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.. * ■ I . Americus Spot Cotton Strict Middling 32c. N. Y. Futures Dec. Jan Meh. Prev. Close ..32.25 31.85 31.88 Open 32.-45 32.05 32.13 11 am ...32.29 31.89 -31.98 Close ...,32.75 32.50 32.65 FORTY-FIEJH YEAR—NO. 26Z MUSCLE SHOALS DISPOSAL UP TO CONGRESS SHOAL PPOPOSAL Lffl BEFOPL PRESIDENT FDR HIS APPROVAL Believed-That Ford Will Buy If Gorgan Plant Is Duplicated As Now Planned RECOMMENDS DISPOSAL Chairman Madden Presents Pro posla and Advises Early Action Thereon WASHINGTON, Nov. 5. Out lines of a new proposal for the disposition of Muscle Shoals project contemplating duplication of the Gorgas Steam plant, recently sold to the Alabama Power company and its inclusion in properties, was pre sented to President Coolidge today by Chairman Madden of the house appropriations committee. Chairman Madden recommended that congress dispose of the pro posal early in the forth coming session, and President Coolidge is understood to have approved Mr. Madden believes Henry Ford would make a revised offer for the improved properties? MOFFETT PUTS BAN ON AIR SPEEDING Effort To Exceed Present Max imum Sneed Involves T o Much Risk, He Savs WASHINGTON, Nov. 5. Fur ther speed contests between naval air service fliers, such as those yes terday at Mitchell Field, New York, were prohibited for an indefinite period under an order issued by Rear Admiral Moffett, chief of the bureau of aeronautics, He based his action on the opin ion of his technical staff that naval fliers now have achieved the maxi mum speed in the air which is pos sble without grave risk of human life. SEVERAL FINED IN RECORDER COURT TODAY A number of cases came before Mayor Poole Monday morning in police court, rannging from ordi nary drunks to wife-whipping and husband beating. Tom Parks, colored, Cotton av enue butcher, was given 60 days or a fine of $75 for reckless driv ing when has car was smashed sev eral days ago. A negro named S. T. Mack re ceived 60 days or S3O for - imbibing too heavily Sunday afternoon and then staging a rough house near a local garage. The other fines and sentences were of minor interest. Murdock Answers Questions For 7imes-Recorder Readers Murdock, driving his big Hudson sedan, arrived in the city Sunday morning ami is ready lor his op ening performance. The “White Malratma” will con tinue answering questions for read ers of the Times-Recorder Tuesday and Wednesday. Following are answers to ques tions received in the mails Satur day and Monday: E. L. What is the chance for my selling my home here? Ans.— A slight lowering of the price you are asking would make the sale easier. G. W. M. Will my sons be suc cessful business men? Ans.—Yes. <‘F’> will win out by sheer hard work, in spite of educational handi caps. Encourage him in every vvay. M. L. P. Who and when will I marry? Ans.—Perhaps you were thinking of “G" when you wrote. You arc both too young* to think of marriage. M. G. H. Will my son who is seeking work in a, new territory be successful there? Ans. —Your son will be fairly successful in territory to the North. E. S. Will my friend’s parents ever consent to her going with the boy she loves? In what ' ny can 1,6 or she cause them to 'T j|ft? Ans. —lt is my impression’ . jfet you are speaking for yourself. You will find it best always to follow' your parents advice. A. Q. Why does my neighbor feel so toward me? Have I done something to offend her? Ans <«— Suppose that you lay in bed seri ously ill for three weeks and your very next door neighbor didn’t have interest enough in you to even make a call and offer a friendly hand 01 seem to care whether you lived or not —would you 'eel yourself justified in feeling offended? Now draw" your own conclusions. V. C. P. Will my husband be without a job soon or not? Ans.— Your husband has r. good position in the southern part of Georgia. He may have a change of position soon, I "■? ,THE TIMES'JRECORDER ■fray PUBLISHED Tn Oklahoma Governor Facing Serious FREE TEXTBOOKS TO CAUSE VIGOROUS FIGHT LOTT DECLINES TO BE MffMHOITE Declares Cannot Give Full Time to Office Because of Busi ness Pressure James W. Lott, whose name ap pears among those registering for one of the four places on city coun cil, announced today that he was not a candidate and could not con sent to make the race. Saturday Mr. Lott was out of the city and some of his enthusiastic admirers registered his name, pay ing the entrance fee, without the knowledge or consent of Mr. Lott. To the Times-Recorder Monday morning Mr. Lott said: “While I deeply appreciate the action of some of my friends, it is absolutely impossible for me to make the race. Nothing would give me more pleasure than to be able to serve my city. It is an honor and a privilege, but because of my business, it would be imposible to give to the affairs of the city the time and thought they deserve. “My business takes me out of , the city a large portion of my time. I never know when I shall be called out or just when I will .return. For this reason, and others, I could not give to the city the time - and attention that should be given to its affairs. “Then, too, there are only four places to be filled and there are five good men w*ho have offered their names to the voters of the city. So I see no necessity for me to make a race, for each of these gentlemen are just as capable as f aih. The honor my friends would bestow on me is appreciated, deep ly so.” ® OF RONffl LAW RMffflMBE) Former Premier of Great Brit ain Sleens Now Among Kings of Empire LONDON, Nov. s.—The ashes of Former Premier Bonar Law wore eptombed in Westtninster Abbey, which famous edifice has been the scene of both of the greatest hap piness and the greatest sorrow of the empire. M. E. B. Why is it that the girls I have in mind treat me as they do? Ans.—l am sure that your imagination has a great deal to do with it. You, have a splendid personality, if you exert it. Be cheerful, have a smile and good word for everyone, and watch your friendships grow. W. M. Am I now engaged in the kind of business that I am best fitted for. if not, what line should I engage in to be more successful? Ans.—You are adapted to type of mechanical work, siiNkhy not concentrate on your work as a jeweler. W. D. M. Will I ever be suc cessful enough to teach? Ans. Ability in instruction work seems to be a characteristic of you fam ily. Be sincere in your efforts and persevere, then your ambition will be realized. M. B. Why does our friend ob ject to our going to Florida with him this month? And will we go at all this winter? Ans.—Your question is too involved to answer here. I believe “A” would object. S. A. 1.. Am I going to continue to receive mv alimony from my di vorced hushand? Ans.—Yes,as long as he remains in this state. C. L. M. Docs G. C. love me r.nd why don’t I hear from him? Ans.—J am afraid G. C. is inclined to be fickle. If located hero his affections might be more steadfast. I se,e a letter for you. C. C. B. I want to know' if what I have in mind for 1924 will be fortunate for me or against me; also whether or not I will be pro moted in the line of business I am following as a trade? Ans.—l see much good fortune for you in 1924. You will do much traveling in po sition a<step higher than you now occupy. If you would look into “the to morrow ask Murdock. Address your questions to him, care the Times-Recorder. Sign your full name. Only your initials will be used in the answers published. AMERICUS, GA., MONDAY AFTERNOON. NOVEMBER 5, 1923 BOLL WEEVIL PDVING BLESS TB GEHDDOA ® ». T. ffIEIM Newly Appointed Member of Highway Board Tells of Progret(ive Nfceds BUY HOME PRODUCTS Eminent Need is To Buy Home Products and Keep Money Here MACON; Nov. s.—(By the As sociated Press.) —Better highways and markets and more consolidated schools are three of Georgia's greatest needs for progress, W. T. Anderson, editor of the Macon Telegraph and recently appointed to the state highway commission, de clared in an interview here. “The advent of the boll weevil is undoubtedly a blessing,” Mr. An derson said. “The South has been in cotton slavery for over fifty years, and never would have gotten out except for the intervention of the Divinity. We have been rais ing cotton at a cost of 10 1-4 cents and selling it for 9 3 1 cent.s “Out of these ‘profits’ we have bought our food from the West, paying whatever the markets de manded, and going into bankruptcy, or foreclosure for the difference. “The boll weevil has established a necessity for diversification in farming, which is going to retuin us to the practices of our ancerstors who raised their food first and cot ton as a surplus. “This brings us to the eminent need of markets for the surplus products from our farms. “The potato curing plans must be established and the United States, if not the world, must be edueatai to the value of the sweet potato as food by properly curing and selling them. It is held that three bush els of sweet potatoes equal one of corn in food value. Our present average corn production is 17 bush els to the acre. There are men in Georgia who have raised in excess of 600 bushels of potatoes to the acre; 200 bushels is nothing unus ual. It can be readily seen what immense possibilities there- are for Georgia by diverting our corn rais ing energies into sweet potato crops. What we need is a market and plan for curing them. “We need one and a half million more hogs raised in Georgia each year. Our packing houses have been shut down, with the exception of one at Moultrie, and it is now running and being kept open on Tennessee hogs. “North Georgia needs to be put <>n a poultry producing basis. In 1910, we had one chicken in Geor gia for every seven acres of land, and our importation of chickens|ex ceeded $10,000,009 per nnuni. “We need more dairy cows to supply children and adults with milk to make them healthy, as the scientists agree that the condition of every human being is improved when health-giving cow’s milk is used. “We need better health, which can be secured by a persistent fight on malaria, hook worm, tuberculosis and educating our people on the danger of eating denatured foods -—the highly milled products which have had most of the essential el ’• ments removed. “We need more consolidate! schools, doing away with the little one-room, poorly lighted and poor ly ventilated school house, and putting the children into large schools under corps of teachers so they can be given all the advantages that are to be obtained in city schools. “We need more good roads and they should be paved. There are more than 300,000 motor vehicles 'n Georgia, and the depreciation on these is in excess of $50,000,000 per year. This money goes to De troit and Akron and to the oil re finers. A system of good roads would reduce our tire and gasoline consumption and automobile de struction to about $25,000,000 per annum. Smooth .roads would ac complish this and pay off a bond issue in an incredibly short time no matter how much extravagance might be incurred,” he .aid. MONEY’S WORTH There’s at least one toy balloon that was worth all it. buyer paid for it. At a fair ; n Fulham, Eng land, the balloon wis released to gether with numerous others. It was picked up later at Willingdon Downs, Sussex, 60 miles away. ELECTED ||k U- Mrs. Franklin Lee Bishop, of Leicester, Mass., has been elect ed national president of the American Legion Auxiliary for the coming year. CILKfIF MK MB HEAVY LOSS Nearly Billion Dollars Lost By American Investors Through Decadence of Exchange NEW YORK, Nov. s.—Between $500,000 and $759,000 have been lost by American investors through •e«4lapse of the German mark, the New York Tribune stated today. English investors lost about $500,000, and other nations a like .amount. Frank H. Siss’.oo, vice-president of the Guaranty Trust company, said he knew no parallel to such wiping out of a nation’s currency.’ U.S.CIRCIHICIIURE UPHDLDSDECISIIJN Denies Klan Injunction Restrain ing ‘Expose’ in Hearst’s International Magazine NEW YORK, Nov. s.—The Unit ed States Circuit court of appeals upheld the action of Federal Judge Winslow in denying the Ku Klux Klan an injunction restraining the International Magazine company fgom publishing in Hearst’s Interna tional an alleged exposure of the Klan in articles written by Nor man Hapgood. CDRDEIL HUH DESIES CL® HE SINCLAIR Chairman of Democratic Na tional Committee Says Oil Magnate Is Mistaken WASHINGTON, Nov. 5. —Harry F. Sinclair made no contribution to the Democratic campaign of U* 2o so far as the record of the Demo cratic national committee disclose. Cordell Hull, chairman of that com mittee, declared today in a forma! statement. Mr. Sinclair testified before the senate committee investigating the Teapot Dome naval oil reserve lease that he had c-i.i. ibuted to both the Republican and the Democratic war chests three years ago. “It must be assumed,” Mr. hull said, “that his contribution if any, was surreptitiously made t nd con cealed by the agent who tendered it for him. It is difficult to con ceive how Mr. Sinclair could have come to a decision to contribute to the funds of a party which was fighting against government favor itism and the control of administra tion by the special interests. If any of his money came to the Dem ocrats in 1920, the contribution, must have ben made by him to gain favor fith some individual Dem >• cr:it by whom ifs sources was con cealed, and not to advance a cause with which he could have had no sympathy. “In all of its history, the Demo cratic party has never . been dis graced by such a scandal as the se cret lease of the Teapot Dome ' naval oil reserve to one of Mr. Sin [ Hair’s companies.” WALKER WILL ‘DEAL! FIRMLY’ TO PUT OVER PET TftX Governor Plans to Go Straight to the Point and ‘Demand ’ Action From Solons BACKS TAX COMMISSION Expects ‘Serious Consideration’ To Be Given Recommenda tions of That Body The extraordinary session of the 1 Georgia general assembly convenes Wednesday morning to consider spe cific "taxation reform and free bchool books. , The governor says he intended to deal “firmly” with tne subjects be fore the legislature, but did not wish the law makers to gain an impression that he was attempting to “dictate.” The subjects of tax ation reform, tax collection ma chinery and free school books d“ manded, he continued, ♦’hat he “go straight to the point,” and insist cn action. A plea for ‘‘real statesmanship” and abandonment of ‘padty politics’ was exepcetd to bo included in the message. Confidence that the as sembly will give “serious consider.?- i tion” to the recommendations of thy tax commission and act favorably was expressed by the governor. ‘ The time has come for us to for get personal political ambitions and work far the state’s interests,” he stated. “The issues before the as sembly in extraordinary session are greater than any one mtn or. set of tnen. I have had expressions from a large number of legislators, and I am confident they are coming here to help improve conditons.” While no official announcement relative to the contents of the tax commission’s report has been made, observers at the capitol expressed the opinioq that it would include recommendations for adequate tax collection machinery and a budget system, “with teeth in it,” and an income tax. If the abolishment of the tax equalization law is not rec ommended important changes in* the act will be suggested, it was stated. (Continued on Page Two.) HEAPING HrNGEfNIIW BNWORDJUGGLING BASTROP, Ra., Nov. 5. The trial of misdemeanor cases result ing from activities of hooded bands •in Morehouse parish last year got under way before Judge Odem, but had not proceeded far when infor mation charging seven Klansmen, including Captain J. K. Skipworth, cyclop, with ‘‘carrying firearms on the premises of another” were found to be faulty. The bills charged the men specifically with carrying shot guns. The court recessed while lawyers studies authorities on the question of amending bills to substitute the word pistol. UNIV®® REPLY TO REQUEST ATLANTA, Nov. 5 —Heads of the University of Georgia and Geor | gia Tech have i eplied to Governor Walker’s request that the two in stitutions resume athletic relations, both stating that in the opinion the 1 request should come from the stu [, dent body of the two schools. The governor said ho agreed with this position and ha 1 replied to both president Brittain of 'lech and Chancellor Barrow, qf Geor, gia asking that bis letter be sub ject to the two student: bodies. VICTIMS OF AUTO CRASHES IMPROVING MACON, Nov. s.—Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Dobbs, of 120 Peachtree St., Atlanta, Miss Evelyn Johnson and Mrs. J. M. Bragg, of Macon, all of I whom were victims of auto acei j dents Saturday, were today report- I ed to be doing nicely. Mrs. Dobbs is at the Macon hos i pital suffering with bones broken in both legs. She is said to have I had a restful night. The other j victims are suffering from cuts and I bruises. 1 In all, elevon persons were in ■ jured in auto accidents here be , tween sunrise and midnight Satur -1 -day. x. . .. GIRL BAHDIT SLAYS WATCHMAN JUD FLEES Edward Lehmann, 18 Years Old, Shut Down While Patrolling Lonely Beat CHICAGO, Nov. s.—The “smil ing murderess” who killed Richard ■C. Tcsmer, wealthy insurance man, in a hold-up here several months ago, is believed to have qualified her gun for a second notch fol lowing the murder early Sunday of Edward Lehmann, an 18-year-old night watchman. Lehmann was shot down when he challenged a girl bandit who crouch ed under a platform of, one of sev eral factories guarded by the pro tective agency which employed him. The girl is said to answer in every detail the description of the mur deress, and was accompanied by a man whom the poilce say mav have been with her when she hbld up Tesnter and his wife the night of June 5. She was described as about 20 years old, slender, active and lightn ing-fast with a revolver. Lehmann drove up to the Delson Manufacturing & Knit Good compa ny’s plant with A. C. Stemwedel, head of the Lincoln Protective as sociation, when they saw the girl, Lehmann was the first to leap out. “What are you doing here?” he demanded. The girl stood up and fired. As Stemwedel jumped from the car, an other figure emerged from the darkness and fired twice, shooting him in the right arm. Stemwedel fled. The man- and the girl, acording to a neighbor woman who looked out a window when she heard the shooting, beckoned to a small tour ing car, standing nearby, and drove into it as it passed. Late Sunday night the police had found no trace of the car or its occupants. Young Lohmann died soon after the shooting. CAMPraWWARM UP AFTER TUESDAY Presidential Candidates To Be gin More Active Campaign Before Week Ends WASHINGTON, Nov. s.—When the minor elections of Tuesday are over, candidates for presidential office, Republican and Democratic, will begin plans for warming up the 1924 campaign. Senator LaFollette’s return from Europe and his promise to make a statement on the political situation today concentrate interests on the insurgent movement within the ad ministration ranks. The LaFollette bloc, which holds. the balance of power in both houses of congress, will have considerable to do with deciding the fate of the Republican party in the presidential race next year. At the moment the bloc is in a belligerent frame of mind, because President Coolidge has given his highest diplomatic post to former Senator Kellogg, who was rejected by the Minnesota voters a year ago, for a farmer-laborite. LaFollette stumped Minnesota against Kellogg. The personal animosity between these two men is deep. Kellogg offered the senate resolution pro posing expulsion of LaFollette for a speech made during the war. If anything was needed to turn the Wisconsin senator completely against the administration it was the bestowal of the London am bassadorship on his most hated ene my. Both of the Minnesota sena tors—Henrik Shipstead and Mag nus Johnson —have publicly con demned the Kellogg appointment. Others of the LaFollette bloc have done likewise. CIVIC CLUB TO HOLD JOINT MEETINGS MOULTRIE, Nov. s.—The Moul trie civic club, the Lions, Rotary and Kivvr.nis, will hold joint meet ing every three mouths. The sug gestion that such meetings be held i at which matter of importance to the community/at large could be i discussed, was made by ;he Kiwanis I club and the other two clubs by | unanimous vote gave their approval. , The members of the civic clubs and ! the menibeis of the Moulcrie Chum- I her of Commerce hold joint meet | ings twice a year. The four or- I ganizations work in close coopera tion. . „ I WEATHER. For Georgia—Generally fair to night and Tuesday; cooler tonight and in extreme southeast portion Tuesday. , ■ PRICE FIVE CENTS Charges .GARNER CLAIMS MGNEY BLLWBLDiaUILTIIN TESTIEM IT TRIAL Declares Executive Received $6,000 Day School Approp riation Was Approved | GO-BETWEEN USED IN DEAL Tonkawa Citizens Alleged To Have Furnished Cash Used To Brige Governor OKLAHOMA CITY, Nov. 5. --- Vai Garner, formerly a citizen of > Tonkawa, Okla., appeared before the house investigating committee of the Oklahoma legislature yes terday and testified in corrobora tion of a charge that Governor Wilton received $6,000 from the citizens of Tonkawa for permitting • appropriations for Tonawa prepara tory school to stand, committee members said today. Garner is said to have testified m he delivered the money to an em ploye of the highway department | the same afternon that Governor Walton approved the appropria tion. threFpowers reach REPARATIONS ACCORD Great Britain, Italy and Bel gium Agree to Full and Free Inquiry By Experts WASHINGTON, Nov. s.—State Department advices today indicated | that Great Britain, Italy and Bel gium have readied accord favor- 1 1 ing free and full reparations in quiry by an expert committee. In effect the position of the three governments as understood here coincides with that taken by the United States, and opposes the stand for restricted jnquiry taken by France. This new alignment of allied na tions appeared to stimulate hope that France eventually would, too, accept the unrestricted program. MELBOURNEFACES REIGN BE TEPfflB ' MELBOURNE, Nov. 5. Throe persons have been killed and. 200 wounded in riots following the po lice strike here last week. Looting, fights, robberies and hold-ups are widespread, and as saults are being made on police who remain loyal. Theaters are closed, and trolleys and trains have been halted to pre vent criminal characters from en tering the city. A thousand special constables have been enrolled to preserve or der, including many ex-soldiers. Re volver battes occurred Sunday be tween police and looters, and nu merous arrests made. Many women were found looting. The government is prepared to , intervene if necessary and will bring both naval and military forces to Melbourne to police the district if the dangerous situation continues. JUDGE GANNON DIES AFTER SHORT ILLNESS SAVANNAH, Nov. 5. Hugh Gannon, judge of the Juvenile court of Chatham county for the past several years, died Sunday aftey a brave fight for life during an ill fiess of several weeks. He was suffering first from a rupture of the appendix, rallied, was seized with protracted coughing paroxysms which occasioned a serious set-back and when finally recovering from that took pneumonia and died. He was a graduate of the Uni versity of Georgia. Judge Gannon was well known in Americus, his father, John Gannon, having been at one time superin tendent of Americus’ public school system, and his mother, Miss Ruth Brown, a resident of this com munity. MEETING OF LEGION TONIGHT Al 7:3U i ■ A meeting of the American Le< * gion will be held this evening at - 7:39 oclock in the Superior court room, at which time important mat ters will be discussed. Among these will be the Legion minstrel, Ar mistice Day program and memE>er« ship drive. It is requested that a full attend- ■ ance be present, and that members , y •of the Legion Auxiliary also attend, Itrequestedifeahrd shr cmfw,
