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GEORGIA Brief Items of News Events Throughout the State Con ' # densed for Busy Readers. 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, W- I ' i AMERICUS, .GEORGIA. FRIDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 18, 1924 Ji E “ '.®. . IMQk'T k-. Jed toTe -nj • •/ Ti /•• •. after she shot Er fgft A.' -FT'JuT. • *O’ '»w b ’'\-i Iter ’brother-^_7 -XO . .'..Wg- ■ \\ V/ \ Itesdijs-/ M, ' ha x jy hi L r Mvs.'Warrai'<f / 11L Q»arrenJ,\ JH zT^F 11 fincolu. JIT - £mcohu 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 - < 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. »[ 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. iimwfT • 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 » 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 v'«'- . . .»