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SATUfc&AY AFTERNOON. SEPTEMBER I , 19'2? " miS RECORDS Os SO. GA. CIRCUIT BN Jackton Leads Swatsmen With Average of -500, Duren Sec ond, Elmore Third CAMILLA, Sept. I—“Shoeless” Joe Jackson led in the stick work in the recent post-season series be tween Albany and Americus, Amer icus' winning the series, 4-2. The series was played to decide the championship of the South Georgia League. Albany won the first half of the split season, while Americus won the last half. Jackson played in all six games and cracked out 11 safeties out of 22 times at bat for a grand total of .500. Duren, Amer icus, came second, with .421. Elmore, left gardener for Americus, came next with .407. Oth er leading batters in the “Little World Series” were: Lindsey, Amer icus, with.. 364; Tot McCuliough, Al bany .323; Duren Americus .421; Mitchell, Albany, .308; Williams, Americus third sacker, led the home run hitting during the’ series with three circuit drives. Jackson, Bran non and Mitchell each cracked out four base drives. Wingard also hit one homer. Americus is touring this section this week on a barnstorming trip, Savannah, Fitzgerald and other cities will be played. • Individual Batting During Series G. Ab. 11. Pct. Slappey, Albany .... 2 11 1,000 Burroughs,. Amerlll 1,000 Wingard, Amer 3 7 5 .714 Jackson, Amer 6 22 11 .500 Cooper, Amer 2 8 4 .500 Norris, Amer 12 1 .500 Duren, Amer 6 19 8 .421 Elifiore, Amer 6 24 11 .407 Lindsey, Amer 6 22 8 .364 Farmer, Albany .... 4 17 6 .353 McCullough, Alby 6 28 9 .323 Hallman, Amer 2 6 2 .333 Mitchell, Albany .. 6 26 8 .308 Eldridge, Albany .. 5 18 5 .263 Williams, Amer 6 27 7 .259 Nolan, Amer 6 27 7 .259 Parsons, Amer 4 8 2 .250 Kain, Albany 2 8 2 .250 Holland, Albany .. % 22 5 .227 Brannon, Amer. . r . 627 6 .222 Kimbrell, Albany .... 6 24 5 .208 Marquard, Albany .. 6 25 5 .200 Kroh, Albany 2....5 1.200 Folmar, Amer 4 17 2 .118 Reed, Albany— 4 14 1 s O7l Davenport, Amer. ..2 6 0 .000 Williamson, Amer. ..110 .000 Barnhart, Amer 110 .000 Clark, Albany 4 14 0 .000 Hicks, Albany 1 3 0 .000 Ellis, Albany 1 3 0 .000 Cameron, Albany .... 110 .000 Pitcher’s Record Won Lost Pct. Norris, Americus ..1 0 l ( Q00 Wingard, Americus 1 0 1,000 Davenport, Amer. .. 1 0 1,000 Kroh, Albany 1 0 1,000 Kain, Albany 1 0 1,000 Hallman, Americus 11 .500 Slappey, Albany .... 0 2 .000 Williamson, Amer. 0 1 .000 Hicks, Albany 0 1 .000 Ellis, Albany 0 0 .000 FIRSTS METHODIST CHURCH Services for this (congregation; will be conducted Sunday morning and evening in the courthouse, by Rev. I. P. Tyson, presiding elder of the Cordele circuit. The serv ices will be at the usual hours, and the public is cordially invited to attend. JUST RECEIVED Our new line of Shaeffer Fountain Pens; also the newest styles and colors in Whiting Society Station ery. When you think of writing think of Whiting. It is a pleasure to use the Shaeffer gen on Whiting’s high grade paper. Phone 229 AMERICUS JEWELRY COMPANY By WALLIS MOTT, Mgr. WE WILL BUY your old school books. Only those in good condi tion wanted. Ask for list. Hightower’s Book Store $5,000 TO LOAN On Americus » Residence Property LEWS ELLIS Phone 830 ’ 52 Paramount Releases i For Next Twelve Months The Rylander theater together with thousands of other theaters throughout the country, will ob serve the week* of September 2 to 8 as Paramount Week. Paramount week, the first week In each theatrical season, has come to be established in the motion picture trade as marking the industry’s best effort. With the beginning of Paramount week, motion picture' piatrons here abouts will have put before them a fare of motion picture entertain mene surpassing that ever before shown upon the screen. Advices from producing centers state that never before in the history of mo tion pictures have there been so many big and really worthwhile film productions waiting for release as there are at this time. More time, effort and actual money have ben spent on the production of pic tures this summer than ever before, according to reports. As one of the steps toward rais ing the artistic standards of pic tures, tjie producers of Paramount pictures, the Famous Players-Lasky corporation, have reduced th* num ber of pictures which they wlil release this year. Two years ago there were lOTJ’aramount pictures released betwen September 1 and August 31. Last year there were 82, and this year- there will be on ly 52, or one a week. Paramount pictures to be releas ed this season by „ the Famous i Players-Lasky corporation include! the following: Madge Kennedy in “The Purple Highway,” a James Cruze special, “Hollywood,” with 22 stars and 56 screen celebrities; a George Mel ford special with Jacqueline Lo-, gan, “Salomy Jane”'from the story, by Bret -Harte; an Allan Dwan special, “Lawful Larceny;” Gloria i Swanson in “Bluebeard’s Eighth, Wife,” a Sam Wood production;; “The Silent Partner” with Beatrice Joy and Owen Moore. A Zane Grey special “To the I Last Man” with Lois Wilson and Richard Dix; Pola Negri in “The J Cheat,” a George Fit-zmaurice pro duction; James Cruze’s production of “Ruggles of Red Gap” from the famous novel by Harry Leon Wil son;, “The Marriage Maker” a William de Mille production from Edward Knoblovk’s play “The Faun.” Gloria Swanson in “Zaza,” an Al lan Dwan production; Thomas Meighan in “Woman-Proof,” from the story by 'George-' Ade; “His Children’s Children,” with Bcbe Daniels, Sam Wood's production of Arthur Train’s novel; Rudyard Kipling’s “The Light That Failed,“ ; ■ tsni ■' § «ill i 11 ililh !'$ A ‘ If R 9 lill I CECIL B. | it W m.l H M 1 9 L Ji I IL ► 3 FQI Xf 1 k? Os F Iwm.c. J; If 1 -sr JF L * ■> J? jßil h». ,de * iM - g dll Es Jw ® if 1/ 4r |||r gP/ r7?S7i tr ■■ ■■ l ■H -> »! i L ja J |S Tr! W | ■k SWANSON Jk STONE KOSLQFF WOOD ,Jk DWAN j£i these Paramount artists 'TiAA.. j site you to participate. I' ?$ ® Ili Psramnnnt Week thp greatest motion nicture 1 LILA ROBERT I WESLEY I JOSEPH I GEORGE I paramount vyecK me greatest motion picture a. lee ruggi.es meli oro the world ever saw gets well under way. have the opportunity for a grand review of 1923’s g % \ T 1 Yf ' 1 I rnents and a pre-view of the great Paramount I T?**-J I C ' I I It? I ITa X' I ' ’coming. I I I BA I Jw-A I rate Paramount Week at your own theatre as mil- JLSlr ve during five previous annual Paramount Weeks. [pi ■■»■!■ i m ■■■■■M Paramount Week at your theatre now!” | | | ——- IKv I \ a I I ’i>A I Americus joins in the national demonstration of the better motion pictures \ All Next week.—Para mount Pic .ures will be shown « ri J • Monday, Sept. 3 Tuesday, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 5 Jack in Holt - AT THE Thomas Meighan “A GENTLEMAN OF , ” I.EISURE” -ar-fe -w 7 v * u T W"1 Wk “HOMEWARD BOUND” Thursday, Friday, Sept. 6-7 Saturday, Sept. 8 Pola Negri IT? A William . Hart in 1 F'iiLjrV 1 KJtL in “THE CHEAT” “SHARK MONROE” — . . ~ ■ •• --- ■ - - 1 If it’s a Paramount it’s t i! -~ best show in town produced by George Melford; Pola Negri supported by Antonio Mo reno in “The Spanish Dancer,” a Herbert Brenon production. Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., in “Ste phen Steps Out,” from the Richard Harding Davis story, “The Grand Cross of the Crescent;” Zany Grey’s .“The Call of Canyon;” Glenn Hunt er in “West of the Water Tower,” the sensational anonymous novel; “The Cruise of the Speejacks;” Willia’m S. Hart in “Wild Bill Hic kok;” “The Big Brother,” Sam Wood production from the Rex Beach series running in Heart’s International Magazine. “Flaming Barriers,” produced by George Melford; “The Humming- Bird,” an Allan Dwan production starring Gloria Swanson; “There’s a Fortune in It,” a James Cruze production; “Every Day Love,” a William de Mille production from Julian Street’s novel, “Rita Coven try.” A Zane Grey production, “The Heritage of the Desert,” directed by Irvin Willat; J’honjas Meighan in “Pied Piper Malone;” Pola Ne gri in “My Man;” Glenn Hunter in “When Knights Were Bold;” “Triumph” a Cecil B. deMille pro duction from the Saturday Evening Post serial by May Edginton; “The Stranger” with Richard Dix and Beatrice Joy; and Gloria Swanson in an Allan Dwan production of “Argentine Love” by Vincente Blasco Ibanez. MACON MILK PRICE REACHES 20C QUART MACON, Sept. I.—Milk prices in Macon wer raised to twenty cents a quart today. The former price was fifteen cents. While it is understod that the dairymen are making no concerted movement in raising the price, it is also stated that a number of them previously told their customers the price wouid have to be raised because of the increased cost of produc tion. NEW JOURNALISTIC COURSES OFFERED ATHENS, Sept. I. Three new courses in journalism, the :Community newspaper, critical writing and the law of the press, will be offered at the Henry W* Grady School of Journalism, at the University of Georgia, officials an nounced today. Dr. S. V. Sanford and John E. Drewry direct the courses in jour nalism, which are supported by oth -1 er studies offered by the Univer sity. THE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDEIt 7 MRS.CHURCHILLTOBE CHUPERfIME IT Former Americus Woman Will Assist in Entertaining Veter ans During Rome Reunion Americus veterans are preparing to attend the state reunion to be held this year at Rome, Sept. 12-13, afid at which Mrs. Bessie Moore Churchill will be local chaperone. Mrs. Churchill is a former resident here, and her connection with the retmion staff assures veterans who visit Rome of an unusually pleasant occasion. Other ladies on the reunion staff are: f Miss Emma J. Twiggs, Augusta, sponsor; Miss Rebekah Harmon, Au gusta, Miss Penelope Stiles, Rome, Miss Margaret Clay, Savannah, and Miss Cecile Carr Smith, Augusta, maids of honor; Mrs. Maryland Ran dall, Augusta, matron of honor; Mrs, F. H. Cherrie, Atlanta, honor ary matron, and Mrs. Benita Smythe Hankinson, Augusta, chaperone. Veterans who will attend the re union from Americus have only one route over which they l may journey to the convention city, being via the Central of Georgia railroad. This provides for the veterans to leave Americus at 6:37 a.m., arriving at Macon at 9 :20 and arriving Atlanta 1:40 p.m..From Atlanta there is a choice of routes, one train leaving that city-at 5:15 in the afternoon and reaching Rome at 8:40, and the other leaving Atlanta at 2:30 and reaching Rome at 5:10 p.m. Both trains out of Atlanta will carry the usual conveniences for traveling vet erans and the train jpom Americus to Macon is the regular morning “Shoo Fly.” Full particulars of the convention arrangements may be secured from General Joe Day Stewart, who has the official information sheet sent from headquarters by General A. J. Twiggs, commander of the Depart ment of Georgia. 0000 000 oo 000 o ANNOUNCEMENTS o 0000000000000 Nellie Worthy Society— A meeting of the Nellie Worthy Missionary Society will be held, Monday afternoon in the lecture room of the first Baptist church at 4 o’clock. * * * Woman’s Missionary Society— The regular business meeting of the Woman’s Missionary society of the First Methodist church will be held Monday afternoon at 4 o’clock at the Carnegie Library. Every member is urgently requested to be present. Hortense Tinsley Bible Class— The Bible class of the Hortense Tinsley Missionary society will meet Monday afternoon with Mrs. Glenn Hooks at her home on Har- UIIM AS ■ OSES' BSmml zmeib ■ I iv'iNf / \>/ \ ; A woman s._ c, lu j , asks kMMMbJtwtTTiix . r ’ 'Ki#- miu turn KJ nMmmrr 1 TITOB „ 2805/ A tV. a lbs - x • -/Ares MWBMWSI . ssssjewfiTT Silt Special Sedan $1695 H Fl Pria.< at Detroit. Tdx Extra pa I G E BUI LT Chappell Machinery Co. Phone 234 Cotton Ave. and Wheeler St. Americus, Georgia | rold avenue at 4 o’clock. A full ■ uittendance is urged. ♦ » « Presbyterian Missionary— The Ladies Foreign Missionary Society of the church PAGE THREE will meet Monday afternoon at S I 4 o’clock with Mrs. .W. H. Estes iat her home on Rees Park. The I topic to be studied will be “Japan”' i and a very interesting program ihas been prepared.