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FORTY-SIXTH YEAR—NO. 2
ATHENIANS SHOUT ‘DOWN WITH KING’ BEFORE ASSEMBLY
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Salaries for Year Are Fixed in
All Departments, and Depart
ment Heads Chosen
LOVING ON POLICE BOARD
Second and Fourth Friday
Nights Named As Regular
Meeting Time
The first meeting of the new
Mayor and Aidermen of Americus
w: s held Tuesday night in the city
hall with a full attendance of the
members present. New members
who serveed for the first time in
council are Nathan Murray and J.
W. Hightower, both of whom are
named by Mayor Poole to serve
on important aldermanic commu
tes Aiderman Murray being nam
ed’on the Water and Sewerage,
Fire and Police and Cemetery com
mittees, while Aiderman Hightow
er is a member of the committees
on streets and sidewalks, water and
sewerage, and schools.
The complete committee assign
ments announced by Mayor Poole is
as follows:
Finance and Taxation J. «•
Hightower, chairman; R. E. Alli
son, J. W. Huis, Jr.
Water and Sewerage —Nathan
Murray, chairman; J. W. Hightow
er, W. E. Mitchell.
Police 4 and Fire—R. E. Allison,
chairman, Nathan Murray, W. E.
Mitchell.
Public Buildings anti Lights.— l
J. W. Harris, chairman; R. E. Al
lison, W. E. Mitchell.
Purchasing—E. 1.. Carswell, ch;.it
man; J. W. Hightower, R. E. Alli
son.
Schools. —W. E. Mitchell, chair
man; J. W. Hightower. E. L. Cars
well.
Cemeteries —J. W. Harris, Jr.,
chiarman; R. E. Aillson, .Nathan.
Murray.
Ordinance —J. \\ . Harris, Jr.,
chairman; R. E. Allison, E. L. Cars
well.
Officers named by council as de
partment heads during the year, to
gether with their salaries as fixed
during the session, are as follows:
A. D. Gatewood, clerk and treas
urer, $2,400; Charles H. Wheatley,
city engineer, $2,400; W. C. Jeter,
assistant water department, $1,200;
Ernest Pantone, street superinten
dent, $1,200; W. P. McArthur, chief
fire department, $1,500, raised
from $1,320 last year. C. E. Guerry,
asst, chief fire department, $1,200;
W. B. Finch, mechanic, fire depart
ment;, $1,200; W. T. Johnston,
electrician, fire department, $1,200
rased from SI,OBO last year, 7 mem
bers fire department, SI,OBO each;
P. P. Raiford, cemetery keeper
Oak Grove, $720; negro cemetery
keper (to be filled by committee’)
$420; engineer pumping station,
water department (to be filled by
comimttee) $1,320 R. E. Aiiison,
mayor pro tern, S6O; aiderman S9O
each J. E. Poole, mayor, $900; Dr.
J. W. Chambliss, city physician( sal
ary to be fxed later; was $25 per
annum last year) ; Dr. S. F.
ton, city meat an milk inspector,
$900; W. T. Lane cry attorney,
$600; Holls Fort, recorder, S6OO,
('. B. Pouncey, cty Marshall, $1,500
In addition to these department
heads and minth- officers, council
named G. 0. Loving to succeed Na
than Murray as a member of the
police commission Commissioner
Loving, who is head of the Lovin 1 ;
Oil Company here, wl] serve dur
ing- the unexpired term, Commis
-1 sioner Murray having resigned to
I become a member of the Mayor ami.
I Aiderman/ \
I In ai ranging a calendar forth"
Laar the m; Vor and aidertori fix
f 0 urt h
THE
3>~4TpubIISHED IN THEHEART or
WOMAN WITH 2 HUSBANDS:
SEEKS FREEDOM FROM BOTH;
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MRS. MAKJE HILLIER
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Just Past Her Milestone Wants ‘
to Discard Fourth and Fifth '
Spouses Ai Once
OMAHA, Nebraska, Jan. 2., How!
many divorces should woman be,
entitled to?
The question is stirring legal
quarters hereabouts following at-i
tempt by Mis. Marie Hillier, 21, to
simultaneously- unshackle herselij
from her fourth and fifth husbands.!
Judge- Day, who heard the case, 1
pronounced as official dictum that;
the law ought to establish a num-'
erical linlit on the frequency a per-:
so/ might seek eourt. assistance in I
severing'the cor’d that hinds.
Mrs. Hillier sued for -eparation :
from her fourth husband, Ross Mil
ler, and was in" turn sued for d l -!
yon by her fifth .spouse, Paul Beri
gers.
She charged cruelty as her rea
son for wishing freedom from
Hubby No. 4.
In turn, Hubby No. 5 asked to lie
sep; :..teJ from her became she not
free when marrying him.
The latter’s plea w.e- refused
When the cquit gained dmission
from him that had run away to
Colorado to evade conditions of the
Nebraska, marriage law. \
Still wed to both men. .Mrs. Hil
lier left the court.
But paradoxically she had nary a
husband-
Her case is without .precedent in
leg;- history, it is said.
ALPHA KAPPA KAPPA
TO MEET IN ATLANTA
» Wl i.ANTA, January 2. The
Few, annual convention of the Al
pha Kappa Kappa fraternity will
be Biehl in Atlanta, according to
I'rß Houser, secretary of the At
-1 aiiß Convention Bureau.
I’BBBtlanta Conventh :• Bureau
■■ endeavoring some
■hi here. Il
first time in the hm-
.national
con has ici :i in the
was said.
Itestimated rha' -ut 300
of promineir. Hu- . ?<- s men
.of wi 1 be -iidane.-
and a-jarge number of well
I kntA'ld.oetors ill also attend.
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AMERICUS. GEORGIA WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. JANUARY 2. 1924
fflEMCSimil
Iffl !0K ®K
Hl [OK DM
I British Found Reaches $4.29 l-4j
After Dropping 2 3-8 Cents 1
From Monday’s Close
: FRENCH FRANCS HEAVY I
T. . ’
Mohey of Republic Ags.in Being
' Quoted at Less Than a Nickel
For Franc
, ! NEW YORK, Jan. 2.- The scilng
of sterling exchange be.-; use of un
setiled political outlook in England,
! influenced a drop of more than two |
cent’.' in British bills and relatively ,
i lower I'.recs for continental ex-1
I change i.t the opening of todayss I
(foreign exchange markei
The deman 1 for ste-.i’ig was
| quoted at $4,2'1 1-4. a drop ot 2j
/ 3-8 cents over the closing price <>‘
': Monday.
' French, francs dropped to 4.99 1-2
FitO® Bi
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Little, Holt, Jor.es, Guest, Sear-
Iwvse and Rockmore Get
Plums in New Department
j ATLANTA, Jan. 2.—Commis ion-
I er of Revenue V.-.ndiver today an-
I nouiiced the apoin f ment i f the fol
lowing field ; gents, M. T. Little,
|of Milledgeville: R. N. Holt, of
' Lawrenet-vilß-, L>l:.i IL Jo ie.-, o.
' Senoia; It'. C. Guest, of Tifton,
Ptftll D. r.hearhou:-e, of Springfield,
land H. (I. Rockmore, of Jcffersoi
i ville. I
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COLD PLUNGE FOR
INFATUATED MAN
CAUSE OF TROUBLE
LOS ANGELES, January 2
Infatuation of a chauffeur for
his film actress employer, and
jealousy of her wealthy Den
ver acquaintance, according to
the police, were motives that
prompted. Joe Kelly, alias H. A.
Greer, to shoot Courtland S.
Dines, 6f Denver, last night in
the presence of two moving pic
ture stars, Mabel Normand and
Edna Purviance.
Dines will recover, physicians
stated today.
RIVAL CLAIMANTS FOR
B JERSEY BEHCH
JOB iR FIST FIGHT
Beliigerent Recorders Taken
Before Police Captain By
Officers of Court
CARGES AGAINST BOTH
Difficulty Grew Out of Action
cf Town Council in Displac
ing Old Recorder
KEARNEY, N. J. Jan. 2.—Two
town recorders, each claiming the
legal right to preside over police
court, engaged in a scuffle on the
bench at the opening of eourt to
j day, and 'wasfseparated by a police
j Lieutenant, who was present wrh
I several prisoners.
The recorders were taken belore
the police captain wher ■ each enter
ed counter charges against the oth
er. The rival recorders were An
thony J. Casale, who was appoint
ed yesterday by town council, and
George C. Whine, original recorder,,
who maintains the office is still hs.
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Sffl. BLLKE M
j Improvement in Agricultural
i Conditions Continues But Is
Not Rapid, He Says
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2.—“ The
industry, courage and faith evidenc
ed by the farmers of the Nation
■lduring the past three years are
* slowly bringing their reward. Im
provement in agricultural condition:
i -ontinues —not as rapidly as desir
| ed or needed nor as rapidly as de
served, but nevejthless. it continues.
T The premise of the year has been
■ fulfilled.’’
This statement was made last
night by Secretary of agriculture
I Wallace.
"We come to the end of the third
year of post-war depression with a
| feeling of greater coi’iider.ct'' bom
better times already realized and
'.with justified hope of still further
’improvement in 1921,” he c-ontin-
I ued.
“In general, the crops of 1923
i were good . Some sections in the
I cotton belt and in the wheat belt
'suffered from the ravage of weath-
- er . nd insect pests, but the aggre-
- gate ct op production was equal to
the average of the five preceding
years.
’ “Considering money return we
, find that the values of most crops
are greater than in 1922. The total
/value of ail crops in 12 per cent
lgreater. The values of the wheat,
I rye, rice, clover seed, cranberry,
> seaeh and pear crops are below
■ .922;
CLiPKMLtS MEETING
CONSIDER FITS 8F
M DRGINIMTION
February 26 Set As Time for
Gathering of Dissatisfied Ele
ment Now in Ku Klux
SAYS EVILS MUST CEASE
Courage to Enforce Disbandment
of Klan Should be Display
ed, He Says
ATLANTA, Jan, Y. Clark -
imperial giant; today issued a call
for the national congress ot th < Ku
Klux Klan to meet in Atlanta Feb
ruary 26 to "gather together ,-.nd
prayerfully consider method.-- to
eliminate existing evils or else to
follow the example of the founder
of the original Ku Klux Klan a-id
have the courage and manhood to
devise ways and means for imme
diate disbandment of the organiza
tion.” , j
GREEK GOVERNMENT
FORMALLY Effitl TO
REVOLUTIONARY BODY
Col. Plastiras, Head of Commit
tee Acts for Deposed King in
Delivery cf Assembly
ATHENS, Jan. 2.—Amid shouts
from deputies and galleries of ‘Long
Live the Republic, Down With the
King,’ Greece’s revolutionary gov
' ernment was turned over to the
newly elected national assembly to
. day by Colonel Plastiras, head cf.
the revolutionary committee .
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i Secretary Harrell Extends Per
sonal Invitations in Behalf of
i Americus Rotary club
Personal invitations were mailed
to the teachers of all the high
schools of the county Tuesday, by
Re.-. Luther Harrell, secretary of
'[the Americus Rotary ciub, inviting
’ every teacher and high school pu
pil in the county to hear Dr. Chas.
. Barker’s lecture Tuesday, January
. Sth.
Dr. Barker’s address to high
school hoys and girls is considered
one of the most, vital and worth
while messages ever delwered to
1 and gills have heard this lecture
, in the past few years.
u Recently the county school
” board passed a ’Gsdlutibn which
allows the high school pupils of the
1 county the privilege of coming to
a Americus for this lecture. The
1 resolutions also providde that the
d school trucks could be used for
r transporting the pupils to Ameri
•• cus.
Dr. Barker speaks at 11 a. m. in
3 the Americus High school audito
e I lium. In caie the auditorium
t, is not large enough to seat
i-/ill of those coming in, the Rotaiy
-i club has made other arrangements,
o[so that seats can be guaranteed to
g i **•*•
Invitations also have gone out to
e alj the women’s organizations of
4 the county, urging the woineu of the
county to hear Dr. Barker Tuesday
. atteruoon in the First Baptist!
chuich at 3 -o'clock when he
th women only.&jf'
r.ie da.v night at ,
COURT ORDER WON’T
STOP TAX COLLECTION ,
Tobacco Trust Acts to Prevent ,
Enforcement of Law Passed at
Recent Extra Session
ATLANTA, January 2.—C0l- 1
lection of Georgia* tobacco sales
tax will not be halted by the
temporary injunction granted
yesterday by Superior Court
Judge Bel! except from concerns ,
filing suit, Commisisoner of Rev
enue Vandiver stated today after '
a conference with the p.overi-ar I
and attorney ganeral.
ATLANTA, Jan. 2.— Judge Bell,
in Fulton Superior court lite Tues-j
day granted an njunction restrain-;
ing Tax Collector Richardson, of
Multon county, and State Revenue
Commissioner Vandiver from col
lecting certain taxes levied upon to
bacco, cigars and cigarettes during
LIONS TO HEAR DR.
BARKER’S LECTURE
Civic Club Votes to Accept
Rotary Invitation— ‘Cubs’
Are Received At Luncheon
Three new members were wel
comed into the Americus Lions
clubs Tuesday at their luncheon in
the Windsor. The baby Lions are
Dr. J. W. Chambliss, T. L. Martin
and Gust Andersbn.
Among guests present were H.
H. Armistead, associated with C. A.
Ames, of the Southern Printers; A.
R. Royal, of Americus, traveling
salesman and an ex-member of the
Lions club; Dr. J. W. Payne, health
officer of Sumter county, and
Lovelace Eve.
Epeaking for the Rotary Club,
Mr. Eve requested the active as
sistance of the Lions in securing at
tendance of Americus men and wo
men at the l)i. Barker lectures. By
resolutions, tne Lions pledged to at
tend the lecture for men in a body;
and in promoting the three lectures 1
here. ,
C. M. Hall, representative oil
Lion International was present, and
spoke briefly to the club members. ;
He stated that there are now i 9
Lions clubs in Georgia with five in ,
South Carolina.
The growth of Lions Internation
al is almost phenomenal,” said Mr.
Hall. It is one of the youngest
GOV. SMITH WANTS LEAK
IN NATION’S DRY DYKE
New York Governor Recom
mends That Congress Modify
Existing Law Against Booze
ALBANY, N. Y., Jan. 2. Furtn
ei\ efforts towards modification of
the Volstead act were suggested by
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WEATHER « *
I-or Georgia Rain tonight and
Thursday jwarmer in northern and
central portions tonight.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
. the recent extra session of tho Gen
' oral Assembly of Georgia. While
: the unjunetion applied only to tul
> ton county at this time, it is cx
pected the result wll.be to hold up
' collection of the new taxes through.-
; out -the state.
The petition, which is said to
have been instituted by the so-call
led tobacco trust, was brought in the
i name of a number ot Atlanta tobuc
’ i-o i.nd cigarette dealers. It was
i brought by the law firm of Dorsey,
i Brewster, Howell & Hyman, of
which firm Albert Howell he’a-dea
the fight during the session of the
' Legislature last Summer to
prevent passage of the law, and a*
whom Pies. George Carswell, of the
■.Sjgte Senate, pitched his rather fa
mous :-jft.-eeh which resulted in pns
' sage of the bill.
-of the civic clubs, but is rapidly
'growing- and taking - its place with
the leaders.” Mr. Hall impressed
;on his hearers the necessity of
keeping constantly before them the
'principles for which the clun
stands; of - doing Something worth-
I while in the community, and warn
ed them against becoming* what
! he termed a “knife and fork club.”
Business men are to busy too give
their time to a luncheon club,” he
aid. "You must be something
i worthwhile—you must do some
thing for your community, for
your fellowman—if you would
grow and progress and hold your
own among civic clubs.”
Dr. J. T. Stukes brought to the
attention of the club a resolution
passed a few weeks ago in which
the club requested the Americus
school authorities to include a half
hour each day in physical exercise
’ in the higfflschool.
| We physicians realize how nec
essary is this matter of exercise to
i the school pupils. We believe it of
sufficient importance to merit the
change in school program in order
!to include at b'a-t a half hou ‘.
daily to scientific physical train-
! mg.” Dr. Stukes stated that the
bions had requested the active '
j operation of the'■Kiwanis and Ro-
I tsary dubs in securing the chance
in the high school.
• Governor Al Smith in his message
to the New York assembly today.
The ‘governor recommended that
ongress be petitioned to modify the
-. also asked that a state
the regulation of