About Americus times-recorder. (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current | View Entire Issue (March 26, 1924)
WEATHER For Georgia—Fair tonight and Thursday; cooler in "Central po:- tion tonight. FORTY SIXTH YEAR—NO. 73 COOLIDGE WINS ENDORSEMENT IN SOUTH DAKOTA PRIMARY 0„ ~ 0 ; *o. , O o O O 000 O 000000 O O O O O O O O BIG NEW INDUSTRY WILL BE LOCATED HERE o o ■ o- o r o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o DARING $250,000 MAIL ROBBERY IS STAGED NEAR CHICAGO in VMS § cum TBBSV IS STIIE OF SFBB I ’! , California Senator to Speak at Falls City and Hastings Before Night PRIMARIES APRIL STH Result in South Dakota Close, According to Early Returns From Precincts SIOUX FALLS, S. D., March 26.—President Caniidge holds 2,- (100 lead over Senator Hiram Johnson, according to later re turns from yesterday’s primary held in the ’state. OMAHA, Nebraska, March 26 Hiram Johnson winds up his cam paign in Nebraska today with speeches at Falls City and Hast ings. Primaries will be held April 8. RACE IN SOUTH DAKOTA IS CLOSE ' SIOUX FALLS, S. D., March 26. First precincts to report on the State-wide primary in South Da kota Tuesday showed a close presi dential preference contest between Calvin Coolidge and Senator Hi ram Johnson of California on the republican ticket. Among the early reports rural precincts gave majorities to Sena tor Johnson, whi! e the first Sioux Falls reports were favorable to the president, four local and two rural precincts giving Coolidge 594 and Johnson 535. The republican senatorial con test between Governor W. H. Mc- Master and Senator Thomas Sterl ing also showed a close vote in first returns, seven precincts —four lo cal and three rural giving Sterl ing 090 and McMaster 601. 11l NTEBSIBE SRGVNIZE CHAPTER Mrs. H. O. Jones is Named Head of Branch of League of Wo men Voters A branch of the Georgia League of Women Voters was established this week in Americus and a ten tative organization formed through the efforts of Miss Vir ginia Woolley, a representative of the state headquarters. , Mrs. K. O. Jones was elected president of the local chapter, with Miss Eugenia Parker as secretary and treasurer. Mrs. Stephen Pace was named as chairman of the lo cal committee on legislation. A membership commilte was ap pointed con'.posed of Mrs. J l . D. Hooks, Mrs. S. H. McKee, Mrs. Frank Sheffield and Miss Evelyn Crew. A meeting will be held in the vejy near future, the officers 5 say, at which both men and women will he invited, to discuss future plans for the iocal chapter and to seeure other members. “Both men and women are eli gible to membership,” Miss Eu genia Parker stated today. “We dlso desire to impress on the pub lic that the organization is not seeking to establish a strictly wo man’s party.” The efforts of the League of Women Voters is largely educa tional, its organizers state, being a comprehensive effort to fit wo men for exercising their suffrage at the polls. HOUSE FAILS TO ACT ON IMPEACHMENT BILL WASHINGTON, March 26.—The House judiciary committee today failed to take action on the senate resolution to impeach Clarence C. Chase, he son-in-law of Albert B. Fall. SENATORROBINSOrT WINS ENDORSEMENT LITTLE ROCK, March 26.—The House legislature today adopted a resolution endorsing Senator Rob insop for re-election. THEfI^SBifi^RDER ISMpubL ishe p in HEAP^^or^pTxiE^feli Vacationing - - flllltiii' i ■. - Former Governor of Ohio, das. M. Cox (left) is shown here in Miami, Fla., with William Jen- | Creamery Assured Americus Within Next Ninety Days Final Details of Arrangements Necessary to Close Pending Deal Concluded Through Medium of Chamber of Commerce A creamery in Americus is assured within the next ninety days, ac cording. to an announcement authorized this morning by Henry P. Ev erett, secretary of th e Americus and Sumter County Chamber of Com merce. Ninenty days is the maximum time limit within which the creamery is to begin operation, Secretary Everett states, and in all prob ability the big churns will begin turning there at least a month earlier than the limit fixed. Charles M. Council, I. E. Wilson and others will be associated in the conduct of the new enterprise, and the last obstacle in the way of be ginning installation of machinery for the plant has just been removed through the co-operation of the Chamber of Commerce. It is estimat ed the creamery will distribute a minimum of a thousand dollars a month among Sumter county farmers who will “milk a few cows” a s a side line to their farming operations. Fina 1 establishment of tin, . creamery here was fully assure 1 at a meeting of the directors, of the Chamber of Commerce, when Mr. Council stated that everything was in readiness to begin operation and that the plant -could probably be gin work within sixty days, but there'remained a small item of ap proximately $560 to be adjusted in ■ order to : peed up establishment of the new industry. Failure to adjust this probably iwould delay the beginning of oper ation by the hew creamery per-i haps a year it was brought out in the meeting, and this the direc tors wished to avoid. , After some further discussion, it was deckled by the directors that the Chamber of Commence would undertake the task of adjusting this difference, and in order to se cure the creamery for Americus without further delay the sum neo cessary was underwritten by the business men’s organization. This action upon the part of the Chamber of 1 Commerce means that work of installing machinery will begin at once, instead of being de layed several months, and that Sum ter county farmers will begin draw ing pay cheeks from this new in dustry within a brief time. Mr: Council and Mr. Wilson who were present at the meeting by invlta *tfon of the directors, both approved the solution of the problem evolv ed by the directors, and the action (Continued On 1-age Three) AMERICUS. GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 26, "1924 .* nings Bryan. Probably talking over politico, as they bath are more or less interested in that subject. AMERICAN STEAMER IS CLAIMED IN DISTRESS WICK, Scotland, March 26. An interrupted radio message says an American steamer is in distress in the North Sea. It is reported that the ship has lost its screw and rudder, and is otherwis e badly damag ed. REV. J. D. POINDEXTER CALLED TO PASTORATE NASHVILLE, Ga., March 26. Rev. J. D. Poindexter has been un animously called to the pastorate of the Sparks Lenox, Mt. Zion, Pine Grove and Eiderado Baptists church es all of the Mell Baptist Associa tion. It was stated that while Itev. Poin dexter had not yet accteped any of these calls he had them under con sideration and would probably ac cept them. The work would give him two Sundays at Sparks, one at Ltenbx, one at Mt. Zion, one at Pine Grove and one afternoon at Eiderado. Rev. Poindexter is a former pas tor of the Nashville Baptist church and has many friends here who will regret that his new field will neces sitate his removal from Nashville byt will w r ish him well wherever he may go. FONIiI, ALLEGED GIHG LEADER. UNDER ARREST AT CHICAGO i. * —— Admits Ownership of Car Used By Chicago Bandits, But Says Auto Was Stolen ELEVEN OTHERS SOUGHT Hs;ge Amount of Loot Secured By Alleged Gangsters in Bold Hold-Up CHICAGO, March 26. Carl Pontano, alleged gang leader, has been arrested, and police are seek ing 11 other gangsters in connec tion with the $150,000 mail rob bery yesterday at Harvey, His. Fontano was the owner of the car used but he says it was stolen from his home. HUMS HFGfiOES REPORTED Two Blacks Killed in Vicinity of Cobb During Past Three Weeks, It Is Learned According to reliable informa tion received in Amerious this morning two negroes have been killed and a third desperately wounded within the past three weeks at or clos e to Spring Creek church, near in the lower end of Sumter county. The two dead negroes are George Holleman and Will Davis, both those negroes, It being alleged, dying from acci dental causes. Another negro, whose name has not been furnish ed the Times-Recorder, was wound 'd, it is stated upon reliable au thority, during a general row among negroes at a point on the Spring Creek church grounds. This general row, according to informa tion received here, occurred the first Sunday in March . During this row, it is asserted, there was a good deal of shooting, participated in by as many as four or five persons, all of whom used pistols. Four bullets from these weapons, it is declared, took effect in the bodies of persons present, all being negroes, although only one of these was badly wounded. Spring Creek church is located only a short distance from a num ber of homes occupied by white farmers and in a neighborhood that has heretofore born e a good repu tation for the sobriety and moral conduct of negroes living there. NASHVILLE BANKER IS EXPERT POULTRYMAN NASHVILLE, Ga., March 26 J. W. E. Powell makes the an nouncement that ha is a poultry farmer of some note asi well as do ing a little banking business on the side. He has been making his com petitors envious or jealous, by tell ing them the wonderful luck he had with the hatchery in Tifton. He states that he carried 104 eggs to the said hatchery and that he re turned with 101 little chicks. Some of his friends think that the average is altogether too good, but he has the chicks as his evidence. However he finally admitted that he pur chased thirty of the little fellows from the hatchery, which accounted for his great success with his White Leghorns Eggs. MANY NEW TOBACCO BARNS BEING BUILT VALDUSTA, March 26.—From Valdosta away over into Thomas county one now seldom gets out of sight of a new tobacco barn going up. The covered tobacco beds are also in evidence along llie road, and the indications are that there will be a co.isi U-i.bie yield of ic bacco in bo’n Brooks and Thomas counties. In both of those counties other farm wore has been delayed by the raim, but the fields arc all ready for planting and with a few fair days u >u ual activity will fol low. Between rains melon grow ers have m inagv'l to get a consider able acreag ’ already planted, and j others are ready to act at the first* opportunity. i Defeated I dmm w&m Jig j RAYMOND POINCARE POINCARE CABINET DEFEATED IK CHAMBER OF FRENCH DEPUTIES Pension Bill Made Question of Confidence Results in Adverse Vote RESIGNATION SUBMITTED Following Defeat Minister of Finance Leaves Chamber With Other Member PARIS, March 26.—Premier Poincare has been summoned by President Millerand to urge the reconsideration of his resigna tion, it understod in official cir cles. FAILS TO RECEIVE VOTE OF CONFIDENCE PARIS, March 26.—The Poin care government was defeated in the chamber of deputies 274 to 261. Minister of Finance de la Eteyrie made the pepsion bill a question of confidence, and on defeat he and other ministers left the chamber. The premier tendered his resig nation soon afterward. FimOnSl eeos nn Captains and Teams to Conduct Religious Survey Meet at First Baptist Church Final detail;} of the religious cen isus of Americus to b e taken Sun day afternoon, were completed to day. These plans include the meet ing of all captains and team mem bers Sunday afternoon at 1:45 o’clock at First Baptist church; the enumeration will bgein at 2 o’clock. All white residents are requested to remain at their respective homes Sunday afternon until after the workers have visited and enrolled those in the household. Where it is inconvenient for any member of the family to remain at hoin e those in charge of the census request tliat a card be left in the screen door containing the names of all members of the household, whether or not thes e are members of any church, and if so what de nomination; whether or not they are members of any Sunday school, and the name of the Sunday school attended, and in cases where resi dents are non-church members, the name of the denomination prefer red. In homeswwheer e there are children, it is requested that the ages of all therein under 18 be fur nished upon these cards. It is the plan of the committee to conclude the census during the aft ernoon, and th 0 co-operation of all white residents earnestly solicited to the end that this purpose may be' accomplished. ANDERSON BEGINS SERVING SENTENCE NEW YORK, March 26—William H. Anderson, convisted anti-sa loon league superintendent, begins his term at Sing Sing today. i The warden says Anderson’s first 'assignment will be hard manual la- 1 bor with the pick and shovel. | BERGDOLL READY TO ‘FACE MUSIC’ BERLIN, March 26. —Grover Bergdoll is reported on the first stage of his return to the Unit ed States to ‘face the music.’ He left Eberbach for an unknown destination, carrying consider able luggage. Bremen steam ship officials deny he has reser vation, but a report says he is ] traveling under an assumed name. ICLI CONTEMPT BE DEM TG BE: PRESENTEB Id JIM District of Columbia Inquisito rial Body to Hear Evidence Thursday EXPECT EARLY ACTION Special Government Oil Coun sel Will Push Prosecution of Oil Magnate WASHINGTON, March 26.—The contempt case of Harry F. Sinclair will be presented to the Washing ton grand jury tomorrow under pres ent plans, and District Attorney Atlee Pomerene and Owen J. Reb el's special oil counsel, will be asked to participate. The case will be rushed for action before the grand jury expires March 31. 3 uiiiiiiiir ii IB MILLI GH South Carolina Town Policeman Bound and Gagged By Rob bers Who Get SBOO ANDERSON, S. C., March 26 Three unidentified men bound on a gagged a policeman at midnight and robbed the Enterprise Bank at Wal halla, S. C., getting between S6OO and SBOO in small change. TONGUE GONE, WOMAN DIES UNABLE TO CRY VALDOSTA, March 26.—Follow ing a fire which partially destroyed a small tenement house on North Toombs street, firemen here were greeted with a ghastly sight when they fouiid the charred remains of “Aunt Liza’ Khrper, an aged ne gress, who for many years occu pied thg house alone. Th e aged woman had for some time suffered from a cancer which had practically eaten out her tongue making it impossible for her to give an outcry, and evidently while grop ing about in an effort to give an alarm sh e was overcome by the flames. Along with “Aunt Liza” perished her faithful dog, and the charred remains of both were re moved later by undertakers. ochlcchnee boyjTto ATTEND TRAINING CAMP OCHLOCKNEE, Ga., March 20. A movement has been inaugurated in Ochlocknee to secure twenty-five young men from this town and com munity to attend the school of the Citizen’s Military Training Camp, at Camp McClellan, Anniston, Ala bama, this .summer. The signing of the young men is under the ad vice and direction of Lieutenants S. T. Kider( of the Reserve Offi cer’s Corps, U. S. A. NOTORIOUS BANDIT IS KILLED IN GUN FIGHT TULSA, Oklahoma, March 26. — Ed Lockhart, notorious bandit and bank robber, was shot and killed to day in a gun fight with the sheriff of Tulsa county and six deputies six miles west of Sperry, Oklohoma. SATTERFIELD TO ASK WALKER FOR CLEMENCY ATLANTA, March 26—Applies tion for clemency for J. B. Satter field, who ii so W hanged 'April 25, will be filed this week,.his at torney announced today. New York Future* PC, Open Hight. Low Close Jan. !23<6&&3.9&f23.56|2’.40 May .27.20 26.90127.48126.90128,95 July .. 26.75:26. 26.59i26.39 Oct. . 24.45 24.38j24.57 ! |24.34 24.04 Dec. . 24,11 23.97i24.12123.97j23.80 Americus strict middflne- 2f! 7-Bc. PRICE FIVE CENTS jUGHERn, LODGE liEET COOLIDGE IN JOINT CONFERENCE President Receives Attorney ! General for First Time Since Probe Began ROXIE STINSON ON STAND Tells Committee Daugherty Was ‘Sore’ Because He Wasn't ‘ln On’ Oil Deal WASHINGTON, March 26 j Daugherty and Lodge held a con ference with President Coolidge to day, each being received separately according to official announce ment. This is the first discusssion the attorney general and the president have had since the Daugherty inves tigation began. Jt-SS SMITH ' LEFT HUGE FORTUNE WASHINGTON, March 26 Roxic Stinson told the Daugherty investigating committee that Jess Smith was worth about $136,0000 before coming to Washington and at his death $214,000. Slid said that at one time he told her five men had made 30 million dollars in the Sinclair oil deal in 1922. She said that Smith had also told her that he and Daugherty were not in on it, and were “sore.” When asked if Ned McLean was one of the five, she replied she was not sure. . DAUGHERTY SHERIFF -WARNS AUTO OWNERS ALBANY, March 25.—Sheriff O. F. Tarver urges all automobile own ers who have not secured their 1924 license tags to do so without further delay, stating that he had “no de sire to work a hardship on anybody,’ but that he could not delay further in the matter. Persons who have not secured their 1924 tags will now have to se eure an application'blank from the sheriff and those who send in their orders unaccompanied by such blanks will have them returned to them. The last date on which tags could be ordered without securing an application blank from the sher iff was March 1. Sheriff Tarver stated that he will be in his office regularly from now on, or will have some one there to issue the blanks in case he is not there. PREPARE TO RECEIVE MOTORCADE PARTY VALDOSTA, March 26—This ev ening a motorcade from Columbus will arrive in Valdosta and will be entertained at dinner by the Cham ber of Commerce after which the visitors will proceed to White Springs, where they will spend the night. The Columbus visitors at first in tended to" spend the night in Val dosta but changed their plans be cause of the lack of hotel accom modations due to *he recent de struction of the Valdes hotel. The Columbus people ar e making this trip in the interest of the Florida Short route travel, and they be lieve that they have reports, sug gestions and plans which will be of great interest to Valdosta in co-op erating in this work. ' BONUS BILL WILL COST NATION THREE BILLIONS WASHINGTON, March 26 Herbert Hess, actuary of the Amer ican Legion, today submitted a new estimate of the cost of the bonus bill to the senate finance commit tee. His estimate is $3,300,000,- 000. PRAYER MEETING AT COURTHOUSE TONIGHT It is announced there will be prayer meeting services tonight at the courthouse with John Wesley Bible Class-of First Methodist Sun day school in charge,. The services will begin promptly at 7:3§ o’clock, and the Bible Class, of which' the late Col. George R. Ellis was presi- ! dent, anticipates a large attendance, /
