About Americus times-recorder. (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 22, 1923)
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. WTCr 'll v - \ LESLIE CITIZENS WANT SURVEY JOIS BANKS Bf THOSE! fighting msouiTo 11 sm coum 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 (Continued On Page Eight) OENOCMTS OF HO'JSE TO KT DECEMBER! J 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. , T H E TIMEs"'REjtdRDER IN HEART~Or~DlXir"ttei -' * _ ; ___. wEnZSZI* i She Won < First Prize .. «s? > > ' »£■' •-'I && warn Sgggjsß h ■ fc'- " WWW' ' -—•£’.kC - 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 W rWE B,- - : IM' WSr v- . -/JB : A Meet Representative Robert E. Lee Allen of West Virginia, who succeeds Representative George M. Bowers at the United States capitol. ifiWiii 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. / —.-- 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- (Continued on Page 8.) 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.
