About Americus times-recorder. (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 6, 1923)
Americus Spot Cotton Strict middling 27 1-2 cents. N. Y. Futures: Oct. Oec. Jan. Previous Close ....|28.23]27.87j27.37 Open 128.15 27.70*t>7.1 U am ; 27.90; 2 7-G 2; 27.0 7 Close |2S 0,3,27 70,27.20 FORTY-FIFTH YEAR—NO. 228 CABINET ASKS DICTATORIAL AUTHORITY Guards Attack Barricaded Convicts X his Afternoon lil SHOT ms CABLE, EIU LIGHT, WATER SUPPLY ST PEfi Drinking Water Being Carried Inmates From Poriß Inside Penitentiary Enclosure MUTINEERS HOLDING OUy Convicts Surrounded by Guards and Soldiers Still Refuse to Surrender EDDYILLE, Oct. G—Behind ar mor plate, drawn into position by truck also protected by plate, Lieutenant Joseph M. Kelly and Private Jack McKnight took up their position between the dining hall and the 'hospital, prepared to throw hand grenades into the fortress of the three convicts, simultaneous with the attack to be made by releasing ammonia. Two o’clock is se> for the zero hour. EDDYVILLE, Ky. Oct. 6—ln stant suspension of the water, light and power supply here and at the Kentucky state penitentiary a mile away took place early today, due to w'liat is -though to have been the nhai tering of the main electric pow er cable, supplying light, power ami. water to the penteifiiary by ran dom firing of guards there. Ad a result of the conditiios, dunnuig water is now Doing car ned pprisoners incarcerated in tne pentenciary nom a large pond loca ted within cuts prison enciouse. Tne purity or this supply has never been adequately tested, and it is iear ed serious illness may result Irons using tins water. Monte Waters, Lawrence Griffith and Harry Ferland, eonvfi: murder ers," who attempted ,o shuot -their way out of the penitentary three days ago but failed, are still lurk ing beliiiyd heavy walls in the pri son mess hall, from which officials have been unable to dislodge Ithem. Officials who viewed their hid ing place through glasses during late Friday said today they believ • ed two of the mutineers have either been killed or desperately wounded. Two of the men were observed through the glasses to be lying at full length upon the floor of ihe con vict retreat, while the third moved cautiously from place to place. That it will be impossible tto dis lodge the men by ordinary means was admitted at the penitentiary this morning, and officials are nov. undecided whether to starve the men out or use dyamhte and tear gas in further efforts to Torse their LLOMOiELEIS TO IST |ITIL Former British Premier » Party Traveling in Five Lars or Specie! Train new YORK, Oct. C. David Lloyd George left New York for Montreal today on the first lap of his tour (if the United Statu- : -i.j Canada. His party was aboard five c irs of a special train. _____ I NOMINATION BLANK Merchants’ Fashion Shov;, Rylander Theater, Octo ber 19, 1923 | This Coupon Good for 1,000 V otes I ;Only One Nomination Blank j Accepted for Each Candidate* Clip Coupons Daily. These Must | Be Voted Within Six Days Aft | er Each is Dated. Fashi°r: Shov/ EdLor, Timos -Recorder, Americus, Ga. Dear Sir: I hereby nominate l Miss .: Os IName of Town [ Rules: The young lady must live| in section from which she r nqpinated. She must be not; | less than 15 years or over 00 years. She must agree to be j the model of the Americus met-! chant drawing her name, as the! L names of all the young 'ladies ! will be drawn for by the mer-‘ j chants. Fill in nnd mail to the Fashion . . Editor Today ■ \\ ATTIRED DURING STORM LEITH IB Sill ROUGHEST VOYAGE ill HISTORY EE 110 SHIP Smashed Portholes and Doors , Tell of Rough Wealber En- I countered By Steamship j WAVES MOUNTED BRIDGE Passengers Praise Manner ini Which Vessel Was Handled I By' Captain Hartley j SOUTHAMPTON Oct. o—Thel steamship Leviathan rode out of its! roughest trip since entering trans-j Atlantic pasenger service, when she arrived here on time today. I The only damage sustained was j smashed port holes and doors. Of-| fleers said that (the waves mounted I as high as the first bridge. The passengers signed a tribute of praise for the manner in Which the vessel was handlled by Captain Hart ley. The great liner wont through one hurricane in which the wind blew 100 miles an hour. s - DECAPITATEO RfiOY TIT n Mutilated Remains of World ! War Veterans Identified by Ris- j by, a Former Associate T'iTTSBURG, o c t. G. — A decapi tated body found in the ' girls’ dressing room of the city swimming I pool here four days ago ha • been I identified a:; that of Charies Chuck I McGreggor, of Kittanning, Pa.,l veteran of the World war. Identi-j fication was made by R. K. Bisby, j wb > said that he worked with] -M' Greggor several years ago. I BERRIEN IS ARRESTED G ON MEW' YORK WARRANT . ATLANTA, Oct. G—II. N. Ber rien, Jr., former bond broker in -Alania, \»ho was some lime ago convicted on charges of misappro priation of approximately $42,000 I of state funds through discounting | Georgia school warrant.;, and whose I appealed case is in the Supreme I Court Friday was /taken to New York by Special Agent Farley after j leaving been kept under surveilance in Atlanta by • Representative \ Guillfoylo of tlio Bodeker detective here for nearly a week. I I Berrien, on which he was arrestedl late Thursday night in Atlanta, isl thrjt he misappropriated the pro-1 < ends of a $5,000 certified check ofl the W. R. Compton Company, brok-l ers of New York, which were turn-1 r«T over to him by W. R. Noel, ofl that company. fl FEDERAL COURT AT I MACON TO CONTINUE! MACON, Oct. G—The Octohrl term of United States District I Court will continue through vh<B fourth week in this mint h, accordß mg to an announcement made yesfl day by Judge William 11. Darrell at the clot e of the first week’s scsH tvion. Judge Barrc’t adjournerH court yesterday until-Monday aiurnl ing and left for Atlanta where !'.■ will spend the week-end. fl With the additional week ol inal carer nn‘. dim e id of thir wee'! i will he taken up the week begin-- nin Oct. 22, unless *he attorneys; i;, the c: . aro notified of anoth er dale in .bat week. FREAK EGG BROUGHT . PENNINGTON | A “freak" eg l : brough to Times-Recorder office this morn inn- by J. D. Pennington, bears ~u excellent likeness of the setting; sun, caused through a malfomm-j tion in its sh. 11 structure. The egg ! has both white and yolk, being rather "mall, and it is the opinion ,o 1 Mr. Pennington :hr.t it v;a. laid j by some young pullet in his large flock. Mr. Pennington, who resides ! in the Twenty-Ninth district and is, a regular visitor in Americus, main- j tains a large number of chiekona on his fortllle farm there, bringing in j poultry and poultry products for ; sale in Americus regularly, THE TiMEslflfecißDEß Published in the ._hearf of district governor at SAVANNAH KIWANIb Mtti fcjA V HiViSAil, (Jot. o—Aa0 —Aa un dertone oi tun run through the reg ular weekly meeting of U»e Kiwau i jS Club yesterday afternoon at the | iloteU bavannali, although the 1 meeting had its serious spots. ! Teddy liealey of the Keith Cir cuit tickled the mirth chords of the Ki"anians with an amusing ! monologue-on many subjects irom | V ol- >o anything else under the sun. He -:.ng in a splendid voice a son..; ! which pleased the assembly a great | u< "t]' t.J. McArthur, lieutenant Lovernor of Georgia Kjwanis and I president of the C°rdc e !‘,ub,.pv: l isedfhe workoU.an.M_ Oliver district governo , a \ ! ( ’ll the desire to nomimuo expressed the iMc Oliver for re-election ‘ , l ' _ ! annual state convention at bus the latter part of this month. AMEE : [ GA., SATURDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 6, 1923 ISTYLE SHOW OCT.! 9 lINTERESTS !HY HERE I Girls From AH Farts of the Dis- I Are Getting Coupons and I Sending These In I -,«■ H ° W Candidates Siandd 1 Mess Elizabeth Mckonzie .... 1,000 1 s T iss CJiristine, Touke l 000 r Miss Mariya Beil 000 I Miss Laurie Johnson 1,000 I bfsss Elizabeth Richardson .... 1,000 I Miss Fay Rooks 1,000 I Miss Poxie Stevens I,'oGO I Vies Lucy Kate Clark 1,,000 I Miss Georgia Lumpkin 1,000 I Miss Sarah Dixon 1,000 I Miss Myra Sims 1,000- 1 The above named young ladies, | all of them style and fashion lead- I ers in their respective eommimhics, I have been nominated in The Merch- I ar-ts Style Show to be staged at the I Rylander Theater here October 19. I This promised to be on’e of the I greatest style events ever attempted I here, with a number of merchants I furnishing the latest patlcrn gowns I for display by their models, to be I chosen from the communities en- I titled (to enter the contest. One [ young lady wall be chosen from each I community, and interest in the sel- I ection promises. I The only condition to entry in I this conost is that each contestant I shal be nominated by some friend I and that she receive the largest B number of votes cast for any c-nndi- I date in the community ,’n which she K may reside. The age limits in this I contest are from 15 'to 30 years. I and there is no canvassing or sell ■ ing in, connection with the event. R The girl receiving the largest R number of coupons in each com- I munity will be known as “Miss I Americus” for instance, and shv, I will act as model for the firm which I draws her name in the casting of I lots to be held just before the show I opens. Gowns and other wearing | apparel, all of which wil be of the I finest material and latest designs I will be furnished by Americus ( merchants. R Voting- coupons must be clipped I from The Times-Recorder. There is I no other way of voting and these I must be sent into the Fashion I Show Editor,” to be credited to I your favorite. There will be no ex- I tra coupons prinked, and no extra I copies of The Times-Recorder L I sued, and coupons must be taken I from each isue as they appear. The I voting strength will be varied from I time to time, so watch the paper I closely. The nomination coupon ap- I pears today, and Monday the first I' vc l :ing coupon will be printed. Remember two points about this I contest —The Masked Lady and that I there will be no extra coupons avail | able, riense don’t ask us about eith I er. I COTTON ASSN. WILL ENFORCE CONTRACTS I MOULTRIE, Oct. G.—A repro- I sentative of the Georgia Cotton I Growers Association in Moultrie I announces that proceedings would I be instituted against some seventy I five or a hundred Colquitt county I farmers who are alleged to have I violated ithe contracts they entered NEGRO FOLK SONGS PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 5. A . new sort of service for the . of Correction has been planned this winter. Old Negro folk songs , of the South will be used to regen erate the girls who surrender to the harms of such songs as “Swing j Low, Sweet Chariot,” and “Steel: ■ Away to Jesus.” Because of the be ’ lief that many of them are spiritual ' ly hungry, it- is thought that such 1 I songs will aid in turning the giVI; J from drink and drugs. | REVIVAL MEETINGS BEGIN AT MINTON I ! MINTON, October 6—Rev. W. -1. . Churehwell, evangelist for the Val dosta district, will do the preac-h --, ing at a tent meeting which will , be hold near Minton beginning Sun , day' night. Mr. Churehwell will be assisted by 1 the Rev. W. S. John son pa.f or of the Doerun Methodist i church, . Flffl If HARDING !« PEN MED ■BY HIM TOW I Albert E. Sarlain Will Succeed I J. E. Dysche As'Head of Fed- I era! Prison at Atlanta DYSCHE TO BE ‘DRY’ AGT. t New Warden Resident cf Co lumbus, G., and Prominent in Republican Politics WASHINGTON, Oct. 6—Albert E. Sartian, of Columbus, Ohio, lias been selected to be warden of the Atlanta federal penitentiary, suc ceeding J. E. Dyche, recently resign id, and who will become federal prohibition agent. Ssrtein is a clbse friend of for mer President Harding and of At torney General Daugherty. He has long been prominent in Republican party politics. ciniisii T 9 SEPT, 25.7151 BILES W. P. Persons, Census Agent Here, Announces Number of Bales Ginned Cotton ginnings in Sumter coun ty from cotton of the crop of 19- 23 prior to September 25, were 7151 bales, according to an an nouncement authorized this morn ing by W. P. Persons, resident agent of the census bureau in Americus. These figures compare with 15,223 bales ginned to the same v date last year, or a falling off of more than fifty per cent ui pro duction for ithe current crop. Tak ing into consideration that a larg er acreage was planted to cotton here this year than during 1923, the falling off in production is ev en greater than the above figures indicate, as anticipated receipts should have been much larger than those of the preceding season. Figures in both reports count round as half bales, though there are no round bales ginned here. HffllltEFll 111 II GEM R. L. J. Smith, in Report, Says Exodus df Labor Has Not Increased Percentage ATLANTA, Oct. s.—Despite the exodus of negro labor from farms, the percentage of idle land in Georgia .this year is less than that of 1922, according to information giv.cn R. L. J. Smith, of Commerce by Commissioner of Agriculture J. J. Brown. “There are approximately 200,- 000 negro farmers, including ne gro farm laborers, in the state,” tlie commissioner stated in his let ter made public tonight. “In the central section of the state, there is a marked increase in the percen tage of land planted as compared to 1922. It was estimated that in 1922 there was over thirty per cent of idle land. It is estimate! that this year thi> is decreased to twenty seven per cent. “Taking the subject as a whole, it is. estimated that in 1923 seven teen per cent of the land is idle, but it will probably be interesting to you to know that) the per cen tage of idle land in 1922 was about nineteen ner cent.” After July 15, 1923, over 500,- 000 acres in the state were planted in diversified crops, it was stated i While a srvml portion of this land had been planted in cotton, a large I part of it was lying idle at the time he continued. During the ending April 10. approximately negroes loft farm in Georgia, the cominis- I sooner said. In the same neviod j about 8,000 while farm laborers ; left the plantations, . he adle l ow there is a natural increase to he deducted of about twelve ner cent, the commissioner said. Through the planting of farms in feed crops, instead of cotton, the labor problem has been solved in part, but thove G still •> “need for more labor and more independent land-owners than ever” it was stated, IS WAGNER 80. GUILTY OF MURDER IST SEE LIFE Woman Alleged to Have Blown Up H<sme Occupied by Vic tim, Using Dynamite CRIME COMMITTED IN APR. Jury Finds Aged Woman Mur dered Rosetta Warren and Her Unborn Child PADUCAH, Ky., Oct. G— Miss Henrietta Wagner, GO years of ago has been adjudged guilty of the murder of Rosetta Warren and her unborn childd who were blown up by dynamite here last April, and sentenced to life imprisonment. ANCIENT ILL FILLS DURING EARTH SHOCK Many Residents Awakened at Quebec By Series of Trem ors Early Today QT EBEC, Oct. 6.—fiarth shocks have been felt here tffis ftiprniffg, many persons being aVajamed by he shocks. A wall in Quebec seminary 300 years old was top pled by the intensity of the shock. 18 MlffEiG N REPLACE CflflßCH Calvary Parish to Be Asked to Contribute in Million Doliar Offering Sunday In the earthqquake disaster in Tokyo the property loss of the Ep iscopal church amounted to appro ximate y 81,000,000. One of the chief losses was St. Luke’s Hospi tal. An offering will be made in Lalvery church next Sunday for Urn eathquake suffers. 4 , Thc original Embassy building of “ ' 1 - <; tcd States Government, in. which Townsend Harris, Firm Amor ican Minister to Japan, resided during the period when the Em pire was being opened to Western civilization, was among the build ings destroyed by the Japanese eathquake. Advices received at Ep iscopal Church headquarters here say that when the /tidal wave in the shape of a wall of water fifty feet high swept over ihe Tsukij'i sec tion of Tokyo and wiped out St. Luke’s International Hospital, and half a dozen other Episopal Church institutions, it carried away the an cient Embassy Building which had been in use for various purposes for almost seven centuries. MOTION DOCKET HEARD BEFORE JUDGE HARPER In the City Court of Americus ; today, Judge W. M. Harper sound- j ed the motion docket and a nun;- j ber of eases pending were thus dfs- * posed of or made ready for prial. ! The motions were heard, as 1 • u-ual, without jury, question of law only being up for disposition. Lane’s Pharmacy, owned and op erated by E. R. Lane, in the^Ry r lander building here,..was closed Friday by Sheriff Lucius Harvey. The place was closed on a mortgage fi fa in favor of C. J. Clark as ad ministrator of the estate of Carroll Clark deceased, and on advertise ment posted at the courthouse states the stock and fixtures there will be told Monday, October 8. to the highest bidder before the courthouse door. Mr. Lane has made no statement concerning his ! future plans, and the amount of the inih > lt‘edr' , ss of the was not stated. PHILLIPS CONDITION SERIOUS John Phillips, who underwent an | operation for appendicitis this week at the Americus hospital, is report ed resperately ill, and grave fears are entertained for his recovery. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Elijah Phillips, in Brooklyn | Heights, who are receiving the ; 1 sympathy of many friends in the illness of their son, WEATHE For Georgia - Cloudy tonight; probably showers -on ttte coast Sun day; generally fair; little change in temperature. PRICE FIVE CENTS NEW 4-PARTY EMIT EORiIEB II GERMANY: STRESEINN PREMIER . * Dr. Hans Luther Is Mlqfliter of of Finance, With Herr’Koeth Minster of Public Economy DICTATORSHIP AVOIDED Stresemann to Act As Minister of Foreign Affairs As Well As tie (Premier LONDON, Oct. 6—Chancellor Stresemann, in nis speech he,ore the German Reichstag,, said ac cording to a correspondent of the Central News, that the Reichstag would be asked to renounce (Is rights for a long time and grant powers ito the cabinet much great er than ever before given to a cabinet anywhere. BERLIN, October 6—Chancellor Stresemann today completed the formation of his new four party cabinet in which lie will act as min ister of foreign affairs as well - as chancellor, with Dr. Hans Luther taking the portfolio of minister of finance, and Herr Koeth that of public economy. This action is con sidered another patch up in the parliamentary crisis, and mater ialized instead of the predicted dic tatorship. PROBE BEGUN INTO OWNERSHIP BE CLUB District. A tlcmey O’Brien Starts investigation on Petition of Boston Citizens BOSTON, Oct. 6. —District At torney O’Brien, of Suffolk coun ty, said today that he had begun an investigation of the ownership and management of the Boston clubs of both American and Na tional leagues upon petition of Boston citizen?,. District Attorney O’Brien said the petitioners alleg ed fraud on the part of both clubs ip the matter of transferring play ers to other clubs and in failing to cause their players to do their best to win games. SUGAR CANE CROP IN WARE REPORTED SHORT WAYCROSsT Oct. 5 —banners, throughout Ware arid her adjoining counties, will experience a distinct shortage in the cane crop this year according to some who nave visit id tlie city within the past few days. A number of farmers report that they turned their entire at tention to tobacco this year and let cotton and sugar cane go. Whether or not the action on the part of the farmers throughout this part of the state will have any bear ing on the sugar output is a mat ter of speculation. It is a fact how ever, that sugar cane is facing a serious injury, particularly in th-: section, on acount of the unanim ous welcome which has been extend ed the incoming “King Tobacco. | MANY ENTRIES COMING FOR MACON FOWL SHOW MACON. Oct. •>—Entries are corning in dross all tarts oi G-or y.ii * • 0-.-vr 107 uy n-ijw of ir.c it-'.ii hx position to be held tuere Oct. 22 to t.L Tcul.ry men :yia Aishaina, Ketuuck, Tennessee. North Carolina and South Carolina have made reservations to display fine birtids and indications are that ' the lav.; -: poultry show ever held in the State wil be staged. A large number of cash prizes and twenty loving i ups will be among the prizes. The show will be held un der the auspices of the Georgia Poultry Breeders’ Association. The Black Oxen Gertrude Atherton’s Sensa tional Novel which will bo published in serial form in The Times-Recorder, begins Monday. The OPENING CHAPTER is filled with gripping mate rial that grasps and holds the reader firmly until the very end, with other and more sensational install ments to follow daily. BEGIN THE STORY Monday
