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Americus Spot Cotton
Strict Middling 28 l-2c.
N. Y. Futures Jan. Oct. Dee.
Jan Oct Dec.
Prev. Close 28.55 29.75 29.08
Open 28.85 30.10 29.45
11 cm 28.73 29.85 29.29
Close 28.48 29.55 28.95
FORTY-FIFTH YEAR.—NO. 237
FORMER BRITISH PREMIER NEAR BREAKDOWN
Indictments Are Returnedin Gruesome Killing Case at Douglas
ROGERS ANO SISTER IN
LAW CHARGED WITH
HUSBAND’S DEATH
f
Reputed Confession by Rogers
During Conversation Leads
To Discovery of Body
COUPLE UNDER ARRES'I
Man Accused of Having Killed
And Then Buried to Secure
Dead Man’s Wife
DOUGLAS, Ga., October 17.
—lndictment* charging murder
n conhecton wth the death of
John A. Rogers was reiurnel by
a grand jury here today against
his bi other, . H. Rogers and the
dead man’s wife, who left for
Florida with her brother-in-law,
following the mysterious disap
pearance of her husband last
November.
The couple are being held at
Avdn Park, Fla., now for return
to this state. /
The body of John Rogers has
bee.it dug up on the farm on
which he was buried. The
body was located, it is stated, as
the result of an alleged confes
sion made by John Alton Rog
ers during a conversaton wlh a
friend who informed the author
ities. ’ ..
DOUGLAS, Ga., Oct. 17.—L.,5.
Rogers, a former mill hand at the
Gurrant Lumber company plant at
West Green, was arrested this
morning at Avon Park, Fla., on/ the
charge of murdering his brother,
John Alton Rogers, 42 years oia
m this county on November 18,
1922.
According to Coffee county of
ficers who released lilhe details of
tlie crime coiscident with Rogers
arrest in Florida, L. S. Rogers
killed his brother by shooting him
through the head with a pistol and
buried his nude body with part of
a quilt wrapped around the face
face in a cornfield. He. accord
ing to the officers, then reported
that his brother had deserted his
family.
The accused man then cultivated
a crop and ploughed over the body
of his dead brother until abcut a
month ago when the officers say,
he took the widow of his brother
and went to Florida.
According to the information of
the officers, L. S. Rogers confessed
to a friend some weeks agb that he
had killed his brother and buried
his body in the cornfield. After he
had gone to Florida the friend re
ported the. conversation to some
one and the story reached Coroner
G. L. Sims, who went to the farm
last Sunday and dug up the body
The officers say the body was iden
tified by means of gold teeth of
the deceased. The skeleton was
brought to Douglas.
Upon noitafication of the arrest
of Rogers and his (brother’s widow
at Avon today, Sheriff Tanner, of
Coffee county, left for the Florida
town to bring the prisoners back
to ita ..as to be tried for murder
under an indictment returned
Monday. The dead' man’s wife was
formerly a Miss Yarbrough, cf
West Green.
PEJCH GROWERS HERE
FAVOR NEW EXCHANGE
Local To Be Organized in Sum
ter County Following Meet
ing Held Here
Twenty peach growers, owning
orchards in Sumter and adjoining
counties, met Tuesday afternoon in
the, courthouse, when the proposi
tion of organizing the Geargia
Peach Growers exchange was plac
ed before them by partes interest
ed in the venture. The new organ
ization, it is explained, is planned
to supplant the old Georgia Fruit
exchange, with added facilities for
asssting peach growers in market
ing their products. The Georgia
Fnjit exchange, it is said, now fails
entirely to function, leaving the
peach growers without proper mar
keting facilities.
Xt the meeting here Tuesday
afternoon the peach growers pres
ent signed tip a hundred per cent
string for the proposed new ex
change, and. at a meeting to be
held two weeks hence a Sumter
county unit will be organized- for
afnliaion with the state organiza
'ioh, already oiganzed and prepar
ing' to function in connection with
marketing next year’s peaches. It
is stated that he plans formulaed
iiV the new exchange can be put in
to successful operation Georgia
peach growers will receive better
prices for heir -producs nex year,
through a more equitable distribu
ti< n of ’he fruit among consuming
ceners, coupled wih proper sflper
visfon of mini eting and correct re
ports furnished through exchange
abencies. .
THEfrMEsf?RECdRDER
> Efefl PUBLISHED IN HEART OF
COOLIDGE INTERESTED; INI SOUTHERN MILI .S
mdst give correct
ACREAGE ESTIMATE
SH LEADERS
Cotton Factors At Convention
Attack Acreage Reports By
Census Bureau
STAPLE PRICES DISCUSSED
Kesolutions Adopted By Con
vention Designed To Aid
Farmers in Stabilization
COLUMBIA, S. C. Oct. 17.
placing itself on record as disap
proving the crop reports seat out
by the’ United States department
of agriculture, in which figures are
given to the public purpposing to
show the estimated acreage to be
planted to cotton, as based on re
ports of “intentions” of farmers to
piant, the American Cotton asso
ciation in its fifth annual conven
tion today passed a resolution at
its closing session urging the de
partment of agriculture to stick to
tacts.
“We feel that the cotton acreage
is a matter of too significant and
serious concern to the growers and
the cotton trade generally,” the
resolutions stated, “for estimates
on acreage planted to be hazarded
by guesswork.”
The resolution further urged
that congress pass such legislation
and provide necessary funds to en
able the United States department
of commerce to take a correct and
dependable census each year af
ter the cotton crop has been plant
ed to ascertain the approximate
acreage planted, on returns to be
accurately filled out by every grow
.er who plants cotton in the United
States.
Figure* Show Cost.
Citing figures showing that the
average cost of production for cot
ton in all states in 1923 was 29
cents a poond of lint cotton, bulk
line, and indorsing that figure as
conservative, under the adverse
weather conditions, heavy weevil
damage and ‘the average low yield
of lint cotton to the acre through
out the cotton belt states, the con
vention also approved a resolution
favoring a minimum average sell
ing 'price of 36 cents a pound and
recommended the same adop
tion by all cotton growers and all
controllers of cotton throughout
the south.
Tabulating its report on returns
received from a questionnaire mail
ed out to 6,500 county corresppon
de of the association residing in
twelve eotten states, fthe resolution
presented by the committee pre
sented its resolution, which was
adopted, recommending that the
selling 'price for all grades in the
twelve states be as follows:
Florida 41 cests, Alabama, 39
cents. «
North Carolina 32 cents, South
Carolina 35 cents, Georgia 41
cents, Missisippi 40 cents, Louis
tana 35 cents, Texas 31 cens, Ar
kansas 35, cents, Tennessee 35
cents, Oklo'hapio 32 cents, and
Missouri 28 cents.
Other important resolutions
adopted by the convention included
controlling cotton production by
planting not more than eight acres
to a plow in 1924 and that such
acreage be intensively cultivated
and boll Weevil poison be applied.
Deploring the “discriminating”
against the cotton farmers
shown by the tariff act of 1922,
"Which particularly affected im
ports of long staple coltton.
Endorsement of the association’s
boll weevil control campaign and
advocacy of its extension and vig
orous prosecution.
Opposing all propositions such as
that of the Amercan Bankers as
socation, for it-he cancellation of
the foreign debts to the United
Sates.
, Approving the formation of
county and state land associations
for he purpose of bringing in of
any farmers from ioreign coun
tries.
Endorsement of (the .organization
of cbu r ',y chambers of commerce
for the furtherance of diversifica
tion of crops and a well balanced
system of fanning in the South.
ATHENS ELECTS NEW
OFFICERS IN PRIMARY
ATHENS, Oct. 17.—Dr. J. D.
Applewhite, county health commis
sioner, was re-lffected president of
the Clark County Sunday School as
sociation at the convention held
here.
R. P. Stephens, J. L. Pendley and
E. B. Mell were elected vice-prsi
dnts; Mrs. R. L. Moss, young peo
ple’s superintendent; Miss Mildred
Rhodes, children’s superintendent;
P. F. Brown, adult superintesdent;
K. W. Cooper, H.-H. West and Miss
Berta Hancock, distridt superinten
dents. Eleven Sunday schools
were represented. Prospect school
won the attendance banser,
AMERCUS, GA.. WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. OCTOBER 17, 1923 .
BELGIAN PLAN IS PUT
BEFORE COMMISSION
Bl BELGIAN MEMBERS
Fifty Billion Gold Marks Madq
Basis of Indemnity To Be
Paid By Germany
POINCARE IS INTERVIEWED
Von Haesch and French Premier
Consult Secretly During 1
Thirty Minutes
FARRS, Oct. 17.—BelgVrn repl
- plan was presented to the
reparations commission today by
Belgian members. The commission
will meet again next week to con T
sider it in detail.
The plan fixes Germany’s tota)
indemnity at 50 billion gold marks.
POINCARE I
INTERVENED.
Herr von Hoesch, German charge
d'affaires, conferred with Premier
Poincare for more than 30 minutes
this morning.
The conference is believed ,in
some quarters to forecast import
ant steps in regard to the repara
tion problem. Following the con
ference, Premier Poincare would
not disclose the nature of the meet
img.
METHODISTS TO MEET
IT SALEM WEDN ESDAY
Programs Will Feature Morning
And Afternoon Session With
Miss Tinsley Present
Group meeting of the First
Methodist church, Lee street Meth
odist church, MethodjSt churches
at Ellaville and Salem will be held
at Salem church Wednesday morn
ing at 10:15'o’clock, at which all
the churches in this district will be
represented.
Mrs. W. H. Emmet will have
charge of the program for the
morning session, with Mrs. R. D.
McNeil presiding in the afternoon.
A feature of the morning hour
will be a talk by Miss Hortense
Tinsley foreign missionary from ths
section, who will tell of . her ex
pel iences and the work being done
in Korea. Miss Tinsley is alt home
for a rest of a year, and during
this time will visit a number cf the
missionary organizations to tell of
the accomplishment of the churches
in foreign countries.
At noon <in old-fashioned quar
terly conference dinner will be
served on the ground by the wo
men of Salem community, and it
is expected ithat many workers
from the missionary societies will
be present to join in the exercises.
TO HOLD CONFERENCE
SATURDAY IN SCHLEY
ELLAVILLE, October 17.—The
fourth quarterly conference of the
Ellaville charge will be held here
next Saturday and will be presided
over by Dr. W. C. Lovett, of Daw
son, who will also preach at ' 11
o’clock Saturday morning. At the
noon houi- a basket dinner will be
served. A large crow lis expected
to attend this conference. The
church officials of Andrew Cha
pel, Hopewell, Concord and Ella
ville are to be elected to serve for
next year. Other matters of im
portance to Methodists are to be
looked after an dreports will be
heard fro mthe various church or
ganizations, as well as from the
preacher in charge. All church mem
bers are urged and the public is
invited to attend.
PEACH GROWERS
ORGANIZE IN PERRY
i
, PERRY, Ga., Oct. 17.—At a
I call meeting at the courthouse here
peach growers of this territory met
and organized a local organization
of peach growers. J. G. Carlisle,
of the Georgia Fruit exchange, of
Atlanta, and J. L. Benton, of
Monticello, made talks to the grow
er: of this territory responded.
J. P. Duncan was elected presi
dent, and J P. Ethridge, secreta*y
and treasurer of the Iqcal organi
zation. A committee was appointed
to see the remaining groves and get
contracts of membership troni them.
A meeting will b~ ca'len in the near
future by the u-esident to report
the success of their erdeavor in
getting all the growers in the or
ganization. A final report will be
made November 1, at which time it
is hoped that all the growers will
have signed up with the organiza
tion* . ——.—k... -- , i I
KIB FRAUD CASES
ARE POSTPONES OB
DECISION BE COBBT
Score or More of Federal Gov
ernment Prosecutions Are
Delayed By Move
TEST CASE IS NOW PENDING
Construction of Army Canton
ments Basis of Prosecutions
Held Uu
1
WASHINGTON, Oct. 17.—A
score of more government prose
cutions in war fraud cases involv
ing it'he construction of army can
tonments probably will be halted in
view of a decision yesterday by
Federal Judge Sater, of Ohio, in
test case relating to Camp Sher
man..
TWO OFFICERS LOSE
LIVES IN FATAL DUEL
Sheriff and Constable of Jeffer
son, Tex., Meet and Begin
Firing
JK.FFER.SON, Texas, Oct. 17.
The sheriff and constable of Mar
ion county engaged in a pistol duel
last night, and as a result the coun
ty is shocked at? the loss of tyo of
its more prominent peace officers.
ißoth were past 50 years cf age.
“■ B. B. Rodgers, sheriff, and W.
B. Proctor, constable, sighted each
half a block from the court house,
and without a word started shoot
ing at each other bothe being killed
instantly.
According to the police the trou
ble arose possibly through court
papers given the constable by the
sneriff not being served , the con
sequent fine having been im
posed on the sheriff who had it to
pay.
BOY, AGED 16, KILLS
CHILD WITH PISTOL
bAXLEY, Oct. 17.—Sentenced
to three years for killing a six
year-old child, Grady Simmons, 16
was in the Appling county jail to
day, as unconcerned over his fate
as he has been since his arrest, fol
lowing his conviction late Monday
night in Appling superior court,
The youth was found guilty of in
voluntary manslaughter in connec
tion with -the shooting to death of
Raymond Carter, 6, on April 11
1923.
Maintaining throughoutu the trial
that 'the pistol with which the child
was shot accidentally was fired as
he attempted to take it away from
Raymond) Carter, he made no other
plea to the jurors. He accepted
the verdict without any display of
emotion.
iiis mother, Mrs. Jane Simmons,
and the mother of the dead child.
Mrs. Katie Carter, broke into tears
many times during the trial.
MISS FRANCES GURR
RETURNS FROM ABROAD
NEW YORK, -Oct. 17. Miss
Frances Gurr (Miss Macon) return
ed to the United States today* after
thirteen months in Europe She ar
rived from London on the President
Monroe, of the United States Line,
in company with Mrs. Willis Am
bler, daughter of Mrs. R. L. Smith
of Macon.
Miss Gurr left Macon early in
September of last year to depre
sent Macon in the pageant at
Atlantic City. From there she went
to France. She has visited Belgium
England, France, Italy and Switzer
land, making her temporafy home
in Paris and studying music at the
conservatory.; there. Ker homecom
ing was somewhat in the nature of
her reception in Atlantic City, when
she won one of the three prizes
'for beauty.
COUNTY AGENT IS
NAMED FOR HANCOCK
SPARTA, Oct. 17.—A county
agent for Hancock county is now
assured since the county board of
education has agreed to supple
ment the appropriation of the coun
ty commissibsers., This extra ap
propriation was neded so that a
man could be secured who was real
ly fitted for the work and who
would h<.ve ample means to pay his
expenses) and catrry, on the work on
a large scale.
Do you sleep in your shoes.
Place thsfm by the side of the bed'
for throwing at burglars.
IMPBISDNEB SOLDIERS
BEfiINWHATMAYBE
EATAL HUNGER STRIKE
Mount Joy Prisoners Foreswear
Food During Remaining
Imprisonment Period
FEAR STRIKE MAY SPREAD
Populace May Be Shaken From
Present Apathetic Stand By
Action of Prisoners
BELr AST, Oct. 17.—Tragic re
sults or else a notable victory may
be the outgrowth of a hunger
strike begun by soldier prisoners
in Mount Joy jail in Dublin a few
days ago, aeording to a Republi
can Manifest and continues that
when the strike spreads to other
camps and prisons, people may be
prepared to be shaken from t'heir
apathy by the tragedy or |the vic
tory unparalled in the history of
the nation.
DEBTCOMNIISSION
WILL MEET SOON
Senator Smoot Forecasts That
Body Will Meet In Week
Or Ten Days
WASHINGTON, Oct. 17.—A
meeting of the American Debt
Commission within a week or ten
day was forecast by Senator Smoot,
Republican of Utah, and one of the
members after a conference with
Secretary Mellon.
He declined to. disclose what de
velopments had served to change
the previously announced plans to
deny further meetings until the
opening of congress.
MOVEMENT STARTED
GETREALORCHESTRA
Music Study Club Will Sponsor
Organization With All Cost
To Players Eliminated
A movement sponsored by the
Music Study club, is being, put un
der way here to secure for Ameri
cus a community orchestra, and
in which every musician in the en
tire community may participate.
The orchestra is to be organized
along the most economical lines,
with every instruction cost entire
ly eliminated, and the entry fee
placed at nothing at all. It will
be seen from this that the pro
moters are in earnest in their
efforts to promote a real commun
ity orchestra, with genuine love of
music and the musicians art behind
the effort.
Mrs., Will Dudley is one of the
moving spirits in the effort to or
ganize a community orchestra,
and she has communicated with a
number of Americus musicians who
have become smilarly interested in
the movement. Alfred A. Gane,
organist at the Rylander’l'heatre,
and an instructor of ability in
orchestral work, has been asked to
direct the proposed organization,
and he has consented to give this
work two nights in each week with
no charge made for his services. A
meeting of interested musicians is
to be called at any early date when
the proposed orchestra organiza
tion will be placed before tljem in
detail, and when it is hoped a final
organization wII be completed.
COL. TOE DIED
TODmiTSBURG
PITSBURG, Oct. 17.—Colonel
McCrea, vice-president in charge
o fthe central region of the Pennsyl I
vania Railroad died today of pheu
moma. He had been ill less than 1
a week but his condition was such '
tßpt little hope was entertained
for his recovery.
J. COLEMAN BURIED
AT BAINBRIDGE
BAINBRIDGE. October 17—Jeff
Coleman, 47, who died here Mon
day, was buried in the Spring
Creek cemetery with the Masons
and Rev. Barbe, of the Baptist
church in charge of funeral ser
vices. Surviving him are his wife;
daughters, Myrtice and Thelma, and
son, Bruckner; parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Te i Coleman, and one sster,
Mrs. « T -e Bush, of Donalsonville.
Mr. (.«. cman was a prominent tur
pentine operator.
CONDITIONS IS TBESE
AFFECT PROSPEBITV
DISCUSSED Bi HIM
President and Charles Adamson,
Georgia Mill Operator, Hold
Lengthy Conference
MAKES MANY INQUIRIES
Matter of Removing New Eng
land Mills Particularly In
terests Chief Executive
-SHTNGTON, Oct. 17.—Condi
tions as to the prosperity of cot
ton mill operators in the smith and
the movemen of cotton mills from
New England o Southern states,
were discussed by Presidenit Cool
idge with Charles Adamson, cottos
operator of Cedartown, Ga., at a
recent) conference held.
he president inquired particul-J
arly as to the advantages of the
location of cotton mills in the
south near the sourse of supply.
POETS AND IH. S.
MEET HERE FRIDAY
High School Classic Scheduled
At Playground Beginning
3 O’clock
The Americus High school foot
ball team will meet its first real
test of strength here Friday after
noon, when it tackles the strong La
nier aggregation from Macon.
Coach Saunders’ warriors have
been working hard and in solemn
earnest for the past two weeks for
then- coming clash with the Poets;
and when the referees, whistle
blows Friday fans of this section
will see strongest, best contli
tionert team ever reppresenting
the institution in action.
Coach Saunders stated today
today that he Was satisfied with the
manner in Which his proteges were
showing up in practice. He stated
that while the major portion of the
past two weeks practice has been
devoted to perfection of new plays
there has been marked improve
ment in every department of the
game.
The Americus gridlers have em
erged victorious twice this season
in as many starts. The victim in
the first game being the scrappy
Cordele eleven, which game the
locals copped 19-6; the second with
the same eleven, which put another
in the winning column 27-6.
What the result in Friday’s
game will be is problematical. The
games played by the two elevens
this season have given no oppor
tunity of judging of comparative
strength. That the Poets have a
very formidable aggregation can
not be denied if the fact that they
have conquered such teams as Grif
fin Hi, Gordon Institute, and
Barnesvile A. & M. would indicate
anything. The personnel of the
Americus eleven will ,be as fol
lows: PurVis, (c); Glawson Bell,
(guards); Merritt, Hines, (tackles)
lye, Dixbn, (ends); Alien, (qb);
Dudley, Barton,' (half); Kooks,
(capt.f (full).
Just who will constitute the re
serve strength is still in doubt. Os
the above named Glawson, Bell,
Merrit, Dixon, Barton and Capt.
Hooks are letter men from last
year’s squad. Purvis is showing up
well at center, Hines, a husky
freshman of some 175 pounds, is
taking care of his position at
tackle in fine shape. He also has
a toe that may prove a big asset
to the team before the seasion
ends. Tye, a scrub end of last year,
is holding down hik flank in ad
mirable fashion. Allen at qquarter,
has proven himself a worthy suc
cessor to Buchanan, who was
graduated last year. Dudley, at half
is an excellent broken field runner.
Taken as a Whole, it is a well-bal
anced machine, and Americus fans
are confident it will hold its own
with title contenders' in this section
of the state.
The remaining' schedules of the
season is as follows; Lanier in
Americus October 19; Griffin in
Gnlfin, October 26; Griffin in
Americus November 2; Columbus in
Americus, November 16; Albany
in Albany, November 23; Blakely
In Americus, November 29.
AGED COUPLE ARE
FOUND IN CELLAR
HAGERTOWN. Md., Act. 17.
John Cline and his wife, Rebecca, an
aged couple residing on a small
farm near here, were found dead in
the cellar of their house today,
their skulls crushed as with a heavy
iron bar in the hands of an assail
ant who left ng clue behind,
I
WEATHE '***■
For Georgia—showers tonight
and Thursday, little Change in tern
peragure.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
LLOYD GEOBGE CALLS
Uff PRESENT LECTBBE
TOUR 11 CHICAGO
Severe Cold Prevents Him From
Finishing Lecture Engage
ments, It Is Said
DOCTOR WARNS PATIENT
Physicians Advise Complete
Rest and Quiet For Former
British Premier
CHICAGO. Oct. 17.—David
Lloyd George, former British pre
mier, has cancelled all his engage
ments tonight at the International
amphitheatre at the stock yards.
Owing to a continuance of slight
temperature, his doctors have or
dered him to remain in bed and
rest the greater part of the day. He
has a severe cold, aggravated by
fatigue, his secretary said.
OOIfIOMLS
QUALIFIED MODELS
Liberal Response Being Receiv
ed Assures Success Os Big
Fashion Show Here
Out-of-town grls who have been
elected models in the Merchants’
Fashion Show at the Rylander on
Thursday are responding generous
ly, and the success of the occasion
is abundanlv assured by 'their al
titude of friendly co-operation.'
This statement is authorized this
afternoon by Walter Page, chair
man of the merchants’ commitee
engaged in handling details of the
affair.
Among models who today accept
ed invitations, and the firms each
will represent are:
Huntington.—Miss Laurie John
son, who will model for the Pink
ston Co.
Miss Mary Duncan, DeSoto, who
will mode] for Pearlman’s.
Miss Kaherine Williams, Ella
ville, who will model for the Pink
ston Co.
Miss Theone Webb, Smithville,
who will model for Ansley’s.
Miss Elizabeth .McKenzie, who
will model for Pearlman’s.
Miss Myra Sims, Leslie, who will
model for the Fashion Shop.
In addition ,to these beautiful
young girls residing in various parts
of. the Americus trade territory,
there will be a number of ontrs rt
siding in Americus, and whose
names were announced in Tues
days edition of The Times-Re
cortier.
In announcing the names of these
models today, Mr. Page stated the
merchants expect to receive a num
ber of additional acceptances be
fore the last hour for these to be
received, which has been fixed at
Thursday noon.
Reserved seats are now sale at
the box office in the Rylander
Theatre, with these being sold in
many towns surrounding Americus
as well as to local residents. It is
expected this afternoon that the at
cndance Thursday night will far
excel that recorded at any previous
similar event in this section.
FUNERAL SERVICES
FOR SCHLEY MAN
Well Known and Greatly Es
teemed Resident Passes
Away At Ellaville
ELLAVILLE,. October 17—Fun
eral services for A. Allen, aged 80,
years, who died at the family resi
dence at 9 oclock Tuesday nigh was
held here at 3 o’clock this after
noon. Rev. B. L. Jordan, pastor of
the Methodist church, officiated,
and the services were largely at
tended.
Surviving are his widow and sev
eral nieces and nephews, among
whom are Miss Dollie Allen, post
mistress at Ellaville; Frank Allen,
of Memphis, Tenn.; Thomas Allen,
of Dawson, Charlie Allen, of Mid
land, Texas. A brother, H. H. Al
len, of Davis, Okla., also survives.
Mr. Allen was a Confederate vet
erant and a member of Camp Sum
ter, No. 642, United Confederate
Veterans, at Americus. He had
been a lifelong resident of Schley
county, and for the past 57 years
had conducted a grocery business
in Ellaville.
He was a member of the Metho
dist church and greatly esteemed
among a wide circle of friends and
acquaintances who loved him for
his many admirable qualities. The
entire community mourns the loss
of this estimable citizen.
HIGH DEGREE GIVEN
TO GEORGIA MOSONS
WASHINGTON, Oct. 17.
Among prominent Masons elected
to receive the thirty-third degree
of the supreme council of the An
cient and Acepted Scottish Rite,
Southern Jurisdiction, today were
Dr. Michael Hoke, chief surgeon of
the Shrine Hospital for Crippled
children, Atlanta; and N. H. Ballard
state superintendent .of education
in Georgiy ,