About Americus times-recorder. (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 10, 1924)
Americus Spot Cotton Strictly middling 33 1-2 cents PC. Open High Low Close •Jan . 34.48 34.45 34.63 3,4..’>2 34.52 Mar. . 34.74 34.72 34.94 34.38 34.38 May ..34.92 34.99 35.08 34.52 34.52 July ..33J80 33.88 33.98 33.42 33.42 Oct. 28.40 28.42 28.55 28.17.28.17 Forty-sixth year—no. 9 ' INSANE EX-SERVICE MAN MURDERS FELLOW PATIENT OO OOO'OOOOO 000 0-0 000 0 000 COUNTY PRIMARY LIKELY EARLY IN MARCH 9 o O O O O 0-0 O O O 0,0 O o'o tf r O O O O O BA\ AII I I SEP I LB ’ IS KII LED I FANATIC 143 DIVORCES FOUR DAYS IN RHODE ISLAND DIVORCE MILL tCMOIL COmilEO WITH FIjTKIS BESTS 111 fflSl Stage and Screen Stars Find New Reno Where Marital Yokes Easily Discarded 161 DECREES IN 4 DAYS Gov. Flynn, Alarmed, to Rec ommend. Bill Designed to De crease Number of Divorces By ALEXANDER HERMAN PROVIDENCE, R. 1., Jan. 10.— Rhode Island, small as it is, seems ready to 'back any state off the map as the divorce seekers’ paradise, 1 It has already established itself ’ indisputably as the Reno of the I East. And now it is attracting a large number of western stage and film folk, bent on an easy divorce. Minta Durfee, wife of “Fatty” [ Arbuckle, got her divorce here re-' cently. So did Mrs. Lowell Sher man, wife of the stage and screen star. Pearl White is reported to have established residence here. Although her representatives say she is now I in Paris. In the first four days of the new’ session of the Superior Court, 161 petitions for divorce were heard, of which 143 were granted immediate ly and 18 were held up for later decision! , Among the latter was the casd of Nina Wilcox Putnam, noted au thor whose petition for divorce from Robert J. Sanborn, was first grant ed, and then vacated, when charges were made that she hadn’t been a resident of the the state for the re quired two years. Di v orce Easy. It was the spotlight of publicity thrown on this case that is now throwing a new light on the evils of the easy Rhode Island divorce. For in this state the grounds of divorce' are many, ranging from the ' usual statutory offense to neglect' and refusal to support for a year. ! And all that is required for start ing an action is a residence in the state of two years. Under the deposition plan, by which the petitioner merely swears to hia charges in the private offices of a Master Chancery, it is possible to get a divorce decree without the principals ever going near the court that grants it! ' It is the ease with which this is done that has led to the formation of a Divorce Ring, lawyers, juiists and legislators believe that is mak ing big money in getting these easy divorces. Nothing has been proved again t this ring yet. But its activities are being investigated. Governor Acts. A bill to cut down the use < f de positions in divorce cases is being prepared for enactment by the leg islature. It is recommended by Gov. Flynn. “If the legislatue adopts the rec ommendations which I made,’’ says the governor, "it will check the j misuse of Rhode Island courts -is I an instrument for securing divorce.’' And legislators of both parties! agree with him. The operations of this ring are I said to be nation-wide. “It works simply,” an investiga-! tor explained. “Through its New: York connection, or some other, the' group gets its clients to come to i this state. “Then after the residence require-! ments is fulfilled the case is filed in' court, and an order obtained for the J taking of the testimony by a Master I in Chancery. "There are some 50 of these i.i! the state, and the lawyer has the; privilege of going to the one he i chooses. ‘This master, v acting for the > court, takes the testimony of the' (petitioner and the two witnesses in ; his own office. The master does (Continued on Page Two.) i r —• THE™ES*fStCORDER PUBL.I SHED In HEAR pTX I ■ ■ ■— ——— '■ . ■ - -I Prominent Women Figures in Recent Divorces i J 0* M" ll ’ w-« SSk ■ t -a ir y 1 u .Jo Above, Minta Durfee, who se- I cured divorce from “Fatty’’ Ar buckle in Rhode ls*ana. In center, Nina Wilcox Put- I nam noted author, whose divorce ( petition is pending. Right, Pearl Whita film star, { who is reported to have establish- , I cd esider.ee in Rhode Island. TO E Fim VoaiO bi mim taupmic ■ Asheville Veterans Hospital is Scene of Slaying By Insane Ex- Service Man ROBERT MOORE IS SLAYER Killer Is Reputed Member of Wealthy Chicago Family and Was Undergoing Treatment 'ASHEVILLE, N. C., Jan. 10. Michael Taylor, 28, formerly cap tain in the United States army amt and attorney of Richmond was fa tally wounded nt. the Highland hos pital last night by another patient, officials of the hospital announced today. He died two hours later. i The slaying was done by Robert Moore, reputed member of weal thy Chicago family. Both men were undergoing treatment for men h tai disorders. i, ABSENCE OF DAUGHERTY ' OFFICER ALARMS FRIENDS ALBAUY, Jun. 10. Friends here of William E. Smith ordinary! of Dougherty county, are greatly; concerned over his strange absence from his post for more than three months. No word has been heard from i him by his. family or friends sor 1 more than two months, they say. >1 His wife last received a O tter from 11 |him in Savannah. (SOUTHERN CATTLEMEN TO MEET AT BAINBRIDGE I AI.ANTA, January 10. —Cattle-’ 1 [men hei e and throughout the South ! ( ! reports received here state, are; (taking unusual interest in the forth-j [coming annual meeting of the] [Southern Cattlemen'.-. association, . I which will be held at Bain'bridge, 'February 5 and 6. I Details of the program have not ; i been announced, but one of thej [big features, it is stated, will be two blooded cattle sales during the jmeeting of Guernsey and Jersey, (cattle owners. The association will |be entertained by the town of | I Bainbridge with both a barbecue | and a banquet. Atlanta cattlemen said today I 'that they anticipate one of the' i most largely attended meeting ofi' Ithe association in several years, j \ViI.RiCUS. GEORGI.-\?iHL’RSD..\>' ,\ITERNOON. JANUARY 10, 1924 BOAftO ADVISED BOOK PRICES TO GO HIGHER Publishers Will Advance Prices.' tc Affect School Books Used During Next Year School books used in Americus schools as well as elsewhere through-; out Georgia, will be advanced effec tive with the beginning of the new , school year next September. This became known here today, 1 when it was disclosed that M. L. | Brittain, state school commissioner; Ihad advised President \V. W. Dyk-. : ! and other members of the school 1 board here Ho that effect. In con nection with the announcement ofi; pending increase in the piice of school books, it is said, a number of| STILL ANOTHER OFFER SS MADE FOR SHOALS WASHINGTON, January 10.—Secretary Weeks said today he has received still another proposal for disposition of th P Muscle Shoals project. Details of the new plan have not been disclosed, but it contem plates the manufacture of nitrates for fertilizer. winburF'funeral train ~ DRAPED IN FULL MOURNING i Columbus, Ga., Jan. 10.—The fun p eral train bearing tne body of Presi- ’ [dent W. A. Win'burn, of the Central' iof Georgia railroad, arrived here th'sl I morning. It was met. by high officials-of the i road who came here in a speci -,1 L CONTINUE SEARCH AFTER FLORIDA OUTLAW BAND WEST PALM BEACH, Jan. 10. i Determined search for loose mem-! bers of the Mobley Ashley outlaw band continued unabated today. Members of the sheriff’s posse | who al! night in a driving rain prowled through swamps and rush oi the eveigiaGes, were relieved by! GEN. DANGLIA ASKED TO 1 FORM NEW CABINET ATLENS, January 10. -General ' Danglia, chairman of the Venizel ist part, has been asked by the re gent to form a cabinet. JUSTICE CARTER ILL; COURT DATE PUT OFF Justice of The Peace J. N. Carter, j i whose regular court term is sche-; I duled to begin Friday, it was an-! nounced at the'courthouse today, 'is ill at his home on Horne street, [because of thi opening of the terrn ( I has been postponed indefinitely. [depositories here and elsewhere have i been requested to return certain [titles now held by them and as yet [ unsold. The increase in certain instances | lit is Relieved, will approximate 100 1 per cent, although such radical in creases are expected to apply only [to those books now selling retail al I 25 cents and under. In connection with the pending [advance in price it became known i today that the Americus school [board has requested Superintendent; [J. E. Mathis to prepare a list of I I those books heretofore adopted for| I (Continued on Page Six,) i train, the cars and engine of which were draped in mourning. After brief services here another special tain started with the body for Savannah. All moving equipment on the Central draped in mourning in hon or of the dead executive. I fresh squads this moning. They !are still seeking two leaders of the band, John Ashlev and Albert Mil ler. One of the band is dead, one dep uty sheriff dead, with Wesley and six women in jail. Two babies are 'also confined in the jail with the i women. [YOUNG STRIBLING TO TRAIN AT MIAMI, FLA. MIAMI, Fla., January 10. As lan outgrowth of the recent bar |ring of his son from the Lanier Hi ehool, in Macon, Ga.. Pa Stribling [announced today that in future [training quarters for his son, Young Stribling, pugilist, would be located here. Mr. Stribling said ihe would arrange for private les sons for the scrapper. BRITISH SUBMARINE L-24 IS LOST IN COLLISION • LONDON, Jan. 10.—An admir alty message says the British sub i marine L-24 has been lost off Port land in u collision. imm WILL CftLL HEETIKG OF WEE SOON Suggestions Are Advanced As to Most Suitable Date for Holding Election in Sumter WANTS TO HEAR VIEWS Candidates and Others Interest ed to Be Consulted Before Primary Is Ordered Politics began warming up here today with the announcement that J. A. Davenport, chairman of the county Democratic committee is en ! gaged in sounding out prospective candidates and others as to a suit able date for holding Sumter’s pri mary. The county committee, Mi'. Davenport stated this morning, will be called together at an early date to consider the matter of calling a' primary and seclecting a date for | same. i T have recently been approached !by several persons, a number of these prospective candidates for county offices, and now have under consideration the advisability of call j ing the executive committee togeth ier to decide this important matter. I The formal call for this committee I meeting probably will ibe issued dur ing the first part of next week, but | upon this point 1 am as yet unde cided, and wish to consult with oth er members of the committee be fore calling the body together. “In fixing a date for the coming i primary, I am of the opinion that l due consideration should he given (every interested person, with provi sions made for permitting candi dates to get about the county and see the voters and discuss issues i with them. It has been suggested by some one that the date of the county primary be fixed to co-in cide with the statewide primary and this suggestion, along with others is Ito be considered by the committeee. J Other suggestions have also been 1 made to me and it is my purpose to i lay all of these before the com- Imittee members when they are call ed together.’’ Others who are discussing the I coming primary are anxious to have Ithe date fixed for some time during (the second week in March, with the ' j time intervening devoted to the usual campaign activities. These persons point out that just at this time farmers are not especially busy in their fields, and that with the ending of the present City I Court session, officeholders at the courthouse who will be candidates I will have opportunity to get about ’ the county freely and consult with .the voters. It is assetted in this i connection that Superior court as sembles here during May, which ■ fact would require the presence of jCourt officers and others in Ameri cus, while at the same time farmers J would be engaged in field opera tions of a most urgent character. Wth the announcement of the ' I date of the primary it is expected I there will be a number of immediate announcements with others antlci ■ pated within a brief time after the ’campaign begins. , MELON DISTRIBUTORS’ MEETING IS POSTPONED I TIFTON, Jan. 10. Announce i is made that the meeting of the Mel lon Distributors Association, which : ,is to be held in Tifton has heed ! postponed to February 29 and March 1, on account of numerous 'other conventions being held this | montlfi Much interest is felt in the meet ling throughout this section and a (large attendance is expected aS distributors from all over the coun try will be present. SUB-COMMITTEE WILL HOLD PUBLIC HEARINGS WASHINGTON, Jan. 10. -Tile sub-committee of the senate foreign relations cofmittee will hold public .hearings upon the proposal of Sena- II tor Borah, republican fom Idaho, ■' urging recognition of the soviet • government of Russia. A resolution to this effect was adopted today. | High Flyer —MI < < ■ J t < ' f 4 3 BS M -- if al 1 i 111 111 I ■»" Lieutesant H. R. Bowes of the State College of Pennsylvania won the Navy “E“ for proficiency in bombing. The thing he’s potting so affectionately is filled with high ex plosive. But Bowes doesn’t seem disturbed. kuh ira omni PUCE EEIG HEID n IWM ILLIHOiS Nine Hours Continuous Confer ence Ends in Agreement Be tween Contending Forces ADJT.GEN. BLACK PRESENT Removal of Troops Now in Ear-| ly Prospect As Result of Ac- i tion Taken By Gathering MARION. 11!., Jan. 10.—Removal of troops from Marion was in pros- 1 ■p ct hero early today when a peace 1 'meeting held in the hotel room of Adjutant General Black broke up, .and representatives of the Ku Klux Klan element left for home after • almost nine hours of continuous! conference. .WAYCROSS MINISTERS HEADED BY DR. RICH! WAYCROSS, Jan. 10» -Dr. W. H. Rich, pastor of the First Baptist hurch of this city was elected pres-' i lent of the Waycross Ministerial association at a meeting held Mon-, day at the Railroad Y. M. C. A. ueceeding the Rev. E. W. Halleck, ector of Grace Episcopal church. Rev. W. N. Smith, of Hebardville , Methodist church was elected see-i retary of. the association. It was decided by the associa-j tion to hold an evangelistic meeting n the spring, subject to the approv al of the Business Men’s Evange listic clulb . MELON PESTS KILLED BY RECENT FREEZE VALDOSTA, Jan 10—One of the’ happy results of the cold wave. as. an offset to the bad effects, ic that ti will kill the disease that ruined j water melons, cantaloupes and oats the past two or three years. j Blight in cantaloupes and melons; was caused by a tiny bug that fails| an easy victim to freezing weather ; according to Entomologist Gaddis,; who has spent much time in study-! ing such pests. He says that the mild winters of the past few years’ have allowed the pest to increase' in numbers and scope, and that if it had not been for the low tempera ture of the past few days the bugs would have become more numerous this year. Mrs. John Sheffield and Miss[ Elizabeth Sheffield will return from Atlanta tonight where they have been the guest of Mrs. W. E. Ht.w kins for several days. J III. ».W. l |lll!.lll WEATHER For Georgia —!■ Rain tonight and probably Friday morning followed bv clearing and somewhat colder Friday, J PRICE FIVE CENTS MSB BULLET ENDS IMEffi HERE WiniTSPflßl Separatist Leader in Palatinate Autonomous Government Is I Shot Down Last Night 5 KILLED DURING RIOTS Collisions Between Separatists and Police Later Result in Death of Five Others SPEYER Bavarian Palatinate Jan. 10.—Herr Herintz, separatist leader president f the autonomous government of the Palatinate, was assassinated here last night. Later five persons were killed in collisions between the separatists whose headquarters are here and the police of the city. (MlOGf MOVES SHIP BOM inion Government’s Merchant Fleet to- Be Placed in Hands of Emerg ency Fleet Corporation WASHINGTON, Jan. 10.—Presi dent Coolidge today gave final-ap proval to the shipping board reso lutions, placing the operation of the government’s merchant fleet into the hands z of the emergency fleet corporation. He made his approval however, contingent upon the board's co-opeation. LUMPKIN BANK ELECTS NEW OFFICERS LUMPKIN, Jan. 10. —At a meet ing of the stockholders of The Na tional Bank of Lumpkin, held in of fice of the bank'here, the follow ing directors were elected: I). G. Bland, E. L. Harvey, J. S. Morton, (). W. Patterson, T. T. James, E. A. .Morton, and J. W. Andrews. These directors held a meeting immediately after adjournment of the stockholders meeting and elect ed the following officers: J. S. Mor ton, president; D. G. Bland, vice president; E. L. Harvey second vice president; H. J. Pcagler cashier, and (). W. Patterson, assistant cashier. I Although this bank has been in operation only fifteen months, yet a nice surplus has been accumulat- I ed, and directors declared a senii- J annual dividend which will be pay table within a few days. * This bank has made a splendid rec * ord; and is taking the initiative in encouraging diversified farming, -that being the plan which good business people here approve, and is expected to be of benefit to the farmers, as well as the» banks. USE DYNAMITE TO EXCAVATE AT DAWSON * DAWSON, Jan. 10.—Encounter- Hug unexpectedly hard soil, excava tors working upon the new govern ment building site have been forc ed to resort to dynamite. The hard soil was struck only a few inches from the surface. So tough is the earth that the sides of the trenches , were cut with an axe. I The din is being spread upon the streets. Approximately seven hun dred cubic yards of the earth is be ing removed to make room for the basement, which will house furiuce I fuel and supply rooms. 'TIFT POUTRYMEN AT A. & M SCHOOL . TIFTON, Jan. 10. The South (Georgia Hatchery anl Poultry Ass ociation met here at the Second iDistrict A. & M. school, the guests lof the Tift County Poultry Asso ciation. The morning session was devoted to getting acquainted and to addresses on hatchery problems and different' problems confronting the poultry raisers. Those making addresses were Mr. J. E. Turner, of Fitzgerald; W. C. McCoy, of the i State College of Agriculture; W. L. Duggan, vocational agent of the 'Ashburn High School; C. W. Broeg ]and S. L. Lewis of Tifton,
