About Americus times-recorder. (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 23, 1923)
;j ; Americus Spot Cotton ‘ Strict Middling 29 l-2c. N. Y. Futures Jan. Oct. Dec. Prev. Close 29.26 29.80 29.69 Open 29.50 30.00 29.95 11 am 29.60 30.19 30.08 Close 29.80 30.35 30.17 FORTY-FIFTH YEAR.—NO. 252 GERMAN REVOLUTION ALMOST BLOODLESS U. S. Senate Committee Investigating War Veterans Bureau DIRECTOR HINES FIKI DISCREPANCIES EST IN FIGURE SUBMITTED Investigating Bureau Is Told Burael Paid Huge Sum For Unsuitable Plans DISALLOWS SECOND CLAIM When Matthew O’Brien Pre sented Further Claim Fa- More, Is Disallowed WASHINGTON, Oct. 23.—Spe cial senate committee investigat ing the veterans’ bureau was told tonay by Director Hines that on one occasion the bureau paid $64,- 000 for architects for the hospital at Livermore, California, and then found drawings submitted were un suitable. The director said this 'happened before he took office and when Matthew O'Brien, recipient, filed claim for $13,0*0 more, he disal lowed it. yapbrough case is BEFORE JURY TODAY Third Trial of Macon Dentist As Klan Rioter May End This Afternoon. MACON, Oct. 23.—The third trial of Dr. C. A. Yarborough, Ma con dentist, on charges resulting from a series of floggings here, is expected to be concluded and go to the jury this afternoon. The morning session Monday was devoted to the selection of a jury and the testimony of Barnett, who was takep from his harness factory on Popular street, Feb. 27, placed in an automobile and carried to a spot near Ocmulgee Park and flog ged. He positively identified Yarbrough as the loader of the gang, which flogged him, and the, man who applied the lash as. he lay on the ground handcuffed. ■ solicitor Roy W. Moore assisted by P. H. Lamb, assistant to the Solicitor General, represented the State. Dr. Yarbrough is represent ed by former City Court Judge John I 1 Ross., W. A. McClellan and E. F. Goodrun). Wallace Miller, former assistant district attorney, who tppk an active part in the last trial d, Yarbrough, was not present morning. Thirty-eight jurors were called before twelve men were selected to try th cate. On account of the trial receiving a large amount of publicity there were a number of. jurors who claimed that they were either prejudiced or had expressed opinions and were disqualified front serving on the jury. Tl.osc or* The jury is composed of. B. 1. Garrett, a clerk; J. H. Moulton, Jr., a machinist; George T. Bush, railroad foreman; R. O. Roland, a carpenter; C. B. Campbell, a black smith; M. B. Johnston, a painter; George W. Barnes, a salesman; A. D. Sewell, Jr., a grocer;' W. I’J Woodward, an insurance clerk; IL T. Bryant, a farmer; J. F. Brice, a ■boilermaker, and C. M. Millitons, an agent. FIVE DEAD, TWO HURT IN ALABAMA CRASH MEMPHIS, Oct. 23.—Five per sons were killed and two injured one perhaps fatally, when an auto mobile in which, they were riding was struck by a Frisco railroad passenger train near Winfield, Ala. lute Monday, according to advices received here. Those killed were Rev. P. F. Lu clfe, 40; his wife and two-year-old daughter of Winfield; Rev Wil liam J. Ottis, 45, of Sulligent, Ala. tind Rev Max Hankins, of Fulton, Miss. B. A. Carter and Rev. Mr. Owens of Fulton, Miss., were injured. Mr. Owens was reported in a critical condition. 8,000 IRISH PRISONERS START HUNGER STRIKE — .DUBLIN, Oct. 28.—At Sinn Fein headquarters today it was stated that 8,000 men were in hunger strike in the various camps* ami prisoners in Ireland, including Newbridge, Currag'h, Kilkenny, Cork and Gormanstown. | Hypnotic influence instead ot an rnchetics has been used in den tal operations in England. " I THEIM®H«KrDER; published in theZ heart J COTTON REACHES HIGH POINT FOR YEAR OCTOBER CONTRACTS' SOB 1811! 30 CENTS ANO CLOSE STRONG Brisk Trading Feature of Day’s Session, With Bulls In Con trol of Market DECEMBER IS ALSO ACTIVE Net Gain of Nearly a Cent a Pound Is Recorded By Ac tive Contract Positions Trading was active today in the cotton contract market, with new high levels atteined by active months, and a net gain of approxi mately a cent a pound or $5 a bale scored by October and December deliveries The spieedid demand for con tracts in New York found its re flection here in spot quotations, which were advanced to 29 l-2c for strict '.riddling, nad buyers all eager for the staple. Recent unfavorable weather con ditions in the West, coupled with a growing belief in cotton circles that the crop this year will be much shorter than government estimates indicate, probably accounts for the bull coup which sent prices sky ward on the New York exchange today. IM KLoF RESOLUTION PASSES SPRINGFIELD, Mass., Oct. 23. An anti-Ku klux Klan resolution without mention of the Klan was passed Monday by the national council of engregational churches. The resolution said: ‘‘The national council views with deep concern and disapproval the growth of organizations which, however sincere in their profies-. sion of patriotism, really foster so cial and religious suspicion and give opportunity for lawlessness and brutality.” The resolution urged congrega tionalists to refuse to join such or ganizations and to treat them as a menace to both religion and patriot ism. An amendment, which would in corporate the words “such as the Ku Klux Klan” in the opening sen tence of the resolution, was re jected. LIBERTY UNION OPPOSING KLAN PROTESTS BAN. BOSTON, Mass., Oct. 23.—A letter to Mayor Curley protesting against hk order barring Ku Klux Klan meetings in Boston, and sign ed by Norman Hapgood, the Rev. John Haynes Holmes, Prof Robert Morse Lovett and -Dr. Henry F. Ward was made public Monday night. The letter sent on behalf of the American Civil LibertieiJ union, asserted that ‘‘the legal right of the klan to hold meet ings on private property and to discuss in private, is clear and should be maintained.” While the letter declared that the activities of the klan were ab horrent to the writers, they con tend that the civil rights “of the enemies of civil liberty as of its friends must be protected.*’ John S. Codman, chairman of the New England .blanch of the union had previously protested that the constitutional rights oj '.he klau had been encroached upon by the order. ASSOCIATED CHARITIES MAKE QUARTERLY REPORT The third quarterly report of the Hospital Association which was submitted to the president, Mrs. C. C. Hawkins, at the las* regular meeting of the organization and which was approved, has just been made public by the secretary and treasurer. The report shows the affairs of the association to be in plendid condition, with much work accomplished. The detailed report is as follows: July groceries, $15.05; railroad fare for the poor, $3; August, needy Confederate veteran, $5; groceries, $21.75; wood, $7 Sep tember, groceries, $21.60 total ex penditure, $72,50. Balance in bank September 7, $92.71. With the coming of cold weath er the call for wood and coal will increase, these being two of the most expensive items to be reckon ed with during the cold season. AMERICUS, GA., TUESDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 23, 1923 NOBODY HOME c. -r n ■■ i I / -; i Vbff Bw / / // " ‘ x Z ■ / • S : Mv iff ■ i- JRv " WMITE HOUSQ i \ ■ I • ! I ' I* 1 111 ’ i Iliff J J -- Sib z ’ 11 fOil W/r GOVERORWKERSm HE'S IMPRESSED WITH CAROLINA TAX SYSTEM v . , After Discussing Taxation Ques tion, Executive Finds Good Points To Recommend MAY ASK ITS ADOPTION While He Has Not Fully Decid ed Question He’s Expected To Take Action ATLANTA, Oct. 23.—Discuss ing a statement given out at Raleigh, yesterday, Governor Waiker, who returned to the capi tol today, said he had not decided to recommend the North Carolina system of taxation for adoption ■ by his state, but had been favor ably impressed with some of the features of the Carolina’s system. Governor Walker also stated that he expected to tell the tax commis sion of the good points in that state’s system. UTILITiESCOMNIISSION TH HEAR PETinON Mutual Light and Water Plant Will Go Before Body Wednesday ATLANTA, Oct.. 23—The peti tion of the Mutual Light & Water Plant of Brunswick to establish a special schedule of heating rates will be argued before the utilities commission tomorrow, it was an nounced. SONORA COMPANY RECEIVER NAMED NEW YORK. Oct. 23—Federal Judge Garvin in Brooklyn today appointed former Congressman John B. Johnston as receiver for the Sonora Phonograph company, Inc.; of Oyster Bay, on applica tion of Mrs. Susan V. Ketcem of Philadelphia, and Mrs. Florence Rum bough, of Hot Springs, N. C., stockholders in the corporation. $150,000 FIRE AT NEW ORLEANS MONDAY NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 23 Fire of undetermined origin Mon day damaged the merchandise and building occupied by theLoubas Glassware compapny on Bienville street, near the river front, to the* extent of approximately $150,000. < JUDGE LINDSEY WON'T BETRAY (MENGES OE WOMEN IN COURT Called To Appear Before Grand Jury With Records, Juvenile Judge Firmly Refuses | SAYS HAS EARNED TRUST j Declares Women and Girls Who Confided in Him Will Not Be Betrayed DENVER, Oct. 23.—Summoned to appear before the grand jury wi„h alj the books and papers from his office which might throw light on the cases of women in his court, i Judge Ben Lindsey, of the Juvenile j court will refuse to reveal any confidences given him by women and girls, he announced. Judge Lidsey said that he had every respect for the grand jury summoning him to testify what he knew concerning- illegal opera tions, of which he believed there ■ were 1,000 in Denver last year, ' but he would refuse to betray con | fidences. GASTON B. MEANS AGAIN IN TOILS I NEW YORK, Oct. 23.—Gaston B. Means, a former agent of the department of justice, has been in dicted with Elmer W. Jarnecke, described a;# his secretary, on four counts involving alleged conspiracy to violate the country’s laws and using the mails in a scheme to de fraud. Lhe indictments charge a series of conspiracies to violate the na tional prohibition act, the liquor tax law and the internal revenue laws of illegally removing liquor from bonded warehouses and of using the mails to . defraud Sam Shmidt, of Chicago, in a whiskey , 1 selling deal. One of the schemes of tjre con-j spirutors, it was said, involved 500,Q00 cases of whiskey and an other l?,000 cases and 12,0000 bar' rels of Kentucky and Pennsylvan- ; ia liquors. From November I,' 1921, to March, 1923. Means, the (indictment changed, conspired to violate the prohibition act and other federal laws more than 100 i times. Airplane is being used in Cana da to help prospecting. i ’ FIRE DESTROYS BARN 1 MED HUMBERS •ONOLDJENKINSPLACE } ■•' ••I I Was Filled With Feedstuff and Farm Implements; 22 Mules Burned to Death r FIRE SEEN "BY” OVERSEER s i When Aroused at 10 O’clock i Barn Was Mass of Roaring Flames j News reached hei*e early today of the destruction last night by fire ( of the fine barn located on the Jenkins place adjoining the H*ue -1 huenin plantation, 20 miles south , of Americus, and owned by R. T. e Humber, of Lumpkin, and W. M. ( . i Humber, of Americus. Besides the 1 j barn 22 fine mules, 1600 bushels jof corn, 9 tons of hay, 32 tons ; of cotton seed and 250 bushels of i I peas were burned. The total loss ; | is estimated at $15,600, with only >! $3,200 insurance carried by the owners. W. M. Humber when in formed of the burning, left Amer icus immediately for the scene of > ’ the fire and has not yet return - ed here. According to information ; given Mr. Humber, the fire was ‘discovered last night about 10 ; o’clock by an overseer on the place, i who was roused from sleep by the 5 roar of the flames. There is no in j dieation as to how the barn was I fired, but a thorough investiga ‘ tion will be made into every prob a able cause, and it is probable the . state fire marshall may be asked to come to Americus and investi- ’ gate ‘he origin of the fire. I VESSEL ASHORE; ALL PASSENGERS ARE SAFE s PANAMA, Oct. 23.—-All the . pasengers of the United Fruit • Company's steamship San Gil, • which is ashore off the Nicaraguan • coast, are safely on board the same ‘ company’s steamship Pastores. J The San Gil lies on a reef, and 1 not a sand bank, and the salvaging I of the vessel is problematical if the I heavy seas continue. DENBY ON CRUTCHES; LEAVES HIS HOSPITAL NEW YORK, Oct. 23—Secre i tary of the Navy Denby, who was t operated upon recently for a strain- I ed achiles tendon of his left foot. I was discharged from the hospital Monday and left immediately for | Washington. He was using; I crutches, * Klim LEAVES TO VISIT [IST ISO IM millions President Winburn, of Central, Predict* Success For Effort To Bring Mill Here MEETS COMMITTEE HERE Good Money in Mill Business, He Says, Provided enced Men In Charge With a doer, engagements in the East, Uobb Milner, special repre sentative oi the Chamber of Com merce leaves the city tonight for a ten-day trip in an effort to “sell” Americus in the East. Mr. Milner’s engagements will carry him into Pittsburg, Philadel phia, New York and the New Eng land States. At noon today a committee com posed of L. G. Council. Frank La nier, J. E. Hightower, Cobb Milner and Lovelace Eve, were granted an interview by W. A. Winburn, presi dent of the Central of Georgia rail way. Mr. Winburn, traveling in a cr >eciai train, stopped over ten min utes to meet the committee. Mr. Winburn was requested to send J. M. Mallory, industrial agent of the Central of Georgia, with Mr. Milner. However, because of a re cent illness. Mr. Mallory is unable to make the trip. Mr. Winburn stat ed that the Eastern representatives of his road would be placed at the command of Mr. Milner, to aid him in every possible way. “There are some mighty good mill people, and there are some we do not want,” Mr. Winburn said. “The good ones, those among many who are seeking locations in the South, you should go after, but look out for the fellows with broken-down machinery who may try to rope you in. “With the old Souther Field site soon to be sold, and the other ad vantages you have here,, succtss should eventually crown your ef forts. “There is money in the cotton mill business—good money-—pro vided the right men are in control and experienced management in charge.’’ Mr. Winburn assured the com mittee that the Central would co operate to the fullest with the city’s efforts. Mr. Winburn was accompanied by a number of road officials. He passed through the city early this morning en route to Albany.' The party returned here at noon, stop ped a few minutes and then left for Columbus and Birmingham. Mr. Milner’s engagements with 'n'.crc. ted parties will compel his absence for ten days or two weeks. Primarily, his trip is to tell a number of financiers what Ameri cus has to offer, and io find out what Americus must do to secure industrial plants. For a year or more Mr. Milner has studied the industrial question, as chairman of a Chamber of Com- He has written and distributed several hundred copies of a survey prepared by him and has had much correspondence with financiers, mill engineers and others. Mr. Milner was granted a leave of two weeks from hi; duties in the division office of th" highway de partment in older to make the trip for the local commerce body. ILL fOffl MS IB MEET IT DEARBORN National Organization Call Is Made For Ford-For-Presi dent Clubs To Meet DETROIT, Oct. 23.—A call for national organization of a confer- I ence of all Ford-for-President I clubs to be held in Dearborn the I home of Henry Ford, December 12, 13, and 14, was decided upon at a meeting of several local Ford clubs here last night. $15,000 DAMAGE IN BLAZE AT MAYSVILLE I ♦ •MAYVILLE, Ga., Oct. 23.—Loss | from tire which Monday destroyed) one building and damaged four j others was estimated at $15,006 by I owners of the structures. Black’- weil’s drug stere was razed by the 1 flames, which was discovered i-i the building at 5:20 o’clock this i morning. Other Buildings dam aged before the fire was brought under control are: J. E. Hitchock ) Grocery company; L. M. Ferguson; store, postoffice and the local I garage. Loss is partially covered j by insurance. * WEATHE . For Georgia: Cloudy in east and fair in west portion tonight. Proba-. bly light frost in northwest por tion. Wednesday fair; fresh to strong north and northwest winds. PRICE FIVE CENTS SEPARATISTS GAINING GROUND IN BHUMB mom m tricolor Movement Steadily Gaining Ground, Without Bloodshed Reported Thus Far BONN CAPTURE EXPECTED Republicans Expelled From Aix La Chapelle, Muenchen and Gladbach LONDON, Oct. 23 TM Separa extemr''"' 1 ? 11 I” th<? Rhi * U e " d ' n !; Readdy with almost no to'tV a Berlin Dis Patch , to the Exchange Telegraph The green, white and red fla„ , <>f the secessionists now fH es ove r Wiesbaden, Erklenn, and Beims erg, while the capture of Bonn is expected momentarily. 'l’he correspondent says an at tempt to extend the movement to 1 reves has failed. COMMUNISTS ATTACK HAMBURG STATION. LONDON, Oct. 23—Bands of Communists have made concerted attacks on police stations of Ham berg, says a Berlin correspondent of the Central News,. Communists occupied all except three of the stations which, at the lime the dispatch was filed about noon, was still holding out. REPUBLICANS OUSTED. LONDON, Oct . 23—A Berlin message to the Central News this afternoon says a telegram from Aix La Chappelle says police succeed ed this morning in expelling Re publicans from the town and re gaining complete mastery of the situation. It is not known if any casualties occurred. BRITAIN TO ' PRESERVE ORDER. LONDON, Oct. 23—A Central News dispatch states that with tha assistance of loyal worker's, Ger man police have ejected the Re publican from Muenchen and Glad bach. It is reported that the in thorities roughly handM the invad ers. If the Separatists movement exr tends to Cologne, which is tbs bridgehead of the British Rhine land army, Great Britain will pre serve an attitude of reserve, but will take every measure to main tain order and prevent bloodshed and insurrection. REPUBLIC IN DUISBURG. BRUSSELS, Oct. 23—A Belgian official news agency telegram from Duisberg states that a repbulic has been proclaimed there and public buildings are occupied by the Sep aratists. GEIBCTiIDIK AFTER LONG ILLNESS Death Ensued at Noon Today> Following Courageous Fight For Life J George B. Turpin, prominent Americus cotton factor and busi ness man, died at his residence o« Lee and Church streets about noon today. Death followed an illness of several weeks of pneu monia and jaundice, and was not unexpected. His wife, Mrs. Ida Ellen Turpia, his daughter, Mrs. Robert Oirkla, winder, and three sons, George A. Turpin, of Miami, Fla., WiM lard Turpin, a student at Georgia Tech, and Dean A. Turpin, who re sides with his parents, were at his bedside when death ensued. Other survivors are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Turpin, of Americus; three sisters, Mrs. J. L. Wooten, of Americus; Mrs. J. R. Wakefield, and Mrs. Milton Fulleu wider, of Shelbyville, Ky; three brothers, W, G. Turpin, F. H. Tur pin and. A. B. Turpin, of Americus, also survive. Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon from the family residence at 3 o’clock, Revs John M. Out'er, pastor of the First Methodist church, of which de ceased was a member, conducting the obsequies. Interment will be in Oak Grove cemetery. One-fourtl\ of the chewing gum made in the United States comes from New York City. No serious earthquake has been felt in England since 1350,
