v THURSDa Y. D E C F.MBER 20, 1923
WALKER TO llffi '
TAXOATTLEINI924
Governor Says He Will Con
tinue Fight For Repeal of
Equalization Law
ATLANTA, Dec. 20.—(8y Asso
ciated Press;) Governor Walker
will continue his efforts to have the
tax equalization act abolished at
the 1924 regular session of the
Georgia General assembly, it was
stated at the capitol today.
The chief executive ran on a plat
form advocating repeal of the act
has urged this step in several mes
sages to the assembly, last sumhler
and during the recent extraordi
nary session. The house passed t
bill repealing the law last summer,
but the senate never acted on the
measure. At the recent session, the
house again passed the repeal bill.
The senate finance committee rec
ommended the Fullbright-Davis
bill, which repealed the law and re
enacted it with numerous changed.
An effort by Senator Johns, an ad
ministration leader to have the sen
ate adopt a minority report favor
ing the house repeal measure was
defated and Fullbright-Davis biil
did not come up for passage.
. “In three general elections, the
people of Georgia have overwhelm
ingly expressed their will in favor
of the repeal of the tax equaliza
tion law,” Governor Walker said in
a message to the senate on the final
day of the recenU session.
/The platform of the people in
the people in the last convention de
clared for the repeal of the tax
equalization law. The present ad
ministration was elected on that
piatiorm. lam thoroughly convinc
ed that a large majority of the peo
ple sincerely desire the repeal of
ii.at law. 1 am more thoroughly
convinced that there will not be
that feeling of rest and harmony
among the people which is neces
sary lor constructive progress so
long as this law remains on the
statute books as a subject of agi
tation in eacn succeeding year.
The capitol spokesman said he
did not know whether the governor
again would take up his tight lor an
income tax at the next session.
\v hen asked if the chief executive
would make the report of his spe
cial tax commission an issue in the
campaign tor re-election, the
sponeafnan said this was a question I
imigfeovernor would have to answer
leiSbiially. The governor is now.
aw||- on a hunting trip. 8
TOBACCO BBKEI NOT
STABLE ffiTBBSO!
Supply and Demand Will Be
Chief Governing Features
Year, Says Expert
■Athens, Dec. 20.—That no pre
diction can be made as to the mar
ket price of bright tobacco next
year was the statement of E. C.
Westbrook, tobacco specialist of the.
State College of Agriculture, here
today in regard to the outlook of
the industry for the coming year.
“Tobacco is like most any other
commodity in that the price is gov
< med by supply and demand,” he
stated, “and no definite assurance
can be given in this record.
“Government estimates place the
1923 crop of the United States at
1,436,000,0000 pounds as compar
ed with an average of 1,336,000,000
for the three previous years. It is
estimated also that more than 100,-
000,000 in excess to the amount
held last year is in' the hands of
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FEW FOLKSHAVE
GRAY HAIR NOW
Druggist Says Ladies Are Using
Recipe of Sage Tea and
Sulphur
Hair that loses its color and lustre,
or when it fades, turns gray, dull and
lifeless, is caused by a lack of sulphur
in the hair. Our grandmother made
up a mixture of Sage Tea and Sulphur
to keep her locks dark and beautiful,
and thousands of women and men who
value that even color, that beautiful
dark shade of hair which is so at
tractive, use only this old-time recipe.
Nowadays we get this famous mix
ture improved by the addition of other
ingredients by asking at any drug store
for a bottle of “Wyeth s Sage and Sul
phur Compound,” which darkens the
hair so naturallj’, so evenly, that no
body can possibly tell it has been ap
plied. You just dampen a sponge or
soft brush with it and draw, this
through your hair, taking one small
strand at a time. By morning the gray
hair disappears; but what delights the
ladies with Wyeth’s Sage and
Compound is that, besides beautifully
darkening the hair after a few applica
tions, it also brings back the gloss and
lustre and gives it an appearance oi
abundance.
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dealers and manufacturers. It, there
tore, appears that we have more
than 200,000,000 pounds more for
the coming year than we had for
the past. In spite of the fact that
tobacco consumption increases from
year to year, it is no thought that
the large increase and carry-over of
the past year will be required to I
supply the demand.
“The present outlook p >ir. + s to
ward an increase in the tobacco
acreage for 1924, which with nor
mal weather conditions will bring
about a corresponding increase in
production. ,
“The total pounds of tobacco
manufactured in the United States
in 1922 was 667,400,000 pounds of
522,800,000 pounds in. 1910 and
3711100,000 pounds in 1900. The
amount of bright tobacco used in
the manufacture of cigarettes in
1922 was 196,000,000 pounds, 31,-' ;
000,00 pounds'-in 1910 and 13,-
000,000 pounds in 1900. Tobacco
used in the manufacture of plug
smoking tobacco and snuff in 1922
was 310,4000 pounds, 350,400,000
pounds in 1910 and 260,600,000
I pounds in 1900. The Tobacco used
jin the manufacture of cigars in
[1922 was 160,400,000 pounds, 141,-
1 100,000 pounds in 1910 and 105,-
i 400,000 in 1900. ’ ,
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“It can be seen from the figures
I that there has been a large increase
|in the amount of tobacco used in
j the manufacture of cigarettes, but
i not a great increase in the other
manufactured products. It is easy
to understand why bright tobacco
the greater part of which is manu
factured into cigaretts, has had
I such a strong demand. The in
crease in the production of bright
tobacco has just about kept pace
with the increase in demand.
“Leaf tobacco exported to other
countries was as follows:
In 1922, 431,000,000 pounds,
1921, 515,300,000 pounds. 1920,
467,600,000 pounds, 1919, 765,900,-
000 pounds. In 1922, 11,470,000,000
cigarettes were exported as com
pared with 16,200,000, in 1919. The
export of other' manufactured to
bacco Mas fallen off in short the
. same proportion. The export of un
manufactured tobacco for the year
ending June 30, 1923, was only
229,400,000 pounds as compared
with five year average 1909-1914
of 392,200,000 pounds. Our tobac
co exports fcr the last year have
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fallen below the pre-war average.
It is possible that we have struck
low tide and that with the improve
ment of conditions abroad,. w# can
reasonably expect a healthy in
crease of tobacco exports China ’s
rapidly becoming a big customer
for our cigarettes.
FORMER KAISER AWARDED
1300 GOLD MARKS IN SUIT
DORTMUND. Germany, Dec. 20.
A verdict has been rentleted in fa
vor of the former German Emperor .
William in a libel suit instituted
against the editor-in-chief of the
General Anzeiger, Herr von Dar
Heydt, for different versions of
which appeared abroad long ago,
that the kaiser in 1895 caused the
suicide of Lieutenant con Hahnke,
a young officer atached to the im
perial yatcht Hohenzollern A fine of
S3OO gold marks was imposed.
It was alleged that while the
Hohenzollern was lying off the
Scandinavian coast Von Hahnke
struck the war lord in the face aft
er having been insulted by him. For
mer Vice Admiral Count Haller
mund tdtsified at the trial of the
suit that he was officer of the watch
at the time and that the injury to
1 the former emperor was due to a
rope striking hini in the course of
some maneuvers. No altercation
whatever occurred between the
kaiser and Von Hahnke, according
to this witness. The lieutenant
went ashore with a friend for a
spin on bicycle; he lost control of
the machine on a mountain path
and fell into the sea and was killed.
FORM ART-LITERATURE
| . PROTECTIVE SOCIETY
NEW YORK, Dec. 20. A new
-organization designed to crush the
> principle of censorship, to be known
as “the National Council to Pro
tect the Freedom of Art. Litera
ture and the Press,” has been
■ launched, it was announced Sunday
by George Creel, the chairman.
The council is a reorganization of
“the joint committee for the pro
motion and pruw.'tion of art and
literature,” formed a year ago to
oppose censorship of al! kinds.
Membership, at present, is com
posed of the following:
Authors’ League of America,
inc.; Actor’ Equity association, inc.,
THE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER
. American Dramatists;* National
. Publishers’ asapciation, irp,; Cinema
! Camera club; Rnngtin Trades un
ion; American Federation of Mu
sicians; Motion Pictdt'e Producers
/and Distributors of .Jfoierica, inc.;
[New York Employing Printers' as
sociation; Guild of Free Lance Ar
tists; Motion Picture Directors’ as
soc ation and the Screes Wt'it.‘rs'
guild. *
In outlining the policies of the.
council, Mr Creel said:
“It is not only proposed censor-j
ships that will be fought, but the re-
Ij.eal of existing censorship laws will
be urged.
“This is in no sense a movement
in favor of license or a campaign
for special privileges. What we pro
test against—what we are formed
co fight—are persistent and ill- ad
vised attempts to sett aside this law,
in favor of the bigotries of person
al prejudice and attacks upon lib
erty masked as attacks upon lic
ense.”
WIFE SLAYER IS HELD
INSANE AFTER PROBE
MILWAUKEE, Wis., Dec. 20—
| E Ray Tofpkins, held on a charge
of wife murder, is insane, accord
ing to the finding of a lunacy com
, mission of five alienists. The find
ings of the commission were made
' public Monday, and declare that
Thompkins’ condition is such that
he “is unable to confer intelligent
ly with counsel or conduct his own
[ defense.”
Tompkins was arrested following
1 the disappearance of his wife, Ora
• Belle Tompkins on December 6.
Two days later a nude and headless
body, identified as Mrs. Tompkins,
■ was found in a shallow grave about
1
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11 miles from Milwaukee.’ Tomp
kins .confessed to killing his wife.
Hv said he strangled her into un
consciousness and then removed her
head which he destroyed in a fur
nace. It is expected Tompkins will
be immediately committed to a
hospital for the criminally insane
and if a cure is effected he will be
returned here to be tried on the l
charge against him.
Tompkins, a fprmer instructor at
the Milwaukee Normal school, en
tered the real estate business sev
c cal years ago. During the erection
CHEAP MONEY ON FARMS
$2,000,000.00. Two Million DoYYwn to lend on good farms* wall
improved, at 5 1-2% interest, the borrower having the privilege ot
making payments on the principal at any interest period, stopping
the interest on such payments. Also, we have large sums to lend at
6%, 6.1-2% and 7 p£r cent. Loans can be closed as soon as abstracts
of titles can be made. Our contract is as good as the best and yom
io not have to wait. See us for we car save you money.
Loans made on choice city property.
Write us or see G. R. Ellis or G. C. Webb in charge of our Hou»\
Office, at Americus.
EMPIRE LOAN & TRUST COMPANY
Americus, Ga.
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road: 5-room Residence; 4 Tenant Houses; 140 acres
cleared.
Atlanta Trust Co., Farm Sales Department
Room 5, Allison Bldg. Phone 16 Americus, Ga.
of a large apartment house he suf
fered a breakdown and since that
time his condition has been such
that efforts were made to confine
him for mental observation.
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LEWIS ELLIS
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est rales fur terms of 5,7 or 10
vears with pre-payment option Riven
Money secured promptly. We have
now outstanding over $1,100,000 on
farms in Sumter county alone, with
plenty more to lend.
MIDDLETON McDONALD
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in Sumter. Lee, Terrell, Schley,
Macon, Stewart, Randolph and
Webster counties. 21 Planters Bank'
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Arrival and Departure of Passenger
Trains, Americus, Ga.
Central of Georgia Ry.
Central Standard Time
Arrive Depart
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1:54 am Albjjny-Jaxville 2:10 am
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2:53 am Alhny-Jaxville 12.37 am
3:45 am Albny-Jaxville 12:01 am
5:14 am Macon-Atlanta 10:35 pm
6:27 am Albany 7:21 pm'
’.“.20 am Columbus v,..;
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1:1R pm Chgo-St. L. Atl 2:01 pm
1:51 pm Albany-Montg’y 2:17 pm
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2:40 pm Alby-Jax-Miami 12:20 pm
7:21 pm Macon-Atlanta 6:37 am
10:35 pm Albany-Montg’y 5:14 am
SEABOARD AIR LINE
(Central Time)
Arrive Departs
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12'26 pm Cols-M’t’g’y 3:10 pm
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