About Americus times-recorder. (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 2, 1923)
Americus Spot Cotton Strict Middling 31 l-2c. N. Y. Futures Dec. Jan Meh. Prev. Close 30.50 29.98 30.00 Open 30.62 30.08 30.03 11 am ..........30.34 29.70 29.80 Close . 32.28 31.60 31.65 FORTY-FIFTH YEAR.—NO. 260 767,000 BALE DECREASE INi COTTON CROP Rumors That Frederick Wilhelm Is In Germany HOHENZOLLfM HILE BICK FROM ROLLED. HEWSPUPER DECLARES Inquiry, However, Results In Quick Denial Being Issued At Berlin FLED AT END OF WAR Since Abdication of Empire Royal Pretender Has Been Enjoying Dutch Asylum BERLIN, Nov. 2.—Reports that the Former Crown Prince Freder ,ick William, exiled in Holland since the war, had returned to Germany were in circulation this morning, finding publicity through Jie col umns of the Deutsche Alt Gemeine Seitung. Inquiry, however, quickly brought out denials. COLOGNE, Nov. 2.—Town hall nt Laix Chapelle and government building where Rhineland Republic was proclaimed 12 days ago ar; again in hands of, Separatists forces acording to word received here this morning. Figh there be 'sjsi'jv.tt’das pun sußOtjzindajj uea.wj PIGS PURCHASED FOR FEEDERS AT MOULTRIE MOULTRIE, Nov. 2. Pigs weighing from 75 to 100 pounds that are received at the stockyards here are being bought by Colquitt County feeders, according to brok ers at the yards. In previous years feeders from the West have ’been operating in Southern markets and as t. result hundreds of pigs were shipped from this region, sent the farm s of Illinois and other states and fed for a few monthq and sold as heavy hogs. Feeders in South a i nd , in Co!c iuitt Count-, particularly have learned the prof it in this feature of the live stock ndustry end the demand for pigs weighing around 100 pounds is heavy. farmers, however, who sm’l & t WCight if nrofit °r ng a big Potently pront, according to live stock nX MUsTnOTRIDE BEFORE HOME OF WIFE said her suband rode uT anTdown oeth Smith Osborne, of 717 Cherry street secured an injunction re straining Lloyd Otis Osburne from uding m the vicinity of Cherry and First streets. Mrs. Osborne also filed suit for divorce, charg ing cruel treatment OYSTER SUPPER GIVEN COMMERCE. p art a..j C. a. zJmond served as chief cook at an oyster supper given at a recent regular meeting of lodge. No. 30 of the I. O. O. F. at which several new members were initiated. The program was ar ranged so that the supper whs fol lowed by several addresses Murdock ‘The White Mahatma 9 Over Burdened With Questions Gives Many Answers Today Today the Mystic Murdock ans- ' v.'ers another edition of questions | sent him at Jacksonville, Fla., | Where he is playing to record-break-1 ing attendance. His engagement at the Rylanderj theater here opens Monday, Noveni- j I bet; 5, and promises to be an event i s of unusual merit. Murdock was born in India and | there made the psychic discoleries i manifested in his demonstrations. I With his “Show of Wonders” he | has made eight world tours and has I probably talked with more people ' than any other human being. Murdock will continue 'his q'.ies- i 1 tions and answers throughout his ; i engagement here of three days. . : Wednesday afternoon he will pre- < sent his famous matinee for ladies 11 only, at which time girls under 1(11 will not be admitted. Questions of p any private or personal nature may' I be asked and will be answered. i 1 Here are Murdock’s answer- fori today: Are yours among them? p E.—Am I going to take the ' , trip I have planned? Will 1 eve) ; marry? Ans. —Your plans in ref- ; erence to the trip will be somewhat 1 delayed. Dont worry about your < marriage. I see you are only a j young girl and have plenty of time f in this reference. You should notp marry until your mind is thoroughly :, settled and you should then use the very best of discretion. ( [ k. Do you think the girl 1 . am going with intends to marry u me? Ans,—-She is merely playing; ' THE TB®BRtBRDER PUBLIS HEP IN THE? HE AR T OF PENNSYLVANIA R. R. SUED FOR $15000,000 AMAZING! ■ ■ a Inoculation against smallpox is nothing new. Why, it was common in 300 B. C., according to Dr. G. W. MwCoy, director of the hygienic laboratory of the United States pub lic health service. He’s busy now pointing out many diseases that can be fought with vaccines and serums. HweOl LOCKHART DIED TODAY Husband Arrested on Charge of DrunKenness Following Fire MACON, Nov. 2.—Mrs. 13. E. Lockhart who was rescued from her burning home last night by firemen) and rushed to a hospital in a semi-conscious condition, died from her burns this morning an hour atfer she had given birth to a son. Her husband was arrested at the hospital on.charges of drunkenness .-c onduct shortly p.f tnr : 18rs. Lockhart reached there. In view of subsequent events he was held pending an investigation of the fire which destroyed his home. FREAK EGG SHOWWN BY VALDOSTA FARMER VALDOSTA, Nov. 2.—An egg exhibited here by W. L. Boswell, is the first of its kind to make ap pearance locally. The egg looks like any other egg, conforming to the standard in color and shape, but the egg in standing, on the end like one the trick dolls seen in ten cent stores. The egg can be laid on the side and it immediately flies > H wi the end showing the weight to be centered there. Mr. Boswell says that this not the first that he has found in his chicken yard as he found another some time back. Much speculation has been ad vanced as to the kind of chicken the egg will produce. ' you and two others acros the boards. Eventualy she will select from one of you. So, if you expect to stand a chance, get busy. G. G.—Where is the money 1 lost? Ans.—Ask your wife, and if she does not answer you correctly, ask her where the hat is she hid upstr.irs. Do you think it fair to tieat your wife this way and cause her to go an act of this kind for the pure necessity and want; of a new hat, the first in three years? D. M.—Will I ever get out of debt? Ans.—Not under present conditions. Stop worrying over your debts and look for a job. No one else is going to pay those ob ligations for you. (. T.—Would you advise me to get married? Ans.—Yes, you won’t be so happy, but you wouldn’t be lonesome. J. M.—What must 1 do to meet my debts and business obligations? Ans.—Don't worry; things are not as desolate as they pppear. Within a year, things will change for the better and you will become more contented. I believe you, should go in debt further to meet your obli gations. I see you will move from your present location in town and go to the country. Murdock will answer another lot of questions tomorrow. Address all questions to Murdock, car" the Times-Recorder. Sign your name land write plainly. _ AMERICUS, GA.. FRIDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 2. 1923. FMNCE ACCEPTS 11. S. HELP I* IBBBIM Demands that Collaboration Must Deal With Germany’s Present Paying Ability PARIS, Nev. 2.—France accepts wth cordiality the contemplated collaboration of the United States in a conference of experts to study Germany’s capacity to pay. her reparation bill. She demands, however, that it should be clearly understood that the proposed inquiry should bear solely on the present capacity of Ge.many, and that it should re spect all rights held 'by the repara tions commission under the V er sailles treaty. mmlWo torestwwe I Death Came Late Thursday Following An Illness of Five Days Miss Edith Nelson, one of the I most beloved residents of this com munity and for a number of years ! past superintendent of the Ameri Jeus and Sumter County Hospital, ' died at that institution Thursday | afternoon at 4:20 o’clock, death I following an illness of five days i and being due to a heart attack sus tained Saturday night. She had i been desperately ill since shortly ■ after the attack manifested itself, land death was not unexpected. 1 The remains were taken to the j home of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. C. Dud ley, warm personal friends of Miss Nelson, and remained there until 3 o’clock this afternoon, when fun eral services were held from the Presbyterian church, of which she had been a member since coming to Americus to reside. Rev. Richard F. Simpson, pastor of the congre gation, assisted by Rev. James B. Lawrence, rector of Calvary Epis copal church, conducted the obse quies, and interment was in Oak Grove cemetery. Pallbearers were A. C. Crockett, F. B. Arthur, A. J. Harris, Cliff Morgan, James Ferguson >nd Charles Wheatley. The floral offerings were many, and beautiful, attesting to the high esteem in which Miss Nelson had been held in this community. Miss Nelson was prominent in the civic, social and club life of Ameri cus, and announcement of her death was received with regret among hundreds of friends. She came to Americus from Atlanta, where she had been connected with the nurs ing staff of Grady hospital and was one of the best known regis tered nurses in Georgia. She is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Lucas Davis and Mrs. Dow, both of Bos ton, Mass., and who were with her when the end came. POISONED 51EP-LHILDKEN TO GET MONEY BY WILL FRESNO, Cal., Nov. 2.—-A de sire to come into complete posses sion of a fortune willed to her step children is believed to have prompt ed Mrs. Louise Potigian to poison them, according to authorities who announced last night that Mrs. Potigian had confessed to admini stering a lethal drug which caused the death of her step-daughter, Miss Margaret Potigian, 18, who died Tuesday after a prolonged ill ness. " The other children recovered, as ter Mrs. Potigian relented anl call ed a doctor to give them an anti dote, according to police. She is being held on a charge of murder. The children were left the es tate of their father when he died here last summer, his widow being left only a life interest in the le gacy. CASH PRIZE OFFERED FOR DEBT FREE UPERSON FORSYTH, Nov, 2. —One of the most unique registrations ever con ducted in this county has been launched by R. Banks Stephens, president of the Bank of Forsyth The event is to learn how many are debt-free in the county. Ail the farmers in Monroe county who are ’ie from debt, current bills for which no statement has been rend cred excepted, are invited to call at the Bank of Forthy and register their names. With every num- reg istered will be given a numbe • and on Saturday, November 10 those numbers will be placed in a raeept able, and a number ..will be .it awn I out by a disinterested person. The | farmer whose number is brawn' ‘ will receive SIO.OO. I UNDER FIRE FF* : IF - IM r I ' 1 I oSSk*' I Hl I Coonel Charles R. Forbes, for mer director of the Veterans” Bu | reau, who is figuring prominently lin the congressional investigation z now under way of alleged Regular ities in the bureau’s operations dur i ing his administration. ’smoTS’ sw I»M BILL 111 ® Fifteen Hundred Persons Sur round Building, Using Dyna mite in Defense AIX LA GHAfELLE, Nov. 2. Fifteen hundred separatists wno ar rived from Coblenz, Crefeld and Duisberg yesterday were besieging the town hall which, they surround ed early today. Forces of firemen, security po lice and communists were defend j ing the building, hurling bombs | containing sulphuric acid at the 1 Separatists. j Retaliating, the Separatists used dynamite in their defense. STRESSMANN CABINET REJECTS DEMANDS. BERLIN, Nov. 2.—Chancellor Stressmann informed Socialist leaders this afternoon that the ma jority of the members of his cab inet have rejected the demands which the Socialists made a condi tion of their continuance in the ministry coalition. Socialists withdrew from the ministry this afternoon. FIFTH DISTRICT NEEDS NEW DORMITORY NOW SPARTA, Nov. 2—The fifth dis trict A and M., located at Granite hill is in desperate need of a new dormitory, according to Superin tendent Elrod, who has announced that he is going to make an effort to have an appropriation m ide for it in the immediate future. The number of students has increased to such an extent that there is not sufficient accomodation for the students now registered and no I room for any more. Army cents have 'been put up and many of the students have been quartered in them since the dormitory was fill ed according to the 'Statement of Superintendent Elrod. TIRED OF LIFE, MAN DRIVES IN RIVER PROVIDENCE, R. I. Nov. 2.-*- Gera’d M. Cichmond, 47, an incest ’ ment securities broker of this city I was found drowned, imprisoned in his overturned sedan in a river in ‘ Rehohoth near here. The machine i had left the road, crossed a mea dow and plunged into the wter An investigation by tbe coroner indicated that Richmond chained himself to the seat of his automo bile before running the car into the river. The coroner pronounc ed it a case of suicide. WARE COUNTY CHIEF MAKES FINE REPORT WAYCROSS, Nov. 2. The monthly report of Chieef of Police C6lley made today shows that the past months in the history of the police force, from the viewpoint of thenumber of cases tried and the total amount of fines collected. Tw hundred and fifty—eight cases were bandied ih recorder’s court daring the month which brought in 82,547 in linees and forfitures. Due to a food shortage Canadian bears are eating porcupines, with out event salt or pepper, miWE SHOCKS i OIN ROCK MILLA Vibrations Last Ten Seconds, But Cause Little Damage Within City MANILA, Nov. .2 —r Another earthquake shock., the fourth in three days, lasting about 10 ’sec onds, was felt here this afternoon. No damage has been leported. NEWELL IJBGM FSB FIPSFBS 8F GEORLIA Believes That $15,000 Should Be Subscribed To Aid Pro gram of Diversification ATLANTA, Nov. 2. Holding out a ray of hope for farming con ditios in Georgia in spite of the iack of interest displayed by tlie busi ness interests of the state, Alfred C. Newell, president of the Atlanta chamber of commerce, Thursday | urged Atlanta business nfen to ( come to the rescue of the balanced • farming program by subscribing $15,000 a year through the cham ber of commerce to keep up the Georgia asociation’s educational campaign. Mr. Newell’s statement was made in connection with Scott W. Allen’s ringing criticism of the business public’s apathy, embodied in his let ter of resignation as Vice presi dent of the Georgia Association. Mr. Newell esserted that Mr. Al len’s picture of Georgia farm condi tions, as published in Thursday morning’s Constitution, was ac curate. “Agricultural conditions today however, are far better than this time last year,” Mr. Newell assert ed, “and this improvement to a great extent has been brought about by the Georgia association despite its limited resources.” MIEI UN BIS Flffl Raises Foodstuffs For Home Consumption and Plants Acreage to Melons FITZPATRICK, November 2. W. O. Birdsong, a prominent young farmer living in the northern part of this county, has made money on his farm this year in spite of the unfavorable, weather conditions. As reported by D. S. McGee, farm agent for the county, he has har vested 900 'bushels of peanuts from thirty acres of land, the land be ing light sandy land and unfertil ized. Besides the peanuts, he has cut fifteen tons of choice hay, which he estimates will pay the cost of cultivation and harvesting, leav ing him a handsome profit. Mr. Birdsong has made a discov ery that will be valuable to peanut growers. It is the custom to shell thir peanuts lor planting by hand, machine-shelled nuts being cracked and rendered unfit for planting, but he has discovered that if these ma chine-shelled nuts are pl inted im mediately after being shelled, be fore the embryo plants have time to dry out from exposure to the air, they will germinate as well as the hand-shelled nuts. Shelling pea nuts by hand is tedious and expen sive to peanut grower. The other money crop planted by Mr. Birdsong is watermelons. On seventy-five acres planted this year he made a dear profit of $2,000 and he attributes his success with this crop not only to the quality of tlii; melons but to the proper mar keting of the crop. PROFIT IN FALL TOMATOES SEA RIA, Nov. 2.—Fall tomatoes have been paying crop this year, according to a statement made by J. P. Moore, of the Culberton com munity in this county who has about finisfied marketing his crop for this year. Predictions are that owing to the success that some of the farmers are having with fall to matoes, many others will plant a crop next year. SHRIMP INDUSTRY GROWING BRUNSWICK, Nov. 2. —• Many citizns of this city and the sur rounding country are interested in the shrimp industry. Prawning is valuable here on h commercial br sis and many factories are located here and along the coast and is land near this city. Large ship ments are made from these fac tories each year, . ÜBOB UNION WILL RIGHT OF RAILRBAD TO IGNORE LABOR BOARD Huge Sum Wanted As Alleged Under-Payment of Wages Fixed By Board REPRESENT SHOP CRAFTS Suit Filed in Federal Court At Philadelphia In Behalf Os AU Employes J PHILADELPHIA,. Nov. 2 Sys tem federation No. 90, represent ing shop crafts on the Fennsly ivania Railroad system brought suit in federal district court for $15,000,000 against the Fennsyl-t vania railroad to makee up allged under payment in wages which re sulted from the Pennsylvania’'' re fusal to abide Ly the rules of la bor board. BL NW MS UN STANDTODAV Says She Has Never Spent One Happy Day Since Marriage To Aged Husband NEW YORK, Nov. 2.—Mrs. Helen Elwood Stokes testified in thd hearing of her husband’s di vorce suit today; that she could not recall apouX jmm.- happy-dry with hint since their marnagv. She emphasized that she had never been at the home of Edgar T. Walace, named as co-respon dent. 1 EXPECT EARLY ft REPARATIONS BODY Confidence Felt in London Now Over Poincare ‘Softening’ LONDON, Nov. 2.—lncreasing confidence is felt in government quarters here over prospects far an early organization and meeting of . . Lal reparation comittee. In exchange of views between London and Paris respecting termi nology of collective allied invita tion to the United States to parti cipate, Premier Poipcare, it is learned, shows perceptible desire to soften some of the restrictions he has already set forth. PETIIiOBWiiIEI) FOR MN RECEIVER Judge Declares Evidence Not Sufficient To Show Organi zation Insolvent ATLANTA, Nov. 2.—The peti tion of David M. Rittehouse, of Philadelphia, and others, asking appointment of a receiver for the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan was' denied in superior court here Thurs day by Judge John 11. Humphries, The court also denied a petition for a temporary injunction to re strain distribution of Klan funds until the next klanvocation of the order. In his oral outline of the order to be drawn up by attorneys and to be submitted and signed later by the court, Judge Humphries s id he denied the petition for the re ceivership on the ground that the evidence failed to justify the ap ring to the injunction asked to re pointment of a receiver. Refer strain the distribution of klan funds, he said it was denied on the ground that “there was no imme diate, positive, alleged act to be enjoined.” MUCH PROPERTY BEING IMPROVED IN JASPER FORSYTH, Nov. 2. Many im provements ale to be made in the near future on county prop ;rty, contracts having been made for the repainting of the outer wood work on the court house ami for the .on crete walks around the courtyard. The walks in the courtyard are now complete and the ladies civic league have sown the yard with grass seed. New concrete floors have also been put in the Monroe county jail, . LEATHER. For Georgia.—lncreasing cloud- I iness, probably rain on coast, with I little change in temperature; high I , winds in north section. ; PRICE FIVE CENTS GEORGIA COIOITINB Fl® PUT IT .3111 BEWOFFICIILBEPOBI J Department Figures Show Marked Decrease In Visi- * ble Su'pply of Staple MARKET RE-ACTS STRONG Futures Leaped 100 Points From Opening As Result of Pub* lication of Report WASHINGTON, Nov. 2—A de crease of 766,000 bales in the pros pevtive cotton crop as compared with figures given out 30 days ago was shown in the department oi agriculture forecast of 10,248,009 bales, based on conditions prevail ing October 25. Georgia’s condition at that time was given as 31 per cent and it was estimated the crop was 610.- ’ 000 bales. inttpfsTinWl HMOIG Swedes Anxious To See Woman Who Will One Day Be Their Queen | STOCKHOLM, Nov. 2. (By As sociated Press) —The marriage in London tomprrow of Lady Louise Mountbatten, great-grand-idaughtar , of the late Queen Victoria of Eng land and second cousin to King George, the present sovereign to Gustaf Adolf, crown .prince of Sweden, is received with deep in i terest here. The Swedes are eager to meet the woman who some day t will became their queen, and Eng- 4 a 0d is Mieved to ,ha .xvatified at London tomorrow of Lady Louise j the new royal ties that bind Stock . holm and London into still closer friendship. Lady Louise is a sister of Lord Louis Mountbatten who last year married Miss Edwina Ashly. said to me one of the richest women m England. Lord Louis anj his brido spent part of their honeymoon in the United States. It, was an eventful wooing which led to the wedding in the Chapel Royal of St. Janies Palace. Scarce ly had the news of Gustaf Adolf’s engagement been announced when it was reported that certain author ities in Sweden opposed the mar , riage on the ground that Lady Ixiuise was not of sufficiently high ’ rank to marry the crown prince. Then while the genealogical ex po ts were settling this question in , favor of the bride-to-be, came the startling news that the press of foreign lands was broadcasting the , tale that Lady Louise had changed , her mind about becoming a crown . princess anyway, and was going to marry an obscure English painter of modest income. But as the summer passed by these rumors were grad ually discredited by the fact that Lady Louise and the Swedish Crown Prince were often seen together in England and France. Lady Louise's father was Prince Louis of Battenberg, later known as the Marquis of Milford-Haven. The Swedish Crown Prince, whose t full name is Oscar Fredrik Wilhelm Olaf Gustaf Adolf, has been mar ried before, his first wife having died some three years ago. Crown Princess Margaret, daughter of the ■ Duke of Connaught and princess of Great Britain and Ireland, had borne Gustaf Adolf five children, and her death was a. great bereave- . ment to the Swedish people. Gustaf Adolf is now 41 years N ' age, more than six feet tall, as are ■ all the men of the of the Swedish ; royal family, and vigorous as an ■ athlete. MARKET FOR DIXVIE GOODS IS BOOSTED ROME, Nov. 2.— According to I local manufacturers, the market ■ for local goods is having a boom * and more is demanded than they can supply. Several overall and ■ woik pants factories are runnings ■ w..y behind their list of orders. i One local firm has already sold ! their output to January 1 and or- . ders are being booked for delivery : early next year. The fo-ulk of the goods seems to be going to Chicago and the middle west. BIG GRAIN YIELD PREDICTED MOULTRIE, Nov. 2.—Close to j a million bushels of oats is predict cd under normal weather condi tions next year according to the estimates of farm observers. The banks have extended much credit to grain planters and this is re sponsible for a larger part of tha | :-rnhi planted. Farmers have been urged to plant at least five acres to the plow in grain and the yield next year will undoubtedly be roc ord breaking. ..L.—4
