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Americus Spot Cotton it Strict middling 34 cents. I' P.O. Open Hi Low Close Jan. . 34.20’34.00-34.40 34.00 34.30 Mar. .34.58434.45134.95 34.45.34.88 I May . 34.80’34.75 35.17 34.71 35.09 July ..33.70 33.68 34.05 33.65.33.97 Oct. 28.34 28.10 28.60 28.10 28.60 FORTY-SIXTH YEAR—NO. 6. NEAL A. RAY AGAIN HEADS SUMTER COMMISSIONERS 000 OOOODOOOOOOOOOOOOOO BOMB THROWN AT KEMAL PASHA MISSES MORE° PROHIBITION ARRESTS IN WILLIAMSON COUNTY Wi Os TIM RM Min BI ffIEMDE TOSSED BY Kffll Bcmb Iniended for Mustapha Kemal Pasha Strikes Madame Kemal, Inflicting Injuries ATTACKED AT SMYRNA M'tylene Correspondent of Ath ens Newspaper Telegraphs News of Occurrence ATHENS, Jan. 7. —A Mitylene correspondent of the Greek newspa per Vernas, telegraphs that an un successful attempt was made to as sassinate Mustapha Kemal Pasha, president of the republic of Turkey, at Smyrna. A hand gernadc intended for Kem al injured his wife. M’CARTHY LAD BETTER; LUCK TAKES TURN Tommy McCarty, who was burn ed a day or two ago while at meals with his mother and others of the I family, is much bcttl r today, ii was learned this morning - , with first re ports of his injury .appearently hav ing been exaggerated. The lad, who has recently been unfortunate in that he sustained more than one accident, seems to have had a change in luck and his grandmother, Mrs. Ross, stated today that he will soon be entirely weil again, a cup of coffee accidentally overturned upon him not having resulted in seri ous burns. LEGION POST TO MEET; AT COURTHOUSE TONIGHT There wii! be a nicotine o! John D. Mathis Post, No. 2. American Le gion at 7:30 in the courthouse. The looms will be weil heated. Commander Lane, said this morning, and every member of the post is asked to be present. Those mem bers who have paid their 1924 dues will be given membership cards, it is stated, but the fact, that a m nibcr is behind in dues should not deter him f/om 1 attending tonight. Com mander Lane states. I BEECHWOOD BANDMILL COMPANY 1-.-j.IL READY CORDELE, Jan. 7.—The big! Beechwood Bt.ndmill Company’s plant is nearing completion and will; he in operation within the next few! days. j When completed it will be the most permanently built iiardwor-c mill in Georgia, having been con structed to last for a lifetime, as. its owner P. F. Fitzgibbons, ex pects to bo able to get sufficient hardwood in this lo allity to run at. least twenty-five years. The mill will have a capacity of 75,600 feet of hardwood and pine daily, and while it is especially con structed for hardwood, it will saw black pine as well, ‘BACK CAME TED’ TO BE PRESENTED BY CLASS On Tuesday night of this week in’ Thompson Auditorium the Senior Class of Smithville school will pre-, sent the play called 'Back Came Ted’ The Thompson Parent-Teachers will serve refreshments and an enjoyable evevning is promised all who at-i tend. THREE SMALL, FIRES Three alarms called the fire de-1 parment ,out Saturday and Sun-1 day. The only blaze doing any; damage however, was one on Winn ; street in a house belonging to H. L. Mize. The damage there was confined to $lO, Chief McArthur I said today. j COX TO VISIT SAVANNAH SAVANNAH, Jan. 7.—Announce! ment has been made here that Gov-1 ernor Cox, who- leaves Boston soon ; for a visit through the South has in cluded Savannah on his itinery. The, date ’of the Governor’s visit has not been ntado public as yet. but it was announced that hi would make visits to many Southern itinerary cities. * THE TIMESSiFffiCORDER •WIPPBUSHED IN 0F... DIXIE, editorial (By LOVELACE EVE.i We know of no one who tells so graphic; '-y and easi- | ly that most beautiful and yet mysterious st of LIFE, as doer-. Dr. Charles Barker, physician and ! turer, who speaks here tomorrow, Tuesday under the auspices of j the Americus Rotary club. , In the morning at 11 ;00 o clock his subje is ‘ How lo Get the Most Out of-Life,” a lecture to the High school boys and girls. In the afternoon he speaks to - omen and girls on ’‘A Mother’s Responsibilities to Her Daughter,” in the hire! Baptist church at 3:00 o clock. Tuseday night Dr. Barker speaks to men and boys , at 7:30 in the Rylander, his subject being ”A Father's Responsibility to His Son. The Timer-Recorder has said a great deal in the past few days regarding these three lectures, because we be lieve that Dr. Barker’ is bringing to our people i most interesting, inspiring, -one of-the most vita! messages. Every man and woman should take advantage of this exceptional opportunity. Every proprietor should urge his employees to hear one of the lectures. The writer has heard each of these talks by Dr. Barker and knows their gripping interest, their great impor tance and realizes the good that will come to every par ent, to every boy or girl who hears Dr. Barker. It is simply a re-telling of the old, old story of life in the most beautiful and choicest language. Every child has a God-given right to be well-born, and • it is the patents’ duty and privilege to prepare him and her for life's battles after birth. Dr. Barker’s message will aid the parent in fulfilling this duty to his child. There are no charges, no obligations, nothing to be -paid or pledged. (COMMISSIONERS ELECT Inew county officers Chairman Ray Again Heads Beard; Appropriations Made; Road Work to Begin Soon The beard of county commission- j ers re-elected all ofnees and cm 2 , ployees at same , salaries, at their eeting Monday morning in the, court house. All Commissioners I were present except Chairman Ray. i Commissioner Statham presided. Neal A Ray was re-elected ehaii-i man at a salary of .SSOO per yeai ; E. Statham, vice chairman. 11. D. | I Watts, clerk and treasure! at sam I’ r I ; alary; 11. S. Oliver secretaiX.—' (board; W. W. Dykes, county attor ney with a retainer fee of si 00 per 1 year, and expenses. George 0. Marshall was re-elected j county demonstrator with a salary, of $l5O per month; Dr. Frank L. Cato, county physician, $ < per' month; J. B. Ansley. $ 4,000 per year. All other minor employee- wire re-elected at same salary as last year. Appropriations as follow., w. re made: Carnegie library, S6OO yr yeai ; Wise sanatorium for charity among negroes. S3OOO per year; city and county hospital, S6OO per; ;—year; Associated Charities, S6OO ’per year for charitable purpose:-. This represents an increase of S3OO a year, the increase to be used tor| treating negro distress cases in the local negro hospital, the fund to oe administeredd by the Associa l -i . Charities. A committee composed of Herbert i Hawkins, J. E. Mathis, D. R- An-’ drews, Lovek.ce Eve, Mrs. C . U.| Hawkins, Mrs. Furlow Gatewood, Mrs. C. J. Sherlock, and A s T. B. ■ Hooks appeared before the board, I ■requesting the additional appropri .- | lion of §25.00 per month. J. F. Mathis was spokesman for the com-j jmittee. The hoard granted the’i-i j request. I’tof. Mathis and others pointed ; out the necessity of providing ; medical attention and in some i’> I stances of operations for negroes ;of the county. He said the phy -i --cians and surgeons of th” county [had agreed to give their servin'-, free in such instances, but medicine and other incidentals must be paid for.. The speaker stressed the r.””- ■ cessity of taking care of the negroo■ |in the county. He complimented AMERICUS. GEORGIA? MONDAY ,\l-1 i-RNOON. JANUARY 7. 1924 ThREE ARE SERIOUSLY B’ T T’’- DURING COLD SAV ANNAH, January 7. ! Three persons were seriously I bur ■<l in Savannah yesterday ' as the result of the cold wave. The clothing of Mrs. George A. ' Panel ignited when she bent j or- r near the fire to pick up hei child, ami her husband was also :i. mr.aly burned v.hil P trying to put out the flames. ■ Kuby Mitchell,, a 5-year-old I Gypsy girl, was badly burned when she stumbed over a char i coal fire at the Gypsy camp at the Fair grounds. the two negro hospital: in the coun ■ty, the on? at Plains and the one ' in Americus. J. B. Ansley, county engineer, stated to the board that work on the raved road from Americus through Plains would begin Tcsday, when ’ the convict camps will be moved to a point about half way the pro jet, which begins on top of the hill ; where the pre sent hard surfaced road turns off toward Smithville, tunning from that point into plain;', using the old road most of the way. I The distance is approximately 9 and a half miles. The road is to .be paved with asphalt macadam, the icontract, to be let some time in Fcb i ruary. Work on all fills, bridges and jculvert ' is to be co” ( I ’ted .fore i summer to give the new work time to settle and harden for the permn iTicnt paving. At a point near Pl.vn.--, a new road is to be surveyed, cutting ’ distance about a mile and a half oi i two miles, it was stated. ! Most of the rights of way have i been given the county through thi new route. Where satisfactory ar '■ rgemenls twe not been mad • condemnation proceedings will 1 begun, anil the county attorney wa ■ im'.reeled to proceed at once. See ■ cr 1 deeds to the county have bee : agreed on though not yet. signee ■ These will be completed in the new I j It) days. ■ I Mr. Ansley will endeavor to ■coni Jplete the entire project within i‘. 1 months, he said. BfflllS WE n INTO MTW HD SECURE SM LW Specially Deputized Citizens As sist Officers in Staging Simul taneous Raids SECOND RAID IN 2 WEEKS Large Quantities of Whisky, Heme Brew and Wine Seized By Raiding Parties • NEW Y’ORK, Jan. 7.—Three ban dits today forced their entrance into the fashionabk fifth avenue apart ment of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Rich- j mend and took jewels valued at | SIO,OOO and fled. The robbery was carried out in a manner similar to that perpetrated last Thursday in the Seventy-ninth .--treet apartment of David Paulter, where loot of $40,000 in jewels was taken. ceitWWii If CH ITO LLI ILL W. A. Winbum May Not Recov er From Operation Perform ed at Hospital in Rochester ROCHESTER, Minn.. Jan. 7.—V-. A. Winburn, president of the Cen tral of Georgia railway, is in a cri tical condition at the .Mayo Clinic hospital here following an operation for nonmalignant tumor, it was an nounced today. Mr. Winburn came here ’.wo weeks ago, and since has. undergone two operations. HMN TH WK IHI IMffl CITIES Macon, Atlanta and Gainesville ’ Already Chosen As Points for Delivery of Addresses ATLANTA, Jan. 7—Coincident with calling of a Democratic state executive committee meet.’n on January 19 to fix the date for a presidential primary in Georgia, it was announced that S. Senator Oscar W. Underwood, of Alabama, will make at least, six speeches in this state prior to the probable irimary in April. The announcement was authoriz 'd by the Underwood headquarters ’ the Kimball House, although it was stated that the intinerary i >t yet complete. The opening ad- - ’re:- - .' is to be delivered in Macon i d the closing one in Atlanta. inesville is the only other city ■cided upon. ' G. E. Maddox, of Rome, chair- - inn of the Democratic committee, 1 been in Atlanta arrainrnig for , ■ meeting here. He staled that the plan at present is to hold a > primary, but th,, cal! > depends to a large extent upon, the - ' velopments between the present 1 inre and the date of the commit -1 .- meeting. t’he presidential primary depends • upo-i the holding of the county pii- ie on the same date, Chairman 1 Maddox stated, as the three or four ’ ididates who will enter the ra- 3 uld not be Expected to stand the - expense of about $35,000 incident to holding a presidential primary. r WANT LAW ENFORCED r MACON. Jan. 7.—A committee has been appointed by the Macon e Ministerial Union with a view of dis s cussing with state judges the penai- - ties for convictions of prohibition . iaw violations. The committee wa j appointed recently at a meeting of I the Ministerial Union, and has its -1 object the establishment of more se ven penalties for violators as a. i.: means of enforcing respect for the • prohibition law. Minister -of all de : nominations took part in the meet ing and agreed to take active parts 2 in campaigns to prevent contraband liquor in this county. JUDGE SEARHOUSE TO HOLD ON TO 2 OFFICES i Sl'l. INGFIFI.I), Ga., January | 7.. Judge Paul 1). Sh< arhouse ' stated today h ( . would not re sigil his office as judge of the City court' because of his ap- , pointment as field agent for the ‘ tax revenue department. He said that ho did not. think his judicial duties would interfere with his duties in New York. fHowSl hew pi n Mra CITY; 58 RESTED Fashionable Fifth Avenue Sec lion Made Scene of Bold Day- Fght Robbery Today RICHMONDS LOSE JEWELS Robbery Carried Out Like Raid on Palter Home When $40,- CCC in Jewels Were Taken JOHNSON CITY, 111., Jan. ‘7.-- ederal prohibition agents for the econd time within two weeks swooped down upon Williamson county and with the aid of specially deputized citizens scoured the coun ty, nu king 56 arrests and seizing large quantities of whiskey, home brew and wine. Williamson county has been con : idered a "bootleggers’ stronghold’’ for year. , and during the first raids there, officers are said to have been assisted by organized citizens op ; < s-.-.i to the traffic. Whether or no: ;>u/'i--. r. -ii in today’s raid is not known. TO HEAR STATE’S PLEA AT ATLANTA SATURDAY ATLANTA. Jan. 7.—Hearing o-i ioth temporary restraining or<;!’r ami modification sought by Attor ney General Napier in the tax li tigation was today set for Saturday oy Judge Ellis, in -uperior court. Judge Ellis got agreement of the opposing eonsel for a hearing on .ioth issues at the same time. O RYAN CHARGES FORBES LEADER IN CONSPIRACY WASHINGTON, Jan. 7.—Charg es that Charles 11. Forbes, as dire •- tor of the Veteran’s btrreau, was the leading actor in an established con piracy to defraud tlx- government, v.er:- mad by*John F. O’Ryan, of New York, general counsel, in his oport. to the senate Veteran's com mittee. LODGE BACKS STATE DEPT. IN ATTITUDE W.XSHINGTON, Jitn. 7. The ad ministration’s policy of non-recogn.- tion of the present soviet -gover '- ment of Russia was supported vig orously in the senate today by Senator Lodge, ot Massachusetts, republican leader and chair .of the foreign relations coifllnittee. Quoting extensively from public record., and documents to show in < Hoeing of soviet government and communist international, Sena tor Lodgi also brought additional evidence to the support of Secre tary Hughes’ contention thdt offi cials of the soviet government are a paity to the propaganda camp-aign to overthrow this gbvernnint. FORECAST FAIR AND WARMER WASHINGTON, - Jan. 7.—The weather outlook for the period of January 7 to January 12, inclusive as force..st by the United States weather buc aru to day for south at lantic a: d cast gulf Mates, much colder y either is indicated at the beginning of the week, and temper ature average below normal throughout the week, with generally f. ir weather. About $580,000,000 worth of furniture was sold last year, if they can keep up the payments. COLDEST HERE SINCE 11917, RECORDS SHOW Intense Suffering Reported in Ail Parts of Coun try, With a Number Frozen to Death - -Effects of I reeze Felt As Far South as Jacksonville Weather records in Americus were shattered Saturday night and Sunday, but v hile the mercury still reached low in the tube this nioiing there was a considerable moderation noticeable. Saturday night when tin; niiiiinmm was reached the official thermometer went down to 8 degi; es above zero, with a maximum recorded during the twenty-four hours of :;i. Ia ,t night’s minimum was 12 degrees, while today’s maxi mum could not be given this morning by Joe M. Bryan, official weather observer here. Nothwlthstanding warning ciiri-ielt in The Times-Recordev, hun dreds of citizens failed to drain their water pipes properly an<| dur ing Sum ay there was a dearth of water throughout a number of resi dential sections. Plumber , kept busy throughout Sunday cutting off water where pipes had burst, and today they were on the job early, while coal dealers reported heavy business, with many rush orders for fuel filed. 5 oung gardens in all parts of the county, many’ of those being in prime condition, were killed outright, as were numerous flow ■ ir. plai t - . some of these being destroyed despite elaborate precautions taken to preserve them. The sweet, pea crop was especially hard hit, and in practically every .car-den here these beautiful flowers were complete ly frozen. Many automobile owners who failed to heed the warning printed in Saturday’s Times Recorder ii-um! their cars frozen u;i Sunday morn ing and even early Saturday night a number of ears were found to have damaged radiators. It was estimated Sunday that at least a hun dred car.- here had been damaged by reason of the freeze, and one Meal ier placed telegraphic order. - , Sunday for a targe supply of these parts, anticipating a rush for them as soon as the thaw appears. in rural sections the big freezes did litti,. damage, no loss of eat tie having been reported up to noon today. Damage sustained by young oats and rye in Sumter’s fieids will be largely offset, it was asserted this morning by the destruction ot insect life which promised to do a tre mendous damage to cotton, peaches and other commercial crops except for the low temperatures experienced during Saturday night, Sunday and today. By tonight, it is anticipated, temperatures only a little be i low normal will begin to be experienced again. Millions of hibernating' boll weevil as well ar, cufculio, the most destructive of all peach pests, have undoubtedly been killed by the frci’-ze ’ nnf ‘ ,h j ousn, ' (i f P e Lee., which had begun lo show signs of com? mg buds wil. be held back until :i more propitious time for blooming. Ex cept for this freeze it is believed among some grower: - , here, the entire peach crop might have been lost or serious damage sustained became , of prematute blooming as was th 0 case last year, when Sumters .pow ers lost approximately 60 per cent pf their peaches, when trcees we.-o , caught in full bloom by n late cold snap. * One Dead at Macon ■ 1.-\< ON, Jan. 7.—On his way j home after visiting friends in th? business section of East Macon, ; ’ lat-.- last night, Sam Hayes, aged 1 negro, living in Paradise Alley, I fell from the top of one of the In j dian mounds, not far from the 1 Bibb Manufacturing Company, to , the tracks of the Central of Geor gia Railway, ,'eveial feet below, lying there until he died. A coroner’s jury returned a ■ ve.diet that tb.e mini had frozen j - to death. , The minimum tempc'aturo was i I 7.-1 degrees, above zero, shortly ' after $ o'clock ycterday morning :om 12 degrees colder than, the coldest day of the previous win ter. It was the coldest weather • in the history of Macon, since the j i weather bureau was created 25 j yeqrs ago. The highest temperature of j . Sunday 27.9 degrees. At 8 o’clock ! - last night it was 2-1. The weather bureau records, show the next lowest temperature i , in the history of the Macon bu . ' rcau was 8 degrees on February i ! 3, 1917. A record of 10.2 de- - I grees was reached on January 2, 1900 and January 13, 1918. t. Delivered Fuel Sun 'ay. ]! BAINBRIDGE, Jan. 7.—Bain brigo : offered, the coldest weath er in twenty years Sunday. Pipe’s i . ! hurst, all exposed water is frozen j and some families were without | enough wood and coal to carry ! them over to Monday, but the ; < “yard.-.” all opened up and deliver ? ed practically all day. r' ... ; Grain Crop Unhurt. i Moultrie, Ga., Jan. 7. The ' ’ coldest weather known here in a decade is not expected to do any i serious damage to tb.e grain crop in the Moultrie section, Oats wi 1 be hurt in lorne places, but the I opinion wa* expressed that fatly v good rtand would survive in most j fields. Unofficial temperature.’ i I here Sunday registered ' 0 degrees ■ f above zero, or two degree colder c here than it was the most frigid | I day in 1917. 1 WEATHER I-<>r Georgia—Fair and warmer.. For Georgia—Fair tonight and fuesday; slowly rising temperature. PRICE FIVE CENTS light Fr«so , t Savannah SAVANNAH, Jan. 7.—Praetic aliy verythiag around Savannah i .'-,eep>. the ocean and tile Artesian v.,■■!-: wa- frozen tight Sunday. Tb.e mercury fell to about twenty a: d while there wts fair warning it was impossible to protect out door vegetation which, from warm, sappy weather of the past weeks, was luxuriant. Truck gar dens are hard hit, peach trees blooming will have to come again. Roses and poinsettias, hyacinths and azaleas, hydrangeas and ban ana trees were killed. Freezing in Florida. JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Jan. 7. I'ui ing temperatures prevailed ag: in Sunday in northern Flori da. The cold wave, which so far ha. not penetrated far south, is due to reach to central Florida today, with freezing temperatures •orccast. No reports of damage to citrus fruit have been received by the Weather Bureau. Moderating At Rome. ROME, Jan. 7. Northwest Georgia is slowly recovering from the effect of the coldest weather this section of the State has known in almost a quarter of cen tury. Scores of residences are still without water because of frozen pipes and not a few hot water heaters arc out of commission; and accidents to autos because of frozen radiators are reported in unprecedented numbers. The mer cury drnp', d at 3 o’clock Sunday morning to 2 degrees above zero the lowest mark it has known since the memorable freeze of Feb. 13, 1899. 3 Succumb to Exposure. NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 7. of the crew of the towboatt Annie, bound from Mo bile for New Orleans with a barge died of exposure in Lake Borgne I Sunday while the remaining two, including William Harvey, 57, of Mobil captain of the vessel, and • (Continued On Page Three)
