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BOY WHO MURERED PARENTS ALLEGED . |
TO HAVE BOASTED OF BURNING SISTERS
810 M'DOWELL IMP
SHYING SISTERS TO
EIRE LEST »H’
Held For Parents’ Murder Al
leged To Have Confessed Pre- i
viously To Miss Acree
WAS NOT BELIEVED THEN
Lunacy Commission May Place ■
Boy In Florida Criminal In
sane Asylum
ATLANTA, February 25. —Ac-
cording to reports received -here
this morning Frank McDowell, who
confessed at St. Petersburg, Fla., |
to killing his father and mother, |
confessed to a Camilla high-school;
girl last summer that he had burn
ed his two sisters to death at De- |
catur last year.
McDowell spent part of the sum - ;
mer with relatives at Camilla last I
year, and while it was then I
that his two sisters had been mys
teriously burned, his statement was
not at that time taken seriously by
the young woman to whom he i;
.said to have made it.
1 Miss Aurora Acree, the young girl
to whom. McDowell is said to have
confesssed the burning of his sisters
said-she did not pay any attention
to it until she read about his trou
ble in Florida. During his vi.s.t
young McDowell is said to have
acted as any normal man would
have acted, with the exception of
the casual remark said to have beeu
made to Miss Acree: “I am the on
who burned my two sisters to death
at Decatur.
PACES CEL LIN
FLORIDA PRISON
ST PETERSBURG, Fla., Feb. 25.
Pacing up and down a prison cell
here’ Frank McDowell, 20, is wor
:ried“—
N®t because his father and moth
er ifere shot to death as they slept
and he is charged with the crime,
j iftt because the law may keep
4iim from completing a trilogy of
crime which he believes must be
committed before he can absolve
himself from a curse!
It is popularly believed that the
boy will face a lunacy commission
. and be assigned to the state san
itarium for the criminally insane.
In any event, when Feb. IE), 1925
y— the date set for the last of his
trilogy of crime—rolls around
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The Telephone Lineman
telephone lineman is one
(1, of the essential factors in
good telephone service,
though you rarely see him and
seldom hear of him.
When duty calls he is on the
job with the rise ot the sun and he
works through the night cheer
fully, that the wire system of the
nation may be maintained, and
your service guarded from the
wrath of the elements.
He is one of thousands who
have as much pride in a perfect
job as the artist in creating a mas
terpiece. The telephone lines
are living things to him. They
C. G. BECK, Georgia Manager
“SELL SYSTEM"
SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE OO
AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY,
One Policy, One Syetetn, (//livers a! Service,, ar. J all direefed toward Better Service
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Frank wh ois charg
ed with the deaths of his mother
and father (right) and (below)
his sisters Marion (left) and
Williamtce.
young McDowell will not be able to
keep it. •
The curse, for the removal of
which the boys says he planned
these crimes, grew out of son.e
childish swearing.
“I blasphemed the Holy Ghost
when I was 12 years old,” Mc-
Dowell told the police. “I couldn’t
put on a shirt I wanted to wear.
Some of its buttons were missing.
So I cursed.”
At a church service later he
heard a clergyman say that such
■ swearing was an “unpardonable
crime.” Thu thought preyed on.
the boy’s mind until it became an
obsession. He finally figured out
away of* expiating this “sin” by
a series of sacrifices to be made
by—.
Fire—Blood—Water. ,
Mr. Merchant, opportunity
awaits you in R. T. P. M. C. S.
are the nerve system of a nation.
They must be kept intact that you
and millions of others may have
service.
When storms and floods de
vastate the country and your
telephone service continues with
out interruption; or when fires
rage during the night and you
awake to find your service intact,
think of Bill, the lineman. You
have him to thank for the main
tenance of your lines of commu
nication.
We are proud of him and we
are encouraging him and it is a
pleasure to pay him this public
tribute.
” THE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER
EXPECT GflOO CROP
' .IF MS I a
i Sowega Association Completes
Arrangements For Handling
and Advertising Harvest
ATLANTA, Feb. 25.—A bounti
ful supply of red-hearted water
melons in Georgia is promised due-,
ing the coming summer, according
to reports' received here from mel
pn growers.
The Sowegar Melon Association,
i following a meeting at Adel, Ga.,
■ reports state, are preparing to en
ter upon another active ■ Season of
i growing, gathering and marketing
. watermelons that, as Stated here.
■ “grow in South Georgia as in no
• other section.”
It is announced that arrange
ments have been made for the handl
- ing of the fruit by. an organiza
fjtion that will see to it’s wide dis-'
tribution:
♦ .
FERTILIZER HOVING
WYMffIS
Movement Practically. Hundred
Cars Short Already For Sea
son At This Point
Fertilizer is moving slowly in
Americus territory and danger ex
ists that farmers may be unable to
secure supplies when needed later
unless orders are placed now, ac
cording to Central railroad officials
here. H. C. White, agent for that
system at Americus, today calieu
attention to this danger, asserting
that in the event the movement is
retarded too 16ng, thus placing
greater strain upon the railroads,
that it will be impossible to handle
the traffic as rapidly as farmers
shall need fertilizers later in the
season. «
“The railroads, after a survey be
fore January 1,” said Mr. White,
“prepared to handle an increase in
the fertilizer tonnage this year of
about twenty per cent,- but it now
develops that very little fertilizer
is moving, due to the farmers not
ordering his fertilizer until he is
ready for it. We are expecting a
twenty five per cent decrease in the
movement locally, hut fttken as a
whole, every indication is that the
Southeastern States will use twenty
per cent more this year than last.
“Normally it requires three
months to handle the fertilizer traf
fic and then the railroads are tax
ed to their capacity to furnish
equipment in which to load it and
power with which, to move it. You
will readily see that it is impossible
to handle this traffic in a tew
weeks, which is the problem -now
confronting the railroads in this
section.
“The movement at Americus is
now practically one hundred cars
short at this time, as compared with
last year. While we do not expect
locally as heavier a movement we
will be affected by the car short
age that is inevitable of the rail
roads are confronted with the task
of handling the entire movenu nt
within the pace of a few weeks.
The farmer should therefore place
his orders now and have his fer
mq'i uapao ui oaud qt? poddtqs jazi[t;
he may be assured of having it
when he needs it.”
EXPECT COOUDGE TO
(HE STHFMI
'• WASHINGTON, February 25.
Some definite pronouncement from
administration quarters regarding
th 0 controversy over Daugherty
was forecast today as the senate as
sembled to consider the resolution
for a sweeping inquiry his admin
istration of the department of'
justice. £ ;
ATLANTA MAN WANTS
TO BECOME PRESIDENT
ATLANTA, Feb 25. Another
presidential candidate has entered
the field recently, a man from Geor
gia. Declaring Harmony t 6 be the
keynote of his, platform. Mays Bad
gett, violin maker of five points in
this city has announced himself •>.
candidate for the presidency, add
ing that any one could vote for him
and his platform no what political
party they were members of. Mr.
Badgett’ announcement followed a
similar one as carried by the Asso
ciated Press from Alvin Washington
Vanderstorm, rival fiddle maker of
Chicago. “If this other guy can try
it eight times, it looks like I might
as well take a whirl at it. J’yy try
anything once,” he said when ques
tioned.
A RESOULTION
Whereas, our honored and be
loved Co-laborer, J. W. Harfis, div,
who for several years, has served so
faithfully and efficiently, a$ aider
man of the City of Americus, has
in the Providence of God been call
ed from his earthly labors to be
with his Heavenly Father through
out eternity.
It is hereby resolved, by the
Mayor and City Council of
Americus in regular meeting as
sentbled that, we the Mayor and
City Council of Americus, extend
to' his family our prodoundest
sympathy in this, their hour ot
sore bereavement.
Be it further resolved, that in the
death of this public spirited, and
splendid young man of sterling
worth, and unusual business ability
our City and Community has sus
tained an irreparable loss. And it is
further resolved, that these resolu
tions be spread upon our minutes,
and that a copy be sent (o his fam
ily- «
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PENCIL CO.
MTY HOUSE AT
COHHUNITKBNCERT
Little Margaret Cross Pleases
Large Audience With Read- x
ings At Rylander
The Rylander theater was packed
to capacity Sunday afternoon when
the third of a series of concerts
to be given by the Americus Sym
phony Orchestra presented a most
pleasing program. From the first
number to the finale, appreciative
applause followed each rendition,
indicating the mental trend of the
audience for Americus’ best mu
sical talent.
The specials on the program were
well received, Margaret Cross, of
Macon, giving a reading which
brought forth loud appluause from
every member of the audience. Her
first reading was “Pa’s Soft Spot,’’
to which she responded with a
pleasing encore.
Miss Louise Thayer, who possess
a beautiful contralton. sang ‘From
The Land of The Sky 1 Blue Water. - ’
responding with “The Maid of Dun
dee,”'
Mrs. Melva Clarke Holt sang an
exqusitel arlia in Italion, her superb
notes ringing trough the theater
with a treness and sweetness char
acteristic of splendid training and
control.
Robert C. Lane, commander of
the John D. Mathis Post, gave a
short talk on ‘Modern Harmony,”
presenting the beneficial mu
sic had on the morale of the men in
the late war.
Perhaps no program has ever been
given in Americus which so com
pletely filled every requiremnt as
the one Sunday afternoon, and the
public evidenced its appreciation of
Conductor Alfred A. Ga'ne and
Manager Kincey, promoters of the
orchestra.
John Allen Fort, who has been ill
at his home on Brannen Avjenue
with a severe cold is reported much
beter today.
Memo to Washington; An inves
tigation a days keeps confidtence
a way. ’ * O
WJ® School children
WiOfls IL
5000 -people will see or hear R.T.
P. M. C. S.
OUCH! ®SmT
RUB IHEJIN ■
Stop drugging! Rub soothing,
penetrating St. Jacobs Oil right into
your sore, stiff, ach
ing joints, and re
lief comes instant
ly. St. Jacobs Oil
is a harmless rheu
matism liniment
which never disap
points and cannot
burn the skin.
Get a 35 cent bot
tle of St. Jacobs
Oil at any drug
store, and in a mo
ment you’ll be free
from pain, soreness
and stiffness. In
use for 65 years for
rheumatism, sciat
ica, neuralgia, lutn
sprains,
bago, backache,
TO DARKEN HAIR
APPLY SAGE TEA
Look Young! Bring Back Its
Natural Color, Gloss and
Attractiveness
i
Common garden sage brewed into a
heavy tea with sulphur added, will turn
gray, streaked and faded hair beauti
fully dark and luxuriant. Just a few
applications will prove a revelation if
your hair is fading, streaked or gray.
Mixing the Sage Tea and Sulphur rec
ipe home, though, is troublesome.
An easier way is to get a bottle of
Wyeth’s Sage and Sulphur Compound
at any drug store all ready for use.
This is the old-time recipe improved by
the addition of other ingredients.
While wispy, gray, faded hair is not
sinful, we all desire to retain our
youthful appearance and attractiveness.
By darkening your hair with Wyeth’s
Sage and Sulphur Compound, no one
can tell, because it does it so naturally,
so evenly. You just dampen a sponge
or soft brush with it and draw this
through your hair, taking one small
strand at a time; by morning all gray
hairs have disappeared, and, after an
other application or two, your hair be
comes beautifully dark, glossy, soft and
luxuriant.
MONDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY^ 25. 1924
■ BIIBM
TRIS TO IRCREKE
LEM EffITES
Ramseyer Would Place Maxi
mum Tax Os 40 Per Cent On
Large Estates
PRESENT RATE 25 PERCENT
Rates Would Be Boosted All
Along Line Till Maximum Levy
Is Attained
WASHINGTON, February 25.
Revision of the estate tax rates
proposed by Representative Ram
seyer, Republican of lowa, subject
ed the revenue bill to another de
lay today while the lower house
debated the question.
Ramseyer’s amendment propos
ed to raise the rates all along the
line to a maximum of 40 per cent
on the amount by which a net es
tate exceeds $10,000,000.
The present rate is 25 per cent.
BEGIN DRIVE ON
RATS AT COLUMBUS
COLUMBUS, Feb. 25.—A four
weeks drive in a campaign war on
rats. More than twenty five hun
suts. More than twenty five hun
dred rats have been exterminated
since the declaration of war. Bront
ley Haynes, the modern “Pied Piper
of Hamil” who is in charge of the
extermination squad estimated at
the beginning of the campaign that
there were 90,000 rodents in th:
city. The work of extermination is
being conducted both in the busi
ness and residential sections of the
city, eight blocks already having
been covered by the workers. Pow
dered barium carbonate is being
used as a poison.
Cough, cough, coughing— ’
" all night long
You can glop it. .
That c4ugh—it keeps you awake at night, '/ / ——-
breaks your rest, wastes your strength, en- fE-fl li ' |||
dangers the delicate tissues of your throat /'I X V''l ft
atid chest—break it up noir. ft u '
For more than fifty years, thousands of . r )
fahiilies have relied upon Dr. King's New \
Discovery to break up. coughs. It does this quickly,
naturally by stimulating the mucous membranes to
throw off the secretions that are clogging them. Harm- Exhausting night-
lessly, and without any bad after-effects, it,, quiets the coughing isquickly
throat and lung spasms, and the irritation that is stopped with this
causing the cough then promptly clears up. It has an Untple household
agreeable taste. All druggists. remedy.
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Through our connection with The Atlanta Joint
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ft tor 33 years on the amortization basis—NO COM
MISSION-—with privilege of paying, all or any por
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offered the farmer. QUICK SERVICE.
Americus Abstract and Loan Co.
R. L. Maynard, President
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15 Cents
When writing use a
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Sole) in pound packages or boxes. |
AMERICUS JEWELRY CO.
Latest Novelties
1 i R Ve u JU u r^ eived the latest novelties in Brace
lets, Beads, Combs, Dorines, Bar Pins C„ff I I j
Shoulder pins. " S ’ Cuff L,nks and
We also have a shipment of A. H. S. Buckles.
Thos. L. Bell
See Our Window Display ' j
I WEST
Is now open With a complete line of meats i
I Staple
t A Trial Is All We Ask i I
Prompt Delivery I, Our Motto ~ | M
J WEST END MARKET ) 1
TWO SEES HUE
PEI DY LOOM®'
George O. Marshall Has Quan
tity On Hand For Co-Opera
tive Planting Here
Tomato seed for distribution
among Sumter county farmers and
Americus gardeners who will plant
for co-operative plantin,;, by the
Americus Kiwanis club, V>d the
I and the first of these arrived to-
I dav, according to announcement
I authorized by George O. Marshall,
| county farm demonstration agent, •
I here today. TW e club is backing
; the production of tomatoes as a
money crop in Sumter county, and
urges all those farmers who have
i agreed to make planting to come
'in and secure supplies of seed as
quickly as possible.
It is very important that plant
ings be made early, said Marshall
today, and it is desired to have the
tomatoes all ready for marketing at
a uniform time. It is also planned
to hav e the tomatoes of uniform
quality and to the end of attaining
this, Marshall says the followipg x
rule's have been evolved by those
J who are managing the experiment
behalf of the club.
Use one-fourth of a pound of
seed to each acre planted.
Plant seed in cold frames March
10 th.
Set plants in the ground April
15; use 4-rows and set 3 feet in
drill. This method will bring .the
best results. * " ,
For fertilizer use 500. pounds
acid phosphate 300 pounds cotton
I seed meal and 100 pounds of ni
trate of potash per acre, or if a
complete fertilizer b e used, let this
| be 9-3-6.
None being government, officials,
five Dallas (Tex.) oil men have
been sent to the penitentiary.