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FIRE INSPECTOR
NAMED AT COLUMBUS
COLUMBUS, February 7.—A fire
inspector for the city has been ap
pointed, according to a report just
made to the city commission by Chie
Daniel B. Copeland, The inspector
is S. C. Stewart.
The first department las months
answered fifty-six alarms. The to
tal loss amounted to $2,777.11, ac
cording to the report. The unin
sured loss was $2,757.61, making a
total lofcj of only $19.56.
DRUG STORES TO
HA/E Shorter hours
COLUMBUS, February 7. A
movement for shoter hours for drug
stores took definite form yesterday
afternoon wheh several local retail
druggists agreed toe close earlier
at nigrt. Those entering into the
agreement were Wheat’s, Doctors
Drug Store, C. A. Morgan, Brad
ford and Meadows, Hicks and John
son, City Drug Store and the Eco
nomy Drug Store.
It was agreed that the store will
open during the week at seven
o’clock in the morning with nine
o’clock at night the closing hour
except on Saturday, when the time
was fixed at ten o’clock.
CITY RECEIPTS
ARE HEAVY
COLUMBUS, February 7.—Re
ceipts in the city treasurer's office
last month amounted to
according to a report submitted to
the city commisison. The largest
item of receipts was business license
taxes, Miss Margaret H. Affleck,
the city treasurer, receiving a total
of $50,495-
City Manager Richards yesterday
called the commissioners’ .attention
to an invitation to attend the unveil
ing of the Oglehorpe memorial ablet
at the foot of Broad street at three
o’clock on the afternoon of February
12. The exercises are to be held
by the Oglethorpe Chapter of the
Daughters of the American Revolu
tion,
WOMAN IN RACE*’' /
IN GWINNEIT *
LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga„ Fob. 7.
The executive committee of Gwin
nett county has set March 19 as the
data for the county primary. A’
large number of candidates for the
various offices have announced.
Mrs, Mary E. Hagood, who is run
ning for county treasurer, is the
first woman to of£pr for ofice in
thia county. Her opponents 0. F.
Norton, present treasurer, who held
office four years and H. T. Eth
ridge, who was treasurer several
ygara ago. /
PLAN CO-OP BUYING
IN TWIGGS COUNTY
JEFFERSONVILLE, Ga., Feb. 6.
Plans for co-operative buying .of
fertilizers and calcium arsenate
were made at a meeting of the
Twiggs county board of trade here.
F. H. Abbott, secretary of the
Georgia association, and Louis D.
Bailey, livestock man from Ord,
Neb., both addressed the farmers
and business men present.
FULTON VOTERS MAY
PASS ON FEE SYSTEM
ATLANTA, Feb. 7.—Resolutions
by the Fulton county grand jury
asking that the voters be allowed to
pass on the question of whether
Fulton county shall continue to pay
her officials by tfce fee system, ci
place them all on specified salary
basis, were l formally submitted to
Claude Mason, chairman of the
county democratic executive com
mittee Tuesday afternoon.
Mr. Mason announced he would
call a meeting of the executive
comittee within a week but was un
able to set a more definite date.
Robert Gregg is chairman of the
special comittee appointed by the
grand jury last week to urge the
executive committee tjo include a re
ferendum clause on the ballot to
obtain an expression from residents
of the county.
BURRELL SHADBURN
DIES AT BUFORD
BUFORD, February 7. Burrell
Shadburn died here Tuesday after
ah illness covering a long period of
time.
Mr. Shadburn was the senior
member of Shadburn Brothers, man
ufacturers, and president of the
Shadburn Bank. He was, interested
in many local projects and Was o
generous advocate of progress.
MAY MERGE SCHOOL _ .
SYSTEMS IN CLARKE ’
ATHENS, Ga., February 7.
Merger of the county school" sys
tem of Clarke and the Athens
system is planned by authorities of
the county. A bill adopting the
county unit plan wil Ibe introduced
in the next legislature. Consolida
tion of rural schools into two of
three modern schools and merger of
the city and county system will make
far more eficient schools, it is de
clared.
TO RE-ENTER REMAINS .
OF GEN. ELBERT
SAVANNAH, Feb. 7.—At the an-'
nual meeting of the Georgia So
ciety Sons of the' Revolution held
here it was decided to reinter the
remains of General Samuel Elbert,
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THE TIMES' ’' RECORDER
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'SECRET MBIT'
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Will Pay Reparations if Lloyd
George Will Produce Copy,
Former Premier Says
LEADER REGRETS AFFAIR
British Premier Writes Accused
Frenchman Expressing Him*
s4lf on Incident
PARIS, February 7.—“lf Lloyd
George will produce the secret
agreement, between Woodrow Wil
son and me, I will pay the repara
tions,” said Former Premier Cle
menceau, today after reading the
text of statements ascribed to
Lloyd George concerning a secret
pact between Clemenceau and Wil
son in regard to the occupation of
th c Rhineland.
BRITISH PREMIER
‘REGRETS INCIDENT"
LONDON, February 7. Prime
Minister MacDonald, of Great Brit
ain has written a letter to Premier
Poincare expressing regret for the
incident caused by Lloyd George
in an interview asserting the dis
covery of an agreement at the
Paris peace conference betweeen
Woodrow Wilson and Premier Cle
menceau regarding the occupation
of the Rhineland, says . dispatch
from the semi-official agency from
London.
GEORGIA WILL GROW
BIG TOBACCO CROP
ATLANTA, February —Georgia
will produce thirty million pounds of
tobacco Chi/year against ten milion
pounds last year, according to re
ports received here. The railway, it
will be called, introduced tobacco
growing in South Georgia many
years ago. , ,
‘ It was clearly indicated in reports
.hat this season low grades of to
bacco would bring a low price as
compared with last season, although
.he high grades will bring as much
f not more. Information is that in
iome sections now growers would
not have just the Expert directions
needed and might, therefore, ex
pect a poorer grade of tobacco qf
result.
It is said that the Carolina crop
last year z had an unusual propor
tion of low grade tobacco and this
had been largely absorbed by buy
ers.
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BUILDING BOOM
IS ON IN MACON
MACON, February 7.—Construc
tion work in Macon for February
will exceed by thousands of dollars
that of any month recently, if the
present activity in residence build--
ing is continued. Such is the belief
of W. J.Bceland, city building per
sftector who has been issuing per
mits steadily for the ’ last several
days. .
Permits issued yesterday totaled
$14,425, bringing the total for the
month to more than $27,000. If
thia fate is continued the activities
of the month should go more than
$125,000, and there is cvery’indica
tion that there will be n ©decline
,in activities st the present,
MMOfflH
ACHING HEART TAKES
JJP BURDEN OF LIFE
Body of Former President to
Rest in Cathedral During
Months to Come
TO REAR BIG MEMORIAL
Task of Deciding Final Resting
Place Now Faces Mrs.
Wilson
WASHINGTON, February 7.
Wrapped in the z glory of death.
Woodrow Wilson has found a sanc
tuary under the towering arches of
the Washington cathedral, acclaim
ed by his countrymen and the world.
He was laid to rest in the silent
yault'with only solemn and simple
rites, as was his wish, often spoken
of to his sorrowing widow, who to
day! sought again to take up life’s
burdens with utn aching sense of
loss in her heart. Before her is
still the task of deciding where shall
be the final resting place of her
honored husband. For months prob
ably he will lie in the vault to which
he was Committed yesterday, just
as night came slowly over the na
tion's capital, but a greater me
morial will one day be reared for
him to show the honor in which men
held him. *
ATLANTA HAS POWER
OUTAGE DELAYS. TOO
ATLANTA, February 7.—Consid
erable delay to business was occa
sionetHiere during Tuesday night as
the result of failure of electric
lighting and'power facilities in its
building following trouble on a sup
ply cable in the downtown section.
The trouble resulted from an ex
plosion in the cable connections at
Broadway and
Lights were put out in numerous
other downtown buildings.
The light went out at 9:40 o’clock
and emergency.repair crews rushed
to the scene of the explosion did
not repair the damage until exactly
midnight.
As a result of this two hours of
idleness in all departments of The
Constitution, editions of that paper
reached subscribers at a later hour
tran usual and with late news re
ports in condensed form.
BREWER CHARGES
BONDS DUPLICATED
WASHINGTON, February 7.
Charges of wholesale duplication of
Liberty bonds, involving every Lib
erty loan issue since 1918, in which
he claims high officials of the treas
ury are implicated, are made 'by
Charles B. Brewer, special assistant
to the attorney general, in a suit
filed in the District of Columbia
supreme court Tuesday.
The evidence gathered by Brewer
was turned over to Representative
King, and was locked in the safe in
the congressman’s office in the capi
tol. It consists of a large stack of
duplicated bonds.
A complete report of what he has
gathered was laid before President
Coolidge .by Brewer several days
ago. The information had also been
brought to the attention of Presi
dent Harding, who ordered deptruc
tion of the bonds in the treasury to
be stopped,
CROP CONDITION
S!ORE FAVORABLE
ATLANTA, Feb. 7.—Accord
ing to reports of the United States
Bureau 1 of Agriculture, general
crop conditions are more favorable
that those of a few weeks ago.
Settlers are being attracted by
cheap "land prices now prevaling.
Campaigns are being pused to fur
ther diversification in order to off
set possible increase in cotton acre
age. "
As yet tlje labor supply is inade
aquate. Conditions are affected by
labor migrations to the North and
to Florida. However, m&ny of the
laborers afe beginning to return.
In connection with diversification,
it is interesting to note that in
creased interest is being shown in
the raising of poultry and cattle in
the areas heavily damaged by the
boll weevil.
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, THURSDAY AFTERNOON. FEBRUARY 7, 1924
SPICED SAUSAGE’ »
FATAL TO 1; 5 ILL
STEUBENVILLE, 0., Feb. 7.
One man •is dead and five others
are reported dying in the Ohio Val
ley hospital here as a result of eat
ing spiced sausage made from un
cooked meat.
coilteeSndons
EFFORT TO QUESTION
FALL II OIL SCANDAL
Special Counsel Advises Course
of Action Adopted After Fu
tile Efforts
WANT IMMUNITY WAIVED
Opposition to Men Chosen as
Committee Counsel May
" Bring Open Fight
WASHINGTON, Feb. 7.—Ed
ward Doheny notified the senate
oil committee that instead of
$250,000 recently estimated paid
McAdoo’s law firm, the amount
actually i* $150,000 including an
annual fee of $25,000 to McAdoo
himself.
WASHINGTON, February 7.
Further efforts of questioning Al
bert B. Fall, the central figure in
the senate oil investigation was
abandoned today by the oil commit
tee.
This decision was reached upon tho
advice of special government coun
sel in the oil cases, Silas Strawn
and Afiec Pomerene. They recom
mended against permitting Mr. Fall
to testify unless he waived immun
ity.
Ever since the announcement by
the White House of appointment of
Silas H. Strawn and Atlee Pomer
ene as special counsel to prosecute
the oil «ses, a fight of intensive
pioportions has ben smoldering .in
the Senate over the selections. Open
warfare is expected the moment the
President forwards the names to the
Capitol for confirmation, by the up
per chamber.
WONIMEDO
CANDLERJURPRISEO’
Mrs. Deßouchel Issue Statement
Telling. Why She Brought
‘Love Balm’ Suit
ATLANTA February 7. —Mrs.
Onezima Deßouchel was “surprised
and disappointed,” as she expressed
it over the jury’s verdict in favor of
Asa G. Candler, Sr., in her half mil
lion dollar suit of breach of promise
brought against the Atlanta capi
talist by the New Orleans woman.
Within thirty minutes after tho
cate was given to the jury, a ver
dict denying damages to Mrs. De
Bouchel had been rendered.
She was today on her way to ier
[home in Reno , Nevada. Her at
torneys * refused to say whether
plans for an appeal are contem
plated.
ALIENAS LACKER”
LOSES CITIZENSHIP
OMAHA, February 7.—Declaring
that the man had failed in a criti
cal test of loyalty, Judge L B. Day
revoked citizenship papers granted
to .Frank Kubes, who pleaded for
exemption aszan alien during the
world war. Judge Day’s position
was stated following discovery that
the man had usfcd a foreign allegi
ance to escape world war service,
though he had testified he had not
claimed exemption.
The" Omaha jurist has been an
ardent friend of aliens who serve!
in the United' States forces with
honor, and has obtained citizenship
for such men in several cases pre
sented by the American Legionl
His 1 decision in thb Kubes case that
one who sougth exemption is not
fitted to become a citizen is re
garded as strict adherence to princi
ples of Americanism. '
The city of Jerusalem today h as
a population of 62,578.
JH CRISP ASSERTS
TAXES TOO HIGH AND
EUROPEIIJSTPAYU.S.
‘lf France Is Able to Make
Loans, She Is Able to Pay’
Debts, Georgian Says
DEBTORS HAVE NO EXCUSE
Nations of Europe Must Pay,
Regardless of WTiteher Ger
many- Pays Reparations
WASHINGTON, February 7.
Representative Charles R. Crisp, of
Georgia, who is a member of the
foreign debt funding commission,
is demanding that debtor nations,
which have failed to fund their debts
to America do this at once. In voic
ing this demand Representative
Crisp assailed France especially for
her failure to fund her $4,000,000,-
000 debt. Declaring that during the
last year France made loans to Po
land, Jugo-Slavia and Rumania total
ing 800,000,000 francs.
He insists that tre government
use “honorable economical and dip
lomatic methods possible, to collect
bur foreign debt so that the people
of the United States may be reliev-
f the tax loads they are now
bearing. •
According to Representative Crisp
“taxes being paid today by Ameri
cans are higher than those* of .most
of our allies.” “Our people,” he
says are being taxed millions of dol
lars to pay interest on thc bonds
sold to raise money loaned to the al
lies. When the loans were made it
was distinctly understood that the
borrowing nations woulfi pny inter
est promptly that American taxpay
rs might be relieved of it.
“There is no excuse for debtor
nations longer refusing to fund
their indebtedness. By this procraas
tination they are alienating the sym
pathy and friendship of American
taxpayers.’
“According to the French,” Rep
resentative Crisp says, “loans were
made by that government- to Po
land and Juggo-Slavia for the pur
pose of stimulating sympathy for
France in those countries and to
Rumania that she might maintain
a well equipped army to insure'
peace in the East.
“If France is able to make loans
to the nations she is able to make
some payment on her indebtedness
|o thc United States.”
Representative Crisp proteststthat
the United States dealt directly with
the allies and that they must settle
directly without regard to what they
may receive from Germany.
I was understood to be the attitud
of some members of the debt com
msion that no definite action should
be taken by this government until
the results of reparations meetings
in Paris and Berlin take definite
form. France and other debtors
take the stand that they cannot pay
the United States until they ob
flßw*settlement with Germany.
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GEORGIA COLLEGE
TO BE MEMORIAL
WASHINGTON, Feb. 7. The
House was informed today that a
college for mem would be establish
ed at Valdosta, Georgia as a me
morial to Woodrow Wilson.
Representative Lankford, Demo
crat of Georgia, read the telegram
from J. Strickland, Valdosta
banker: announcing that an institu
tion to be known as the Woodrow
Wilson College would be erected by
the city of Valdosta ant( the Meth
odist church. The telegram said
that nearly half a million dollars
had already been raised.
NEW REVENUE BILL
REPORTED FAVORABLY
WASHINGTON, Feb. 7.—A new
revenue bill providing for the com
plete revision of taxes and for a 25
per cent reduction in 1922 taxes
was favorably' reported to the
House today by the ways and means
committee.
The vote was 15 to 3, eight of
the 11 Democrats on'the committee
voting “present” with the announce
ment that they -bposed thc income
tax rates fixed by the Republicans
in private on the lines suggested by
Secretary Mellon, but did not wish
to delay in reporting the bill.
WEATHER
Fo\ Georgia Fair tonight
and Friday; continued cold;
heavy frost to th e coast tonight.
ROTARIANS HONOR
’ WILMIW
Club Members Stand With Bow
ed Heads During One Minute
As Tribute to Great Dead
Rotarians honored the memory of
Voodrow Wilson Wednesday during
their weekly luncheon. By invita
tion Rev. R. F. Simpson addressed
the club, paying a tribute to the de
ceased -former president.
He said the three greatest Amer
icans were Washington, Lincoln and
Wilson. “Washington was the fath
er of our country and established
the Union; Lincoln saved the Un
ion, and Wilson pointed the way
to the Uinion’s greatest service to
mankind,” said Mr. Simpson. “Wil
son’s steadfast devotion to duty was
his finest trait. I think one of the
finest things Mr. Wilson ever said
was: ‘The end of’love is to serve
and not to win,’ said the speaker.
Thc club stood for one minute
with bowed head?, as a tribute to
the deceased chief.
Mr. R. deT. Lawrence, father of
Rev. James Lawrence, was a guest
and spoke for a few minutes, telHng
how he had been instrumental in
finding and securing for the Sputh
one o£ the battle flags of the Con
federacy. ,He had the flag draped
on the walls of the dining room.
A. C. Crocket was in charge of
the program and he and Paul West
brok addressed the club on Rotary
ideals.
Guests present included Rotarian
Jack Smith, of Thomasville; zßo
taripn Gaz Lamar, of St. Augustine;
Rudolph Wright, of Moultrie; John
Sheffield, Jr., of Americus; Rev
James B. Lawrence; Mr. R deT.
Lawrence, of Marietta; H. L. Col
lier, Jr., and Lamar Collier, both
of Atlanta.
The C|ub’ will lunch at the Tea
Room Wednesday the 13th, and im
mediately following the luncheon the
Rotarians will be guests of the Ry
lander theater to witness a special
pictured secured by Manager Kiu
cey. ,
TIfTWiS
MKE Kill TJ REST
Chief Justice Stricken at Wilson
Funeral Hour Must Remain
Quiet For a Time
WASHINGTON, February 7.
Chief Justice Taft, who was pre
vented from attending the funeral
of Woodrow Wilson by an attack of
gastral indigestion, has been ad
vised by Dr. Thomas A. Clayton,
his physician to remain quietly
at home for several days. Ke is
not confined to his bed. The chief
justice was attacked just as he»was
preparing to attend the funeral
services for ex-President Wilson
and was forced to remain at home.
The upset is attributed to over
work partly on his opinions to be
presented the Supreme court Feb
ruary 18,
CHARITY ORG<\NIZATIQN
WILL CHANGE ITS NAME
ATLANTA, February 7.—The A--
sociated Charities of Atlanta soon
will .be a thing of the past, and into
its place wilt come the Family Wel
fare Society of Atlanta, according
to decisions reached yesterday at the
annual mee.ting of the organization
when the change of name was voted.
However, it will not be effective
until the new charter is received,
which is to be applied for at the ex
piration of the one in effect at pres
ent.
The new title will be suggestive
of the work of the society, which
was organized not only as a relief
{agency but to laid in the preserve
i tion of all homes and to assist ev
[ery needy family.
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| Radiogram Received at Browns
ville, Tex., Announces Change
of Headquarters
■ VERA CRUZ ABANDONED
; Tuxpam Named New Rebel By
De La Huerta Authorities
In Mexico
’ BROWNVILLE, Texas, Feb. 7.
I General Adolph de la Huerta has
. moved,the capital of the revolution
ary government to Tuxpem, Vera
Cruz, going to that port accompan
; by the st#ff of the Aguilla Oil
Company boat, according to a radio-
I jjFam to The Associated 1 Press.
.All revolutionary forces left VeraC
? ,Cruz city yesterday going by the
, way of the Isthmus railway. The
United States Cruiser Richmond an
. chered at ¥ era Cruz harbor, said
, the radiogram, and* was given the
1 city assurance that it will aid in
, surpassing lawlessness.
; imfimTE
GREETING FEB. 11
l ■ ———
i President Cpoiidge Will Send
- Message From White House at
1 5 O’clock That Afternoon
' Americus Rotarians have been ad
{ vised that President Calvin Coolidge
will Broadcast a message of greeting
i to Rotarians' throughout the world
- at 5 o’clock on the evening qf Feb-
> ruary 22. On that date and at that
1 hour, it is planned to have "as many
stations as possible “tune in” on this
- address by the president, who will
1 give the greeting of the Chicago
P.otary Club —“Old Number One”—
1 on the eve of- the Nineteen Anni
. versary of the founding of that club
. in 1985. With the co-operation of
I the Radio Corporation of America,
the Westinghouse Electric Company,
I The Radio .Relay League of thcr
' World, and the United States. Army
and Navy—linking together literally
thousands of broadcasting stations in
• all sections of the world—President
’ Coolidge will deliver a message from
the White House at Washington tn
every Rotary club that can and will
tune in on the evening of February
1 22 at about five o’colek. The mes
sage'of the President will
(upon the Sixth Object of Rotary
which urges the fostering and en
couragement of 11 the advancement
’ of understanding, good-will and
5 international peace throught a world
fellowship of business and profes
’ ionakmen united in the Rotary ideal
> of service.” Through extraordinary
r relays it will go to every part of the
‘ earth where a radio message can be
' heard.
3 President Coolidge was very hap
-1 py to speak for Rotary, especially in
1 view of the character of the mes
sage. Radio experts were then in
" tercsted in the project with the re
-3 suit that the affair will not only
' be a unipue occasion in the history
of Rotary, .but will also be a matter
of very great scientific interest in
that it will be an attempt to broad
b east a voice all the way around the
world so that people listening in
- every nation, on every continent, in
> the islands of the seas and on ahips
> at sea may hear its message.
POWER CONCERN WANTS
3 1 TO ISSUE NEW STOCK
ATLANTA, February 7.—Petition
) for authority to issue $1,000,000 in
, common capital stock, and $2,250,-
- 000 in 7 per cent bonds, was
- Tuesday with the state public sen -
ice commission on behalf of the Cer-
: tral Georgia Public Service company
i The proceeds of these issues are to
fI be used in building a steam power
- [plant in Bibb county, to serve indws-
- {trial plants in Macon and several
central Georgia counties*