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COMMITTEEMEN GATHER'
FOR ATLANTA MEETING
ATLANTA, Jan. 18.—Members
of the state democratic" executive
committee' are beginning to gather'
in Atlanta for the meeting of that
body which has been called by
Chairman Ed Maddox for Saturday
morning at the Ansley hotel. The
meeting is for the purpose of set
ting a date for the presidential pri
mary in the slate, making rules fox
that primary and for other purposes
in that connection.
TOOMBS VOTERS TO
DECIDE FEBRUARY 13
LIONS, Ga., Jan. 18 Sixteen
candidates have announced •for in
the Toombs county primary Feb
ruary 13. They are: For sheriff,
C. W» Culpepper, the present in
cumbent, E. H. New; J. W. Crosby;
for Clerk of Superior- Court, E. F.
Parker and C. B. Newton; for tax
receiver, W. C. Mason, H. Lee
Knight, and John C. Anderson; for
tax collector, Jake Pughsley, W. s.
Harden, G. A. Phillips, Nathan B.
Jarrell; for ordinary, P. S. Hagan,
K. D. A. Heavy. M. C. Harden; for
superintendent of schools, J. B.
Partin. Other announcements are
expected this week as several more
are contemplating running.
Atlanta board and
COUNCIL BURY HATCHET
ATLANTA, Jan. 18.—After near
ly a year during which broadsides of
criticism have been exchanged at in
tervals, peace and harmony at last
prevail between the heads of the
school department and the city ad
ministration, it was announced
Thursday by Mayor Walter A. Sims,
and President John T. Hancock, of
the board of education.
Mayor Sims Han
cock conferred at length during the
day. Their declarations of agree
ment were made Thursday after
noon.
FRANCIS AT ATLANTA
FOR UNVEILING
ATLANTA, Jan. 18.—The arrival
in Atlanta Thursday afternoon of
David R, Francis, former governor
of Missouri ’’and former United
States ambassador to Russia, mark-’
ed the opening of a series of events
and notable visits in connection
with, the unveiling of General Rob
eit E. Lee s head on the precipice
of Stone mountain Saturday after
noon.
Ex-Governor Francis was met at
the Union station by-Mr. and Mrs.
John Slaton, whose guest, he will be
during his stay-in Atlanta.
WARREN WALTERS TO
HANG FOR MURDER
HAZLEHURST, Ga., Jan. 18
Warren Walters, charged with the
murder of T. J. Kcrnsey, former
ehief of police here, was late Thurs
day found” guilty and sentenced to
hang on March 14, Kcrnsey was
shot in a liquor raid on December
9. Motion for a new trial was made
and the hearing was set for March
8..
BROOKS TRUCK GROWERS
BUSY NOW REPLANTING
QUITMAN, Jan. 18. Truck
planting is going forward rapidly
since the recent freeze and in a
few days farmers replanting their
destroyed crops will complete the
work. The acreage will probably
be as great gs before the freeze.
ATLANTA GIRL HURT
BY HEAVY TRUCK
ATLANTA? Jan. 18.—Jewell, the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. p.
Cowan, was knocked down by a
heavy motor truck within sight of
her home on Bellwood avenue. The |
driver of the truck, C. B. James, of
91 English avenue, Was arrested by
the police under a charge of reck
less driving.
primary date set
IN TWIGGS
JEFFERSONVILLE, Jan. 18.—
■Pile Twiggs county democratic exe
cutive committee met here recently
and set February 20 as the date for
xhe democratic primary, at which
time all local officials will be elect
ed for the various offices, W. V.
Burkett is chairman of the execu
tive committee and Thomas Lee is
secretary.
DEATHS IN GEORGIA
.SHOW BIG INCREASE
ATLANTA, Jan. 18. Officials
at the state board of health are un
able to fully account for figures
which' show that there' were 2,945
more deaths in Georgia in 1923
than there were in 1922, while the
births for the same periods shows
a deerease of 839.
HOME DEMONSTRATION
COUNCIL TO MEET
JEFFERSONVILLE, Ga., Jan. 18
The first meeting of the executive
board of the Twiggs county home
demonstration council will convene
here at the courthouse Saturday
morning at 10:30 o’clock.
Officers of the Twiggs county
home demonstration council are I
Mrs*J. R. Cook, Bullards, president;
MfS. T. S. Tharpe, Dry Brance, vice
president; Mrs. John F. Carte-,
West Lake, secretary; Mrs . A. L.
Walters, Tarversville, treasurer, and
Mrs. W. M- -Whitehurst, Jefferson
ville, press chairman. Other mem
bers are Mrs. J. s. Baker., Dry
THETIMESgReCORDER
published in hearTLof
FORTY-SIXTH YEAR—NO. 16
CREDITORS ENJOIN BIG LEE ESTATE
MEXICAN TROOPS NOT TO PASS THROUGH TEXAS
LINCOLN ADMITS HE IS SLAYER-BUT
LAWjWILL HAVE HARD TIME PROVING IT
CORPUS DELICTI WILL
EIGUPE BIG 111 TRIAL
Os EJT MI
Technicality cf Law Likely to
Cause Acquittal of Admitted
Slayer of Spouse
CLAIMS KINSHIP WITH ABE
Parallel is Found in Sperling
Murder Case in Which Killer
Went Free
AURORA, Hl., Jan. 18. With
confession of murder on his lips,
Warrent J. Lincoln, came back as
from the dead to astound a' nation
with his weird story of killing and
destruction, may y -t, by the slender
thread of a legal technicality, be ac
quitted of all guilt.
Despite his admisison that he is a
slayer, despite the evidence support
ing his statements, the ponderous
machinery of law may find itself
hopelessly baffled when it tries to
convict him of a crime he freely ad
mits.
Corpus delecti—lefal phrase for
‘the body dead by unlawful means”
—must be estaljjished before there
is, legally, a murder. The law won’t
take a man’s own wordt hat
he snuffed out the life, of a fellow
man.
Assuming Lincoln’s story is true,
he slew his wife a year ago with sj
stove poker after she had shot her
brother, and then he colly dismem
bered both bodies with a hacksaw
and incinerated them in' his green
house furnace. The authorities go
I farther and charge him with mur-
I dering the two of them.
I The bodies have not been pro
duced—the corpus delicti has not
been established .and upon that
fact many here are basing their be
lief that Lincoln will never pay the
penalty of murder.
Nothing but wonder comes from
trying to fathom the mental proc-
(Continued on Page Fh-e.)
PfPT Os CREW Os
TIM TAKEN Off
Cruiser Richmond, Steaming to
Relief of Stranded Warship,
Arrive Today
WASHINGTONTjan. 18.—Part
of the crew of the Cruiser Tacoma
stranded on a reef near Vera Cruz,
was put ashore yesterdary, accord
ing to a message to the navy de
partment. The remainder of the
crew and commander were reported '
sfill on the ship last night.
The Cruiser Rjchmohd, ordered to |
the relief of the Tacoma, was ex- >
pected to reach the scene today.
DP. MH HERE
TO fflK fflKBSi
Will Deliver Movie Lecture on
Subject cf General Interest
, With Public Invited
A feature of unusual interest at
tonight’s meeting of Methodist
Sunday school workers at the Court
rouse will be Jecture to be deliver
ed by Dr. Mi W. Brabham, one of
the most prominent Methodist
Sunday school workers. The lecture
Will begin at 7 o’clock, and Rev.
John M. Outler, who is directing the
activities <?f the conference at Lee
Street church as Americus hootto
the visitors, extends a cordial invi
tation to the public to attend.
Dr. Brabham is described a« a
speaker of unusual magnetism and
eloquence, and that he is in Amer
icus tyir tonight's lecture is due to
a combination. of circumstances
; which chanced to bring him into
this section at this time. He will
illustrate his talk with several reels
of especially'made movin pictures
and the subject to be discussed is
one in which the general public
holds wide interest,
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i AMERICUS, .GEORGIA. FRIDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 18, 1924
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HANGING ROPE PARTS;
BODY HURTLES DOWN
FORT MADISON, lowa, Jan.
18. —Roy Maupin, negro, was
hanged today for the murder of
Joe Hayes, a miner of Carney,
loWa.
As the trap was sprung and
Maupin dropped to bis death,
the rope which suspended him
broke midway between the noose
and the knot which fastened it to
th e gallows, and the body fell to
j the ground.
LEGMJH TO STAGE
BARBECUE B 28
Former A. L ,1. Armory to Be
Scene of Big Gathering of Ex
's Service Men
A committee has bedn appoint
ed to make all arrangements nec
essary for a barbecue to be held in
the former Americus Light Infan
try hall on January 29th. It is
hoped, Commander g. C. Lane said
today that every ex-service man in
Sumter county will be present, as
well as all members and ex-menyi
bers of the American Legion.
An entertaining program has been
arranged which will be announced
later in the Times-RecoFder. It is
hoped that no one will feel aayf
hesitancy about attending this
barbecue and program, and all ex-
Legion members arc urged to get
word to then- and
bring them to this affair according
to Commander-Lane.
A very enjoyable evening is prom
ised' to all who attend.
OKS WOODS BEFORE
IM TIRING SDH
Convicted Wife Murderer Goes
to Death Calmly, Protesting
Innocence to Last
SALT LAKE, CITY, JaA. 18-r
Omer R. Woods, convicted wife mur
derer was executed by the firing
squad at the Utah state prison hero
this morning.
He met death calmly and protest
ed his innocence to the end.
The killing of Mrs. Woods oc
curred iii t'.ri apartment house
where she lay in bed an invalid. |
PLENNIE MINER OUT
OF RACE FOR SHERIFF >
ATLANTA, Jan. 18.—With the
Fulton County primary in sight,l
lines to tighten in the poll-,
tical situation , an important de
velopment is the withdrawal of Pi-,
enne Miner from the race for Sher
iff- , I
Miner, one of the outstanding
figures in county announc
ed his withdrawal on the ground
that the early primary date would
i prevent his making an adequate
i campaign and would give him too
| little time in which to form his
ticket and organize his field,'
BIG INDOOR CIRCUS3TO 1
SHOW IN AMERICUS SOON
Kiddies Heise, and Giovzn-Ups, Too, Expected to
Pack-in’ At Rylainder for Unusual
Attraction January 24-25
| The boys and girls will all be there
i But .the big babbeon -«
By the light of the moon
. Will not be- combing his auburn
hair. —With Apologies.
And now comes the announee-
I ment that Americus is to, have :i
real amusement novelty in the
Shape of indoor circus with every-
I thing that goes to make up.a regu
lar tented sljow except the tent. This
circus will be exhibited on the stage
of the Rylander Theater Thursday
J and Friday, Jan 24 and 25 with a
matinee on Friday. It is Dutton’s
Indoor Circus that’s headed this way
and' Americus gets it because the
big show with its fifteen acts is en
route from the north to play a nine
day engagement in New Orleans. 1
Four cities only will be visited by
the circus in Georgia, three in Ala-,
bama and one in Mississippi.
“We consder ourselves very for-1
tunftte.in' securing the Dutton show,’ I
says Manager Kincey of the Ry-1
lander. “When I learned tKa't Mr.
Dutton was coming South I immed
iately wired him and secured his at
traction fw this city, figuring that
it would be a decided novelty to I
a genuine circus indoors. <
COMSSIOR HOLOS
UPEXPRESSMTECUT!
Reductions Had Been Odered
Effective February 21, Rang
ing Up to 11 Per Cent
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 18. The.
Interstate Commerce Commissionl
todky temporarily held up its ’ re- |
cent decision ordering a reduction in ’
express rates on foods.
x The reduction, which ranged up i
io 11 per cent, were to have be-I
come effective February 21.
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cit ycourtsesssion
SUSPENDS IITS WORK
The Spring term of the city couit ,
of Americus, has been suspended by
Judge William M. Harper, although [<
formal adjournment had not been
taken noon • today. AH of the
jury cases upon the docket have |
been disposed of, and all the busi-;
ness remaining is the hearing of I
several motions and the isuance of',
formal orders by the court.
HERZOG’S TEAM WILL
TRAIN IN CHARLESTON
A telegram received today by
Lbvejftce Eve, president of the
Chamber of Commerce, contains
information that Buck Herzog has
decided to train his team this spring
at Charlestown. Previously efforts
had' been made to have the teaini,
train here, special inducements be
ing offered the management, but
these proved insufficient to bring
the ball toners to Americus it de
velops. _
“Our stage is sufficiently large to
Hpeoipmodate all the acts carried by
the show, including the famous; Dut
ton Equestrian number in which
• there arc three horses and seven
.' riders. The horses will rtip on a
thick accoa mat U’hich will be spread
i on the stage..
■] “One of the acts is so large that
Jwe will' be forced to erect a rig
;ging for it outside the proscenium
arch, putting the supports in the or-j
; chestra. This particular act is a
'thrilling loop the loop feature by
iMiss Vivian DeVere.
“Other features will be R.itley and
DeCoe, late of the Ringling Circus
jin a wonderful toppling table pre
sentation; Nelson and Nelson, Eng
lish artists fvho do remarkable acro
ibatic feats on,high stilts; the aerial
Clarks direcl from the Walter Main
(circus; Mi .- Emily Stiykncy, bare
(back rider from John Robinson’s
’circus; Gene, a remarkable French
iclown; Fred Sterling, pantomimic
'clown who was with the Ringlings
•llast season,, a, sure enough circus
(band, a troupe of native Hawniians
I and a mother boa constrictov with
•41 live snake babies.” /
WEATHER Z
I For Georgia Generaly fair
I onis'ht and Saturday; no change
n temperature.
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• DIVORCED BY YB
r.
iFormer Kathleen Walpole, Ac-
I tress, Secures Decree From
John Drinkwaler in London
LONDON, Jan. 18. —Mrs. John
I Drinkwater was granted a divorce
I here today from the author of
■ Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Leo
land other historical plays.
I The decree was granted on status
I tory grounds.
I She was Kathleen Walpole, ac-
■ tress, before her marriage.
MANY GOOD ROADS
BUILT IN SOUTH
I ’'ATLANTA, G;.., Jan. 18. —Eight
Southern states-r-Alabama, Geor
gia, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana
Tennessee. South Carolina and
North Carolina surfaced 6,615
miles of permanent rogds in 1922,
or more tsan eighteen per cent of
the nation’s total according to fig
ures received by the Gorgin' High
way Department. x
Throughout the whole country,
tlfc* figures show, 35,360 miles oi
roadway was surfaced in 1922 and
that this reward will be equaled if
not surpassed when the figures are
all ip for last year. The 1924 prog-,
ram, not only in Georgia, ~ but
throughout the South calls'for ex-
Five
Tragedies
■'Business,” a magazine for
level-headed business men,
makes the following very
sensible observations—
A man struck a match to
see if the gasoline tantf in
’ his automobile was empty.
It wasn't.
A man' patted a strange
I bull ' dog on the head to see
’ if the critter was affection
ate. . t
A man speeded up to see
if he could beat the train to
the crossing. He couldn’t.
A man touched a trolley
wire to see >f it was charged.
It was.
f A man cut out his adver
i tising to see- if he could save
| money. He couldn't.
Fudge littlejohn
GRANTS PETITIUH TH
APPOINT RECFIVER
J. R. Long, of Leesburg, Desig
nated to Handle Affairs of Es
tate in Litigation
MANY UNSECURED DEBTS
Americus Creditors Among Pe
titioners to Have Receiver
Named to Handle Affairs
• Judge Z. A, Littlejohn, at cham
ber- qhere, has just granted jpahyjrf
the prayers contained in the petition
of certain creditors against the es
tate of J. A. Lipsey, located inf Lee
county, the order being issued from
Lee Superior coUrt. The estate Is
valued, according to information
received here, at approximately
$100,090, and has debts, according
to certain creditors, amounting to
about the same sum. Petitioners
in the case are the Bank of
burg, Glover Grocery Company, of
Ameriaus, and the Virginia-Caro
lina Chemical company the claims cl'
these creditors representing a con
siderable sum of the indebtedness ot'i
the e.-tate.
Among other things, Judge Little
john, in his order, directs that all
of the assets of the estate, consist
ing of both realty and personal prop
erty, be placed in the hands of a
receiver, and J' R. Long7 of Lees
burg, has been /lamed by the court
to’ take over its affairs. J. W.
Lyon and John D. Harrell, adminis
trators of the estate, are enjoined
in the order from the execution
of certain functions vested in them
by virture of their administrator
ship, and the receiver named by the
court is required to take certain
steps, which it is sajd, will protect
and preserve the right's and , prjvi T
lege of certain unsecured creditors
of the estate, which is one of the
Mrgest-in Lee county.
' Attorney engaged in the case arc
W. W. Dykes, of Americus; Pope
and Bennett, of Albany and E. 1.
Forrester, of Leesburg, representing
the petitioning creditors, and Ward
C. Martin and R. R. Forrester, Os
Leesburg, and Pottle & Hofmayer
and Walter 11. Burt r of Albany, rep
esentirig the administrators of the
estate. ,
ANCONA HENS HEAVY
WINTER EGG PRODUCERS
it A. Yeager, who resides a few
.miles out of Americus, and who
specializes in the raising of Ancona
poultry, says that his hens netted
him $65.00 since November 15th or
better than SI.OO a day. Telling
of, the qualities of his hens Joday.
Yeager said.
'“Beginning Nov. 15, 19?,3, to
Jan. 15, >924wthey have laid 1800
eggs which is good for this season
of the year. Eighteen hundred eggs
at 5 cents each or 60 cents’per
dozen will be $90.00 for this length
of time. My feed bill for this
length of tim e is not over $25.00
at the outside. Thein my profit
for 60 days is $65.00 or a lit
tle more than SI.OO per day., or for
12 months this would run around
$400.0(1 a vqur net profit. So if
yvery farm had 100 good laying
hens it would mean several thous
and dollars to Sumtkr county which
would help wonderfully a year like
1923 has been.”
New York Futures
PC Open High Low Close
Jan. . .32.85132.80132.80132.15,32.70
Mar. ..32.89|33.10!33.17j32.41132.96
May .33.08|33.25|33.38!32.65133.20
July . 32.02j32.22|32.30|31.54|32.15
Oct. ..27.90(28.15,28.20127.74128.00
Strictly middling 32 cents.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
REBELS PUT DYNAMITE
UNDER SIILITW ®
CARRYING AJITILLERY
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Obregon Headquarters Announ
ces Destruction of Munitions
En Route to Troops
FEDERALS USE AVIATORS
Permission is Refused Obregon
to Transport Troops Through
Texas by State Authorities
MEXICO CITY, Jan. 18. —Revolu-
tionists dynamited a military
freight train carrying artillery and
munitions for the Obregon forces
near Aragon and Hidalgo yesterday,
according to <n official repqrt from
President Obregon’s headqpaters at
Ifaquato. •
The train and cargo were destroy
ed. Aviators were used by the fed
erals for first time on the Jalisco
front, when Major Ralph O’Neill,
flying one jof the planes newly ar
rived from the United States, made
a scouting flight.
daVidson REFUSES TO
LET TROOPS PASS
AUSTIN, Texas, January 18.—
Permission to transport Mexican
federal troops' across Texas was re
fused today' by Acting Governor
Davidson in telegrams to Sectd
tary Hughes.
The possibility of tl-ouble With’
Mexican residents on the Texas
border pronited the refusal, the act
ing governor said. '
If the federal government-show?
that demand for passage of troops
is urgent and will guarantee ample
protection to Texas citizens, the
equest will be considered and ev
ery effort will be made .by offi
•ials of Texas to co-oporate with
national authorities, Mr. Davidson
said. it
•x.
CABINET CONSIDERS
REBELS BLOCKADE
WASHINGTON , Jan. 18.—Tho
situation in Mexico, complicated
recently by the declaration of a rev
olutionist blockade at Tampico,; was
onsidered by President Colidge and
his advisers today at one of the
longest cabinet sessions in recent
months.
There were indications that more
active steps to protect
interests in the blockaded port wero
considered at the meeting but tho
cabinet members said afterward
that- any announcement must coma
fro mthe president. White House
officials^ were sitent.
FATE OF PRESIDENTIAL
PRIMARRY IS IN DOUBT
ATLANTA, January 18. —Many
'political leaders were arriving here
today for meeting tomorrow of the
democratic executive committee to
consider i«!ans and. feasibility of
holding a presidential primary.
Members of the committee in the,
city expressed opinion the primary
would b e held if some way could be
found to finance it. It is estimated
that such primary would cost about
$35,000.
MAN AND WOMAN~FOUND
DEAD IN BOARDING HOUSE
PHILADELPHIA, -dan. 18.—Rob
ert Finley, of Crisfield, Md., and
Mrs. Helen? Brunner widow, form
erly of Lockhdven, Pa., were found
dead withbullts in their heads toda'v
in a rooining house where they lived.
A quarrel over the woman’s re
fusal to marry him is believed to
have caused Winley to kill thg wo
man and then himself.
INDEX EDITOR TO
SPEAK AT LUMPKIN*
The people of Lumpkin and vicin
nity expect to derive much of good
and pleasure Sunday when at 11
o’clock Mr. Louie I). Newton, well
known Editor of CKHdtian Index,
J will deliver hte famous Lecture on
I "the World’s Baptist Alliance —The
Baptist program for the World.”
s{r. Newton is. to spend the en
tire dty in the bounds of the Sum
merhill Baptist Association, > and
will spenk at Baptist church in Rich
land at 3o’clock P. M., and at Par
rott Baptist church at evening set
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