About Americus times-recorder. (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 21, 1923)
- - --- . . u- r ■ --- , 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 o o O' O O O OO O O O o O O-O’O o o o o oo 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 - i 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 I—. TEXT OF GERMAN NOTE SH!SFACTORY TO ORB OFFICIALS J 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 THE FIELDS ARE FULL OF ’EM I / SY GUM! \ I i N&vee pid sea \ A ( SUCH A CI?<?P J wO .. ! L / a-' MWN Z MTf <OLBY> -■P-'Ojk $ 'MkW . X < PP\ Pe IT\ A z-zZzt / z,c- \ i% i . /x. wßw ■> A./- - V . W v "" Av / . i / ■' - ~x. <-■> 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. ’■a ’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. . .- 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 I 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. -J
