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N. Y. Futures— Oct. Dec. Jan. Previous Close .. |27.60!27.40|27.00 Open a |27.60i27.35|26.88 11 a.m |28.20|27.95|g7.55 ‘Close |27.85:27.53|27.20 Americus Spot Cotton StriA Middling 27 3-4 c FORTY-FIFTH YEAR—NO. 205 60,000 BODIES HAVE BEEN RECOVERED IN TOKIO ... " -- __ - * ii Illinois W ife Murderer Barricaded in Home Fires on Officers HARRY KETTLER, 25 KILLS SPOUSE AND WOUNDS I OFFICERS Belleville, 111., Scene of Terrible Tragedy in Which Two Women Are Killed ST. LOUIS POLICE ASSIST Authorities Unable to Handle Situation, Appeal for Aid to Neighboring City BELLEVILLE, Ills., Sept. 10.— Harry Kettler, aged 27, shot his wife and mother-in-law, and when a score of policemen surrounded the house, he) opened fire on the officers, seriously wounding two of them. Local police appealed to St. Louis for reinforcements and a gun squad of that police department was dispatched here. The wife’s body lay in the front yard of the Kettler home, with the police unable to remove it. Ket tler apparently had a supply of ammunition. The police hid be hind trees for protection from the barrage from the house, and when one appeared in the open, Kettler opened fire. TO REST IT SHIH Many Friends and Relatives At tended Funeral Exercises Sunday Afternoon Funeral services for Mrs. Narcis sus DucKworth, aged 73 years, were held Sunday at noon from the Shi loh community church, attended by a large number of friends and rela tives. Interment was in Shiloh cem etery. Mrs. Duckworth is survived by three sons, Robert Braswell, Thomas Braswell and George Braswell, all residing in Sumter county. Mrs. Duckworth, who was one of the oldest residents of Shiloh com munity, had spent practically all her life in Sumter county, where she was well known and greatly es teemed among a wide circle of friends and acquaintances. Death was attributed to advanced age and comlications. She died at the family residence in Shiloh Saturday afternoon at 3 o’clock after a short illnes#.| HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT REPORTS ROAD CLOSED WAYCROSS, Sept. 10.—All ve hicles traversing the Waycross- Waresboro road • are notified by the lojul oUice of" the State High way department th;tt the ma'in road of that thorougxhfare will be blocked to traffic at Kettle creek indefinitely, during 'Construction. The highway is blocked a few hun dred yards this side of the creek and detour signs direct the travel to the right and around by Stee<L ley’s dairy, thence back to the main ’road beyond! Kettle creek. Tlje <|etour is well ported with signs all the way and travelers will have no difficulty in finding thCir way around if they follow the signs. SINGING CONVENTION TO MEET AT BUTLER SOON BUTLER, Sept. 10.—Pleasurable interest centers in the forth com ing Singing Convention to--be held at the school auditorium in Butler on the first Sunday in October with leaders and singers from sur rounding counties expected to be present. Prof. T. E. Fowler, of Ideal, one of the best known leaders in this section, will superintend the con -vention, which will begin at 10 a. m. and continue throughout the day. Arrangements are being made for a big basket dinner and every body invited to be present and take part. . t * RICHLAND SCHOOL BOARD WILL ATTEND MEET HERE RICHLAND, Sept. 10. State Su perintendent of Schools/N. H. Bal lard will hold educational meetings during this month in which the county and municipal boards of ed ucation, school superintendents and other educational officials will be requested to attend. The Richland board of education and Superintendent z Dixon will at • tend the meeting to be held in AmQi’igusi next sveck, NEW AMERICUS INDUST RY WILL OPEN SOON fflllM ELECTED TO LEIiWFHITIM CEH ASSEMBLY Troubled Nation Unanimously Chosen to Be Member of ■ Assembly Today PESSOA NAMED PRESIDENT Brazilian Succeeds Late Ruy Bar. bosa, Who Died During His Tbrm of Office GENEVA, Sept. 10- —Dr. Epitacio Pessoa, of Brazil, has been elected to the permanent court of interna tional justice by the assembly of the League of Nations. He succeeds the late Ruy Barbosa, of Brazil, who died before the expiration of the term for which he had been elected. Ireland was unanimously elected to membership in the League of Nations! mmiEE m TO JOIN TOUR I Georgia and Florida Executives Invited to Join Jefferson Me morial Motorcade ATLANTA, Sept. 10—Governor Cary A. Hardee, of Florida, and Governor Clifford Walker have been invited by the board, of governors to join the Jefferson Memorial Transcontinental Tour which begins at New York October 22 and ends there on November 19 in the inter- est of transforming Mopticelio, Jef ferson’s old Virginia home, into a national memorial in his honor. t Governor Hardee has indicated that he may join the party at Bir mingham “November 14 and speak there and at Atlanta the next day in behalf of the memorial plan. Gov ernor Walker will participate in the program aS much as his duties will permit. The letter; of invitation from the Memorial Foundation stated that Governor Lee Trinkle of Virginia, chairman of the governor of the states, has made arrangements to personally accompany the tour, and added that “we already have the promise of the following t.o address Jefferson Memorial meetings being . arranged by us throughout the; country. “Hon. James W. Gerard, Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Hon. W. G. Me- i Adoo, Hon. George Gordon Battle, Hon. William Jennings Bryan, Sen ator Royal S. Copeland, of Now York,‘Senator C. C. Dill of Wash ington, Governor Jonathan M. Da vis of Kansas, Governor Thomas G. McLeod of South Carolina, Senator W. IL King, of Utah and others.” “Our board of governors is very anxious to -add your name as one of our national speakers,” the let ter concluded. “We will be honored indeed if you will signify at which of our stopping places on this tour or at any other times or places con* venient to you. you man make such a public addre: ■ on our behalf.” TO DISCUSS ACCIDENT PREVENTION FRIDAY WAYCROSS, Sept. 10.—Topics of special interest to those who wish to see the numb; r of accidents in Wayeross per annuam brought to a minimum will be discussed at the meeting of the Waycross district safety committee, to he held at the Railroad Y.M.C.A. Fri day morning, September 14, at 10:30 o’clock. Among a largo number of rail road officials and employes who are members of the committee are Superintendent \\ all, General Roadmaster W. A. McCullough, Roadmaster H, M. Puckett and 11. F. Archer, Genral Yacdmaster W. Allen, Trainmaster M. C. Du- Bose, and Chief Dispatcher D, S. McClellan. TAX BOOKS OPENED WAYCROSS, Sept 10.—State and county tax books are now open for the payment of taxes accord ing to an announcement today by , Tax J. A. Jones, „ THE ™ES®RECdRDER SHED, IN THE HEARTOF DIXIE FIFTY I® KILLED IH BE 111 CALCUTTA; HOUSES DESTROYED Most of Casualties Reported in Nymens District, Where Greatest Damage Done JAP MISSIONARIES SAFE Message Received by Bishop Reese Tells of Safety of Epis copalians Abroad LONDON, Sept. 10. —Fifty per sons are reported killed or injured in an earthquake which shook Cal cutta today, says an Exchange Telegraph from there; The re ported casualties occurred in Ny mens district Wiere many houses collapsed. EPISCOPAL MISSIONARIES ALL REPORTED SALS SAVANNAH, Sent. 10—Through a telegram sent to the Rt. Rev. F. F. Reese, D. D., bishop of Geor gia, information has been convey ed to the rfrer.ibers of the Episco- Cal church here by the Rt. Rev. Thomae F. Gailor, D. D., S. T. D., pre/.ilent of the National coun cil and Dr. John VZ. Wood, execu tive secretary of the Department of Mi' ■ ions, that all missionaries arc safe, but that all buildings'are destroyed. The telegram follows: Bishop McKim cables quote our missionaries safe. All Tokyo churches, schools, residencies and St. Luke’s hospital destroyed. Mis sionaries lost all household and personal effects. Need em regency relibf for missionaries and; Jap anese clergy and church j>eosle.” TIDAL WAVE CAUSED WRECK OF DTSTROYERS WASHINGTON, Sept. 10.—The I theory is expressed today by high naval officials that the tidal wave | or • other seismic disturbances re- i acting from the Japanese earth - quake caused the disaster of de stroyers off the California coast Sunday. The reports from the naval of ficers on the scene have not yet given completejnformation of con ditions under which seven de stroyers were thrown on the rocky coast, causing the death by drown ing of 25 men, but from other data of officials is said that it is evident the unusual sea disturbance took place Saturday and Sunday. M el Wges hems rawioii Sumter Teachers Organize For CcnstrucEive Work Through out Year , I’ryf. E. L. Bridges, of Plains, was chosen president of the Sum ter Tcr.ehers’ association, organiz ed here Saturday, with Miss lllah Burch, of Thalean, vice-president, and Mrs. E. L. Glenn, of Shiloh, secretary-treasurer. The associa tion wiil meet monthly in the of fice of County Schdol Superintend ent E. W. Dupree at the court house. * Attending the organization meet ing were forty.-five teachers repre senting the faculty of every rtiral school in Sumter county, besides the members of the board of edu cation and the county school su perinteadent'. The organization was formed for tllo purpose of constructive co-operation between the various schools and as a means whereby the teachers may assist each other through a reef tai of their actual success and failure in the use of differei/t methods. So cial relations between the members of the various faculties is also ex pected to be promoted through the association. , COLUMBUS FAIR STARTS ON MONDAY, OCT. 15TH COLUMBUS, Sept. 10. The Chattahoochee Valley Fair will , open its gates this year on Monday, October 15. It will be the seventh annual fair. A large number of exhibitors have already sent in their applications for booth space and active work has been started on the buildings and grounds in an effort to have them in the finest possible condition on the opening date. _ AMERICUS. GA., MONDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 10, 1923 Cotton Advances $5.00 Bale on New Estimate PME KSlSffltt IN RUHR IS BffIERED STOPPED Bf GERMANY End of Struggle in Industrial Heart of Beaten Nation Seen Ahead BERLIN MAKE* OVERTURES Believed That Germany Will Ap proach Paris and Brussels With Overtures Soon LONDON, Sept. 10.—The Ger man government has ordered the passive resistance in the occupied section discontinued, according to a Central News correspondent in Berlin. f The correspondent also states that leading industrial districts in Germany ’will in a few days ap proach France and Belgium to seek terms for, settlement. The belief that the government will shortly make overtures to France and Belgium is strong in Berlin political circles,' says the correspondent, \ » TELL SEES HERE STMIEBMSWUSIW BN BRISK SEU® Farmers Brought Lots of Cotton to Americus, With Many Sales Registered CASH IN TRADE CHANNELS Best Day’s Business Since Sum mer Began, Number of Mer chants Assert Fall business started with a rush in Americus. In all channels of trade new cash was in evidence, and practicalyy every merchant here found extra 4ollars in his till at the close of the day’s trading.- Advertising merchants, especially, shared in the general revival of business activity, and many of those who carried special bargains in the Times-Recorder Friday aft ernoon experienced unusually good business. : At the several warehousese here receipts continued heavy through out the entire day, and with a gratifying increase in prices offer ed the Americus cotton market was very active, with large sales recorded.*, this naturally threw considerable new cash into trade channels here, with the active merchants getting their share of the community prosperity. “The best day we’ve had in a long time,’ 1 said Mgr. Hambrick of the Rogers Cash and Carry store. “We had, good business all day; trade is opening up again,” said W. W. Ray, of tire Churchwell store. ‘ People are, beginnftig to trade again with the marketing of new cottons” said Charles L. Ans ley, “and we anticipate good busi ness from thjs on,” These are typical of opinions expressed by merchants here today, and the day’s business i- generally believ ed in trade circles to presage a real re-awakening in trade circles, with a sustained and steady busi ness here during the remainder of the cutton selling season, which extends well into 'the new year. JAP AID SUBSCRIPTIONS PASSES 13 MILLION MARK WASHINGTON, Sept. 10.—Sub scriptions to the American Red Cross Japanese relief fund have passed the $3,000,000 mark and of ficials of the* national organization expressed confidence that the mini mum goal of $5,000,000 would be passed early this week. The fig ures by districts as reported to na tional headquarters were announc ed as follows:' Washington, sl,- 840,000; New England, $190,000; Southern, $24,400; Central, $567,- 000; Southwestern, $200,006; Pa cific, $162,200; insular and foreign $150,500, Total, $3,134,100, x OCTOBER CONTRACTS SOAR TO 28.50 EM IN H YORK MARKET Advance Attributed to Further Reduction in Crop Estimate By Memphis Authority HIGH AT NEW ORLEANS October Rises Hundred Points or $5.00 Bale From Early Low Quotation NEW YORK, Sept. 10.—With in the first half hour trading to day in October cotton advanced 90 points to $28.50, or $5 a bale above Saturday’s closing quota tions. ' The advance is atributed to a further reduction of the crop esti mate contained in a report publish ed by a Memphis authority in which it is estimated the yield to be }0,240, 000 bales. NEW ORLEANS I SHOWS NEW RECORD NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 10. The cotton market showed a new record for prices for all months shortly after the opening today. October rose almost 100 points or $5 a bale from early low quota- Hm: 1 ’ - TOTAL VISIBLE SUPPLY IS 27,568,000 BALES WASHINGTON, Sept. 10.—The total visible world supply of cot ton on August 1 was 27,568,000 bales, as compared with 29,602,000 bales August 1 last year, accord ing to the survey made public by department of commerce. MLMMOOH FORCOTTONESTIMATE Wants to Know Number of Un spinnable Bales Included in 500,000 Carry-Over ATLANTA, Sept. 10—Governor Walker today telegraphed Secretary ‘of Commerce Hoover requesting that he make public immediately the number of unspinnablc cotton bales in the estimated - carryover of 2,- 500,000 bales of American cotton August 1. His action was taken fol lowing a request from the United States Co-operative Marketing As sociation at Washington calling at tention to the matter. ATLANTA MAY ADOPT ‘COMMUNITY CHEST’ ATLANTA, Sept. 10. ln all probability Atlanta will adopt the “community chest” system of financing its various agencies for social betterment and relief w’ork during the year. Under this system, subscriptions for the maintenance of all such organiza tions are taken at one time, thus giving the people opportunity to subscribe to the many worthy causes, but relieving them of the frequent calls which are made on their generosity, when each cause makes its individual drive for funds at different times of the year. NO ARREST YET MADE IN GRANT KILLING CASE ATLANTA, Sept. 10.—Investi gation of the mystery surrounding th€ slaying of W. F. Grant, vet eran telegraph operation at Ellen wood, which occurred early Thurs day morring, continues with offi cials of Clayton county and rail road detectives under the direction of Captain W. L. Eagles, exerting themselves in »n effort to solve the mystery. An effort was being made to lo« cate a man, who was reported by a freight train crew to have been standing in the station doorway a short time before the body of Grant was found, with bullet holes in his head and heart. CREAMERY HERE TO OPEN FOR BUSINESS ABOUT NOVEMBER IST I. E. Wilson, General Manager, Expects Machinery to Begin Arriving This Week / BUILDING ALMOST DONE To Begin Buying Cream as Soon as Installation of Machinery Is Completed The Americus creamery will be open and operating about Novem ber 1. This statement was au thorized. this morning by I. E. Wil son, general manager of the plant, who is now busy superintending the finishing of certain interior arrangements in the building pre paratory to the installation of re frigerating rooms and machinery. The roof of the structure is al ready partially completed, and the waterproof covering will be placed there today or tomorrow. The creamery, which is located on Cotton avenue just below Jef ferson street, has been incorporat ed with $25,000 capital stock, and will have an output of approxi mately 1,000 pounds of butter from the begininng. This output will be increased, Mr. Wilson states, just as soon the cream sup ply justified. Machinery with a larger capacity than that proposed to be operated in the beginning is ...being cream supply is increased, no changes will be necessary before larger shipments rae made. Besides the creamery depart ment, the company will manufac ture ice cream and this will be dis tributed principally in the territory (Continued on Page Two.) TO BEGIN MOG . CASES THIS WEEK Sanitary Authorities Will Refuse to Take Excuses During Round Began Today No more excuses are to be tak .en by authorities charged with the execution of Americus’ sanitary laws. Wherever mosquito larvae are found herafter the owner or occupant of the premises will be summoned „to appear , before Re corder Fort. This became known this morning, and it is expected that a number of cases will be made during the week unless con ditions are improved. Dr. Wade Chambliss talked with a Times-Recorder man about this change in policy today and relat ed some of the experiences of J. Arrington, inspecter assigned to sanitary work. “Have you heard what the sani tary man! had to say about where he quit work Saturday and began again Monday morning,” said Dr. Chambliss. “Well, if you haven’t I want to get ahead of him and tell you. It goes like this: ‘While waiting at the door to Serve the lady of the house with a sanitary slip, the fol lowing conversation Iwas noted (Continued on Page Two.) PROHIBITION AGENTS ACTIVE DURING MONTH ATLANTA, Sept. 10. Prohi bition agents in Georgia during the month of August seized and destroyed a total of 189 illicit dis tilleries; confiscated 1,833 gallons of whisky and 127,730 gallons of fermented mash; captured 19 auto mobiles containing whisky; arrest ed 100 defendants; prosecuted 176 cases of dry law violations, and Retained property valued at ?35,- 276.88, according to the monthly report of Director Fred D. Dis muke, -compiled Saturday. Despite the reduction in forces and funds allocated to the Geor gia prohibition department, the re port shows a steady increase in apprehension of alleged operators over previous months this year, i and demonstrates the efficiency i and effectiveness of the federal; forces in Georgia, WEATHER For Georgia: Fair tonight and Tuesday, except probably showers in extreme south partion. * * PRICE FIVE CENTS 510.000 OTHERS WE BEEN TREATED WOUNDS ATHDSPITALS Authentic Report on Number of Casualties in Japanese Capi tal Issued by Authorities U. S. S. HURON AT SCENE Detachment of, Marines Takeo Charge and Bury Bodies Found in Naval Station SAN DIEGO, Calif., Sept.. 10 Survivors from seven naval ves sels that were spiled upon the rocks from Staurday night’s wreck arrived here today by special train. They were met by a de tachment from the naval base, where they were taken after hav ing been supplied with coffee and cigarettes. TOKIO, Sept. 10.—Sixth thou sand bodies have been recovered in Tokio and Yokohama up to and including today, and police esti mate that 500,000 more have been treated for sickness and wounds as a result of the recent earthquake. A detachment from the United States destroyer Huron took charge and buried the bodies found in the American naval station at Yokohama. EUHENM ■ PAVING IS OPENED Stretch of Road Extending to Schley County Line Finished, Ansley Announced The paving on the Ellaville road has formally opened to traffic this morning, according to an an nouncement by John Br<*''Ansley, county road superintendent. The paving,* which is of asphalted ma cadam and laid upon a foundation of crushed slag extends from a point at the intersection of Fac tory Row to the Schley county line, and provides orve of the best highways anywhere in this section. The short stretch from the Cen tral of Georgia tracts to Factory Row, a distance of approximately 300 yards is now closed and this will be surfaced and opened to traffic within the next week. The pavement there will be of the same type as that already laid far ther out on the road, and the bridge over Town creek, forming a part of the street, has already been widened and opened to traf fic. During the paving operations here, traffic is being detoured around either Jackson or Lee streets or via the, plant of the Standard Oil company, near the crematory. The distance to be traveled in either of these detours is very short, and small incon vertience 'will be experienced by travelers using cither. The new highway has been laia by Sumter county’s road forces under direction of the State High way department, with money sup plied through the sale of bonds and federal aid funds. The total cost of the project, which forms a part of State Highway No. 3, known as the Atlanta and Ameri cus Short Route Line, has not yet been computed. BUTLER TO HAVE CREAM STATION OPENED SOON BUTLER, Sept. 10.—Arrange ments have been made with the Co lumbus Creamery for the opening of a cream station in Butler next Thursday. A representative of the Colum bus Creamery will be here to in stall the station which will be lo cated at the store of Mr. I. F, Peebles. Cream will be received on Thus day of each week for the present bu' will be increased to two days every week in a short time. It will be taken in any quantity and paid for promptly. The cream will be principally of the sour kind and can be brought in any kind of a container. FLOGGING DEFENDANTS GET POSTPONEMENT MACON, Sept. 10—Cases of the three Hudson brothers, charged with the recent flogging, scheduled for i today, have been postponed uritil i tomorrow. The case of J. F. Alex- I under, held on a similar charge, was continued until September 17, ; I®*® •’£