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Americus Spot Cotton Strict middling 33 l-2c. N. Y. Futures Jan Meh. May Prev. Close 34.20 34.60 34.80 Open ... , ,34.60 34.10 35.32 11 am .... 34.76 35.10 35.25 Ch» e 34.63 35.02 <35.17 FORTY-FIFTH YEAR—NO. 271 GEORGE AND ASQUITH BARELY SQUEEZE-BY IN MEXICANS IN REBELLION EVAN MATHIS HEADS KIWANIS; SAM HEYS IS VICE PRES. RUM SELLERS ARE FINED $150,000.00 W.MH rail’s • DM BIG fills Terms of Imprisonment Accom pany Heavy Sentences Giv en Liquor Runners There SAVANNAH, Dec. 7. (By the .trsociated Press.) —Fines totaling 8150,000 were pronounced cn 24 liquor law defendants in addition to terms of imprisonment by Fed eral Judge Barrett here today. Fred Harr was fined SIO,OOO and sc'Hi-.cet. to one year in fedevii prison; Fred Harr. Jr., V’ill'am Harr, Carl Harr. Richard Bailey, C. C. Tuten, J. F. Williams, Sam Gold'berg, J. 11. Thomas and Homer V. Evans were fine I SIO,OOO eaca and sentenced to two years impris onment. C. G. Graham, attorney, was fined $15,000 and sentenced to two years. Other lesser penal ties were also in.posed. mOLMT. DEHH KM Convicted of Mnrder of Two White Women, Young Maa Faces Gallows T. Jeff Chandler, young Green ville white man, was found guilty of the murder of Mrs. Rosie H. Bramblett, his mother-in-law, by a jury in Greenville sessions court on March 21, 1921, aijjj the Verdict carried the death penalty auto matically, since the jury failed to recommend mercy for the defend ant. He was also indicted for the murder of his wife at the same time, but the state chose to try him for the killing of her mother. Judge Frank B. Gray, now dead, passed sentence of death on Chand ler the same day the jury returned its verdict, but an appeal to the Supreme court stayed the execu tion. , The two women were killed in the Chandler apartment on Bun come street on February 25, 1921, Chandler shootin gboth with a .'>2- caliber pistol. At his trial, the defense set up a plea of insanity, and sought to show that Chandler’s mind was unbalanced by a sus y,-ns R 0«. true to ....... The appeal from the death sen tence was heard by the Supreme court at its October term, and on November 2, an opinion was filed dismissing the appeal. The opinion, written by Associate Justice R. C, Watts, was concurred in by all oth er members of the court. Ten days later, Novembek 12, under the us ual procedure oi the court, Clerk Harry McCaw sent down the remit tur in the case, and, by the terms of an act passed by the, last legis lature, Chandler’s date of execu tion was automatically set for De cember 7. The act in question provides that a death sentence shall be carried out on the fourth Fri day following the affirming of the sentence by the Supreme court. William C. Faries, of York, con fessed slayer of four members erf' the family of J. M. Taylor at JORI - was the first prisoner to save his date of execution set-by this au tomatic-sontensing law, but Fa ries committed suicide in his cell al the penitentiary and escaped tiw prescribed legal death. Chandler was the next prisoner whose case came within the province of this act. *—— HARD ON BOOTLEGGERS; I JAIL TERMS IMPOSED ROME, Dec. 7. Wholesale., manufacturers, retailers and con-i sumers of illicit beverages in this I county who are convicted in court' are continuing to receive heavy 1 penalties for their offenses. Judge John W. Bale in city court, who be-. gan to hand out straight chaingang terms to distillers and sellers of ■ whiskey has not swerved from his course and likewise continuejl to impose a fine of $250 on persons who are convicted of even having whiskey in their possession, with the altarnative of twelve months on the gang. Both Wirif r I i *1 R? ? 1 S.> .JK g. "tr 11 -'J M*7 ,wj * No fewer .than *6577 miles of pipes are needed to distribute Lon don’s water supply. The mertopol is uses a quarter of a million gal lons a day. STANLEY BALDWIN British Premier Who Put Tariff is sue Up to Voters - , , ■: •ar . ~ x t \ A ■ 3 ! ' ’ fk " ■ - jW- ■ fit Wk alhfc RAMSEY MAC DONALD Powerful Factor in the British La bor Party Sffil “ in Wgt hall Where’d you get that powder? That's the question more than a dozen roaring Lions of Americus had to answer suspicious wives and sweethearts following the banquet given members of the organization Thursday’ night by L. C. Medford, manager of the Model Bread com pany. And why shouldn’t the Lions have had powder, which in reality wasn’t powder at all, but was flour an nexed in the process of inspecting one of the most modern and ’?ell • Equipped bakeries in South Geor -11 gia? Explanations having satisfied the home-folks, the Lions Friday were discussing the menu and otl - er features of the entertainment. Wives can knock-off almost any time -now, if reports in circulation during the morning are to be taken at face value. because hubby learn ed all the intricate formulae for baking, and also the modus noe- I randi of the mixing and heating. ' In fact they know the best neai.s i to use for various delicate dishes I such as good hot rolls. But the Lions did have a gala ' night as guests of Mr. Medford, and j Friday many compliments were in circulation regarding the clean and I modein way the bread and other commcditi: s are made at the plant. The banquet was held in the re tail room with Mrs. Medford and i Miss Lillian Medford directing the service. , Guests present were: 11. E. Allen, Dr. P. W. Hudson, Sam McDaniel, R P. Ewing, I a>.l Wooteen, Dr. Milo H. Massey, Chas. Wheatley, W. H. Cobb, Frank E. Mathews, Wade Morris, C. J. Wll - liams, T. 1,. Martin, Edwin Ryals, J. F. Finch. THETIMBMfBRDER published in hear f_ jsr~bix l e‘ Troops Join Rebels; Obregon Will Use Iron Hand, He Says MEXICO CITY, Dec 7. (By Associated Press) —The country will be pacified; rebellion will be put down with an iron hand. President Obregon said upon returning to the capital last evening. Three columns <jf federal troops have been ordered out ! to meet General Sachez, who hag. joined Adolfo de Hurta, presi- j dential candidate, in revolt. ; MARITIME ZONE TROOPS , JOIN REVOLUTIONISTS I VERA CRUZ, Dec. 7 (By Associated Press.) —Troops in i the entire maritime zone have joined the insurgent movement I against President Obregon and General Calles, according to re ; ports early today. Ihe rebellion is now said lo embrace the ■ whole of the Huasraca oil region, including five states. I Many land owners, it is reported, have joined the rebels ' nc.pmg thereby to regain properties which they have lost under the law compelling them io share their estate with tenants. TRAIN SERVICE IS CUT OFF MEXICO CITY, Dee. 7.—(By As sociated Press.) —Trains between the .capital and Vera Cruz have stopped running, and confirmation of conditions in Vera Cruz, is dis fieult to obtain. Officers refuse to comment on the situation. Celaya dispatches report that President Ob regon, who has .been recuperating there, is rushing back ro Mexico City immediately. According to reports received here, the rebel movement is aimed at the overthrow of the Obregon government. It is believed that Sanchez is supporting Adolfo de la Huerta, candidate for president in opposition to General Calles, whom Obregon favors. The Obregon government already has taken strenuous steps to put down the Vera Cruz revolt and is carefully watching over danger points. The Vera Cruz coup began Wed nesday night when trains from Mexico City to Vera Cruz were stopped at Orizaba and sent back to the capital. It is reported that marines co operated with army forces in the re pudiation of the central government. It will be recalled that General Sanchez and his forces interrupted the flight of President. Carranza Empty Stocking fund for Needy Is Opened Today With Christmas just two weeks ahead, the necessity for contribut ing to the Empty Stocking fund, which opens today in the Times-Re corder, according to its annual cus tom and that of the Associated Charities, w’hieh organization dis penses the funds during the Christ mas season and throughout the is urgent. This year more than th e usual number of calls have been sent in, and it is urged that prompt re sponse be made in order that the fund may grow rapidly within the prescribed time limit. There are a number of tots in the city and vicinity who will .go cheerless on Christmas Day unless funds are arranged immediately for the purchase of thos e things which mean more to the childish SUMTER COURT END IS SEEN BY OFFICIALS Judge Littlejohn Pleased With County’s Escape From Stalk ing Crime Wave Wnen court recessed for dinner Friday, officials busied themselves with arranging for the closing of the fall sessions of the Sumter Su perior court during the afternoon. It was thought that the list of cases would be completed and that th# formal adjournment would take AMERICUS? GA., FRIDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 7, 1923 from the capital in 1920. Sanchez is said to be an able man, and to have large forces at his. disposal. HUERTA CRITICISES OBREGON REGIME MEXICO CITY, Dec. 7—(By As sociated I*tes?.) —Adolfo de la Huerta, former secretary of the treasury and co-operatists candi date for the Mexican presidency, Thursday for the first time severe ly criticized publicly the pre-elec tion policy of President Obregon. In a statement issued at Vera Cruz, Senor de la Huerta says: “President Obregon has been considered a highly talented man but at present he is supplying proof to the contrary, being enclosed within a limited iron drcle, piereed only by what selves the interests of those intimates who surround him. “If President Obregon does not control his passions his end un doubtedly will be similar to those who before have been misguided. He could still be considered a superman should he correct hisuion duct and show himself able to stamp out hatred. “All of us who fought against Carranza imposition will be con sidered traitors and would not be able to absolve ourselves for blame for Carranza’s disappearance ’f we did not fight the present govern mental imposition.” heart thafr all else beside. A Christmas without Santa Claus— who can imagine it—and no one wants to contemplate such a dreary’ season for the little one. Santa Claus letters will be pub lished only when accompanied by a dime or larger contribution. The Empty Stocking Fund is primarily to instill into children to give to those less fortunate than themselves and when this spirit is met, the fund g»ows and blesses the giver and the receivre. It is urged that the fund be started today and that it continue to grow daily up to the very last minute of Christmas. Who will be the first to send in ' a contribution with a Santa Claus I letter? Come on, children, let’s go. I Let’s make this the very best Emp ty Stocking Fund ever. place during the afternoon. “The • rime wave, which has swept the country and some sections • f Georgia, has entirely missed Sum ter county,” Judge Z. A. Littlejohn announced. “This has been a com paratively light term and I con gratulate the county on the high type of citizenry which has made possible so few criminal cases.” Several cases have been sched uled during the afternoon sessions, but they are expected to be con cluded with practically no delay, it was stated by Jule Felton, solicitor. “There seems to be no reason why we should not be able to adjourn during the afternoon. Some un foreseen impediment may develop, but I hai;dly think so.”' BALDWIN. HO N.I (Di ffl IN ELECTIONS Manufacturing Centers Cast In fluence Against Tariff But Lose At Polls LADY ASTOR WINS PLACE LONDON, Dec. 7.—(By the A<- sociated Press.)—Prime Ministey Baldwin and J. Ramsey McDonald, labor leader, were re-elected in the ' English elections Thursday. Wins- I . ton Spencer Churchill and Arthur i Henderson, prominent laborites, i were defeated. Lady Astor also 1 won her place. The Lancanshire manufacturing center voted over whelmingly against the govern ment’s protection proposal. The conservative majority over all other parties has been definitely wiped out. Lloyd George, regard ed as a liberal, and Herbert As quith, leader of the liberal party, barely got in, returns show. England cast one of the heaviest votes in her history Thursday, amid circumstances so zestful and color ful that the day assumed a nation al, gala character unique in gen eral elections. The headquarters of all three contesting parties—the conserva tives, the liberals and the laborites i —were confident of returning large - representations in parliament. How i eVer. the conservatives, under Pre mier Baldwin, virtually were as sured of a majority during the ear ly stages. The main question was whether this majority would be sufficiently large to enable the gov ernment to carry its tariff pro grain in the house of commops. With the immediate future of the United Kingdom’s commercial prosperity depending on the elec tion, and its effects on protection versus free trade, many Britishers who had not voted for years wont to the polls Thursday. But as usual the frequently misunderstood Eng lishman took his troubles lightly. The 700 square miles that < onsti tute London assumed the uise of’ a carnival, with holiday celebx.i-I tions of every sort in honor of elec tion day. • The exceptionally heavy vote was due to a combination of two fac tors. First, the intense interests resulting from the possible effects of a tariff on food prices; and sec ond, what was for England nuusual ly good weather that is, compara tively little fog or rain. COTTON HOUSES RAZED HILF MILLION DAMAGE Flames of Unknown Origin Burn New Orleans Block and De stroy Much Property NEW ORLEANS, Dee. 7- (By the Associated Press.) —The New nan building, a three-story stone and brick structure, occupying half a square on Dryades and GravFer streets, and occupied principally by cotton houses, was heavily dam aged by fire here. The cotton firms burned out in cluded McFadden company, Willis T. Hardie, Malget Brothers and H. R. Gould. The loss is estimated at more than $500,000. The origin of the fire has not been determined. TO PRESENT BARN DANCE AS FEATURE SAVANNAH, Dec. 7.—Featuring a series of tea dances to be given once a week at her studio through out the winter, Mrs. Marguer la Stults Reed will give an exhibition of the tngo both ballroom and ex hibition, with a partner from New York. The bambilina and the Mah Jongg barn dance will also be a feature of the weekly dansant. The dances will be given at the new studio on Whittaker street and gen eral dancing will be the order of he day from 5 to 7 o'clock. “Dear Santa Claus: Please send us a new door-mat. The' Welcome’ sign on ours is worn out.” •«-a Faces Rebellion / JSF B ... ' President Obregon, of Mex ico, against' whom a revolution has been launched by General Sanchez, acting for De La Huerta. ■ CLUB HAMES OFfJCEBS FOB 192 i U. D- C. Officials Address Meet ing At Windsor Luncheon; Bell Speaker Evan Mathis was elected Friday afternoon president of the Ameri cus Kiwanis club at a luncheon at the Windsor hotel. Other officers elected were • Sum Ileys, vv.-e --president; T. 0. Marshall, treasur er; Bradley Hogg, J. M. Outler, R. S. Oliver, J. ML Lott, J. M. Bryan, Lewis Ellis and G. M. Bragg, di rectors. Installation will take place in January. Features of the entertainment were short addresses by Mrs. Frank Harrold, recently elected nrdsident IL D. C., and Mrs. S. H. McKee, state corresponding secre tary of the U. D. C., who spoke on the meaning of the Confederate organization to the South, its influ ence and usefulness. Prof. J. C. Bell, head of the vo cational training department of Plains school, gave a short, address on the work being done there. Oth er entertaining numbers were also furnished. NERVED By M. FOX SLEW COBURN. CLAIM Solicitor Boykin Will Charge De liberate Plot on Life Os ‘Night Hawk’ Editor ATLANTA, Dec. 7.—Evident that Philip E. Fox nerved himself by consuming a pint of whisky in the final stages of a deliberate plot to slay Captain Willis S. Coburn, and that this was the second at tempt that had been jmade on Co burn’s life within 90 days, will be introduced when the murder trial is called next Wednesday in Fulton Superior court, according to infor • mation divulged Thrusday bv in vestigators who have assitsed So licitor John A. Boykin in preparing the prosecution. The previous and unsuccessful attempt to slay Coburn was made in the corridors of a local club J.y a personal friend and fellow work er of Fox, according to the infor mation placed in Solicitor Boykin’s hands, and was thwarted when a bystander seized a heavy revolver from the alleged would-be slayer’s grasp. Information cocerhing the alleged pluvious attack on Coburn’s life was accompanied by further infor mation concerning the history of the .45 calber Colt’s automatic re volver used by Fox in firing the fatal shots, and movements of the slayer on the day of the shooting Fox was seen to consume a quantity of whisky in rapid gulps before he left a local hotel on the day of the slaying. For Georgia Fair and warmer tonight; Saturday increasing cloud iness and warmer. ELECTIONS M TERM PROPOSAL FOR MY OFFICER Alleged Would-Be Kidnaper Os Bergdoll Recommended For 3-Year Sentence CHARGE AMERICAN PLOT Defendant Told He Should Be Glad He Escaped Lynching By Infuriated Mob MOSEBACH, Baden, Dec. 7.- (By the Associated Press.) A sentence of three years for Lieu tenant Corliss Hooven Griffin, of Hamilton, Ohio, was recommended today’ by State’s Attorney Nebel for the attempt to kidnap Grover Cleve land Bergdoll, American draft ' doger. The attorney charged that the American uovernment was back of the plot and asserted that Grif fin had better be thankful that he was not lynched by infuriated citi zens on the night of the attack. The trial of Griffin is the first of a series growing out of an al leged attempt on the part of Amer ican citizens to kidnap Bergdoll and bring him back to the United States to serve out a sentence posed for being a draft dodger. The two governments may be in volved since charges of plotting' have been made. FIGHT II) Mil ' TARIFF CUT BOON Southern Conference Opens 3- Day Session; Many Indus tries Represented CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., Dec. 7. (Special.)—Representatives of the South turned today to a discussion of the tariff, when the Southern Tariff congress continued its fourth annual meeting at the Pat ten Hotel, With Frank W. Mondell, mem ber of the War Finance corpora tion, bringing a message from the govenment, and representatives of producers from the South, West and Midwest in attendance, the meeting promises to be one of the most important in the history ox the South, according to congres sional officials. A heavy atten dance of individuals is not expect ed by officials, who point out that those present will have authority to speak for many interests, instead of acting as individuals. Vegetable oil schedules of the tariff act, now under attackfl occp ied the opening day of the congress Thursday. J. J. Brown, commission er of agriculture of Georgia pre sided as chairman. H. M. Moore, commissioner of Agriculture of Alabama, will deliver an address. Mr. Mondell will deliver an ad dress, “The Effect of Tarifff Lev ies upon the Loan Value of Farm He will speak tonight. The meeting brings together rep resentatives of the War Finance corporation, Commissioners of Ag riculture of the Southern states, Bankers’ associations, the Westren Tariff association, the Midwest Tar iff association, farm bureaus, far mers’ unions, producers of the country, the American Mining Con gress, which is concerned with minerals of the South, and scores of chambers of commerce. '’harlie de B. Claiborne, of New Orleans, president of the American Banker’s league, will speak for the Bankkers of the country. Twelve state banking associations have rep resentatives here. A resolution will be introduced asking the congress to go on record in favor of a repeal of the flexible provision o' - the present tariff act according to congress officials. It is contended that business cannot safely operate under the flexible provision under which the presi dent can reduce tariff rates at bis discretion. evening prayer will be SAID AT CALVARY CHURCH Evening prayer will be said i a Calvary church tonight at 7 PRICE FIVE CENTS