About Americus times-recorder. (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 25, 1923)
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 • v **’ *** -j- t’ v »r 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. „ - 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 < - 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. . , . ;
