus- f|
tained a fractured collarbone and
a number of broken ribs on tjic left
side.
PECAN GROWERS TO
MEET SEPTEMBER 7
ALBANY, August 20.—Pecan
growers of Georgia and other states
have been invited to a mass meet
ing to be held at the municipal au
ditorium in Albany Sept. 7, when a
“nationally known expert,” whose
name has not yet been announced,
will speak on co-operative market
ing. The Southern Pecan Growers’
Exchange, a co-operative market
ing organization being formed with
headquarters at Albany, is sponsor
ing the meeting.
SHIP REACHED SAVANNAH
WITH 500 TONS OF EGGS
SAVANNAH, Aug. 20.—Five
hundred tons of eggs, was a part
of the cargo arriving here recently
on the American steamer, Hawaiian
of the American-Kawaiian Line.
The eggs were shipped from China J
to Portland, Ore., then reshipped M
here. The eggs are preserved in
some manner by the Chinese are jj
used mostly by bakers and restaura- ■
ters. M 1
DAMAGE SUIT FOR BIG
SUM FILED IN CHATHAM
SAVANNAH', Augj 20.—A dam
age suit for 818,000 is pending in
the superior court here against
George E. Simms. The suit, filed
by Dr. H. H. Martin, alleges that
Simms, while driving an automobile
at a high rate of speed, ran him
down and inflicted personal in
juries. Three thousand dollars of
the amount sued for, according to
the plaintiff’s petition, represents
a loss of SI,OOO a month for three
months as a practicing physiican,
more than