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Spot Cotton
Strict Middling 24c
FORTY-FIFTH YEAR—NO
TO PUT LEAGUE BEFORE DEMOCRATS AGAIN
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J, P. Cobb May Die From Wounds at Augusta
BROTHER OF TY COBB
ACCIDENTALLY SHOT
CLEftft REW
Bullets Penetrated Chest and
Left Arm Inflicting Serious
Injuries
TOOK PISTOL FROM WIFE
• --
Removed Following Accident to
Augusta Hospital Where
Wounds Were Dressed
ATLANTA, August 25.—J. P.
Cobb, 30 years of age, and a
brother of the famous Ty Cobb,
is in a local hospital suffering from
bullet wonuds in his chest and left
arm. It is said that Cobb was
cleaning his revolver, when it dis
charged aeicdentally, sending the
load of bullets into his body.
Cobb had just taken it from his
wife who was cleaning it for him.
POLICE ASSIST BOARD
IN INDUSTRIAL SURVEY
SAVANNAH, August 25. The
day patrol of the Savannah police
force has been given the task of
gathering the required statistics in
the business census enumeration for
the proposed industrial and com
mercial directory, or red book,
Which is to be published in the fall
by the Savannah Board of Trade.
Chief Enoch L. Hendry expects the
task to be completed within two
weeks. It is estimated that in ex
cess of 3,000 listings will be re
quired to cover the city completely.
The publicity committee of the
board of trade plans to make the
proposed directory the most com
plete business and trade list, ever
compiled for the city.
PROSPECTING FOR OIL
IN THREE COUNTIES
»
KAWKINSVILE, August 25.
Considerable interest is being mani
fested in Houston, PulasKi and
Dooly countie sin the mineral pros
pects of that territory as a result
of a recent series of addresses here,
at Perry and at Unadilla by Col.
Dandridge Spotswood, an eminent
geologist and consulting engineer,
of New York City. His addresses
touched upon the soil and lime for
mations found in this section. Ap
proximately 100,000 acres of land
are under lease to private interests
in the three counties. -
MAY CLOSE SAVANNAH
STREETS DURING SERVICE
SAVANNAH, August 25 “Un
less motorists and car owners show
more respect for pastors and the
several congregations, we will close
certain streets during public wor
ship and prosecute to the fullest
extent parties who seemingly have
no regard for the piety and sacred
ness of Sunday,” said Chief of Po
lice Enoch L. Hendry here, in re
ferring to the disturbances caused
by the Sunday drivers. It was re
ported to him that the noise was
so great in the streets passing a
few of the churches that the preach
ers often were forced to stop
preaching for a few minutes until
he could make himself heard.
GETTING READY TO
OPEN AT SHORTER
ROME, Ga., Aug. 25—Prepara
tions for the opening of Shorter
College, September 12, with ap
proximately 270 students in attend
ance, are being completed, Dr. J.
D. Blocker, president, announced to
day. _ _
The buildings have been renovat
ed and the grounds now are being
hastily prepared for the coming of
the student body. The swimming
pool will be ready for both the stu
dents and the faculty and a waiting
station and rest room near the car
line will be completed. The wait- I
ing station was made possible j
through gifts from friends of the i
college.
FREIGHT TRAFFIC
MEN MEET SOON
AUGUSTA, August 25. The
Southeastern Passenger association
will hold its anual conference here
in December, according to an an
nouncement by Spencer Hart, sec
retary of the Augusta Board, of
Commerce. About thirty passenger
agents are expected to attend. W.
H. Howard, of Atlanta, is the chair
man of the association.
CRITICISM OF WILSON QUICKLY RESENTED
KIWAiS HUB GETS
BEHM HOG, HEN AND
commit
Steve Pace Declares Turner
County Plan Is Sweeping
the Country
GOOD PROFITS CERTAIN
Memphis Expert Tells How $5,-
000 Was Turned Into $25,-
000 in Five Years
In its efforts to lend a hand in
a movement to the farmers of
Sumter county to successfully pro
duce poultry, milk and hogs, in a
diversified farm plan, the Kiwanis
club Friday devoted its luncheon
hour at the Windsor to poultry pro
duction and the results to be secur
ed therefrom.
“The Turner county plan is
sweeping the country” Steve 'Pace,
Chairman of the meeting stated.
“Senator Dial, of South Carolina,
stated to me recently that he and
the other bankers of his county,
had gotten together and through
their efforts and put over ■he
Turner county plan in that South
Carolina county.
“We can resolute and plan and
talk all summer, but unt'l we get
the co-operation of the bankers of
Sumter county, we can not get any
where with this plan <sr any other,”
Mr.. Pace stated to the club.
“Something must be Jone- and
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HMD fob Was
BEDIffl TO 13180
Judge Gunn Ordered Defendants
Freed Upon Furnishing
Lower Security
MACON, August 25.—Bonds for I
the three Hudson brothers, held in ■
connection with recent floggings, |
were reduced from $5,000 to $3,- i
000 each by Judge Gunn of the I
City court. Their counsel announc
ed they would probably seek fur
ther reduction on habeas corpus
proceedings.
mtWfS
CM HEARING I
I
Probe of Charges /Lodged
Against Judge Howard Fin
ished Late Friday
ATLANTA, August 25. The
grievance committee of the Atlan
ta Bar association, which has been I
investigating charges of unethical i
conduct against Judge G. H. How
ard, finished its probe here late :
Friday. The charges against Judge |
Howard were lodged by Edgar La- I
tham, an Atlanta attorney and half |
a dozen witnesses were heard by I
the committee, which consisted of i
Robert P. Jones, chairman; Marion |
Smith and John Sibley. The com
mittee, following the hearing, stat- I
ed that a, report of their findings |
would be made to the*bar associa- j
tion early next week.
Previous to the beginning of the i
hearing Governor Walker informed '
the committee that he .would not !
participate in the hearing, but sub- j
rnitted to the members a letter in I
which he explained his knowledge ■
of the controversy between Attor-1
ney Latham and Judge Howard. In j
this letter, the governor said:
“I of course, have no personal i
j knowledge of the conversation be-1
tween Mr. Latham and Judge How- i
; aid. Prior to Judge Howard’s ap- •
I pointment, I heard the statements
iof both Mr. Latham and Judge-
Howard as to what had occurred
between them. I reached the con
clusion that Mr. Latham had evi
i dently misunderstood Judge How-
I ard and that nothing improper had
been suggested; and knowing that
Judge Howard was an able lawyer,
I with prior experience on the Su
j perior court bench, I papointed him.
i I knoy nothing further about the
[ controversy.”
THETIMES//RECORDER
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tfWIMJLL
State Department of Education
Is Behind Movement
Launched Today
EXPECT EARLY SUCCESS
I
Extraordinary Session of Legisla
ture May Provide Additional
Facilities Soon
ATLANTA, August 25. A
campaign to “bring about equal
educational opportunities as near
ly as this idea can be accomplish
• ed,” in Georgia is to be inaugurat
ed, the state department of eduea
j tion announced today,
j State educational authorities who
announced the beginning of the
i campaign here today said they ex
pected early success to crown their
efforts. Tne coming |<tra session
of the legislature, which convenes
i November 7, it is expected, will
provide funds with which to furnish
' Georgia children needed additional
school facilities.
As a first step in the equaliza-
I tion plan, Superinl.emJent of Schools
I Ballard will hold regional confer
: ences throughout the state.
: One of the conferences will be
I held in Americus September It!, in
i Waycross September 20, Tifton
September 21, and in Athens Sep
11ember 26.
Much interest is being manifest
ed in the educational conlereces
and it is expected large audiences
will hear the speakers.
wofWTs
LYHCHED GY MOB
Jacksonville Sheriff Convinced
Dead Negro Could Not Have
B«eo Gu.lty Man
JACKSONVILLE, August 25.
The body of a negro, riddled with
bullets by a mob near Jacksonville
last night, has been identified as
that of a farm- hand suspected of
being the man who peeped into a
young girl’s bedroom Friday morn
ing.
Investigation from the sheriff’s
office convinced officials that the
mob slew the wrong negro, as it
was. impossible for himi to have >
been at the scene of the crime.
SURPRISE IjlfOßE.
Mlffll H SfflE
New Methods to Be Adopted
During Inspections Next
Week, Is Warning
The sanitary department Has i
surprise in store for Americus |
householders with back yards, ac- j
cording to Dr. J. W. Chambliss. The j
nature of this surprise Dr. Cham- i
bliss declined to disclose today, bu:
he intimated that As a result of a >
change in inspection methods some j
undesirable publicity is to be given -
residents who fail to keep their back
yards and premises generally clean. .
Telling the Times-Recorder of
the “surprise” this morning Dr.
Chambliss said the sanitary author
ities are aware of the fact that re
cently there has been a great deal of
rain and they are now going after
those mosquito breedings places
which have been controlled hereto
fore by the use of oil. “AU of the oil
has been washed away,” he said,
“and this will be replaced as rapidly
as possible. At the same time, it is
very probable a large number of
empty cans and other receptacles
have been filled with rain water,
and these must be emptied to pre
vent their becoming mosquito breed
ing places. This is one of the points
where we have been constantly on
guard and I want every householder
to- bear this in mind and make an
immediate and thorough inspection
I of the premises about their homes,”
said Dr. Chambliss in conclusion.
AMERICUS, GA, SATURDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 25, 1923
; FIRST BALE RECEIVED
AT ELLAVILLE THURSDAY
j ELLAVILLE August 25.—Schley
| county s;/first bale of cotton for
I this season was brought in Thurs-
I day mcirning by J. W Hanner. It
was ginned by the Stevens ginnery,
weighed 256 pounds and was sold
to Stevens Warehouse ..company at
25 cents per pound, vjte;:?..
liOfimllG
HE FOG EXTRA
W TO START
Expect Approximately Twenty
Days Will Be Consumed
With Tax Legislation
TO CONSIDER ~2 REFORMS
Free Text Books for School Only
Thing Except Tax Reform
Included in Call
ATLANTA, August 25. —A call
for a special session of the general
assembly of Georgia was issued by
Governor Clifford M. Walker late j
Friday afternoon. The date named
;in the call for the legislature to
i assemble is November 7.
Subjects which may be consider
|ed by the solons during the extra
session are tax reform- and free
text books for Georgia schools.
Many members of both houses had
asked Governor Walker to include
other subjects in his call, but he
declined to permit consideration of
anything except the two topics
enumerated above.
It is expected that the session
will continue during approximately
20 days, the governor having inti
mated today that he expected. tiie I
j assembly would adjourn about No
; vernber 29. No time limit can be
I put upon the assembly, however,
and the governor’s estimate of time
necessary to discharge the business
included in his call may be ex
ceeded.
iseMleSsto
MIME ABUSES
Samuel Gompers Names Com
mittee to Probe Alleged
Abuses Authority
CHICAGO, August 25.—Samuel
Gompers, who recently assailed the
issuance of injunctions in this city
against union organizers soliciting
non-union dressmakers as unconsti
tutional and uttered subsequent
| declarations that the judge issuing
I such injunctions should be impeach- I
: ed, has named a committee of 15J
labor leaders to investigate the •
abuses of judicial authority.
FILLINGAME SELLS
BIG TIMBER TRACT
CUTHBERT, August 25.—C. H. •
Watkins has closed a deal with J. ■
M. Fillingame, of Springvale, Ran- :
dolph county, for a large tract of I
timber, the deal involving several I
thousand dollars.
Mr. Watkins has recently pur- i
chased another large tract of tim- :
ber near that point, and is: now I
preparing to begin the operation ■
of a sawmill and .a logging busi- |
ness here. He is considering ftiov- i
ing his family to Springvale while >
carrying on his timber operations
there.
MATERIAL ARRIVING
FOR WARE ROADS
W.YCROSS, Aug. 25—J. D. j
Mitchell, clerk of the Ware County
Bond Compiission, reports that al!
of the gravel for the Waycross-
Manor road is now being delivered.
Last week eighty carloads were un
loaded at Ruskin and this week
shipments will be unloaded at Ma
nor, Ellwood Park apd Glenmore.
B B. CUBBEDGE FINED
TODAY AT SAVANNAH
SAVANNAH, August 25. B.
B. Cubbedge, proprietor of the Pu
j laski hotel, and formerly a well
I known conductor and trainsmaster
of the Central of Georgia railway,
1 died today after a long illness.
JITON SHIP FIRED
UPOH M GALLIPOLI
DY TURKISH SOLDIERS
One Man Killed and a Woman
Badly Injured, Message From
Imbros Asserts
*
HAD 10 REFUGEES ABOARD
Naphtha Launch Was Flying
Flag at Time of Attack
by Turks
ATHENS, August 25. A tele
gram- from the Island of Imbros re
ports a naptha launch flying the
American flag and carrying 10 ref
ugees was fired upon by Turkish
soldiers at Gallipoli. Qne man was
killed and a woman badly wounded.
D»L MARCH IS
HUM IH HEW «
Miss Cora V. McEntee Is Bride
of Former American Chief
of Staff
LONDON, August 25. Major
General Peyton C. March, former
chief of staff of the American
army, and Miss Cora Virginia Mc-
Entee, of New York City, were
quietly quietly married today at
the registry.
Immediately following the cere
mony Major and Mrs. March left
for a tour of the world, the itiner
ary to include several months.
CLAIM POWER LIiFS
BEING TAMPEREDWITH
Constant Interruptions in Service
Believed Due to Malicious
Causes
That the power lines between
Americus and Albany are being
tampered with is the opinion held
by officials of the South Georgia
Public Utilities company here. Who
is doing- the tampering with the
lines, or why this is being done
remain a mystery that the' power
company officials are now trying
to solve. The first step in this
direction was taken when a reward
of $25 was offered for the arrest
and conviction of any person guilty
of interfering in any way with the
transmission lines.
There have recently been a num
ber of mysterious interruptions in
power service between Americus
and Albany that officials of the
company have been unable to ex
plain. These come on most unex
pectedly and go off in the same
manner, without any explanation
being found later. This condition
is the basis for the belief of com-
I pany officials that the lines are
being tampered with, and in addi
tion to offering a reward-for the
I arrest of the miscreants, Supt. R.
IP. Ewing today appeals to every
I resident along the line to assist the
authorities in ferreting out the mys
tery.
“Any substance capable of
I transmitting electricity that is eith
er placed or thrown across the lines
would result in an interruption of
the service,” said Supt. Ewing to
day, “and in addition would cause
an unusual electrical display. A
stick of green wood, for instance,
; might cause service to be interrupt
•ed during a considerable time be
ifore it would be burned in two and
I when thjs occurred there would be
! nothing to evidence what caused the
I interruption. It is highly danger-
I ous, though to tamper with the
i high-power lines that bring power
into Aemricus and sooner or later
any one who does this will be
killed.
"We have been using unusual
precautions to prevent service in
terruptions lately, and these have
taken the form- now of regular pa
trol and inspection of the lines.
Every insulation on the entire line
has becn> inspected twite since uie
hydro-electric service was inaug
urated here, and it is impossible for
these to be causing the trouble.”
BIRKENHEAD CALLED
IMPUDENT BY WEB
SECRETARY OF WAR
Breckenridge Moves to Prevent
Viscount Addressing American
Bar Association
STRGnG LETTER PROTESTS
Expressions of Opinion Regard
ing Great American Distaste
ful to Americans He Says
NEW YORK, August 25.—Char
acterizing references to Woodrow
Wilson by Viscount Birkenhead,
former lord chancellor of England,
in an address at the Williamson
Institute of Politics last night as
impudent, Hen Breckinridge,
assistant secretary of war under
President Wilson, today protested
in a letter to John W. Davis, presi
dent of the American Bar associa
tion against the viscount being per
mitted to speak at the association’s
annual convention.
Breckinridge urged that if it
proved necessary for the viscount
to make his scheduled address, that
it be intimated to him that any ex
pression of opinion concerning the
great American statesman would be
distasteful and intolerable to any
self-respecting American audience.
WlßoFofliofED
SCIENTIST IS DEAD
Mrs. Rhomenia Rhee, Aged 76,
Died Today at Her Wash
ington Home
PASEDENA, Calif., August 25.
Mrs. Rhomenia Fontinette Ellis
Rhee, of Washington, the widow of
William James Rhree, noted scien
tist who for more than 50 years
was connected with the Smithsonian
Institute at Washington, died yes
terday at the age of 76 years.
FiRST” EASTBOUND
FLIGHT ENDED TODAY
Relay Mail Flyer Covers ’Frisco-
New York Trip in 26 Hours
and 17 Minutes
HEMPSTEAD, N. Y., August 25.
The last eastbound flight of the
present trans-continental relay mail
test was completed today when
Pilot Ames arrived from Cleveland.
The entire distance from San Fran
cisco was covered in 26 hours and
17 minutes, three minutes behind
the record established yesterday.
EXPECT SCANDAL IN
POLICE DEPARTMENT
COLUMBUS, Aug. 25 —Asserting
that he had not received.a reply to a
letter to (’hairman Charles M. Wool
folk, requesting a copy of the testi
mony at the recent county commis
sion hearing former County Police
man Johnson E. Owens has an
nounced that the. former policemen
would give the publi- the charges
against Chief J. M. Ruling as made
by them if the chairman fails-to do
The letter nas mailed Wednesday
morning, aeeordin,' to Mr. Owens,
who is recognized as the spokesman
for the members of the county po
lice force, who resigned when Chief
Ruling was exonerated by the
county board last Saturday.
“I have not received a reply from
Mr, Woolfolk,” stated Mr. Owens
at nine o’clock last night. “It seems
that he does not want to take the
public into his confidence and give
them the facts as testified to by us
before the commissioners.
“If he fails to do so we are going
to get all the men together and then
give the public, as best we can the
charges as testified t<s by us before
the county board, as we are deter
mined that the public shall know the
facts.”
WEATHER i
For Georgia Partly cloudy in
north; probably showers in south
portion tonight and Sunday.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
ißim is fflm
LEIGUE BEF3P.E ET
'dehbiticpo™
Makes Statement on Eve of Sail
ing From New York With
Daughter for Europe
NO CANDIDATE HIMSELF
Not to Consult Party Leaders in
Plan to Go Before National
Convention '
NEW YORK, August 25.—New
ton D. Baker, secretary of war un
der President Wilson, announced
before sailing for Europe to place
I his daughter in school, that he will
I go before the next Democratic na
! tional convention to advocate the
League of Nations or World Court,,
two measures dear to the heart
of his former chief.
When asked if he planned to
throw his hat into the preis-’ential
ring, ho replied crisply that he had
no hat. But he added that he in
tended to gj> before the convention
with or without the consent of the
party leaders.
COUNTY POLICE ENFORCE
SPEED LIMIT IN WARE
WAYCROSS, Aug. 25—County
Commissioner D. A. Woodward, in
discussing traffic conditions on the
Dixie Highway south said that there
had been a noticeable improvement
due to the activities of the traffic
cops and the effect of the traffic
signs.
The traffic signs read, “Ware
County Speed Lindt Thirty Miles.
Enjoy Your Freedom.” Several of
them have been erected between
Waycross 1 and the Ware county line.
MAJORITY OF TERRELL
GINNERIES IN OPERATION
DAWSON, August 25.—A ma
jority of the ginneries in Terrell
county have already begun opera
tion and are now actively engaged
in placing the cotton in a market
able codnition. The cotton through
out the couty is reported to be
opening rapidly. The yield for 1923
is said to be far belovC- general ex
pectations. Apptoximately thirty
bales have been ginned thus far this
season.
MACON AND 8188 BOARDS
TO COMBINE JANUARY 1
MACON, August 25.—The bill
passed at the recent session of the
general assembly combining th«
Macon and Bibb county' health dev
partments will become, effective
January 1. At that time the health
officer to have charge of the com
bined work will be elected. It is
yet to be determined whether the
headquarters of the department wi’
be maintained at the city ball
the county court house.
AGED CUTHBERT V "
BADLY HUR>
CUTHBERT, AuJS
John Knowles, wife
Knowles, of CuthbertjSJs
for some time with
Peoria, 111., recently fell*
tured her hip. She is 91 yea
which makes the injurw mo
ous. Her friends in this sectic
be glad to know, however, tha"
has recovered .iufii-jiently to b
moved in a wheel chair.
BEES WILL NOT EAT
POISONED COTTON
QUITMAN, Aug 25.—The bee
iadustry in this section is in no
danger of extinction from the use
of boll weevil poisons, declares R.
S. Prevost, b-e specialist, from Clem
son College, who has recently in
spected local apiaries. With the
propei; care of bees and with the
planting of honey bearing plants,
bees will do as well as before the
advent of the boll weevil but it will
take proper care, he -warns.
Bee keepers had reported the
death of many swarms of bees from,
calcium arsenate poisons eaten by
the bees.
Bees will not eat the poisoned
molasses mixture unless other feed
is very scarce, Mr. Prevost says.
The increased growing of clovers
peas and other flowering plants is
greatly helping the bee industry,
he pointed out.
COOLIDGE TO RETAIN
SAWYER AS PHYSICIAN
WASHINGTON, August 25.
President Coolidge will retain Brig
adier General Sawyer as his per
sonal physician, it was made known
today at the White House.