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Americus Spot Cotton
Strict Middling 30c.
N. Y. Futures Qec Jan. March
Prev. Close 30.10 29.60 29.70
Open ... 30.45 29,78 29.83
11 am 30.19 29.6 ft 29.72
Close .30.58 30 00 30.01
FORTY-FIFTH YEAR.—NO. 25 3
RHENISH SEPARATISTS MASSED I AT; COBLENZ
Macon Jury Again Fails to Agree in Barnett Flogging Case
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FRANCE’SEEKING TO DOMINATED EUROPE
Official Denials That French Troops Are Behind
Separatist Movement, Mean Nothing, Says
Writer Just Returned From Europe
Bob Dorman recently returned from the territory which is
now the new Rhineland Republic. He was there as correspond
ent and observer. He hobnobbed with officers and enlisted men
of both the F tench and German armies. He fraternized with la
borers. He sat in with political and business leaders. In short,
ho obtained a full picture of the attitudes and aspirations of all
who are now directly influenced by the founding of a new political
state. Probably no writer in America is better qualified to tell what
it all means.
EY 808 DORMAN
NEA Service Staff Writer.
With the establishment of the Rhineland Republic an accom
plished fact, the primary aim of the French occupation of the Ruhr
is attained.
fhough Premier Poincare of France officially denies any such
aim, such was the prevailing idea, i found, among the officers of
trie army of occupation when I was with them recently.
Them views of a successful accomplishment of such a coup- 1
de-etat, are of interest in the light of what has followed.
The establishment of a Rhineland Republic estab
lishes a buffer state between France and a Ger
many.
Second, Payment of reparations becomes a visionary dream
with the reheat part of the German Reich separated from Ger
many. ,
rathrAl^r? e!an J W‘ f i Y* 11 alwa * s lean toward the Frtnch
rather than toward the Reich. because of fear of reconquest by the
Uenr.an government. 7
. ■ ) With domination of the Rhineland, French indus-
coa of . c , on , tinental> Europe becomes complete. The
coal of the Ruhr added to the rich ore beds of Lorraine places
■er on an equal footing with her rival, England
lj J”?-? 11 dominate Europe equally in a military sense
will ‘ T added to her agricultural resource"’
w.ll make her position well nigh impregnable. resources,
closely bound to each O'Ker \ / 3 * l sta tes, none too
would remove fol Lny yeaS ° f tbe Reicb
revenge. ’ perhaps foiever, a waY of
movemwrtShe facMhat^she^ha^^ 168 any , part * n the Separatist
tain order is su h -. ent a T? UnCed - ill main
many regain her aXrityTtt ° f attltude ’ How ca ” Ger
order? aurnonty in the revoltmg provinces without dis-
SK EPEWS '
lieutenant Seriously Wotrrded
And Others Slightly Hui-t
In Premature Explosion
HOME, to
“. Turin dispatch to Messaggero,
K,x grenades exploded at the mili-
Ury horse show being held in
Turin in the presence of Premier
Mussolini, seriously wounding one
and slightly injuring a
-argcant and four privates.
The explosives were to be used
in the performance, but exploded
prematurely.
PffiVtyr jjnMr Pl tin
Effi FIRST Ulp
Other Entertainments To Follow
The Purpose Being Co-
Operation
Ihe Cuisine Hjme Demonstra
tion club of Pleasant- Grove com
munity entertained with a luncheon
luesday which was the first of a
series; to be given. •
The guests were Col. J. E. f),
•-’hipp, chairman of county Board
of Education; E. W. Dupree, coun
ty superintendent of schools; Geo.
O. Marshall, farm agent; Jno T
Mefhvin, W. L. Chambliss, S. m’
Clements, and Dr. W. K'. Houston,
•local trustees, also J. G. Cham
tliss, J, W. C. Horne, Jno C.
Henderson, and C. A. Chambliss
as well as /acuity of the school.
A delightful menu was served
consisting of fried chicken, baked
chicken, dressing, cranberry sauce
celery, pickles, salad,, English peas
potatoes, augratih, - souffle, rice,
mince, pie, coffee and cigars.
Mrs. A. B. Phillips, president,'
was in charge, and Mr, Shipp was
; sked to tell the ciiib. whether there
was anything new' under the sun,
Mr. Dupree ably discussed the qu<*r
tion of whether the Hottentot..-
could not, Mr. Jno T. Mefrhvins*
subject was the League of Nations,
Mr. W. L. Chambliss was called
upon to go into the intricacies of
fixing a leaky mill dani. Misses
Mattie McNeil, Ruth Bryant san."
accompanied by ukelele and this,
number drew’ an encore.
Some Writer! —A Frenchman rt-!
centiy wrote 23,000 words on a ’
single post card. And all are vis
ible to the naked eye, experts '
who’s read red it declare'. 1
THEMisSSKORDER
IN THE7 HE AR T~ QF
Sil a LION BALES
fflBJ DCTI
Census Bufeau Announces Gin
nings For Period Prior To
October Ist
WASHINGTON, Oct. 25 Cot
]t°n ginned prior to October 18 to
! 6,400,579 bales including
I 1 1.<,994 round hales counted as
’ bales «”<1 8.745 bales of
; Aineiican and Egyption, and 260
<‘ S o! Sea Island, the census bu
reau annouced today.
PLffiffiffi
WLLWEN PARTY
Occasion Being Arranged For
Next Friday Evening At
7:30 O’clock
The teachers and students of
1 leasant Grove School will give a
. laiicween party in the school
; ouilding on the evening of Oct;
: 26, at 7:30 sharp.
Every one is cordially invited to
attend, and help us to make the
i eve mng an enjoyable one.
I Annie Ruth Barton and Edna
I Broswell constitute the publicity
| co...mittee, and patrons and friends
: ■re urged to attend the exercises.
(FINES NECESSARY
BttLHHffil
, ATLANTA, Oct. 25—Georgia]
tax laws providing misdemeanor!
penalties Lor violations are not sat-i
isfactory. Comptroller General I
William A. Wright declared today .
in discussing the need of state tax !
collection machinery.
What we need is a sufficient I
H’orce of men to see that the taxes]
are paid,” .the comptiofler assert
ed, adding that ‘the penalties
should be automatic and collected
with lhe tax.”
F ines should be provided for non
payment of taxes, .he continued and
upon expiration of the time limit
, for compliance with the law, they]
should be collected simultaneously'
; with the taxes.
1 The present laws providing pun-]
] ishmenf as for misdenieanor when I
tax laws are violated are not sat-i
1 isfactory because they 'tannot be
| properly enforced, the official said.
AMERICUS, GA THURSDAY AFTERNOON,'OCTOBER 25. 1923 ’
iCOTTOH REACHES NEW
HIGH LEVEL OH SMALL
During Morning Session Quota
itons Registered 31.30, Ex
tablishing New High Level
ONLY BALES OFFERED
Nearly Twice Number of Ten
ders Demanded, Adding
Strength To Market
NEW YORK, Oct. 25—October
cotton rose to 80 points above last
■night’s close, selling at 31.30 dur
ing the morning session.
this establishmed a new high
level for the season, the increase
being due to the fact that onjy
rbout 4,600 bales were tendered
on October contracts, where nearly
twice as many had been accepted.
Later months were 11 to 20
points net higher.
W S T WK
DOES GRfJT BMAH
FT, GAINES, .Ge., Oct. 25. '
File broke out here yesterday in I
the Mcßae warehouse, and complete |
ly destroyed the building. George!
Coleman and Floyd Puckett, with j
others, were fighting the file I
when ond entire side wall fell, pin- i
ning Coleman and Puckett beneath i
the debris. Puckett worked nisi
way out before assistance reachedl
him, but Coleman was buried for
fully twenty minutes under the de-!
bris and had to be cut out by the
firemen. lie was thought to be
dead when recovered, but the doc
tors state that though liis skull was
fractured and many other bones
were broken and crushed, he has a
fighting chance to recover.
Puckett was wounded in the I
head and other parts of his body
but is getting' along as well as
could be expected.
The entire warenouse was de-<
strOyed, with about 350 bales of
cotton, C 5 tons of peanuts of the
Georgia Peanut Growers Co-opera
tive Association, about 100 tons of
cotton seed, a carload of dressed
lumber and 000 to 700 bushels of
corn. Many farmers did not have
insurance at all on their cotton.
W. S. Cole is one of the heaviest
losers, having twenty-five or more
bales. E. W. Killingsworth, a local
cotton (buyer, also had a lot of cot
ton in the warehouse. Very little
insurance was in force on the build
ing and contents. About SIOO,-
000 total damages was estimated.
The Cuthbert fire department an
swered a call for help and made a
record run here, but the fire was
under control.
E. E. Worsham’s grocery store
was also burned but his stock was I
partly covered with insurance. The
A. W. Holley estate also lost a
building in the fire and at one
time it looked as though the en
tire block was doomed.
MORVEN'S FIRE
LOSS IS HEAVY.
QUITMAN, Oct. 25—The little
town of Morven, fourteen miles
north of Quitman in Brooks Coun
ty yesterday suffered 'a fire loss
estimated between SIO,OOO and sl2,
000 with small insurance, the fire
starting at 3:15 o’clock this morn
ing and burning the Masonic Hall
fire was discovered in the rear of
(three stores and a residence. The
i the store of J. D. Ponds, grocer,
and spread rapidly to the atjjoin
' ing buildings. Several other build
iings caught, but were extinguished
| by fire bucket brigades.
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COUNSEL ASKED BY
.JOHN ALTON ROGERS
i . . .
i DOUGLAS, Oct. 25.—Sheriff
| Tanner will ask Judge Sunuuerall, '
of superior court, to appoint coun- i
sei for John Alton Rogers, charg- j
ed with murder, so that The attor-',
ney may be ready for ■frial at the :
special tern, of court to be held ]
.November 22 for the purpose of I
trying the cases against Rogers <
and Mrs. Love Rogers, accused t
With him of the murder of Love S. | £
Rogers, the woman's husband. ■ <
Rogers has not employed coun- ]
sei, it appears.
The lew firm of Quincey & 1
Quncey has been employed as ccun- G
sei to represent Mrs. Love Rogers, 'c
WMI OU
ISANTA FE TRAIN MO
SIMM WOMEN
I Insane Posenger Passenger At
tacks and Injures Conduc
tor Before Subdued
SHOT DOWN BY PORTER
Names of Women Injured As
W<‘H as That of Corductor
Shiwn in Rdport
N. M. Oct. 25.
A man who apparently became sud
denly insane, st.ibbed three wo
men and the conductor on a Santa
Fe train this side of La Junta, Col
orado, last night and then was
shot to death by the negro portei;
A rejM of the affair to rail
road headquarters here did not give
the names ot the women or the
conductor.
.HOUSE VOTES GEK
'IMPEtCHIBEiIT CME
AGAINST ■ BLEGII
i Eighth Charge In Bill Formally
Approved By Oklahoma
Solons Today
!14 ARTICLES APPROVED
j Executive Accused of Declaring
Martial Law Without Suffi
cient Cause,
OKLAHOMA CITY, October 25.
—The eighth charge in a bill of
impeachment against Governor J.
C. Walton was voted by the lower
house of the Oklahoma legislature
in special session here today.
The house also approved 14 of
77 articles of the committee’s re
port accusing the executive of de
claring martial law in Tulsa when
no reason or ground existed there
for.
SUMTER
SELLINGNBWAT3DC
Warehousemen Receive Orders
To Dispose of Staple At
That Figure
C otton selling in Americus took
close oi the market, when ware
housemen were swamped with or
ders to sell a number of bales at
the prevailing high price of 30
cents. This is the highest record of z
the year for the staple, and indi
cations are that it will go higher
on the census report issued today.
The Commercial Warehouse sold
to G. H. Janney, representative for
a large cotton concern, 21 bales at
this price, and it is understood'that
a number of other holders in Amer
icus sold as many or more bales in
odd lots.
NEGRO EXODUS CAUSES
GREATEST LOSS IN GA.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 25. A ‘
study of the northward migration
of southern negroes by the labor i
department indicates th%t 78,700 |
negroes left thirteen Southern 1
states in the year ending Septeßi- I
ber 1. The figures were compiled ',
from state, muncipal and industrial ?
sources.
Georgia, with 120,000, led the
other states.
The migration of other states i
follow: Alabama, 90,000; Mississ- I
' ippi, 82,000; Virginia, 10,000;.
North Carolina, 25,000; Louisana, I
15,000; Tennessee 15,000; Arkan-1
sas, 5,000; Kentucky, 2,500; Tex
as, 2,000 and Oklahoma, 1,000.
Southern observers have advised j
the labor department that during]
the winter months, in their opin-|
ion large numbers of negroes would I
return to the Santh.
Grejg Museum —■ Trollhaugen,'
home of the reowned Norwegian 1
composer, Edward Greig, is about ]
to he converted into a music school
and«n useum perpetuating his mem
ory.
Ttitles Pass—Four hundred titles
have become extinct since the be-1,
ginning of the las cetury through ;
deaths of British pers.
POTI Bi CBMITTEE
HIE SCHOOLS HEBE
BADLY OVERCROWDED
• Several Vicitors Attend Club
Luncheon at Windsor And
Hear Joyner’s Address
BUSINESS FUNDAMENTALS
Cotton Avenue Merchant Talks
On Succesful Business
Methods
‘'The Foundation of Business
Success,” was the subject of an in
spirational address delivered by W.
A. Joyner, of Americus, to the
memliers of the local Rotary club
at their luncheon Wednesday in
the Windsor.
"Failures come from several
sources," said Mr. Joyner. “In
competency ranking first; then lack
of sufficient operating capital;
next, general business conditions,
and experience.”
Mr. Joyner spoke at' the invita
tion of the business methods com
mittee of the club. The full text of
his address is as follows:
“The foundation of business con
sists chiefly of competency, capital,
Conditions and Experience. Com
petency stands first, because there
must be a full preparation and
knowledge of the kind of business
undertaken. Second is capital, for
there must be ample resources for
'‘Unhampered operation and to take
care of adverse conditions. Busi
ness conditions coome third, as the
field of operation must be produc
tive of reasonable results. Experi
ence, the great teacher, takes fourth
place, for after all known methods
there is a certain amount that can
bnly be gained by cxneriment.
"Bradstreets’ in giving the cause
og 1000 failures, says: Incom
petency, 325; lack of capital, 323;
bad business, conditions, 144; inex
perience, 66. Thus you see, in not
being secure in these four funda
mentals of business we have 758
failures out of 1000, or more than
75 per cent
“Some consideration in all busi
ness: Our customer is the first
consuderation, for her comes in
goods, and that he wil] get value
received. He is our asset now and
the future. Without him we fail.
We must take care of his every
need, judge his ability to use, and
govern him capacity -Ur pay. Sec
ond, our creditors are our real pa
trons. They have entrusted us with
money and merchandise; not a
dollar of the proceeds should be
considered as belonging to the bus
iness until all debts are paid. We
should give our creditors the fullest
facts and information at all times
desired.
“The merits of the article han
dled should be fully realized and
the usefulness of same to customer.
"Fourth- You and your help are
entitled to a living wage and profit
to sustain a prosperous business.
The public is willing to give you
this; provided you give them suffi
cient service and quick turn-over
with just profits.
“Fifth. Consider God in your
business. He has delivered to you
the 5 pounds, the 2 pounds, or 1
pound. How arc you using it? He
says, go forth and trade for Him.
Read the parable of the Founds and
let it inspire your bu iness. We
are in business for and with God
"We now have a business com
posed of 5 partners: Customer,
cheditcr. commodity, operators and I
i God. With this strong partner-1
[ship every transaction must be con, ]
(ducive to the welfare/of all. Every i
deal must be in th c interest of all i
concerned.
“In every business there should '
] be the full standard of honesty. Ev- ;
; erything should be done on the
square. There must be ability to j
cope with every situation. Sticka-1
] bility to be eternally on the job
' through prosperity and adversity. ]
i Initiative to produce something new I
land different. Real love of honor-]
'able business, work and humanity!
(should be the motive in all things. 1
]AU business should be done by the I
j Golden Rule, ‘Do unto others as
you would have the mdo unto you.']
I Today there are 'meieimn's of de-I
| sp;in. They are , crying against ■
,eonc.’Gons. Th? world is al! going!
Ito 'l.c bow-wows. Anyb> dy can be ]
j a pessimist. It is childish; it de-]
stroys; it kills. Be the ‘merchant
of hope.’ Look to the future. See
the general law of business that
adversity is always overcome by
i prosperity. Optimism builds. It
i produces life. Napoleon shid, ‘No I
man can lead the people, except by '
showing them a future.’ A chief is .
a ‘merchant of hope.’
“Some one said, ‘To exteutx ]
great things, one must live as if he
were never going to die.’
"Throughout the markets of the
world, it is the ‘merchants of hope’
who are successful.
“You cannot sell gloom in our
market today."
Several members of the local Ro
tary club are attending the inter
city Rotary meet at Savannah to-:
day, in the delegation being I iesi-1'
dent John Sheffield. Secretary Lu- i
SECOND IffiTßllL IS
miEßffl 111 CASE DE
08. YffiBMIIGH TEW
|Foreman of Jury Says* Body
Stood 8 to 4 With Majority
Favoring Acquittal
HELD ALL NIGHT SESSION
After Lengthy, Deliberation Last
ing All Night Jury Discharg
ed By Judge Gunn
MACON, Oct. 25.—A second
mistrial was declared in the city
court in the case of Dr. C. A.
Yarborough, charged with rioting
in connection with flogging of W.
O. Barnett.
The jury took the case last night
and was discharged shortly after
noon today. ,
Ys-rborough was acquitted at the
first trial of a series of charges
against him, that relating to the
alleged flogging of K. F. Mills.
The foreman of the jury report
ed they stood 8 to 4, and it was un
officially reported that a majority
favored his acquittal.
CROP DISAPPOINTING
DKi MILLS
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English Spinners Want Standard
For Length of Stable, Says
Palmer
ATLANTA, Oct. 25.—Georgia
agricultural officials and farmers
are interested in the announcement
of Arthur W. Palmer, cotton spe
eilist of the United States depart
ment of agriculture, that many of
the leading spinners of England
stressing that they term the need
of the adoption of universal cotton
standards lor length of staple. The
adpotion of American standards
for grades is ufeeting with gener
al satisfaction, he stated.
Renewed efforts are being made
by the British trade to encourage
the growing of cotton in other
parts of the world, Mr. Palmer
said. Cotton is being bought from
Brazil, Argentina and Australia, he
continued, but she production of
these three countries will not be
sufficiently large to constitute an
important factor in world cotton
trades for at least ten years.
The failure of the south to pro
duce a large crop this season and
the resulting higli prices, he as
serted, have been discouraging to
the Lancashire mills.
thcr Harrell, John Prance and
Lovelace Eve.
H. C. White, of the Central of
Georgia tailway. and R. M. Adams,
of Montezuma; W. A. Joyner, local
merchant; Dr. Branham, in charge
of health work in the county, were
guests of the club Wednesday.
A committee composed of Rota
rians recently visited the publie
schools of the city. In its report
to the club, the committee stated
that the negro school and the high
school were badly crowded, addi
tional room and teachers being nec
essary. The committee also ad
vised that at Brooklyn Heights
there were only 17 punils and suc-
I gested that the school authorities
\ place more pupils there or make
] other arrangements, sis the ex-
I pense seemed too great to care for
i only this number of pupils.
Herbert Kincey spoke for thc
I committee, and Prof. J. E. Mathis
requested every member of the club
'to visit the schools during the
1 month.
Dr. Branham, in a short address
| to thc club, stated that the cost to
I the people of the county in 12
’ months for doctors’ bills alone had
I exceeded $15,000. He said hat a
fund of SIOO would make it possi-
I ble to supply every child in Sum
] er county with quinine at a cost of
: only one cent a day. "Take one
I cent’s worth of quinine every day
and you men as well as the children
'will not be affected with malaria.”
He said that the health authqri
; ties would request S7OO from the
county commissioners, SIOO for
quinine, S6OO for a survey for the
lowlands—mosquito breeding places
in the county. “This survey by a
competent civil engineer is of first
land .vital importance," he said.
Dr. Branham said that with the
• survey and funds to eliminate the
breeding places, that mosquitoes
would be unknown in the county in
two years. “This would mean a->
additional income of $50,000 a year
to the merchants of Americus,” he
said.
Time-Saving Bridge South
Wales to the west coast of England
in 15 .or 20 minuts! Engineers say
it will be possible if a new bridge
over the River Severn at Beachley,
near Chepstow, is constructed.
WEATHER.
For Georgia—Fair tonight and
continued cool, probably light
in exposed places tonijfht.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
RHINELAND BEPDBLIC
IS PBOCLAIMED TODAY
WITH FLAG HOISTED
Communists March on German
Capita] Opposed Only By
Police Authorities
MOB ATTACKS PALACE
Cologne Scene of Clashes Be
tween Civilians and Separat
ists, 4,000 Strong
COBLENZ, Oct. 25—The Rhine
land republic was proclaimed this
morning at the former quarters of
the American forces in Germany,
in andermach, 10 miles » north
west of Coblenz, and. at Artweill
er, Boden, Bierland, Gastnheird
small towns situated respectively in
districts of Weistir.den, Bunn and
Rudescheim,
BANDS MARCH
ON CAPITOL.
AIX LA CHAPELLE, Oct. 25
Police this morning attacked Re
girung palace, the only remaining
public building in the han<?£. »t"
the Separatists. Five police meu<
and two Separatists were killed
during the fusillade. Later 35
members of the poliee force called
at the Belgian military headquar
ters and requested that they be dis
armed.
CLASHES OCCUR
AT CREFELD.
COLOGNE, Oct. 25.—Clashes
occurred this morning between
aimed civilians and Separatists in
Creteld, following the hoisting
the Republican flag' over Kathans,
according to repoprts reaching Co
logne. The Separatist »ay they are
-1,000 strong in Crefield, but BeL
; gian officers estimate their num
ber at about 1,700.
CORINTH OCCUPIED
BY TROOPS.
Al HENS, Oct. 25.-—Government
troops have ocupied Corinth and
complete failure of the revolution
is assured, according to advices
from Pelopanneous.
EXPERTnfii
PROBLEM OF WEEVIL
Scientists and Federal Experts
Meet in New Orleans to Dis
cuss Cotton Raising
NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 25.-r-Ex
perts of the federal department pjj
agriculture, scientists, state cam
; missioners of agriculture and prac
tical farmers opened the national
boll weevil menace conference here
with a preliminary meeting for the
purpose of drafting recommenda
tions to be submitted at the first.
general meetings of the conference
tomorrow.
No time was wasted in getting
: down to business for the hundreds
' of planters, business men and oth
i ers here for the conftrence are Ln
■ New Orleans for the the purpose of
. discussing the boll weevil, the ek
! tent of its- depreciations, methods
of combating it and ways and
means of convincing congress that
the weevil menace is a national and
not a sectional problem. C. L. Rh>-
I ers, Jr., president of the Louisiana
j Bankers’ association, which called,
■the conference at the suggestion Os
Senator Kandell, of the meeting
and placed tht day’s in
charge of Henry D. Wilson
ana state commissioner of agricul
ture.
Speakers at the forenoon session
were Mr. Wilson, Dr. R. D. Coad,
of the United States experimental
station at Tallulah, La.. Dr. G. F.
Maloney, of Tallulah, and Dr. W.
I D. Hunter of the federal depart
i ment of agriculture.
Dr. Coad explained in detail tlwi
work at Tallulah, where airplane*
for may months have been used ex
permanentally in dusting' cotton
plants with poisons while in flight
over the fields and hd expressed
i the opinion that cakium arsenate
was the most effective weapon.
I The. preliminary conference wab
' to continue throughout the day and
j it was hoped it would have agreed
i before adjournment up on a prog-
■ ram for submission to the general
' meeting.
BERT JONES TO SPEAK KEgE.
Bert C. Jones, field secretary o<
Georgia for Christian Endeavor
work, will speak in the Presbyte
rian church tonight at 7 o elock.
The public is cordially invited te
heap him. Mr. Jones is a- evangel
istic singer when not engaged in
Christian Endeavor work, so there
'will be good music as well as an
interesting and instructive talk, ac
cording to Americus Christian En
deavor leaders. . , . ;