About Americus times-recorder. (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 9, 1924)
P Americus Spot Cotton Strictly middling .33 3-4 cents PC Open High Low Close Jan. ..34.95j34.65|34.65;34.33 34.48 Mar. ~35.17|35.00 35.02 34.66:34.77 May ..35.38135.21 35.21 .34.82 34.94 July -.34.24134.06134.06133.74,33.84 Oct. .28.65128.55’28.55 28.25 28.42 FORTY-SIXTH YEAR—NO. 8 FLORIDA OFFICER AND 5 OTHERS KILLED IN PISTOL BATTLE 0000000000000000000000 NINE BIG POWER CONCERNS WANT SHOALS □ 00000000000 003000 ooo®o WILL BUILD NEW $5,000,000 POWER DAM NEAR COLUMBUS STRONGEST LIVING MAN ‘DOES THE DISHES' AND MAKES BABY CLOTHES BRETBART DELIGHTS IN DOING W AND OTER HOMELY WORK Cooks, Sews, Darns Hose, Washes Dishes and Puts 6- Year-Old Son to Bed Nights - FASHIONS BABY CLOTHES Pcksh Giant Who Bends Steel With Bare Hands ‘Might Have Made a Good Tailor By STEVE HANNAGAN 1 NEW YORK, Jan. 9.—Sigmund Breitbrat, said to be living man, is but a servant t- his wife in their home. I He cooks, sews darns hose, washes dishes and often puts his six-year-ola son to bed. “Sigmund is so handy around the house,” says -his wife. “He is as gentle as he is strong and takes a lelight in doing the little things that most men despise.” i Probably the strong man’s neat est fireside accomplishbment is sew ing. ‘Sigmund is very dainty with needle and thread,” says Mrs. Breit bart. “And he is very original. Some times he has a unique idea for a garment for the baby. Then he cuts out the goods and sews it into the finished product. He mignt. hive been an excellent tailor.” ’ ‘The Polish Apollo,” as he is known in his native land, bends steel bars into various shapes that would require long work at a forge. He chews links of chains apart with the nonchalance of a stenographer snap ping her cud of gum. He drives n:\ils into heavy timber with his bare ; easier than an artist pushes I a thumb tack into a drawing board. 1 He supports a motodrome on which I awo men ride motorcycles at a rapid ! gait. The motodrome, riders anil lipotorcycle weigh 3500 pounds. Breitbart came to this county to make a vaudeville tour. Now he is featured at the gigantic Hippodrome Theater. 1 Born in Lodz, Poland, the son of the village blacksmith, Breitbart’.- ■ childhood toys wehc horsesshoes and ! rails. Os a studious turn of mind I be learned to bend them in such a way as to make it easy. * Breitbart is 36 years old and dioesn’t look at all like a strong tnan. He has a kindly face, wears glasses, is subject to head colds, and melancholia—even as you and I. He | Joves children, and is a persistent leader, his particular interest cent ering in the histories of the ancient Roman Empire when strength was tin object of worship. J Probably this modern Sandow gets, a kick from that sort of literature. I creaming of the stir he could have ; (preated by skipping past Nero's palace with a leather Ibit in his teeth ’ pulling a train of chariots. Breitbart works 40 minutes a day I ht his profession of strong man. The : pthcr day his manager asked him to give a special exhibition for some visiting notables. “No, I can’t do it,” he answered. I My work is killing me now.” DISTRICT COURT TO MEET AT ALBANY ALBANY, January 9.—United States district court for the Al bany divison will convene the first Monday in February, which will be February 4, according to informa tion received from Judge Wm. H. Barrett, of Augusta by George F. White, clerk of the local division. The term was regularly sched uled for the third Monday in De cember, but was postponed until January 21 on account of the Christmas holidays and the press of duties in other divisions of the district. It has now become ap- j parent to Judge Barrett that he, will not be able to overcome the , congestion in other divisions in time to be here before February 4. ' Here’s good Leap Year r.e.vs, . More single men than women in this country. But me careful, “ - . THE TIMSsttRECORDER BL IS H SPIN THE? HEART OF 'DI XI ft wOp Pr v fW I Jb Jr B z wk C * ■ W A-'--''''' 4£.._ X Sigmund Breitbart, who claims to be strongest man in world, his wife, whom he assists with house work, and their six-year-old son. i BOUILLON TO ARRANGE FRANCO - RUSS ’ PACT PARIS, January 9.—-Henry Fiankiin Bouillon, former min ister of state, has left for ■ Russia to arrange a basis for ’ an understanding between 1 France and Russia, it is stated. SMIfF FM Bffl LOSFS LIFE HIM FBI m OllT’lffi Desperate Gun Bartle Staged Between Palm Beach County Officers and Fugitives 5 GANG MEMBERS DEAD Band That Made Everglades a Rendezvcu* During Years Finally Broken Up WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., Jan. 9.—The notorious Ashley Mob ley gang of bank robbers, Hi Jack ers and desperadoes which has made the Florida excrglades its iende:-> vours for yearsfi was wiped out this I morning by Palm Beach county sher iffs and forces and a posse in a gun I battle in which Deputy Sherifi Fred Baker lost his life. | Five members of the gang were killed. DR. BROUGTGN BITTEN BY DOG IN FLORIDA JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Jan. 9. Dr. Lcn G. Broughton, pastor of th. First Baptist Church of this city and former pastor of the Christ Church London, was bitten by « bulldog while attending Gypsy Smith revival services in a tabernacle here last night. Others in the audience ex perienced some difficulty in mal.mg the dog- let go. CUPID’S UNERRING AIM FAILS DALTON, Jan. 9.—-Cupid’s ; in. hitherto unerring in it.; accuracy in jthis section of the r.cate failed ai the last and the record of 246 marriage [licenses made in 1920 and dupl'cat 1 in 1922 fell one short forth. year 11923. With advent of another leap I year however his aim may be re stored and he may set a new rec ord. The previous record of 216 |was made in the last leap. year. AMERICUS, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 9, 1924 IUTO BFffi THRU ICE ill nm; 8 PEMS OPOiFO Mrs, Pearl Glade and Mrs. Rol lo Glade and Their Children, Passengers in Lost Machine WCULD-BE "RESCUER LOST Rudolph Wolfe Who Elected to Walk Across Ice Sacrifices Life Trying to Save Others ALEXANDER, Minn., Jan. 9. Six persons were drowned when the the automobile in which they were riding broke through the ice of Lake Andrews, six miles southwest of Alexandria last night. Five of the dead are Mrs. Pearl Glade and her two small children, and Mrs. Roio Glade and her child who were passengers in the machine. Rudolph Wolfe, a member of the parly who had been eletced to walk across the ice, was drowned in at tempting to rescue those stricken. SWIG VEH 650 LBS. Fine Hcg Slaughtered Monday Yields Unusual Quantity High Class Meat Along with other progressive Sumter county farmers, N. M. Ed wards, of Americus, was busy Mon day killing hogs and packing away meat for farm and home use during the spring and summer months. Among other hogs slaughtered by Mr. Edwards was one excellent spec imen 2 years old which yielded a to tal of 650 pounds, being one of the finest killed in this community, s > far as reports reaching- Americus indicate. - di The hog was a purebred Duroc of the stock owned by C. C. Haw :<in - & Son, and according to Mr. Fidwards the meat yielded exempli fi d most interestingly the advan tage to- be secured through raising purebred stock exclu ively. jOthcr hogs slaughtered at the same time and which had been fed on the same rations, viz home raised corn and roughagge, yielded proportionately largo quantities of moat. NEWOFFERSAREIW. FOR WAR BUILT PLANT TO MAKE FERTILIZERS Proposal Would Leave Owner ship Vested in Government at End of Long Lease OFFER 1 MILLION RENTAL Hydro-Electric Plant Sought by Ford Now Wanted by Exist ing Power Concerns WASHINGTON, Jan. 9.—A now offer to the government for hydro electric power of Muscle Shoals pro viding for the manufacture of fer tilizer has been tendered by nine as sociated power companies of the south. The language of the proposal de scribes it as one that would enable the government to collect during a fifty-year period $100,009,000 :n rental and still retain ownership of the properties. MjfGTo IWimi THM Sycamore Man Chosen By Trus tees to Fill Position in Sumter Rural School Fros. W. A. Gamble, has been elected by the trustees of Hunting ton school, to be principal there, ac cording to an announcedment auth orized here this morning by Col. J. E. D. Shipp, chairman of the county school boajrd. Prof. Gamble, Col. Shipp states, is an educator of ex perience and discretion, who comes to Sumter’s schools well recommend ed and with a reputation as a suc cessful teacher, who is expected to become permanently associated with the county’s school organiza tion. MBS. HOWII. [Lffl PFRENTJf MPTER Atnericus Daughters of Revolu tion Name Mrs C. M. Coun cil Delegate to Convention Delegates to Represent the Amer icus Council of Safety Chapter, Daughters of the American Revol ution, at the state convention to meet in Savannah and the Continen tal Congress convening at Washing ton, D. C., in the early spring, were elected Tuesday morning at a meet ing of the chapter in the home oi Mrs. T. B. Hooks, on Lee street. These named were Mrs. Charles M. Council, delegate with alterna tives chosen Mrs. Howell B. Sim mions, Mrs. Charles H. Burke, Mrs. E. B. Everett, Mrs. Hollis Fort, Mrs. Lawson Stapleton, Mrs. A. G. Dun can, Mrs. D. R. Andrews, Mrs. James A. Hixon and Mrs. J. E. Hightower, Mrs. Heys MeMath. Mrs. Howell Elam was automatic ally elected regent and will rep resent the chapter in that capacity throughout the ensuing year. A pleasing Colonial’ program was rendered in which Miss Josephine Simmons represented Nancy Hart and Miss Lucy Simmons portrayed the character of Hannah Clarke. Both were costumed in the attire of colonial women and impersonated the parts with splendid interpreta tion. Mrs. Walter Maynard sang the state song, ‘Georgia,” followed by a reading by Mrs. Everett entitled “To the New Year.” During the social hour Mrs. Hooks was assisted in serving sand wiches, tea and salted nuts by Mrs. James A. Hixon and Mrs. Henry B. .Allen, hostesses with her. • Mi- Ethel Guerry who has beer making her home in Richmond, Ya. for some time with her sister, Mrs. Madison McAfee, has arrived in Americus for a visit to her parents, Air. and Mrs. Barney Guerry. at their home on Lee street. U. S. WEB POWER WIKI HAS PLAN FOB O PROJECT Waters of Chattahoochee to Be Made to Furnish More Elec tric Energy At Columbus TO BUILD MAMMOTH DAM New Power Plant to Be Elected Within Short Distance of That City, It Is Stated COLUMBUS, Jan. Q, —Plans call ing for the construction of a mam moth dam and hydroelectric power plant involving the expenditure of $5,000,000 within a short distance from Columbus on the Chattahoo chee river, are in the hands of the federal water power commission at Washington it became known today. ILLINOIS SCHOOL DORMITOPIfS BH I Eighty Students at Culver-Stock ton College Escape Unharmed When Buildings Burn QUINCY, 111., Jan. 9.—-Two dor mitories of the Culver Stockton col lege at Canton, Mo., 18 miles north of here, were destroyed by fire ear ly today. Eighty students housed in the dormitories escaped. BAGWELLSOTHEB B HERE. Superintendent of Division Vis its Americus and Makes In spection of Property E. C. Bagwell, superintendent of ' the Alabama division of the Sea-| board Air Line, with headquarters I at Savannah, was in Americus Tues day, coming on an inspection trip' and while here going over the local properties of the Seaboard here. He was accompanied by his secretary i and other company officials. Mr. Bagwell, who came up from’ Savannah to spend a day in Ameri cus, was the guest of Seaboard of- j ficials while here, and after com pleting his work here returned last night to his home in Savannah. All of the terminals and otner Sea board property here was found to l be i" excellent shape, it is an-1 nounced. MCIIS HIGH ffILS STOMP® Game Will Be Staged Friday On Aggie Indoor Court, Begin ning at 3 O’Cclock Americus High school basket ball girls and the girls five of Plaine school will play a game here Friday afternoon, according to an an nouncement authorized today by Miss Harriet Rylander, business manager of the team. The game will be played on the indoor court at the Aggie "school here, and the girls say they will give Plains a hard fight for mastery, with every prospect of winning. The team to meet the Plains girls, which is coached by Miss Dorethy Cass, of the High school faculty, is composed of the following girls: Chloe Davenport, Capt.; and Massie Lane, forwards, with Alice Harrold suib; Fiances Shiver and Martha i Johnson, guards, with Elizabeth I Joiner and Josephoine Buchanan, 1.-übs; Harriet Rylander. center, with I Annie D. Hall, sub; and Marjorie I Cargill, wide center, with Katherine Harris, sub; There will be an adnns sion of 25c and 35c charged, the I money to be used in promotingath- Jletic activities at the high school. DR. BARKER’S ADDRESS TO 1000 MEN AND BOYS HERE I'Lotary Occasion m Rylander I heater Gives Speaker Closest Attention 1 hroughout Talk On Delicate and Important Subject By R. C. MORAN “The finest service ever rendered this community by Rotary or any I other organization,” "A temperance sermon compar lable in a measure with that of the Saviour on the mount.” I ‘A real exposition of 100 per cent -Americanism, untainted by any sus picion of personal profit.” “A talk worth thousands to ev ery boy and every man Who heard it, and one that will have its effect not only upon those present al the Rylander, but upon generations yet unborn.” i These are some of the comments I heard last night and this morning upon the lecture of Dr. Charles Barker here last night. Among 1 all the thousand or more iboys ;md men who heard the Rotary lecturer, I venture the assertion there, is not ■ one who failed to gain some bene- I fit from his attendance. It is a rare accomplishment that any person is able to hold the un interrupted attention of such a vast body of old men, young men and boys as that which heard Dr. Bark er’s talk under Rotary auspices last night. And yet, that is just what he did during exactly fifty-seven min i utes by my watch. | During a portion of the lecture 1 Avas seated beside two young Ameri cus boys, members of prominent families here. I "have known these boys during the ten or more years I have lived here in Americus and have observed their actions through out that period. And never in all my life have I seen either of them 1 behave as perfectly as during Dr. Barker’s lecture, nor have I seen either of them keep still during anything like the period they, sat there and drank in with interest ev ery word uttered by the speaker. iTH»C T EEN CONSTABULARY jMERfARE REPORTED KILLED MANILLA, Jan. 9. Thirteen members of the Philippine consta'b . uiary, including two officers, have ’ been killed by religious fanatics of WINBURN FUNERAL DATE PROBABLY WILL BE FRIDAY SAVANNAH, Jan. 9.—lfte body , of W. A. Winburn, president of the I I Central of Georgia railway who ' .died yesterday in Rochester, Minn., j will reach Savannah Thursday eve-i ning. I MUSH Plf! IS; SUSTMKD COURT I , Cctton Man to Escape Trial on ' Forgery Charge Under Decis ion of Judge Matthews. MACON. Jan. 9.—Superior Couitj Judge Matthews today sustained 1 (defense demurrer to charge of forg ery against Richard F. Willingham. This action does not affect 13 I Jther indictments against Willing iham, charging larceny after trust jgrowing out of failure of his large establishment. OAT CROP NEAR PAINS BELIEVED TO BE LOST 1). P. Allen, a well known farmer I living in Plains community, was a' visitor in Americus today, and while! 'here discussed the effects of recent weather on small grain crops in that, [vicinity. Oats he states, have been seriously damaged on his place, v. it'n , the crop there practically a complete ; loss, although rye, which is a hardier grain, has not been seriously affect ed. | While some farmers may replant j their oats, it is believed that the sea-1 json is now so far advanced as to I make uncertain that replanting is t:'| 'he general over any large area WEATHER For Georgia Partly cloudy and somewhat, warmer tonight; Thursday unsettled* followed by rain. PRICE FIVE CENTS These boys, it should be explained,, were no exception as regards the general conduct of the entire vast audience. There were scores of others within sight who evidenced ’their intense interest in Di. Harker’s address by giving his every word closest attention. And because of these circum stances 1 am led to express as my opinion that no part of the lecture fell upon deaf ears. There can be nc douibt of the truth that “the fin scst. service ever rendered this com munity by Rotary or any other or ganization” was given in bringing Dr. Barker here for his series of three lectures. I have not seen a man whose wife or daughter attended the woman’s meeting addressed by Dr. Barker during Tuesday morning who was not asked by her to hear Dr. Barker last night. The magnetism that centered about Dr. Barker lies in the solemn I truth of his every utterance. He is a convincing speaker, true enough, | but hard facts presented in such del ' icate manner as not to offend the most sensitive ear, is what attracts and holds his audience. And the high standard of clean living ex tolled during his talk carries with it i n appeal that cannot be denied.. Dr. Barker based his talk last night upon the assertion that “our boys and girls represent the first asset of this community,” and tak ing this truth as proven, he pro ceeded to tell fathers present of their duty toward their sons and the manner in which they should func tion in performing parental obliga tions. “It is not my affair,” said Dr. Bar ker, “whether you belong- to a church (Continued on Page Four.) Bucas Island, off the northeast oast of Mindano, according to ofF'- cit-.ls advices from Suriago in the province of Mindanao. i It is presumed the funeral will Itake place Friday. I Messages of condolence continue ito come from railroad oficials ana I prominent men throughout the coun itry. [GEORGIA GINK TO MI Ml BO Tote! Ginnings for Country to Date Are Given as 9,307,138 Running Bales WASHINGTON, Jan. 9.—Cotton (ginned to January 1. totalled 9,807,- 138, running bales, including 234,-' 723 round bales counted as half bales,, 18,639 of American-Egyp tion and 776 bales of Sen Island, the census bureau-announced today Georgia’s ginning totalled' •606,- '754 bales. I HIRAM GARDNER NAMED NEW COMMITTEEMAN | ATLANTA, January 9. Ap pointment of Hiram L. Gardner, of [Eatonton, former secretary of the IDemco/atic state exeetuive coni. I mittee, as a member of the com [ mittee at large, is announced to day by Mrs. Bessie Anderson, sec ; retary of the committee. Mrs. Alice Louise I.ytcM of (Thompson w. appointed to fill the (vacancy from the Tenth Georgia district. I
