About Americus times-recorder. (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 22, 1923)
Americus Spot Cotton btrict middling 33.50. Jan 34.88 34.95 34.77 34.77 34.82 M te 30 35,33 35 ' 13 35 - 24 35.33 , , 35.42. 35.52 .U. 23 35.24 35.33 Ort oV^ 3 34-53 34,40 34 42 34.45 n! t2 >c’i- 28,63 28 - 45 28.45 28.45 U ~6,2° 36.25 V 6.00 36.02 36.1a FORTY-FIFTH YEAR.—NO. 283 HUERTA 'LEADERS DENY MAKING PEACE OVERTURES ooooooooc|oo o o o o o o o oo WOMAN IS HELD IN COBURN SLAYING o o o o o o oo o o doo 0 3 0 O O o 000 FORMER GREEK PREMIER MAY NOT ACCEPT GOVERNMENT INVITATION SUMTIRSCHOfILS SET CONSOLID Iffll PICE W SMS • V , Efficiency of Officials Is Lauded In Report of State Officers. Makins; Survey 1400 ARE NOW ENROLLED Use of Trucks For Transporta tion Found Highly Successful; Demonstrate Progress The survey in Sumter coqnty was made under somewhat adverse .cir cumstances. The weather was very inclement, on account of which sev eral of the colored schools were closed. The school authorities of this county are to be congratulated for the great woke they have done in the matter of consolidation. In this respect Sumter county is one of the banner counties of the state. There are today in Sumter coun ty 38 colored schools and only ten ■white schools. All of the white schools are taken care of in the following schools: . Plains, Leslie, Concord, Pleasant Grove, Thalean, Thompson, Shiloh, Andersonville, Huntington and New Era. In these ten schools are to be found more than fourteen re ceiving an education under condi tions that more than nearly ap proximate the opportunity of the city child than in any other county thus far surveyed. Os the ten schools mentioned above all repre sent consolidations except Shiloh. In all of them the improvement has been most marked. The children attending these schools are trans {ported in twenty trucks with a mileage of about 700 miles' at an. expense of about SBO per month per truck. As a result of such trans portation it was found that the at tendance upon the white schools is not reduced on account of inclem ent weather. In one school where Transportation obtained we found a larger attendance on a yery in clement day than the average at tendance of the same school show ed. On the same day other schools ..(colored) were closed on account of the bad weather. The number of days thus saved by the' children of this’eountry will more than off set the SI4OOO paid for transpor tation in the twenty trucks. In the county there are 38 col ored schools. The majority of these are held in chruches or lodges, some of which are very dark and ..i f or whoij, purports. How ever, b uniter county today has in course of construction Rosenwald buildings upon which the colored population should look with pride. We feel sure that such is the temper df the people of Sumter county and their spirit of fairness that eveiHually they'll see that the other colored schools measure up in fitness and attractivenss to the five colored schools that have been built or are now in process of construc tion. Tests were given in many of the schools of the county with the fol lowing- results: In the heading tests given in the City of Armeri . cus to the fourth grade pupils the median made was 8.8 against a standard of 7.7. In the seventh grades of the same schools a med ian of 10.2 was against a standard of 12.5. In the rural schools’ fourth grade the median obtained was 6.5 against a stand ard of 7.7. In the seventh grades cf the same schools a median of 12.1 was made' against a standard of 12.5. Tests were also given-to l the ninth grade of the city schools in silent reading, the median at tained being 29.2. In arithmetic the tests resulted as follows. City school, fourth grades, 15.2 median against a stan dard of'1'1.1; i» the seventh grades (Continued on Page Five.) WOMAN, 80, CHARGES MATE. 80, UNFAITHFFUL RIVER SIDE, Calif., Dec. 22. Mrs. Millie Hitching, 80 has filed suit in the Superior court hpre for separate maintenance against her husband, August Caesar. Hitching, also 80 on the ground that he .is squandering his money on ’a young tv woman.” _ . * theTßSS^rder 1 trs the Iwore '■ r Jis IEBWDET MW* - PLANS ffl KIDDIES Children To Be Transported To Sunday School in Autos To Get Xmas Packets; In ordertthat all members of the Cradle Roll, Primary and Junior, departments of First Methodist Sun day school may attend the Christ mas exercises tomorrow, li’. E. Al len has requested any mothers of ch;Jil>’en who will be unable to at tend to notify him so that he car provide transportation for the youngsters. ‘ We want every member of ;il throe of the departments especially present,” Mr. Allen said. “We will send for the youngsters in automo biles and will take care of them wnen they arrive Mothers have been urged to see that the children get to the exercises so that they can receive their packages.”- A program will be given as the closing exercises of the Sunday school session, and song and recita tions will feature the children’s ac tivities. Santa Claus assisted by sev eral agents, will distribute the pack ages to the youngsters. GEORGIANISKILLEO IN TRAIN WRECK N.. C. and St. L. Crash Near Kennesaw Takes Death Toll; Passengers Escape Injury ATLANTA, Dec. 22.—(8y Asso ciated Press.) —Engineer J. W. Brown, of Decatur, was killed and Fireman H. L. Young and J. M. Baldwin, a brakeman, were slightly injured when the Dixie Limited, southbound, on the Nashville, Chat tanooga and St. Louis railroad, was wrecked at Kennesaw, near here early this morning. None of the passengers on board the flyer were hurt, although sev eral of these ryere badly shaken up. Traffic over the line was tied up five or six hours as a result of the wreck, the cause of which has not been announced. OPENMS ON CLUB COURSE Improvements On Greens To Lengthen Course About 400 Yards Fbr several months C. E. Byles, has been at work on a new Green for No. 1 and a new te e for No. 2 and No. 4. • A great deal of time hag been put on this change and the golfers will be remitted to play on them for the first time Christ mas afternoon. This will make the course some 400 yards longer and at the same time will cause it to be a much morje difficult one. All the permanent greens will be opened- Christmas afternoon, with the exception of No, 8, which is still under construction. Tempor ary greens have been in use for quite a while, during the time re quired for the growth of the win ter grass. The recent wet weather has been good on this grass and the greens will be found to be in ex cellent shape. If the weather is favorable, there wiil undoubtedly be an exceedingly 'urge number of pUvers out <*-> Christmas dav and all duriltg the holidays. With the dance and card part that is to be given on the night* of December 28, the ’Golf club will undoubtedly prove to be the scene of merry activities during the yuletide, x AMERICUS, GA., SATURDAY AFTERNOON; DECEMBER 22, 1923 IMARGARETiYEAYER IS HELD IN WM KLANSMAN CONVICTED Woman Claims She Was Not In Atlanta on Dav Coburn Was Shot to Death TO FIGHT - ” EXTRADITION Fox Sits Unmoved As Sentence Is Passed in Crowded Ful ton Courtroom BIRMINGHAM, Dee. 22. — (By the Associated Press.) —Mrs. Mar 'garet Weaver, indicted in Fulton County, Georgia as an accessory be fore the fact in the death of W. S. Cobrun, for which Philip E. Fox yesterday was convicted and sen . fenced to serve life imprisonment, was arrested here today. She admitted her identity, but claimed that she was not in Geor gia at the time of the Coburn kill ing. She had in per possession newspaper clippings of Fox trial. 1 She said she' would fight extradi tion. VERDICT REACHED ' EARLY FRIDAY NIGHT ATLANTA, Dec. 22.—Philip E. Fox, ku klux klan editor and former newspaper man of Dallas, Texas, must go to the penitentiary for the remainder of his life for the slay ing of Attorney William S. Coburn in the latter’s Office on November 5, it was decreed early Friday night by the jury which listened for eight days to testimony and arguments in the case. A verdict of guilty, accompanied (Continued on Page Four.) IMCKFACIILTY>ET IMPERSONATE PROFS Pleasant Grove Students Show- Up Teachers In Farce Pre sentation of Session More than 100 persons attended the program rendered at Pleasant Grove school Friday evening, at which u Mock Faculty meeting was a feature of the entertainment, the teachers of the school havihg been ludicrously impersonated by the student body. Boxes containing delicious con nection together with homemade candy were auctioned off to the highest Bidders for cash, the auc tioneer being John T. Methvin, a resident of the community and interested in the school, the' proceeds of which netted $17.50. This will be given to the community canning club to carry on an extensive 1924 program if ac tivii ies. Mrs. A. B. Phillips and Mrs. W. H. Houston were chairmen of the program committee, assisting the high school girls in arranging a program which delighted the adui ence for two hours. At the conclusion of the program the Junior club girls auctioned boxes of de'iicous candy, this candy being made by the gnf.s after Miss Parman’s demonstration. \ The oeirc".’ club girls, dressed in green and red paper dresses, auc tioned off by their shadow—and the person doing the sucessful bid ding had the honor of sharing the lunch with <1 club girl. The program in full follows: Song—Club Girls Will Shine, by Club Girls. ‘ Recitation—“ Jess ’Fore Xmas,” Marvin Phillips. Son£ —Christmas Song, by Club Girls. Dialogue—Christmas Message, I Vela Mary Kitchens. . Song—Club Song, Club Girls. Song— Ruehen and Rnclie;, Club. Talk—Community Spirit, John T. j Methvin. __ - Mock Teachers Meeting—Hugh Clements as Prof. Phillips; Frances Methvin as Mrs. Summerford; Grace Youngblood as Miss McNeil; Lillian Morris as Miss Bryant. , i Yell—Strawberry Short-cake, by ■ Club. Pianist, Mrs. E. E. SummerforiL; ' ukelele, Miss McNeil; violinist, Miss Ruth Bryant. ( EMPTY STACKING FUND T<)TALi| SIBI.OO TO DATE The Emptj4 Stocking fund stands today at just within sl9 of the dollar mark. The kiddies ha® been pouring their contributions iwto the box all week, and the dime# quarters have made the rise rapidly to its present, maria With the IJindsome contribufion of SSO fromlthe Elks lodge, what other organiMtion wiil give S2O to make it eve 4 two hundred dollars for the unfortunate kiddies and ■needy of the*ommunity? Who will be the one tw hand in a crisp’s2o bill for the food work which not only dispenses' happiness at this sea son but continues throughout the year wjren the Empty Stocking fund has been placed as a memory in the minds of all except those who keep in touch with the poor of the city? Come' on, kiddies and grown-ups, and let’s make the S2OO goal with one day left in which to give. Mrs. Arthur Rylander, Sr. ....$ 2.00 Cash .251 Harriet Rylander 1.00 Walter Rylander, Jr 1.00 Emory Rylander, Jr 1.00 Cash i .. .. . . .......... .59 Leland Bell .1 i.oo Mary Thayer i 25. Pat Thayer .4 10 Jane Luthy ..; 25 Harry .McDowell 10 Lucille McDoWell ' Jo Elizabeth Lindley 25 Hugh W’orthy 1 iq George Worthy JO Gust Anderson, Jr. 25 £ ash 3.00 Hazel Horne Ruby Horne Nellie Horne ; David Jennings, Jr. 25 Jack Royal % " 10 Lynelle Royal J(! Foy Evans, Jr. .C....." ” 10 Gloria Evans ...< ’ 10 Mildred Morgan * ' j'qq ACQUITTED SLAYER Os GIRUy DUPTED Wealthy Bachelor Makes Home For Boy Accused In Conc tion With Girl’s Death NEW YORK, Dec. 22.—(8y As sociated Press.)—Francis Kluxon, ’ll., who was accjuitted of a charge 01 murdering 11-year-old Jeanette Lawrence in Madison, N. J., a year ago, is to be adopted by Monell Sayre, a well-)to-do bdthelor of Convent, N. J., is is reported here, the boy has been in the Sayr e -home tiring several months past. ST. LOUIS BANKER GUARANTEES LOSSES Places Estate Valued at Million As Pledge «For Alleged $200,000 Irregularity ST. LOUIS, Dec. 22—(By Asso ciated Press.) —Joseph S. Carr, whose alleged irregularities as cash ier of the Chippewa Bapk of this eity, were estimated to amount to more than $200,000 and which caus ed the closing of the bank Friday, pledged assets last night valued by him at more than $1,000,000 to pro tect depositors in the against loss. 16 ARE DROWNED AS SHIP SINKS IN STORM MADRID, Dec. 22. (By Associ ated Press.)—Sixteen persons were drown yesterday when two Spanish fishing boats sank in the Medit erannean Sea. The vessels both went down off Denia during a vio ; lent storm. Several other craft are | reported as missing. BRITISH LIQUOR TREATY MAKES NEW PROGRESS WASHINGTON, Dec. 22.—(8y Associated Press.)—Negotiations with Great Britain, for a special li quor control treatv have progress ed mother stage with the transmis sion to London’of additional Ameri can suggestions in connection with a counter draft of the original American proposal. An agreement upon the points at issue is expect ed to be leached in the near future. REBELS DENY Efffl |TO EHMFLLI!III 11 BEEHL UKASE Revolution Triumphing And There Is No Cause For Suit For Peace, Is Claimed PEACE PARLEYS NOT ON Rebels Evacuated Puebla For Military Expediency, Head quarters Asserts GALVESTON, Dec. 22. (By the Associated Pyess.)-*—Emphatic denial that overtures for h peace parley will be entertained by De la Huerta factlvn -was' contained in an official ' dispatch from Alvarez de Castello, scertary of foreign af fairs'for De la Huerta at Vera Cruz received today by Adolfo Jiminez, Rebel agent. The revolution is tri umphing everywhere, the message declared. VERA CRUZ, Dec. 22—The Reb els have evacuated the City of Pu ebla for reason- of military expedi ency, it is announced by their head quarters. They had held the city for several days. \ BfflU GLRVER HURT INPAILIEMWHERE Central Railroad Yardmaster Knocked Off Engine By Frightened Cow B. B. Glover, yardmaster for the Central of Georgia railroad here, was seriously hurt early today when a frightened" cow, running across the tracks in front.of a switch en gine upon which he was riding, knocked Glover off the moving loco motive. In falling his right foot became entangled in some obstruc tion and a deep gash was cut in the member. The accident occurred in the Central yards between the freight depot and the plant of the American Agricultural Chemical corporation, where the engine and crew had been I doing som£ necessary ewitehing and was, it is said, unavoidable. The locomotive was traveling at slow speed at the time, which probably prevented a fatal accident. The cow which caused Glover to fall off the engine was grazing near the track's when the locomotive game along and became badly frightened. Running across the tracks before the switching! engine, the dow brushed Glover off the stand where he was riding. He was taken hurriedly to the Americus Hospital, where his injur ies were dressed, and it was lie ported this afternoon that he would soon t recover. «. MARTHA LONG. DEAD IB ALABAMA •Mrs. Martha J. Long, 85 years of age, died at her home in Hurts boro, Alabama, at 3:13 o’clock Fri day afternoon, following an illness •of two months. Funeral services will be hifid from the family home in Hurtsboro this afternoon at 3 o’clock. Interment will be in the family cemetery there. Surviving her. are two daughters, Mrs. Thomas Harrold, Os Ameri cus, and Mrs. B. H. Palmer ,of Atlanta, Ga., both of whom were at her bedside when "the end came. Mrs. Long, who was the widow of N. W. E. Long, had made her residence in Hurtsboro for several 1 years, and she and her husband had Ibeen prominent in the affairs of the j community. i At the time of Mr. Long’s death 1 1 she was confined to her bed, and I on last Thanksgiving day fell froqi I her porch breaking Jier hip, from i which pneumonia developed, caus ing her death. Both she and Mr. Long had visit ed their daughter here of one time, having made their home with her for a year, and announcement of her death comes as a distinct shock to many friends and acquaintances, j Stor/n- H f , / Ih W' V A. Rev. Lee W. Heaton of Fort Worth, Tex., now in New York, will be tried for heresy before the House of Bishops of the Prot estant Episcopal church. Other clergymen have rallied to his support. NML POLITICS BADLY DISORGANIZED, JUDGE CRISP ASSERTS Third District Representative Says Rebel Republicans Are Holding Up Legislation M’ADOO IS STRONG MAN Two-Thirds Majority To Be Slow Coming ;Ford Announce ment Relieves Democrats I —» —— • National politics are more disor ganized than they have ever been, acording to a statement oi Chas. R. Crisp, Third district representa tive, as he reiruned to Americus after the adjournment of congress for the holidays. Organization has been almost impossible because bi 'the attitude of a certain group of republicans who have been bucking the party until certain concessions were made thenj. ■'There are about 20 members of the house and eight of the senate included in this group, and they have scattered their voting power so successfully that it has been almost impossible for the re publicans to muster a majority in either house,” Mr. Crisp said. "It is the generally accepted opinion that William McAdoo will have more jjotes at the democratic convention than iny oth*r candi date, but according to a democratic rule, to succeed in the nomination a candidate will have to have two thirds of the votes of the conyen tion. It is barely possible that any man in'the assembly will have that number. It is therefore, a safe prediction to say that a hot fight and some rare politics will be play ed at the convention meeting. “The removal of Ford from the race, will leave McAdoo a place of advantage, and he may be able to muster the requisite number of votes to gain the nomination. No one can reasonably predict the out come of tj*6 election.” Mr. Crisp stated that he came home because he wanted be here during the holidays, and because there were no interests to be look ed after in Washington. He will remain here until he has to return for the opening of congress, Jan uary 3. TO BROADCAST COTTON MARKETS FOR SOUTH Washington, Dec. 22.—Sena-; tor Harris of Georgia, was inform- ■ ed by the Department of Agricul ture that at his suggestion the open ings and closing of the cotton mar kets at New Orleans and Liverpool will be broadcasted at. 11:15 each morping and at 4 o’clock each afternoon'from Arlington, irt adition to the regular daily ajjd weekly summaries which are sent out at 5 :30 each afternoon. These reports will in turn be broadcasted by the department’s station in At lanta and other cities. £, WEATHER Fob Georgia Rain tonight-and Sunday; colde?in the interior Sun day. PRICE FIVE CENTS Mourn i TO BMI WITH" POLITICAL LIBERTY. Will Receive Delegates In Paris; Unqualified Offer Made Him By Rebels MAY YET DECLINE OFFER Former Greek Chief Reluctant To Gq Back, Secretary Announces PARIS, Dec. 22.—(8y Associated Press.) —Former Premier Venizelos of Greece, informed today of the invitation extended him by the Athens government to return to Greece, announced through his sec retary that he would be glad to re ceive the invitation delegates, but it was further state that he doubt ed whether- the invitation would cause him to alter his -decision not (o return to his native country to again live there. , COL. PLASTIRA6 TO CONVEY INVITATION. ATHENS, Dec. 22.—The council of ministers has decided to instruct Colonel Plsstiras of the fevolution ■ary committee, to ask former Pre mier Venizelos, without-any condi tions and with complete liberty of initiative, to return to Greece and take the political situation in this country in hand. ifFuSS ' ILL«HERE Stricken With Paralysis Wednes day Night; Fears Held She May Not Recover Mrs. L. E. Furlow, one of the oldest and most beloved residents of this community, is critically ill at the home of her daughter, Mrs*. L. F. Rodgers, having been stricken with paralysis Wednesday, grave fears being entertained for her re covery. -g-'itiWfU' Mrs. Furlow, who is the mother of Stewart Furlow and T. M. Furlow, belongs to one of, the pioneer families of this section, ami for many years has been associat ed with the builders of this com munity. She has hundreds of friends and acquaitances in this section and throughout the state who will learn ot her illness with deep concern. fM BOYS TO WE " ■ CHRISTMAN TREE Handsome Shrub Planted Mon day and Many Gifts Expect ed as Decorations A Christmas tree celebration will "be held Monday evening in the hall of the Americus fire department, according to the annual custom in observance here for many years past. Already a handsome shrub has ben obtained and is today being placed in the spot on which it has been planted for the past decade or two. This is on occasion in wheih the entire community participates, showing personal and municipal ap preciation of the boys who safe gaurd the roperty of the residents during the year. Merchants, resi dents, children, everybody, bestows gifts for the fire Ijpys, and this year it is expected that hundreds of gifts will hang from the illumi nated branches Monday night when the public will come to pay honor to the city’s valian fire fiighters. W. P. McArthur, chief of the de partment, said today that the boys are looking forward to a great Christmas this season, and are mak ing prepration for the occasion, even to hangning little Charha Guerry’s stocking in the mbst con spicuous place on the tree.
