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Americus Spot Cotton
Strict middling
N. Y. Futures Jan Mar -May
• Prev. Close. .. .34.80 35.03 35.27
' Open .34.80 35,10 3.540
11 am 34.70 34.89 35.08
! Close ...34.55 34.75 35.95
FORTY-FIFTH YEAR.—NO. 259
MRS. FRANK HARROLD PRESIDENT U. D. C.
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LESLIE CITIZENS WANT SURVEY
JOIS BANKS Bf THOSE!
fighting msouiTo
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Petition Signed By 75 Leading :
Citizens Presented To
County Comhrissioners
PASS ON REQUEST SOON
Price of Forty Bale of Cotton
Declared Enough to Elimin
ate Disease From County
Leslie has declared war on
mesquito in Sumter county.
A petition from seventy-five of
the leading citizens of Leslie has
been presented to the county
commissioners asking that a sur "
vey be made to determine the
practicability of draining the
streams and ponds in that sec
tion of the county. ,
This petition adds weight to
the campaign started some time
ago to rid Sumter county of ma
laria. The county commission
ers will consider the petition at
their next meeting Monday, Dee.
3rd.
it has been estimated that ma
laria can be stamped out en
tirely in Sumter county during
the next year if a concerted ac
tion is taken by every commun
ity in the county. The cost of
this work has been placed at the
equivalent of the price of forty
bales of cotton and experts state
that rm average of siU.per acre
jfril! be added to the value of
"?very farm in the county the day
malaria becomes a thing of the
past.
Americus has been actively be
hind the campaign for some time
and welcomes Leslie into the ranks
lined up against the malaria bear
ing pest. The civic clubs of this
city are lined up solidly behind the
campaign and the school children
have done excellent work in col
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OENOCMTS OF HO'JSE
TO KT DECEMBER!
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 22. A
call was issued today for a cau
cus of Democratic members of the
house Saturday night, December
1. House Republicans will hold a
conference that afternoon —two
days before congress convenes
for nrc , n r ’ization
. ....h .u...- call
went out after Representative
Garrett, of Tcnnesseee, who acted
as minority leader in the last con
gress, had conferred with Repre
sentative Oldfield, of Arkansas,
who was Democratic whip. Repre
sentative Rayburn, of Texas, who
served as chairman of the Demo
cratic caucus acid other party
leaders.
Those who participated in the
conferences expressed the opinion
that the Democrats in the next
house should have greater repre
sentation on important committees
—nine places on committees hav
ing a membership of 21, and .'elev
en on the ways and means commit
tee, which has 25 members.
2 MEN FINED IN PLANE ,
CRASH; WOMAN ESCAPES
WAUKEGAN, Ills., November 22
tfltet attorney, and Sanford War
schaufer, both of Milwaukee, who
with an unidentified weman in an
aiipldne made a’ 2,b00-foot plungs
to earth near here 10 each because
they landed without a permit.
♦ After being held all day Wednw -
F day by the sheriff, the men were re
, leased after paying fine- for tres
passing. The woman disappeared
after the crash.
• Warschauer’s wife arrived here
Wednesday and inquired about the
“I would trust Sanford to the end.'’
woman in the plane, but declared.
PRE-WEDDING AGREEMENT
BRINGS DEATH TO MATE
CHICAGO, Nov. 22. —Mrs. Mary
Culouski, 30 years old, last wight
«hot and probably fatally wounded
Simon Culouski, her fifth husband,
after a quarrel. She told the po
lice that her act was the result of
a uact into which the couple had
entered that if either left the oth
er the one who left must die. Her
husband, she said, accused her oi
infidelity and threatened to leave,
go she shot him. ,
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A four-year college course, absolutely free! No, this isn’t an
advertisement. It is rhe reward that c;:mc to Dorothy Louise ifob
erts, 17-year-old HaTlaq ( essay, “The Influence
of Highway Transport Upon the. Religious Life of My Community,”
the fourth 11. S. Firestone competition. Miss Roberts, daughter
.of a Methodist Episcopal minister, has matriculated at Marietta Col
lege, .Marietta, 0.
OP. COOK GIVEN U
W; $15.000 mE
FOB OIL OPEPATI9HS
Ccx Gets Long Jail Sentence For
Alleged Connection With
Texas Petroleum Frauds
FORT WORTH, Texas. Nov. 22.
S. S. J. Cox, alleged associate of
Dr. Frederick A. Cook in the opera
tion of the Petroleum Producers’
association, who was found guilty
Wednesday afternoon in federal
court of alleged misuse of the Unit
ed States mails in connection- with
the operations of the company, was
sentenced to serve eight years in
federal prison and given a fine of
SB,OOO by Federal Judge John M.
; Kiilits.
Dr. Frederick A. Cool was given
! a sentence of 14 years and nine
| months and a fine of $12,000. A.K.
Eckman, the. last of the defendants
to be sentenced, was given seven
vears in prison and a fine of $12,-
000.
Fred K. Smith, treasurer of the
Petroleum Producers’ association,
was fined $12,009 and sentenced to
serve seven years in prison.
L. A. McKistet was given six
' years and a fine of SI,OOO. *
i Sentence of a year and a day and
a fine of SI,OOO was imposed on the
l following: J. S. Rooks. C. W.
’ Slute, S- L. Hess. T. (). Turner,
; B. S. lierringef. E. J. Dawen and
' R. L. Maxwell. W. L. Braddish and
[ W. P. Welty were given sentences
I of two years each and fined SIOOO.
Other confederates of Dr. Cook,
who had previously entered pleas of
guilty, were fined as follows: O.
J.. Ray. $500; G. A. de Monttrond,
$500: H. E. Robinson, $500; Har
ry, Bleant, $500; J. E. Burinister,
$500; H. E. Stephens was fined
. $7,000 and was sentenced to serve
90 days in jail.
' USE OF DAIRY FOODS
SHOW LARGE INCREASE
WASHINGTON. November 21.
; (By Associated Press I Forty
! nine gallons of milk, 16.1 pounds of
I butter, and 3.8 pounds of cheese
were the average consumption es
dairy products of each person in
the United States during the last
year, statistics of the Department
of Agriculture show.
Use of these commodities show
ed an increase over r all previous
years. It is estimateed that a lit
tle more than one tjdhh of the total
money paid for fo<W last year was
spent or dairy pro#icts.
AMERICUS, GA.. THURSDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 22, 1923
Man Divides
Nights Wrth
Two Wives
CIJJCAGO, Nov. 22.—Edward
r, Horstman spent Monday, Tues
day and Wednesday nights with
one wife, Thursday, Friday and
Saturday with another wife, and
co Sunday night he “went out,”
Judge Joseph Sabath was told Wed
nesday in divorce court.
Mrs. Edith May Horstman, who
was wife No. 2, was granted a di
vorce.
FURIOUS MAN KICKS
WIFE TO DEATH
Quarrel Earlier In Evening Be
lieved Drove Fontaine Insane.
And Caused Tragedy
PROVIDENCE, R. L, November i
22.—Ernest Fontaine was arrested !
at Warren today charged with beat- I
ing and kicking his wife to death in
the street in front of their home
there.
It is believed he suddenly went
insane. They had quarreled early
in the evening. Four children of the
couple were in the house at the
time of the alleged murder.
GERMAN MIDDLEMAN
IS DEALT HARD BLOW
FRANKFORT-ON-THE - ODER, .
Nov. 22. (By the Associated)
Press.) —The profiteering middle
men dealing in foodstuffs have been
dealt a hard blow by the co-opera
tive efforts of a remittee represent
ing city and labor officials and a
committee of the Landbund, or
farmers’ organization. Under the
new scheme certain quantities of
potatoes and meats are delivered
weekly at fixed prices and distribut
ed through municipal authorities.
The result has been that the city
workers and farmers have elimi
nated the middlemen; retail prices
of potatoes and meat to consumers
have been reduced nearly 50 per
cent and the farmers are receiving
better prices than ebfore. Another
advantage is that the supply of po
tatoes and meat is made certain.
Professor Gagel and other econo
mists are urging extension of the
plan to other municipalities.
I The Red Cross originated in
I Geneva, where it was founded in
1863 by M. Henri Durant.
PMBTMLLE
RESIDENT PASSES
mynsMHoi
T. A, Collins, Widely Known
Salesman, Succumbs To
Brief Illness
TO HOLD FUNERAL FRIDAY
Rev. B. L. Jordan and Dr. W. C.
Lovett Will Conduct Obse
quies From M. E. Church
T. A. Colljns, one of the most
prominent EitH widely known resi
dents of Ellaville and Schley coun
ty, died at the family home in
Ellaville this morning at 2:15
o’clock, death following an illness
since Sunday.
Funeral arrangements have not
been completed pending the arriv
al of relatives, although it is prob
able the services will be held Fri
day afternoon from the Methodist
church. Rev. B. L. Jordan, pastor
of the congregation, and Dr. W.
C. Lovett, presiding elder of the
Americus district, will conduct the
obsequies.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
Cattie Sparks Collins, four sons,
Hayes Collins and Ear! Collins, of
North Carolina; Hairy Collins, of
Macon, r,id Lewis Collins, of Bir
mingham, Ala. Three brothers, W.
E. Collins, of Arlington; E. E.
Collins and S. C. Collins, of Ella
ville, 'also survive, besides a wide
and prominent family connection.
Mr Collins, who was 60 years of
age, had resided in Ellaville all his
life, and was a member of the
Methodist church of which he was
an integral part. He was a Mason,
a member of the Knights of Pytihsa
lodge, and a director in the Ella
ville Bank. He was closely asso
ciated with tne civic, social, mu
nicipal, and religious activities of
Ellaville, devoting much of his time
and means to the furtherance of
growth and advance of his beloved
community. His death has cast a
pall of sadness over trig envfre
community, and his death is regard
ed as a distinct loss to Ellaville and
the surrounding vicinity.
IKK! OFFERS M
FOP NEEDY LIMES
Other Countries To Help In Pro
curing Justice For Poor In
Need- of Legal Aid
GENEVA, Nov. 22 —Further evi
dence of the desire of American or
ganizations to co-operate' with the
League of Naticps is humanitarian
efforts, is found in the fact that
a United States national associa
tion which is devoted to obtaining
civil justice for the poor and needy
has asked the league convoke rn
international conference of all
world agencies which are dedicated
to protecting the rights of the poor.
At the recent general assembly
of the league the Norwgian delega
tion brought up this subject official
ly, and it was decided to place it
on the agenda of next year’s as
sembly Mean time the- secretary
general was requested to procure
all possible information bearing oh
the possibility of securing interna
tional co-operation on this question
Norway has submitted a communi
cation showing that organizations
to secure legal justice for the poor
exist in most countries, the general
aim being to furnish legal assist
ance to people who are poor and
helpless to employ lawyers.
POT OF CONFUSION
SIMMERS MERRILY ON
WASHINGTON, Nov. 2L—As
the investigation of the Veterans’
Bureau proceeds a worsd and worse
mess is revealed. Looting of the
government right and left seems to
have been carried on under the di
rectorship of Col. Charles R. For
bes. One witness testified to the
sale of $3,000,000 worth of sup
plies for $600,000 to a Boston firm.
Even pajamas made for our soldiers
by their mothers were disposed of;
at 30 cents a pair.
The fact brought to light in the
Teapot Dome inquiry and the Vet
crans’ Bureau query ought to be
an incentive to a demand for in
vestigation into other departments
and bureaus/of the government
where charges have been. It would
be interesting for the public to
know what has been going on in
the Department of Agriculture, De
partment of Justice and the Ship
ping' Board. They know to some
extent what has taken place in the
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
.in connection with the outrageous
dismissal of 28 employes of that
bureau, but it would be well if the
public could know'all that has tak
en place therein. a JdiZ
OF STREAMS AND’PONDS
Statesman
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Meet Representative Robert E.
Lee Allen of West Virginia, who
succeeds Representative George
M. Bowers at the United States
capitol.
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ENTIRE RECEIPTS If)
METHODIST CHURCH
Savoy Case Will Give Opening ,
Day Receipts To Church
Building Fund
The entire total cash receipts
Saturday taken in at the New Sa
voy Case, 126 North Jackson
treet has been donated to the build
ing fund of the First Methodist
church.
The management o*f the new Sa
voy case, next to Ansley’s store,
made this voluntary offer to offic
ials of the church.
The new case, with everything
new and right up to the. minute,
will open its doors Saturday morn
ing, November 24th.
A number of ladies of the First
church have volunteered their ser
vices to help'the regular waiters in
the case for that day. One of the
ladies will act as cashier and every
oenny that goes into the cash regis
ter will bg handed over to the chair
man of the chgrch building fund.
“We Want the people to under
stand that it is not the profits, but
the gross receipts that have beer,
donated to the church,’’ Wible Mar
shall said today. “The manage
ment pays for everything and w?
run off with the cash after the day’s
business is over, starting at 8:00
a. m. and continuing until 8:00 p. m.
Saturday.
.“This is, indeed, a very generous
offer, and is greatly appreciated by
the entire membership of the First
Methodist congregation. The ladies
of the church will have complete !
charge of the Savoy from 8 a. ra. to
8 p. m., and the public is assured .
of good service, and the best meals
the market affords.
“It is hoped that the general pub
lic, and all friends of First Metho
dist church will try to eat at
one meal at the Savdy on Saturday, i
and ihus contribute to the. building I
of the new church.”
COOLIDGE AND BORAH
HOLD TAX CONFERENCE
WASHINGTON, Nov. 22—Presi
dent Calvip Coolidge and Senator
Borah, Republican, of Idaho, today
held a conference regarding the
proposed 25 per cent reduction of
income taxes and 50 per cent in
surtaxes. The senator declined to
make a statement, but indicated
that he would make one later in
the day.
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TWO GEORGIA CITIES
FILL COMMUNITY CHESTS
ATLANTA, Nov. 21 (By the
Associated Press.) —Reports from
drives recently conducted in Macon
and Atlanta for the purpose of rais
ing funds for a community chest
show that both the Georgia cities
are responding nobly to the task
set for them by going over the top.
Atlanta’s quota was fixed at $600.-
000 and according to an anonunce
ment by officials last night. At
lanta had gone over the top to the
amount of $19,000. The goal for
the Macon community chest was
fixed at $82,000 and although the
drive is not yet over, the returns
from the first day show that over
$31,000 had been contributed, in
dicating that Macon will go well
over the top before the end of the
a rive.
Americus Woman
x W ins High Honor
By Record Vote
Election Turns Into a Landslide For Well Known
Americus Woman—Was Fomerly Vice
President-General
WASHINGTON, D. C., November 22. (By United Press.)
Mrs. Frank Harrold, of Americus, Ga., was overwhelmingly elect
ed president-general of the United Daughters of the Confederacy
here this morning. Mrs. Harrold was for two years first vice presi
dent-general of the organization and for four years was president
of the Georgia division.
It was thought that the race for the high honor would be
close, as there were other active candidates in the field, but when
the vote was taken Mrs. Harroia was swept into office by one of
the largest majorities in the history of the national organization,
ik k J above dispatch from Washington will be of interest to
the hundreds of fnends of Mrs. Harrold in Americus. Her friends
and supporters in the ranks of the United Daughters of the Con
w.fX y h^ e ;. behev f d al! al ° n g ‘hat she would be elected, but it
was thought that others seeking the position would give her a
closer race than reports indicate.
and ht rS hl 4arr ° ld haS b T a leader in club act »v>ties for sometime
and has been recognized as an executive in every club she has
been a member of. She comes from a c • • • > . na “
sister of Georgia’s governor. Clif- L° Winners ’ being a
- Will-
ford M. Walker.
Morning sessions of the conven
vention opened with onp of the
hardest political battles ever ex
perienced by an annual convention
of and never oi.ee
during the poling did either side
waver in the determination to place
their candidate in lead.
On cvie side of the political plunk
were delegates from Georgia, Vir
ginia and Alabama, backing Mrs
Frank Harrold, of Americus, while
on the other were arraigned the
majority western states and Flori
da supported Mrs. Amos H. Norns,
of Tampa, Fla.
Pre-election opinion was that
Mrs. Harrold was the natural
choice, since she had held the office
of vice-president-general, but op
ponents stated that she would meet
more opposition than was anticipat
ed, and held that the previous of
fice would wield no weight in the
election of the new head of the
organization.
Mrs. Calvin Coolidge was host
ess to the delegates to the con
vention at a receptio nat the White
House Wednesday night.
MURDER CHARGE TRIAL OF
COUPLE IS POSTPONED
DOUGLAS, Ga., Nov. 22.—Trial
of John S. Rogers and Mrs. Love
S. Rogers, charged with the mur
der of the latter’s husband more
than a year ago, whose body was
'ouna only recently after the
couple had gone to Florida, was
postponed today until the March
term of court, because o; the ab
sence in the legislature of defense
counsel, N. L. Grantham.
STOKES’ BATTLE ENDED;
WIFE IS GIVEN DECREE
NEW YORK, Nov. 22—W. E.
D. Stokes, millionaire hotel owner,
! and his wife, Mrs. Helen Elwood
; Stokes, formerly of Denver, today
i ended their legal warfare of sev
eral ypars' standing, by an agree
ment by which Mrs. Stokes was
formally granted a decree of sep
aration.
AMERICAN CEMETERY
WORK MAKES PROGRESS
WASHINGTON, Nov. 22.—Ma-
I jor H. L. Green, construction quar
termaster of the American military
i cemeteries in France, reported
I Thursday that work is progressing
I rapidly and that the only draw
back is the methods used by French
j contractors, who do not organise
and force the work of coristruc
-1 tin as do American contractors, he
j said. * m
MORE SCHOLARSHIPS
ADDED TO TALLULAH
ATLANTA, Nov. 21—(By the
Associated Press.)— Tallulah Falls
■ Industrial school, the property of
the Georgia Federation of Wom
en’s clubs, now has two additional
perpetual scholarships founded by
the Atlanta Federation of Women's
clubs, in honor of the two women
who organized the federation.
These scholarships will be named
the Sally Chase Patillo and the
Fannie Fort Brown scholarships, i.i
honor of Mrs. W. P. Patillo, a«d
Mrs. Julian Brown.
Each will carry an endowment
of $2,000 to be raised in part this
year.
Twenty-five such scholarships
will be asked of the State of Geor
gia by the Greater Tallullah cam
paign committee, headed by Mrs.
John King Ottley, of Atlanta.
! Eleven have been raised to date
I and they will be called Founders’
Memorial scholarships.
WEATHER.
For Georgia.—Unsettled weather
with probably rain in north and
central portion tonight and Friday;
moderate temperatures.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
IM MEASURE VOTE IS
PLANNED FOB TODAY
Bussey Bill First; Walker Confi
dent; Repeal of Opera Tax
Opposed By Langford
ATLANTA, Nov. 22.—When the
house adjourned shortly after 6
o’clock Wednesday night, debate on
the Lankford income tax measure,
together with a number of substi
tute measures and amendments had
been progress practically all day.
During the day Speaker W. Cecil
Neill, announcing that vote qn the
bills probably would be reached.
Thursday, made a personal appeal
to all members of the house to
make every effort to be in their
places throughout the Thursday
sessions. He pointed out that this
question, in all probablitiy, is the
most important regarding the wel
fare of the state that wjll come
before the legislature for many
years and urged every member to
do his duty to his constituents by
recording his vote.
Under the parliamentary status,
the first vote* probably will be tak
en on the Bussey measure, provid-
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WOMAN CHARGES 12 MEN
BEAT HER AND COMPANION
ATLANTA, Nov. 22. More
than a dozen men were in the par
ty alleged to have flogged Mrs.
Bertha Holcomb and her escort, S.
H. Morton, near Smyrna, last Fri
day night .according to a state
ment made by the woman to news
paper men today.
She said she only gave the offi
cer the names of six of the men,
whom she was able to positively
identify. ,
Morton paid a fine of $5 and
costs on a charge of being drunk,
in police court today, and was
hound over to the state court un
der bond on charge of violation of
the prohibition law.
NEGRO HELD IS CHARGED
WITH SLAYING
SAVANNAH, Nov. 22.—Police
today held a negro suspect in con
nection with the slaying of Mrs.
Agnes Maudie and her two-year
old daughter, Wednesday. They
continued their investigation, re
fusing to disclose the evidence they
had against the negro.
The murders have been describ
ed as the most brutal in Chatham
county record. The slayer used a
hatchet and a razor on the woman,
and part of the razor was found
broken off in the woman’s neck.
The child lay in a pool of blood
nearby.
SMOKING TEACHER
IS ON PROBATION
SYRACUSE, N. J., Nov, 22.
Miss Helen Clark, a primary school
teacher, is on probation for smok
ing. The board of education noti
fied her last night at a hearing
that unless she “reformed" she
would lose her job. Her landlady
testified as to the smoking.
ATTENTION, KNIGHTS
TEMPLAR
Regular meeting tonight, Thurs
day, November 22, at 7 o’clock,
when the Red Cross degree will
be conferred on two candidates.
You are urged to be present.
WtBLE MARSHALL, E.C.