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FORTY-FIFTH YEAR.—NO. 236 WE PIH HERE; • CULLEI)FORK MU BE EMI BOGY; First Simmering in Municipal Politics Expected To Fellow Announcement of Date FOUR MEN TO BE ELECTED Probable That One or More La dies May Offer For Places On Aldermanic Board The City Democratic committee j in'session here Tuesday morning I ordered a white primary held on j November 13, for the selection o. j four aldermen, three of whom are to be elected for full ternfs of two j years each. The fourth niembci j iif the' aldermanic board will sue-1 reed E. J. Witt, who resigned a! few days ago, following his decis ion to remove his residence from | Americus. j It is expected, said one member! of the executive committee follow ing the meeting, that at least one, j and probably more, ladies will be ( tandiriaes in the coming primary.; »»-•'Rules and regt|lU)'ions adopted by the committee to govern the pri mary, are as follows: — fj— He it Resolved by the Democratic Executive committee of the City of Americus, in called meeting as sembled: First:-r-'That a white democratic primary Lie and the same is nereDv called to be held on November 13th, Did ;, under he following rules and r .gelations, for the purpoose of nominating three aldermen for a regular term of two years each, and also for the purpose of elect ing’ one alderman to the unexpire 1 term of E. J. Witt, resigned. It is further tesolved that the three nominees receiving the highest ma-i jority \4pte in said primary shall be declared nominated as eanddatos for the office of alderman for the full terms of two years each, and the nominee receiving the lowest majority vote in said primary shall be declared nominated as a candi date for the unexpired term of E. J. Witt, resigned. Second:-—lt is further resolved that the polls be opened at the regular place of holding the gen eral elections for the City of Amer icus, and shall remain open be tween the hours of 6 o’clock A. M. and 6 o’clock F. M. on said No ven ber 13th. Third:-—lt is further, resolved by tlie authority aforesaid that the Clerk and Treasurer of the City of Americus be and he is hereby in structed and authorized to open a registration book which shall be open to the names of all white citi zens of Americus, who have resided and made their home m the City of Americus for six months immed iately proceeding November 13th, 1923, and have paid taxes due for the year 1922. Said book to be opened October 17th, 1923 at 8 o’clock A. M. and remain open until 3 2 o'clock Noon, and to be opened again on the same day at 2 o’clock I‘. M. and remain open until 5 o’clock P. M., and shall be opened between' said hours each day thereafter until November 7th, 1923 inclusive. From which said registration book a qualified list of registered voters , shall be pre pared showng the names of those persons entitled to vote in said primary. Fourth:-—lt is further resolved that a notice of the opening of said registration book .shall be published in the Americus Times- J uca ii'oni October 19th to November 7th, inclusive. Fifth:—Be it further resolved by the authority aforesaid than aii entrance ice of $20.00 be deposit 'd with the chairman of the Exec utive committee (Robert C. Lane) by each candidate not later than 12 o clock Saturday, Noverilber 3td, the expenses incident to holding 192.!, for the purpose of defraying! said primary, quid in the event there should be a surplus amount, el’ cr .said expenses have been paid, a pro rata refund shall be made to each candidate as soon after said primary is held as is possible. No candidate shall be qualified to have lus name entered on the ballot Us pc used in said primary until .'■aid $20.00 deposit j s made, and who does not qualify under Section I>\KC* 9 and 7 of the Chatter of the City oi Americus. . 1 MLn:- Le it further resolved by thej aU'.n.my aioresaitl, that saiil I>i ini ary shall be held by five per .sot.i', all citizens of Americus, two (d .whom shall bo freeholders, two "--C y. and one notary public ■ * C'ticicl Justice of me p, a( . c 01 jit i'ce of the pence, ni' of wuom j, renia "' at th- pollr between -''V'"" s designated above Jhi members of t.*.e ExeeirP-.. committee all of whom were Ureal are If. . T 1 A 1). Gem Ila 2 j ‘ ’’ ;i '” l H. B. \ DRY WEATHER hurts CROPS IN CHATTOOGA -see®**-.,** ” nj,?' .rrv Chattooga 'count that the Into corn and turning! . have been ruined Wells '■ i < and small streams are .h’yin- «o and ln many sections ; :i niero ■ , . l ; ,‘ u ,n K water for their .Nook Ti'iir in- travoV ro * ,U } V 'V . ly' t ma k-' "V 1 “"comfortable and ro’d ly dangerous, i u 1 iMJWWiI PRISON USIIBIMB iKBEDID DUTIES' i Convicted and Sentenced, He i Begins Sentence After High j Tribunal Declines Plea jWiDS NTEREST IN HEARING | Victim Was Prominent in Politics ; and Civic Affairs in Com munity Where Killed I TALBUTON, Oct. 16.—Major H. j I Coart, whose conviction and sen- j j tonce to life imprisonment for the j } murder of A. B. McNiece, superin- j j tenuent of Talbot county schools I recently affirmed by the Supreme | j court, left today for the state farm |to begin serving his sentence. 'SicimrasEB 1 FUR mTEUPTi [LIED BT CBSPI? General Manager Ferree Takes Up Matter'With Supt, Bald win in Vigorous Manner POWER OFF 43 MINUTES Private Telephone Line Ware Across Transmission Line Caused Interruption A fortydhvee minute interrup ' tion in power and lighting service ! here Monday afternoon was due to 1 the action of a Central of Georgia section crew felling a private tele- j phone pole throwing its wire across ; the Albany-Americtiz-Cordele traps- j mission line, according to _an an- ; nouncement authorized this morn- j m : by R. P. Ewing, superintendent! of the South Georgia Utilities Com- | many here. The interruption was i due entirely to ’the act of the sec- j tion crew, states Supt. Ewing, and j ibe N matter is being handled direc ; with Supt. Henry Baldwin, of the ! railroad company, in order to pre- j vent similar iytetUPUons in fu!- j sure - . -v According to information m pos session of Supt. Ewing, the section crew were engaged in burning off rubbish along the Central right of wav. and the telephone pole was felled during their operations.' In order to prevent the pole falling across the railroad tracks. Supt. Ewing says he is informed, the sec tion crew pushed the pole in an opposite direction, causing it to c s the telephone tnd electric transmission line and resulting in -interrupted service here, at Smith vine and Cordcle. The alleged in cident occurred at Forrester, in Lae county, where the railroad and l ansmission lines’ rights of way are practically parallel over quite a distance. Immediately the telephone and high-voltage wires became crossed, said Supt. Ewing .this morning, the entire 44,000 volt charge carried j on the wire: of his company were sort into the telephone circuit, probably damaging, a number of in struments along the line before the automatic - switch could effect a cut-out of the current at Albany, j Fortunately, no otic was hurt by the ;■ of the wires, so far as had been learned up to noon today. HEART OF DixieT^-jA^ jGOLF STORM LOSES 1 FORCE US IT PASSES |II AT HEW ORLEANS. 1 Passed Into Interior In Louisiana | During Last Night Without Doing Great Damage ! DAMAGE ON COAST SMALL Cruel Fury of Sterna Dissipated j During Dangerous Hurricane As Sea |- NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 16.—The I Gulf storm which moved rapidly j northeast during the night, taking I on hurricane proportions, apparent ; ly passed inland somewhere east of New Orleans today and its force as it sped overland. The dam age along the coast was apparently small. IfMmk RUDER \l BEAD John Keed Porter, Last Mem ber of Notorious Party Suc cumbs To Death DAYTON, Ohio. Oct. 16.—John Keed Porter aged 85, ia-.-t surviving member of the famous An dire wf raiding party of civilians, died here last night. IMfiIES DIE? HEART TROUBLE ■More Than‘2o Years in Con gress, Benjamin Humphries i Succumbs to Heart Attack GREENVILLE, Mips-, Oct. 16. i Benjamin Grubb Humphries, lor ! more than 20 years member of con gress irom the third Mississippi j district, died suddenly at his home i here. Death was due to heart trou j ble. i HOKE SMITH FAVORS REMOVAL OF REMAINS ATLANTA, Oct. 16—Former U. S. Senator Hoke Smith called on the secretary of state to give a warm endorsement of the plans of Or. Thornwell Jacobs for removing the remains of General Oglethorpe from England to Georgia which he founded and interring them on the grounds of the university in At lanta which bears his name, ac cording to Washington dispatches received in Atlanta. The state department and Secre tary Hughes, the dispatches stated said they are in full sympathy with the etiorts of Dr. Jacobs and said they can be relied upon to give it their support. TYBEE PAViNG STREETS. SAVANNAH, Ga. Oct. 16—Hav ing recently authorized and sold considerably more than SIOO,OOO in bonds for paving work this week at Tybee is rapidly progressing in permanently paving the principal streets of the resort town. Many other improvements are to be mr.de. AiViELK’USD, GA., TUESDAY A FTEKNOON, OCTOBER 16, 1920,’ Wffl ILL SWEEPS TllMßm Raging Flocus Caused By ..Un precedented Rite of Rivers and Streams Spread Terror CREST NOT REACHED With Part of City Inundated and Rains Fulling People Await Fate in Genuine Terror —P OKLAHOMA CiTY, Oct. 16. A catastrophe iiood gripped Okla homa City today. With virtually the etire south side inundated and flood waters of the North Canadian river rising rapidly and creeping relentlessly upward ipoi-i the lowlands early to day, lapping every threshold of the retail business center of the city, with every prospect that the crest of/ high water will not. be reached lor some time, residents of the ciy are anxious. The raging torrent, swollen to unprecedented proportions by the rains of the four days, broke through .the municipal reservoir ten miles west'of the city early to day, and llung a nine-fool wall of water to spread further disaster to the already stricken Unloads on the south aide of the c!Ha National guardsmen arepatrofi img tlie stricken district. No loss ’ of life has yet been reported, but many persons are imperiled. Every hospital in the city is fill ed with refu.v.hile bread and col ice lire-- • an- formed and gave sustenance to those forced to abaiipcn their knags. Later in the day it was official ly repotted thai v.atcr at the res ervoir had droppe d six feet, and al though recp'.eu in .he city, it war taken its an indication for the time that the ere.’, oi the Hood had ben reach, . Tandemcnium resigned for a time" as thousands of refugees clogged up the town r.tretes. All public budding have been turned • itlo emergency hospitals.* INTER UK dAN SERV ICE SUSPENDED. lntcrurtiaj. syrvi.y from Okla * due to weakening of the bridge over the Norm Canadian river at the city' reservoir. The tracks are under water for some distance. i'ttc kingtown and Capitol Hill surburbs south of town, were iso lated late yesterday with the ex Op tion oi one strec-t car bridge which was still being used by pedestrians This was expecteijL) be closed. ' Keilef work was on in full force as ear,illy after family fled from their homes in the path of the - fieod. All boats at pleasure re sorts lakes in the city were com-, mandered by the city manned with firemen and other city employees who are searching the lowlands for refugees. Railroads throughout the flood ed area, have sustained heavy losses. MJes oi track have been washed away and many bridges damaged or destroyed. Traffic out of Oklahoma City except to the north and northeast, is virtu ally remoralized. Both approaches to the South Canadian river bridge of the St, Louis, San EVancisco railway at Mustang have gone out. A report from El Reno this morn :ing ; aid that the river swept the gauge away at 18 feet and had beer, rising) since. The water there Yva.; four feet higher than in June Wire communication from Okla homa Ci y with all points north and west of Canton is impossible today. A crew of nearly lUO workmen j were fighting today to save the j Oklahoma City water supply. At El Reno the water and gas j supply has already been cut off by | the flood. Danger to the business section here is due to the fact that the river makes a wide bend, skirting the city to the north. A straight course through the city v. ould pass almost uirectly down Main street, the principal business thooughfare if the city. • CHICAGO PARK DYNAMITE DAMAGE ABOUND $5,000 ( AGO Oct. 16—Damage in excess of $5,000 was caused by the explosion of a dynamite time bomb at the entrance of the Cubs base ball stadium here .early’ today. Police attribute the act to mem bers* o unions alleged to be op posed to, the Landis labor ward un der which the stadium was erected iast year. DR. STUKES CALLED TO MOTHER’S BEDSIDE Dr. J. T. Situkes, Mrs. Stakes and Mrs, J, W ,( Edwards left Monday night I ng, S. C., where Ih*.. - has .heon called by the ser ious illness of his mother. Telegrams received by Dr. Stukes not] >e ! him of her serious condi- s tion, due to nervous prostration, and other members of the Flukes family have also been called- He will return to Americus Sat-j urday night. ___ J OWSLEY MAKES HIS FAREWELL ADDRESS i .. - —- Retiring Legion Commander Urges Comrades to Facet Future Fearlessly BAN FRANCISCO Oct. 16. Alvin M. Owsley, retiring national com mander of the American Legion, in his farewell address today be fore the organizations national c in vention, called upon the mmi of the Legion “with patriotic hearts pure as gold, to respond! in this four fraught with many possibili ties and laden with whispers of im pending danger. “There is no back sliding fori the Legion away from the original no pose of its founding,” he said, “and the constitution of the Uni d States, which is the supremd law of the land, must be upheld and-de fended by you. “ “Law and order will be kept and preserved: right proclaimed and proudly assorted the Master of Might.” Mr. Owsely declared. “Tlie memories of our sacrifices as Com rades must be carefully conserved and the well being, happiness t ml prosperity of all sanotif:”<E* l y our devotion to mutual helpfulm ‘ Our immense treasure oft: ional resources mu g, not lie wo - mi away in profligate exp* r.xris.i for individuals for profit and hernfit accruing to groups and combination of capital that sometime! 1 y ac quire and keep vast, hold;/ . .against-the public policy and com mon good. Let 11s then inaugura 0 and freely support an 'extenrivc* program for the conservation of our natural resources; reclamation of waste lands, where homes, farms and expression of individualism can be built and establish'd 1. me and give fullest protection - on national forest reserves and parks and the development of bur water ways, rivers and canals, “The wild animal, ’ : o define : y ", pant of American history, is List parsing out, so much so we m; \ say is nearly extinct. Our bird life has been slaughtered and des roved oil so extravagant a scale that they are rarely to be seen; our site; , ; brooks, rivers and .lakes once fill ed with fish are stage 1 • or fi : ■ 1 out and empty. Attention wisely riven to protection of fores field—closed season for animals: and birds —encouragement to the state and nation for their bre ’dine and propagation' and the veMtx king of til our wu, ors with l i h v ill a. large measure giva_.needed.eiu* ployment to numerous work-, rr and draw to the Legion ac knowledgement from right tbi:, .- ing men and women of our . on trolling desire for unselfish labors. modTorckway IN-BERUtEXCrT Dears Were Closed When Vast Throng Rushed In, With Po lice in Charge of Situation LUNDON, Oct. 16.—A mob tried to force its way into the Berlin stock exchange this morning, says a x eneral News Dispatch fron tiu- Uerman capital. The doors *.. promptly closed and the poll, took up the task of dealing wuh it tacking throngs. ONIONS ADDED TO TRUCKING PROGRAM SYCAMORE, Oct. 16.—-In com pliance with a request from the Turner Comity Farm Bureau that the farmers do a small trucking Dusincss during the mil, eleven tarn,vis -have agreed to pi: -;t :.n acre each in Bermuda onions and Trolessor Buggan, teacher of agri culture in Ashburn High School, lias signed up for ten aditional acres to be devoted to Bermuda j onions. ‘GOLFITIS MAY BE ' CONTRIBUTORY TO DEATH CHICAGO, Oct. 16—If an indi vidual dies W’.Vhile playing golf it is reasonably certain thaL ii is not the l’alut of* the game but the play er, Dr. Herman N. Hundesen, I ■ . it commissioner, said in a belle,:in made public tonight comment ing on recent reports that fifteen golfers, 50 years of age or older, dm > i dead ia England while playing, a.id reports that a number of America/: also succumbed. ••t.ollities,” he said, ‘may be con tributavy* to death, hut ill, l actu .i cause is a diseased golf player.” MANY DIVORCES AT HENS, (ia. Oct. 19*—Thirteen decrees for divorces wore granted in one day recently in Clarke county Superior court. Even at this rate Clarke county lias fewer divorce suits on the docket than at any time ’since'the war. A -' the final decree ; fciv-n v.*i to Mrs. Hannah Be* , b: 1 merly Miss Hannah Joel, wwho #t"-d h, ■ bu- b:> >td .!■; L - prominent furniture dealer ~f thi city, for divorce. GAME INSPECTOR APPOINTED ism NS WICK, Ga., Oct. ' Robert T. Bunkley, who for a 1 %>er of years has served as an of-: fieer in the fish and gam.* denari ment, has recently ben r i:• I led special inspector of tie 1 ment for Brunswick and, ad jacent territory, DP. JACOBS EMUS, PdISTHMEiIISi 11 DEI. BGLEIPBRPE Respect For English Sentiment 1 Causes Dean To Make / Decision TO I ENGLISH SOIL f Remark Not To Be Disturbed ; 4'- VTo Remain Forever In ■* and Os His. Birth - ' LONDON, Oct. 16.—1 n defer sentiment, Dr. i*ornwell Jacobs has decided to ■ ivi .a:,,., the request of Ogle , il’ol- >■ University that the body of G wi ll Oglethorpe, founder of Loo. gin, be transferred to a pro rine on the campus of the * g bearing his name in Atlanta. • s leer, ed that I)r. Jacobs was lo.i ~! by Rev. Leslie Wright, rec to. Gig,iiham church, to aban ) 'Lb 1 ;Lin in view of the grow ;-ion. He was also prob '•lucaced by strong opposi . lish *He 1 *,, ~ urn to the United .State:, at on e. LEKltilfllEß lILSCHBDLHBIIBfi New Assistant Editor of Clem* C’tjlleije Publications, : 1 jig Splendid Work ■I. L, • : M.-rritt, of Americus, ' ■■■ ' .*), a.minted assistant agricul : » i'*.. in the division of pub !" n • ,:! ; e::d(ju*irters at Clem ( ■ ' .J. C. He,s a graduate ■ d ■ . ... 1-iigh School and of *.;>•! . '.ate College~of Agri v, in re lie completed also com* V- in agricultural L -l an i in photographic art. dig. ’>• 'in ha.-i jilready entered upon his duies ■ in * ’this im po tain !’o.-:l with Clemeon College ,-he United States department of Agi’iculture. GQUNTY READY n IG CELEBRATION AT i.ANTA, Oct. 19—Flans have ip .ed by the citizens of ■ age and Decatur county for on of fheir centennial on October 17-22. iu 1823 Georgia was still large i.’oiitier. Where now the Flint ! .• •• to join its sister pilgrims I : the Gull', primeval forests em j ,1.: d tin. farms and cities to fee : id c. 1 ,> d. the ring of the prio ' neer ax dying away in green soli tudes. Many a settler bore scars of In dian ' gluing; many a grandshire told hcVarthside tales of his Col ■ ni .1 ; Revolutionary adventures ' I.;>t four years since the ; :*.h” had set the world buz >t steamship to cross a::, and a full decade :> i; . Suite's first railroad was to he chartered. a almost a quarter of a ( i uy in the future. The re in George M. Troup, last of 1 . ia go' ernors to be clee .. ! i. the Lt'gislaturc and first to ;■!>. ted -by the people triumphed th as.'agonist, John Clark, in 1. that Decatur county re , meies a,id bounds. CHIEF' BRAGG ASKS THAT MOTORISTS DRIVE SLOWLY 11 I Chi.-f John T. Bragg today asked 1 Ti. Vi::ies-Recorder to request all ■ driving past the intersec , ;i- ■! :,i Church and Lee streets to (L v< slowly and make as little , , , p, T ie. George,B. Tur * 11., v.ho resides there is des s i IT, and it is desired to re ' :! . . traffic noises to a mini -1 mum in an effort to benefit his t , conuitem, chief Bragg said. r CAN CROP HEAVY 1 ITIO.MASVILLE, Ga. Oct. 19— R " is f'om all parts of the coun -1 from observations near the Ciou that heavy crops of 1 V.LI be gathered here this sample «nf the heavv Mr. A. D. Little ,of this city, si !*.-> ex pc -ted to gather 10,000 ;i s c of well matured nuts l rem * 1 reo hundred trees on a 1 :al he owns near here. SUCCEEDS CUNNINGHAM 8 WANNAIT, Ga Oct. 16—Lee L Jv.’i . has been elected to ' t r I Alaylew Cunningham as ) t of the Savannah-Chat !• i "..ni of education. Mr. Myers ha (■ ■ n'lmber of years been a »: i and recently •vi 1 s ,i• 1- M. A. O’Bryne was I chosen vll chairnian to suucceed i Nr My ci* CIVIL WAR VET FOUND DEAD 1 \ I • \ND, ().. Oct. 16—Two civil War veterans, v, 78, and Horace W. 7 I "cis founud dead in a ; iur the Ohio Soldiers and IS ' !,.*■. i ; : c at Sandusky today. I | I* J bcun dead since last I 'lc T ,-di y, according to | !) • S. J. I cblico, coroner of Erie County. __ __ _ WEATHE For Georgia—Showers tonight and Wednesday, not much change in temperature. PRICE FIVE CENTS ISUITER COllf Hill {WORK HIGH PRAISED Bl KISS CRESSWEIL State Worker bays Demonstra tion Work In Community Well Organized MANY WOMEN AT MEET Hear Discussion of Rural Work By Miss Cresswell, Director Os Work in State Miss Mary E. Creswell, state di rector of extension work and di rector of home economics at the University of Georgia, was in Amercus Saturday, meeting wikh Miss Bonnie Parkman, Sumter home economics agent, andl the wo men of the home demonstration council formed earlier in the year by Miss Parkman. The meeting was held in the home economics de partment in the chamber of com merce, and was largelgy attended by interested women throughout the county. Every organized club commun ity was represented, these, t>ei»g Pleasant Grove, Fidelity, Concord Shiloh and New Era. During tho summer the women of the council have worked in co-operation with Miss Parkman and her canning clubs' for the betterment of rural work in the county, and splendid reports were read from each club. Kotowing a short business ses sion, sandwiches and tea were sew ed, made by the home demonstra tion club and recipes therefore ex chaned. Miss Creswell than addressed the meeting, telling first of her grati fication at the splendid work ac complished by Sumter county, it being the last, organized demon stration club of women. “The work of the home coun cil,” said Miss Creswell, “is for the purpose of oranizing thd women throughout the state in home’ work, for the betterment and beautifi cations of the farm homes and the surrounding grounds, arid to assist the young club girls in their can ning club work. The home council women are doing fine work throughout the state and soon ev ery county will be thoroughly awake to the importance of this branch of home economics. Work on the farm must be made attrac tive to the young people, for it is these young pqogle who must later take up the responsibility of con ducting homes of the farmer boys who are now fitting themselves for agricultural work.” Miss Creswell complimented Miss Parkman for her thorough ef forts in rural work and in the com plete co-opoeration between the young clubs of the county and the home demonstration council. KILLSAGEDWIFE THEN SHOOTS SELF Cleaning Gun, O. M. Rhodes Accidentally Shoots Wife, Then Commits Suicide COLUMBIA, S. C. Oct. 16.—0/ M. Rhodes, 99 years of age, and a quarry worker,, and his 97 year old wife, were found shot dead in their home in the surburbs. According to reports, Rhodes accidentally killed his wife while cleaning his gun, and then overcome by the r tragedy, committed teiicide. i I AUTO RUNS WIDL; ONE DEAR;4 HURT » COLUMBIA, S. C.; October 16— . One child was killed and four oth . ers injured here Sunday when an . unoccupied automobile plunged in i to a group of children playing on tho sidewalk, after a sevdTtty-five yard dash down a steep hill. Lanneau S. Crawford, Jr., 5 years old, was the child killed. B. R. Swigert, Jr., 11, was re ‘ ported semi-conscious early today, while Claudius Crawford, 8, and Harold Crawford, 18 months, and ; Jacob O. Cannon, 7 years, are not thought to be fatally hurt. , The automobile was parked by 1 D. A. Sandifor, its owner, on a park ; street for some time, he said, before 1 it started to move off down sho stee-v hill, toward where the child ren were playing. His own grand son was playing in the machine and he removed him, taking him into he house before the uncontrolled ’ flight of the car began. He could ; not explain, ho said, what caused ■ the machine to move. PLANTING HOME TREES BKINGS LARGE PROFIT KPAKTA, Oct. 16.—W. P. Be man planted a fe\V pecan trees around his home here about fifteen years ago. This Mil! he will gather and market at least fourteen hun dred pounds of large Stewart paper shell nuts. W. T. Macken, local granite and marble contractor who is a neighbor of Mr. Beuian will | market about the same amount, j Each of these citizens will easily get pecans that will net them sl,- 999 each. ,