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AmCrlcuj spot Cotton
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1 -34.80 35.20 35.29
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Times-Recorder and Associated
# Charities to Play Santa Claus
To Luckless Kids
PEOPLE RESPONDED WELL
Saturday and ‘Last Minute’ Con
tributions Swell Amount
Available For Work
The Tinies-Recorder’s annual
Empty Stocking Fund went over
the top this morning with a smash.
The cash available, every ‘a penny/
contributed, for there are no ex
penses in connection with the fund,
was turned over to the ladies of the
Associated Charities this morning
and Tuesday Santa will stalk
, among the cheerless homes ox
Americus. *
The total available for the work
this year is exactly $201.00 or
within a small sum of the largest
.Contribution ever recorded by this
fund, which in recent years has
grown to be a pet charity among
Americus people. It’s administra
tion is wholly in the hands of the
Associated Charities, and its bene
fits are distributed among all
classes, without distinction as to
•creed or race, the idea being to
bring happiness and cheer into ev
ery cheerless home in the com
munity at this gladsome season.
Any person ,.«>f * such a
home is requested to communicate
at once with Mrs. C. J. Sherlock
so that such home may be visited
by the ladies and . a basket left
there. Toys will be provided for
luckless kiddies, which more sub
stantial things will be left at the
homes where poverty is found to
exist.
IS MILL? ILL
Minister, Formerly An Americus
Resident, in Serious Condition
At Dalton Home
Telegrams received in Americus
today announce the critical illness
of Rev. A. J. Hutchinson at the
1- . , . v,. JtiUx.cc ms on,
in Dalton. Mr. Hutchinson lived for
half a century in Americus and,this
vicinity, and had hundreds of
■•friends here who will learn of his
illness with deep regret.
Jle was in failing health before
leaving Americus i nthe eariy
summer, and the high climate of
North Georgia greatly improved ’
him for a time. He suffered an at
tack of illness two weeks ago, and
grave fears are now entertained for
his recovery.
FfflMi AT
LfEIKFESm
Six Children Made Orphans By
Mysterious Bullet in New York
Holiday Tragedy
NKJA i'ORK. Dee. 24.—Six chil
dren gathered around a Christmas
tree were made fatherless today by
a mysterious bullet, the origin of
which is-unknown. / .
John L- Depman was the victim
and John I- Coleman is being held
in connection with the tragedy.
Coleman states that he fired to aid
Degman, who was driving an auto
mobile and being followed by an-j
other automobile from which several
shots were fired-.
Coleman, who is a policeman and
war o■ f duty, shot Degnan’?-broth-.
er-irr-Dw several months ago. al
thouen according to Mrs. Degnan,
K „ good friend of her hus
band, and she says she catnoi ua
dew.and a«V ***>» '* would have
for shooting tte dead man.
THEfiKpSc&RDER
IN THE~ HEAR T»
First Photo of Mexican Revolution
. * -'Si*
Ap—inmil inii, i - ~ -
Photo shows uu,oi;ur - utru
Carillo, of Yucatan, leading his
adherents in a ‘‘red” parade in
support of the central Obregon
government" near Merida. Wires
glow carry stories that a few hours
after this photo was taken Gen
eral Carrillo led his adherents
with equal aplomb in support of
the de la .Huerta revolution. Ar
row- indicates Carrillo.
AIM ROTES SITE
lIDOTfpiTIES
Unique Method Adopted to Pro
vide Christmas Offering in
Dougherty City
ALBANY, Dec. 24. —No business
of any character was transacted at
the Rotary Club’s weekly luncheon
at the New Albany hotel, the meet
ing being given over entirely to en
tertainment features. H. A. Tar
ver, chairman of the entertainment
committee, presided and had charge
of the meeting.
Mr. Tarver opened the meeting
with a short talk on the spirit of
Christmas, in which he expressed a
hope that each member would enjoy
the Christmas season to the fullest
A Christmas offering of SIOO was
made to the Associated Charities in
a novel way.’ R. E. McCormack, of
the entertainment committee, dis
tributed cards to the members, each
of whom drew the card he wanted,
each card bearing a number would
win a prize, Rotarian' McCormack
announced, that the number of each
card represented the number of
cents the holder would be expected
to contribute to the Christmas fund.
The numbers ran from 112 to 300,
making the smallest amount paid
by any member $1.12 and the larg
est $3. A few members were ab
sent, leaving the expected amount
about $6 short, but this was raised
by voluntary subscriptions.
MAh’s THUMB BITTEN
OFF BY VICIOUS HORSE
CLAXTON, Dec-. 24.—The loss of
a- thumb was the outcome of ex
ercising two of the horses on his
Xarjn T*> J. C. Miller here recently,
Mr. Miller was driving a or£l ui%
leading two others and when they
pulled hack on the reins his tfrumb
was torn off. He immediately re
tunred to town and had the injured
thumb dressed. The injury was
very painful, but not serious, accord
ipg to the doctors and Mr. Miller
will soon recover.
WEATHER FORECAST
WASHINGTON, I). C. Dec. 24.
The weather outlook for the period
December 24 to 29, inclusive fol
lowS: For South Atlantic am| East
Gulf states, generally fair weather
ixjndicated until near i'uf end of
the weeFj When unsettled weather
is robable. It will be colder the
first of the week, with tempera
tures normal or above thereafter.
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, MONDAY AFTERNOON,-DECEMBER 24," 1923 ,
COIDULAEEB
rape®
Use cf Airplanes to Dust Cotton
Practicable, Tests
Demonstrate
TALLULAH, La., Dec. 24.—8.
H. Coad of the bureau of entomo
logy, in charge of the cotton insect
investigations at the government
station at Tallulah, La., during the
last few years, has made extensive
tests of poisons and ways of ap
plying them. It hi|j been shown
that clusting with esSpunV arsenate
will make possible ft profitable in
crease in yield of seed cotton ex
cept where the land is of low pro
ductivity. Fields dusted with cal
cium arsenate by airplane this year
showed an increase of 750 pounds
per acre of seed cotton over those
on adjacent plantations that were
not poisoned. Although the cost
of dusting with airplanes, which
were supplied ®ancf manned by the
■air service of the army, is not def
initely known, it is estimated to be
about $5 per acre. At present
prices of cotton t/.e gain frum dust
ing was over $75 an acre.. It is
thought the cost of dusting by air
plane is less than with ground ma
chines.
WET WEATHER DAMAGES
ROADS NEAR LOUISVILLE
LOUISVILLE, Ga., Dec. 24.
The roads in this section of the
state are becoming rapidly impas
sable due to the Continued rains of
the past few weeks. Tourists pass
ing over the roads claim to be hav
ing a'nard time of it and have ex
pressed themselves as surprised
that State does not seriously con- j
sider the matter of better wet;
weather roads. The proper amount
of sand and clay with good drain-1
age will remedy this it has been
: pointed out. In the present condi- 1
tion of the roads near .here it will I
require several days 'of good weath- j
er together with a great amount ofl
work to put the roads in good condi-!
Tion.
WOMAN LOSES IN RACE
FOR PLACE AS MAYOR
THOMASVILLE, :Dec. 2+.— ln
j the race for mayor over in Monti- j
cello, Fla., between Mrs. Jack Tay-!
lor, a prominent society woman of j
that town and Dr. George B. Glover
one of the leading physicians, Dr.
Glover won out by a forty-four ma
jority, which is considered quite a
close vote,, especially .since it was j
| the first time a woman has ever run I
rtor office in That town and some ofl
the general public were not- alto-1
gether reconciled to the idea of hav
ing a woman to rule in the impor
tant office of mayor.
NO PAPER TO BE
ISSUED TUESDAY
Tori*opow' (Tuesday) being
Chrisl'ftras and one of the three
annual holidays observed by the
Times-Reeorder, there will be no
paper issued on that day. The en
tire force will, instead take full
holiday, recuperating for the
task of producing a bigger and
better newspaper.
To one and all the Tiines-Re
corder wishes a Merry Christmas
season and for tke new year a
period filled with ail of the hap
piness and prosperity that can
come to a community already
abundantly blesed in material
and spiritual ways.
C« PEffl ORCHSRO
BRISK HO PRICE
Plantation Company Sells Valu
able Property Known as
Van Duzee Place
CAIRO, Ga., Dec. 24.—One of
the largest land deals that has beer,
i consummated , here in a number of
[months was that several days ago by
iwhich Messrs. J. B. and J. S. Wight
acquired from .the Minnesota Co
operative Plantation Company the
150-acre orchard of bearing pecan
trees, situated across the road from
what is generally known as the Van
Duzee place, three miles of Cairo.
Though the consideration was not
given out, it was reported that the
price paid was in the neighborhood
of $135 an acre.
This is a choice orchard, and in
a few years it will be considerably
more valuable than it is at present
The Minnesota concern, which has
headquarters at Minneapolis, has
owned the land for several years.
SAVANNAH MERCHANTS
OPEN LATE NIGHTS
SAVANNAH, Dec. 24. —1 nof dvr
to facilitate trade during the holi
day shopping members of the retail
merchants association of this city
are remaining open at night. Ten
o’clock is the time set by the Mer
chants for closing at night during
the festive season.
WILL TRY COP FOR
ILLEGAL SEARCHING
SAVANNAM, Dec. 24. —Police-;
qian W. \V. % Morris, charged with
making an illegal search of the au
tomobile of Mrs. M. E. Barbours of
Savannah, has had his trial postpon- j
ed in view of the fact that the pro
securing witness is confined to her:
home on account of illness. As soon
as she recovers the trial will pro
ceed. Mayor Seabrook presiding
with recorder Schwartz.
Ini m found
IDEM II HOTEL 101
Registered As Travis, But Car
ried License Issued to W. B.
Speck, of .Dalton
ATLANTA, Dec. 24.—A neatly
| dressed young white man, about
;25 years of age, was found dead
! Sunday night in a room at the
Princeton hotel. There \uere no
marks of violence on the body and
from appearances of the room he
had died after a nemorhage of Uu:
lungs.
Hotel clerks stated that the
young man registered about 6
o’clock Saturday night as “J. L.
Tarvis, Chattanooga, Tenn.,” and
went immediately to his room.
Early in the night he asked a
bell boy to bring him a sandwii-n
which he ate, and appeared at that
time, according to the boy, to be in
excellent spirits. So far as known
he did not leave his room after
wards. t
A hunting license bearing the
name of “W. B. Speck, Dalton, Ga.
was wound in his pocket. Scribbled
on a piece of paper which - was
found in his pocket was a Main
telephone number.
: DRUGCONCERN TO 8E
; SUED FIR POISONING
i
Charges Made By Columbus
i Physicians To Be Cause for
Court Action in Case
i COLUMBUS, 0., Dec. 24.—Suit
for damages against a manufactur
ing drug company charging mis
labeling poison, which administered
by two Columbus physicians for an
i other non-poisonous drug caused the
death of two women and serious
■ illness to a local physician, was re
ported tonight to be contemplated
by the husband of one of the vic
-1 rims.
The two women, Mrs. Minnie
(Davis, of Crflumbus, and Mrs. Nellie
• | Paul of C'refeville, died within a
\ week of each other last September
after having been treated with the
| drug according to their attending
| physicians. Dr. Jonathan Forman
land Dr. J. E. Gordon, who made
. public the cause of the women's
(deaths last nighs after a protract
|ed investigation by the two physi
-Icians, aided by -a'majority of the
: local medical profession. Both wo
(men died soon after a solution of
, the poison -had been administered
to them, the physicians said.
The drug according to the physi
cian:-, had been purchased of a lo
cal wholesale drug dealer.
AUGUSTA FILLING i
STATION IS ROBBED
AUGUSTA, Dec. 24.—The office
of the Standard Oil Company of
ttys city was robbed recently by
yeggs who rolled the safe out of the
building and forced it open with
chisels. The inside vault could not
be forced open and as a result the ;
yeggs could only obtain twelve dob '
lars for their efforts.
CPITICAL HOI
10 SOUTH CIA Ilf
BELIEVED TO BE PAST
Crisis Created By Demands of
Dr. Sun Yat Sen Expected
to Be Settled Amicably
CUSTOMS REVENUES SAFE
Negotiations Progressing Satis
factorily, According to Report
Received From Canton
CANTON, China, Dec. 24—The
critical situation which has prevail
ed her e during nearly two weeks, is
believed today to he nearing a so
lution. crisis was precipitated
by the demand of Dr. Sun Yat Sen,
South China’s dictator, that all sor
Pi - ' revenues coliecce.-l by/ the au
thorities be turned over to repre
sentatives of his government.
These demands, uniformly oppos
ed by foreign governments, who
sent additional naval forces here
si’U-'e the demands wer,./ffiTile, re
sulted in threats of armed clashes,
feared would be precipitated at
once. Negotiations between the
opposing forces, however, have been
under way since the demands were
first made, and these ,it was an
nounced today, are “progressing
satisfactorily.”
WOMAN I FOX CASE
FACE GEORGIA JURY
Prosecuting Officer and Defense
Attorneys Reach Secret Agree
ment Regarding Case
ATLANTA,
learned here today that Mrs.
Margaret Weaver, indicted in
neetion with the kjan murder case
in which Philip E. Fox, was con
victed last week, will be brought
here this afternoon from Binning- 1
ham and that the date of her trial
in Fulton Superior court will be
fixed at an early date.
Deciding on advice of her attor
neys not to fight extradition, Mr,s.
Weaver, arrested Saturday morn
ing on an indictment charging her
as an "accessory before the fact”
in the slaying of William. S. Co
burn klan attorney, left here for
Atlanta this afternoon in custody
of an agent of the office of Solici
tor General John A. Boykin.
On learning last night that an
officer was coming with extradi
tion papers for her return, Mr. .
Weaver hurriedly employed attor
neys and declared that she would
fight extradition. She also denied
any connection with the Fox case
and maintained that she was gut of
the State at the time Coburn was
killed. Later however, she admit
ted she knew Fox intimately, but
still declared she was -in no way
connected with the slaying of the
klan attorney.
Jim Esdale, one of her attorneys,
I said that she consented to return
Ito Atlanta after a preliminary
; agreement had been made with Soi
i * c 'tor Boykin’s office, the nature
| of which was not divulged.
SMALL DAMAGE‘DONE
BY SATURDAY FIRE
Only nominal damage was done
Saturday by a fire that called the
department to the home of John
B. Dofsey, <?n Spring street. The
blaze was caused by a chimney
burning out and the roof was on
fire when the department arrived.
The house is owned by Mr. Dorsey
and the loss fully covered by in
surance. according to Fire Chief
W. p. McArthur.
WEATHER -%p.
Fbr Georgia—Fair tonight and
Tuesday in south and central por
tions probably light frost tonight
on epast.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
in REBELS ME
BEABEB; TB UHL
DENY OBREGOI CUUMS
De la Huerta Forces Reach Cu
ernavaca, 60 Miles From Mex-
City, Insurgehts Claim
PUEBLA NOT LOST
1
Rebel Forces Advancing From
Positions in State of Guerro
Into Morelos
VERA CRUZ, Mexico, Dec. 24.
De la Huerta rebel forces have
made their, nearest approach to the
I Obregon Mexican capital so far
[with the capture Supday of Cuerna
vaca, 40 miles south of the capital,
it is stated in a revolutionary com
munique issued here this morning,.
Rebel forces which occupied Gu
eravaca, the communique states,
advanced from their positions m
the state of Guerro as far as
Cuernavaca, which is # the capital of
the state of Morelos. ,
The eommuniue also states that
Puebla, claimed to have been oc
cupied by Obregon forces, accord
ing to a statement issued at Mexico
i City Saturday, has not been eva
luated by De La Huerta forces.
■HU*
11,642 BALES SHT
Bureau of Census Report Sent
in Today by W. P. Persons,
Local Represntative
Cotton gininngs in S.umter coun
ty up to December 13, from" cot
ton of the growth of 1923, .were
12,.i09 bales, as compared with 21,-
921 bales ginned to the same-date
last year. These figures were an
nounced today by W. P. Persons,
Americus representative of the cen
sus bureau, and in their compilation
our i were counted as half bales.
Analysis'qf the figures indicates
that there exists a discrepancy of
ginning as compared with the' pre
ceding year of 11,642 bales. Prac
ticaly all of the cotton here has al
ready been gathered, and fields in
all parts of the county arc already
bare, with stalks plowed in over a
large area.
BASKLI BALL NOW MAJOR
' SPORT AT UNIVERSITY
ATHENS, Dec. 24.—Basketball
is the youngest of the three major
sports at the University of Geor
gia. Baseball and football date:
hack to the time when Georgia’s
oldest alumni are now well past the
three score or more years, but play
ers that introduced the cage game
on the Georgia campus are compara
tively young.
In 1906 the Red and Black Haul
ed its colors from a basketball goal
and the team that year was dedel
oped and trained at the city Y. M.
C. A., and coached by the secre
tary and athletic director.
Haywood Dean, then of Griffin,
was captain of the fjrst team and
the outstanding victory (Jiat year
was the defeat of the Atlanta Athle
tic Club, in Atlanta, a fact that
southern college fives are proud of
at any time.
J. B. Wier, Jr., then of Athens,
but now living irr New Orleans, also
was a member of the team with a
player named Von Sprecken, of Au
gusta; P. B. Holtzendorf and W. .W-
Brown, of Athens; Eugene Ram
son, of Atlanta'and Walton Grif
fith, now of Atlanta.
“Slick” Sullivan has arrived
from Tampa, Florida, to spend the
holidays with his parents, Mr. ana
Mrs. W. C. Sullivan at their home
on Church street.
Dr. George M. Niles of Atlanta,
is the guest of his daughter, Mrs.
Hollis Fort, and his brother, Clar- '
once- Niles while a visitor in Ameri
cus this week.
Dan Patterson of White Springs,
Fla., will spend the holidays with
his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. W,
P. Persons. ,