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MRS..FUNDERBUNK TO
REPRESENT BAINBRIDCE
BAINB RIDGE, JFebruary C.
Mrs. Horace., Funderburk of Bain
bridge, has been askefl to represent
Decatur county at an important
meeting of the trustees and alum
nae of Wesleyan college, *o be
held in the Dempsey Hotel, Ma
con, on February 16 to formulate
plans for the carrying out of the
million-dollar Greater Wesleyan
campaign.
Mrs. Funderbunk, one of a num
ber of Wesleyan graduates in De
catur county, will measure up to
the compliment bestowed upon her
by the committee in charge which
chose her to represent this coun
ty at the meeting.
MERRITT IS NEW RED
AND BLACK EDITOR *
ATHENS, February 6.V-Thomns
E. Merritt, of Macon, has been
named to succeed Wiliam C. Mun
day, of Atlanta, as editor jn chief
of The Red and Black Georgia
weekly publication. Others named
on the staff are Carlton B. Col
quitt, Atlanta, first associate edi
tor ;*Marvin O’Neal, Savannah,
second associate editor; Tom Gfay,
Augusta,* athletic editor; H. D.
Shattuck, LaFayette, social editor;
Elroy DuPuis, Warrenton, ex
change editor, and I. G. Granath
circulation- manager.
“Mark” Anthony, well-known
football player and popular stu
dent, was named president of the
AthUtic association in the contest.
MEASLES CAUSE
SCHOOLS TO CLOSE
BAINBRIDGE, Feb. 6.—While
the attendance in the county
schools at this time is greatly re
duced on account of the epidemic
of measles and the consolidated
school at Recovery has been sus
pended for the next two weeks,
due to the - epidemic. County
School Superintendent Roland
Bower is making every effott to
hav e a normal enrollment by the
time E. A. Pound, high school su
pervisor, reaches here for the edu
cational survey of Decatur coupty.
MYSTERY THIEVES
RANSACK OFFICE
ATLANTA, February G.—The of
fice of John A. Manget, widely
known Atlanta Capitalist, at 67
Cone street, was entered and ran
sacked by burglars Monday nignt,
according to police reports Tuesday
but a tinge of mystery enveloped
their purpose, since nothing appar
ently was taken.
Papers were scattered about the
office, the police said, and desks
generally were gone through.
THIEVES TAKE AUTO
OF DEAF MUTE
ROME, Ga., Feb. 6.—An automo
bile belonging to “3u*ldy” Smith, a
deaf and dumb boy of Cave Spring
stolen Sunday night from in frorit
of a restaurant in Broad Street, has
been located at Marietta and two
boys are held there for Floyd coun
ty officers on a charge of theft: The
accused boys are said to have given
their names as Mason and Everett.
isisr
• LESS HE lILUON
Former President’s Library
Among Most Valuable Pos
sessions Lett By Him
WASHINGTON, February 6.--
There is much interest in the will
of Woodrow Wilson, about which
his associates in official life know
but little.
From the best information avail- 1
able it is believed the former Pres
ident’s income property at the time
of his death would probably - not
exceed $160,000. Add to this the
value of his S. Street home which
it is up deist odd was owned jointly
by Mr. and Mrs. Wilson, ami tho
sum probably would be doubled.
Mrs. Wilson, who was Mrs. Nor
man Galt, the widow of a Washing
ton jeweler, had a small fortune in
her own jiame. The Galt jewelry
store from which she' derived her
-income is still in existence.
After their marriage they polled
their incomes while at the White
House and since to share in the up
keep of the home and family. Dur
ing his occupancy of the White
House, Mr. Wilson’s savings are said
to have been less than $25,000 a
year. w.
One of the most valuable assets
which ho will leave behind is his
library, containing many rare vol
umes. It can not be learned what
disposition will be made of it, It
may go to Princeton niversity or to
the Library of Congress. He also
had many other possessions some of
them of almost priceless value which
he collected on .his visit to Europe,
or which were presented to him by
the various governments. One of
these is an immense tapestry
these however, it is believed will be
kept by Mrs. Wilson.
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AMERICUS'] PEOPLE |HOLDi MEMORIAL SERVICES
DeWolf. Hopper, 5 Times Wed .To As Many
Beauties Has Not Lost His Faith In Love
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Dc Wolf Hopper en.nucu in a
gigantic wedding ring symboliz
ing his five attempts at marital
happiness. Lift to right: Edna
Wallace Hopper, third wife; Nel
ia Bergen, fourth, and Hedda
Hopper No. 5.
CO. SCHOOL BOM
HIRE SHU lOBEV
Andersonville, Union High and
Plains to Share in Barrett-
Rodgers Appropriation
The school board of Sumter
county held its regular meeting
Tuesday in the office of Supt. E. W.
Dupree, with Chairman J. E. D.
Shipp presiding.
The principal business transaced
by .the board was the approval of
the distribution of money to be al
_ lotted Sumter county under the Bar
rett Rodgers act appropriating state
funds for elementary and high
schools under certain conditions.
This money will be distritued this
years, if the recommendations of
the couny board are approved by
the state authorities, among the
schools at Andersonviile, Union
High and Plains. Each of these
will get SSOO under the provisions
of a resoluion adopted by the board
the money being awarded for consol
idations in elementary and high
schools work.
Last £ear this money was distrib
uted among the schools at Lysiari
and Union, each receiving SSOO,
due to an insufficient appropria
tion to permit payment of SIOOO to
Union High, to v,hi.cli school that
amount had been allotted by the
state and county authorities.
The board also adopted a resolu
tion making minor changes in the
program formulated for the county
high school meet to be held at the
Aggie college in Americus March
28-29
QUARTERLY CONFERENCE
AT LEE ST TONIGHT
The first quarterly conference ci
the current conference year will be
held tonight at Lee Street Methpdist
church. Rev. W. C. Lovett, presid
ing elder, is here from Dawson for
the occasion, and it is expected that
all of the officer.-; of tho congrega
tion will Jse present. The quarterly
conference, Rev. Luther Harrell,
pastor of the congregation, said to-
Jday, will in no wise interfere with
the observance of ‘Church Night’
j by the congregation, and the devo
tional period will be first observ
ed followed by tre regular monthly
meeting of the board of stewards
and the conference. The public is
cordially invited to attend all these
services.
AMERICUS, GA., WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY, h, 1924
[SIMPLE AND STATELY
lICE WHEN BODY
CONSIGNED TO CRYPT
Chcpin’s Funeral March Only
Music During Solemn Exer
cises at National Cathedral
CONCLUDED WITH PRAYER
fiishop Freeman, Rev. Jas. H.
Taylor and Rev. Sylvester
Beach Officials at Obsequies
\
WSHINTON; February 6.—Sim
ple yet stately religious services in
Bethlehem chapel of the Washington
cathedral marked the entombment
of Woodrow Wilson today. \
The service was conducted by Bis
hop James E. Freeman, of the Epis
copal diocese of Washington, in as
sociation with Rev. James H. Taylor,
pastor of the Central Presbyterian
church of Washington, and Rev.
Sylvester Beach, of Princeton, New
Jersey, two Presbyterian ministers
under whom Mr. Wilson worshipped
j during his life in Washington and
| Princeton.
The service began with Chopin’s,
funeral march, followed by a read
ing from St. John XI 25, 26 27 by
the bishop. Other quotations fol
lowed, including the 39th Psalm.
The lesson was taken from Corinth
ians XV 20. The services were con
cluded with prayer by the ministers.
Woodrow Wilson passed forever
today from the world stage where
he once towered, a eouiamnding fig
ure. In t£e sacred privacy of tho
Wilson home the last rites were said
as simple as the faith of the man
himself in the goodness of God, only
the presence of President Cooiidgo
apd a few of those who were his
colleagues in his days of greatness,
and quiet thousands waiting outside,
under wintry skies, for an humblo
share, marked this as the funeral of
j a great man.
Then there was the more formai
toned cathedral service which fol
lowed. Thepe in the chapel of
Bethlehem, which gives entrance to
the vault of the entombment were
gathered the dignitaries of govern
ments and men of place and power
in America. The organ notes and
the pealing voices of the choir added
a touch of ceremony,to the brief
religious exercises, but at the very
last the distinguished dead passed
again into tho keeping of those
nearest and dearest who alone might
watch over the entombment upd
hear with resigned faith the com
mittal 'service uttered, the nation’s
share at the last, moment being, only
to stand fjjj.eqt outside, the, twurh re
served for the keeping > bf. great
Americans.
FIRST SNOWFALL OF
YEAR AT ATLANTA
ATLANTA, February 6 V
The first snowfall of the winter
flurried down on Atlanta today.
Tho flakes were of the hominy
variety, the falling flurries
whipped by a strong wind.
The thermometer was seven
degrees below freezing at an
early hour today. Snow’is today’s
forecast with colder weather to
morrow.
REBELS FLEE II PIC
FROI THEIR CAPITAL
U.S. OFFICIALS STATE
Last Strong hold of Insurrec
tionary Forces Surrendered to
Obregon Without Fight
FEDERALS IN CONTROL
Entire Evacuation of Seaport
Held By De La Huerta for
Months it Effected
WASHINGTON, February 6.
The entire evacuation of Vera Cruz
by the Huerta insurrectionists
against the Obregon government of
Mexico has been peacefully effected
and that city today is again under
control of the regular civilian au
thorities.
The rebels fled from Vera Cruz
in a (Banner said by American con
sular ofiicial.s'*‘elosely to resemble
ar panic,
WOMEN TO BE IN CHARGE
OF PRAYER MEETING
Women of the Woman’s. Mis
sionary society of First Methodist
.church will be in charge of the
prayer services at the courthouse
Thursday night, with the monthly
meeting of the board of stewards
scheduled to follow immediately af
ter Thu service. [The prayer serv
ice will begin promptly'at 7 o’clock
and it is .desired to have a full at
tendance of the congregation pres
j ent.
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COMMITTEE OVERLOOKS
ONE OFFICE ENTIRELY
VALDOSTA, February 6.— ln
preparing the list of candidates U
be voted on at the coming primary
the Executive Committpe ommitted
one from the list. This oramission
has been corrected and the county
school superintendent ,wiil be nomi
nated at the same time, as required
by law. /■ The rules, entrance fees
and offices to bo voted for appear
now correctly in the official docu
ment prepared by the committee,
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PIOUS COMEDIAN
NOT TO TAKE SIXTH
WIFE HE ASSERTS
*
Must Pay Thirty Per Cent of En
tire Income to Fifth Spouse
and Their Son
EDNA WALLACE HIS WIFE
Renowned Stage Beauty Was
Third Consort Taken by Cele
brity Many Years Ago
By STEVE HANNAGAN
NEW YORK, Feb. 6.—The odds
are against De Wolf Hopper, much
married man of the stage, taking his
sixth wife within a year.
Hia fifth wife, Hedda Hopper,
who recently divorced the famous
comedian, was giyen 'BO. per cent of
hia income as alimony and custody
of their eight-year-old son.
“With your romantic spirit, Mr.
Hopper, it’s an even money bet
you’ll be wed again within a year,’’
it was suggested to him.
“You bettor take odds on that,’’
laughed the man who successfully
weathered five marriages. Two hoqrs
before he emphatically refused to
discuss his martial sucesses or fail
ures.
But he has not lost his faith jn
love.
“Brother,” said" Hopper in a voice
that countenances no imitation,
“when you find, a real sweetheart
who also is a pal, and who in being
a pal loses none of the sweetness of
which you have something should bo
cherished.’
Dc Wolf Hopper is a character.
He has played practically every
theater in the country from Broad
way to Main Street in the 41 years
he has been trooping.
His age, which he mysteriously
admits is ‘somewhere between 40
and 80,’ more likely 66 to 70, is
overshadowed by his youthful spirit
and enthusiasm.
“The stage, even with its absence
of recognized home life, is conduc
tive to longevity. Just reflect a
moment —you won’t recall many
performers dying young,” he said.
Five wives did not appear to be
recorded in De Wolf Hopper’s atti
tude. El}a Gardiner, a second cou
sin on his mother’s side, was his
first wife. The second was Ida
Mosher, Edna Wallace was the bird
in the days of “Wang.” Nclla Berg
en was his fourth wife, Ella Furry
Hopper, known on the stage as Hed
da Hopper, who just divorced him,
his fifth amrried mate.
MYSTFRY SURROUNDS
PLACING OF FLAG
American Colors Planted on
Lawn of German Embassy
During Night
WASHINGTON, February 6.
Some time between dark and day
light today the American flag was
planted on the lawn of the Gor
man embassy, which on instructions
from Berlin failed so far to half
mast the German colors for Wood
row Wilson.
Today the Stars aihl Stripes had
been removed again from the em
bassy, .but the appearance of both
flags there and the exact story of
their removal is a mystery. Police
reported receiving a telephone com
plaint regarding the invasion of the
embassy property, but did not know
from whom the complaint came.
Embassy officials said they had
made no such complaint and refused
further discussion.
Whothar h member of the polica
force removed the Hag is not
clearly established.
WEATHER
For Georgia - Fair tonight
and Thursday; colder on the
coast and heavy frost-w south
portion tonight.
CARRIES ON
Ml
A. I. Rykoff has been chosen
to succeed Lenin as president of
the Council of People’s Commis
sars of the Soviet government.
lirafiw
FOB MS WORK TO
BE PFFSEBTFD HERE
Committee Named By President
Eve Submits Methods for
Boosting Sumter
FARMS BASIS OF WEALTH
Pooling Plan Would Make 20
to 40-Acre Farms Available
On Attractive Terms
, E. B. Everett, George O. Marshall
and J. Ralston Cargill, constituting
a phamber of Commerce Commit
tee named recently by President
Lovelace Eve, have just completed
their report and this has been trans
mitted To the membership. A de
cision ,as to its adoption will be had
at- the annual meeting of the mem
bers this month, when further ex
pressions thereon will be invited.
This committee has reached its
conclusions after a careful poll of
the membership, a questionnaire be
ing sent out with definite questions
with the request that members ex
press their opinions hereon. Replies
to this questionnaire have now all
been consolidated and,considered sep
arately and as a whole by the com
mittee, and their conclusions formed
from a study of the opinions of num
erous members who responded to the
questionnaire.
An outstanding conclusion of ttie
committee expressed in the opening
paragrah of their findings, v is that
agriculture is the basis o,f wealth in
Sumter county, and that this com
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shippingTotatoes
NOW IN COLQUITT
MOULTRIE, February 6.—Secre
tary Turnbull, of the Chamber of
Commerce, announces that another
car of sweet potatoes will be ship
ped from this county during the
week. Three cars were shipped last,
week. Checks were given out Sat
urday to the growers. The price
received was SI.OO per bushel. The
growers are greatly pleased by
the returns. The potatoes are being
shipped in bulk, the demand is
said to be strong.
COLQUITT OIL~CO
QUITS RETAIL HELD
MOULTRIE, February 6.—The
Handley Oil and Supply Company,
of which J. W. H. Handley of M i
bile, Ala., is the directing head, has
taken over by purchase the service
of the Colquitt Oil Company. It
is stated that other service stations
wilt be opened in the towns of the
Mbultrie district.
Mr. Handley has been in Moultrie
for several days in connection wY„h
the deal. All of the papers have
been signed and Up- transfer form
ally completed.
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TRIBUTE TO MBS
BELOVED CBIEFTI
Calls Wilson incomparable
Leader of Forces During'
Recent World, War s
WAS ‘CHILD OF DESTINY*
Interprets Attitude of Berlin As
‘Unintended Tribute’ to Gen
ius of Masterful Man
Americus and Sumter county
citizens paid solemn tribute to the
memory of Woodrow Wilson, form
er president of the nited States, in
the holding of appropriate exer
cises in the Rylander Theater hero
this afternoon. Every class anU
creed was represened among those
assembled there to give expression
to the nation’s grief at The passing
of the man who has been so frequent
ly called the “greatest friend of hu
manity the world has ever known,”
and never before in the history of
this community has been more gen
eral expresions of regret occasion
ed by the death of anj* statesman
Seated upon the stage were mini
sters representing every organized
congregation here, with the exercise
in charge of John D. Mathis Post,
American Legion, at the suggestion
of Mayor J. Elmore Poole, who
Tuesday issued his proclamation
calling upon all patriotic citizens to
assemble together and participate in
the memorial exercises. The prin
cipal speaker at the exercises was
Rev. Milo H. Massey, pastor of
Central Baptist” churer, who paid
tribute to the genius and states
manship, of President Wilson, re
viewing his aehievemnts during the
momentous period that will forever
associate his name with those of tho
immortals in history. During his
discourse, Mr. Masey spoke as fol
lows :
Only a little while ago, an
audience composed largely of per
sons who are present now, met in
this hall to pay solemn recognition
to flie death of our lat B chief execu
tive, Mr. Harding, and a noble and
worthy tribute was paid to his mem
ory by his persoanal friend, Hon.
Charles R. Crisp member of con
gress from our own district.
, “We are called together here,
today, to give expression to our
deep sense of the loss to America
and to the world in the death
of Hon. Woodrow Wilson, ex-presi
dent of the United States, who, on
last Sunday morning at 11:15, at
his home in Washington, D. C.,
breathed his last. It is a signlfi- ,
cant fact that, as, at this season,
the houses of congress are in ses
sion in Washington amid the clash
and turmoil of debatp and disputa
tion in our legislative halls, a
temporary truc e was called in or
der to note, with solemnity, the
departure of this notable and
majestic figure from the drama of
earth’s conflicts upon hi 3 vast and
silent joruney*to Eternity. We here,
today, fo£ the time, be
better occupied.' We have an op
portunity, as wo ure called upon to
do, to pay our tribute of affection
and respect to our presi
dent, the incomparable leader of
our forces in the lat e World War.
At the same time there is brought
to the understanding and vision of
each and all of us the insecurity
and uncertainty of life' and the
fact that therm is no escape for
mortal man, bd h e great or small
king or peasant, from the inexor
able law of death. >
“It would.be presumption on our
part to attempt to offer an ade
quate and final appraisement of
Mr. Wilson's Wrth to the world. Iu
testimony of the urfiversal sense of
the loss sustained, every embassy
and legation in Washington, ex
cept the German embassy, has. held
its flag at half-mast since official
notification on Sunday of Mr. Wil
son's death. x Th e failure of the
Berlin government to make any of
ficial display *of ip ourn ’ n £’ is an
unintended tribute to his mustfcr
ful resistance of their imperialistic
designs.
“As we mark the course of this
grtiiit man from the beginning to the
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