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Americui Spot Cotton
Strict middling 34 cents.
N. Y. Futures Jan. Meh. Mav
Previous Close ~34.25 34.45 34.55
°Pen 34.40 34.60 34.75
11 am .. .34.32 34.54 34.67
Close 34.32 34.58 34.73
FORTY-FIFTH YEAR.—NO. 25 7
ALL DANGER OF DISAGREEING WITH FRANCE | OBVIATED
MARTIN TRAPP HAS SUPPLANTED WALTON
INTERNATIONALIBANKERSIPLAN GIGANTIC GOLD LOAN TO GERMANS
PACE AUDIT MEASURE
AGAIN PASSED AFTER
BRIEF SENATE DEBATE
Measure Now Goes To House
Fqr Consideration By That
Body and Re-Passage
MEET SITUATION CREATED
Amended Call of Governor Con
vening Legislature Caused
Measure’s Reconsideration
•ATLANTA, Nov. 20.—The Pace
audit bill, which would create a
state auditor, was again passed by
the senate anu sent to the house.
The measure passed once before,
but re-passed i/n order to conform
with the governor’s amended call
for an extra session.
The house, after deciding to have
printed copies made of the Lank
ford tax income tax bill and house
committee amendments thereto,
deferred further consideration of
it until tomorrow.
A SYNOPSIS OF
MONDAY’S SESSION
ATLANTA. Nov. 20.—When the
house of representatives adjourn
ed Monday night, debate on the
proposal to adopt an income tax as
the basic source of revenue for
state purposes was well under way.
The pctual bill before the house was
the one introduced by Chairman
W. Jones, of the committee or,
amendments to the constitution,
and known as the committee bill.
The first speech in support of th
income tax proposal was made by
Representative Ellis of Tift, a mem
ber of the tax commission and ard- ■
ent supported of the income tax I
plan.
Representative McClure, of Wal
ker county, another member of the
tax comission, also spoke ia» favor
of an income tax. He told the
house that in so far as the genera]
question of tax reform is concern
ed, it would make no difference
to the political fortunes of Gover
nor Walker whether the house did
the work for which it had been
called or not. Tie said the vast
majority of the people of the state j
was convinced that the governor i
has handled his end of the problem |
in a dignified and businesslike I
meaner and that if the assembly
failed to provide relief for the
“obnoxious” tax system now in
operation, it would be the assemb
ly which would have to bear the i
blame and noi the governor.
Representative Rowe, of Rich-,
mond county, had just begun to I
speak when a motion to adjourn
until 10 o’clock Tuesday, with the]
pfnvi'’ : <'u that V ''-wo It-vo th' 11
fit j. . au uebate opened,
was cagped.
At the morning session, Repre
sentative Stewart, of Atkinson
county, introduced a motion pro
viding that the legislature adjourn
sine die next Saturday, regardless
of the status of its business at that
time. He argued that sufficient
had been accomplished ana that it
was best that the legislators leave
the tax situation as it is at present.
Representative Fleming, of Han
cock, spoke against the motion,
stating that, even before the spe
cial session began, letters had been
sent out by the Georgia Taxpayers
league, predicting that Mr. Stewart
would introduce a resolution on
November 17. The speaker said
that the gentleman from Atkinson
was two days behind schedule but
was'evidently running comparative
ly true to form.
Mr. Stewart stated that if such
letters had gone out, it was en
tirely without his knowlege or au
thorization. He said he did not
know any officers of the Taxpay
ers’ league, even by sight and that
he was not interested in any legis
lation on behalf of any corpora 1 -
, tions.
Representative Woodruff, of De-
Kalb, asked Mr. Stewart if he did
not know that one principal
reasons for the loss in the
house was because' he, Mr. Stew
art, insisted on taking up the
house’s time by speaking.
The resolution was overwhelm
ingly defeated, only a scattering
half dozen votes being fast for it.
Two meetings, one in the morn
ing and one in the afternoon, were
held durig the day by the house
committee on constitutional amend
ments. In the afternoon the com
mittee ad versed a bill by Repr.e
fContinued on Page Two.)
Hauling a loaded sled over 20 to
40 miles of snow and ice in a sin
gle dny is nothing out of the ordi
nary for Eskimo dogs.
The United States has ofle-sixth
of the world’s live stock.
I
THEJKe®KWRO€R
* BUS He: D i N THE HEAR T OF DIXIEl"
HIS BEST PHOTO
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Ll
x.-io cne xirst posed portrait
made of President Coolidge inside
the White House. George W. Har
ris took it in the cbainet room. Sit
ting lasted 30 minutes, and strange
to say every p.oof came back mark
ed “approved.” Harris selected this
as the best, in his judgment. The,
photo is copyrighted
MOOfGEBPK
DIAU IN BEHLIN HGK
President of Reichsbank For
Many Years and Financed
Germany During War
BERLIN, Nov. 20.—Dr. Rudolph
E. A. Havenstein, president of the
reichsbank, is dead.
He had been president of the i
bank since 1907 and had charge of '
financing the war.
80011 iisslfi BOY
FHO IN TENEKNTi
Remains Located in Dismal Cel
lar Had Been Slashed And
Badly Mutilated
' NEW YORK, Nov. 20. The j
body of Irving Pickkny, four and |
half years old. who was kidnaped j
from in front of his Grand street
home October 26, was found today I
slashed with a knife in the cellar
of a Suffolk street tenement house.
ffISffiPEKE
IS SLAIN Bl F.flßßl
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Renewing Old Feud As <heyi
Meet on Road Judge Kelley
" Is Shot by Enoch Trash
DAWSON, Nov. 20. —Renewing
a quarrel when they met on the
highway four miles from .here yes
terday, Judge J. H. Kelly, 70-year
old justice of the peace, was, shot
and instantly killed by Enoch
Thrash, young farmer, who prompt
ly surrendered to the sheriff.
Judge Kelley had lived in this
section all of his life. He is under
stood to have charged Thrash with
removing negro laborers from his
place under cover of night and the
two quarreled. Monday the peace
justice, driving a horse-drawn ve
hicle on the road, met Thrash near
Herod. According to eye-witness
es the quarrel was renewed and
the peace justice got down front
his buggy and Thrash opened fire.
I Both men were armed, witnesses
said.
SMALL BLAZE AT
420 WEST CHURCH ST.
At 1 o’clock today the fire de
partment made a run to 420 West
Church street, whew the'vacant
house on the W. H. Scarborough
! estate was found to be on tire.
R. A. Slagpey, machinist at the
Farmers Cotton Oil company, dis
covered the smoke descending from
the room of the house and turned
in the alarm which brought the
fire department immediately to the
scene.
The damage was negligible, the
floor having been burned in the
center. It has not been determin
ed how the blaze started, as the
house has been vacant for several
months,.and in a dilapidated condi
tion.
AMERICUS, GA., TUESDAY AFTERNOON. NOVEMBER 20. 1923
BRITISH BELIEVE NW
DANGER POINT IS PAST
IN ENTENTE IMPASSE
Disposition of Former Crown
Prince Not Likely To Disturb
Anglo-French Relations
HOLD BERLIN TO ACCOUNT
Note To Be Sent Reich Govern
ment Will Contain Clause
Affecting Hohenzollerns
LONDON, Nov. 20.—The Brit
ish government officials consider
ed this morning that all danger of
a disagreement with France on the
question of the former crown
prince and resumption .of inter-al
lied military control in Germany
has passed. .
They expected the council of
ambassadors would reach a com
promise, unless some unforeseen
obstacle interposed at the last mo
rn r rfr
On the question of the kaiser's
heir, it is forecast that a proposed
note to Germany will hold the Ber
lin cabinet responsible for any
overt act on his part.
IHLEOEWGO
T OPAY SALARIES
. Estimated That 8,500,000,003
Paid in Taxes Annually—
-3,600,000 On Pay Rolls
ATLANTA, Nov. 20.—Figures
made public here by tax eexperts
show that nearly $4,000,000,000 is
paid out in the United States every
year to public officials, active and
retired.
It is stated that these figures are
not surprising when it is known
that nearly 3,600.000 persons are
on the public pay roll. federal,
■•fate ,:nd local. Neatly one-half of
the $8,500,000,000 spent yearly by
the government goes to bfficials
and former officials.
Every taxpayer, it is stated, may
reckon that almost one-half of his
taxes go to support an office
holder.
BlCHffll MEH HILL
P SIMM ESTATE
After Deliberating 45 Minutes
Jury Upholds Claim of
Croker Heirs
NEW YORK. November 20. —In
the fifth suit bv Richard Croker’s
heirs attacknig the Tammany chief
tain’s will, Richard Croker, Jr., suc
ceeded late Mondav in slicing a
$160,000 chunk from the $3,000,-
000 estate left to Mrs. Bula Ed
mundson Croker.
A jury found for young Croker
after 45 minutes’ deliberation, it'
verdict upholding the son’s conten
tion of an ante-mortem agreement.
The plaintiff claimed that on No
vember 10, 1914, at his father’s re
quest, he signed away his right to
one-fourth interest in his mother’s
$312,000 estate in favor of his
brother, Howard, when his father
agreed to reimburse him and settle
equal sums on Howard and their
sister, Ethel.
| Brs. Bula Edmundson Croker
'joined the defendants, the New
York Trust company, executors,
in denying that such an agreement
had been made, but the combined
, testimony of Richard, Howard and
i Ethel, and of Mrs. Richard Croker,
Jr., who said they were present
when the agreement wa smade, won
for the plaintiff.
Justice Proskauer of the su
preme court took under advisement
the request of the defense counsel
for nullification of, the verdict.
DUBLIN COURT UPHOLDS
WILL IN IRELAND.
DUBLIN, November 20. — (By the
Associated Press.) ln the chan
cery division here Monday an action
against Mrs. Bult Croker, brought
by Richard Croker, Jr., on a legal
point was dismissed. The effect of
the dismissal was to prove the will
of Richard Croker, Si., in solemn
form, so that it cannot be further
appealed against, and to leave Mrs.
Croker’s position safe.
Nearly 2,700,000 persons of Can
adian origin are living in the Unit
ed States.
PLANS UNDER W fl
LENO GERMANY HOGE
Slfll IN GOLD IK
Negotiations Pending Between
Berlin Bank and Financiers
Os Three Countries
LOAN TO BE CONDITIONAL
American, British and Dutch
Bankers Reported Engaged
in Pending Deal
BERLIN, Nov. 20.—The Boerson
Courier says that .negotiations are
; jn progress between a well known
Berlin bank 1 and a group of Ameri
can, British Dutch financiers
iq_r a credit to Germany of 1,400,-
000.000 gold marks.
The granting of this credit, says
the newspaper, is dependent upon
condition that there be no change
i nthe rtterngtional political situa
tion in Germ/rhy :yid that the offer
be made only to the Stresemann
government. {
WIFEOHORTIMER
FAILS IN EFFORT 10
TESTIFY fPROBE
Wife of Star Witness Against
Forbes Says She Wants ‘To
Clear Her Good Name’
TO VINDICATE CHARACTER
Effort Made Bv Woman To Get
Before Senate Investigating
Committee Today
WASHINGTON, /<ov. 20.—Mrs.
Katherine Mortimer, of Philadel
phia, wife of Elias H. Mortimer,
star witness against former Direc
tor Forbes, of the Veterans bureau,
tried unsuccessfully to testify be
fore the senate committee in an ef
fort, she said, to vindicate public
ly her character and good name.
Chairman Reed of the commit
tee pointed out that Mrs. Mortim
er had been heard in secret ses
sion of the committe and said ‘he
committee would make her testi
mony public if she desired.
He also expressed willingness
for her counsel to submit a list of
questions which if found to be
relevant he would propound to her.
This was agreed to and the wo
man asked that, her testimony be
fore the closed session be made
public.
CMNiffl LlffiEß Ml
Iff K HARR BLR
Friends of Americus Woman In
Washington to Advance Her
U. D. C. Candidacy
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20. The
large majority of Georgia delegates
to the general convention of the
United Daughters of the Confed
eracy meeting here are in Wash
ington today.
The campaign of the friends of
Mrs. Frank Harrold, of Americus,
Ga., to elect her president of the
U. D. C. is under way and the
movement was actively launched
Monday afternoon when Senator
and Mrs. William J. Harris receiv
ed at tea at the Hotel Willard) for
Mrs. Harrold and the ladies of the
Georgia delegation to the conven
tion. Many of the delegates who
will decide the new officers were
present.
Receiving with Senator and Mrs.
Harris and Mrs. Harrold were Mrs.
W. E. Hutton, president of the Dis
trict of Columbia division; Mrs.
Walter Grace. Mrs. Walter Scott
Coleman, honorary president of the
Georgia division, and Miss Alice
R» and Mrs. Walter Lamar,
past presidents of the Georgia di
vision. Miss Julia Wheler Harris,
grano-daughter of Gen. Joe Wheel
er, and the young Georgia girls
who will serve as pages, assisted.
The Georgia State society will
• give a reception to the Georgia
| delegates here on Friday afternoon
' from 5 to 7 at the home of the
society’ president, Mrs. Theodore
Tiller.
Most any man can be popular by
1 keeping his opinions to himself. 1
TEN MILLIONS FOR
DRY ENFORCEMENT IN
TREASURY ESTIMATES
Prohibition Officials Announce
Item Included in Appropria
tion To Be Asked
MORE FOR NARCOTIC MEN
Drug Laws Would Be More Rig
idly Enforced If Money Is
Given By Congress
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20. —An
appropriation of more than $lO,-
000 for work of the prohibition
bureau during the next fiscal year
was said by prohibtion officials to
have been included in the treasury
estimates submitted to the director
of the budget.
The estimates included $1,250,-
000, an increase of $500,000 over
this year’s allotment for the en
forcement of the narcotic act.
REV.JB CLIFFOfIO
DEAD IH LONDON
Minister of International Prom
inence Dies At Age Os
87 Years
LONDON, Nov. 20—. Rev. John
Gtafford, Baptist. miuiiUiX’ of inter
national prominence, died suddenly
today in the council chamber ot
the Baptist union.
He was 87 years-old and had
served as president of the Baptist
World Alliance, the National Broth
erhood Council, and World Federa
tion of Brotherhoods.
GASOLINE TAX NETS
STATE NEAR MILLION
Increase of $210,096 Comes To
State From Gas Tax Os
One Cent
ATLANTA, Nov. 20. During
the fiscal year which, ended on Oc
tober 1, Georgia collected through
the one cent per gallon tax cn gaso
line sold *in the state the sum of
$948,252.04, according to W. B.
Harrison, chief clerk in th'( tax
office of the comptroller general.
This is an increase of $210.-
096,16 over the previous* twelve
months, when the total collected
was $738,155.88. This difference
is largely attributed to enforced
payments from delinquent taxpay
ers. Mr. Harrison has been active
in forcing payment of these taxes
and is continuing this branch of his
work. . ,
The increase in the tax to three
cents per gallon went into effect
on October 1.
OIL STOVE EXPLODES
IN JACKSON HOME
The fire department made a run t -
this morning to the home of W. |
R. Jackson, 303 Jackson street,
street, where it was discovered
that an oil stove used in the kitch- •
en had exploded, causing much ex- .
citement and little damage. I ,
The flames were soon extinguish- 1
ed, the loss being negligible, with ;
the exception of the stove which
was demolished.
EPIDEMIC OF MUMPS AND
MEASLES IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS ,
ROME, Nov. 20,—An epidemic .
of mumps, chicken pox and measles
1 has almost closed the North Roma
I school of that city, according to
i officials. At Cave Springs the con
i solidated school attendance has
been cut more than half by an epi
' demie of measles, it is stated.
125 MEDALS TO BE
GIVEN MILL
ROME, Nov. 20. —Ohe hundred |
i and twenty-five persons have been '
in employe of the Massachusetts
! Mills, of Lindale, near Rome, for
a period of 20 years or more and
will receive medals on December 1,
i according to officials. A check of t
; the company's rolls show that ex- |
act-ly 125 persons are entitled to
medals. Os these 47 have been cm
i ployed for 25 years or more while
I 78 have been with the company 20
I years.
HE’S BOSS NOW
*’w JH
£
When the general assembly of
Oklahoma formally impeached Gov
ernor J. C. Walton today, after a
trial befpre the senate at Oklaho
ma City, Lieut.-Governor Martin E.
Trapp (shown above) automatically
became governor. He had been in
control of the executive offices
since impeachment charges were
first formally lodged against Gov
ernor Walton, several weeks ago.
JURORS DRAWN FOR
NOVEMBER SESSION
Fall Term of Sumter Superior
Court Begins Here Monday,
November 26
Jurors to serve during the first
and second weeks of Sumter Supe
rior court have just been drawn, and
Sheriff Harvey and his deputies will
begin summoning these within the
next few days. Th e court will con
vene its fall term the fourth Mon
day in this month, (Nov. 26) and
jurors who have been drawn for the
term should arrange their affairs so
as to attend with the least incon
venience to themselves. The list as
drawn is announced today as fol
lows :
Traverse jurors, drainw for sec
ond week, November term, 1923:
R. L, Peel, T. L. Hallman, H. D.
Bradley, F. M. Webb, H. N. VZest,
R. P. Moore, 0. O. Burnett, C. A.
Johnson, H. L. Stewart, H. J. Mor
ris, E. C. Hinson, J. A. Dupree,
Anderson Darden, W. M. English,
O. L. Dixon, R. C. Markett, P. J.
Lee, L. R. Justice, J. A. Daniel,
F. T. Hudson, R. P. Mallaier, S.
M. Clements, W. O. Wiliiamson,
T. C. Thomas, Roy Holman, F. D.
Stapleton, S. G. Wooten, A, J. Du
pree, Rufus Chappell, S. Frank
Burnett, J. E. Daniel, W. J. Payne,
A. J, Easom, R. D. Winchester, E.
L. Wilson, J. M. Wallace.
Traverse jurors drawn for' first
week, November term, 1923:
F. 'W. Hogsed, A. B. Connors,
J. E. Harper, E. C. Webb, Reese
H. Horton, J. D. Bolton, H. W,
Wiggins, J. C. Wise, C. W. Hender
son, Roney Stallings. E. E. Sum
merford, Gordon B. Howell, W. G.
Turpin, F. C. Wingard, M. B. Wells,
S. C. Kerr, J. W. Peel, G. W.' Wig
gins, Jr., T. F. Gatewood, A. F.
Darden, J. R. Pennington, R. E.
Pilcher, E. C. Ratliffe, C. D. Bell,
J. C. Pace, W. B. Gibson. D. T.
Jennings, H. C. Dominick, W ,H. C.
Dudley, G. O. Loving, H. S. Council,
J. W. Westbrook, J. H. Williams,
C. L. Israel, John Alle nMcDonaid,
W. M. Jennings, T. M. Flournoy,
P. E. Westbrook, John Hartzog, S.
I. Saunders.
Grand jury drawn for November
term, 1923:
C. M. Council, W. A. Joyner, J.
B. Clark, R. D. McNeill, A. J. Har
ris. Rev. L. A. Harrell, Lovelace
Eve, J. H. Poole. Jr., J. J. West
brook, J. R. Logan, J. J. Dozier,
J. F. Daniel, J. L. Daniel, J. I.
Woovten, C. A. Slappey, C. C.
Lunsford, T. B. Hooks. Jr., E. R.
Stewart, E. A. Bowen, T. C. Rog
ers, Rev. E. T. Moore, W. E.
Brown. G. R. Simpson. E. Y. An
drews, L. W. Brown, Oscar Mc-
Lendon, Neon Buchanan, W. J.
; Williamson, W. A Wilson. J. J.
I Hanesley, C. C. Sheppard, D. R.
; Andrews. J. M. Prance, Frank P.
■ Harrold, S. A. Rodgers, D. V.
I Smith, J. A. Pinkston.
WEATHER.
For Georgia.—Fair tonight and
Wednesday; warmer.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
GOVERNOR WALTON IS
RE WED FROM OFFICE
O’ ■MB TOTE
Executive Convicted of Abusing
His Pardon and Parole
Authority
TRAPP TAKES UP REINS
Becomes Automatically Chief
Executive of State Through
Removal of Walton
OKLAHOMA CITY, Nov. 20.
Governor Trapp, who took office
when Walton was impeached, sent
a message to the legislature ask
ing that it adjourn immediately.
in the house, however, there was
introduced a resolution to expel
Murray Gibbons, Speaker, during
the ninth regular session, on the
grounds that he commercialized
his influence as speaker to obtain
executive' clemency and *had inter
fered with the special election on
October 2. The resolution was to
be discussed this afternoon. -
Governor J. C. Walton was re
moved from office yesterday by a
unanimous vote of the state sen
at court of impeachment on the
first article of the impeachment bill
submittted for a verdict.
The vote, which was cn the
charge that the executive had abus
ed his pardon and parole authority,
was 41 to 0 for conviction.
Lieutenant Governor M. fcl-
Trapp, Democrat, automatically be
came governor of Oklahoma through
removal by impeachment of Gov
ernor Walton.
Impeachment proceedings against
Walton came as a direct result of
his declaration of martial law in
Oklahoma City, Tulso, Muskogee,
and other points during the execu
tive’s fight against the Ku Klux
Klan.
Governor Walton had been a
storm center in Oklahoma politics
almost from first appearance on the
political horizon otl the state.
As mayor of Oklahoma City ha
practically inundated the town with
special policemen appointed fr m
among his political friends. In tho
gubernatorial campaign of 1922. he
exposed the cause of the non-par-.
tisan league, then beginning to
show strength among the farmers
of the state, and accepted the
nomination of the farmer-labor par
ty, a coalition of non-partisan
league forces, radica 1 labor, and
embattled farmer elements.
He won with a whoop.
His inaugural barbecue was a
niae days’ talk topic throughout
the. United States, the affair being
widely advertised from the very
fact that the entire state was in
vited to attend, and a large pro
portion of its citizens did attend.
IDLE HOUR POULTRY
YARDS ARE SOLD OUT
CLAXTON, Noxember 20—Mr.
G. F. Davis, proprietor of the Idle
Hour poultry yard states that he
already has on hand orders for
more eggs than he can deliver for
several weeks. Mr. Davis, who is
am experienced poultryman makes
a specialty of breeding Rhode Is
land Reds, Buff Orpingtons and
Buff Cochin Bantams. His stock
is selected with the idea of “paying
chickens” arc the only chickens
worth having and his records at.
the various poultry shows indicate
that he also breeds a great exhibi
tion strain.
SHIP MUCH POULTRY
FROM LYONS REGION
LYONS, November 20.—Approx
imately 50,000 pounds of live poul
try were shipped from Lyons dur
ing the period from January 1, to
July I, records of the express com
pany show. Poultry flocks over the
flocks and in their size. There are a
great many flocks of purebred
Leghorns, and a great deal of in
terest is shown in the American
breeds. It has been estimated that
$150,000 worth of poultry and
poultry products have been sold by
farmers living in this county.
TROOP II BOY SCOUTS
ELECT PATROL LEADERS
Troop II Boy Scouts held their
regular meeting Friday night at
7:15. The troop was re-organized,
new patrol leaders being appoint- !
ed.
Fred Statham was made assist
ant scoutmaster; John Edgar Shep
paid, Joe Horne, Sam Gunn and
Jerome Cohen were made patrol
leaders. After all business was
transacted we had some boxing
matches, after which we adjourned
TROOP II SCRIBE.