About Americus times-recorder. (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 26, 1923)
„. . * m^TSp O t Cotton Strict middling 34 1-2 cents. Tan ” High Low cloSe P G 34.14 35.75 34.72 35.70 34.74 ?? ar 35-25 36.05 35.25 36.05 35.17 ®? a . y 36,22 3G -45 36.21 35.37 nr oe’er 35,48 34.63 35.43 34.47 Oct. 28.8., 2X38 28.83 2 9.25 2 8.58 VOLUM E FORTY-FIVE-—$U- 281. NORTHERN LYNCHERS,[FOILED; VENTIFURY-ON CORPSE o 0 o O O O O O O . '(9 <! O 0 0-0 0.0 O O Q o o o HQ&E SUM WON BY YOUNG ARMY OFFICER 00000000'0.00 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 00 CROWDED NEW YORK UNDERGROUND TRAIN IS DERAILED MAINE«EXHUMES BODV If HUEBER TO BIIM REMAINS Cottage in Which Crime Was Committed Made Funeral z. \ r e of John Snow CORPSE REFUSED BURIAL Authorities Not Notified Until Hours After Work of Mob Is Completed JEFEERSON, Maine, Dec, 26. The body of John Snow was exhum ed early Tuesday from the solitary grave where it was buried yester- r day and placed in the cottage where he killed his wife and two other wo men on Saturday. The house was then set on fire. The charred body was found in the ruins later in the day. County Attorney Weston M. Hilton has begun an investigation in an effort to determine who was responsible. The countryside was stirred when it was learned that Snow, -after killing the wife.and son of Deputy! Sheriff Frank C. Jewett at their home in Whitefield, nad come to Jefferson where his wife, her, aunt and her grandmother had shot the three wodfell-/%A#*vnded his own life. Although the medical examiner characterized the murders as "the work of a madman/' threats that Snow’s body would be burned were said to have been made the next day. Funeral services were held Mon day for the three women killed here and burial was in a cemetery in Jefferson. Authorities refused per mission for the burial of Snow’s body in the cemetery and it was in terred without ceremony in a grave on the farm where his wife had lived. County authorities were not no tified of the exhumation and burn ’ ing until several hours after the cottage had been destroyed. • INSLEGME HORSE It HOLLIDAY p ■- 7-J R?-oned to Have Been Nearly a Thousand Dollars Mr. Chas. L. Ansley, Americus horse fancier and lover has just sold to Mr. Glenn I. ot Orlanda, Fla., his magnihcent sad die horse. Billy •Saunders,” for what is understood to be a price near the four figures. Mr. Holliday had heard of Mr. Ansley’s horses and sent an agent here on Thursday last to eee them and see if he would sell. Thq agent come, was delighted with the horse and wired Mr. Holliday that “he had found the horse he wanted if he would pay the price.” Mr. Holliday wired that he would come on fjrst train and see him. He came Friday, • went down to Mr. Ansley’s barn, looked the horse o'er, saw Mr. Ans ley and his agent ride him, then rode him himself, asked the price and immediately said he would take him. ‘‘Billy Saunders is a sixteen hand sorrel gelding, one of the attrac tive, biggest style thiee gaited sad dle horse ever seen in these parts. He goes with high and powerful ac tion, carries a high head, beauti ful tail and is altogether the gam est looking individual ever seen on these streets. He is gentle- and fearless of everything, safe for nu:n or woman to ride and his new own er, Mr. An.-ley says in him a horse he will doubtless take untold pleasure in. It almost broke Mr. Ansley’s heart he says to sell him but he is now and has been so very .busy that he hadn’t even ridden him for more than six months and he deemed it just a matter of business to sell him and buy atfa" l whenever he feels he has time to devote to his horse pleasures • i 1 THETWSiWerORDER , • PUBLISHED IN FIRE BOYS HAVE ANNUAL XMAS TREE The Christmas tree staged each year in the city* hall, building for the members Os the Americus firg department, was observed Tuesday I night, with a number of friends of I the department, fhesent and a num ber of others contributing gifts. ! These consisted principally of ties, handkerchiefs, socks, fruit, etc and were gratefully received by the firemen, who today asked the Times-Recorder to thank their friends for the rememberance. R. B. Kent who atted as Santa Claus, to the firemen, was jovial in dis-1 tributing the gifts from/ the tree and the affair was altogether en joyable throghout. TRADTHGIiTSOUTHERH COTTON OIL STOPPED Exchange Officials Take Steps to Make Investigation Dues to i Fluctuation, Thorough NEW YORK, Dec. 26. . The' board of governors of the New York] curl market today issued an order for v Suspension of trading in stock of the Southern States Oil Corpora-! tion and are holding an investiga-, tion of recent relatively violent fluctuations of the stock. cm SffIISTMCOmE Atlanta Man Says Government I Figures Have Long. Been Unreliable and Damaging ATLANTA, Dec. 26. Georgia | agriculturists have commended the | efforts which has been launched in I congress by U. S. Senator Wm. J. Harris, of Georgia and others to bring about an improvement in the government method of arriving at! and making estimates of cotton crops. It is a timjely movement, it > is shown here. “For- years the governent esti mates and forecasts on cotton crops have been considered as unreliable and their influence on the markets is often unjustly damaging to the cotton growers and manufactures,” said an Atlanta cotton "hum. ‘‘The situation has been unsatisfactory for a long time, but the grossly misleading official statements is-, sued by government departments in regard to cotton this year are the I straws that broke tHe camel’s backl I do not see how Ais movement for an injprovement in a faulty sys tem could meet with any honest op position.”- FARM SiITcTDES AFTER SHOOTING MACON, Dec. 26.—After shoot ing and killing- a negro youth em ployed on his place, Roy M. Ault inan, middle aged farmer and peach grower, living* in Houston, county ; near Byron, Ga.. yesterday after noon placed a ;a»volver at his right temple and fatally slot himself, dy-| ing about a half hour later be tween 2:15 and 2:45 o’clock, while on the way 'to the Macon Hospi tal. - Eye witnesses to the double trag edy could advance no theory for the shooting. Negroes employed on the, place, who were riding by the I Aultman home in a truck with .the youth who wps killed by Aultman say that Aultman was sitting on the front steps of his home when they were passing and that he fired in the direction of the vehicle appar ently intending to scai'e the negroes. One of the two shots from the re volver struck the boy and he keel ed over dying almost instantly. It is__beneved that upon seeing that one of his bullets had killed or 'wounded the unoffending negro Aultman was seiz/1 with remorse and determined upon immediate suicide, as he placed_the revolver i to his temple and fired, dying with in a short time. AMERICUS. WOOD'S M ADMITS HE KOF Slffllß 81 HIS SPECULATIDRS Governor General of Philippines Hears Boy Unfold Story of * His Operations MARE MONEY IN AMERICA No Philippines Investments Among Those Involved in 1 ransactiojns, He Asserts NEW YORK, Dec. 26.—Lieuten ant Osborne CCttler Wood, 26-year old son of General Leonard A. Wood, governor general of the Philippines, has admitted he made between $700,000 s and SBOO,OOo by speculation in Wail Street securi ties, conducted by cable from Ma nila, where he is stationed as an. aide to his father, says a copyright ed dispatch to the New Y ork Time?, published here touay. This copyrighted story, written by Ricnara V. Oulahan, says that he approached General Uood regard i ing reports' that his bon, Lieut. Wood had made money speculating and that General Wood called his son in and askgd him about it in the correspondent’s presence. Lieutenant Wood readily admitt ed that he had made investments, but stated that all of his transac tions were in Anerican securities arjd tljat no Philippines investments were Involved in the speculations. war Department probe operations NEW YORK, Dec. 26.—The re cent financial operations of Lieut. Osborne C. Wood, son of Maj. General Leonard A. Wood were made the subject of a war depart ment investigation, the New York Times says in its issue of today. It has been learned also on the best authority. Tim Times says, that the war department found nothing in army traditions warranting the cen sure of the young officer. It is as serted, however, that the depart ment did strongly advise him to cease speculating and that Lieut. Wood, acting on .this, advice stopped his trading on the, Exchange. DEMAND IS BRISK FOR COPED TIJDFKf HERE George O. Marshall Has Orders Now for Ten Cars at $1.25 Bushel F. 0.8. Afnericus “1 have orders now for ten cars of No. 1 cured Porto Rico sweet potatoes at $1.25 a bushel, F. 0.8. Americus,” stated George O. Mar shall, county farm demonstration agent, this afternoon, “and the prospects are that the* brisk demand wilN increase as the season advances. These orders have been submitted tcT A&nager Roy Black of the Anwricus potato curing * house, but I /lave no idea he’ will be able to secure enough to fill the entire order, whch really is a big one,-fcansi<fering the condition of the potato industry here. , “This season,” continued Mr. Marshall, “Summer planters grew on ly/Ti nominal acreage in potatoes, an<j this fact has created a demand that is unusual. Last year %here was an unusually large acreage planted to tubers, which resulted in a depressed market, which con dition was .accentuated by the in adequate operation of the potato house here. Next year, I believe, it will pay Sumter planters to put in a good acreage to potatoes, plan nirfg to sell all the merchantable po tatoes, with the largest and small ones either used at home or fed to hogs. Too extensive planting, how ever, should be'avoided, this being true of all crops grown here, in cluding th/ famous Georgia yam, which seems assured of soon leaching arr,enviabie position among the commercial products of this sec tion, with a steadily increasing de mand coming bi for these from Northern and Western communi ties/’ , > «• -- •• .EORGIA. WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, DEC. 26, 1923 B*G MACON INCUBATOR HATCHES OUT HUNDREDS MACON, Dec. 26.—Hundreds of chickens poked their heads through the shells in a big incubator at the old Union station yesterday. Th» huge incubator was filled with mo<e than 3,000 eggs, with a view of latching the chicks at Christmas time. And the hatch appeared to boa big success yesterday. . HEHICUSIHMNTS ® ■ BUSINESS Christmas Rush During Last Few Days Brought in Thousands of Dollars, Says Everett ‘‘Americus merchants, especially those who are members of the Chamber of Commerce and engaged in the Merchants’ Pay-Up and Trade Campaign, did an excellent business I during th£> Christmas trading sea- 1 son,” Henry P. Everett, secrO'- j tary of the Chamber of Commerce, j this morning. , “Inquiries mi(3e by me and re- ' ports to this office by merchants I here and throughout the county de velop that the volume of business j transacted during the holidays will compare favorably with that done during past years. Early in the j season trading was reported as rath- 1 er slack; >but with the inauguration of adequate advertising efforts and the drying of the roads, there was a noticeable increase in the number of visitors shopping here, with stores in all parts of the retail dis trict crowded until the last hour before closing for the great holiday we Tiave just enjoyed. “This' condition is very gratifying ' to me, and I feel that Americus 1 merchants generally are welle satis-1 fled vflth thfiir receipts and the man ner in which goods moved. With the coming of the new year I ex pect trading to be brisk in all lines, and as soon as stocks have /been straightened and advertising prep arations made it is reasonable to expect that the buying public will respond to Jhe usual inducements that undoubtedly will be offered by Americus merchants;” K CARRIE WALTERS SUCCUMBS AT PLAINS Death Ends Sufferings of Young Woman After Extended Illness Funeral This Afternoon PLAINS,, Dec. 26. —Miss Carrie Walters died at the family , orr ] e here Tuesday night at 10 o clock, following an illness of long dura tion. , . Funeral services were held from the Baptist church this afternoon at 2 o’clock, conducted by Rev. A. C. ’ -Wellons, pastor of the church and a close friend of the family. He was | assisted .by Rev O. L. Evan, pas tor the Methodist church. Inter ment was in Lebanon cemetery. The pallbearers were L. J. Cran ford, T. M. Jones, Lenwood Jenn ings, Cecil Walters, of Americus; Clay Forrester, of Leesburg, John! Rufus tooke, Broadus Wellons, and j Frank Timmerman. I Miss Walters is survived by het'i mother, Mrs. Maria Davenport] Walters, and a large and promin-, ent family connection. Miss Walters, who was one of the fa ost- universally beloved women of his Jommunity and surrounding territory, was a member of the Bap tist chuch since,early childhood, and lived the tenets of her faith in her daily life and wielded a influence among those about her. Her beau tiful Christian faith sustained ‘ her during he, long and painful illness, and through it all she . radiated cheerfulness and hope. Her pass ing has east a pall\of sadness over the entire community, and the hand some floral offerings contributed by hundreds of friends attested to the love in which she Was held here. Mrs. T. A. Cole and Louise Cole, accompanied by C. R. Cole left to i day on the Seaboard for Jackson | ville, Fla., where they will visit several days in the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Cole. KIIWIDEIS LOCra IN BISKRA OFFICIALS BELIEVE Many Messages Report Presence of Big Dirigible in Many Parts of North America 48 PERSONS ARE ON BOARD tTwelve Officers and Thirty-ix Men Compose Crew; Marine Ministry Announces PARIS, Dec. 26.—Officials at the French Ministry of Marine, here said today that although they had received messages reporting the presence of the missing dirig ible Dixmude over various parts of Tunis and the North African sea coast, they considered that the lat est trustworthy news contained in official dispatches from Biskra an nouncing the arrival of the Dixmude there. In connection with the statement that the Dixmude is reported at Biskra today, the ministry of marine announced that it is considered im probable that the big dirigible could have landed ther without incident. A reversed statement of the number of persons on the Dixmude says that there are altogether 48 on board the dirigible, constituting a crew of 12 officers and 36 men. FMCH FMSMH NEW LB« OH CHANGE' i For First Time in History of Na tion Exchange Rate Falls Be low Nickel in New York NEW YORK, De 2.c6. French francs continued to decline on to day’s foreign exchange fall ing to 4:49 1-2 cents, this being the first time in the history of the ex change that the franc has ever re ceded so low. This recession in the value of the franc was attributed to an increased demand for dbllx exchange in Paris at this time when commercial requirements for francs in America remain compara tively small. TEHKFFCWffI FIGHTING 818 NASHVILLE, Tenn., Dec. 26- Where the drainage of ponds 1$ ntt feasible in the eradication of mala rial-bearing mosquitoes, science has found away of combating the pests | which spread the disease by /stocking small bodies of water with gam busisaffinis, a small minnow which destroys the mosquito’s progress by devouring the insect in larvae {orm Thiss. method of malajiial control is now being demonstrated by I health officials at Memphis amt in Shelby county, Tenn./ where the .work of stocking the ponds is sup- I ervised by a county inspectoi. The minnow culture is now going on in more than two hundred small bodies of in .various com munities of the county, small ponds which the farmers must keep on their premises for stock watering purposes and whicji it is necessary to protect the mosquito menace, in the flat country where malaria is so prevalent. There is a county-wide anti-ma larial campaign on in 'Shelby and the rural residents are well on to the idea, health officials assert, the ponds already stocked with minnows serving as demonstrations in each community for surrounding sec tion. In addition a lecture program is being carried out in schools all over the county and the Boy Scouts con tribute their services to the cam paign. z , The program against this disease is being , carried out Shelby with a combined state and county appro priation of $9,000 annually. I CELEBRATE DISCOVERY OF RADIUM AT SARBONNE PARIS, Dec. 26.—Mme Marie Cijrie, working with hes husband, Pierre Curie, in their modest lab oratory, made her momentous dis covery of radium 25 years ago. At four o’clock this afternoon, the hour that saw her experiments crowned with success, President Mil. lerand accompanied the member of cabinet, diplomatic corps and sev eral prominent scientists, will meet at Sjorotonne to celebrate the anni versary. CHMBKETS DISTRIBUTED HEBE —— \ Ladies of Associated Charities Carry Christmas Cheer Into 55 Cheerless Homes Here Fifty-five baskets, filled through the medium of the Times-Recorder and Associated Charities annual Empty Stocking fund were dis tributed in Americus Tuesday, bringing Cheer irfv that number of homes that might otherwise have been cheerless during the entire holiday season. Mjs. C. J. Sherlock, executive secretary of the Associat ed Charities, conveying informa tion to the Times-Recoraer as to the number of baskets distributed, to day expressed earnest thanks to each contributor to the fund. “There was enougm-to fill every basket,” said Mrs. Shorlock, “thanks to tile generous response during the last few days the fund was kept open, and so far as the Associated Charities knows ther e was not a family that was without some re membrance to bring a touch of add ed happiness during the holiday season. The $201.00 contributed to the fund was all expended in substantial and needed Christmas remembrances and did much to re lieve whatever exists in the com munity bordering on poverty,” con cluded Mrs. Sherlock. CONTRIBUTIONS FOR FUND ACKNOWLEDGED The following contributions to the Times-Recorder and Associated Charities annual Empty Stocking . mid, being the last to be received, are today gratefully acknowledged: E. E. Roach, $1; Frank Coman, Jr., 25c; Junior Wilder, 50c; Thel ma McArthur, 10c; Jack McArthur, Jr., 10c; Herbert Hawkins, $5; Josephine and Katherine Griffin, 25c; Mason, $4; Cash, $1; G.~W. Nunn, $2; Thomas Argo, 25c; Her schel Argo, 10c; Breeden Argo, 25c; Wylie Claire Lee, 50c; Ida Mae Tyson, 50o; Charles Tyson, 50c; Cash, $1; Charles M. Hale, Jr., 25c; Laura May Hale, 10c; Charles Walker, 25c; Fiances Walker, 25c; Cash, 10c; Bob Jobes, 10c; Ed Jones, 10c; Mary .Frances. Ricker, 10c; Janet Jones, 10c; Mrs. John Hudson, $1 Julian S. Suggs, 10c; Irving Cohen, 25c. BASS BABY TO BE BURIED IN AMERICUS Ernest D. Bass Jr., aged 5 years died-in Atlanta at the home of his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Bass, Tuesday night, death following an illness of four days. The remains reached Americus this afternoon at 1:18 and were carried to the home of his grand father, B. E. Turner, on Jackson street, from which place the funer al occurred at 4 o’clock. ,Dr. Carl W. Minor, pastor of the First Bap tist church, assisted by Rev. James B. Lawrence, rector of Calvary church, conducted the services, which were largely attended by friends and acquaintances of ths cemetery. The pallbearers were T. F. Gate wood, Sr., D. R. Andrews, L. E. .Woods. M. H. Fletcher and T. E. Bolton.. Surviving are his aprents, Mrfl an Mrs. Ernest D. Bass, of Atlanta; a small brother, Wayne Bass, grand father, B. E. Turner, of Americus, and paternal grandparents residing at Ashburn. His mother before her marriage was Miss Lorene Turner, , and the bereaved family is receiving the ! sympathy of many friends. WEATHER ■ For Georgia—Fair and slightly warmer tonight; Thursday cloudy and warmer; probably rain in - northern portion. PRICE FIVE CENTS HUNDREDS FORCED TO GROPE WAY-THROUGH DANCE» ■ W Passengers In Dense Darkness Managed to Escape Perils With No Fatalities Reported DEADLY THIRD RAIL NEAR Trains Placed New Yorkers in Dangerous Position, But All Escape Unhurt NEW YORK, Dec. 26.—Several hundred passengers on the subway train were forced to grope their way under ground for several blocks be tween tracks skirted with a deadly third rail when two cars of the lajge train were derailed near the Atlan tic Avenue station in Brooklyn ear ly today. No one was injured. > EM IHSUDmiIF DOES DWFOF. Water Pouring Trough a Busrt Hose Into Interior Responsi ble for Most Loss Firq in the home of Mrs. R. B. Godwin Tuesday morning did dam ages estimated 'by Chief ,McAr thur this morning at $50l). Tho fire which was confined to tije roof and rafters, was caused, Chief Mc- Arthur believes from a spark ‘that lodged upon the shingle roof late? was fanned into a blaze. With the fire, apparently, mak ing good headway when fire trucks arrived, a line of hose was laid and run into the interior’ of the resi dence to more readily reach tho fire. Shortly after this was laid a defective section burst. precipitaU ing a stream of water into the loft and flooding the second floor, do ing much damage to furnishings and interior decorations, including plastering, etc. Chief McArthur stated today that the bbth upon the roof, put by him at less than SIOO and upon the household goods' and interior at around S4OO, was covered by insurance. COUNCIL TO MEET AT 7:30 O’CLOCK TONIGHT Last Meeting of Old Board to Be Occasion for Swearing in New Members The last meeting of the present city council of Americus will be held at the city hall tonight begin ning at 7:30 o’clock, according to an announcement authorized this morning by' J. Elmore Poole. The occasion will be punctuated by the swearing in of the new members of council, these being J. W. High tower and Nathan Murray, while R. E. Allison will take the oath of office as the successor of E. J. Witt, to serve out his unexpired term of ont year. J. W. Harris, who was re-elected to succeed himself wiQ be sworn in for the full two year term. Those whose terms will, expire are R. E. Allison, H. L. Mize, and J. W. Harris. Alderman Witt having resigned. Mr. Mize, who declined to be a candidate in the recent primary, wiH sever his connection with the city govern ment at tonight’s session. Beyond the announcement of standing com mittees for the year and routine work, little business other than above outlined, is expected to fea ture the session. CAUGHT IN TRAFFIC’ JAM; LEG IS BROKEN COLUMBUS, Dec. 26.—Thrown violently from a bicycle he was rid ing when he became wedged be tween two automobiles near the ' corner of Broad and Eleventh [streets yesterday morning about 11 .o'clock, Herman Osborne, 3603 ■ First avenue, suffered a left.... ll<; : io u: • city ho y-.rd. ..
