About Americus times-recorder. (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 11, 1923)
n ii-' ,i .1— Americu* Spot Cotton Strict Middling 27 12c. Oct. Jan. Dec. Open 28.50 27.57 28.10 Previous Close 28.1 28.00 27.42* 11 am ..28.60 27.67 28.25 Close 28.4 27.46 28.00 FORTY-FIFTH YEAR—NO. 232 GOV. WALTON LOSES HOUSE ORGANIZATION Early Czarist Rule Or Revolution Looms Ahead in Germany risen BEING HELDI ON SUSPICION CHARGE; BE PHIL!, POLICE] Man Said To Have Admitted Seeing Young Girl Killed In Dense Swamp REFUSES TO TELL DETAILS Detectives Busy Now Investigate 1 ing Mysterious Case At Philadelphia PHILDELPHIA, Oct. 11.—A charge of suspicion of murder lodged against Ernest Fascenda by detectives who are investigating the case. lie is alleged to have admitted ] that he saw Emma Dickson, a 15‘- ] year old Millville, N. J. school givl slain in the swamps along Phi >; Elizabeth highway near her home at B) icksboro. Fascenda admits, ac cording. to police, to witnessing the. murder, but refuses to supply adi tional details. Go On Sale Wednesday, Octo ber 17th—Mail Orders Be ing Filled These merchants taking part, in the Americus Fashion Show', at thy Kylandcr theater on It/day, Oc tober 19th, report that most of their models already have been se lected and the specially ordered, costumes arc on the way from the East. bfrom outside of Americus, inter est is a» strong as here, as every one of the smaller towns of the ] section will be represented by one I of its popular and beautiful young ladles. Reserved seats will go on sale! Wednesday morning at the thea-] ter, Mai] orders tire being receiv ed by Manager Kencey. All seat are 50 cents each, plus five cents war tax. Indications are that the house will be sold out. Walter Page, who is in charge of the fashion event said today: The musical feature of the show' is of great importance and interest, with several of Americus’ most tal ented artists appearing on the prog ram. Mrs. Hamilton Holt, formerly Miss Mclva Clark, will sing, wear ing a handsome one of Pinkston’s most exquisite creations, will he one of the soloists. Mrs. H. C. White, a recent ad dition to musical circles here, will render a violin solo and wUI prob ably give numbers on the Italian harp, on which she is adept. Ooth t - features will be added >s the yivg.a.n grows, and Americus is looking forward to this already established annual event with pleasurable interest. U. S. TO STAND PAT O NREPAKATIONS WASHINGTON, Oct. 10—The American government, having pre sented to tho nations of Europe a proposal that an International Commission be formed to ascer tain Germany’s ability to pay the reparations bill, will rest on that proposition and no further steps to bring it to the attention of European nations will be made. RIDING PRACTICE FOR . SOLDIERS AT SAVANNAH SAVANNAH, Ga., Oct. 11— Three rings for riding practise afb to be Constructed in Park Ex tension for the use of field artill erymen, the 118th Field artillery of the National Guard, for riding! active. The rings will cover suf-i tic-lent territory to accommodate I ninety horsey at one time. Night riding practise is scheduled. TWO STILLS RAIDED SPARTA, Ga. Oct. 11—An in tensive campaign against illicit dis tfillerS by Sheriff Jackson and Deputy Sheriff Smith here recert*- ly resulted in the raiding of two I stills and the confiscation of I ivy j gallons of brandy. In one house j where they found the fifty gallons) of scruppernon brandy the distil ! lers escaped but at the other still j which was located near the Oconee river, two negroes were arrested j and brought Into Sparta. _____________ f singing draws crowd LAWRENCEVILLE. Oct. 11. - The annual sacred ham singing held here recently was attended by a crowd estimated-between five and jtjplmndred. V T V T T T V V * * V * * T T T T V *|* » Jf, jg, PROBE COMMITTEE EXONERATES J. I. BROWN ; j—^ — ■. v ■ j wf' fl LLOMKirM USE MMSHH FAILS Former British Premier and His Party to View Great Water Falls Late Today TORONTO. Oct. 11—David! Lloyd George and bis party board i cd their special train today en I route to Niagara Falls, which the former premier of Great Britain ! hoped to view this afternoon with ; as great de4i e of privacy as pos 1 sible. , ‘ | DECIDES AGAINST DIVORCE ATLANTA, Oct. 11-—The giving of a bogus check by a husband to j his wife does not warrant a di - vorce was the riding Monday of Judge W. D, Ellis in the Fulton Superior court on the petition of - Catherimv Penebaker again.-i ; her husband. The suit was with drawn following the ruling. Mrs. Penebaker claimed she caused con- j sidcrable embarrassment in at- j tempting to cash a bogus check ! which her husband had given her. . GAIETIES FOR DELEGATES ROME, Oct. 11.—The members 1 of the Rome Woman’*; Club ate ar kinging a series of social gaieties j ! lor tfio delegates to the twenty seventh annual convention of th: i i Georgia federation of Women’-:; clubs which convenes in Rome, Oc- | tober 16 to 20 inclusive. Among The social activities will be a re- I caption at Shorter College with Dr. ; | D. J. Blocker, president of the col- j j lege as host’. The social as fails i will be eoncludedi at 4 o’clock Fvi- : i day afternoon, with a visit to the j j Martha Berry school. WASHINGTON, Oct. 11.—Tn- ' ! vextigations conducted by field i deputies of the Internal Revenue 1 service indicate that hundreds of taxpayers in the District of Geor gia have neglected, intentionally j or otherwise, to include as income i in their returns for 1920, 1921 and 1922, profits /realized from the sale of real estate, _ „ THpfl^piaßDEn! PUBLISHED IN THE OF . * AMERICUS, GA.. THURSDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 11.1923 IScdH j Pennsylvania Flyer Strikes Trout I Run Bus Near Williamsport, With Fatal Results I WILLIAMSPORT, Pa.. Oct 11.— | Three persons Were killed and a I number injured when a passenger | train on the Elmira division of I the Pennsylvania Railroad struck :r I Williamsport run bus at the cross ling at Hepsbuyiville near this city, I FIGHT CHILDREN ARE I KILLED: THREE HURT I AKRON, 0., October 11.—Eight I children were kiHed and three oth lers and one man seriously injured I this morning when a fast New ■York-Cieveland train on the Penn- Isylvania railroad struck a horse- Icfrawn bus on a grade crossing half la mile from Rootstown in Portage ■county. The bus was on its way Ito a centralized school at Rbots llowu. fiofoEin [Mrs. W. C. Wright Notified of I Mothers’ Death Thursday Morning [ Americus (relatives have received [telegrams announcing the death in [Macon at 6 o’clock Wednesday [evening of Mrs. Rebecca Long, [death following an illness of some ■ length. Funeral services will be [ held in Macon Friday, with inter j ment in Rose Hill cemetery. I Surviving are one daughter, Mrs. W. C. Wright, of Americus; three sons, A. J. Long, of Macon; Frank Long, of Jacksonville, and Emile Sherling. of Macon; two sisters, Mrs. M. E. Jossey, of Americus end M;Vs. Edna Hilsman, of Besides these a large number of g"f ndc'hildren and other relatives si.vive. , TO HAVE NEW HIGHWAY | YOUNG HARRIS, Ga., October ; 11—A highway, to extend from j Young Harris to Warne, X. C. will ;be built, according to an agree i ment by the state highway deparc ] ment, it is said here. The new' high j way will meet the highway to Mur phy at Warne. The Highway at ! Murphy i.s nearly completed. Dur j ing the winter time, it was said, it j l takes nearly five hours under j present road conditions to get from Young Harris to Murphy, a | distance of 221 miles. RAPID PEANUT MOVEMENT FORT GAINES, Ga., Oct., 11.— j , Peanuts are reported to he moving j I rapidly in Clay county, where re- j J ceivers for the Georgia Peanut : [ Growers Co-operative Association j I have been kept busy grading and j i sorting peanuts. The Association allows members to draw $75 per ton and practically all banks in the ’ j county have handled some ot the ' associations receipts, the bank fav- j i oving the organisation' from the ; I * ftuft. A light _yield of from 5 to I 20 bushels was reported by the pea- ; j nut pickers. COMMERCE SECRETARY QUITS QUITMAN, Ga. Oct. 11— H. C. i Barnes, for the past several years, 1 ; secretary of the Quitman Chamber j j of Commerce, has resigned to re- | turn to his home in Louisville, Ky. No successor to Mr. Barnes hat I been named. SAVANNAH “Y” WINNER SAVANNAH Ga. Oct., 11 —Sav- j annah Y. M. C. A. won over Macon Y. M. 0. A. in th ir membership ! enrollment campaign that lasted ‘ I for a week In that period the Sav annah club enrolled 468 new men- ; i bel's while the Macon club'on- \ listed 890. . . . j*. I: Ebert HiTiolES |: MEM TO ICE | ROLE OF DICHTi May Dissolve Reichstag In Event Authorization Bill Is Passed MEANS IRON RULE SOON K Lawmakers Must Either Pass BUI or Face Effort of Streseman to Dictate BERLIN, Oct. H.—President Ebert this afternoon invested Chancellor Stressman. with author ity to dissolve the Reichstag in the event the government’s authoriza tion bill giving ille chancellor wide authority in the dictation of meas ures for economic rehabilitation fails to command necessark two thirds majority of tuat 1 oily. The Reichstag voted for the fi ■ t two pa.rmi'alhs of the chancellor-;’ mtasure, bitfwhcn the bill came up as a whole. \(lie entire nar vmdii-t party walked qti. The bod;. fr.pt> ■Tacked a puoriun and we. - saijo-.r-n --cil until Saurmy. SI!SH) WORTH FUR STOLE* IIIEW M Six Thieves Engineer Big Haul From Warehouse of Fur Concern NEW YOIUL Oct 11. Six thieves early today trucked $125,- ifOO Worth of bales furs from the warehouse of' Federiek Huth & Company on west 36th street. siMiiU Intensive Efforts Being Made by Moscow’s Agents in Prague and Belgrade BELGRADE, Oct 11.—Intensive efforts are being made by the Soviet government at Moscow, both here and in Prague, to obtain reco j mtion by Jugoslavia and ■Czecho- Slovakia as an entering • edge *.o world-wide recognition. The first recognition by any Eu ropean power was expected from the Stamboulisky regime, in Bul garia. The Soviet agents in that country were in close relations with the late Stamboulisky government It is ah open secret here that only Stamboulisky’s fears of complica tions with Great Britain and I France stood between him and the carrying out of his desire to ex change diplomatic representatives with Soviet Russia. The fall of Stambouljsky made it necessary to change the field of endeavor to Belgrade and Prague. The efforts of the Soviet advj cate l ' are finding a strong popular response, especially in Czechoslo vakia where the anti-German feel ! ing still exists. In Jugoslavia Soviet purposes ; have been accompanied by activi- I ties, in the form of espionage. The j latest incident is the one in which j tin- Russian Colonel Yoika figured prominently. Loika arrived in Belgrade from j Russia about two years ago. repre ! seated himself as a Czarist officer i fleeing from Soviet persecution. I His story, supported by document ;, was credited by the war office; he received a colonel’s commission ami | was attached to the aviation arm. Here he availed himself of every ; opportunity to collect military in formation. But when the anti-Bolshevus | Russian colony vecenllv discovered : his true character as a Soviet agent. orders were issued for the colonel'.-' ,am st. Before they could be ear- I l ied out, however, he took to the | air in one of the planes attached to his,command, ; nd when last sent vns headed in the direction ot Rus ' sia. The incident lias produced a i i painful impresion here. AUTO LICENSE INCREASE ATLANTA. Ga. Oct. 11-—Auto mobile license fees from January j |1 -.0 October 1, amounted to $2,-j 103,625, an increase of $309520 ( ever the same period last year, ae ' 'cotding to figures made public H.e secretary ;/ state’s office. On ; October 1. parte r-ger licenses ha ! 1 totalled 147,449 while licenses is -1 sued for truck a umbered £I,OOO. iRiGi (smr j PORTH 511,585 ! Late President’s Estate, Exclus 1J ive of Publishing Interests Appraise at Half Million »I ) MARION, 0., October 11.—The | total value of the late President ; Harding’s estate, according to the . report of appraisers filed iu pro ' bate court today, exclusive of the Harding -.Publishing Company, : which has not been appraised, was J set at $486,565. II INTERNATIONAL OAIPY PRODUCT TRADE Twenty Million Pounds of Milk Used Last Year in Commer cial Trade of Nations WASHINGTON, Oct 11.—Dr. H. Tavlor. chief of the bureau of ag •. i icultural economics of the Depart- j ment of Agriculture, addressing ■ the World’s Dairy Congress hero oday declared establishment of j dairy production in both hemis pherese had done away to soma ex- | tent with the periodical shortage which had resulted from seasonal changes in the northern hemi- | ' sphere. Citing the vast growth of inter- . national trade in dairy products and pointing out that the American ! imports of cheese practically bal ; ance exports of butter, condensed • and evaported milk and other aim- j ilar products, he delcared “the out- | standing- points of significance are i development of dairying in certain l countries of the Southern hemi- ' sphere, the attendant prominent * i pace obtained by these countries in s I the world’s international trade, ( j and the general- decline of Canada i and the United States as export- I ing countries.” j. Improvements in transportation , he said, have affected both quant- , ity and quality of dairy shipments i and refrigeration has made possi- j ble the transportation of fresh s i r.ilk oyer great distances. It has * come about, he added, that the f price received for dairy products f in any one counti-y now is deter- 1 mined by conditions of supply and P demand the world over. “More than 20,000,000 pound of milk,” said Dr. Taylor, “wc ■ recpiired during the past year to 0 produce the butter, cheese and pre- e served mik that entered into th* t; Internationa trade of the world, f Fifty years ago the total interna- 11 tional trade in dairy products P amounted to about one-fourth its ” present size and consisted of ship ments to England of butter from Denmark and France, of cheese fi from Holland and Switzerland, of o cheese from the United States and v qf butter and cheese from Canda. s In the past 25 years, dairying has ( been developed in New Zealand, 11 Australia and Argentina and these countries have come into promir.- * ence as exporting countries. Den 1 mark, Holland and Switzerland have become increasingly impor- * tant. Russia attained an impor tant pace in exportation of butter prior to the world war but is now entirely out of international trade N and Canada has become a lesser a factor as an exporter of cheese but t holds an important place in butter ; exports.” PAINTING MANY SCHOOL t HOUSES NOW IN TURNER « ASH BURN, Oct., H. —School *. houses, the painting of which be- 1 gan recently tinker the auivpicvs of a “save the surface” campaign, i are glistening and spotless iq Tur ner epunty. The actual work of * painting began last Wednesday | and by the end of the week more r than ten school houses in the t county had been covered. An auto- o matic paint sprayer was used to c facilitate the work. ; j ' FIRE APPARATUS~ON~PARADE ! a | ATLANTA, Ga.. Oct. 11—A uni que parade of the city’s fire ap ! r , paratus with displayed banners , telling of tin high cost of fires, i marked the inauguration of At- i j lanta’s observance of Five Preven- : ; tion Week. The insured Preven ! ir this sinto for the year 1192 V v | alone, : aiounted $14,000,000, dis- played ngrtures said. Market tools in Covent Garden, \ - i- London’s, fruit, and vegetable mar- i r ket have not been raised since 1828 ‘ . *•» * aL . r HEPOPI CRITICIZES GIVER EDINDSOI 110 STEWART ALIKE Charges of Illegalities and Irreg ularities Dismissed After Lengthy Hearing SUBMIT REPORT TODAY Failure of Edmundson and Stew art To Give Evidence Men tioned in Report ATLANTA, Oct. 11.—Commis sioner of Agriculture Brown was exonerated of charges of illegali ties, irregularities, and undue po litical activity while in office by a special legislative committee .which conducted the investigation, in -its report submitted to the governor. Th“ committee criticized Frover C. Edmundson, formerly connect ed with the Watson publication, and Representative Stewart, who made charges against the agrieul tutee department during' the last Session of the legislature for not giving evidence to the committee. OEPIIEIT MS UP ALL TAX SLACKED ’ ' -v Hundreds Suspected of Failing To Return as Income Real Estate ProfHa ATLANTA, October 11.— J. T. Rose, collector of internal revenue hei e, ha issued a statement dclar ing that hundreds of Georgians have not returned real estate profits when making income tax returns. L. this stat nunt the collector as serts : ‘ln order to close i up the Government tax net, the Collector has ordered that a transcript be made of doubtful transfers. All careful investigation will be made,' of all these files, to deteiypifie whether or not the sales involved have been reported upon the income tax returns. Collector Rose suggested that all persons who failed to include the ii''ofit realized from real estate sales call at his e it fice, or file amended returns, as it is the policy of the revenue de partment not to assert heavy penal ties when the disclosures of failure to include income- are voluntarily nv" 1 " by taxpayers." “It is my belief that the failure of many taxpayers to include read estate profits in their returns was to an erroneous interpretation of the income tax laws, and to mis leading publicity that was given out prior to the ruling of the United States Supreme Court, holding that such gains were taxable income under the revenue laws.” “In cases where the taxpayer does not voluntarily disclose items of income that were omitted, and where the gains from real estate sales have not, been reported, the (tolleotf.r said that it would be necessary to assert full penalties from all returns where the investi nation disclosed the failure of the taxpayer to include real estate gains in his income tax return.” HAWKINSVILLE ADOPTS CITY COMMISSION FORM — HAWKINSVILLE, Oct. 11.—j voters of Kawkinsville indicated j at the polls their approval of ihe! commission form of government, and the plan will become offec- ! tive on December 6, following the 1 election of the commissioners oi j that date. The commission, to 1?; composed o fthreo citizens, will appoint: a business manager for the city. ATLANTA BOY ELECTED EDITOR AT HARVARD ATLANTA Ga Oct. ll—Har mon W. Caldwell of this city, has ; been elected to the editorial staff j of the “Law Review,” the official ! organ of the Harvard university! law school, according to informa- , tion received here by his mother Mrs. Lillie D. Caldwell. BISHOP REESE TO SPEAK AT SESSION OF SYNOD SAVANNAH, Ga.. Oct 11—The, Right Reverend Bishop F. 1. ! Georgia, is scheduled to speak a" ; the session of synod of SewaWe, i of the F-piseopal Church to be j held in Chattanooga, Tenn., Oct. 23 to 25, according .to announce- j met here. Ijist years synod was ueld here, _ v- . . < .ZZr J■ V \ _ -MOft. 1 ■ ■_ _ -fr ' ‘ffßßgfy: £ • ••• £%':■' ; j*jk^*k**r**m' WEATHE I PRICE FIVE CENTS ill BITTER FOE Os WALTOH, SPEAKER OF !«kiahoma house I Klan Scores First Victory In Political Clash at Oklahoma City This Morning READ WALTON’S MESSAGE Governor Arraigns Alleged Reign of Terror In Scath ing Manner OKLAHOMA CITY, Oct. 11. The Oklohamo legislature called iitto extraordinary session by Governor Walton convened, an-1 after Hearing a message from the. executive urging that legislation bo enacted to unmask the Ku Klux Klan, proceeded with its organi zatlon. W. D. Mcßee, leader of the op position to the governor, was elect ed speaker of the house. The : executive did not appear before the legislature in person, but sent his message by Aldrich Blake, his counsellor. “Hundreds of Oklahoma citizens, have been beaten ai d tortured while other hundreds have been threatened,” the message read. His investigation disclosed from . tivorn testimony in one case that six reputable citizens testified they hiard the gland Titian of tno Tulsa Klan make the statement that there had been .six different Mer Rouges similar to the Louisiana af fair committed in his jurisdiction. Attached to the message was a record of testimony gathered b7 his military commission. He re- • quested the legislators to read it and then publish it; Martial law, which has been in effect throughout the state since September 15, was lifted last night by Governor Walton in a proclama tion which was not made public 1 un til today. CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR OFFICERS ARE NAMED ELBE ETON, Oct. 11.—G. L. Johnson,, erf Athens, was elected president of the Northeast Geor gia Christian Endeavor Society at its annual meeting here. Charles Harris; of Winder, wais named vie* president. Other officers incluud ed: Mrs. P. L. Huichins, Statham, secretary and Lamar Laboon, Athens, treasurer. T.-R. EMPLOYE HURT BY LINOTYPE MACHINE C. C. Holliday, who for the past ten years has been connected with the composing room of the Times- Recordcr, sustained a painful in jury to his hand today while oper ating the No. 14 model linotype machine. \.a The knife, which trims metal slugs, came in contact with the forefinger of his left hand, cut ting a deep flesh wound, severing it to the bone. Surgical attention administered promptly by Dr. J. T Stukes alleviated the suffering, but it will be a week or more before the hand can again be used. 22,000 ENROLLED ATHENS, Ga. Oct. 11—Thera were more than 22,0000 farm boys and girls of the state enrolled in the various clubs, such as pig, can ning, corn and the likeduring the past year, according to figures given out by the Extension depart ment of the State College of Agri culture. This is a gain of about 25 per cent over last year. ■’i . Near Pine Bluff, Wyo., 41 j freight cars were blown off ttiA I track by wind resembling a polii j ticia "- - * . .4 MERCHANTS’ FASHION SHOW Rylancicr October ; 19 This Coupon Good for 50 Votes, if Cast Friday NOMINATION COUPON (Good for 1,000 Votes) 1 Hereby Nominate i Miss i as a candidate in the Merchants I Fashion Show at Kylandcr the ater, Americus, Friday evening, , October 19, to represent » I Community. (Only one Nomi j nation Coupon will be accepf ‘ cd- for any one candidate.)
