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Americu* Spot Cotton
Strict Middling 32 3-4 c.
N. Y. Futures Dec Jan. Meh.
Prev. Close 32.70 32.30 32.40
Open 32.00 32.60 32.90
H am 33.00 32.66 32.94
Close 32.99 32.55 32.83
FORTY-FIFTH YEAR.—NO. 259
LUDENDORFF KILLS SELF
FAMOUS WARRIOR IS
YICTIM Os OKU HAND
-FBLLOWINGPARDLE
Munich News Reports Bring
Information of Suicide To
Berlin
FAMOUS FIELD MARSHAL
Was Hindenburg’s Righ l Hand
Man During VVar With
Allies
BERLIN, Nov. 10—It
is reported *here that
Gen. Ludendorff com
.Mtted suicide follow
ing his release on parole
at Munich after the col
lapse of the monarchist
revolt there.
He was quartermaster
general of the German
army during rhe war
with the Allies and one
of the ablest military
strategists in the world.
ARMISTICE PBOCBIII
IS ANNDimCED BY
LEW POST OFFICER
Dr Walter Pope Binns Sneaker
ay With Other Excel
" lent Features on Program
EVERYBODY IS INVITED
Vete-ans of Three Wars Civic
■'* Clubs and Other Organiza
tions Represented
Robert C. Lane, commander of
the John D. Mathis Post American
'Legion, announced today that plans
have been completed for Armistice
Day celebration here Monday, the
exercises to be held in the Rylander
Theatre at 10:30 Monday morn
ing.
Dr. Walter Pope Binns, of Moul
trie, is to be the speaker of the
‘day and the guest of honor of the
Post.
Representatives rom the three
civic clubs of Americus, Rotary
Kiwanis and Lions clubs, will oc
cupy seats on the stage, as will also
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KLM Si PLEADS
FOB OMHf PEACE
Dr. Evans Urges Members Os
Organization to The Day Per
petual Peace Day
FORT WAYNE, Ind., Nov. 10.
Addressing Armistice Day celebra
tion of members of the Ku Klux
Klan of lillinois, Ohio, Michigan
and Indianapoc today, Dr. H. U.
Evans, imperial wizard, pleaded
that the day me made ‘and rnni
versary both of burial and ressur
rection—a sepulcher of war and
birthplace of peace.”
He did not discuss the Klan nir
I its internal problems in his pre-
I (pared speetch.
MMIIW.
COTTON Flffl. FMLS
of Southern Cot
ton Firm Comes Fror- Ex
change Floor Today
NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 10—Fail
ure of the important spot cotton
firm of W. J. Davis & Company
which maintains offices here and in
many Mississippi towns, was an
nounced today on the cotton ex
change floor.
What makes us laugh out loud is
seeing a »;irl with bobbed hair one
day and long hair the next.
Make your Christmas presents
ea *ly and avoid the shopping.
The nice thing about being a
farmer is you never ha/A'tot leav.?
home to go to the country.
The trouble in Europe is crises
get up so early every morning
■ there is no one to meet them.
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Secret of Success in Cotton Farming Lies in
Steady Work, Says Man Who Has Farmed
Successfully Here For Thirty-Five Years
' Caq ,cotton be produced jjii
Georgia uryier boll wqeyil .con
ditions ? j 1’
Is there money in cottoi) prp
duction now that expensive fer
tiizers and poison and higher
labor costs are to be contended
with?
The answer is in the picture
printed above, which shows a
part of a 250-bale crop from the
farm of G. W. (Bck j Doster,
n Sumter county, near Ameri
■:us.
The crop is not a record yield
rer acre by any means. Those
150 bales came from approxi
mately 700 acres of land, which
's less than half a bale/per acre,
nd therein lies the whole story,
f or those 250 bales of cotton,
viht the cotton seed that came
>vith the cotton represents on to
day’s market a value of $1 75.00
a ba1e—543,750.00 hard Unit
ed States dollars.
And that is only one item
from off the farm of Buck Dos
ter —not all by a long shot, for
Buck raises everything on that
farm. He and the 40 families
on the place and “live at home.”
Besides the cotton and cotton
seed, there’s 5,000 bushels of
corn; hay in plenty for all the
cow's and the 30-odd mules;
sweet potatoes, cyrup cane, veg
etables, a few pecans, milk and
PIPE DEPmEHT
IM RONS
Barn of J. L. Sutlive Burned,
With Cows and Mules
Saved
J. L. Sutlive, residing .on Lee
street road at the intersection of
Elm Avenue and Lee streets, lost
his barn by fire about 5:30 o’clock
Friday ’’ht.
Upon arrival Chief Willis P. Mc-
Arthur found little asistance could
be given as the flames had gained
such headway that saving the wood
en structure was impossible.
Several cows and mules housed
in the barn were saved, The barn
was valued at about $l5O.
At 9 :30 last night the department
made a second run to a Ford car
which was afire on North Lee street
below' Jackson.
The negro driver of the car, be
ing out of gasoline, sent a com
nanicn to a station to secure some,
and on his return struck a match
to see how to place it in the tank.
The gasoline caught, causing much
excitement and little dtrtnage. The
upholstery to the car was burned
the dapuJje be ; pg placed at $5 cr
$lO,
AMERICUS, GA., SATURDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 10, 1923
butter for all; 100 hogs now
jeady to ki|l; besides chickens
sufficient ‘ for all and. the
preacher when he comes.
I went out to Buck Doster’s
farm and asked him how he did
it; if he had made money this
year, the most terrible ever
known in the county, and here’s
Mr. Doster's story as he told it
to me:
“Yes, there’s money in rais
ing cotton, even with the old
boll weevil and the weather we
have had this year, the most
terrible year 1 have ever seen,
and I was born and raised here,
and have planted cotton for 35
years. 1 know what I’m saying.
Why, last July ) 1923) the
month we most need dry hot
days and nights, it rained 23
t;mes on my place. Then, too,
it was cool as well as wet—23
rainy days out of 3 1.
“Yes, I made some money this
year, but raising cotton nowa
days isn’t like it used to be. It’s
a business now, and a very hard
business at that. The man who
succeeds must work—work ev
ery day in the year, except Sun
days, and then he should pray.
You’ve got to play every card in
your deck the way things are
now.
’’There was a time when
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UNKNOWN PERSONS
TOK IITTORNEy
[Answering Telephone Call Ok
lahoma Lawyer Shot in Car
And Left To Die
OKLAHOMA CITY, Nov. 10.—
Decoyed from his home by an un-;
identified telephone’caller, Paul J.
McCarthy, a prominent local at
torney and veteran of the World
War, was shot here late last night
rad left to die in his moving auto
mobile.
| The lawyer was attacked he
I rpproached the meeting place in
: the residential section wihere lie
I had been summonded by a supposed
* client a few minutes before mid
night.
Perhaps a man smiles when a girl
pats him on the head because that
is his funny bone.
It is hard to be crooked nn.d
j keep a straight face.
Nothing makes you see. things in
a different light like the harvest
j morn.
I The more phone numbers we
I have the harder the things are to
get.
. (‘Buck’) Doster this year on his 700-acre farm near Americus. The
n all land Cultivated, inset ‘Buck’ Doster.
WEB OF MBN IS
PUMIIFIWITIL
FOB EMIIimiF
Dr, Owensby, Alienist, Called In
Consultation to Pass on San
ity of Fox at Atlanta
CONFINED IN JAIL TOWER
Decision Reached After Prisoner
Was Reported as Suffering
Mental Uerangement
ATLANTA, Nov. 10.—Philip E. 1
Fox, Ku Klux Klan publicity man
who shot and killed W. S. Coburn,
attorney for the Simmons faction,
was taken to the hospital ward ot
Fulton county tow'er this morning
for examination by Dr. N. W.
Owensby, alienist, who was called
in for consultation by Dr. Linton
Smith, family physician for the
Fox family.
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DORSEY ENGAGED TO
.DEFEND PHILLIP FOX
I ATLANTA, Nov. 10.—Indicat
ing that the trial of Philip E. Fox
I for the murder of Attorney Wiliam
I S. Coburn wil be one of the hard
< est fought criminal battles in the
i history of Fultcri superior court,
I annnouncement was made Friday
that Hugh M. Dorsey, former gov
ernor of Georgia and former soli
citor of the Atlanta circuit and
Frank Hooper Sr. by the defense an
unoflicial statement to the* effect
that the law firm of Branch & How
ard has been retained to assist Soli
citor Boykin with the prosecution.
Mr. Dorsey is a member of the
firm of Dorsey, Brewster, Howell i
& K'eyman, and Mr. Hooper is head
of the firm of Frank A. Hooper &
Son. While Mr. Dorsey was solici
tor Attorney Hooper was associ*
'ted with him in prosecuition of the
Frank case in 1913.
j The law' firm of Branch & How
' ard consists of William Schley
' Howard, former congressman, and
James A, Branch, who secured the
acquittaly of Mrs. Daisy Opie
Grace several years ago in one of
the city’s most sensational trials.
With this array of counsel the
I’trial is expected to be bitterly
I foti’ht. Solicitor John A. Boykvi,
I who is leading the state invest!-*
' gation preparatory to the trial, up
lon learning that Mr. Howard is
i likely to enter the case 'as assis
tant to the prosecuttor, declare'.!'
■ that he welcomed the asistance he
I would afford.
PRETTY SPEEDER MARRIES
POLICEMAN TO GET EVEN
N7W YORK, November 10.—A
[traffic cop and a motorist whom he
. caught speeding were today Ber
muda bound on their honeymoon.
' Walter Meyer almost burned a tire
i off his motorcycle six months ago
I pursuing a roadstear in Brooklyn,
iHe caught it and handed pretty
| Misd Margaret Sterber, 22, a sum- .
tmons.
“I’ll get even with you,’’ she told
'Moyer after the court had fftied her
$25. They were married yesterday.
'BRITAIN STILL HDPES
Reparations accord
IS EARLY PdSSIBII in
Official Circles, However. Are
Not Sanguine Concerning
Outlook
WON’T ABANDON EFFORTS
British To Work Toward Parti
cipation in Conference By
United States
1 LONDON, Nov. 10—Although
press reports from Washington re
garding the prospect of the repara
tion inquiry conducted within the
limited scope of the French pro
posal are by no means sanguine,
British official circles in London
do not consider the time has yet ar
rived to abandon hopes of an al>
lied conference including Ameri
ca.
In competent quarters it is as
serted that Great Britain will con
tinue to apply herself to the prob
lem of reaching a basis on which a
conference satisfactory to the Unit
ed States can be held until every
possible aveue is expored.
DR. MBLISFINDS
CHAMBLISS FINDS
Statement That Contagious Dis
ease Existed at Miller Bros.
Carnival Disproven
Reports from unknown sources
to the effect that contagious di
seases existed in the personnel of
the Miller Brothers carnival now
showing here were declared to be
without foundation, by Dr. J. W.
Chambliss, chairman of the county
health board.
Dr. Chambliss informed a repre
sentative of the Times-Recorder
that on hearing these reports on
the streets he went out to the car
nival grounds and made a personal
'.nvestigation. He stated that he
found no sickness of any kind other
than a' few minor ailments, which
was. to be expected in a company
of between 250 and 300 people.
Following is signed statement
issued to the carnival management
by Dr. Chambliss:
“It was reported to me at 6:30
November 8, 1923 that there was
some dreaded contagiouns disease
at the Miller Bros. Carnival, lo
cated on Elm avenue. But upon a
personal investigation rnd thorough
interviewy with the physicians of
the citv, I find this to be untrue
and without foundation.”
We are sorry for a man without
a country—especially when it is
autumn in the country.
Drummers are good talkers be
cause they live away from home.
HOUSE COMMITTEE
VOTES II FIR OF
STATE IHCOME TAX
Measure Calls For Constitutional
Amendment With 5 Per Cent
Limit Fixed
ADMINISTRATION CONTROL
Senate Adjourns To Tuesday—
House Convenes Monday—
Saturday An Off-Day
ATLANTA, November 10.—Af
ter the passage yesterday of the
Pace Audit bill, the Senate adjourn
ed until Tuesday morning at 11
o’clock, in view of the proclama
tion closing the capitol Monday in
observance of Armistice Day.
The house refused to devote Mon
day to observance of the holiday
and will convene Monday at 11
a. m.
Saturday is an off-day with both
branches, and a large number of
mtynbers have gone to Athens to see
the Georgia-Virginia football game
in a special railroad coach provid
ed by the university authorities,
administration forces
WERE IN CONTROL
ATLANTA, November 10. — (Spe
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JURY Bl CLEARS
MEMES
Husband Who Jjpent Huge Sum
Seeking Decree, Lose* Long
Legal Battle
NEW YORK, Nov. 10—A pet
its red-haired woman, still young at
37, stood tensely erect, watching
the lips of the jury fireman.
A few feet away a worn, ancient
man, her husband far older than his
72 years, sagged limply in his chair
gazing at the toe of his patent
leather shoe. But his ears were
cocked alertly for the last word
that would end the five-year siege
of the Stokes dirvorce suit. Mil
lions were at stake.
“We find for the defendant, your
honor,” remarked Foreman Henry
W. Hitchock casually.
For the second time a jury had
concluded that Mrs. Helen Elwood
Stokes has not been unfaithful to
her husband, as charged.
For a moment the bent body of
W. E. D. Stokes stiffened, then
drooped more loosely than before.
His arms hur.lg dejectedly at his
sideAT His thousands had been
spent in vain.
His patient search for testimony
covering the years he might have
spent where most men spend them,
before a fireplace playing with
grandchildren, had been fruitless.
K'is efforts to throw the .wall of
divorce between the lovely young
wife of his old age and his precious
millions had ended in failure.
Without a look at the rather
sorry spectacle her husband was at
the moment, Helen Elwood Stokes,
tears streaming from her green
eyes, walked quickly to the fore
man. For a moment she tried to
phrasse her thanks in words. Then
she gripped Hitchcock’s hand silent
ly-
Behind their foreman, the other
members of the jury had sat face
to face with her listening to her
husband’s accusations, crowded for
ward to shake her hrnd, smiling
broadly. It was plain that the lit
tle red-haired woman was a popu
lar defendant.
For a moment it seemed the
whole court room was ihovirl; upon
Mrs. Stokes, threatening to inun
date her. Scattering volley of
hmdclapping kept court attaches
scurrying about to maintain quiet
while Justice Jeremiah Mahoney
perfunctorily raised his gavel and
let it fall.
BONDS ISSUED FOR SCHOOL
PURPOSES AT WAYCROSS
WAYCORSS, November 10, —
Waycross authorized the issuance of
$125,000 school bonds in an election
but failed to authorize the raising
of the millag e for school purposes
from 6 to 10 mills. Mayor Dan Cow
art, who, with two former mayors,
opnosed bonds, will contest the re
sult of the election, it is said.
WEATHER. |
For Georgia—Fair and slowly ,
rising temperature tepight and Sun
day, frost tonight.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
EX CROWH PRIK
CROSSED OVER GERMAN
BORDER EMU Tffll
Official Announcement Made
That Two Government*
Authorized Move
POINCARE MAKES PROTEST
Note Sent German Charge At
Paris, Couched in Vigorous
Language
PARIS, Noven.ber 10.—The
Entente Allie* will imicte vigor
ously that former Crown Prince
[Frederick Wilhelm be expelled
from German territory, it *••
said in official circles here this
afternoon.
France and Great Britain have
exchanged view* during the past
few day* on this subject and it is
stated that then are in entirp ac
cord ’ regarding the situation'.
CROSSED BORDER
SATURDAY MORNING.
AMSTERDAM November |o.
The Dutch government officially an
nounced todhy that foriner Crown
Prince Frederick Wilhelm of Ger
many crossed tfae German frontier
this morning en route to Oels, in up
per Silesia.
The setate to which he recently
expressed a desire to retire is lo
cated at dels.
MAY PACE WILHELM IN
MORE SECURE EXILE
PARIS, November 10.—Holland
may not be regarded as a suffic
iently secure retreat for former Em
peror Wilhelm of Germany, in view
of the flight of former Crown
Prince Frederick Wilhelm, and it
I was said at the French foreign of
! fice that a second St. Helena may
be chosen for him.
I TWO GOVERNMENTS
IGRANTED PERMISSION
I THE HAGUE, November 10.—Lt
is officially stated that both the
Dutch and German governments
granted Crown Prince Frederick
Wilhelm permission to return to
Germany.
POINCARE VOICES
VIGOROUS PROTEST
PARIS, November 10.—A note
signed by Premier Poincare as pres
ident of the Allied Council of Am
i bassadors was delivered to the Ger
man charge d’affaires yesterday
(protesting against thu return of
I the former Crown Prince Frederick
| Wilhelm to Germany.
iLUDENDORFF PAROLED
FOLLOWING ARREST
MUNICH, Bavaria November 10.
•—General Ludendorff, who was ar
rested her e yesterday for his part
in the Munich revolt, has been pa
roled.
HITLER IS FLEEING;
WHEREABOUTS UNKNOWN.
BERLIN, November 10.—The
Muenicher Neuste Nachrichten re
ports that the whereabouts of
Adolph Hitler ar e unknown, but that
[General Ludendorff has been re
leased after pledging his word that
he would take no further part in
the revolt.
Disarmament of the Nationalists
had almost been completed last
night.
HITLER FLEES;
LUDENDORF CAPTURED
BERLIN, Nov. 10—The first
thrust of the Bavarian facist revo
lution has been shattered.
Abandoned by friends, trapped
with broken forces in the barricad
ed Munich war office, General Lud
endorf, iron leader of the world
war, yet pathetic visionary dreamt
of a return of monarchy, suffered
complete humiliation of surrender
to loyal republican troops Friday.
Adolf Hittier, one-time humble
house painter, who, with Charlie
Chaplin mustache and sabre-rattling
monarehial boasts, had roused the
the countryside, fled, wounded,
while Ludendorff remained to face
the ijovernment troops.
Leading tattered facist ranks. Lu
dendorff and Hittier barricaded
themselves in the war office after
their dramatic proclamation of a
new German government had fail
ed to win over the army.
Tumult swept Munich as loyal
troops gathered to the attack, and
the fascist mands of Thursday
quietly despersed. In the after.
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