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MARRIAGE PUNS NON FOLLOWED FAILURE Civilization Dependent, He Says Upon Building Up Some Sort of Human Pedigree MUST CHANGE SYSTEM Dr. Dight, Eminent Student of Eugenics. Says Civilization is On Brink of Ruin ST PAUL, Minn., January 15. — * (By NEA -Service.) —If civilization is to, survive, each city, county anil state should begin keeping records of family history: a sort of human ped igree where citi zens can obtain ac curate information on the past lives of their fellow men where per sons contemplating can se lect mates of ood stock and eli- DIGHT ruinate those with physical imper fections. This is the suggestion <5? Dr. Charles F. Dight of this city, one of the foremost students of eugen ics and heredity in America, who declares our civilization is poised on the brink of an oblivion as ut ter as was the downfall of Babylon. To avert/ruin, Dr.. Dight believes the present system of marriage mak ing will have to be changed. “The United States is becoming populated at an alarming rate with socially unfit, including- epileptics hoplessly insane, mentally subnor mal and feeble-minded beings,” de clares Dr. Dight. The character of man, he con tends, is determined largely by heredity, and no environment wii materially alter human behavior. Superman Possible. "Idiots,” he asserts, ‘cannot be transformed into intelligent human beings; nor will brains, only partly complete, rise above the limits ' placed upon them by heredity. ‘‘As scientific selection and breed ing of plants have produced super plants, so can the wise propagation of human beings ultimately result in the superman, a race of human thoroughbreds. “Psychologists have determined that the average mental age of citi zens of the United States is about 13 or 14 years and that only four and one half per cent of the people are exceptionally intelligent. “It is not only impossible to' de velop a high civilization with poor human stock, but an excess of such humans will result ir; the decay of the highest civilization that exists. Although it will be a gigantic task to alter the average human nature, we can safely say that with a wise application of modern eugenics we could make over the human race in 100 years transforming it into a race of mighty intellect and physical giants.” Building New Race. These are the means by which this change could be brought about, ac cording to Dr. Dight. 1— Education of all the people on the inheritability of traits and the consequent development of higher and more intelligent ideals of mar riage. 2 Segregation of defectives. 3 Marriage laws consonant with the principles of eugenics. 4 Sterilization, of hopeless de fectives. “The permanent betterment of the human race through the use of eugenic measures,” says Dr. Dight ‘is certainly possible, and we may be saved from the fate fvhich has be fallen past civilization.” MfiiiMT ■B TO FIX MTt Chairmen Davenport Will Pre sent Primary Matter for- Ac tion at That Time The Democratic executive com mittee of Sumter county will be called today to meet next Monday at noon to consider the calling of a county primary, according to an authorized announcement this morn ing by Chairman James A. Daven port. The meeting will be held in the office of Cant. Cobb, ordinary of Sumter county, and ev ery committeeman will be advised by mail of the date and hour of the meeting. As this is to an important meet ing, it is expected that every mem ber of the committee will be pres ent. Members who have expressed themselves concerning the date to be fixed for the coming primary up to noon today, apparently favor some date about March 12, this be ing regarded as sufficiently distant to permit the asking of a thorough canvass. Qualification fees for candidates and registration re quirements for voters will also be fixed at the meeting to be held Monday. Two judges in Kearny, N. J., had a fist fight, so we suggest the judges sentence each other* FORTY-SIXTH YEAR—NO. 13. COTTON PRICES SOAR $3.00 A BALE Divorce Scandal Brings Statement From Author’s Hubby —"1 F- W : ’ i SANDERSON TO BRING ACTION AGAINST FAIR NOVELIST IN DEHORN Decree Granted Nina Wilcox Putnam Sanderson and Later Vacated Stirs Family HUBBY MAKES STATEMENT Announces He Has Instructed Attorneys to Determine if Grounds Exist for Divorce NEW YORK, Jan. 15.—Robert J. Sanderson, husband of Nina Wilcox Putman Sanderson, the novelist, whose decree of divorce obtained in Rhode Island courts was recently vacated, in a formal statement to day said he had instructed his at torneys to begin investigation to determine whether grounds iexjst on which “I should bring action for divorce against my wife.” SHOALS QKTI m aim House Military Committee Spends 2 Hours in Hearing Adjourned Til! Tuesday WASHINGTON, Jan. 15.—Dis cussion of the Muscle Shoals ques tion was opened today by the house military committee when after two house hearing put further consid eration over until Thursday. Considerable discussion centered over the method of proceedure. ns dHttrn SI IMIED M'« Full Day of-Argument Ahead in Injunction Proceedings Before Fulton Superior Court ATLANTA, Jan. 15.—Another day of argument was seen in Ful ton county superior court beforo any decision could be expected in the tobacco tax litigation. JOHN LINCOLN RELEASED AFTER BRIEF QUESTIONING •AURORO, 111., Jan. 15. John Lincoln, 20-yeai‘ old son of Warren Lincoln, lawyer and horticulturist who confessed to having killed his wife and cremating her body with that of her brother, Bryon Shoup, a year ago, was released today after a brief informal <iuestioning. The youth was unable to give au thorities any information not con tained in his father’s confession. HOG SALE HERE NEXT FRIDAY, MARSHALL SAYS i There will be a co-operativp hog •sale at the Americus pens next Fri ; day, according to announcement ’ made this morning by George O. | Marshall, county farm demonstra tion agent. At this sale it expected ■ there will be approximately two cars offered, and information possessed by the county agent is to the effect that some exceptionally fine hogs are to be among the offerings, i Marshall will act as grader during I the sale, and buyers w ill be here from at least three packing plants. MRS. HARROLD TO BE GUEST ON ‘LEE DAY’ Mrs. Frank P. Harrold, president general of the United Daughters of i the Confederacy, will leave Anieri jeus tonight to go to Lynchburg, Va., where she will visit as a guest of the president of the Virginia divi sion of the Daughters’ organiza tion. 'The division will be in session at Lynchburg when Mrs. Harrold arrives there, and she will have a place on the program there. Later she will go to Washington and Lee University at Lexington and on Lee . Day she will be a guest of RichJ j mond chapter, U. D. during the • exercises to be hold in the historic capita] of the Confederacy on that 1 day. ■Y<?UPUBUSHED IN THE . o o o o C- Notice I oday'Tjn page 6 we are publishing the full and com plete list of exercises recom mended by Dr. Charles E. Barker in his lectures here last week, for. both men and women. A larg;e number of our readers have requested that we publish these. They were requested of Dr. Barker, who gladly gav e us the com plete text of the exercises Mid suggestions. BIG M BP FfEG TO 81 W SOON DKW ST IT E Dr. Andrew M. Soule Extended Invitation to Be Chief Speaker at Banquet Here TO DRAFT PROGRAM E. B. Everett and Ralston Car gill Named by President Eve to Prepare Activities The annual membership dinner ol the members of the Chamber of Commerce will bo held in the next two weeks, the definite date to be announced in a day or two, the directors announced Tuesday after the regular monthly meet ing. Present were Directors John Shi ver, E. B. Everett, J. C. Clark, W. A. Joyner, Frank Lanier, Ralston Cargill, J. T. Warren, Lovelace Eve. Dr. Andrew M. Soule has been invited to address the dinner and the community orchestra will be in vited to dine with the members and furnish music. ' President Lovelace Eve appoint ed E. B. Everett and Ralston Car gill to draft a program for next year which will be submitted to the membership for adoption and as a guide to the new offices. Immediately afte the membership dinner, the election of 'directors I for the ensuing year will be held. I Treasurer Cleve Tillman submit- I ted a report of the treasurer. It j was shown that a vast majority of j the membership had paid their dues ■ in full. Those who had not are I being seen by members of the board j today and tomorrow in an effort to eonyilctely wind up the year before the membership dinner, when a de tailed financial report will be made to the membership by Treasurer Tillman, showing dues paid and un paid, and a comple’te recapitula tion of the finances of the board. “The Chamber of Commerce has ; more than justified its existence | this year,” President Lovelace Eve I said to the directors. “Each of you I have devoted a great deal of your time and effort to the' welfare of the community and worthwhile re sults have been secured. For this, ' the membership, the secretary and j myself are under deep obligations I to you. “We have reduced to some ex tent the overhead of the board, giv ing- us money to be expended in | other endeavors. We have paid all' bills when due. We owe no money to any one. We have a small bal-i ance in bank and some money still I due us from dues. Financially the : board is in good shape. i “Putting over the malarial cam-! i paign, to my mind, is the most im- ! portant' result of the year. This has been accomplished and ther e is today in the county a health board with a splendid man in charge, Dr. J. W. Payne, and an assistant. "We have carried to the flnan-j ciers and men of the East' the splendid opportunity existing in I the purchase of Souther Field. This, | i believe will bring results in due I j t ime. The expense of this has been [ (Continued on Page Five.) SHERIFF GALLIGHAN ASKS TROOPS BE RECALLED I MARION, HI., Jan. 15. Sheriff Galligan today requested Governor Small to recall troops from William . son county. i Everything in the county was quiet today following eight dry raids made by Sheriff Galligan yesterday, unaided by citizens, al i though he mid he had requested aid. AMERICUS, GEORGIA. TUESDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 15, 1924 - o RUSSIAN CZARALIVE FIN JAPAN, SAYS AGED FRIEND OF ROMANOFF She,Says He!s SayJfcfePgatt. •• ' • wl RY W 1 R w, " *'' ,1 I ' M Y. : IKmks. mV**- ;S M jflflg. .• r* I ft S M|K < i I i WWfcWy is fl Jwr -- jEbfe J MK ts. 1 ? *"""•■ 1— tn © Eugenia Gacvesky (left) an d Ex-Czar Nicholas Romanos WEATHER For Georsla- Rain late- tonight Wednesday; warmer. W IHTHIL fflT IS. MBCMTOOIfI Beginning of Public Hearings on Sugar Duties Revealed Differ ences Between Members GLASSIE IS CHALLENGED Culbertson, Costigan and Lewis Join to Prevent His Partici pation in Probe WASHINGTON, Jan. 15.—In ternal sight 1 of the tariff commis sion came out into the open at the beginning today of police hearings on sugar duties. Three members, Vice-Chairman Culbertson and Commissioners Costigan and Lewis, challenged par ticipation by Commissioner Glassie in dispositions of the questions in volved. LAWYERS COMMITTEE TO W OUT SrSTEI The Sumter County Bai’ associa | tioir, at a meeting called by Presi dent W. T. Lane, has just adopted a resolution to work out a systemat jic plan for the study of the consti utio nos Georgia and of the Unit ed States in Sumter’s rural schools, and a committee was nam ed to determine details of the plan. This committee is composed of W. P. Wallis, John Allen Fort and R. L. Maynard, and they are now at work in an effort to solve the prob lem. The report to be submitted [by this committee probably will be I made the recommendation of the i bar association and later presented to the county school board, it was i stated this morning. According to one lawyer who is [interested in getting the students, I started right in their analysis of the basis law of the state and nation, [ it is planned to have the two con stitutions first divided among sev eral members of the bar for study and then presented to the several [student bodies, the idea being to ' have each speaker take up where I the other left Off, with every clause !in the constitutions fullv covered [during February. What disposition | will be made of the lawyers’ plan, ■ ;Of course, is a matter to be decid led entirely by the school board, o o BUREAU REPORT SENDS COTTON PRICES UP 60 TO 70 POINTS TODAY WASHINGTON, Jan. 15.—Cot ton consumed during--December to talled 4G1.560 bales of lint and 40,- 92 of linters, the census bureau an nounced today. PRICES GO SKYWARD ON EXCHANGE NEW YORK, Jan. 15.—-Cotton KLAN IS BIG ISSUE IN LOUISIANA'S PRIMARY NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 15. Louisiana Democrats are going to the polls today to select candidates of all states and parish offices and FIFTY KILLED AND MANY WOUNDED SN NEW QUAKE TOKIO, Jan. 15.—Fifty persons are believed to have been killed in Tokio, Yokohama and outside dis- KING’S SPEECH REFERS TO TARIFF REJECTION LONDON. Jan. 15. The king’s ~ci:ch fro- the throne, which w<.s read by King George at a formal opening of parliament in the House of Lords today, referred to the re jection of tariff protection by the county and indicated that the got rnrnent had abandoned such policy. IODOO WORKERS IH COBB ORGANIZE CLUB Judge Newt Morris Named Pres ident at Marietta, With Cor don Gann, Secretary MARIETTA, Ga., Jan. 15.—The Cobb County Wiinam G. McAdoo club was organized Monday with election of Judge Newt Morris as president and Gordon B. Gann, mayor of Marietta, as secretary, and plans launched 'to bring the presidential candidate here for an address. Resolutions provided that the president and secretary appoint one vice president from each of the 18 militia districts' of the countv, and an advisory committee of 36 members, two from each malitia dis trict, one-half of this .committee to be composed of women. These ap pointments will be made at an early date. o o o o o j advanced 60 to 75 points in the lo cal market here today on the publi cation of the census bureau re ports, March contracts advanced 34.25 compared with 33.25 the low level reached yesterday. the legislature. Interest in the campaign has cen tered about the race for the gub (Continued On T-age Three) tricts in today’s earthquake, while many persons were injured. No casualties among foreigners have been reported. ; LABOR PARTY DEMAND VOTE. LONDON, Jan. 15.—Parliamen tary labor party today decided to ■ bring up the question of confidence ; in the Baldwin government for de- ■ cision during the debate on the re | ply to the speech from the throne. gig ram bank YEGGS ROB AAFE IN MACON MACON, Jan. 15. Approxi from a safe in the main office of the Gulf Refining Company here recently by Yeggmen who entered the office through a side window, rolled the safe into the main ware house and blew it open. Amaricus dotton' ' T ' Strictly middling 33 1-4 cents I PC Open High Low Close | Jan. .•13.30 M3.50!»8.®&i33.3'5133.85 I Mars 33.50 33.75 t 34.25i33.60i34.21 . May 33.65!33.97|34.45i38.77i34.« ‘ July 32.65 33.10133.38|32.77j33.35 I Oct. 27.67 28.10|28.68i27.94j28.60 j PRICE FIVE CENTS* iIITTLE FATHER’ NCI iW HIOCEN life; E GAEVESKY Garden Walls and Thick Fcli asred Trees Used as Camou flage by Fanner Relet TITIANA ALSO ESCAPED Qroup of Imperialists Dressed as Peasants Credited With Res cue cf Imprisoned Czar By A. H. FREDERICK NEA Service Writer SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 15. —- Nicholas, czar <vf all the Russians, is alive—a prisoner in Japan of his own desire. | ' Intrenched behind garden walls and thick-foliaged trees—using a protective camouflage the modesty of the house he has selected—the former ruler has found refuge in the orient. i From Madame Eugenia Gacves ky, little old white-haired lady, who makes her Jiving here teaching lan guages and acting interpreter to her fellow Russians, comes this report. ! Ker affirmative story has eaus '< d a ripple in international circles, 'and temporarily set aside sinister tales of butchery of the Romanos royal family in the prison castle of Ekaterinburg, July 17, 1918. Likewise it follows close on the heels of a counter narrative, sup posedly issued by the Bolshevik government, to the effect that Nicholas is not only dead but his severed head is now a‘ curiosity, pre served in alcohol, in a. Russian mu- Iseum. But such accounts have not shaken Madame Gaevesky’s faith. , Once an intimate of those mov ing in the inner circles of Russian society, and knowing well the no- Jhility whose names were synony mous with the power of the old re gime, she persists inUielief of her story. “It is indeed true,” she stoutly (Continued on Page Two.) 6AHMED BANDITS GET SGG.m in BANK BUD West End Trust and Savings Bank at St. Louis is Scene of Daring Daylight Hold-Up ST. LOUIS, Jan. 15i—Six men, armed with revolvers, entered the West End Trust & Savings Bank here today, and after firing sever al shots to intimidate the emproyers, escaped with $26,000 in cash. AMERICAN CHARGE TO PROTEST TO OBREGON ' Summerlin to Inquire Concern ing Stringent Cable Regula tions at Vera Cruz WASHIGTON, Jan. 15.—George T. Summerlin, American charge of ■ affairs at Mexico City, has been j nstructcd to open negotiations with the Obregon government with ref ' erence to an order preventing the sending of any but diplomatic com- ■ munications to the United State;:, via the Vea Cruz-Galveston cable. I MANNY WILLIAMS, NEGRO DESERTER. CAUGHT HERE Manyy Williams, a negro desert er from Fort Benning, was arrested here Monday and carried to the com manding office thee by Chief Bagg Monday afternoon. Williams was [found loitering about Americus and identified by an arresting officer. At first the negro denied being a deserted, but later confessed and was readily recognized by military I authorities at Fort Benning. In ad dition to being a deserter, Williams [also faces other charges brought I against him by his military superiors it is said. •
