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forty-fiftA YEAR—NO. I 13
What’s Going
On In The
World
The Weeks’ Chief Events
Briefly Told
PUGILISM
PROHIBITION—
FOREIGN—
By CHARLES P. STEWART
If every country had a national
bird or animal, like the American
eagle, the British lion and the Rus
sian bear, the ox ought to be re
served for Argentina. , .
The ox is very, very strong—but
slow, extremely slow.
Bulk and strength are Argentine
characteristics, but shiftiness dis
tinctly isn’t.
The University Club, Buenos
Aires, is the home of Argentine box
ing. I’ve seen dozens of the repub
lic’s best men, including Firpo, in
action there and they’re all more
or less alike—plenty of power, but
no speed. Let one of them land and
down goes whatever he landed on.
But he can’t follow up an advan
tage. It isn’t lack of science. It’s in
ability to thinlq and act quickly.
Unless Firpo is different from
nearly all his countrymen this is a
thing he can never learn.
WETS AND
DRYS
Attorney General Daugherty, re
poj ting on three years of prohibi
tion:'. calls it “one of the most tragic
epoc*y in American history relative
to law enforcement”—“a sordid
story of assassination, bribery and
corruption” involving “the very
sanctums wherein the inviolability
of the law was presumed to be sa
cred.”
However, the report concludes
that the attorney general is “highly
satisfied?’
It will be recalled Ithat some time
before his death President Harding
asked if the navy can be used in en
forcing prohibition. Attorney Gen
eral Daugherty now answers “no”—
not without congressional authority.
It’s announced from the White
House that President Coolidge
doesn’t intend to ask such authori
zation.
TROUBLE
IN SPAIN
The Catalan provinces, in the
country’s northeast corner, are
Spain’s great industrial region. Be
ing the big producers, the Catalans
pay a large share of the taxes. They
say the government wastes them,
mainly on a needlessly long-drawn
out war in Morocco.
Finally they’ve balked on keeping
this up. In doing so, they invited
other big taxpaying districts to join
in their revolt. The Basque prov
inces, in the central north, where
the mining’s done, and Galicia, in
the northeast, accepted. ■
It was so serious that Premier
(Continued on Page 8.)
LASIRoFcOHvicTS
RESTORED IN MJMI
Outbreak at Banner Mines Near
Birmingham Responsible for
> Resort to Whipping
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Sept. 19.
The whipping strap, abolished two
years ago by Governor Thomas E.
Kilby, has been reintroduced in at
least one coal mine - camp in Ala
bama where leased state convicts
are worked.
This became known as a result
of inquiry into an outbreak at Ban
ner mines last week. The leaders
of the trouble were flogged with a
strap, it was divulged in reports
to the governor. White convicts
are said to have been among the
number. ,
L. A. Boyd, president of the
state board of convict supervisors,
in a report to the governor assum
ed responsibility for the floggings
at Banner. Mr. Boyd was appoint
ed by Governor Brandon February
13 to head the board.
Whether the strap will be re
placed in all convict camps was not
stated.
HANCOCK FARMERS START
CO-OPERATIVE SELLING
SPARTA, Sept. 19—The first co
operative hog sale in Sparta was a
success, although a 'number of hogs
promised were not in the sale and
will come in at a sale to be held in
November. The hogs were sold t >
the Enterprise Sausage Company, of
Macon, for a flat bid of 9 cents
per pound. Bidders were here from
Moultrie, Milledgeville and Atlanta
and the bidding was lively.
Ji
FORMER GREEK PREMIER
DIED TODAY AT ATHENS
ATHENS, Sept. 19.—The death
of Stephen Dragoumis, former pre
mier of Greece, has been an
nounced-
COSGROVE IRISHIGOVERNMENTHEAD
Effort to Extend Limit of\Search Falls Flat
LITTLE SYMPATHY IS
FOUND IN BRITISH
REPLY TO PROPOSALS
Government Plans, However, to
Present Problem to Confer
ence for Discussion
TREATY WOULD BE USED
Suggested Liquor Be Brought in
Under Seal in Exchange for
Searching Privilege
WASHINGTON, Sept. 19.—The
British reply to Secretary Hughes’
proposal for a reciprocal agree
ment of the ship liquor and liquor
smuggling has been received by the
State Department today and ■ de
scribed by officials as in general
not sympathetic to the proposals.
The British government, howev
er plans to present the question
to the British imperial conference
which meets in London next month.
Secretary Hughes has prosopsed to
use the treaty in making power to
allow foreign vessels to enter the
United States ports with liquor un
der seal in return for extension of
a right to search and seizure to
the 12-mile limit.
GREm™
APOLOGY W.®
DEMANDED Ry ALLIES
Three Allied Flags Are Saluted
by Greek Squadron in Har
bor of Phaleron
MEMORIAL SERVICES HELD
Bodies of Murdered Italian Com
missioners Embarked With
Full Honors
ATHENS, Sept. 19.—Greece to
day discharged her measures of
apology prescribed by the Allies
for the Janina mutders. The in
cident, which for tile time threat
ened the peace of the Balkans, is
regarded as closed. An Allied
squadion, l?d by an Italian warship
steamed into Phaleron harbor
where waiting Greek ships rendered
a salute of 21 guns to each flag.
At the same time memorial serv
ices were celebrated in the cathed
ral in the presence of the Greek
cabinet and Allied diplomats while
at Preveza.
The bodies of the murdered Ital
ians embarked for Italy with mili
tary and civil honors.
J247IELD OF FIVE •
PEAR TREES IN 17TII
, ‘ w
Tom Goldsmith, Negro Living on
Anthony Jones Place, Mar
kets Pears Profitably
Five pear trees kept on the An
thony Jones place located in the
17th district, this year yielded their
owner s2l, according to Tom Gold
smith, a negro, who was here selling
pears Tuesday afternoon. The fruit
was sold readily, Goldsmith states,
at $1 per bushel, being in good de
mand for preserving and canning
purposes.
■ Little attention was given any of
the trees, Goldsmith said, they hav
ing been part of an experimental or
chard set out several years ago, and
which paid small returns as a com
mercial proposition due to the prev
alence of blight. A few tree|, howev
er, were retained, and these are now '
paying their owner handsome re- '
turns for the cost and care they on- I
tail. The pears were marketed by
Goldsmith for Mr. Jones, owner of
the farm where they were produced,
he said.
STEIN ENTERS SUIT
FOR $50,0C0 DAMAGES
MILLTOWN. Sept. 19—H. Stein
of Milltown, has entered suit against
B. Lazarus, of Quitman, and Sam
Lazarus, qf Valdosta, for $50,000
for damages the defendants are al
leged to have done to Stein’s reputa,
tion as a result of letters alleged
to have been written to his creditors.
R. A. Hendricks, of Nashville, is rep
resenting the plaintiff in this suit.
THE fIMESBRECORDER
' PUBLISHER IN THE HEART OF DIXIE
SERIOUS CHARGES AGAINST DEPT.
■jMWLBIII
PPOTEFI AGAINST ICT
SCHOOL AUTHORITIES
Assert That Children Living in
Certain Zones Attend School
Located in Another
I DISCRIMINATION CLAIMED
Say Board Chairman Declares
“Everything Left Up to
Superintendent’
John A. Wagnon and R. P.
Moore, residents of Taylor street,
who object to school assignments
given their children, today declared
members of the board of education
ignorant concerning the establish
ed zone system here, ,and com
plaint that the system is not be
ing justly administered by the
school authorities.
Some children living in East
Americus school zone, Messrs.
Wagnon and Mopre assert, are not
required to attend the school there,
while others living outside the zone
are required to go there. This,
they assert, constitutes discrimina
tion, against whjich they have
lodged vigorous complaint with
members of the board of education,
but without receiving satisfaction
of any kind.
Their position is set forth ac
curately in the following com
munication brought to the Times-
Recorder today, and which is pub
lished by request:
“Editor Times-Recorder:
“Although only two members of
the board of education had ever
heard of such a thing, we under
stand the City of Americus has
been divided (supposedly b ythe
board, but evidently not) into
i zones, in order to fix what school
a child should attend, and the
center of Horne street is the di
viding line; all children living
west of the center- of Horne street
should go to the Furlow Grammar
school and all those living east of
the center of Horne street, attend
ing the first five grades, should go
to the East Americus school.
All right, we have no objection
to that plant but we do say that
such a rule should be applied to all
children alike, and in as much as
this has not been done we feel our
children have been discriminated
against. There are several chil
dren, some on the. east side of
Horne street, now going to the
Furlow school and attending the
first five grades.
“Upon complaint made to W. W.
Dykes, chairman of the board, we
were informed that ‘the board of
education left everything up to the
superintendent of the schools, that
the - board had nothing to do with
•the running of the schools and that
the board did rtot try to please the
public but looked after the chil
dren.’ Other members of the
board said they thought an injust
ice was being done, although some
of them frankly admitted they
never attended a board meeting,
knew nothing about the running
of the schools, and that
they themselves thought they
ought to resign. One said
the only meeting he attend
ed was when they had something
to eat.
After we had made complaint
the superintendent changed,three
or four children, one of the un-
I dersigned’s, putting them in Fur
i low*. We have investigated and
I are informed that on yesterday
j they were teaching five less chib
dren in the fifth grade of Furlow
school than last year, and sixteen I
less in the two first grades.
“What we want to know is,
wherein is the justice of admitting
some children living east of the
center of Horne street in the Fur
low school, but requiring others to
go to East Americus? A rule is
a rule and should be enforced the
same as to all. We don’t object
to sending our children to . East
■ Americus, but we do object to send
ing them there unless all children
in the same zone are sent there,
too.
“JOHN A. WAGNON,
“R, P. MOORE.
/‘Sept. 19, 1923.”
; AMERICUS, GA.. WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 19, 1923
POMRE CORERS
WITH BALDWIN
OVER REPARATIONS
Following Conference British
Prime Minister Calls on Pres
ident Millerand
ITALY IS TO GET FIUME
Jugo-Slavs Claim Diplomatic
Victory in Negotiations With
Larger Power
PARIS, Sept. 19.—Premier
Poincare and Prime Minister Bald
win, of Great Britain, conferred
here today presumably regarding
the reparations questions. Follow
ing their conference Minister Bald
win 'frent to see President Miller
and.
Following the conference a com
municue was issued which said that
while no definite solution to any
question was expected from the
brief meeting, itFhad happily been
discovered that there is no diverg
ence of principle or difference of
purpose?
DIPLOMATIC VICTORY IS
CLAIMED BY JUGO SLAVS
BELGRAED, Sept. 19.—While
Jugo-Slavia was celebrating the
fifth anniversary of the capture of
Monastir and the piercing of the
Saloniki front, news was spread
to the effect that Jugo-Slavia had
scored a diplomatic victory over
Italy—that as the matter was rep
resented here, the octogenarian
Premier Pachitch, builder of Jugo
slavia, had beaten the young and
aggressive Mussolini on points in
the duel over Fiume.
Italy will have Fiume, public
opinion agrees, but she will pay
for it by concession on the Italian
littoral, which the Jugo-Slavians
consider an adequate equivalent,
hnd it is confidently predicted by
the Jugo-Slavs that the port to be
developed in the vicinity of Fiume
will “make the grass grow on
Fiume’s quay” within" two years.
oestlwemd
RAMMED BY BATTLE
SHIP IN MANEUVERS
Crippled Vessel Is Able to Reach
Port Under Own Steam,
With Bow Crumpled
COLLIDED NEAR CAPE COD
Four Warships Engaged in Exe
cuting Maneuvers When Ac
cident Happened
SANDWICH, Mass., Sept. 19.
The United States destroyer Mc-
Farland was rammed in the bow
by the battleship Arkansas in
maneuvers near the entrance of
Cape Cod canal. The maneuvers
were participated in by 12 other
destroyers and the battleships Flo
rida, Arkansas, and training ship.
The McFarland steamed into port
under her own power.
FIRST HOG SALE OF
SEASON SEPT. 27TH
DUBLIN, Sept. 19—Laurens
county’s first hog sale of the new
season will be held on Sept. 27,
one week from next Thursday.
County Agent J. F. Hart is asking
that every farmer list the hogs he
intends to sell then with him in or
der that as complete information as
possible on the number to be expect
ed will be in hand. This is very ini
portant in ordering cars from the
railroad, and also in getting buyers
here, as the bigger the lumber the
better the bidding will be.
OFFICERS WILL CONFER
ALBANY, Sept. 19.—Officers of
the Georgia Forestry association
will visit Albany September 27 for
the purpose of laying plans for a
state-yvide membership campaign
October, according to the Albany
Chamber of Commerce. An effort
is being made to seture a strong
organization in Georgia in order to
combat the forest fire originator
and to promote the rehabilitation
of the forests of the state.
* *
POSTPONE TEST OF
AUTHORITY ST TULSA
TILL NEXT THURSDAY
Habeas Corpus Proceedings
Brought in Behalf of Floggers
Are Continued
MEN .HELD BY MILITARY
Assistant Attorney General King
Appears Before Judge Hunt
in Preliminary Proceedings
TULSA, Okla., Sept. 19.—The
scheduled court test of authority
between military and civil officers
of Tulsa county has been .postpon
ed until Thursday. Assistant At
torney- General King obtained a
contiituance of the habeas corpus
proceedings before District Judge
Hunt, involving® the 1 three convicted
floggers held by the military.
PREPARING FOR CLASH
AT CAPTAL
OKLAHOMA CITY, Sept. 19.
Members of the house were being
asked by telephone and telegraph
last night to come to Oklahoma
City. Upon arrival they will be
requested to sign the petition pro
viding for the call for an extra
session of the legislature.
The legislators directing the spe
cial session fight would not permit
use of thjeir names. When 'the
movement reaches the proper stage
they said they would be glad to
make their names public. Meeting
in a downtown hotel, they werte
very careful not to allow more
than three persons to be present
in their room at the same time.
This precaution was taken in
fear that the room might be raided
by the military authorities on the
ground that the activities consti
tuted some form of a riot. Under
the statute three or more persons
constitute a mob.
“This is not a fight for or
against any organization,” said the
spokesman. It is a right to deter
mine whether the governor is a dic
tator or whether this is a state of
executive, judicial and legislative
government. •
“We intended to investigate
charges made against law violators
bath in private and public. It is
not the purpose or intention of the
legislator and no member has in
mind protection of crime in any
manner.”
biggßltm
DEAD Os PARALYSIS
Paul J. Rainey, Noted Explorer,
Dies on Board Ship En Route
to Cape Town
NEW YORK, Sept. 19.—Paul J.
Rainey, noted explorer and big
game hunter, died of a 'stroke of
paralysis aboard the Steamer Sax
on en route from Southampton to
Capetown, according to a radio
message received by his sister here.
SYSTEM OF ARBITRATION
SETTLES MANY DISPUTES
CHICAGO, Sept. 18 —Satisfac-
tory settlements were reached in a
large majority of the cases of griev
ances and controversial questions
arising under the employe represent
ation plan of the Pennsylvania rail
road system for the first half of
1923. This was accomplished at con
ferences between the local officers
and representatives of the employes
without recourse to any higher au
thority, according to a report made
by the northwestern head
quarters of the state.
MACON AFTER AIR STATION
MACON, Sept. 19—According to
officials of the chamber of com
merce, Macon may yet become a sta
tion on the two proposed air* routes
from New York to New Orleans and
from Chicago to Florida. Agents
representing those promoting the air
routes have visited Macon and are
said to be favorably impressed with
the landing fields inside the mile
track at Central City Park. The
first national aeronautical congress
in America was held in Macon in
May, 1919, .
MH'S URGES ALL
BASED- ON LETTER IN
WATSON’S NEWER
Atlanta Man Swears Excessive
Expenditures Made by De
i partinent But; Within Law
CONSIDERS BROWN HONEST
Jackson, Director of Bureau of
Markets, Called “Thorough
Gentleman” by Witness
ATLANTA, Sept. 19.—Gaz Va
son, first witness before the legis
lative investigating committee in
quiring into the affairs of the de
partment of agriculture, testified
that the records of the department
would show excessive expenditures
which, however, were within the
law. Replying to questions asked
by Sam Olive, counsel for the de
partment, the witness who resides
here, said that he considered Com
missioner Brown and honest man,
and L. B. Jackson, director of the
Bureau of Markets, a thorough
gentleman. Vason admitted that
most of his information was based
on letters published in the former
Watson publication.
Walter Vance, warrant clerk un
der Former Governor Hardwick,
testified that the department of
agriculture had presented to the
executive a voucher carrying a bill
in which the figures had been rais
ed. This voucher called for slight
ly more than $6,000, he testified,
and when first presented was not
accompanied by an itemized state
ment. When this statement was
finally produced it developed, he
said, that its figures had been rais
ed. The bill was presented by a
local concern, Vance said, but of
ficials of that concern had tojd
him later that they did not raise
the figures.
J. I. Hicks, formerly assistant
commissioner of agriculture, testi
fied that Vason once had made
him an offer that each oil inspector
in Georgia be assessed $1 for Va
son for his influence in having
Hicks named to the office.
The Tuesday session was featur
ed bv the appearance of Commis-,
sioner of Agriculture J. J. Brown,
and his demand that all persons
who have made charger against the
department be subpoenaed as wit
nesses.
Among the first eleven witnesses
called were Former Governor Thor.
W. Hardwick, Walter Vance, war
rant clerk during the Hardwick ad
ministration ; Grover Edmundson,
formerly connected with the Co
lumbia Sentinel, during its publi
cation by the late U. S. Senator
Thomas E. Watson; Charles E.
Stewart, member of the general as
sembly, from Atkinson county;
Gus Vason, of Atlanta; C. H. Kit
trell, of Dublin, former member
of the house of representatives;
Sam Askew, clerk in the state pen
sion department; J. M. Hilburn, of
Atlanta, former employee of the
department; Mrs. Alice Louise Ly
tle, editor of the Columbia Senti
nel, and Parker S. New, of Dub
lin, member of the house, from
Laurens county, and Representa
tive Bannister.
The investigating committee
completed its organization at the
Tuesday session by electiong Sena
tor George Lankford, of Toombs
county, chairman; Carl N. Guess,
of DeKalb county, vice chriiTnan,
and E. R. Dykes, of Dooly county,
secretary.
HAY GROWERS TO ORGANIZE
MOULTRIE, Sept. 19.—J. J.
Parrish, of the Southwest Melon
Growers ’association, is backing
the movement for organizing the
hay growers of the territory for
the purpose of increasing hay pro
duction and improving its curing
and marketing methods. Most of
the Melon Growers’ association’s
2,000 members plant peas in their
melon fields after gathering their
crop, it is pointed out, and feed
experts declare peavine hay, when
properly cured, measures up in
quality with western hay which is
shipped in and can be produced
much cheaper.
WEATHER
For Georgia: Unsettled weather,
probably showers tonight and Thurs
day.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
FflH STATE LEADER
CHOSEN Bl MIL IB
HUB GOVERNMENT
First Assembly Held Since Re
cent Elections Works With
Republicans Absent
MICHAEL HAYES SPEAKER
Group of Women Stage Demon
stration in Behalf of Republi
cans' Still Held Prisoners
DUBLIN, Sept. 19—William T.
Cosgrave was re-elected president
of the Dail Eireann upon the con
vening of that body today, in the
first assembly since the recent elec
tions. None of the Republicans elect
ed to seats in the Dail had appeared
when the proceedings began. Pro
fessor Michael Hayes was re-elected
speaker.
A group of women staged a dem
onstration nearby demanding the
release of Republicans held prison
ersby the Free State.
POULTRYBRINGSSDOD
PRICEATDAWSONSALE
Fryers Sold for 23 Cents, Hens
18 Cents and Roosters 8
Cents. No Capons Offered
DAWSON, Sept. 19.—The third
co-operative chicken sale at Daw
son, which was held Thursday, re
sulted in another large shipment of
poultry from Terrell county. While
the number of fowls brought to
the sale was not as large as the
promoters anticipated, the sale
nevertheless showed that co-opera
tive marketing of chickens is on a
firm basis.
The prices paid for chickens
Thursday were in line with those
received at the other co-operative
sales in this section, though the
price for fryers was lower than
was expected. Hens brought 18
cents a pound, fryers 23 cents and
roosters 8 cents. The J. A. Kelley
company, of Atlanta, were the suc
cessful bidders, and to them th©
car lot was shipped.
There were no capons offered
for sale.
This sale makes a total of ap
proximately 20,000 pounds of poul
try shipped from Terrell couqty
this year in car loads. As much
or n.ore las been shipped in crates
by expre’s.
ffIOGIM ANNOUNCED'
FOB COUNTY METING
.Colquitt County Farmers Will
Gather Thursday at Moultrie
For Conference
MOULTRIE, Sept. 19—The pro
gram for the county-wide mass
meeting which is to be held here
Thursday, has been announced by
Mr. W. C. Vereen, who is chairman
of the program committee.
The meeting will be held at the
courthouse and the hour seTfor it to
get under way is 10 o’clock a.m. Mr.
Vereen will act as chairman and will
call the meeting together as well as
outlining the object.
A number of ten minute talks will
be made. Among these on the pro
gram are Roy Barber, manager of
the Moultrie Hatcheries, who will
speak on poultrying in South Geor
gia. Dr. C. B. Slocomb and W. M.
Smith, of Doerun, will tqlk on dairy
ing, ■ which has attained important
proportions around Doerun at which
place they live and have played im
portant parts in the development of
the industry.
J. A. Williams, of the New Elm
section, will speak on the importance
of early destruction of cotton stalks
as one of the methods of fighting
the boll weevil. J. A. Coleman will
talk on hog raising, a business in
which he has been conspicuously suc
cessful. C. M. Edge will talk on
“Thrift and Economy.”
PLAN TEACHERS SCHOOLS
MACON, Sept. 19.—N. H. Bal
lard, state superintendent of edu
cation, nt a recent educational
meeting ly?ld here declared that
fifteen summer schools for teach
ers who cannot attend those con
ducted by the universities in Geor
gia will be held in the state dur
ing the coming summer. The towns
in which the schools will be held
not yet been named. They
will continue for one month.
