About Americus times-recorder. (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 14, 1923)
N. Y. Futures— Oct. Dec. Jan- Previous Close .. |27.52127.20126.17 Open |27.70i27.40j27.fMj 11 a.m |27.95|27.60'27.15 Close ,27.66 27.35,26.96 Americus Spot Cotton Strict Middling 27 l-2c. FORTY-FIFTH YEAR—NO. 2Q9 BLOODLESS REVOLUTION IN SPAIN AT AN® D ALf ONSO REFUSES TO ICT IGiIIST 1W FDLLIIWING REVOLT Spanish King Accepts Resigna tion of Cabinet Following Conference RIVERA TO FORM CABINET Leader of Military Movement Against Alhucemas Asked to Act by King MADRID, Sept. 14.—Captain- General, who has charge of maintenance order in Madrid announced today that proclama tion of martial law will be nec essary. MADRID, Sept. 14.—The Span ish cabinet resigned this morning. King Alfonso returned to the capital and was met at the station by members of his cabinet who proceeded directly to the palace for a conference with Premier Al hucemas. It is understood that the premier requested the king to grant the government facilities for punish ment of the military revolters at Barcelona and elsewhere. King Alfonso refused this request, and the premier thereupon submitted the resignations of the entire cabi net King Alfonso asked Captain- General Primo Rivera, leader of the military movemnt against the Alhucemas cabinet to form a new government. BASS BADLYIURT in FALL IT UUmi Had Ear Cut and Sustained Gash Across Forehead Besides . Scalp Wound J.. E. Bass, en emlpoye of the Americus Steam Laundry, was badly hurt in a fall there late Wed nesday, falling from thei top of a scaffold onto a piece of machinery. He struck upon his head, a deep cut being sustained about the ear in addition to a severe gash across the forehead. His scalp was also deeply cut, and other injuries sus tained. Following the accident, Mr. Bass who is a dyer employed by the company, and well known in Amer icus where he has resided during several years, was carried home where he has since remained. The cause of the accident- was thg breaking of a plank upon which Mr. Bass was standing, the struc ture being temporary in character and construction. wimTro MGB MH ATLANTA, Sept. 14.—J. B. Sat terfield was sentenced late Thurs day by Judge John D. Humphies, of the Fulton Superior court, to be hanged in the Fulton county tower November 2, 1923, for the murder of J. H. Hart, his brother in-law, concluding one of the most dramatic trials staged in the Fub ton courts since the DuPree hear ing. He will appeal for new trial, it Was announced. The condemned man received his sentence without the Ipast sign of emotion. Domestic trouble is alleged to have been the basic reason for the killing of K'ait. On the witness stand, Satterfield told of the al leged mistreatment of his children by Hart's sister and also stated that the broken health of his youngest daughter, which he said was caus ed by neglect, had driven him mad. Hart was shot and killed in a lo cal soda fountain, wher it was testi fied he had been pursued by Sat terfield. Satterfield made his es cape, but was recently arrested in California and returned to Atlanta to stand trial. MERRITT TO GO TO CLEMSON COLLEGE Lewis Merritt, who has been connected with the Chappell Ma chinery company during several months past, has resigned and will go Sunday to Clemson, N. C., where he will accept a position as assistant editor of the Clemson College publications. He will re main at Clemson during the en tile college season. Sensation is Sprung During Trial of [Dr. Yarbrough at Macon NEGROES AT NORTH CAUSE MORE TROUBLE BLACKS ORDERED TO LEWEJOMSTOffI.PI. NEGRO UNION CHARGES All Who Have Not Resided There During Past Seven Years Are Included IMMIGRATION MUST STOP Mayor John Cauffiel Accused of Having Issued Drastic Evic tion Order NEW YORK, Sept. 14.—Mayor John Cauffiel, of Johnstown, Pa., has ordered all negroes who have resided in the city less than seven years to leave town, the American Civil Liberties Union announced it had been informed. It is also or dered that immigration of negroes here shall be stopped immediately. ATLANTA CLUB WOMEN IN SYSTEMATIC TAG DAY ATLANTA, Sept. 14.—Members of the Atlanta Federation of Wo men’s clubs, led by Mrs. T. T. Stevens, president of the club, and Mrs. Spencer Atkinson, chairman of the special committee, conduct ed a systematic “tag day” for the benefit of Japanese earthquake sufferers on the downtown streets o£ Atlanta recently. As a result of the “tagging” more than $3,000 was collectad and turned over to the American Red Cross. TULSA NEWSPAPER ASKS INJUNCTION IN KLAN ROW TULSA, 0k1a.,. Sept. 14.—The Tulsa Tribune has, announced that it would apply for aq injunction in the United States district court to prevnt Governor Walton inter fering with the publication of the paper if that executive carries out his threat to establish military censorship of its columns. The cen sor had not appeared at the- Trib une office this morning, but Ad jutant-General Markham announc ed that one would be placed there this afternoon. WILLIAMS TICKET TO HAVE NO OPPOSITION MACON, Sept. 14—Mayor Luther Williams and the for ai dermen on the ticket which he is to head in the white primary Sept. 26, will have no opposition. The time limit for entries expired at 6 o’clock last night, with only the checks of Mayor Luther Williams and aldermanic candidates on his ticket in the hands of the Demo cratic executive committee. SINGING CONVENTION MEET SUNDAY IN DOOLY CORDELE, Sept. 14—The South Georgia Singing Convention, now an organization for nearly fifty years, will assemble for a day's singing at the Dooly county camo ground, near Vienna, on next Sunday, Sept. 16, when an attendance from not only South Georgia, but from every sec tion of the state and from many other states as well, will be present with the spirit of song and praise. START CAMPAIGN TO SECURE MORE HENS CORDELE, Sept. 14—C. B. Cul pepper, county farm agent, and Miss Bell, the new county demonstration agent, are pnejertaking plans for a campaign in behalf of more chickens and still better dairying in Crisp Mr. Culpepper, some months ago, county. practically took the initiatory steps for the Cordele Creamery—which attracted little attention at the time, but soon began to prove a splendid and timely enterprise that has placed thousands of dollars in the pockets of many dairy cow own ers in Crisp county and surrounding territory. The hearty sympathy and help of the demonstration agent and others was in this work that now spells the big creamery success. Mrs. Jesse Stallings has gone to Valdosta to visit her daughter, Mrs. Walker Lane, for several days. thetWes&Wecorder i PUBLISHED IN THE HEART or | Tris photo was taken after President Coolidge’s fist meeting with h Hoover, Secretary of the Interior, Work, Secretary of Agricultud Wallae New, Secetary of War Weeks, Secretary of 3jjte Hughes, I'resident Cool retary of the Navy Denby. OHIO M® M INOICTEfI Fl FRAUD AFTER MS PROBE ' ■ _ —s—— Fourteen True Rills Returned Against Wm. G. Benham and Dwight Harrison HARRWSW-y?*®* ’ARREST Both Men Are Charged With Ob taining Money Under False Pretenses COLUMBUS, Sept. 14.—Four teen indictments charging William G. Banham, president, and Dwight Harrison, secretary-treasurer of t e R; L. Dollings company of Ohio, with obtaining money under false pretenses and with aiding and abetting in obtaining iponey un der false pretenses, have been re turned by the Preble county grand jury ati Eaton, Ohio, according to an announcement by Attorney General Crabbe. Harrison is now under arrest, but Banham has not yet been taken. PIMETM road finished now Last of Work on Ellaville High way Completed and Road Open From Railroad on The shqrt stretch of paving on the Ellaville highway • from the Central of Georgia tracks to Fac tory Row, was completed Thursday afternpon and the highway is now open to traffic all the way from the court house to-the Schley coun ty line. The roadway from Factory Row to the county line was opened sev eral days ago, while the short stretch just beyond the depot in Americus was closed for finishing. This has now been completed, and the detours which have been used around Jackson and other streets may now be abandoned. The com> pleted roadway is described by those who have used it as one of the finest anywhere in this section of Georgia. SAYS CATERPILLARS INJURE PECAN TREES VIENNA, Sept. 14—Rev. C. M. Ledbetter advises that caterpillars in the pecan trees will do great harm to the next year’s crop if they are allowed to destroy the_ leaves. He urges owners of tres to tear out the caterpillar nests at once from all pe can trees. They can be burned out with a chean device of a saturated rarg with kerosene on a pble. A quick “swat” off this sort of flames will get them and do little damage to the Tree or foliage. Rev. Mr. Ledbetter owns some profitable pecan trees and studies theiii care. He calls the leaves —the green leaves—the laboratory of the pecan, AMERICUS, GA., FRIDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 14, 1923 President Coolidge’s First Conference With Complete Cabinet -***. a ... jto. ; ' J r " A K ,? Ws - fflMWfflj |fe raMMF” - IO? v * W «mr k „, . , „. !■■■ Fight Returns Begin at 9 First fight returns from the Dempsey-Firpo battle for the heavyweight championship of the world, will be read tonight at the Rylsmder theater at 9 o’clock. jAt that hour the big mill will®begin and arrange ments have been perfected for full ringside returns to be fur nished by the JWWti! ciated Press. These returns will be read in the Rylander theater through an arrangement with Manager Kineey, the office of the Times-Recorder having prov en too small to contain the crowd comfortably when previous fights were announced there. The showing of pictures will be inter rupted to read the fight returns, and Manager Kineey guarantees that all fans who come to attend the matinees will be comfortably seated throughout the evening.* JAP UmUNTOT LEAPS TO QUICKDEATH Crazed by Obsession That Fam ily Was| Wiped Out Inoyoye Commits Hari Kari NEW YORK, Sept. 14—Tokunos kue Irtoyuye, head accountant for Mitsui & Company, Japanese export ers and importers, jumped today to his death from the fifteenth floor of his lower Broadway office building. He is said to have been despondent because he believed that his family had been wiped out in the Tokio earthquake. TO Plmfm ORCHARD IN CRISP Clegg and Bell to Put Entire Sloan Place in Nut Trees This Fall CORDELE, Sept. 14.—Messrs. Bell and Clegg, of Cordele, who recently purchfised the J. A. Sloan farm, located four and one-half miles southeast of Cordele, will plant it out in pecan trees this fall if they carry out their present intentions. This Crisp county farm is known as the Sloan place and has in it one hundred and fifty acres, one hundred of which is in cultivation, and it is this hundred acres the new purchasers propose to *put in pecans, with the expectation that in a few years the plaee will quote three to five times its presnt value. On this farm at the present time there is a pecan nursery with some fifty thousand plants, with possi bly some five thousand ready for sale this fall, of any variety the public may want and with proper guarantee behind each tre. Fact is, pecans in this section are be coming as popular as orange trees in Florida, since it is a known fact that pecans are money producers. is complete cabinet. Standing, le e, Secretary of Labor Davis. Front i idge, Secretary of Treasury Mellon i DIRECT NEGOTIATIONS DESIRED BY ITALY IN DISPUTE OVER FlUfflE Jugo-Slav Government Informed News Basis of Discussion Is Acceptable WHSECISION YET REACHED Italy to Give Up Porto Barros and Claim to Sussak and Delta Country Sept. 14—The Ital ian Charge d’Affaires here informed the Jugo-Slavia government last evening of Premier Mussolini’s de sire that direct negotiations between Rome and Belgrade regarding Flume be resumed. The early’resumption of negotia tions on a fresh basis is considered likely although no decision has yet been reached. READY NOW (TO WITHDRAW TROOPS PARIS,' Sept. 14 —When Premier Mussolini declares the annexation of | Fiume to Italy he will also an nounce the withdrawal of Italian troops from Porto Barros, adjoining the harbor, it is learned here from an authoritative quarter. Italy will thus give up any claim to that port, to Sussak and to Delta which will be left to Jugo-Slavia. U. I .IFFICERS IT RICHLMD KIT Dr. H. B. Allen, P. H. C., and C. J. Williams, State Auditor, Go From Americus A number of prominent Georgia Woodmen, including a number of officers of the state camp were at Richland last night to attend a meeting of Woodmen held at Rich land. Dr. H. B. Allen, past head consul for Georgia, and C. J. Williams, chairman of the board of auditors of the state camp, both <f Americus, and T. 1.. Bennett, state mamtger, were the state of ficers attending. W. K. Lipscomb and S. C. (lark, Zmc’xus Wood men, also attended. The occasion was a district gath ering of Woodmen to witness a ceremonial session of Richland lodge, with a large class of candi dates initiated, and the visitors, approximately three hundred in number, were guests of the Rich land Woodmen. A feature of the affair was an open-air gathering address by Dr. Allen and State ; manager Bennett, who spoke upon the benefits and advantages of Woodcraft, and who were intro duced by Editor Brown, of the Richland News. Following. the speaking a barbecue was served in the Woomen’s hall there, and the state officers present participated in the initiation ceremonies, ft to right, Secretary of Commerce ■ow, left to right, Postmaster General , Attorney General Daugherty, Sec- HOG SALE SCHEDULED HERE MONDAY, SEPT. 17 A co-operative hog sale is sched uled to be held at the Americus pens next Monday, Sept. 17, Geo. 0. Marshall, county farm demon stration agent, announced today. The sale is expected to dispose of a minimum of three cars. Farmers who have offerings are asked by Mr. Marshall to bring these in ear- 2 y> ..?? - ,lal tiuy wlll be in the best, o's condition for CTiFWe, and not affected, by the heat. FIMTMMH TH FAIR'S ATTRACTIONS Strong Committee Now Negotiat ing to Secure Fast Fighters Foi‘ Mill Here A fight card is to be added to the attractions at the Sumter county fair here, Sept. 25-29. This was announced today by Jack Holst, chairman of the American Legion committee handling the ’ Legion program to be staged during the exposition here this fall. The committee in charge of the enterprise Was not yet closed a definite deal for the fighters who will come here, but they are in negotiation with Walk Miller and one or two other promoters, which assures real sport being furnished Americus fight fans. The fight will be staged within the fair grounds upon a specialy construct ed elevated platform, the whole being brilliantly light. Further announcements, giving the names of the fighters secured, together with the hour of the fight card, which will be staged under auspices of John D. Mathis Post, No. 2, American Legion. The members of the committee in charge of the affair are Jack Holst, chairman; Robt. C. Lane, Evan Ma this, J. E. B. McLendon and Robt. L. Crawford. FARMERS URGING HARRIS TO SECURE LOWER RATES ATLANTA, Sept. 14.—--Farmers in Georgia are asking Senator W. J. Harris to renew the fight for a reduction in freight rates on farm products, and today the sena tor communicated with the Inter state Commerce commission. The latest complaint is from the Sweetwater Valley Truck Grow ers association, of Powder Springs, Ga., who say “the railroads are discriminating against us very, very greatly in the matter of freight rates, and unless we are able to get some relief from the prohibitive rates it means dfeath enterprise which will mean a great deal to the farmers.” The association cites the freight of $429.40 on their first car of to matoes from Powder Spring to Tampa, Fla., while they say the same car of tomatoes could have been shipped from Tampa to Pow der Springs over the same roads at approximately S2OO, < WEATHER For Georgia Fair tonight and Saturday; cooler in south and cen tral portion tonight. PRICE FIVE CENTS BARNETT’S DAUGHTER TELLS COURT ROSS ASKED HER TO LEAVE Former Americus Girl Testifies in Trial of Dr. Yarbrough Father Never Mistreated Her M. D. DEFENDS BARNETT Intimation* Thaf He Mistreated Wife During Illness Refuted By Several Witnesses MACON, Sept. 14.—The state today called witnesses in rebuttal of the testimony of the defense as to,the alleged character of sev eral of the state’s witnesses in the case against Dr. C. A. Yarbrough, charge I with flogging R. F. Mills. Several testified to the ’ good character of W. 0. Barnett, who claimed he had been the victim of the floggers. The defense had in timated Barnett had mistreated his wife when she was ill, but Bar nett’s family physician testified that he was at the Barnett home every night during her illness. Barnett’s daughter also claimed that her father had never mistreat ed her mother. This daughter had previously been called as a defense witness. She testified that when Defense Attorney Ross learned the nature of the testimony she would give, that Ross had offered to pay her mileage and witness fees and asked that she leave town. During Thursday’s Imq'rning hearing Dr. Yarbrough was placed on the stand and made a general denial of any connection re cent depredations in Bibb county, he admitted membership in the Kp Klux Klan. Lawlessness of any description, Dr. Yarbrought said he did not condone, particularly the flogging of several men who have been taken out within the last two years. During the trial of R. F. Mills, chiropodist; W. O. Barnett, harness maker, and W.W. Arnold, a mechanic, had positively identified Yarbrough as their as (Continued 2on Page 5.) COTTONCONSUffIPTIDN IN IMISTIWEffI Total of 491,604 Bales Lint and 47,998 Bales Linters Used During Month WASHINGTON, Sept. 14—Cot ton consumed during August total led 491,604 bales of lint and 47,- 998 bales of linters, which com pares with 461,575 bales of lint and 44,775 bales of Winters in July and 526,380 bales lint and 62,841 bales linters in August of last year, the census bureau an nounced today. RlffiD BY JURY IT DECATUR Atlanta Woman Accused of Mur der of Husband Declared Not Guilty After Hearing ATLANTA, Sept. 14. Mrs. Hazeline Evans, on trial here on a charge of murder in connection with the death of her husband, late last night was acquitted by a jury foil wing a short deliberation. The defendant claimed her husband shot himself while she struggled with him to prevent him from car rying out his suicidal intentions. Thursday, the second day of the murder trial against Mrs. Evans, saw as crowded a courtroom as the first day, and the statement made by Mrs. Evans herself was the only sensation of the day. Mrs. Evans reiterated her story of the shooting. She maintained that her husband had been de spondent and blue and that he had put) his hand in his left coat pocket and pulled out the revolver declar ing that he was going to end it all. Empassioned addresses to the jury by Atorneys Carpenter and Burns for the defense of Mrs. Ev ans were made after supper. While Attorney General Smith, of De- Kalb county in sharp, clear tones drove home the evidence with mer ciless vigor, so that even Mrs. Ev ans who has maintained the great est outward show of stolid strength began to wince under his” charges to the jury. _ , ■
