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Americus Spot Cotton
Strict middling, 34* cents.
P.C Open High Low Close
Jan. ..34.38|84.20|34.80|34.13-34.65
Mar. ..34.65134.42135.20 34T/T35.0S
May ..34.85'34.62135.52 34.62:35.3"
July ..33.83i33.65|34.52|33.60|34.23
Oct. ..28.25|28.15|i28.82:28.15 28.67
FORTY-SIXTH YEAR—NO. 3.
ANNUAL INTEREST CHARGE AGAINST CITY NEARLY $19,(fl
O O O O O O O O 0 '0 O O O o'o o■ ‘o o O O 7 (fls
30 KILLED BY TERRIFIC DUST EXPLOSIj
ANSWER FILED BY STATE TODAY INfTOBACCO TRUST LITIGAT
WOMAN SLEUTH HAS HARD
TIME DODG?NG PROPOSALS
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WTO MY B
teis, > state?
Winsome Delphie Halversen
Wants Stimulants in Ferm of
Bits of Gun Play
GIRL ABHORS PINK TEAS
Hundred Bootleggers Bagged to
Dale By Fair Pedagogue Who
Found Teaching Too Tame
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 3.—Pink
teas may be sufficiently bracing for
those who care for them.
But winsome Delphie Halversen
here prefers her stimulants straight
in 'the form of a bit of gun play
coupled with pursuit of murderous
gangsters into cloistered retreat of
their underworld lairs.
In little more than three years
this 22-year-old girl, who left drab
monoto/y of the classroom behind
to engage in spectacular career .ns
a lady detective, has tided untold
laurels to her fadie.
From teacher to sleuth affords a
bit of contrast. This Miss Halver
sen reflectively appraises with satis
faction. '
Likewise the transition has been
productive of a kal'eidoscopic series
of thrills which continues to unfold
as she puts fear of law into crim
inal hearts.
The latest and most spectacular
coup of this pettieoated Sherlock
Holmes was the roundup and con
viction of some 100 bootleggers,
v4hom she arrested after much I
strategy in the town of Richmond.
Calif.
Since changing from teaching to
trailing, Miss Halversen has parti
cipated in all kinds of (f.'tectDe;
cases to raids on opium joints.
Yet, despite her frequent contacts'
with the seamy side of life she re
tains a soft-spoken and truly femi-i_
nine manner. I r
Nor has she the common faults
of the traditional lady detective, her
employer, V. D. Carli, chief of a|
prominent local agency, says.
Sex counts nothing with her.
She is neither unnecessarily
lenient with men nor unjustly se
vere with' women malefactors.
Cultured and quiet, nevertheless,
she can handle a gun with bullseye
pi’ecision.
“I haven’t yet been compelled to
shoot anyone,” she says.
“However, I would, if the occa
sion demanded.”
Once she broke up an opium ring
by simulating the nerve-wrecked
guise of a drug addict.
The Chinaman who conducted the
place wanted to buy her for a slave
gill and it was only by pretending
willingness to the transaction that
she gained entrance to the dive and
secured evidence for the raiding
party which followed.
“The game is thrilling and i like
it," Miss Halversen says.
“There’s only one drawback. I
get too many proposals of marriage
from the men I bring to jail.
“On my bootlegging raid recent
ly, five of the gang wanted me as
their wife.
“I had to do some effective act
ing to evade, thier ajyiroHches.
‘But all of that adds to the zest of
things.
"Ever afraid? My, no!
CffiWsis.
SWEPT BY CYCLUNE
Numerous Families Made Home
less by Storm in Region Near
Meridian in That State
MERIDIAN. Miss., Jan. 3.—A
Cyclone struck . Causey ville, four
miles south of here last night, in
juring several negroes and doing
heavy property damage. Numerous
families were made homeless.
things.
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DELPHIE HALVERSEN
ELLAVILLE BANK TO
PAY BIG DIVIDEND
ELLAVILLE, Jan. 3. The
Bank of Ellaville held its an
nual stockholders meeting here
today, the directors later de-’
claring a dividend of 12 per per
cent. Officers, all of who were
re-elected are: J. H. Stevens,
president; H. F. Dixon, cashier;
Albert Richardson, assistant
cashier; C. A. Murray, Dr. J.
R. Jordan, H. F. Dixon, T, H.
Stevens and J. H. Stevens, di
rectors. T. H. Stevens, the only
new director, succeeds the late
Tom A. Collins, who died while
serving as a director of the
bank.
WE IS PftlT
she ofjig estate!
OwsJey, Humber and Brocks |
Made Defendants in Injunc
tions Proceeding in Court
LANDS LIE IN SUMTER [
Petitions in Equity Assert Late
Lucius F; Humber Was In
debted to Them $19,644
COLUMBUS, Jan. -3. Executors |
of the estaj-e of the late Lucius F. [
Humber are made defendants in an j
equitable petition just filed in Mus-,
cogee Superior court by J. B. Hufi,[
M. M. Bowden, Muscogee Bank and'
Merchants and Mechanics Bhnk, who j
claim to be creditors of the estate i
in the sume of Sib Jill-Of). Acting'
upon the allegations in the petition,
Judge George I’. Munro*signed an j
order im which the executors arc re- j
strainewhrom removing any part of 1
the assets of the estate-from Geor-j
I gia. Much of the land owned by.
the estate, it is stated, lies in Sum
p i and’Stewart counties, and i..,
I elieved here to be valuable.
It is* recalled by those familiar
with the estate and its late owner
that HUmber was shot to death ■
some time ago at his home near Gi-|
rard, Ml7. Leila F. Humber, hit
widow, was later convicted in Rus
sell circuit court, of the sla'apg of |
her husband.
TO PROBE ELECTION
WASIIiNGON, Jan. 3.—A reso
lution, formally authorizing investi-1
gation of the elecetion of Eeniitor !
Mayfield, of was adopted to. '
day by, th ■ senate, j
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 3, 1924
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E3 MEM)»! FFFOST
JO F WWW
Statesman. Who Announced In
ability to Complete Task Re
considers First Decision
'CONFERS WITH HIROHITO
Repeated Request From Prince
Regent Results in New An
nouncement at Tokio
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TOKIO, Jan. 3.—-After announc
ing his inability to complete the
‘ministry earlier today. Viscount Kie
'go Kiyouri, who was summoned
i Tuesday by Prince Regent Hirohito
■to form a cabinet to succeed that
lof Premier Yamamoto, has recon
' sidered his decision.
; At the further request of the
| prince regent he has accepted the
I task of forming the cabinet.
| ATLANTA GIRL, STRUCK BY
AUTO MAY RECOVER
ATLANTA, Jan. 3.—Miss Bertie
Wells, 18, of 350 Whitehall street,
1 who wsa struck down by an automo
bile at Whitehall and Hool streets
Wednesday, was reported by doctors
lof the Grady hospital to be resting
(comfortable Wednesday night, and
I her early recovery was anticipated.
J. I". Carter, of Forrest .Bark,
driver of the machine that injured
Miss’ Wells, Was placed under a
[sloo bond by’the police under a
[charge of reckless driving. He suf-
Iferdea nervous eollaps e after his
arrival at police station.
THOMAS COUNTY URGED
TO RAISE MORE HOGS
THOMASVILLE, Jan. 3 —County
Agent Pat Ward i ur ing the farm
ers of Thomas county tq ’make hog
'raising one of the money indus
tries for this year instead of trying
I to grow cotton against the boll wee
[ ville. Siq.-e the m.-t co-operative,
1 hot; sale, in Thomas county June]
15, 2000 head of hogs have been.
Isold, brining a grand total of $29,-
138(>.98. This does not include hogs I
I old to local buyers and hauled by I
tiuck to Moultrie, nor does it in
clude the large number of pork [
1 hogs sold in the local markets, nor
he great number Killed and now
|in cold storage.
' Mjss Rossie hate returned
to Wesleyan after spending the hol -
idays with her parents, Mr. and Mis.
’W. M. Andrews, at their home on
lEnsc Church street.
TO HEAP PETITION TO
AM INJUNCTION AT
ATLANTAjON FRIDAY
Attorney General Would Have
Court Order Funds Collected
Heldhn Trust
FIRST MOVE IN FIGHT
State Wants Tax Collected Bn
tsl Courts Pass On Constitu
tionality of Tobacco Tax
ATLANTA, January 3.—Attor
ney General Napier today filed in
Fulton county Superior court a pe
tition that temporary injunction
granted January 1 against the col
lectio nos Milner tobacco sales tax'
be amended so as to permit collec
tio nos tax collections to be held in
trust pending final adjudication of
litigations. Hearing on the peti
tion is set for tomorrow.
»WHce
Dffffl IS VACATED
Florida Woman Cited to Estab
lish Residence Before Valida
tion of R I. Decree
PROVIDENCE, R. I. Jan. 3.
Judge Barrows, of the superior
court, today entered an order vacat
in divorce granted yesterday to
Nina Wilcox Putman Sanderson
from Robert J. Sanderson until such
time as she shall appear in person
and satisfy the court she. has been
a resident of this state for more
than two years prior toWOctober 16,
She is understood to be in Florida.
BNfO imifT
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Dr. Charles E. Barker is De
scribed As Man of Wide Ex
perience As Speaker
The man who kept Taft physical
ly fit and on the job every day
while he was President of the Unit
ed States, Dr. Charles E. Barker ol
Grand Rapids, Mich., is due here
next Tuesday, Jan. 8. Through the
initiative of the Rotary Club Dr.
Barker is going to tell mothers and
fathers just what they should be and
what their responsibility is to their
children. >,
The doctor is unique and any at
tempt to describe him is sure , to
omit such that should be sjgid. He,
is a man of wide experience on the
pqjblic platform, and his addresses
are of sudh an amazing and inspir
ing character that all who have the
opportunity to dos o should hear
him. ' ',
Dr. Barker makes no attempt at
oratory, but he is a wonderfullJy
interesting and electric speaker. He
puts the “punch of a pile? - driver”
into his words, and drives home with
thrilling illustrations the truths he
upholds. He quickly ‘gets’ an au
dience and holds it straight through
a talk of an hour.
For several years following his at
tendance upon President Taft, Dr.
Barker engaged in lecturing to the
general public on health and other
subjects. In 1919 he so attracted
the attention of the Rotary Club
at their annual convention with his
great address on ‘A fathers’ Respon
sibility to His Son” that requests
came to him from al! quarters to
speak.
D.. Barker will speak to Ladies |
[only at the First Baptist Church at I
I 3 P. M., to men only at the Rylan-i
Ider Theatre at 7:30 P. M. The en
' tire expense of Dr. Barker’s visit I
is being borne by the Americus Ro-I
1 tary Club, Secretary Harrell an--
pounces, as a contribution to the'
welfare of the city. There will be!
no admission fee and no collection I
at any of the meetings, and a cor-j
[ dial inviation is, extended to every
person in Americus and vicinity to
I attend. i
RICH AND SINGLE
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Girls, here Britain’s most likely
catch. He is Lord Molyneaux, and
is heir to Earl of Sefton, England’s
wealthiest, bachelor peer.
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CURTAIN HERO SINGS
TO QUIET REAL PANIC
Two Hundred and Fifty Work
men in Big Plant Rocked by
Terrific Dust Explosion
MANY BODIES' CREMATED
Hospitals in Pekin and Pei io
Filled to Overflowing With
Injured Taken From Ruins
PEORIA, 111., Jan. 3.—Between
'25 and 35 are believed dead and
more than a hundred others were
injured in a terrific dust explosion
and starch in 'the plant of the Corn
Products C i mpany at Peking.
Fire broke out after the explosion
adding to the horror. Resuers
could see the bodies of approxi
mately between 25 and 35 victims
lying in ruins, but the flames pre
vented attempts to rea>h them.
Trapped in the third floor of the
burning plant, Frank Lichtweissf 20
years old,sang to his to fellow
workers for nearly an hour to calm
them, and when the last retreat was
cut'off, jumped from a third sto’y
! window of the blazing building to
the ground below. He was taken to
the Tiospital badly burned and with
his eyes hurt.
Eighty injiiFed, many of them
badly mangled, had 'been removed
from the wreckage at 8 o’clock and
taken to hospitals in Pekirr and,
Peoria. „
Two' hundred and fifty men were
■ working in the plant at the time of
the explosion.
HARPY I» I!l SEEK
RELEASE FOO* PRISON
Famous Slayer of Sanford White
Now in Philadelphia Institu
tion, Wants Freedom
NEW YORK, Jan. 3.—Bavtholc
mew B. Coyne, New York lawyer
who for a number of years'bas rep
resented Harry K. Thaw, today def
initely confirmed reports that his
client, and slayer of Stanford White,
now in a Philadelphia asylum, would
[soon seek his freedom.
A short while later, Mr. Coyne
announced that Frederick Gump,
Jr., of Kansas City, fur the whip
ping of whom /Thaw faces charges
'in this state, would agree to set-
I tie civil damage suit out of court
‘and let criminal-charges lapse.
PRISONER'S MOTHER
[TO OPPOSE RELEASE
1 H1 LADELPHIA, Jan. x 3.—Form -
,er Judge JamesxGay Gordon, eoun
| sei • for Mrs. Mary Coplay Thaw,
[ mother of Harry K. Tiiaw, indicat
jpd today that any at.empt : o have
j Thaw released .from * the Pennsyl-
I I vania hospita. for mental and ner
vous diseases would be opposed, 1
BUDGET SHOWS CITW
DEBT IS $372,720,001
Mayor Poole Transmits Figures,
Showing Estimated Revenue
and Expenditures for Year
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The annual budget of estimated
revenue and expenditures for the j
coming year, accompanied by a
statement of the city’s bonded ..nd
floating indebtedness as compiled ,
by Mayor J. E. Poole and members
of the finance committee of coun
cil was authorized for publication
today. This budget, prepaicu un
der'the provisions of the Pace bud
get law shows the city has ponded
and floating indebtedness totalling
$371,720.00. Os this total $223,-
000.00 represents the bonded debt
SODATOL SHIPMENT IS
READY FOR FARMERS HERE
Sixteen Thousand Pounds of I
New Explosive to Be Distrib- '
uted at Cost
The State College of Agriculture
has secured i.nother car of sodalol
for distribution among farmers in ;
this section, according to a state
ment authorized by George O. Mar
shall here Thursday. The explosive
which is very valuable in the remov-
W. L. M’NEIL PROMINENT
FARMER ACCIDENT VICTIM
Was Engaged in Cleaning Pistol
When Weapon Exploded In
flicting Painful Wound
W. L. McNeil, a prominent farm
er residing in Pleasant Grove school
district, was accidentally shot amt’
painfully wounded Wednesday at his
home in that community. He was
engaged in cleaning his pi: tol, Mr.
McNeil told a I’imes-Recorder man
over the telephone Thursday morn
ing, when the accide it. occurred and
what caused the weapon to explode
he was unable to explain, though he
is of the opinion* that the pistol!
slipped within his graps being a self-,
cocking weapon was discharged. ;
CITY COURT JURORS
DRAWN FOR FIRST WEEK
Spring Term Begins Monday
With Judge Harper and Soli
citor Dan Chappell Attending
The spring term of the City court
of Americus will begin here Mon
day morning, with Judge William
M. Harper on the (bench. Dan Chap
pell, solicitor of the court, will rep
resent the interest of the state in
the trial of criminal cases. Jurors
who have been summoned to serve
during the first week are 41s fol
lows:
Carl Ansley, Anderson Darden,
P. B. Williford, J. A. Daniel, *E. E.
Cook, G. E. Kennedy E. C. Hawk-
JOHNSON NAMED HEAD
OF FULTON COMMISSION
Jah. 3.—Electing* C om
missioner Edwin F. Johnson to ; head
the county government as chair
man for this year and .Commissioti
er Cirlyn B. Boore as vice chair
man, the Fulton county board of
commissioners entered immediatci.w
upon its declared program ot strict
economy at its regular monthly
meeting Wednesday, transacting a
volume of routine business at ti ■
•session in addition to appointing
five important committees and elect
ing heads of departments and in
stitutions under its jurisdiction.
NEGROES ARRESTED
DUBLIN, Jan. 3.—Three negroes
arc in jail here charged with be
ing members of A gang that has been
robbing stores in Laurens County,
and in Glenwood for the past sever
al weeks. They are Ernest and Ben
net Graham, and a negro called
Sam.
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< For Georgia—Couldy in V|
rain in south portion tonight; S
er tonight; Friday fair and edl
fresh south shifting to
west winds. 'V
EiCK E FlO
.of the municipality, with an annual
i interest charge of $10,20.00, ami
a floating debt of $130,000.00 with
an annual interest charge of SB,-
700.00, the interest rate on the
.floating debt being higher than,that
on the bonds.
The total assessed value of \all
property within the city is given Ijn
| the budget as $5,560,713.00,
which $4,778,049.00 is returned by
white taxpayers; $534,531,00 is re
turned by negroes ami $257,133.00
by corporations and the total anti
cipated revenue from all sotfrcM for
I ordinary expenses aceout is given
in the budget as $92,448.00. The
budget, in full is as follows;
(Continued on Page .Two.)
lal of stumps and other agricultur
al blastirl? operations will be dis
iributed this year from Albany.
The cost to farmers, Marshall said
today, will be $8.30 a hundred
pounds, plus freight from Albany,
■with the car expected to be unload
jed there early neit week. Orders
lor the sodafol may be registered
•with the county agent, but no or
ders for caps will be accepted, the
supply of thesm having 'been ex
hausted already;
Following the accident, mennbers
of the McNe'i family rushed into
the room where, the injured man
was and Dr. Iterschcl Smith, of
Americas, was summoned to attend
him. Dr. Smith found that the bullet,
had ploughed through the scalp over
the rigt ear, inflicting what at.firs',
looked like a dangerous wound, but
which it was decided after examin
ation. would not prove serious. Af
ter dressing, the wound he retuin
ed to Americus, and Thursday morn
ing Mr. McNeil was able to be up,
discussing the accident with a new: -
[paper man who called his home over
The telephone, to learn details of the
I affair.
I kins, J. A. Williams, Z. C. Ross, O.
''. Brown, G. W. Johnson W. W.
I McNeill, E. J. Bass, 11. C. Bass,
II ff Dean, E L. Leverett, C. R. Mor
i gan, Walter Rylander, W. B. Wor
th P. Anderson, J. L. Wooten,
11 Clyde S. Braswell, J. W. Kennedy.
-[ There are a large number of civil
-leases set for trial on the opening
1 [ day of the session, as well as
>i throughout the entire week which
: 1 is to be devoted wholly to the trial
•I of these cases, most of the cases
[being complaints either on account
[or notes with several distress war
.'rants included among the causes to
■I be adjudicated.
MAN GIVEN $750
IN DAMAGE ACTION
THOMASVILLEE, Jan. 3. ln
the suit brought by John Thompson
against Homer Williams in the city
court in session here this week for
$60,000 damages as the result of an
encounter in which the plaintiff
claimed he was forcibly ejected by
the defendant from the Williams
building, the jury gave a verdict in
favor of the plaintiff for .$750.
The < vidence as given by the
plaintiff, was that while distribut
ing circulars *in the various offices
in the building, which is owned by
Williams, he was seized by the de
fendant and forcibly ejected into
elevator, .being cursed and struck
several times in the back, causing
pain and humiliation to hint.
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BANK STATEMENTS CALLED
WASHINGTON, 'Jan. 3.—Comp,
trailer of the currency today issued
a call for the condition of all na
tional banks at the dore of 'bus’,
ness .Monday, December 31,