About Americus times-recorder. (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 3, 1923)
Americus Spot Cotton Strict middling, 28c. N. Y. Futures Oct. Dec. Jan. Previous Close ....|28.23|27.95|27.45 Open [28.10127.70|27.20 11 am ) 27.99|27.72|27.73 Close - |28.60|28.35|27.90 • FORTY-FIFTH YEAR—NO. 225 WALTON CONTINUES FIGHT IN ¥ ¥ « ae. a « ........ ........ Another Big Liquor Haul Is Madelln New York JSD.BOD MCHT WITH J 60.0011 LIQII IS TAKEN fiy DFFICRES Four Men Arrested in Connec tion With Capture, With Craft Forced Ashore CAPTURED IN EAST RIVER Engine Trouble Forced Craft to Cut Down Speed and Opera tors to Surrender NEW YORK, Oct. 3.-Three po lice boats here today trapped and captured without firing a shot a $50,000 gasoline launch together v/ith $60,000 worth of whisky in East river. Police boat maneuvering forced the craft in shore after engine trou ble had forced her to cut down speed. Four men on board the captured craft were arrested, and the vessel is being held for formal confiscation. FINAL new M EXPLAIJifD Bl BOARB Every Effort ade to Please Par ents in Assignment of Pupils, Supt Mathis Says Action taken by the board of education last night, when the as signment of certain pupils to Ka-<- A urtnieus "StTOSI hnally susi tained, was explained today by •Supt, J. E. Mathis in a foraml statement authorized by the board. This statement is as follows: "The board of education, exer cising its function of directing the the schools of Americus, has defi nitely fixed certain polities, amo/i these being the establishment of zones, for the general guidance of school authorities in the assignment of pupils. In the fixing o fthese :,ones, the board has seen fit, t> permit school authorities certain discretion in an effort to distribute pupils-equitably among the schools of Americus. There is no deviation from the* established curriculum in any school here, each class in the various schools receiving same in struction. ' “In the assignmetn of children of John Wagnon and R. P. Moore to attend East Americus school, there has been no intention upon the part of the school authorities to dis criminate against any pupil. or parent. Every effort is made at all times to plcacc all concerned in the assignment of pupils, but the best interest of the schools and the pupils themselves cannot and will not be neglected under any circum- i stances. •‘There are on file in the office of the board figures showing the number of children registered, the carious grades in which each is be ing instructed, and the distribution of these children among the vari ous schools. These figures show that the number of Fifth grade pupilt at East Americus and Nurlow schools have been equitably divid ed, and with the present distribu tion of Fifth grade pupils maintain ed, the school authorities are of the opinion that the best interests cf the children affected will be ade quately protected. “It is to.be regretted, of course, | that any parent or child should oh- I j<<t to the school to which pupils have been assigned, but the boaru cannot superintend the assignment cf individual pupils. I feel that Miss Cobb and Miss Taylor, wi.r made the assignmen: complained of, 1 pvo done their best, to avoid any friction whatever in their work and that the pupils assigned to East Americus h.-ve in no way been dis criminate! against." DR. CHAMBLISS IN NEW OFFICES NOW Dr. J. Wade Chambliss, who has had offices in the Allison build ing during a number of years past, moved today to the Bell building, where he is now located. He has three offices in his new location, being the only physician having of fices in the structure. Cherries derive-Their color from heart and not the light, LUMBER ASSN. NOT TO FIX PRICE HERE SOUTHERN PINE KN. DECLINES TH ASSURE PRICE STABILIZATION Secretary Hoover Told, How ever That Prices Net to Be Appreciably Advanced CANNOT FIX .ANY Even Japanese Disaster Emerg ency Would Not Authorize Price-Fixing NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 3. Tte Southern Pine assoication in a teliF gram to Secretary Hoover in rep&' to his request for an assurance from the association that prices for Southern yellow pine lumber lor use in repairing Japanese earth quake damage are not to be an- 1 preciably advanced, declared j-hat the organization had nothing to do with lumber prices. / In the telegram it was also stat ed that the association cqula not 1 legally participate in any price-fix- •' ing ararngement or understanding 1 with either the department of la- 1 bor, of which Secretary Hoover is ' head, or the Japanese government. i WEALTHY BUTCHER TELLS Os MlfflßEß Admits He Killed Stranger to i Enable Wife to Collect In surance of SIOO,OOO EUREKA, Calif., Oct. 3.—Alex Kesl, a wealthy butcher of Lodi, Calif., confessed this morning to au thorities that he killed a stranger 1 on his ranch near Lodi, on Septem- ' ber 12, set fire to the haystack near his automobile fin order to burn the body, and disappeared from sight in order to enable his wife to collect the insurance mon ey amounting to SIOO,OOO. JIM CONLEY DENIES PURPORTED CONFESSION ATLANTA, Oct. 3—Flat denial of any knowledge of alleged facts in a purported “confession” by a negro named Freeman, was made Tuesday by Jim Conley, negro wit ness in the famous trial of Leo Frank for the slaying of Mary Phagan ten years ago. The alleged confession wh'ch was published in Atlanta Monday, set forth a story by which the negro Freeman tried to show that Conley himself was guilty of the Phagan girl's murder. Conley is now at the boutli Bend convict camp in Fulton county serving a twenty-year term for burglary. Conley denies that he was playing cards in the basement ofi the National Pencil, Company on the day of the murder, as charged by Freeman and also denies that he ever knew a, negro of that name. LESLIE UWES TO SERVE BABBECIJF LESLIE, Oct. 3.—The ladies of the Leslie Baptist church will serve a barbecue dinner at thu Woodman. Hall Friday, October 6. The dinner will consist of barbe cue, Brunswick stew, pickles, chips, bread, tea or coffe, cake and cream. Plates will be sold for GO cents and cream included. They will begin serving dinner at 11:30. In the afternoon sandwiches and tea will be served. The proceeds to be used for the benefit of the pastorium. MOTHER AND DAUGHTER ARE HELD FOR MURDER MOULTRIE, Oct. j3—Warrants charging murder were sworn out late Tuesday against Mrs. Lou Pace and her 19-year-old daughter, Mozelle Pace. The action was taken following a verdict returned by the coroner’s jury which held an inquest over the dead body of a baby found buried in a field near the Pace home in the Berlin section of Colquitt county. The jury held that the child was normal at birth, and that it was put to death by Mrs. Lou Pace and her daughter, Mozelle. It is also alleged that the |irl is ths mother of the child. _. THETIMESBRECORDER tOoQ - PUBLISHED IN THE" HEART'OF DIXIE~frS~v? . ‘nt ugh. Sheriff Hicks outlined his action •the commissioners and announc : that he would not have the men orking under him. It was exptain- I that the county motorcycle offi irs vAre hired by the county on ie recommendation of the sheriff, it worked out of the sheriff’s of te. While suspended from the ieriff’s office the men were eni oyed by the county until their ispension yesterday morning. I Mr. Hicks in his talk to the com missioners told them it was the ick of co-operation and the fric tion caused in the office that had 'arced him to take the steps he had. NEW COURSE AT MERCER MACON, Oct. 3.—-Mercer Uni ersity will conduct a course in i terature this year under Profes or Joseph Robinson, according to nnouncement here. The gropram or the course was outlined as fol ;ws: Fall term,'the modern novel; Vinter term, modern drama, and he Spring term, modern history. SPARTA PLANS FOR FAIR SPARTA, Oct. 3. Large sheds ire under construction to house ex libits and other arrangements are ;oing forwprd for the opening, of he Hancock county fair here Oc ober -29. Th esheds will take the dace of tents used in previous ears. Many different communi ies have indicated that they will ave individual exhibits. I Music broadcast by wireless from ilasgow was heard by miners 330 bet below ground, ab a distance of [5 miles from the city. INDIGESTION causes bloating—gassy pains that crowd the heart—constipation. Always find relief and (omfort in CHAMBERLAIN’S TABLETS No griping—no nausea —only 25 cents gebSftities are ICCEPTIN6SITUJTIBN Six Ruhr Municipalities Agree to Furnish Their Quota of Ex pense to Armies _ Oct. 3. Six cities in the occupied area have recognized the legality of French and Belgian occupation of the Ruhr district by agreeing to furnish their quota of expense for the sustenance of the occupying armies. Hither to the municipalities have refused to furnish money on the ground that the occupation was contrary to the Versailles treaty. The cities ..are Duesseldorf, Essen, Dortmund, Witten, Hoerde and Bochum. JOHN LFSTfB. NEGRO. IS NILLEO Bl BLOW Employe of H- J. Fite Struck by Parting Chain and Dies in Few Hours John Lester, a negro employed by H. J. Fite at his lumber camp on Hint river in Macon county, was killed today by a chain which parted, striking him heavily upon the forehead. The accident occur red while a party of negroes were engaged in taking some logs out of the swamp, using a wire .cable and chain in the work. The chain, parting under a heavy strain, struck Lester about the forehead, inflicting an ugly wound. Mr. Fite assisted in bringing the negro out of the swamp and at An dersonville he was attended by Dr. Thompson, who gave first aid and prepared him for a trip to the hos pital here. »Just after reaching Americus, and before going to the hospital, Lester died, the body be ing gA’en to a negro undertaker here for burial arrangements. He had been warned, Mr. Fite stated this morning, to get out of the way of the chain, but had failed to ob serve the warning with fatal re sults. Tortoise are very tenancious of life; one existed for eight months 1 after its brain was removed, AMERICUS, GA., WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 3, 1923 ously the interest taken in the fair by residents of the various com munities. Next year, of course, we hope to excel even the splendid attendance secured during the fair, the benefit of which is already manifest in inquiries received at my office. If Sumter county will only ‘tell the world” what we are able to raise here, there will be no trouble in disposing of these prod ucts. “The fair just closed brought to Americus and Sumter county thou sands of dollars worth of advertis ing that could not have been se cured in any other way, and the lair certainly should be maintained here as a permanent annual occa sion. In order to do this, however, there must be away devised to make the fair sustaining and one way to encourage the promoters is by paying promptly all that‘is due the association. With this done this year all of the bills of the associa tion will be disposed of within the week, and creditors who are now asking payment satisfied in full.’” First machine that could type more quickly than one could write was designed in 1866. Trousers were first issued to Bri tish infantry a century ago; before that soldiers wore breeches. WHY THEY PARTED “I was down with pain in my I’ight side which at times almost erazed me. Most all of the doctors ' said operation. But what I want to tell you is the pain disappeared with the first dose of your medicine and I never see any since. Mayr's Wonderful Remedy has the. right name—gas, sour stomach and dys pepsia have left, too.” It is a simple harmless preparation that removes the catarrhal mucus from the in testinal tract and allays the inflam mation which causes practically all stomach, liver and intestinal ail ments, including appendicitis. One dose will convince or money refund- ! ed. I’or sale by Howell’s Pharmacy and druggists everywhere.—adv. iJHMfflNir BANK DRANCHES Attorney General Rules These Cannot Be Established Even in Cities of Location WASHINGTON, Oct. 3.—Na tional banks are forbidden by law from engaging in branch banking business, even within cities in which they are located, Attorney General Daugherty held in an opin ion explained today to the joint ’congressional banking commission by the Comptroller of the Curren cy Dawes. The opinion held, however, that such banks could maintain branches for the collection of de posits, but for the transaction of other bsuiness. SUGAR CAN CROP RIPE SPARTA, Ga., Oct. 3—The Han cock sugar cane crop was reported here as being ripe and cane mills were expected to begin operations ■this week. Much cane is grown in the lower section of the county, ac cording to reports here. This year, it was said, more cane than usual was planted. Colored globes in chemists win dows were first displayed by Moor ish druggists of Arabia and Spain. 7 HE PR IZE LIST One 1924 Model Hup ‘‘Special Touring Sport, Fully Equipped. Value $1,440.00 One 1924 Model Overland ‘ Red Bird” Sport, Fully Equipped, Value .....1.- $840.00 One 1924 Model Overland ‘‘Red Bird” Sport, Fully Equipped. Value * $840.00 • Two Second Prizes $ I 00.00 in Cash $ 1 00.00 in Cash Two Third Prizes SSO-00 in Cash $50.00 in Cash $5,000 in Cash A special fund of $5,000 has been set aside to cover commissions to all active candidates. A commission of 20 per cent; will be paid to those participants who do not receive one of the above listed prizes. MOTE- —The Times-Recorder hereby reserves the right to add to and increase the list of prizes to he distributed in its SB,OOO FREE DISTRIBUTION—both in value and in number. ram CONHCTS IN MUTINY SHOOT ANU KILL TWB GUARDS Two Other Guards and Kitchen Employe Also Wounded During Battle MUTINEERS IN BARRICADE Wounded Lying in Line of Fire Cry for Help With Guards Powerless to Assist MADISONVILLE, Ky., October 3.—Four convicts at the state peni tentiary at Eddyville today shot and killed two guards and serious ly wounded two other guards and an employe of the penitentiary kitchen. The men then barricaded them selves in the kitchen where a con siderable time after the outbreak were shooting at everybody in sight. Meanwhile the wounded men ly ing between the penitentiary and th e kitchen were crying for help while guards were powerless to ren der them aid. NAVY DIRIGIBLE ZB I FINISHES LUNG TRIP Big Blimp Lands Gracefully at Lakehurst After Trip to St. Louis and Return LAKEHURST, N. J., Oct. 3. Completing its record trip to St. Louis and return, the navy dirigible ZR-1 landed gracefully here just before.- 7 o’clock. The round trip consumed 47 hours and 49 minutes, the shjp hav ing actually been in the air 46 hours, during which she covered 2,200 miles. Ker maximum speed was 78 miles an hour. SHERIFF SILENT CONCH PLOT Several Suspects Under Surveil lance, However, in Connec tion with Foiled Delivery ATLANTA, Oct. 3.—With sev eral suspects, including women vis itors, under surveillance, deputy sheriffs under the personal direc tion of Sheriff' James ,1. Lowry Tuesday night declined to disclose the progress of their investigation into the alleged plot to effect a jail delivery from Fulton tower, which would have set at liberty several prisoners charged with se rious crimes, one of whom is under death sentence. If the plan materialized, it would have made possible the escape o f J. B. Satterfield under a death 5,000 PUPILS IN JUNIOR HIGH ATLANTA. Oct. 3. —There were slightly less than 5,000 students in junior high schools in Atlanta when this week. First letter ever typed was writ ten in 1830. OKLAHOMA • BQARDHFARSAND DECIDES COMP LUNT EILEH Bl PATRONS After Hearing Authorities Sus tain Action Taken by Super intendent and Principals NO TRANSFERS ORDERED Children of Messrs. Wagnon and Moore Must Attend School to Which Assigned “The complaint of John Wag non and others, having been heard and carefully considered by the board, be it, “Resolved, That inasmuch as the placing of the children in the differ ent schools had been delegated by the board to the superintendent and principals, and it appearing that there has been a» earnest effort to place all pupils; for their best inter est and to the best interests of the schools, that their action be, and the same hereby is, sustained.” With the adoption ofi the forego ing resolution by the board of ed ucation at a meeting held last night the question of placing children in the various schools of Americus was as / a . r as the board is concerned, definitely closed. The resolution was adopted following a hearing granted John Wagnon and R. F. Moore, who had complained of alleged discrim ination in the assignment of their children to attend East Americus school. During the hearing, Messrs., Wagnon and Moore, through them attorney, James A. Fort, presented their complaint in detail, setting forth the various objections held against the assignment of their chil “ren to attend East Americus school and the matter was thoroughly dis cussed. Present at the meeting besides the members of the Board of Education were Mr. and Mrs. John Wagnon, R. P. Moore, James A. Fort, Prof. J. E. Mathis, secretary „f the board; Miss Susie Taylor, principal of East Americus school; Miss Sarah Qobb, principal of Furlow Grammar school and two newspaper men who attend ed the meeting by invitation. Mr. Fort told the board that his clients had come before the meeting (Continued on Page 5) GUVERHORSCALLEDTO MEET IT WASHINGTON President Coolidge Wants Exec utives to Pass on Immigration and Anti-Narcotic Laws WASHINGTON, Oct. 3—lnvita tions were sent out from the White House to governors of the states ior a conference with President Coolidge October 20, to discuss law enforcement, particularly as applied to the proposition of immigration and anti-narcotic statutes. SEEKING HEARING IN MARIETTA BANK CASE ATLANTA, Oct. 3. An early hearing of the state’s suit for $125,- 000 against J. S. Bache & Compa ny, New York, of which the late Solomon Wexler, New Orleans banker, was a member, is being sought in the federal court of New York, Thomas R. Bennett, superin tendent of banks states. The suit against the New York concern was brought following the failure of the Marietta Trust and Banking company, of Marietta, Ga., the state contending that ap proximately $125,000 of the insti tution’s funds had been misappro priated for speculation by two of the bank’!* officials and had “found its way into the coffers of the J S. Bache & Company.” The New York firm denies the charge. sentence for. the murder of his brother-in-law R. H. Hart, more than two years ago; Duke Well born, alleged escaped convict from the Richmond county chaingang, and held by local authorities in connection with the recently $3,- 500 robbery of the Lyric theater safe, and Lem Gleason, under in dietment as one •of Floyd Wood ward’s alleged steerers in one of the most gigantic bunco swindles ever uncovered in America, »'» mn 11. r— irmna WEATHER For Georgia Generally fair to night and Thursday; little change in temperature. —7 ’RICE FIVE CENTS IIJUICTIIINBMINS OKLA. OFFICIALS FROM CEPTIFYING RESULT Governor Walton Opens Ex pected Assault on Result of Tuesday’s Voting CAPITOL IS UNDER GUARD Guards Placed Where They Are Able to Prevent Certifica tion If Court Order Fails OKLAHOMA CITY, Oct. 3. District Judge Chambers has issued a temporary restraining order en joining the state election board fiom certifying the returns of yes terday's election at which a pro posal for the legislature to con vene itself was overwhelmingly carried. Counsel for Governor Walton soguht an injunction, thus opening the executive’s expected result ci' yesterday’s vote. The state capitol -was again un der guard of state troops today. Frank Carter, chairman of the state corporation commission, said that it was his understanding that the guards were under orders to prevent certification of election re turns. No explanation of the guards' presence could be obtained from adj utant general’s office. AMENDMENT WINS t BY BIG MAJORITY. OKLAHOMA CITY, Oct. 3. —A total of 1,019 precincts out of 2,- 837 in the state tabulated from re turns gathered by four Okla homa newspapers for the legisla tive amendment gave: Yes, 124,- 526; No, 32,702. Returns from 660 precincts, tab ulated from returns to four news papers on soldier bonus measure gave: Yes, 34,645; No, 46,021. FIGHT ON INVISIBLE EMPIRE JUST STARTED. OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., Oct. 3.—With virtually one-fourth of the state heard from at 9:30 o’clock last night, it was indicated that a constitutional amendment to open the way for the state legisla ture to consider the official record of Gov. J. C. Walton, had swept to victory with the greatest majority ever recorded in. an election in Oklahoma. On the basis of returns up to that hour compiled by four newspapers of the state, it was indicated that the measure would carry by ap proximately 250,000. Six hundred and fifty precincts out of 2,837, in the state on the proposition gave: Yes, 76,361; No, 17,511. If the ratio of voting continued it was estimated) that 450,000 votes have been cast, which is unpre cedented in Oklahoma special elec tions. If this estimate proves correct the total will be within approxi mately 50,000 votes of the highest number ever cast in any election in the state. Governor J. C. Walton issued the following statement at 9:30 o’clock last night: “The fight on the invisible em pire has just started in Oklahoma. I am still governor of the state.” At that hour the returns indi cated that a majority of 250,000 votes had been cast in a special election for a measure opening the way for the state legislature to con sider impeachment charges against him. Martial law status throughout the state will remain unchanged, the executive stated. Troops which had been held in reserve during the day for any emergency, were not used, he said, and no disorder or requests for services of guardsmen were re ceived. EAST POINT VOTES AGAINST ANNEXATION ATLANTA, Oct. 3.—East Point voted against annexation to the city of Atlanta on Tuesday by b t0‘.:.l vote of 504 to 352. This re sult means that College Park and Hapeville, other suburban towns voting on the annexation question, must also stay out of the city, de spite the fact that they voted over whelmingly in favor of annexation. The vote in Hapeville was 111 to 2 in favor of annexation, While in College Park it was also favor able by a vote of 289 to 56. Taking the total vote of all three it .shows that in ajl 791 peo plee voted for annexation as againsj 502 ft> ft. __
