About Americus times-recorder. (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 14, 1923)
Americus Spot Cotton Strict Middling 3? l-2c. N. Y. Futures Jan. Mar Mar Prev. Close 32.81 33.03 33.03 Open 32.80 33.02 33.01 11 am 32.97 33.17 33.22 Close 33.48 33.56 FORTY-FIFTH YEAR.—NO. 362 GOVERNOR SEEKS AID FOR TAX British Cabinet Today Considernig Status* of MHohenzolerns t SA V. V. At M At *At At At At M At At . V V •> . - - * ’*' We pressing gt. BRITAIN TO ICTION TO EXPEL CROWN PRINCE Paris Authorities Determined To Eject Frederick William From Germany BRITISH HOLDS DECISION London Believes It Useless To Try and Undo Accomplished Fact in Cace LONDON, Nov, 14. —France is bringing pressure to bear on Great Britain looking to joint action for the expulsion from Germany of Former Crown Prince Frederick William. For the moment the British gov ernment believes it is useless to try to undo an accomplished fact, but no decision will be announced un til after today’s cabinet meeting. ALLIED COUNCIL TAKES NO ACTION PARIS, Nov. 14. The allied council of ambassadors failed to consider today the question of ac tion in connection with return of the German crown prince and Ger many’s attitude regarding allied military control. It is understood the ambassadors avoided mentioning these questions because the allies were not in ac cord on them. SECRET CONFERENCE HELD TUESDAY BERLIN, November 14.—After permitting to go unchallenged throughout the day reports to the effect that the German government was about to proclaim an automo mpu's. Rhine and and Ruhr state within the German federation, an official communication issued Tues day night threw a strong light upon a secret conference which was in j rogress at the chancellory all day. At th? ronfm-tmce, President Ebert and Chancellor Stresemann and others of the cabinet discussed at great length ’yith the. premiers of the federated states and a commit tee comprising Ruhr and Rhine land leaders the question of liqui - dating the economic chaos of * the occupied area. By indirection th e German gov ’ ernment in its statement virtually admits its inability to support the Ruhr and Rhineland any longer, and Tuesday’s action is considered as having resolved itself into an aban donment of those territories and leaving their populations to their own fat? and at the mercy of\the 'occupying powers. The official statement lays stress on the catastrophic social conditions resulting from increasing- unemploy ment in all lines and the great chaos which has followed in the wftke of the abandonment of passive resistance and the subsequent ina bility to arrive at a working under standing with the occupying pow ers with respect to a resumption of indivtrial art : 11f i rp . ii. , . .. . .c c.aiiaii official civil service employes. The German government declines to discuss the question of an auton omous state. It declares that this is an issue which is wholly deter mined through the application of paragraph 18 of the federal consti tution and that the question of such a state has no present bearing on th,> situation in the Ruhr and the Rhineland. The statement issued last night says: “With regard to many reports abroad that an autonomous Rhine land was to be proclaimed with the consent of the imperial government, it is statea in authoritative circles that the imperial government main taints its attitude that no discussion is possible with regard to alterca tions in ihe legal relations of the Rhirfelr.nd and the Ruhr to the Reich. “The imperial government will never take any step in this direction and will never sanction the Rhine larrd republic. The only authority lor any alterations in the relations in the Rhineland to the Reich is the constitution of the Reich.’’ EX-CROWN PRINCE AND HIS FAMILY UNITED OELS, November 14.—The for-, mer crown prince, his wife, Prin cess Cecilie, and their children made a happy-dinner party Tues day, this being th e 'first complete reunion of this branch of the He henzollern family in more than five (Continued on Page Four) SENATOR HARRIS RETURNS TO WASHING lON OFFICE ATLANTA, Nov. ' , —United States Senator William J. Harris will return to Washington next week to dispose of several official matters and to be in readiness for the opening of Congress on De cember 3rd. He has been in Geor gia since the adjournment last March, visiting every one of the 160 counties in the State. " THE TIMES”RECORDER PUBLISHED OF 2 BANDITS MURDER 2 BANK MESSENGERS STOKES WGH OPPOSE ACTION OF WIFE TO OBRIN SEPARATION Aged Millionaire Who Lost In Divorce Suit Makes An nouncement in Court TO APPEAL DIVORCE CASE Recent Verdict Denying His Di vorce To Be Carried Into Higher Courts NEW YORK. Nov. 14.—W. E. D. Stokes will not oppose suit for separation brought by his wife, Mrs. Helen Elwood Stokes, his at torney told Supreme Court Justice Wasservogel today. He added, however, that Stokes would appeal from the recent ver dict denying him divorce. fflffifLW. MM BELGIUM Leo Beckers Escaped Across Frontier To Fall Irrto Hands Os Belgian Officers COLOGNE, Nov. 14.—Leo Beck ers, separatist leader, (has ibjaen arrested at Verviers just over the Belgian frontier, according to ad vices from Aiv La Chapelle. CONSUL GEORGE COBB GOES NO WTO EGYPT George C. Cob'o, son oi Captain and Mrs. John A. Cobb, has been promoted to the consulate at Alex andria, Egypt, it is announced by the State Department. Co’nsuT Cobb has been stationed in Jerusalem as vieelconsul for several years. For the past two years he has been in full charge of the Jerusalem consulate. The transfer to the Egyptian city is a promotion in the consulate service, it is understood. ROTARYANNS TO HAVE CHARGE OF PROGRAM The women of the local Rotary club have entire charge of the pro gram for ladies night at the Wind sor hotel, when the Rotarians will entertain their wives and sweet 'uearts at dinner Thursday at 7 p.m. Mrs. W. G. Turpin is chairman of the women’s committee, which is composed of Mrs. John Sheffield, Mrs. Walter Rylander, Mrs. C. H. Burke, Mrs. L. F. Grubbs and Mrs. Lovelace Eve. The committee has arranged the program for the eve ning. The club did not hold its Wednes day luncheofii today because of the dinner tomorrow. ATLANTA GIRL DIES Gr ‘MYSTERY MALADY’ ATLANTA, Nov. 14. Grace Bradley, 12-year-old daughter of Mr. and .Mrs. J. R. Bradley, woh has been in an unconscious condi tion since Sunday, November S, died Monday afternoon at the resi dence, 4 Connecticut avenue. The child remained unconscious eight days and efforts of physicians to determine her malady was futile. She was a member of the sixth grade of the Edgewood school and also of the Epworth church. Besides her parents she is sur vived by one sister, Louise Brad ley. Funeral services were held at 2:30 o’clock Tuesday afternoon irom the residence. Interment wu.- i nthe Stone Mountain cemetery. LONDON SHOPS SHOW NO CHEAP FOOTWEAR LONDON, Nov.. 14—(By the Associated Press.) London stores i will no longer exhibit cheap, shod |dy and ill-fitting shoes; in their stead will be found the lastest per fectly modeled lasts of Paris. The shoe manufacturers of Eng- I lend are generally agreed that the , public avoid the shops-that sell ill ‘ fitting, shoddy footwear and would t rather pay more monkey for shoes - that wear well without causing : physical disabilities. I' The result of the action of many I manufacturers in putting cheap | shoes on the market to meet the reduced spending power of the pub ' lie, is that there are huge stocks ; of these shoes on h nd which it is . impossible to sell. STEAMER AGAIN ON SCHEDULE FROM SAVANNAH SAVANNAH, Nov. 13. ~ The I steamer “City of Montgomery" ■ which has for some time been, un [ dergoing repairs is again been put ion a schedule. The steamer has i been completely overhauled and re j novated at an enormous cost and ' wa< the largest repair contract ever let in this port* The “City of Mont ' gomery” is a vessel of the Ocean Steamship cany’ line. AMERICUS, GA., WEDNESDAY AFFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 14, 1923 An OldrStamping Ground ... JIS® ' / - J/; US - v'SM : .5/ z Both these gentlemen are former of the treasury- Here they are. in front of ihjtir old haunts, the treasury building, in Washington. The.'taller of the two. who is wearing the sort of hat that candidates throw in the presidential rir_ is William G. McAdoo. His companion is Senator Carter Glass, of Virginia. MEPCHAHTSTO Wff'BEN EiIHASI CfflWE CAfNPAIGH CHIFF AT MACON DIES Secretary Everett Busy Today ‘Lining U’ iMew Pay- Up And Trade-Up Stimulator Because of the success of the recent merchants’ pay-up campaign in which more than a quarter of mijtion dollars was exchanged be tween, customer and merchant, an ofher campaign is now being ar ranged. Secretary Everett, of the Cham ber' of Commerce, at the request of the merchants, is today lining up the merchants for this second trade and pay campaign. Most of the merchants, it is un derstood, who participated in the first will take .part in the second camnaign, with a "large number of new names acjded to the list. “The campaign is financed by the merchants participating,” said Mr. Everett today, “and not by thY Chamber of Commerce. The chamber simply arranges the details for the merchants. It is part of our service to Americus mer chants. “Any mercliaht in the city may take part. Call me any time Thursday or Friday and I will call and explain all detils to any mer chant desiring to have a part in this second empaign,” said Mr. Ev ert-tt. Several cities have undertaken similar pay-up campaigns after hearing of the success of the Amei ieus merchants, the secretaries of trade organizations in these cities having written here for de tails. *lhis second pay-jip campaign will possibly open November 15 or 20, closing about Christmas. HARLEM FARAMER MAKES OVER BALE TO THE ACRE II.tRLEM, Nov. 14 —Over a bale to the acre is the cotton crop raised by Ed Anderson, a prominent farm er of Harlem, who will realize about $4500 from 32 acres of land this year. Another planter of Har lem, Dr. Weeks, has already picked 60 bales and attributes it to the use of poison and the unusually good weather for cotton growing. PREACHER URGES INCREASE SALARIES OF POLICE FORCE ATLANTA, Nov. 1 A good word for Atlanta’s “finest" has been sounded from the pulpit. Dr. John W. Ham. pastor of the Bap tist Tabernacle, digressed from his Sunday night sermon and urged that the salaries of local police men be increased S2O per month. He said that he spoke from the viewpoint of an ex-officio member of the police board. FARMERS GATHER LARGEST PEANUT CROP IN YEARS SPARTA. November I“.—The larg-At yield of peanuts yet re ported here was made on the farm of D. F. Montgomery, near Sparta, the caxact measured yield being 90 bushels to the acre. Only a few acres were planted by Montgomery but he realized far more on them than he would have from other crops, 'Funeral Helji Today From Fam ily Residence With Promi nent People Attending MACON, Nov. 14.—Benjamin Gilharn, traffic manager of the Ma con Chamber of Commerce, died Tuesday afternoon at 4:33 o’clock at the Macon hospital, after a long illjness. He was one of the best known rate experts in the country and gained a wide reputation be« cause of his success in presenting cases before the Georgia Railroad commission, or the Interstate Com merce commission for review. Mr. Gilharn was bom on a farm in Oglethorpe County, Ga., in 1869. He was educated in the public schools, later studying law. He was admitted to the bar in Colum bus, Miss. Returning to Georgia, he practiced law for a time' in Lex ington. In 1894 he entered tho railroad service, serving in the auditing department of the South ern Railway System and later the Southern Pacific. It was in 1898 that Mr. Gilharn came to Macon, at which time he was married to Miss Annie Heli. For several years he served in vari ous departments of the Georgia and Florida railroad. CUTHBERT RESIDENT PASSES AWAY AT HOME A telegram received today in > Americus by Mrs. S. F. Howell an-1 nounced the death in Cuthbert of| her cousin G. C. McDonald who died at his home there early this morn ing. death being due to heart trou-1 ble. Funeral services will be held in Cuthbert Thursday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock, and it is probable relatives from this community will; attend. i Surviving are his widow, two | daughters, Mrs. B. T. Castellow and ?»liss Annette McDonald, also of Cuthbert. Ome son, Edward McDonald, of Cuthbert, also sur vives. MADRID TO HAVE NEW RING FOR BULL FIGHTS MADRID, Nov. 14.—(8y the As sociated Press.) —There seems »o be little danger of bullfighting dy ing out as the national sport of Spain, for some years at. least. Al though the people of Madrid and other cities have become somewhat bored because of the poor quality of the contests recently and despite stronger competition from other sports, the construction of a new bull ring of much larger dimen sions then the present one is pro ceeding. G. M. C. TEAM BETTER * THAN EVER BEFORE MILLEDGEVILLE, Nov. 14. The perfect athletic record of Georgia Military college continues unscratched following their recent victory of 25 to 7 over Marion in stitute, the prep champions of Ala bama. The football team at G.M. C. is this year better than ever before and so far this season has downed several large teams. iBCTBBER’S COTTOS MWTIWiI® BALES BIIBEAOSAYS i Figures Compare With 533,744 Bales Consumed During Cor responding Month, 1922 DECREASE OF 8,081 BALES I Entire Crop Now Practically Gathered With Fields Bare Almost Everywhere WASHINGTON, Nov. 14.—Cot ton consumed during October to talled 541,825 bales of lint and 57,- 128 bales of linters, which com pares with 483,852 bales of lint and 49,587 bales of linters in Sep tember this year, and 533,744 of | lint and 62,635 of linters in Oc- I tober last year, the census bureau | announced today. SUMTER GINNINGS ARE SHORT IB,OHO BALES Only 11,308 Bales Ginned To Nov. 1, Report of Persons Discloses j Cotton ginnings in Sumter coun ty prior to November 1, as shown by the report of W. P. Persons, res ident agent for the census bureau wade public today, were • 11,308 bales. In computing his report Mr. Persons, in accordance with rules of the department, counted round as half bales, the tota, being as above stated. These figures compare with 20,- 833 bales ginned from the_ crop of 1922 to th e same Hate last year, in dicating a shortage in production of approximately 10,000 bales, or about half a normal season’s entire cotton crop. Practically all fields here are now bare, with the picking season defi nitely ended, but it is possible a few additional bales now held in cotton houses on farms near Amer icus maye be ginned during the re mainder of this month and proba bly during early December. It is established, however, that the en tire crop has now. been completely accounted for and the yield for the season can hardly be expected to total more than 14,Q00 bales in view of conditions as they exist he ' re - a-rf* BERRIEN DENIED NEW TRIAL; MUST SERVE ATLANTA, Nov. 14. R. N. Berrien, Jr., an Atlanta broker, sentenced to three to five years m state penitentiary for misappro priation of approximately $40,000 in school warrants, was denied a new trial by the Supreme court today. GLORIA CARUSO TO BE MAID OF HONOR LONDON, Nov. 14.—Mrs. En rico Caruso will marry Captain C. A. Ingram, wealthy Scotchman, in London this week. Mrs. Caruso had intended to keep the plans for her wedding se cret, just as she did her marriage to the great tenor, but informa tion concerning the arrangements has been disclosed by reliaible sources. Caruso’s golden-haired little daughter, Gloria, will attend her mother at the church as the only bridesmaid. The other guests will be a few intimate friends of the bride and bridegroom. Mrq. Ca ruso is now stopping at one of the West End hotels and Captain In gram is living at his private resi dence in Brook street, Mayfair. ORCHESTRA REHEARSAL FOR THURSDAY NIGHT Alfred C. Gane, director of the recestly. organized community or chestra, today announced there will be a second meeting of the orches tra Thursday night at 7:30 o’clock nt the Community club house. Mr. Gane expresses greatest op timism with the outlook for a splen did orchestra, saying that if all the .••ehearsals in future are as enthus iastically attended as the one last week, he sees a bright future for Americus in the orchestra. Recently Mr. Gane visited At lanta and while there interviewed Enrico, leader of the Atlanta Sym phony Orchestra, who congratulat ed Mr. Gane on the success he is meeting with in organizing and di recting a symphony orchestra in Americus. Mr. Gane added that there were seventeen musicians present last night, and th e prospect is for more 1 this week. PROGRAM BABBITS GET $43,600 Off BMC MESSENGER IN SPECTACULAR BAIO Bold Hold-Up Staged at Fifty- Second Street Subway Sta tion in New York BANDITS ESCAPE SAFELY Short Pursuit by Employes of Branch Postoffice Proves Fruitless NEW YORK, Nov. ’4. Two bank messengers were murdered by two bandits who stole $43,600 from them in a spectacular hold-up to day at 55th street station of the West End subway line in Brooklyn) The hold-up occurred as crowds waited for the trains. The bandits escaped after a short pursuit by employees of a branch posteffice. SMALLWTECA.STIN TUESDAY'S PRIMARY Harris, Hightower. Murray And Allison Winners In Alder manic Race Tn Tuesday’s primary election to nominate four members of city council a total of 313 votes were east, with ,1. W. Harris, Nathan Murray, J. W. Hightower and R. E. Allison chosen by the voters. C. J. Clark was the only other candidate in the race. By a peculiar coinci dence. Mr. Allison, who is already a member of council, and whose term will expire January 1, was chosen to succeed E. J. Witt, whose seat in council is now vacant, Aiderman Witt having moved to Atlanta to reside several weeks ago. J. W. Harris, who was a candidate to succeed himself led in the voting, receiving a total of 281, while the vote received by the other candi dates was as follows: Nathan Mur ray, 275; J. W. Hightower, 263; R. E. Allison, 229; C. J. Clark, 193. Under the rules governing the pri mary, it was required that the. can didate nominated by the lowest vote should be a candidate in the gen eral election for the place made va cant by the resignation of Aider man Witt. Candidates nominated in Tues day's primary will be seated at the firrt meeting of council in January, when that body will be re-organiz ed and new standing committees ap pointed by Mayor J. E. Poole. The hold-over members of council who will serve with the gentlemen just nominated during next year are E. L. Carswell and W. E. Mitchell, with Mayor Poole, whose term does not expire until January 1, 1925. All of the candidates nominated are men of strong progressive character, well equipped to render excellent service in the conduct of municipal affairs, and it is expect ed they will devote much of their time and energy- to a solution of vexed municipal problems during their term in office. Mr. C. J. Clark who received a substantial vote in the primary, is one of Americus’ leading manufac turers, having large property inter ests here, and had he been elected would have served with grace and benefit in any aldennanic position to which he may have later been j named. ; MEXICO TO OPEN FREE PORTS DURING MONTH MEXICO CITY, Nov. 14.—(8y the Associated Press.) —Two of the four free ports created last year by presidential decree will un doubtedly be opened lor commerce early in November, it is learned in official quarters! They are Salina Cruz And Puerto Mexico. The oth er two, Guapmas and Rincon An tonio, will not be ready for some time. At Salina Cruz and Puerto Mexico the work of enclosing t’ae restricted areas and port improve ments is progressing rapidly. By means of these free ports the gov ernment hopes to give a great im petus to the development of the natural resources of the country, especialy those of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. CHARRED BODY THAT OF IRENE CURLEY TUSCALOOSA, Ala., Nov. 14. Irene Curley, of Bessemer, was named by Solicitor Clarkson as the woman whose body partly cremated was found in the ruins of a negro church after it had bedn destroyed by fire. Alf Winchester is being held in connection with her death. _—. . WEATHER. For Georgia —. Fair tonight and Thursday; no change in tempera ture. . - —.—w PRICE FIVE CENTS KLAN OFFICIALS AHD WALKER IN MEETING AT HOTEL IN ATLANTA Governor Urges Support of His Taxation Program Before Klan Authorities OTHERS ALSO PRESENT Facts of Meeting Held Last Night Leaked Out This Morn ing Reports State ATLANTA. November 14.—(8y The Associated Press.) Gov. Walker urged support of his tax ation program now- pending before the legislature at a meeting last night at a local hotel which w-as at tended by members of the legisla ture, imperial Wizard Evans and other officials of the Ku Klux Klan, it became known today. The governor declined to discuss the meteing, saying it was a pri vate affair. It is stated, however, that in his speech he urged co-op eration on his tax program. The senate voted 32 to 10 to re commit the Lankford income tax measure to the constitutional amendment after it had earlier re fused to take such action, 22 to 21. With recommittal of the meas ure the senate adjourned until to morrow. The house had under considera tion the general tax act and voted to hold an afternoon session. Representatives Haddock and Lo gan, who said they had been in vited to attend the meeting but were unable to attend, said its pur pose was to get together members of the klan in the legislature. Na than Bedford Forrest, grand drag on of the klan in Georgia, issued invitations for the meeting, and at the outset he was understood to have said the governor’s tax pro gram was worthy of endorsement. TUESDAY’S WORK IN LEGISLATURE ATLANTA, Nov. 14.—(Special.) Tuesday by a vote of 9 to 4 the senate constitutional amendments committee favorably reported for passage the Langford income tax bill, as originally drawn but with some additions. The house had before it for con sideration the general tax act, and will next take under consideration, it is said, the senate income tax bill. The house agricultural committee Tuesday reported adversely on the Delapairrer bill to reduce fertiliz er fees. Tuesday afternoon the house re fused to repeal the $2,500 tax on .grand opera, declining to reduce the tax in any amoun.. An effort was made to place a tax of SIOO on lobbyists for each bill or resolution a lobbyist was employed to work upon. The pro posal failed to carry. Tvyo test votes taken in the fore noorf session of the house demon strated that the bill by Representa tive Knight and others to repeal the Milner tobacco stamp tax law will not receive a favorable vote in the house. x , Tuesday afternoon Governor Walker appeared before the senate constitutional amendments commit tee stating his attitude in regard to a solution of tax reform. He said that his attitude was still a give and take compromise, and that he believed final acocmplishment reached through this method would' be for the best. The senate constitutional amend ments committee yesterday after noon, cn a vote of 9 to 4, reported favorably for passage of the Lank ford income tax bill, as originally drawn, with an addition that the exemptions on incomes be not less then SI,OOO on unmarried people anil $2,000 on married people with an addition of S2OOO for each de pendent minor child or other de pendent. The fight on the bill by a few members of the committee .which has been carried on the past four meeting days, was against the (Continued or« Page Two.4 CARTERSVILLE SUFFERS HEAVY FIRE DAMAGE ROME, November I".—Damage estimated by th e chief of the Car- fire department at between $05,000 and sßo,ooo’ was done by fire which Monday gutted the bet ter part of a business block in the very heart of that little city. Th e Cartersville opera house, a brick building, valued at $36,000; a large feed and sale stable, occupied ! by three cows, six horses and mules and two automobiles; ’two drug ’ stores, a grocery store and meat market and a shoe shop were com pletely gutted, while several small er places were badly damaged. The fire started in the sale and feed stable and had been burning some twenty minutes when discov ered. Gilreath and Landers drug store, Dr. £. N. Hewell”s drug store, Roper’s grocery store and market wer e the heaviest losers, aside from the opera house and the stable. There is said to have been some in surance on almost all of the places, except the stable, but in no cas« was the amount large, j
