About Americus times-recorder. (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 15, 1923)
Americus Spot Cotton Strict Middling 32 3-4 c. N. Y. Futures Jan. Mar. May Prev. Close 33.25 33.48 33.50 i Open 33.55 33.85 33.85 f 11 am 43,46 33.71-33.74 Close 33.50 33.75 33.78 FORTY-FIFTH YEAR.—NO. 263 BALDWIN WILL NOT TOLERATE MORE DELAY „ I ******* *********** *********** * * * * * Consideration of Sen. Pace State Auditor Bill Made Possible HIKES AMENDS CALL EIB KEltt m H SUBJECTS HM Acted To Make Certain Legal ity of Certain Measures Al ready Passed By Solons EMBRACES STATE AUDITOR Extra Tax Machinery Also Men tioned in Amended Procla mation Just Issued ATANTA, November 15.—Gov ernor Walker today amended his proclamation for the extraordinary ' session of the legislature so as to embrace the subject of state audi tor, tax commission and additional tax collecting machinery. His action was taken to make I certain the legality of any legisla tion on these questions at the extra session. HOUSE INVITES UNDERWOOD TO TALK ■ ATLANTA, November 15.—The i lower house of the Georgia Gen era] Assembly passed a joint resolution inviting Senator Oscar W. Underwood, of Alabama, to ad dress the assembly at an early date convenient to him. O'RYATfSWS HE SILL PROVE CHARGES B ’GAINST FORBES Counsel For Committee Is Stir red By Denial of Former Head of Veterans Bureau ' FORBES IS ONE OF GANG Is New Accusation Made Today By Official Engaged in Investigation WASHINGTON, November 15/- Stirred by Charles E. Forbes’ charges against the committee coun sel, JohnY. O’Ryan today told the senate veterans’ committee that he expected to prove convincingly the whole truth of E. H. Mortimer’s charge that Colonel Forbes was one of a gang of conspirators who were > tied together, cheek and jowl, to I defraud the government. He expected further to show, he I :-aid, that this criminal conduct was ; in consonance with Fprbes’ previous I life record. I ChSrles E. Forbes passed the di rect lie to two of his accusers — Brigadier General Charles E. Saw- , yer and Elias H. Mortimer and ' then charged counsel for the sen- j ate committee investigating the vet erans’ bureau with suppressing ma-, terial facts which show his inno- j cence. . I Moreover, the former director of the bureau charged that witnesses lying beiore the committee and as serted that His counsel had the . props. Turning to. Forbes attorney, James S. Easby-Smith, John F. O”Ryan, general counsel for the committee, inquired if he was pre pared to furnish the evidence. “I am if the committee desires to hear it,” Mr. Easy-Smith replied. ‘‘The committee certainly wants to heart, it.” declared Chairman Reed. Opening the cross examination of Forbes, General O’Ryan wanted to know who was in the “conspiracy” to destroy him which the former di- t rector had charged on Tuesday was | on foot. ' “Mortimer and Williams (J. M.. Williams, dairyman, who has prev iously testified) were two of the I conspirators and three were oth-, ers,” responded Forbes. General O’Ryan then wanted to | know about Forbes’ charges of per- ( jury and subornation, of pe.jury 'Taking a paper from his pocket, Forbes read: “I mean by perjury j the testimony of Mr. Mortimer, Mr. ; Williams and others. By subordi- I nation of perjury, I mean the meth ods which were used to induce Mr. Williams to testily falsely. By at tempted subornation of peijuiy, mean attempts which have come to (Continued on Page iwo.x ALL-DAY MISSION STUDY POSTPONED The Presbytenal Woman’s Aux iliary which was to have been held in the Presbyterian church tins ' week hl been until No vember x 3 because of much illness among tire church niembexs. The sessions will be held in the Sunday school rooms of the Preby terian church, and will begin in the morning of the day named, con tinuing'throughout the afternoon. The book to be studied is “The Child of Future America,’ ’ and deals with education as a basis for child training for the nation’s fu ture. THETffIKgWECTRDER BUSHED IN THE. ART ****♦*:****** ** **** ****** * * * * * IFOUR ARMY*OFFICERS TO BE EXECUTED -» L - - - ... -■■ - —— - - - —■“ ■■ " •—.... , —........ ... _ w ~ -- - nr irmK ■ _____ HIGH GREEK OEHCERS Hi REVOLT SENTENCED W DEATHJT MS {Two Generals and Two Majors Get Extreme Penalty For Part in Movement OTHERS MUST SERVE LIFE Many of High Rank*Sentenced I To Prison By Courtmart’al After/ Hearing ATHENS, Nov. 15.—The court I at Eleusis has sentenced to death Generals Leonard Opoulos and Gar galides and Majors Avrambes and Nicolareas, leaders of the recent, j revolutinary movement. Many other officers of high rank I involved ill the riot were sentenced to imprisonment for lite of for long terms. FMBMTG IS 'TRUCK BI M Party Were On Their Wav To Enjoy Day’s Hunt in Woods Near Scene NEWARK, Ohio, Nov. 15. —Four Columbus men were i killed this morning when the automobile in which they were struck by a Pennsylvania train at Frazey b’urg, northeast of here. The men were on their way for a (Jay's-hunt. KENT HEWS 'HW [i!H GBOT Comptroller Issues Statement of Nation’s Banks Showing Great Prosperity WASHINGTON, Nov. 15. —The ) growing strength of the country s j naticinal banking system is reileet - ed in a composite statement of the I condition of the national banxs as i of September 14 made public last I night by Comptroller Dawes of the I currency. The statement disclos ed that although there were 8,- 239 national banks in operation on ! that date, one fewer than a year ago, almost every item figured in i' to their combined resources show-1 ed increases over the bank call of { . September 15 last year. Total resources of $21,712,876,- ' 000 included loans and discounts ' of $11,934,556,000, or an increase of seven hundred million dollars in ; c TcEter item alone. Holding of government securities also were I larger by two hundred million dol lars than in Sepetmber, 1922, al r though the entire volume of gov ernment securities outstanding has, decreased materially in the year ■ covered by the statistics. There, was, moreover, an increase of about one hundred million dollars in the, value of securities other th.-a those’ issued by the government, which were held by the banks. , 'The total deposits September 14 of $17,040,530,000 represent an j increase of nearly half a billion dot-) lars over the deposits reported nt) the call of September 15, 1922. Reserves of the national banks, ) held in the twelve federal reserve : I bi.iks, however, had dropped off ■ I .slightly from the amount a y*.-xr i ago. The latest figures show the) reserves at $1,169,600,000, while) ■in September of last year they i I were reported above $1,200,000,- j ' 000. SUNKEN GALLEYS OF 'ROME NOW SOUGHT ROME, November 15.—An a?- : tempt is to be made to' recover j from Lake Ncmi near Rome the floating palace of the Emperor: Tiberius, consisting, of two galleys, which have been buried in the mud for 19 centuries and are believed I to contain marvels of ancient art | etual to those found in the tomb of; Tutankhamen. I The expense of the work will bi | [’.mine by private individuals in or der not to burden the government : project project has the approval ; of 1 rentier Mussolini. SUMTER COUNTY NEGROES LEAD IN THEIR DEPT. Sumter county negro ft'.rmerj, club women, girls and boy:-, had a splendid exhibit at the Chattahoo chee Valley fair in Columbus re cently! Their' display was a credit to Sumter county, and it was known throughout the fair, having won twelve prizes, ten df them be ing first. AU prizes have been re ceived. ... . AMERICUS. GA., THURSDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 15 1923 srraffl sts' 'TILL SEGOWIK IK RUHRTERRITORV French Authorities in Occupied Territory Continued Confer ences With Germans RHINELAND IS INCLUDED) Future Status of Both Regions Subject of Important Nego tiations Now Going On PARIS, V’’ 15.—Advices from French sources in Berlin say that negotiations. Between represents-| • fives Os occupied territory and the ' government concernigning the fu- ■ Lure status of the Ruhr and Rhine- I land are continuing this morning. | micraooLSTsl HAYE EDUCATION WK Programs To Be Rendered Will Be patterned After Plan Nationally Approved Americus educational authorities are interested in the observance of Education week, which has beep designated between the dates Nov. 18 and Nov. 24. A general pro gram for observation of the week has been prepared under the auspices of the American Legicn the National Educational associa tion and the United States Bureau of Education. This program has been formally approved already by Superintend ent ,J. E. Mathis, of Americus schools, and with necessary changes this will be carried out in the sev eral schools here. Ministers, rep resenting the various denomina tions here, Will be asked by the school authorities to preach sermons on education Sunday, Nov. 18, wheel observance of the week be gins. and the members of the Le gion post are also requested to participate in the services when these services are delivered. The week has been divided into daily programs, with each day designated. Sunday is “For God and Country,” Monday, “American Constitution Day,” Tuesday, “Pa triotism Day,” Wednesday, 1 School and Teacher Day,” Thursday, “Il literacy Day,” Friday “Community Day,” and Saturday, “Physical Edu cation Day.” The complete pro gram for the week is as follows: Sunday, Nov. 18—Sducation in j the home; Education in the school; ' Education in the church. Slogan, A Godly i nation canot fail. Monday, Nov., 19.—Life, liberty and justice; How the constitution guarantees these; Revolutionists and radicals a menace to these | guarantees; Security and oppor-i tunity. Slogans, Ballots not bullets. | Visit the schools today. Tuesday, Nov. 20—The flag, the ] emblem of the nation; Help the im-; migrants and aliens to become i ’Americans; Take an active interest! irf governmental affairs; Music in fluence upon a nation. Slogans, Visit the qchool today. America: first. ' Wednesday, Nov. 21—The nec-j ;essity of school; The teacher as a! nation builder; The school influ-■ I encP •on the coming generation; . : The school as a productive institu-'l jtion; School needs in the communi i ty. Slogans, Visit the schools |o ■ day. Better trained and better ! paid teachers, more adequate build ings. Thursday, Nov. 22—Illiteracy, a j menatce to our nation; An Amer j icon’s duty toward the uneducat i ed; Let every citizen teach one il ! literate. Slogans, No illiteracy by I 1927. It can be done. Visit the ! schools today. i Friday, Nov. 23—Equality of op | portunity in education for every I American boy and girl; Rural schools, city schools, colleges; A nub’ ! " library foi - every -communi ty; Children today, citizens tomor row. Slogans, Visit the schools to day. An equal chance for all chil dren. A square deal for the coun try boy and girl. Saturday, Nov. 24—Playgrounds; physical education and hygiene; The great out of doors; The coun try’s need - n conservation and de velopment of forests, soil, roads, and other resources. Slogans, ! A sick body makes a sick mind. Playground in' every community— athletes all. CRISP GINNINGS SHOW 3,054 BALES CORDELK, Nov. 15.—The gin- I nings in Crisp county had reached ; 3,054 bales up to November 1, ac- I cording to figures furnished by the ! census department. at Washington. This figure is about what most 1 growers believed would be possible. I It is hardly probable that the fig -1 urcs will reach the 350 U murk. ) • Citizen Woodrow Wilson • xr.-rw - u>*v.r.- K _ 2 , -kj-jb iKnvsanBKMMMMaaaHaMaMMMrvtaMMaAmRK i J- -Aa r _*,«**. u. AUMI I !■■■ Til c' ■ ■■ thousand persons journeyed to the Woonrow Wuson home, oil S street, Washington, o n Armistice day, hoping for i glimpse bl and a word from the war president. They were not disappointed. Senator Carter G lass is shown on left, and Ralph Bqlli qg on right. , AMENDED LAHKFORDI INCOME TM MEASURE is pot rani Bill Addled 38 to 6 and Now Gaei.Tp Lower House For Concurrence AROUSED LIVELY DEBATE Amendment Provides Tax To j Be Levied On Net Incomes Only As Described ATLANTA, November 15.—The Lankford income tax measure, as amended, was passed by 7 the senate today, the final vot a being 38 to 6. I The measure now goes to the house. ! A heated debate marked consider- ■ ation of the bill in the upper house I todty. One of the amendments adopted i provides that in the event th> amendment is ratified by the voters ■ of the state, the Georgia ad valo-. fem tax' limit shall be reduced from j five to three mills. !, Another amendment would pro- j vide that the new tax law be levied |1 only on the net income as describ-. J ed by the general assembly. EAST POINT SUFFERS HEAVY FIRE DAMAGE - ■ EAST POINT, Nov. 10. One house was completely destroyed, and two others were badly damng- ; ed in a fire wnich late Wednesday! afternot i threatened the residen tial section on North Main street., East Po:,nT and Camp Jesup tire-! men, by quick work, prevented th J i flames from spreading to other; residences. I The home of C. O. Spence, 602 i North Main street, was totally de-1 stroyed; that of- Deputv Sheriff vV. | F. Thompson, 600 North Main, wasi almost completely razed; and the! home of W. E. Burdett, 604 North Main was badly damaged. Loss wa estimated at 85,000 largely covered by insurance. Origin of the fire has not been determined. The flames originate ! in the Spence home, where Spence, a night watchman, was sleeping. He was awakened when the house be came full of smoke, and escaped before he wa.. burned. $3,060,000 IN PECANS PRODUCED IN STATE ATLANTA, Nov. 15.—The Pe can industry in South Georgia is rapidly becoming one of the most important factors in the State’s industrial development, according to A. D. Daniel, passenger traffic manager of the Atlanta, Birming ham and Atlantis Railroad. Figures received by the A. B! and A, road show that the National Pw»n Exchange at Albany, in Dougherty county, a co-operative selling organization, will easily handle 1,000,000 pounds of pecans this season. The total crop for Georgia is estimated at 5,009,000 pounds. This will bring into the state, within sixty days, around $3,000,000it0 the growers. A pecan orchard in this state in full coinmercial fruitage, it is easily worth from SSOO to SI,OOO an acre, though they are not foi' sale at any price. IfODOO ADMITS HE IS MATE HOW FOB HO HOB a Confirms Statement That His Name Is To Be Presented Before Convention ROCKWELL TELLS OF PLAN i Ravenna, Ohio. Man, Probably ! Will Head McAdoo Cam paign For Nomination OMAHA, Nov. 15.—Commenting on the statement made in Chicago by David L. Rockwell, of Ravenna, ! Ohio, that friends of William A! | McAdoo intended to nominate him ’ as the Democratic candidate for ! the presidency, Mr. McAdoo said ! here today that Mr. Rockwell has ! stated the situation accurately. SAVOY CAFE WILL OCCUPY SINGER STORE • . Workmen are busily engaged now in remodeling and installing new equipment in the store formerly occupied by the Singer Company at ■ 129 Jackson street, which is soon to be occupied by the Savoy Case. I Included in the equipment being in stalled is a handsome square marble | counter, extending in four --direc- i tions in the center of the store-room and with eight tables placed in the .front of this. New kitchen equip- Iment is also being installed, includ ing a steam dish-washer and steril izer and when opened to the public ■the case will be one of the most .complete in Americus. There are I a number of well known Americus j residents associated in the man agement, and an announcement of | the opening date will be made soon in The Times-Recorder. MOTHER ’GATOR AND I 17 LITTLE ONES CAUGHT WAYCROSS, Nov. 15.—A seven foot alligator and seventeen Jittb ones were caught by R. E- Van Fossen, of Ware county, on huckle berry Bay, three miles south of Waycross Tuesday. The large -‘■gator was shot and killed when captured but the little fellows, all of them between five and seven inches long, were brought alive to Waycross where they were display ed during the afternoon. The youngsters were lively, pretty lively as they crawled over one another on the seat of the car beside Mr. Van Fossen, but they refused to bite the Ungers of by standers held out to them. The old alligator, shot back of the shoulder and again through the body, wqs tied to the side of the car. CURB ON DIVROCE TO BE URGED NEW YORK, Nov. 15.—Drastic revision of divorce legislation to relieve conditions - revealed by an extensive survey of the divorce sit uation in the United States will he urged at the quadrennial Method ist conference in Springfield, Mass next May, it was learned here lust night at the semi-annual conferenct of the board of bishops of the Methodist Episcopal church it Brooklyn- This action, it was said, was ujg ed in a report read by Bishop Adi. i W. Leonard, of San Francisco. .. ■- -w-e 'MSISCIH BANDITS lllffi RICH HAUL: GET S2O.UPO CH II RAID Two Masked Men Hold Up and ' Rob Bank Messenger in Crowded Section BANDITS BUSY ELSEWHERE Collinsville, 111., Clerks Robbed By Strong-Arm Methods, Os $14,000 KANSAS CITY, Nov. 15.—Two masked bandits held up two mes sengers of the Argentine State Bank at Argentine boulevard ami Seventeenth street here today, and i escaped with $20,000 in cash. ILLINOIS COAL CO. ROBBED OF $14,000. COLLINSVILLE, Ills., November 15.-—Three bandits hela up two I clerks of the Consolidated Coal j company here, and escaped with I $14,000 of payroll money, ioffiwrm . FOR CONVENTION SITE Western Metropolis Fails to Sub mit Bid At Meeting of Spec ial Committee WASHINGTON, November 15. Denver, heretofore regarded as a strong contender for the Republi , can National convention next year, failed to submit an invitation when a special sub-committee of the party met here today to receive conven | tion bids. REPUDIATION RUMORS jM UNFBONDEU > I • Stated in Official Quarters Ger- many Has Decided To Live Up to Versailles Pact i: BERLIN, Nov. 15. Official quarters here dismiss as wholly un founded reports circulated abroad • that the German government Ijas decided to repudiate the treaty of j V ersailles in its entirety. : JORDAN ONTRIAL FOR KILLING FOLSOM i Mrs. McGill, State Witness, De clares She Say Entire Trag edy Enacted QUITMAN, Nov. 15.—The trial of Mack Jordan, charged with th*' murder of Turner Folsom, a well known farmer of the Barney com munity, opened in Superior court. The opening scenes of the trial drew a crowd thut packed the courtroom. Solicitor Kay is assisted in the prosecution by Lee Brancn and S.S. Bennett; lawyers for defense are Weston and McCall. The state put up its star witness, Mrs. Tallie Mc i Gill, and- closed with her testimony. • Her husband and her father-ii - i law were killed several weeks ago. - c,nd she came to the witness stand ’! with the effects of the tragedy plainly visible in heij face. The Mc i Gills were tenants on one of the 1 j Folsom farms, as were the Jordans, i ; Mrs. McGill witnessed the shoot- > I ing of Turner Folsom by Young -[jordan last. July. She testified I that Folsom came to see her hus , bend on business, that he was ah sent and that when Folsom start r ed to leave he was interrupted by ; Mack Jordan. She did not hear what they said, i> but saw Jordan shoot, she declared, e She said Folsom had nothing in his hand. u> The first witness for the defense, Tyler, who boarded at th? McGills, told of Mrs. McGill giving her hus band a gun that night after the - I killing in the afternoon and that " I she said she! had 1 taken it from Fol c | sum’s car. ■> Sneed Lawson, anoti.er defense n I witness, with his father was the > 1 first to reach the body of the slain e ■ man. He sajd a knife was in the I-1 right hand of the dead «u«... ■' ' —■ I .11 ■■■■— | N ...... ■t 1 he Question’s Solved. C, Comely maiden—Why are all e; vessels spoken of as “she?” It’s be n i cause they glide so gracefully, 1 i suppose r-: Boatman—No, miss, it ain’t. It’s a i because their riggin’ costs so much. 1 —Answers. WEATHEfc For Georgia Mostly cloudy to night and Friday; no change in 2ZI PRICE FIVE CENTS BREAT BRITAIN GETS MOPE RESTIVE UNGER CONTINUED DELAYS Prime Minister Baldwin States Britain’s Position On Ruhr And Reparations ALLIES MUST ACT SOON Some Move Necessary If Eng land’s Present Spirit Is To Be Maintained LONDON, Nov. 15.—PrimeTMiri ister Baldwin, in answer to a labor motion of censure in the house of commons, said with reference to the Ruhr and the repartions situ ation that he had spared no pains to let it be known to Great Brit aTn’s allies that British hope could not continue indefinitely to main tain the spirit necessary for co-op eration if the present situation is allowed to continue. JOE MS K 816 YIELD OF PORTO OB YAMS fPOM ONE HILL More Than Half a Bushel in Hili Illustrates Possibility of Po tato as Cash Crop Here CASH MARKET ALREADY Farmers Who Raise These Tu bers Have No Trouble Sell ing at Good Profit Joe Rooks, Andersonville resi dent, and well known in Americus, is probably the champion sweet po tato raiser in this section of Geor gia. . Yesterday he harvested a portion of his fine crop of Porto Rico yams and in one hill dug a total of 32 pounds, or considerably more than half a bushel of these delicious tu bers. One single potato dug from this mammoth hill and presented to the Times-Recorder through the courtesy of Mr. Rooks, weighed ex actly 15 pounds, being one of the largest ever produc-d in this sec tion of the state, if not the largest. Mr. Rooks has on’y a small acre age planted to sweet potatoes this year, but he has demonstrated that they are an exceptionally profitable crop and next year may plant a con siderable area to the tubers. The potatoes, it should bo stated, an 1 a second crop nroducedjn the same land, having been preceded by a good yield of Irish potatoes which furnished food fox- Mr. Rooks’ fanx ly table throughox ;• the season, with a quantity, home-cured and now safely stored away for later consumption ox - sale as he prefex-s. Telling of his sweet potato crop today, Mr. Roqks said that he used no fertilizer whatever in theix- cul tivation, and expressed gratification at the superior yield secured. The ilants were set out July 15, or about that date, he said, and the potatoes wer e gives the same atten tion as a numbe rof other crops be ng raised for home use and inci dental sale. The total yield has not been harvested and weighed up yet, but the giant hill dug during Wed nesday points to a tremendous pro duction, in addition to illustrating graphically the possibilities of ter county soil in the production of the Porto Rico yam as a money crop. With fifty cents a bushel being paid for these yams at the Ameri cus potato curing house, now being operated by Roy Black, it is easily seen what substantial returns per acre may be secured by planting Porto Ricos as a cash money crop. It should be explained, however, that the saleable yams are those of considerable less size than the giant tuber unearthed by Mr. Rooks. The No. l’s, as they are commer cially classed, are between 2 1-4 and . 3 3-4 inches around, with a rnaxi munx of ten inches in length to ob- Itain the best price, buUall of these sizes are readily saleable here—and i for the cash, with no limit placed on the quantity that may be brought ! i n - The larger potatoes, according to George O. Marshall, county farm demonstration agent, besides being ’ avainlable for canning and home use or sale to restaurants and ho tels for making pies, have a high i feed value as hog feed and nxay be i profitably market “on the hoof” as so many farmers now market their t velvet beans and corn. The experi , ence of Mr. Rooks points one way I out of the all-cotton program, and | potatoes coming in at this season, i will provide csah for the farmers I i when it is most needed in prepara . tion for planting the great ’.noney ; | crop of the entire South—cotton— and’ without which it would be fi j;nanciaUy impossible for the indua, . ■ tries and institutions of the nation •to exist. , ,7“ t *
