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Americus Spot Cdtton
Strictly middling 34 1-2 cents.
N. Y. Futures Jr i. Meh. May
Previous Close 34.32 34.58 34.73
Open 34.45 34.70 34.78
11 am 34.73 34.98 35.14
Close 34.80 25.03 35.27
FORTY-FIFTH YEAR.—NO. 258
HOUSE RECONSIDERS INDUSTRIAL TAX EXEMPTION BILL
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COTTON GOES TO 35.10
ARMY SLACKER WOULD RETURN IF GRANTED .VIRTUAL IMMUNITY
BERGDOLL Bl SH
PHOM TO 0. S IF
Hl' BLISS UK
Man Who Fled From Country.
To Escape War Service Now |
Eager To Return Home
STRONG INFLUENCE AFOOT[
Attorneys and Others Interested I
Working For Return of No
torious War Slacker
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 21.
Promises that Grover Bergdoll will I
return to this country from Ger
many if the Washington govern
ment complies with certain stipu
lated conditions said to amount to
virtual immunity for him have been
made to government officials by at
torneys and others speaking for the
Bergdoll family.
Officials said they would not
agree to the proposals and must
have a free hand to deal with Berg
doll if he returns. '
NORTH GATH.
COHFREItCE SHUTS
Biship Darlington Presides —At-
lanta Wesley Memorial Host
For Fourth Time
ATLANTA, November 21- —The
North Georgia Coherence of the
Methodist Episcopal Miurch. South,
which opens formally Wednesday
f morning at Wesleyan Memorig'
church here, is expected to attract
more than 1,000 preachers, lay
men and church officials.
BMvp U. V. W. Darlington, of
Huntington, W. Va„ •’>» P
over the conference .n the ab
lienee of Bishop W. B. Murrah, of
Nashville, who is ill.
Presentation of the ten ■ million
dollar campaign for superannuate*
preachers of the conference is ex
pected to be one of the outstand
ing features of the meeting. The
campaign was authorized by -h<-‘
general conference of 1922 and
will become effectives next Febi
uarv. according to plans. Dr.
Luther E. Todd, of St. Louis, is ex
pected to outline the campaign co
the conference in an address Inurs
day. This feature will be the spe
ci:il order for that day of the con
erdnee. ,
Preliminary to the formal open
• "• ' liy. -'’tlVlt I!’*'. ot
the i lu.■- ;Ui<i Uipl.i4.ls ussoci..-
tion were dealt with Tuesday
night. Rev. A. J. Sears, of Hogans
ville, is president of the associa
tion. Rev Elam F. Dempsey, of
Atlanta, will preside. Reports of
Treasurer W. F. Hunnicutt mid
others were heard at the pro hmm
ary meeting.
Tuesday night also was niaik.u
by on address by Dr. S. A. Steele,
of Mansfield, La.; noted lecturer
and writer, author of "Pioneer oi
Methodism.” Afternoon and nights
addreses by Dr. Steele will feature
the daily program of the confer
ence. , „
' Business sessions of the confer
ence will be held daily from ?
o’clock to 1-2:34). with a naddress
by Df- Steele, reports of commit
tees and a meeting of the bishop
cabir-’t in the afternoon.
Appointments tmroughout the
confute W will be- announced on
the afternoon of the closing day.
Monday.
Work of the Christian Vdtica
tirri movement, which is in the
hands of Dr. Dempsey, will be giv
en on Friday, unless the program
i ■ changed. Dr. R. H. Bennett,
<>ne of the general secretaries of
education, will be present as a
cannectional agent and will delivei
an address. Addresses by Bishop
in,w Aasdtuaa ‘ pun
further outline the educational
program. •
Officers of the conference, r
addition to Bishop Darlington, in
clude Rex. H. C. Emory, of Dalton,
secretary; Rev. Addison Maupin,
■ f Atlanta, treasurer, and Rev. H.
H. Jones, of Jackson, statistician.
The- legal organization of the
conference includes Rev. M. S. Wil
iams ,of Athens, president; Dr. E.
i» Dempsey, Atlanta, vice presi
dent; Rev. H. C. Emory, Dalton
ecretary. and Dr. J. W. Quillian,
Augusta treasurer.
A city plan committee predicts
New York Citv and its suburbs will,
have a population of 29,000,000 in
the year 2000 A. D.
THE -fgESOWraRDER
V* IN THE OF
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TEXT OF GERMAN NOTE
SH!SFACTORY TO
ORB OFFICIALS
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Council of Ambassadors Meet In
Session To Discuss Further
Joint Plans
EARLY SETTLEMENT SEEN
With Allies Agreed on Note To
Germany Liberal Adjust
ment Seems Probable
PARIS, Nov. 21.—The British
ambassador received instructions
from London this morning regard
ing the note the allies are to send
to Germany.
It was then announced that the
council of ambassadors would meet
this afternoon.
It is also understood that agree
ment on phraseology of the note
has been brought about.
‘YOU CRIMINAL,”
YELL COMMON«STS
BERLIN, Nov. 21. —Another po
litical. upset that would further
complicate the woes of disoreded
Germany faces Chancellor Btreso
mann when the reichstag meats
Thursday.
Stresemann, harried by threats
of miseonlidence resolutions from
toree of the parties aligned aginst
him, was spared the ordeal of de
fending his ministry when the reicii
stag adjourned tor a day, but the.
socialists, nationalists and com
munists are all prepared to renew
their attack vigorously when the
reichstag reconvenes.
The critical character of the situa
tion was revealed Tuesday when
the communists precipitated an up
roar, and forced adjournment for
an hour, by charging that police
had been .stationed inside the
reichstag chamber, “You criminal,”
they shouted to the president of the
reichstag, Herr Loebe.
President Loebe, the
presence of the extra police, de
clared a plot had been discovered
to assassinate Chancellor Strese
mann. Agencies similar to those
which murdered Dr. Rathenau, for
mer foreign minister, w'ere alleged
to be involved.
President Ebert, appreciating the
threat against internal -order which
another cabinet downfall would
bring, is reported now to have ar
ranged for Stresemann to dissovle
the reichstag in case a lack of con
fidence is voted against the govern
ment. This envisages another at
tempt at a dictatorship.
BEPOS ED WIHBB
SILL mi CASE
OKLAHOMA CITY, November
. 21.—The application of J. P. Wal
ton, deposed governor of Oklahoma,
for restraining order to set aside
the verdict of the senate impeach
ment court by which he was remov
ed from office, was dismissed by
f ederal Judge Cottrell today.
Walton announced he would ap
peal. the case to the United States
Supreme court.
THRASH SAYS SHOT
KELLY TO PROTECT SELF
DAWSON, Nov. 21. Enoch
Thrash’ is in jail here, having sur
rendered to the sheriff of Terrell
county following the fatal shooting
Monday of J. H. Kelly on the public
road near Herod, live miles south
o Dawson. Kelly was shot three
times and died instantly.
As the grand jury is now in ses
sion it is probable that it will in
vestigate the killing, and if Thrash
is indicted he probably will be tried
at this term oi court.
It reported that Kelly followed
Thrash in a buggy while the latter
was moving a negro cropper in a
wagon fr.mi Kelly’s place. Thrash
asserts, that Kelly, overtaking him,
got out of the baggy after an argu
ment rrid advanced on him with a
{ pistol in his hand. Thrash is re
i ported to have then pulled an auto
I matic pistol out of his pocket and
| fired..
i MAKING BOOTLEG LIQUOR
IS REDUCED IN GEORGIA
SAVANNAH, November 21.
I Fred state prohibition en-
I forcement director, here to attend
I federal court ’>i session for trial of
I many criminal cases, declared that
| the manufacture of illicit liquor in
Georgia has been reduced in the
■lnst year by fully seventy-five per
cent in his opinion.
AMERICUS, GA., WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 21. 1923
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LIIJIMINDICTIOTS
PETUBNEO Bl W
Cases Involve 126 Defendants
Residing in All Parts Os
United States
SAVANNAH, November 21.
Indictments returned by the fed
eral grand jury here Tuesday in
volve 126 defendants in various
parts of the United States, accord
ing to a statement by Assistant
United States District Attorney
Redding.
It iwas stated that between 40 and
50 indictments were returned,
charging violations of the liquor
laws.
CHILEAN BLAST CAUSES
DEATH MANY PERSONS
SANTIAGO. Chile, November 21
IB’’ the Associated Press) —Sever
al persons were, killed and more
than 50 wounded, many seriously
by an explosion Monday at the
army ammunition factory in the >
southern suburb of Santiago.
Fire started imediately after the j
blast but was quickly brought un-1
dei control.
The workshops of the factory
were considerably damaged, win
does’ were broken several blocks
aw.iy r id the detonation ceased a
near panic among the population.
COMFORTABLE JAILS
MENACE TO PUBLIC
OPELIKA, Ala., Nov. 21.—1 f rhe
hoosegow is made too comfortable,
thousands will go there to dodge
work, supporters of the convict
leasing system in the state tol-1
churchmen attending the Alabama
conference of the Methodist Episco
pal church.
“There is no good reason why
good citizens rather than criminals
should do the unhealthy and dan
gerous work which must be done ”
said a resolution which the church
men were asked to adopt.
The measure was defeated.
HOOTCH’ BROUGHT BACK TO
SAVANNAH AS EVIDENCE
SAVANNAH, Nov. 21. The
‘‘hootch” which was sent to Atlan
ta for safe keeping several months
ago has been returned to Savan
nah to be used as evidence in the
conspiracy cases which will come up
: 1 federal court here. The liquors
ranged from the ordinary kinds of
whiskey to the most expensive an 1
fine.-t wines obtainable either from
foreign or domestic sources.
New York has 281,121 illiterates.
Delaware’s area is only 231 M)
square miles.
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’YORKERS MAYOR IS
IN DYINGS
iCONDITION IN GBE
Pistol Found By His Side War
rants Suspicion Os Suicide
Among Officers
TAK EN TO HOSPITAL; DIES
Was a Brother of Frank W.
Taussig, Famous American
Economist
I YONKERS, N. Y., Nov. 21.
j Mayor Walter M. Taussig was
1 found this morning in a garage be
j hind his home with a revolver near
him, and was taken to a hospital
where he died irom a bullet wound
believed by police to have been se.f-
I inflicted.
He was a brother of Frank M •
Taussig, famous economist.
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HARGRAVE FUNERAL IS
HELD IN THOMASVILLE
THOMASVILLE, Nov. 21.
| Andrew’ R. Hargrave, 82, died at
| his home here Tuesday from the ef
| sects of a stroke of paralysis stif
i sered Sunday evening when he
I seemed in his usual health. He was
! born in Canada, but moved with his
parents to Wisconsin when a young
man. He served with distinction
with the Federal army during the
Civil war. He moved to Thomas
ville in 1889 and was instrumental
| in establishing the Thomasville Va
' riety works, retiring from business
several years ago. He is survived
by a daughter, Miss Mary Hargrave,
of this city, und two sons, Walter
I). Hargrave, business manager of
I The Times-Enterprise, Thomasville.
■ I and A. R. Hargrave, of Phoenix,
Ariz.
'I The funeral this morning was
‘ i conducted by Rev. Campbell Sy
; i monds, of the Presbyterian church.
The Times-Enterprise will close
■ ’ during the services.
FAKE BROKKERS FLEECE
j SMALL COTTON TRADERS
i NEW YORK, November 21.
| Millions of dollars have been lost
. *iy small traders in the south
I through cottpn transaction with un
i; scrupluous persons posing as cot
. j ton brokers. Thomas Hale, secre
; I tarv of the New York Cotton Ex
, change, declared in a statement
; I made public tonight.
The exchange is doing every
-11 thing in its power to protect such
i traders. Mr. Hale said, and is now
working with cotton exchanges in
the south in an effort to weed out
members of these exchanges who,
, I the statement said, “we have rea
son to believe are not doing busi
ness in accordance with the rules.”
PRISON DOORS OPEN
FOR GERMAN SPY
Lethac Wizke Released From
Leavenworth To Be Deport
ed From America
LEAVENWORTH, Kas., Novem
ber 21- —Lethac Wizke, convicted
German spy, was released from the
federal penitentiary nere today.
He was met at the prison gates
by Henry J. Wilde. German consul
at Kansas City, who went with him
to that city. From Kansas City,
Wizke niust go to New York Joi
deportation.
MINNEAPOLIS
TEACH BIBLE CLASSES
MINNEAPOLIS, Nov. 21. -
Classes in religious mstruction foi
public pupils in the Minneapolis
i public schools were started yester
| ’Boys and girls from three schools
will be excused for half-hour pe
riods twice each week, according -o
a schedule adopted by the board ot
education. Classes will be conduct
ed under the supervision of an
ter-denominational committee of
Minneapolis clergymen.
NEGRO PEDDLES BAKING
POWDER FOR SALE
ATLANTA, Nov. 21.—Howard
Patrick, negro, was turned over by
federal inspectors to state authon
ties for prosecution on a charge
of cheating and swindling after an
alysis of powder he is said to have
sold as “dope” proved to be ordi
nary baking powder.
Patrick was arrested last week
after narcotic inspectors were in
formed that he was selling narcot
ics on Auburn avenue. He insist
ed that he had not violated the
Harrison act, and the analysis was
made.
CHURCH CGROUNDS HIDE
LARGE CACHE OF LIQUOR
MOBILE, Nov. 21.—Discovery
of a large quantity of liquor stored
on the premises of the Prichard
Baptist church Sunday caused the
congregation to pass resolutions
calling upon federal officers to
continue their drive against liquor
and pledging their support to the
movement, it became known today.
The resolutions passed at the
church meeting Sunday afternoon
declare that “whisky has been sold,
gambling houses and immoral hous
es have been operated openly” in
the surburban community and that
“we extend our appreciation to the
federal Jaw officers who did such
efficient work in their drive
against violations of the prohibi
tion law.” . slxl
CENSUS BUREAU EK|I
8.361.683 BILES
GINNED TO ■. 11l
This Compares With 8,869,978 I
Bales Ginned To Same Pe
riod Last Year
IS HALF MILLION SHORT !
Report Shows That Crop Shows
Decrease of 501,295 Bales
Under Crop of 1922
NEW YORK, Nov. 21. —De- I
cember cotton crossed the 35- j
cent mark shortly after the open
ing of the, market, establishing a
new high record for the season’s
highest price since 1920.
It rose to 35.10 on heavy mill
and commission house buying.
GEORGIA GINNINGS
543,253 BALES
WASHINGTON, Nov. 2-I.—Cot
ton ginned prior to November 14
totalled 8,368,683 running bales
including round bales counted as
half bales; 13,084 bales of Ameri
can-Egyptian and 654 bales of Sea
Island, which compares with 8,- ’
869.798 running blaes including
151,534 round bales. 17,715 bales
of American-Egyptian, and 4,707
bales of Sea Island to that date last
yeai, the census bureau announced
today. The census report gives
cotton ginned in the state of Geor
gia prior to November 14 as 543,-
252 bales.
U. S. RECOGNITION
HELPS MEXICO
NEW YORK, Nov. 21. —Ameri-
can recognition of the Mexican
government, combined with Presi
dent Obregon’s attitude toward re
ligion, has created a new and gen
eral atmosphere of good will, Bishop
Wilbur P.. Thirkfield, of Mexico
City, today told the board of for
eign missions of the Methodist I
Episcopal church.
“I have had several meetings
with President Obregon,” he said,
“and he has reiterated that he is
not opposed to religion, but to au
tocracy. The door is wide open for
the expansion of missionary work
in Mexico. With the new policy
of ‘hands, across the border’ as op
posed to ‘ guns across the border,’
there is the opportunity for new
impetus in our work.”
EUGENE DEBS IS
CRITICALLY ILL
TERRE HAUTE, Ind., Novem
ber 21.—Eugene V. Debs, interna
tionally known veteran socialist
leader, is seriously ill, it was re
ported late Tuesday.
The condition of Debs who has
been confined to his home here by
a nervous breakdown which follow
ed a country-wide speaking tour
was said to be unimproved after a
restless night.
Mrs. Debs, who previously
expressed confidence that her hus
band would soon be % able to leave
his bed, admitted today that she
did not know when he would be able
to get up.
Some of the veteran socialist’s
friend have expressed doubt as to
whether he will recover at all.
C. R. TUGHEY HURT
AS BOILER EXPLODES
GREENSBORO, Ga„ November
21; —C. R. Tughey was burned seri
ously Tuesday at his brother’s plan
ing mill which is three miles from
Greensboro, when a steam pipe ex
ploded and threw him several feet
against a wall. Besides burns on
his neck, he had one finger brok
en. He was alone in the boiler
room at the time of the explosion
and was forced to feel his way out
bn account of the steam.
TY COBB’S FIRST
EMPLOYER IS DEAD
ATHENS, Nov. 21.—R- H. Mc-
Crary, who died in New Orleans!
following an automobile accident,
was at one time cashier of the Ath
ens Bank & Trust company, which
failed here about ten years ago.
Mr. McCrary was connected with
the Steam Radiator Manufacturing
company in Minneapolis, and was
going to New Orleans on business
when the automobile accident which
caused his death occurred. He was
a brother-in-law of Mrs. F. G.
Birchmore, of Athens, and was at
one time a resident of Royston,
Ga.. where funeral services were
held. Mr. McCrary was the first
men to employ Ty Cobb to play
baseball.
WEATHER.
For Georgia, Partly cloudy to
night and Thursday; warmer in
south and west portion tonight.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
LANKFORD TAX BILL IS
DEBATED BY HOUSE
DURING LONG SESSION
Stovall Measure Taken Up For
Further Consideration By
Assembly
SHORT SESSION IS HELD
Additional lax Machinery
Measure Discussed But Not
Re-Committed
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ATLANTA, Nov. 21.—The house
voted today to reconsider that ac
tion of yesterday in defeating the
Stovall bill to exempt from taxation
for a period of seven years all new
industrial enterprises in the state.
The bill, however, went to the bot
tom of the calendar.
The senate held only a short ses
sion, but during that time decided
not to recommit the Lankford-Mil
ner additional tax collection ma
chinery measure to the finance com
mittee.
The house took up the Lankford
tax bill and amendments with indi
cations that debate on the subject
would continue throughout the day.
NEW INDUSTRIES
DENIED EXEMPTIONS
ATLANTA, Nov. 21.—8 y voting
to disagree with the committee re
port, which was favorable to the
measure, the house of representa
tives Tuesday evening killed the
Stovall bill providing for tax ex
emption for new industries in the
state. The vote to disagree with
the committee report was 85 to 72.
on roll call. As finally voted upon,
the bill was amended to limit the
period of tax exemption to five in
stead of seven years as originally
provided, and cheese factories and
creameries were included in the list
of industries to enjoy the exemp
tion.
Practically the entire time of the
house on Tuesday was taken up
with the debate on this measure.
Various bills providing an in
come tax as the basic source of
revenue for the state are expected
to be considered today, the original
plan to take these up Tuesday hav
ing been abandoned on a motion
to have them all printed. The in
come tax bills on the calendar
which will be taken up Wednesday
include the Lankford bill, passed by
the house committee on constitu
tional amendments, and the Bussey
bill. Representative Bussey is ex
pected baek in his seat today, hav
ing been absent all week after the
death of his mother on Sunday
night.
Exemptions in Lankford Bill
The alnkford bills provides that
the state may impose a tax on net
(Continued on Page Five.)
JULIETTE REPORTS BIG
COTTON CROP THERE
JULIETE, Nov. 21—That cot
ton can be successfuly grown in
spite of the boll weevil has been
proved by T. R. Talmadge, of For
syth, manger of the Southern Cot
ton Oil company, of that city. Frofn
one acre of, land Mr. Talmadge has
gathered nearly 80(1 pounds of lint
cotton. He used 400 pounds of fer
tilizer and 10 pounds pf nitrate of
soda and dusted the cotton five
times. The cotton was planted May
19.
EARLY COUNTY BUILDS
NEW $20,000 SCHOOL
ARLINGTON, Nov. 21. Work
of building the $20,000 school
plant for the recently consolidated
Rowena and Hillside schools dis
tricts of Early county began Mon.
day with H. P. McCowen, of Fitz
gerald, Ga., contractor, supervising.
The erection of the new school
in the rural district of Early coun
ty is the outcome of the sale of
$20,000 bond issue tecently voted
by the two districts.
The building will be of one story,
' built entirely of brick, will have
seven large class rooms, a spacious
auditorium, library and all con
veniences that will be found in an
1 up-to-date rural school. The 160
! pupils will be carried to and from
I the school in two auto trucks.
' OFFICERS OPEN FIRE
ON LIQUOR CARS
SPOKANE, Wash., Nov. 21—One
map, believed to be named Star
ling, was killed, others were report
ed to have been wounded, and four
automobiles loaded with liquor were
captured at Condon’s Ferry, on the
i Columbia river Tuesday when coun
ty and federal officers opened fire
on a party of seven automobiles.
Others of the supposed liquor run
ners escaped in the remaining three
' cars.
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