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N. Y. Futures—Oct. Dec. Jan.
Previous Close .. |27.85 27.53j27.20
Open |27.70 27.38 27.03
11 a.m ]27.90 27.62127.27
Close |28.17127,94;27.60
Americus Spot Cotton
Strict Middling 27 3-4 c
FORTY-FIFTH YEAR—NO? 206
KLANSMEN ARE BARRED ON MACON JURY
Franco-German Struggle in Ruhr to Cease Soon
CONFERENCES DF
FRENCH ANO BUMS
WILL BE MTlffl
France to Transmit Propositions
Made by Streseman to Allies
Before Action Is Taken
EXPECT SETTLEMENT ISSUE
No Definite Offer Yet Made,
However, Touching Repara
tions of Passive Resistance
PARIS, Sept. 11.—Conferences
between the French ambassador
and Chancellor Stresemann are to
be continued. Any proposition re
ceived by France from the chancel
lor will be communicated immedi
ately to the British and other allied
governments.
EXPECT EARLY AGREEMENT
ON REPARATION QUESTION
PARIS, Sept. 11.—Conversations
that are taking place between
Joaquin de Margerie, French am
bassador to Germany, and Chan
cellor Stresemann hi Berlin, are
considered by the French govern
men as leading toward an early
,settlement of the reparations ques
tion, although it is stated that the
chancellor has not yet made a defi
nite offer either respecting the
cessation of resistance in the Ruhr
district or what could be proposed
afterward.
POPULATION ORDERED
TO CEASE RESISTANCE
LONDON, Sept. 11.—The popu
lations in the occupied areas of
Germany have been ordered to dis
continue their passive resistance to
the French and Belgian authorities,
according to News.cor
respondent in Berlin.
“I learn,” the corespondent
telegraphed, “that the German
capitalists have decided to send a
representative to Paris with the ob
ject of ascertaining to what extent
France is prepared to make con
cession to Germany.
‘Direct negotiations between the
two governments are believed here
(in Berlin) to be imminent.”
7-
IB TOURIST W
TO BE INAUGURATE
X.
Central of Georgia to Operate
“Floridian” Again This Win
ter via Americus
The addition of the proposed
Dixie Limited, through train from '■
Chicago to Jacksonville, will prob- j
ably mean that five or six .through I
trains will pass through Americus
this winter. The Floridan, the
Dixie Flyer, the . Southland, the
Seminole Limited and probably the
Dixie Express, second section of
the Dixie Flyer, will make up the
list.
The Dixie Limited, it is under- |
stood from officials, will be in- i
augurated sometime in December,
and will operate direct from Chi- ;
cago to Jacksonville, using the'
route through Evansville, Nash
ville, Atlanta, Americus, Albany
and Waycross. The train will be
brought from Atlanta to Albany
over the Central of Georgia, and
from Albany to Jacksonville,
through Waycross over the Atlan
tic Coast Line.
The new tourist seasonal train i
will be started earlv in December
it is reported. It is planned that •
the first rain will be southbound, (
leaving Chicago December 2. The
first northbound train will probably
leave Jacksonville December 4.
SIMPSON ARRESTED
FOR EMBEZZLEMENT
TAMPA, Sept. 11.—James W.
Simpson, assistant cashier of tin'
First National bank of this city
is under arrest here a£fer official:
of the bank are said to have sub
mitted to a bonding company, that
was alleged to have been Simp
son’s confession of embezzling
from §IO,OOO to §12,000 during
the lastt seven years.
Simpson’s confession v.gs in the
form of a detailed statement of
his speculation, presented to the
bank officials, who in turn gave
the statement to representatives
of a bonding company, who asked
for his arrest,
COUNCIL DEFENDS RAISE IN WATER RATES
MAYOR QUOTES FIGURES
SHOWINGJCIEFICIT $21,253
Executive Absolves Ansley of Any Intention to
Misrepresent Case, But Puts Matter of Water
Raise Before People From His Viewpoint
Mayor J. Elmore Poole today re- I
quested the Times-Recorder to 1
publish the view of the water raise j
controversy held by himself and i
members of present city council, j
th: view embracing certain figures I
compiled by Alonzo Richardson &
Co., Atlanta accountants, who
auditeed th city’s books for the
period June 30, 1918, to December
31, 1921. This, period, Mayor!
Poole said his morning, embraces i
a portion of the time during
which Mr. Ansley was in charge of
the ■ city’s water department, and
the figures quoted referring .solely
to that department of the city gov
ernment.
In discussing council’s view, the
controversy which has arisen since
the movement to raise water rates
here was launched, Mayor Poole to
day asserted:
“I regret that Mr. J. B. Ansley
should take offense at anything
that may have been said by myself
or any other members of council
while a raise in the
water rates heretofore charged. I
have always regarded Mr. Ansley
as thoroughly honest, and in no
sense a juggler ci figures,* and as
a very competent man in his line.
In addition to this I have always ap
preciated the friendly relations that
have existed between us for the
past twenty years, and I know that
nothing that mrif have been said
B! EOCENE I DEBS
I Ultra-Radical Cemjnunist Leader
No Longer Supported by So
cialist Dictator
CHICAGO, Sept. 11.—Commun
ism has definitely split the So-
I cialistic ranks of the country, and |
Eugene V. Debs, Socialist party j
dictator, has withdrawn his sup
port from the ultra-liberal group!
led by Wm. Z. Foster, it was!
learned Wednesday. j
The split has dome through aj
struggle between the moderate and
.extremist liberals of control of the I
I inurautional Ladies’
■ Worker' union here. Foster, who
has been trying to convert the ;
union to communistic principles by
claiming the support of Debs, was
repudiated by the Socialist ’ leader '
in a statement issued : n Chicago. |
Since his trial on a < charge of ,
criminal syndicalism in Michigan, ,
I Foster has b'eeri working through ,
the worker’s party, which he er-;
ganized, and spreading propaganda j
through the T rades Union Educa-1
tional league. ( He. split the com-|
bined conference of tjie Farmer- j
Labor party and trade unions here [
having “slacked” it with worker’s j
party votes, it is said. Out of thg |
communistic factions at this con- j
vention he formed the Federated
Farmers-Labor party, whi6h is an- I
I other tool in his hands.
The more conservative liberals
| t —the farmer.-.-’of th:- .Farmcr-La-
I bor party and the Chicago union
.lead r.q including the veteran
John Fitzpatrick—refused to go
with him. Debs’ announcement
makes the .split complete.
BROOKLYN WOMAN SAYS
SHE WAS SWINDLED
BROOKLYN, Sept. 11.—By
‘telling her that 1 all she needed to
do to become Mary Pickford’s most
dangerous rival was to reduce a
■ bit Zml undergo a course of treat
ment in a certain Fifth avenue
beauty parlor, which they dcsignat-
eil, the promoters of a moving-pic
ture cornoration relieved Mrs.
Henry Reusman of 1950 Coney
Island avenue., Brooklyn, of sl3,
000. .
Mrs. Rciisman is 56 years old,
according to,her lawyer, Rufus L.
Perry, 375 Fulton street, who pur-
I poses filing his complaint against
the piovjv men-soon,
THE
fegfl PUBLISHED, IN, THE ART OF DIXIE
I with reference to his administra-
I tion or hi:; reports as engineer was
j ifieant to reflect on him in any
j Way whatever.
I “It will be observed however ,by
I reference to portions of ttie report
of Alonzo Richardson & Company,
who audited the city books from
June 30; 1918, to December 31,
I 1921, that we have been operating
I i.he- period covered by this audit
lat a loss of $21,531.45. This is
largely due to large amounts ex
pended to properly equip our water
works system. Thus showing that 1
the item of depreciation cannot
be ignored in the fixinig of the
rate to be charged the public for
water.
"Present mayor and council con
fronted by ibis report and the ex
isting condition, realizing the in
creased cost in furnishing water to
the public, because of the increase
in of coal, oil, labor, etc., all
recognize it is made the duty of
the mayor and) council to give
proper consideration to the matter,
and while it has never been the
' policy of the city to furnish its I
citizens water as, a,money Snaking
propsition, yet the city cannot be
expected, in my opinion, to furnish
water or operate any other depart
ment of the city at a loss.
‘ The monthly statement present
ed to the mayor and council Sep
(Continued hon Page 5.)
EffiofiOH r
! LEE ST. ACCIDENT
. r
Robert Smith Struck by Auto
mobile Escapes With Bruises
About Legs and Body
Robt. Smith, a negro boy, was
struck .by an automobile driven by*
i B. C. Vaughan late Monday after
’ noon at a point near the home of
I 11. E. Allen, being caught and car
| ried beneath the car, from which he
! was extricated bleeding in many
places. /
, It was at first thought the boy had
’ been badly injured, but it developed
■ later that he sustained only minor
! bruises and scratches about his legs
! and body. Today his condition was
! said to be all right, he being about
! his usual duties. The car, according
to bystanders, was traveling at mod-
I erate speed when the accident oe
! cur red, driver being able to
! stop before the machine passed en-
■ tirely over the boy’s body.
i No blame for the accident was at
' inched by bystanders to the driver
lof the car, and the accident was
1 said by them to have been un’avoid
: able.
SEVEN BIG WARSHIPS
READY TO BE JUNKED
. -
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 11.
I Seven war vessels at the Philadel-
I phia navy yard are to be scrapped
| under the provisions of the Treaty
j for the Limitation of ‘ Armaments,
recently approved. They include
two cruisers and five battleships.
The cruisers are the Constitu
tion and the United States, which
had been under construction at the
navy yard for some time. They
are to be scrapped at once, acety
lene torches being used to cut them
to pieces. A little later workmen
■ will start on the five battleships
consigned to the international junk
heap. Four of them, the Minne
sota, South Carolina, Michigan and
New Hampshire, are out of com
mi.fridn and have lying in the
storage basin at the navy yaj-y for
months. The fifth, the South Caro
lina, will have a fitting end to a
long career, for she will be tak
en to sea and sunk in tests of va-
rious deck and under-water attack
ing methods lately devised by the
Navy Department.
An eighth battleship, the Wash
ington, which was under construc
tion at the New York Shipbuild
ing corporation’s yards in Camden,
N. J., also will be shattered by the
gunfire aftd torpedo attack of the
Atlantic fleet,
AMERICUS. GA., TUESDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 11, 1923
M IIMURDER
CHARGED TO IM Illi
Man Surprised During Burglary
of Residence Starts Fire That
Ends Fatally
JONES BURNED TO DEATH
As Accuccd Man Fled From Ar
rest He Is Alleged to Have
Fired Home of Miles
DECATUR, Tex., Sept. 11.— An
ver Dean, who is in jail here
charged Vjjth arson, will also have
the change of murder placed
against hfei, according to officials
hefe who have investigated Dean’s
case. ' % ,
Fie, which starred yesterday,
destroyed tne home c’frW. H. Miles,
near here, and burned to death 11.
T. Jonesf 65 years of age, an em
ployee of Miles. The arson charge/
imide byb Miles, is substantiated by
his daughter, who says she was
sudenly awakened’ apd discovered
Dean an the hpuse. As he fled,
Dean, it is alleged set lire i<> the
house in which ten persons were
asleep.
KS KRMirS W.
Henry Everett and Thos. P. Lit
tlejohn to Be General Man
agers During Big Show
OTHER MANAGERS NAMED
Miss Bonnie Parkman, Mrs. Ed
' Morgan and Others to Have
Charge of Departments
Mrs. Cloyd Buchanan today ac
cepted appointment as manager of
the Sumter County Fair which will
be held here Sept. 25-29, accord
ing to an announcement authoriz
ed by Henry P. Everett, secretary
of the Chamber of Commerce. Mrs.
Buehan,an will select her own as
sistants ,and it expected she will
announce the appointment of a
number of aids wvithin the next
few days.
Other fair managers named by
Mr. Everett and who accepted their
appointments, together with the de
partments which they will direct
are:
Poultry Department Mrs. I’d
Morgan.
Dairy Cattle Department—Roy
Emmet.
Swine Department A. H. Jen
nings.
Girls and Women’s Department
—Miss Bonnie Parkman.
Boys’ Pig Club Department
A. H. Jennings.
Community Exhibits George
O. Marshall.
General Managers - Henry P.
Everetr and Thos. P. Littlejohn.
, In announcing these appoint
ments today, Secretary Everett
states that exhibitors in the several
departments named will co-operate
with the detriment manager in
the arrangement and preparation
of their exhibits, and these man-
agers will furnish full information
concerning their respective depart
ments to all interested persons.
Any one who for any reason fails
to locate the department manager
desired, may call either Mr. Ever
ett or Mr. Littlejohn, who can be
found at practically all hours at
the Chamber of Comiwferce.
George O. Marshall, county
agent, who has just returned from
his annual vacation in North Caro
lina, said today that appreciable
progress has been made in the
preparation of exhibits, and that
the fair promises to be even greater
and better than- that staged here
last year.
PLANS FOR TEXTILE
MEETING COMPLETED
AUGUSTA, Sept. 11.—All plans
for the two-day session of the
Southern Textile association’s semi
annual meeting, to be held here
October 12 and 13, have been com
pleted, it’ has been announced by
the secretary of the Board of
Cpmmerve,
LEON TROTSKY AGAIN
REPORTED AS KILLED
LONDON, Sept. 11—Central
News dispatches from Berlin to
day say that it is reported from
Moscow that Leon Trotzky, Rus
sian Soviet war minister, has
been assassinated. No' details are
given, and there is no confirma
tion of the report.
»ll TO ANNEX
Fl® TO ITALY, SAYS
PARISNEWSDISPATCH
Jugo-Slavia Not Expected to
Make Serious Protest Under
Certain Conditions
WILL REFUSE MEDIATION
Sept. 15 Set as Date for Ending
What Italy Considers “Intol
erable Situation”
PARIS, Sept. 11.—-It is under
stood from information gathered
from reliable sources that Premier
Mussolini will proclaim the annex
ation of Flume to Italy within the
week, probably about September
15. The government of Jugo
slavia is represented as being
aware of Mussolini’s intention, and
as intending to make no serious
protest, provided Porto Barros and
Sussak, in adjacent territory, are
not directly affected.
ITALY PREPARED TO
REFUSE MEDIATION
ROME, Sept. 11.—Best informed
opinon here delcares that Italy will
refuse any mediation of settlement
of the Fiume question with Jugo
slavia as proposed by the latter.
Italy, it is declared, intends to set
tle directly with Jugo-Slavia in
line of demands recently made and
setting September 15 aS the date
for reply, even employing forceful
means if necessary to end what she
regards as an intolerable situa
tion which imperils peace.
POM miM
WILLfTETWEDNUIMY
Newly Organized Body Will As
semble at 10 o Clock in Com
merce Chamber Offices
The first monthly meeting of the
Sumter County Poultry association
wil be held Wednesday morning
at 10 o’clock in the office of the
Chamber of Commerce at the
court house. Secretary T. O. Mar
shall in announcing the date of
the meeting expressed the hope
that a large attendance of the
members will be present.
A* this meeting it is planned to
discuss among other things the ex
hibit to be made at the Sumter
County Fair here Sept. 25-29, when
it is expected a number of parties
interested in poultry as a commer
cial proposition will send repre
sentatives to Americus. Already a
most creditable exhibit is assured,
but the promoters of the poultry
association are anxious to have
poultry establish a commercial go
ing concern in the county at the
earliest possible date, and the
greater the showing made at the
fair, the sooner this can be ac
complished.
Since the last meting of poul
try breeders when the Sumter as
sociation was formed, a number of
Americus residents have indicated
their intention of putting in siz
able flocks with the purpose of
adding to these as rapidly as suc
cess crowps t#ieir efforts in
handling a smaller number of
birds. These fanciers, it is point
ed out by Secretary Marshall, can
receive valuable infbrma'tion
through attending the meetings of
the association regularly, these be
ing occasions when the various
breeders exchange ideas and tell of
their several experiences in the
hanrliw«*of flocks. There are no
dues or expense of any kind con
nected with membership in the as
sociation, and every fowl fancier in
the county is urged by the officers
of ihe poultry association to be
come members of the organization.
METHOWSTS PIES
MONEY TO CARRY H
BUILDING OPERATIONS
Will Be No Letup in Work on
Splendid Church Structure
in Americus
OUTLER TELLS OF NEEDS
Building Program Called Large
or Larger Than That of Any
Other Georgia Church *
The work on the First Methodist
church building will continue with
out interruption, completing the
Sunday school room first, then the
auditorium. A sufficient number
of workmen will be kept on the
building to complete as early as
possible.
This fact was made clear at a
meeting of 50 or 60 men of the
church at the court house Monday
night, when reports were made by
church officials regarding the fi
nancial status, future plans and a
rehearsal of what already has been
accomplished.
‘More than $60,000 has been ex
pended up to the present for ma
terial, labor, freight and other in
cidentals. The treasurer has paid
$55,000 on this gross expenditure,
leaving a balance, not yet due, of
SIO,OOO.
Subscriptions from 364 members,
and friends of the church, total
ing SIOB,OOO, have been made. To
this sum there was added $21,000
from insurance on-the old build
ing, thus making $129,000 avail
able for the new project.
There is a balance of $74,000 in
subscriptions not yet paid, due at
stated intervals over a period of
three to five years. Only 45 of
the 364 persons subscribing to the
building fund have failed to pay
any part of their subscriptions.
Pastor John M. Outler opened
the meeting with the statement
that he had appeared before the
women’s organizations of )the
church and they have pledged to
do their part in producing funds
for completion of the building;
that the Sunday school pupils were
more than meeting their share.
He said a friend of the church
had visited him’Monday afternoon
and promised to pay the salary of
one brick mason for three or four
weeks.
“I have called you men togeth
er,” he said, “to go over the en
tire situation, openly, honestly and
squarely. We are engaged in a
church building program as big as
any in the state—it is a large un
dertaking, and this is our first open
discussion, face to /face, of the
whole proposition.”
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commepiiThamdeb
ADOPTS RESOLUTION
Position Taken Opposing Leasing
C., C. & O. to Atlantic Coast
Line Interests
The Americus and Sumter Coun
ty Chamber of Commerce today
adopted a resolution opposing the
leasing of the C., C. & O. railroad
to the L. N., which it is to
be controlled by Atlantic Coast
I ine interests.
The resolution, which is identical
with that previously adopted by
the Rotary club of Americus, was
presented by W. W. Dykes, and
formally adopted after a brief dis
cussion. Lovelace Eve, president
of the chamber, presided during
the session, which was held in the
offices of the organization in the
basement of the court house.
SWIMMING SEASON TO
END SATURDAY NIGHT
The swimming pool on the munic
ipal playground, will close Saturday
night, Ralston Cargill, president of
the association, announced today.
“Tell the kiddies to come early
and often this week, for we must
close Saturday night,” he said. “This
week ends our season and we want
every one to make the most of the
lime remaining,”
WEATHER
For Georgia: Fair tonight and
Wednesday; no change in tempera
ture.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
AMERICUS HEN CALLED
TO TESTILY AT MACON
IN FLOGGING TRIALS
Congressman Crisp, C. F. G/l*
dings, C. E. Buchanan and
J. B. Ansley Subpoenaed
WILL TESTIFY FOR STATE
Believed These Men Will Be
Character Witnesse for Pros
ecution in the Case
MACON, Sept. 11.—The name
of former Governor Hardwick
was called as a witness when the
City court today took up its
cases against three alleged ring
leaders in a series of local flog
gings. The cases called were Dr.
C. A. Yarborough, J. E. Blood
worth, J. D. Patrick, all charged
with rioting. Solicitor Moore an
nounced, however, that he would
try D r . Yarborough first. The
first charge ■he faced was for
flogging R. F. Mills in January
of last year.
KLANSMEN BARRED
AS YARBOROUGH JURORS
MACON, Sept. 11.—The jury to
try Dr. C. A. Yarborough was se
lected quickly. Each juror was re
quired by the state, over vigorous
protest of the defense, to swear
that they were not now nor ever
had been members of the K.K.K.
R. F. Mills, testifying first,
identified Dr. Yarborough as the
man who took him from his car
preparatory to his whipping. J.
E. Bloodworth, Mills stated, and
another man, held his hands while
another man did the whipping.
Mills further stated that all wore
masks, but he later saw them dis
robing.
Mills stated that he wrote a let
ter to Governor Hardwick asking
for protection, but that the execu
tive never received it. Notwith
standing this, a few days later he
was approached by a man giving
his name as Payne who described
himself as an agent from the gov
ernor’s office.
This man Mills identified today
as J. P. Durkee, organizer of the
Klan, who was arrested yesterday
and who had been here several
weeks, purportedly as an invests
gator for the Klan, helping offi
cials to run down the floggers.
AMERICUS MEN ARE
SUMMONED TO TESTIFY.
Five Americus men have been
summoned to testify in the trial of
one or more flogging cases which
are expected to be heard today in
Macon. Those sumoned are Con
gressman Charles R. Crisp, Charles
F. Giddings, a teller in the Bank
of Commerce; G. E. Buchanan,
hardware merchant; Thos. G. Hud
son, former commissioner of ag
riculture of Georgia, and John B.
Ansley, county, engineer. None
of the men summoned could bfi in
terviewed before they had left for
Macon, but they are all said to
have told friends here that they
knew no details of the alleged flog
gings with the trial of which they
have been summoned to test!'/.
Because of these expressions, it be
lieved here that all of the Ameri
cus witnesses summoned will testi
fy as character witnesses for one
or more of the prosecuting wit
nesses. One of these witnesses is
W. O. Barnett, a former resident
of Americus, who it developed re
cently, was taken out some time
ago and whipped. He has been a
resident of Macon several years,
but previous to going there con
ducted a harness factory and col
lar factory in Americus, residing
here during a long term of years.
C. F. Hudson, J. F. Hudson and
S. R. Hudson, brothers arrested
(Continued on Page 3
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BOY SCOUTS TO GATHER
AT TIFTON IN OCTOBER
TIFTON, Sept. 11.—Apporxi
mately 250 Boys Scouts from the
Second district are expected to
gather here in a grand rally Fri
day, Saturday and Sunday, October
26, 27 and 28, according to an
anouncement by Scout Executive
W. M. Bagby. Two camp lire pro
athletic contest will form the fea
tures of the three-day program.
MISS PARKMAN RETURNS
Miss Bonnie Parkman arrived in
Americus Saturday from a vacation
of three weeks spent with relatives
iin Texas, and states that she is
ready to begin active work in the
interest of club girls and women
throughout the county in the* fair
which will be staged here September
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